After hearing him say that, I fell silent. As I looked at him, it felt as though I had caught a glimpse of something strange, so I couldn't help saying, "Master, did you leave something unfinished back then, causing you to develop this mindset? You have to take everything to the extreme and see it through to the end?"
Dongfang Fu's eyes darkened. He said, "You're not asking whether I found anything. Instead, you want to tell me old stories?"
"If you found something, you'll naturally lead the way. If you didn't, we'll continue south. What kind of question is that? On the way, wouldn't it be better for the two of us, master and disciple, to open our hearts and talk about the past?" I immediately began coaxing him.
"You brat, you're really no fun." Dongfang Fu snorted, then led me off in another direction. He had probably really found something.
I followed him and didn't intend to ask again. If he wanted to talk, he would.
"When I was in the Ninth Heaven, I was the feudal lord of a certain region. You know that. Up there, life was very boring. Every day passed the same way, so everyone either visited friends or went traveling. Even the leader of our region had transformed into a traveler and left early on. Later, one day, I went traveling too. But after I returned—I don't even know how many years later—I discovered that I didn't even have a home anymore. Can you understand how I felt back then?" Dongfang Fu looked at me with eyes cold as the deep abyss.
"How did it disappear? I heard that there were enemies everywhere in the Ninth Heaven. How could it have been boring?" I was somewhat curious.
"Heh, being invincible is boring. What