Since he had become a ghost, Li Rui-Zhong no longer had the frailty of an old man. He carried two or three crates of ghost insects and helped me move them into the grotto-heaven.
After quite some time, all the ghost insects from the second and third levels had been moved inside.
"Elder Li, is there anything you wanted to say to this junior?" I asked politely. Li Rui-Zhong had hated me quite a lot in the past. The reason was nothing more than the fact that I never played by the rules. It was only normal that the Aristocratic Clans disliked me.
"Heh heh, it's nothing. I chatted idly with your master, Elder Qiu, for two days and gained some insight. When I saw that you'd woken up and were moving these things, I thought I'd lend a hand." Li Rui-Zhong seemed less gloomy and ill-fated than before, looking every inch like a high-level cultivator who had attained the Dao.
Looks like our master had successfully brainwashed him again, completely bringing Li Rui-Zhong into the camp of my Tianyi Grotto-Heaven.
"Oh. Congratulations, Elder Li, on achieving sudden enlightenment. When you have time, you must give this junior some guidance. There are several things in orthodox Daoist cultivation that I don't understand and would like to ask you about." My master was quite formidable, after all. Saying this was also a gesture of courtesy.
"Sure! What's so difficult about that?" Li Rui-Zhong agreed without a second thought, then pulled this junior along and began teaching me.
I hurriedly racked my brains for questions, while Li Rui-Zhong explained everything with meticulous care. By the time we were done, two or three hours had passed.
Still, I had gained something. After all, he was a man in his seventies or eighties, and