Li Jing: He Slandered Me!
"That seal technique was passed down by my master. I have yet to master it, so I had better not make a fool of myself before the Third Prince."
Seeing Adam decline to elaborate, Nezha was not discouraged and merely continued asking:
"What is your master's name, and where does he cultivate?"
"My master is a reclusive sage, serene and detached. He does not permit us disciples to casually speak of him outside. Besides, my cultivation is shallow; I fear naming him would tarnish my master's reputation."
"Your cultivation is shallow?"
Nezha could no longer hold back.
"What, does your master require his disciples to be at least half a step into the Primordial Unity realm? Is he even more impressive than my master?"
"Achoo—achoo—aaachoo—!!!"
At Qianyuan Mountain's Golden Light Cave, Taiyi Zhenren had been meditating when a sudden chill ran through him. He sneezed three times in quick succession, then hurriedly leaped off his cushion and warily looked around.
"Who is it? Who wants to harm me?"
After thinking carefully, Taiyi Zhenren raised a hand and calculated with his fingers. Yet when he deduced the heavenly secrets, he saw only a hazy mist. Just as he was about to investigate further...
A large portion of the mist suddenly dispersed. From its depths emerged a ruler that filled his senses, striking Taiyi Zhenren squarely over the head. In the blur, a gleaming steel ring seemed to flash past as well.
"Ah—"
The Immortal Crane outside Golden Light Cave took flight in fright.
"Don't talk nonsense!"
Adam jumped in alarm and looked around. Only after finding no thunderclouds overhead and no Dharma Treasure descending from the sky did he let out a breath.
That was true. After all, Nezha was one of his own disciple-descendants, and