"It hasn't been easy..."
"But you finally remembered me, little shepherd boy..."
Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang sighed, as though mourning the years gone by. A weight settled over everyone who heard him.
Dao Sage Wu Feng showed no anger at being called a little shepherd boy to his face. Instead, he rushed forward in excitement and dropped to his knees before Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang.
"Wu Feng pays his respects to Ancestor Yuan Zhang."
"This junior never imagined I would see you again... I failed to recognize you at first. I was at fault..."
Supreme Sage Yuan Zhang glanced at Dao Sage Wu Feng and waved a hand, lifting him to his feet from a distance.
"What fault was there in that?"
"It really has been too long... Even I've nearly forgotten those days, let alone you."
"But seeing the little shepherd boy from back then become an ancestor in his own right brings me no small comfort."
"I still remember finding you out on that desolate frontier. You were only seven or eight, tending sheep all alone. You weren't the least bit afraid of the wild beasts and meant to fight them to the death with nothing but a little bamboo staff..."
"Even now, I can see it as clearly as if it happened yesterday!"
Dao Sage Wu Feng stood dazed for a moment, then hurriedly said, "Back then, this junior didn't know how high the heavens were or how deep the earth was. All I could think of was protecting those few sheep. If you hadn't passed by and saved me, Ancestor Yuan Zhang, then taught me how to cultivate, I would never have become who I am today."
"Later, I became a Dao Sage, took control of the Mystic Wind Dynasty, and built it into a greater