"Big Brother, Elder Sister has already entered seclusion."
In a pavilion on Three Immortal Island, Qiongxiao arrived on a cloud and said this.
Hearing that, Zhao Gongming let out a long sigh and sat there, tangled in indecision.
"Ah, forget it. Such a small matter is not worth calling her out of seclusion.
I'll just go find Chang Geng myself. I'd originally wanted to ask Second Sister to come along and help me think of a solution."
Qiongxiao snorted in dissatisfaction. "Chang Geng, Chang Geng—you keep that old-man-loving-to-play-act on your lips every day. Elder Sister is like that, and so are you, Big Brother!"
"Exactly," Bixiao quietly added from the side. "Whatever it is, you can discuss it with us too."
Zhao Gongming stroked his beard and smiled bitterly. "Well... some things between men—you girls wouldn't understand even if I told you."
"Pah! Who are you looking down on?"
Qiongxiao rolled her pretty eyes, said, "Watch," and lightly spun around twice with her graceful figure.
Colored light shimmered, jade pendants chimed, and clouds rose and fell. The girl who had been dressed in a pale-yellow gauze skirt transformed into a stooped old Daoist, who said in an ancient, grave voice:
"Young man, what troubles weigh on your heart? Tell this poor Daoist, hahaha!"
Zhao Gongming covered his forehead with one hand, while Bixiao laughed so hard she doubled over.
In the end, Qiongxiao and Bixiao proved the more skilled. Zhao Gongming hemmed and hawed before telling them about the trouble that vexed him.
Naturally, it still concerned Junior Sister Jinguang...
"You both know that I originally had no such thoughts toward Junior Sister Jinguang. But after so many fellow disciples teased and joked about it, this elder brother's Dao heart has become somewhat... somewhat strange."
"Big Brother, if you've developed