On Gluttonous Wolf Mountain, a sea of clouds churned around a lone peak that pierced the heavens. Several immortal cranes stood at the cliff's edge, leisurely preening their feathers.
But soon, a loud, frantic voice shattered the tranquility.
"Master! Master! Something terrible has happened!!!"
On a bluestone beside the lake, an old man in long robes sat with a fishing rod in hand, angling in the small lake.
Upon hearing that voice,
the old man's wrist twitched slightly. Then he raised a hand and rubbed his brow hard, looking thoroughly vexed.
Barring any surprises, whenever that frantic voice rang out through the mountain, it meant his youngest disciple had stirred up another mess she could not clean up and come running back to beg for help.
But recalling how that Arhat from the Buddhist Sect had inexplicably come knocking a few days ago, demanding an explanation...
"I haven't even come looking to settle accounts with you, yet here you are, coming to me first..."
Once he made out the young woman rushing toward him, Greedy Wolf Star Lord glared at her irritably and tossed his fishing rod onto the bluestone.
"Uh..."
Zi Ling stared at the fuming old man in bewilderment.
All I did was head down the mountain for a bit of fun and travel, and make a few friends along the way. Did he really have to get this angry...?
But now was clearly not the time to dwell on that.
She hurried forward, grabbed the old man by both shoulders without a second thought, and shook him hard.
"Forget all that for now... something's happened, something huge!"
"Stop, stop..."
Greedy Wolf Star Lord grew dizzy from her shaking and waved his hands repeatedly, helplessly brushing her hands away. "Look at you, all flustered! Where's your decorum? Just