The beautiful woman's expression remained unchanged from beginning to end, revealing no sign of anything amiss.
Only when she heard the tall young man speak did she frown. She immediately turned her gaze back and watched him warily, saying from the corner of her eye, "Husband, have you been fooled? How does this young hero look 'old' in any way?"
Then she pursed her lips and stood beside Shou He without another word.
Of course, Shou He knew what his wife meant.
There were simply too many people who used the guise of monks and Daoists to swindle others.
Just over a decade ago, a wealthy merchant from neighboring Guo County had been cheated clean by a lama from afar. Even his wife and daughter vanished afterward. It was truly lamentable.
The appearance of a young Daoist in their home naturally made them wary.
Especially since her husband had addressed him as an old senior.
Looking closely—
There was nothing about him but youth and strength.
"Could it be that the old True Person saw wrongly?"
Shou He's attitude stiffened somewhat.
On one side was his lifesaving benefactor; on the other was the wife who had shared his life for so long, and whose love with his ran as deep as the sea.
He did not wish to doubt either side, much less voice that doubt before the other.
Even if the True Person before him bore no ill intent, he could only keep his distance.
Tu Shan Jun laughed mutely.
He had deliberately pointed it out. Otherwise, he could simply have looked down on things as an outsider.
He had merely not expected Shou He's reaction to be so great.
This incarnation was truly too weak. Qi Refining First Layer had only just stepped into the ranks of cultivation,