The convoy returned to Celestial City in the early evening.
Most students went directly back to the academy. The transit vehicles pulled through the main gate of the campus and students disembarked with the particular tiredness of people who had spent six hours doing genuinely demanding physical work, moving immediately toward the residential block, the dining hall, or the medical station depending on how the expedition had treated them.
Lin Yi disembarked with everyone else. Then he turned left instead of right and walked toward the city.
Wang Hao, who had been moving toward the residential block on autopilot, noticed the direction change and stopped. "Where are you going?"
"The hunter market," Lin Yi said.
Wang Hao looked at him for a moment. He was tired enough that his reaction time was slightly slower than usual. "Right now? After six hours in Grade 6 wilderness?"
"The market is open for another three hours."
