The moment those words were spoken, everyone from Purple Serenity Temple standing at the entrance—including those walking ahead of us and several fellow Daoists behind us—widened their eyes in surprise.
"What? Song Decai, Yu Long?"
"They're the two fellow Daoists from Mountain City who destroyed Carefree Tower?"
"So it was them!"
"I heard their cultivation is terrifyingly high!"
"But looking at them, they don't seem to get along?"
"..."
Back then, Daoist Lu Chen did not know what Master and the others were called.
Now that several decades had passed, he clearly had not recognized them either.
He smiled and said:
"Fellow Daoists, let's talk things over properly. Boys, quickly escort these two seniors inside for tea."
"Yes, Sect Master!"
"Two seniors, this way, please."
The two boys, around fourteen or fifteen years old, spoke up and invited Master and Uncle Yu inside.
At this moment, Master and Uncle Yu each took out a gift from their clothes, placed them on the birthday congratulation table beside them, and entered through the gates.
"Mountain City's Daoists Song Decai and Yu Long have arrived..."
We followed closely behind and saw the staff at the congratulation table recording their names.
I did not know what birthday gift Uncle Yu had prepared, but Master seemed to have prepared Yin Spring water he had gotten from Xiao Yu. There was only a tiny bottle, but it was extremely precious.
Since they were birthday gifts, they were all labeled.
The Purple Serenity Temple Daoist handling the registration took one look, and his expression changed drastically. He hurriedly tugged on Daoist Lu Chen.
"Senior Brother Sect Master, y-you, look at this..."
As he spoke, he held up Master's bottle and the box Uncle Yu had given.
Three crooked words, "Yin Spring Water," were written on the bottle.