Green Lotus Sword Song

Kaiyuan, fourth year. Crane Call Mountain.

Before Tai Ping Temple.

Qing Nü ran into Li Bai again.

Qing Nü: "..."

Li Bai: "..."

Master and disciple stood in the open space before Tai Ping Temple, staring wide-eyed at each other. After quite a while, Li Bai smiled and greeted Qing Nü, saying cheerfully, "What a coincidence! I never expected Master to be at Crane Call Mountain too!"

"What are you doing here?"

Qing Nü looked at Li Bai with a strange expression.

Li Bai smiled at Qing Nü. "This disciple naturally came here to study the Dao!"

"Could it be... Master is also from Tai Ping Temple?"

"More or less."

Qing Nü nodded, then gave Li Bai another careful look, finding it even stranger. "Study the Dao? Your parents allowed it?"

Li Bai nodded. "At first, they didn't! But I insisted on coming."

"I begged for a whole year before Father and Mother agreed to let me come to Crane Call Mountain to study!"

Qing Nü looked at him, her expression odd.

"Why study the Dao?"

"I want to become a wandering knight like Master, traveling under heaven! The world's scenery is boundless—I should go and see it! Master, wasn't that what you taught me back then?"

Li Bai spoke earnestly to Qing Nü.

"..."

"When all is said and done, all I taught you was learning."

Qing Nü frowned slightly and said helplessly.

When had she ever taught Li Bai to wander under heaven?

Stinky kid!

"Studying the Dao isn't an easy thing."

Qing Nü looked at Li Bai and reminded him again. "You'd better think this through!"

"Mm!"

Li Bai nodded.

"I've already thought it through!"

Qing Nü looked at him.

After a moment, she gave a slight nod.

"Fine."

With that, Qing Nü raised her hand and