Yun Zhongzi poured himself some wine as if he owned the place, drained his cup, and said, "That hit the spot! You lot have time to sneak off for a drink, but I've been so busy it's giving me a headache. I haven't even had time for wine!"
Ren and the others didn't mind Yun Zhongzi turning up uninvited, and Four-Unlike minded even less. After all, Yun Zhongzi had done it more than once. Everyone was used to him by now.
Yun Zhongzi sat down. Four-Unlike fixed his deep, unfathomable gaze on him and said, "Being busy is good. At least your work can lead to something."
Those wise words made Yun Zhongzi laugh. "Haha... True! Being busy is good. At least it might lead to a good result!"
Nezha and Lei Zhenzi didn't understand a word of their exchange. Ren did, though, and he looked at Four-Unlike in surprise.
He hadn't expected Four-Unlike to know so much. He was like an old man who had seen it all. If anyone embodied the saying that age brought wisdom, it was Four-Unlike.
Yun Zhongzi turned to Ren. "Ren... how's the copying at the Library Pavilion coming along?"
Ren drank his wine with an easy flourish and shook out his sleeves. "The Library Pavilion has accumulated too many texts, and they're a complete jumble. The things they're written on are all over the place, too. Some are even inscribed on bones, and some Dao scriptures have been scattered and need sorting. Copying them all will take time and skill! I've been at it for six years and have finished only a twentieth of the Library Pavilion. It'll take at least several hundred years to finish the rest!"
"Several hundred years is already quick! The Three Masters have been collecting those books since