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"You are noble, your ambitions lofty, pursuing greatness. If you had lived in that ruined age, that backward and ignorant age, that dark age without the slightest glimmer of light, perhaps you could have kept company with that group who called themselves Grand Confucians and Grandmasters of the Human Path. What a pity..."
Inside a small tavern, a group of people surrounded a table.
Beside the table sat a young master in splendid robes, wrapped in a great cloak. His face was neither ugly nor handsome, but it carried a confident smile. Two women stood at his side, both lovely in face and figure.
Against the contrast of their figures, the young master's somewhat plump body became all the more conspicuous. Yet with the two women leaning against him on either side like little birds, he seemed all the more extraordinary.
Standing opposite the young master was a man who looked to be around forty. He wore five long locks of beard, giving him an air of composure, and a refined scholarly aura clung to him.
But now, that aura was being suppressed, while he was being berated with words.
"What a pity. I, this young master, have banknotes! Jiaozi! Silver! Copper coins!" As he spoke, the young master flung out his hand, sending a string of copper coins flying. They clattered down, drawing cheers from the surrounding crowd.
"As expected of Young Master Li—so down-to-earth!"
"Only after seeing you today do I understand that hearing of someone is nothing compared to meeting them! This is the fortune of three lifetimes!"
"Young Master Li truly is an extraordinary man of