The other party looked somewhat angry at the appearance of an unfamiliar face like mine.
Wang Hunchback looked on the verge of tears as he stared at Blackstone Daoist upstairs.
"No, no, Daoist Blackstone, this... this is Shi Nide."
Blackstone Daoist froze again.
"Your father?"
"No, not my father. Shi Nide."
Wang Hunchback hurriedly explained.
Blackstone Daoist's face darkened.
"Say that again?"
Seeing this, Wang Hunchback nervously continued.
"Daoist Blackstone, Blackstone... it's Shi, the Buddhist surname. His Dharma name is Ni Die, Ni Die. Not my father, and... and not 'father.' It's Shi Nide..."
Watching Blackstone Daoist's face go black and Wang Hunchback tremble as he kept explaining, I nearly laughed out loud.
But I held it in and spoke instead.
"That's right, this humble monk is your daddy. I heard you've been throwing your weight around here and stirring up trouble. I came over specifically to see what this was all about..."
I said it outright.
He narrowed his eyes, a trace of displeasure surfacing, but he did not lash out immediately.
He flicked the whisk in his hand.
"Master Ni Die, which famous mountain or temple do you come from?"
He was trying to probe my background. After all, being such a weakling at the Central Pivot Realm, he naturally did not dare act rashly.
I did not rush to answer. I simply lit a cigarette.
"None of your damn business. Get down here, now. Otherwise, when I go up there later, I'll be throwing you down."
I said it casually, but he flew into a rage.
"What an arrogant young monk. Judging by your accent, you must be from the Sichuan-Shu Region, right? There aren't any particularly formidable eminent monks over there."
With that, he kicked off the ground and leaped straight down from the second floor,