Fuguang County and Tripod Mountain

"So humans can't walk when they're little either—they can only crawl on the ground!" Three Flower Lady said. "I thought people were born standing up and walking!"

"Is it like when kittens are little?"

"Mm..."

Three Flower Lady carefully studied little Jiang Han's clumsy crawling posture, then decisively shook her head.

"Not alike at all!"

"..."

"Do people need to learn how to walk?"

"No."

"Really?"

Three Flower Lady stared at him suspiciously.

"I would naturally never dare deceive Three Flower Lady," Song You replied. "Humans cannot walk when they are young because their bodies have not finished developing, and their legs are not yet strong enough. Forcing them to learn to walk at this time has no effect. If one is too eager to educate them, it may instead hinder their growth and development. The truth is, once a child grows to a certain point, they will naturally be able to stand. When they see how others walk, they will naturally learn to walk as well."

Song You paused as he spoke.

"Just as kittens naturally learn by watching adult cats hunt, groom their fur, and sharpen their claws. Adults only need to watch over them a little when they are unsteady on their feet, and correct them slightly when their movements or posture are wrong."

"Three Flower Lady is an adult!"

"That is only natural..."

Song You said to her with complete sincerity.

As for the infant girl still crawling across the wool felt, the Taoist priest merely glanced at her before withdrawing his gaze.

There were bonds of fate in this world, and fixed laws to all things.

The successor of Fulong Temple would have her own fortune.

Was that what the old Taoist priest had thought of him back then?

The Taoist priest could not help