Li Qing had long been used to Li Li's teachings, so he accepted his explanation without question. Then his thoughts began to run wild, and he speculated aloud.
"It must have something to do with Master. Otherwise, why would he have wanted to come to Mount Lao to study the Way?
"Wasn't there something like that in Legend of the Shu Mountain Swordsmen? Qi Suming had been True Person White Eyebrow's disciple in his previous life, which was why he was brought to Emei again.
"And Qi Jinchan, too—he'd been Qi Suming's son in his previous life. After reincarnating, Qi Suming found him again and claimed him as his son, even though the two of them weren't actually related by blood."
"You mean Wang Sheng was Master's disciple in his previous life, or one of the lives before that, but then met with calamity and was reincarnated?
"He came up the mountain because their fates had been settled long ago?"
Zhang Zhe asked, sounding half-convinced.
"Then why didn't Master just take him as a disciple? In the end, he sent him down the mountain with a Wall-Passing Technique?"
"He didn't pass the test." The more Li Qing spoke, the more he was convinced he'd hit on the truth. He continued piecing things together.
"Master even summoned Chang'e to test whether he was truly determined to seek immortality and follow the Way, but he still couldn't devote himself to it.
"That proves his immortal affinity in this life isn't strong enough. He'll just have to find another chance in his next life, or the one after that.
"After all, to an immortal like Master, going through a few reincarnations is nothing."
After hearing Li Qing out, everyone felt his theory did make some sense.
It wasn't just in novels; myths and