"Miss Wei, it seems you have the most questions for this old man," He Qiushan stroked his long white beard. "As long as it's a question you want to ask, this old man will answer it for you."
Wei Shuxuan looked at the kind - smiling old Taoist priest in front of her. This old man didn't seem ordinary. It was better not to offend him. She returned a smile, "Okay, thank you, Taoist Priest Qiushan!"
He Qiushan invited Wei Shuxuan and the other three men to sit down. He asked the young Taoist apprentice waiting outside to serve them tea. His target wasn't the three men but Wei Shuxuan, because she was an important key, the key to achieving great things.
"Just now, my good - for - nothing apprentice seemed to interpret the fortune stick for Miss Wei. However, Miss Wei doesn't seem satisfied with the result. How about giving the wooden stick to this old man for a look? Let this old man interpret it for you again."
"No need, Taoist Priest Qiushan. I don't believe in such things," Wei Shuxuan waved her hand to refuse. Xin Shang and Wei Wei both looked at her in surprise. "Fate is predestined by heaven, but opportunities are in people's hands."
"Hahaha, Miss Wei really speaks well. This old man likes you more and more!" Wei Shuxuan's words seemed to have pleased He Qiushan greatly.
"Taoist Priest Qiushan, wait a minute. You can't like me. There's a huge age gap between us. I don't like May - December romances!" Wei Shuxuan joked with He Qiushan.
"This old man doesn't mean that. Moreover, this old man is nearly two hundred years old. How could I take a fancy to a young girl like you?" He Qiushan's words shocked the four people present. They didn't expect He Qiushan to be almost two hundred years old. They thought he was at most eighty or ninety years old. After all, the old monk in the small Qiuling Temple halfway up the mountain was only seventy or eighty years old. But they didn't expect...
However, Wei Shuxuan just remembered that the old monk had told her to find his master to interpret the fortune stick for her. She just didn't expect to see a nearly two - hundred - year - old man here. It was very rare in modern times. Moreover, from his appearance, this Taoist Priest Qiushan didn't look like a two - hundred - year - old man at all. She felt a bit scared. A person who had lived for so long must be extremely shrewd.
He Qiushan was quite satisfied with their surprised expressions. He stroked his white beard with a smile.
"How about the four of you staying in this small Taoist temple for a few nights?" After He Qiushan said this, he glanced at Wei Shuxuan intentionally or unintentionally. Wei Shuxuan sensed the hidden meaning in the Taoist priest's eyes. He intended to keep them here.
Originally, He Qiushan had someone prepare four guest rooms for them. But since Sima Yongheng still didn't want to sleep alone in a room and insisted on sharing a room with Wei Wei, later they changed it to three guest rooms.
Wei Shuxuan walked through a long corridor and saw a colorful sea of flowers. The flowers swayed their delicate bodies in the wind, and the sweet fragrance wafted in the air. It seemed that just taking a breath would fill one's chest with the sweet floral scent.
"This is your room, Miss Wei."
"Okay, thank you, young Taoist priest."
Wei Shuxuan's room happened to be arranged near that sea of flowers. As long as she opened the window, she could see the sea of flowers. Did Taoist Priest Qiushan deliberately arrange this for her?
Evening was gradually approaching. There wasn't a single cloud in the sky. Stars dotted the deep - blue sky, emitting a dazzling light.
Wei Shuxuan, who had just taken a bath, pushed open the window. A gust of wind mixed with a faint floral fragrance blew towards her. The smell seemed a bit different from that in the daytime. The floral scent at night was lighter. Wei Shuxuan looked up and saw that the flowers that had been in full bloom during the day had now closed their petals. It looked as if they had never blossomed.
"The flowers here are really amazing!" Wei Shuxuan was a bit stunned. They were just like thoughtful elves.
So engrossed in looking at the flowers, Wei Shuxuan almost forgot her business. Taoist Priest Qiushan must have had his reasons for asking them to stay for one night. So, in order to figure out the reason, Wei Shuxuan decided to go to He Qiushan's room.
After asking a young Taoist apprentice on the way, Wei Shuxuan knew how to get to He Qiushan's room.
There came a polite knock on the door from outside. He Qiushan was sitting cross - legged in his cultivation room with his eyes closed. "Come in."
Wei Shuxuan pushed open the door and swaggered in. She saw He Qiushan sitting on a cushion, cultivating. "Taoist Priest Qiushan."
"Miss Wei," He Qiushan opened his eyes and looked at Wei Shuxuan with a smile. "This old man knew you would come to find this old man. Please sit down."
Wei Shuxuan sat down on one side and poured herself a cup of tea. She was completely at ease with He Qiushan. "You knew I would come to find you. And you invited the four of us to stay on purpose to facilitate our conversation, right?"
"Right, that's it. I didn't expect you, a little girl, to be so smart. My disciple Zizhao always mentions you in the letters he sends."
Wei Shuxuan was stunned. She didn't expect Xin Zizhao to have talked about her with Taoist Priest Qiushan. Suddenly, her heart skipped a beat. "Then... Taoist Priest Qiushan, what did Xin Zizhao say about me in the letter?"
She was very curious about what Xin Zizhao would say about her in the letter. And she also wanted to know what kind of person she was in Xin Zizhao's heart.
"Hahaha, at first, it was all complaints. He said you were impulsive, reckless, and very noisy. But later, he started to talk about your good points. He said you were a very smart little girl," He Qiushan looked at Wei Shuxuan with a smile. "When this old man took in Xin Zizhao before, I had already calculated that this child would surely become an outstanding person in the future. And he couldn't cut off his worldly affairs. So, I didn't force him to learn Taoist magic whole - heartedly. I just taught him medicine and martial arts."
Wei Shuxuan hesitated for a moment and decided to speak up. "Taoist Priest Qiushan, can you calculate my real background?"
"For people who don't belong here, this old man can't calculate. This old man only knows that you came from a distant place. I don't know your real identity or who you really are."
He Qiushan's words were very abstract. Wei Shuxuan felt she couldn't quite understand. When talking to a master, one could only be confused.
"Miss Wei, why don't you just follow your heart? You know that you may not be able to return to your distant hometown. Then why don't you just let go of everything there and stay here?"