The moment Daoist Qingshan called out the other man's cultivation,
Zhang Yuchen nudged me and said,
"Brother Jiang, was this old bastard the one who set dogs on Senior Song and Senior Yu?"
His voice was very quiet.
I shook my head slightly.
"Seems not. I heard my master say the one who set dogs on them was called Lu Chen. They should be fellow disciples!"
"Oh!"
Zhang Yuchen nodded and said nothing more.
After Daoist Qingshan called out twice, the other party warmly gestured for us to head up the mountain.
After entering the mountain gate, we still couldn't see the temple and had to continue upward.
The stone steps had been worn somewhat smooth by countless feet. Towering trees lined the road, stone lanterns could be seen everywhere, and red cloth had been hung in quite a few places around us.
The scenery was genuinely quite nice.
Master and Uncle Yu, who were walking ahead, still couldn't stand the sight of each other. Even while walking, they kept bumping into one another.
Neither of them spoke, though. They simply glared at each other as they walked.
They were old rivals, so there was nothing we could do to persuade them. We just followed behind.
The farther up we went, the more people we saw.
After going a little farther, we reached a smaller bluestone gate tower, with the three words "Tranquil Mind Gate" written above it.
Once we passed through the stone gate, the noise from below suddenly seemed to diminish, as though it had been separated from us by an invisible veil.
No wonder it was called Tranquil Mind Gate.
"Ou Doudou, this temple is really far away!"
"Yeah! We've already been walking for over ten minutes."
Tian Yong chimed in.
"Let's keep going! We should be