The two turned to him and asked, "Who told you that? Did you see him?"
"That's..."
Seeing their reaction, Zhu Guang nodded with satisfaction.
Now that was the right reaction.
"This evening, while you were all at the Scripture Depository Hall, he came to the dining hall for a meal. I saw him with my own eyes."
"Was it really him?"
"How could it be anyone else? He came back to the dormitory with us. I found out while we were chatting on the way."
As he spoke, he shook his head and recited, "There was a Wang Sheng in the town, seventh in his family, born to a prominent clan. He had long admired the Dao. Hearing that Mount Lao was full of immortals, he packed his books and set out to visit."
This was the passage from The Lao Mountain Daoist that introduced Wang Sheng.
"His surname is Wang, he's seventh in his family, and his clan is quite influential locally.
And when he talked about seeking immortality and studying the Dao, he even sang a section of the Song of Seeking Immortality, dancing as he did.
Most importantly, despite fitting all those details, he isn't a Gifted One."
Zhu Guang counted Wang Sheng's traits off on his fingers, then asked,
"If it isn't Wang Sheng, who else could it be?"
This was the Song of Seeking Immortality that Ling Qing had sung when he first entered the instance. It was also the song Wang Sheng sang in the puppet animation The Lao Mountain Daoist.
"It really could be him, then. We'll have to see for ourselves tomorrow."
Zhu Guang had also said that Wang Sheng had still been assigned to chop firewood, so Ling Qing and the others would probably meet him tomorrow.
With that in mind,