The Main Gate is Blocked, Use the Back Door

Lu Chuan arrived before the mountain gate. The great doors opened, and a young Daoist acolyte with twin buns stepped out of the cave abode, came to one side, and said respectfully, "True Lord, please!"

Lu Chuan nodded. But just as he was about to step through the stone gate, he turned his head and glanced at the ice sculpture by the entrance, deliberately saying, "What's going on with this fellow?"

The acolyte looked at Monkey and said, "A month ago, this monkey came here wanting to take a master and learn the arts. Master did not accept him, but he kept refusing to leave, so he ended up like this."

"Didn't accept him?"

Lu Chuan's eyes stirred. His broad sleeve glowed, and he gave the ice sculpture a light brush. A strand of Pure Yang immortal power flew out and entered Monkey's body beneath the ice and snow.

Crack!

The next moment, the layer of ice and snow over Monkey split apart. Monkey braced his hands and feet, broke free of the ice, and slowly opened his eyes, waking.

Lu Chuan quietly gazed at this monkey. Compared with when they had met more than ten years ago, his fur was even messier and rougher, but he had also grown taller, and stronger.

Monkey opened his eyes and looked around in confusion. Then he suddenly froze. "True Lord of the Dragon-Tiger Mysterious Altar, why are you here?"

As he spoke, he saw the acolyte too, and could not help being overjoyed. He said, "Immortal boy, immortal boy, is Master going to accept me?"

"What a pitiful fellow."

Lu Chuan shook his head and sighed inwardly. This sigh was both for Monkey and for himself.

When he had sought a master back then, had he not been the same? This was