First, Send Off an Old Friend

"Hey, look..."

"There's someone on the mountain!"

"There really is someone!"

"Could it be an immortal?"

"It must be an immortal!"

Three Flower Lady wore a grave expression. She stood listening for a while, then stared down below for a while, her face unreadable. Once she heard her Taoist priest's footsteps growing more distant, she immediately spun around and chased after him in little quick steps, following behind him.

"Are we leaving, meow?"

"Of course." The Taoist priest did not look back. "The matter is already settled. This isn't our palace."

"That's true..."

"Let me pack our things."

"Three Flower Lady will pack!"

"Shouldn't Three Flower Lady first go catch all the mice she raised free-range on the mountain?"

"That's true..."

"Go on, then."

"Okay!"

The cat spun around again and bolted off like mad.

She really did seem a little unhinged.

The Taoist priest, meanwhile, calmly packed their belongings.

Swallow took human form and came over to help as well.

Clouds and mist drifted over the mountain again, blown by the wind into visible shapes before trailing long tails behind them like banners fluttering in the breeze. Within the palace atop the mountain, mist filled the eye in every direction. In a daze, it truly felt as though they stood above the clouds, in the place closest to heaven.

"Purity is cultivation.

"Do good, and blessings will come of their own accord."

Song You murmured to himself, then raised his head to look up at the sky.

"One final line remains."

Though he did not speak loudly, his words startled those in heaven.

The Taoist priest soon finished packing. The cat also took human form so she could carry the shoulder bag, then hurried over in a frantic rush. The bag was bulging, and something inside it was faintly