Zeng Anmin strode quickly to Master Hongji and pointed at the stone table and stools beside them:
"Master Hongji, please, have a seat."
"Thank you, Benefactor Zeng." Hongji sat down with Little Monk Yingchen, smiling warmly.
"Tea." Knowing that Master Hongji was highly accomplished in the art of tea, Zeng Anmin catered to his preference. He took out premium tea leaves from the Preparation Space and brewed him a pot.
"Benefactor Zeng's tea-making skills have improved greatly of late."
"I learned from my father." Zeng Anmin chuckled, then asked as he worked the tea water:
"May I ask what Master Hongji gained from this journey?"
Master Hongji had told Zeng Anmin about his purpose in coming to Xiliu long ago.
First, he wanted to see why the Buddhist Seal he had left behind in Xiliu Grand Canyon had disappeared.
Second, he intended to take Yingchen along on a journey.
"Besides revisiting the old site to investigate the vanished Buddhist Seal, this monk also followed Benefactor Zeng's suggestion and inspected those two blocked mountain passes."
"What did you find?" Zeng Anmin stared fixedly at Master Hongji.
"Just as you predicted, they were man-made."
A trace of gravity appeared in Master Hongji's slightly clouded eyes.
Man-made!
Upon hearing Master Hongji's words, Zeng Anbian's heart sank sharply.
Just as expected!
Everything along the way had been utterly strange.
Whether it was Xuanlun Mountain Villa's fleet deliberately luring him away,
or the people who later robbed his grain, it all gave him an absurd feeling.
"Man-made..."
Seated on the stone stool, Zeng Anmin softly repeated those two words.
For a moment, he felt as if he were the protagonist of this world.
"Why does it feel like everything is revolving around me..."
Zeng Anmin laughed at himself.
"Benefactor Zeng truly is unlike ordinary people."