Female Daoist Xuanji

Xuanji had invited Qing Si to his home precisely to ask her about stories, so how could he let her pay?

Duan Chengshi firmly refused.

But Qing Si said seriously, "You should take it! Even blood brothers settle their accounts clearly. What's more, ours was only a chance encounter. Since I'm staying in your home, naturally I should pay."

"Take it. If you refuse, then I won't go."

"This..."

Duan Chengshi stared at the silver for quite some time before finally nodding.

"Very well! Then I shall accept your kindness without further ceremony! This way."

He invited Qing Si to travel with him.

Along the way, he also asked Qing Si about several stories.

Qing Si recounted them one by one. Only then did Duan Chengshi fully set his mind at ease, and he treated her with the utmost respect.

Before long, the cart and horse stopped before the Duan residence.

Duan Chengshi did not live in the Great Tang government offices.

He had purchased a piece of real estate in Chang'an himself. The Deputy Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices was a Principal Fourth Rank official. Looking across the entire Great Tang, while he was not among the very highest ranks, his position was already no small one!

Though a fourth-rank official was somewhat unremarkable in Chang'an, even so, his residence was far from shabby.

Qing Si stayed in the Duan residence for half a year.

The more deeply they interacted, the more Duan Chengshi was awed by Qing Si's breadth of knowledge.

"What a remarkable person!"

"Lady Qing Si truly possesses vast knowledge!"

"I am inferior to her!"

As Duan Chengshi recorded the stories Qing Si told, he sighed in admiration.

Qing Si merely smiled when she heard him.

"I have merely traveled a few more roads