Recognizing Kin I

At the foot of the mountain near Jade Chen Palace lay a somewhat sparse, remote little town.

Lu Sheng led his black horse grandly past the archway at the town entrance. Several guards glanced at him, saw that his clothes and bearing were rather extraordinary, and did not step forward to inspect him. They lazily continued chatting and shooting the breeze as before.

Lu Sheng wandered around the town, and before he knew it, he had acquired seventy or eighty meat skewers and more than a dozen pork pastries. After eating two buckets of rice at a shop, he carried his snacks around, eating as he asked after his old mother, Tang Qingqing.

"Supreme Oneness Sect's Spring Sect?"

Standing before a glutinous rice dumpling shop, Lu Sheng ate a dumpling while listening to what the owner knew.

The owner was a handsome young fellow. With practiced hands, he swiftly flipped the glutinous rice dumplings one by one in the iron pan as he smiled and explained.

"I heard all this from my grandfather. Jade Chen Palace has actually now been placed under the Supreme Oneness Sect. The person you're looking for is surnamed Tang, so they must be from the Tang Family of Spring Sect near the Supreme Oneness Sect."

"Why are you so sure?" Lu Sheng asked back, stuffing a dumpling into his mouth.

"Because the Tang Family is very famous around here. They're a genuine great clan, and direct disciples under the Supreme Oneness Sect. I'm only guessing—if you don't believe me, don't take it to heart." The owner chuckled.

"Then can you tell me where the Tang Family is?" Lu Sheng asked again.

"The Tang Family is quite far away, but Spring Sect's Taoist temple isn't far. You can go up the mountain and have a look