"My dear disciple, you've finally arrived. Your master has suffered so much."

When Master Changqing saw Ji Zimo arrive, he immediately changed his expression and said with tears streaming down his face.

"Master, you and your junior brother get in the car first, I'll take you home."

Master Changqing and Ping An obediently got into the car.

"Master, you haven't eaten anything yet, have you? Why don't I take you to get something to eat first?"

Ping An wanted to say that she had already eaten.

I never expected my master to be like this.

"Zimo, I've been starving all day, and my eyes are already blurry. Please get me something to eat to fill my stomach first."

Master Changqing uttered lies without batting an eye, while Ping An watched in awe.

Is this shameless editor, who blindly promotes knowledge, really his mentor?

"Ping An, when I went down the mountain, I asked you to take care of Master. Is this how you took care of him?"

Ji Ziming was somewhat annoyed that his junior brother hadn't taken good care of their master.

"Senior brother, I..."

Ping An was interrupted by his master's words before he could finish speaking.

“Zi Mo, don’t blame Ping An. If he hadn’t lost his money on the train, we wouldn’t have been robbed of everything. I wouldn’t be in this state now. It’s all my fault. The disciples I taught were too innocent.”

"Then why didn't you call us sooner?"

After listening to his master's explanation, Ji Zimo asked.

Ping An was about to say that his master wouldn't allow it.

The shameless master beat him to it again. "Alas, I haven't been down the mountain for many years. I never imagined the world would become like this. Your junior brother borrowed a phone from someone several times, but the person ran away after looking at our clothes. He probably thought we were scammers."

Ping An was speechless. This master was like a completely different person. He was spouting lies as if they were free.

"There's a shopping mall up ahead. I'll take you there to eat first, and then we can buy some clothes."

Ji Zihei felt a pang of sympathy for his master; after all, he had spent several years on the mountain and had developed a close bond with both his master and junior brother.

"Very good, very good. My disciple is the best."

Ping An was puzzled as to why their master hadn't told his senior brother about their attempt to break through the Qimen Dunjia formation. Also, what was the reason behind their master's constant attempts to gain sympathy after meeting his senior brother?

However, Ping An couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he tried.

Master Changqing was secretly pleased, knowing that his disciple was kind-hearted and soft-hearted. Once he heard that his master and junior brother were living in such a miserable state, he wouldn't ask why their clothes were so tattered.

The matter of Qimen Dunjia cannot be revealed to Zimo for the time being.

Ji Ziming parked the car in the mall's underground parking lot and then took his master and junior brother upstairs in the elevator.

Unsurprisingly, the outfits worn by the elderly woman and the young man attracted the attention of many people in the mall.

Ji Zihei found a men's clothing store and casually picked out a few outfits.

After they changed, we paid the bill and then took our master and the others to the restaurant.

This is precisely when Kyoto's nightlife begins.

There are many restaurants that only open in the evening.

Taoist priests are different from Buddhist monks; there is no such thing as abstaining from meat.

Ji Ziming found a local restaurant in Kyoto.

We booked a private room and ordered a huge table of delicious food.

Although the master and apprentice had changed their clothes, the Taoist priest's hair was tied up, so the waiter thought the three guests who had just come in were wearing some kind of cosplay costume.

However, the one in the middle seems to be too old. Could it be that old people are now into wearing strange clothes?

Since anime became popular.

People often see people dressed in all sorts of strange costumes on the street, and they've gotten used to it.

The food was served very quickly.

Ji Ziming ordered all of his master's favorite dishes.

After seeing that his master and junior brother had almost finished eating, Ji Ziming asked his master about the purpose of his sudden trip to the capital.

"Master, why did you and Junior Brother suddenly come to Kyoto?"

"I've recently done some calculations, and I'd like to tell you if you've met someone recently?"

"yes"

"And this person is a woman?"

Ji Ziming did not deny it.

"yes."

Do you remember what your master told you a while ago?

Although a long time has passed, Ji Ziming still remembers what his master said back then: "According to the celestial signs, a different kind of person from our race has come to the capital. It is acceptable to befriend them, but if we cannot befriend them and that person harms others, we must eliminate them if necessary."

"Remember."

"Have you ever seen any other races?"

Master Changqing suddenly asked in a stern voice.

For some reason, Ji Zimo thought of his goddess, Su Ya. However, Su Ya hadn't done a single bad thing in the past six months. Not only that, she had also saved many people at Jingqiao Hospital with her medical skills. Therefore, she wasn't the alien race his master had mentioned. So Ji Zimo said to Daoist Changqing, "Master hasn't seen her."

"Zi Mo, we have been master and disciple for several years. Your master knows your true nature. Do you know that the alien race is not human? Could it be that you have developed feelings for that alien race?"

When he said the last sentence, Master Changqing's voice suddenly rose several times, making Ji Ziming's ears hurt.

"Master, I really have never seen it before."

Ji Ziming still refused to admit it.

"Alright, alright. If you don't want to talk about it, your master won't ask anymore. But you don't need to ask about my and my junior brother's affairs either. When the time is right, your master will tell you."

Seeing that his master was no longer pressing the matter, Ji Ziming felt relieved that he had just escaped a disaster.

"Master, when do you plan to return after this trip down the mountain?"

Then Master Changqing stroked his white beard and said, "After I go down the mountain this time, I don't know when I will be able to return."

Ji Ziming was puzzled. In the past, his master would return after a maximum of two days when he went down the mountain. Why was it taking so long this time?

"Master, is there anything I can help you with?"

"During my recent trip down the mountain, I unexpectedly encountered a person with exceptional talent and wish to take him as my disciple. I plan to teach him all my life's skills. Once he has mastered them, he will become the thirty-eighth generation leader of the Tianqing Sect."

Ji Ziming had no intention of taking over the Tianqing Sect; he had only gone up the mountain because his family had forced him to. Now that his master had a descendant, he was happy for him.

"I wonder if she's a junior brother or a junior sister?"

"Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed; those destined to meet will meet again."

Master Changqing continued speaking in a mystical manner.

Ping An couldn't hold back any longer: "Senior brother, don't listen to Master's nonsense. He has already refused and never even considered becoming Master's disciple."

"Also, the reason my master and I ended up like this is because my master wanted to see the Qimen Dunjia formation. When we got there, he was so curious that he had to go in and try it out. In the end, we got trapped in the sword formation and almost couldn't get out. When we finally got out, our clothes were all tattered."

Qimen Dunjia Formation?

Ji Ziming grasped the key point from his junior brother's words. Then, a figure flashed into his mind.

"Master, the person you mentioned with exceptional talent wouldn't happen to be Su Ya, would it?"