"Father Emperor, you..."
Seeing Li Shimin react so strongly, Li Chengqian was somewhat taken aback. Li Shimin's expression immediately turned grave.
"Chengqian, you must not disrespect our teacher! Let Zhen tell you, the teacher of Zhen and Zhen's two siblings was actually..."
"An immortal!"
"What? An immortal?"
When Li Shimin revealed Verdant Green Maiden's identity, Li Chengqian's eyes widened as he stared at Li Shimin in utter disbelief. For one brief moment, he thought Li Shimin had gone senile, but he quickly cast that thought aside.
After all, Li Jiancheng and Li Xiu Ning were the same as Li Shimin.
In other words...
Their teacher truly was an immortal?
Li Chengqian drew a deep breath and sighed. "Why have I never heard of this?"
"Hmph!"
Li Shimin laughed.
"Our teacher's identity was not something for us to show off! Naturally, Zhen would not go around proclaiming that our teacher was an immortal!"
"But do you remember when Zhen ordered the Qing Xiao Jade Maiden Temple rebuilt, with seasonal sacrifices offered there?"
"I remember."
Li Chengqian nodded.
So that was it!
At the thought that he was about to meet a real immortal, Li Chengqian was incomparably excited.
What should he do after meeting an immortal?
Should he kneel?
Or did he need to present some treasure? Though Father Emperor should have prepared such things, right?
And Father Emperor was that immortal's disciple, so perhaps there was no need for any of that?
Li Chengqian pondered this.
Dantu County.
Xuanzang had spent over a month in Jiangzhou with his parents before returning to Golden Mountain Temple. Although Chen Guangrui still hoped he could stay, Xuanzang had long since devoted his life to Buddha Dao and the mystical path, and could only bid them farewell.
Still, Chen Guangrui and Yin Wenjiao were