"Exactly. The last Six Paths Reincarnation Assembly cowed the small fry, and Daoist Heavenly Envy personally took action. That was how we learned how formidable he was." Sword Beitang chuckled.
Just then, Senior Brother Hai suddenly looked up and froze. Not far away, a handsome man was sitting on a tree branch, smiling at us.
"Daoist Heavenly Envy! How have you been lately?" Sword Beitang called out.
"Not very well. Seeing you lot come here has made me feel even worse. Why did you barge into my Heavenly Envy Mountain for no reason? Was your House uncomfortable? Were your children not clinging to you? Did you have no elders to care for? Weren't mundane affairs tying you down?" Ye Daotai wore a loose, casual Daoist robe. Sitting on the tree branch, its hem hung down, making him look as dashing as could be.
Yet the fellow had a distinctly dispirited air, with a teasing smile at the corner of his mouth. He clearly saw through all things in this world—or was simply sick to death of everything ordinary.
"No, my Beitang Sword Dao is doing just fine. Besides, I'm not married, as you know. I have no elders to care for either. As for mundane affairs, I finished those long ago. I'm terribly bored these days!" Sword Beitang giggled.
Ye Daotai shook his head and said with a speechless look, "Go away, go away. I wasn't asking you."
I smiled and said, "Greetings, Daoist Heavenly Envy. I have a favor to ask..."
"Stop right there. I already said I'm not well. Besides, if it's a favor you're reluctant to ask, then don't ask it, all right? Otherwise, what a nuisance." Ye Daotai truly was a dispirited fellow. He had no positive energy in him at all and was even somewhat