Some Old Friends

Elder Hou read Zhao Shi's letter. Seeing that Zhao Yongchun had made it clear he did not mind the matter, he naturally agreed not to pursue it further. He was merely quite astonished by the origin of this letter.

Zhou Jun soon returned and said to Liu Xiaolou, "Elder Hou wishes to meet Sect Master Liu. Please come with me to Chui Liu Ting Shan."

"May I ask what this is about?"

"Elder Hou is very curious about this letter and has some questions for Sect Master Liu."

"Alright."

Rather than a mountain, Chui Liu Ting Shan was more like a pond. Yet this pond, spanning over twenty mu, lay within Ting Shan some ten zhang above the ground, like a celestial pool amid the mountains. More than a hundred weeping willows grew along its banks.

Elder Hou enjoyed fishing. He sat by the pool with a bamboo rod dangling into the water. The fishing line on the rod was made of some unknown material, drifting to and fro like a Silk Ribbon.

Several times, Liu Xiaolou wanted to remind Elder Hou that the fishing line was about to be carried away by the wind, but Elder Hou's questions kept interrupting him.

"Steward Zhao and Master Qi are very close to you?"

"So that was because of the formation?"

"And what happened afterward?"

"Haha, so there was such an explanation. Truly interesting."

"What kind of formations does Sect Master Zhao like?"

"Have you seen Master Tang recently?"

"Where did Master Long go?"

"Alright... let us leave it at that for today. As for the Zhou family matter, I was merely the middleman back then, passing messages between both sides. So long as neither side pursues it, I have nothing to worry about. Besides, now that the Zhou family has reunited,