They had met then, too—in a tomb.
Jade True Person's own tomb.
Back then, Jade True Person had called him "fool" twice. Once, when he learned Qin Yi had not touched his "relics," he had thought, "There aren't many fools like this."
The other time had been because of Qin Yi's feelings for Ju Yunxiu and Li Qingjun, which made him think, "A whole bunch of fools."
The second instance seemed closer to what he himself meant, but in truth, both roads led to the same destination.
They had principles, feelings, things they cared about. They were not like the bustling masses of the world, concerned only with fame, profit, power, or immortality.
It had nothing to do with righteousness or demonic paths. In the eyes of the world, they were simply fools who would not take even benefits handed to them.
Yet when fools met fools, it was exceedingly comfortable. Jade True Person had given him nether soil, a pill furnace, and the Other Shore Flower before drifting away. He had merely bestowed a few benefits upon a fool pleasing to his eye, acting as he pleased, without any particular thought behind it.
Who would have thought that this fool would become his apprentice son-in-law? Did those things he had given then count as a dowry?
Or perhaps as filial offerings to his grandmaster? Now that Jade True Person had recovered his past-life memories, he still remembered vividly the scene of Qin Yi visiting the Nether Emperor Sect. Whenever he thought of it, he wanted to laugh. The karmic ties of this world truly defied description.
Qin Yi stood behind him and said, "Thank you for the things you gave me back then, True Person. Every one of them proved useful."
The nether soil had let Qing Cha sprout