Xuan Hao looked at the tall, handsome young man before him, whose figure overlapped with the childish youth in his memories. His eyes grew slightly moist, and his aged face was filled with fatherly affection. Patting Liu Xi's hand, he said with satisfaction, "You've grown taller, and more handsome too!"
"I didn't come back to visit you for four years and made you worry, Teacher," Liu Xi said guiltily.
Xuan Hao did not blame him. Smiling warmly, he said, "It's good that you're back. And these people are?"
Looking at the aloof old man, Hai Bodong, the green-robed woman, Lü Man, whose face was veiled with gauze, and the rather adorable little girl, Qing Lin, who had come with Liu Xi, Xuan Hao asked in confusion.
Hearing his teacher's question, Liu Xi first pointed at Hai Bodong and introduced him. "This is Senior Hai Bodong. He used to live in seclusion. During my travels, Elder Hai and I hit it off at first sight, so he came with me this time to visit you, Teacher."
Xuan Hao frowned and thought for a moment before cupping his hands toward Hai Bodong. "Could you be the Ice Emperor Hai Bodong, one of the Jia Ma Empire's Ten Great Experts from back then?"
When Hai Bodong heard Liu Xi claim that they had hit it off at first sight, his right eye twitched wildly. Hit it off at first sight? When we first met, you nearly killed me without holding back at all!
Then, seeing that Xuan Hao had recognized him, Hai Bodong returned the gesture and admitted, "That would be me. For Master Xuan Hao to have taught such an outstanding disciple truly makes others envious!"
Hearing Hai Bodong praise Liu Xi so generously, Xuan Hao naturally beamed with delight and repeatedly