"Master Fahai, would you be willing to take my son Hanlin as your disciple?"
Although Xu Xian felt deeply embarrassed, he asked the question outright without the slightest hesitation.
"I'm only a monk. Do you want your son to become a monk too?"
He truly had not expected Xu Xian to have come for something like this.
However, there was no way he could accept Xu Xian's son.
After all, Xu Hanlin was far too unusual.
If he simply took the boy in, countless troubles might follow.
After all, he had already confirmed that the events to come would revolve around Xu Hanlin, the reincarnation of the Jade Emperor.
If he accepted Xu Hanlin as his disciple, he could forget about living in peace.
"Your son is indeed a heaven-sent prodigy, but there is no fate binding us as master and disciple."
Xu Tong refused without giving the matter another thought.
Xu Xian could not help sighing.
He had anticipated this outcome long ago, but now that it had actually happened, he still found it hard to accept.
Bai Suzhen, meanwhile, had never imagined that Xu Xian had come for such a reason.
Still, even if Fahai refused, it made no difference to her.
That was not why she had come here anyway.
"Master Fahai, I would like to ask about my younger sister."
Bai Suzhen glanced at Xiaoqing, who lay motionless in a chair, then looked at Xu Tong with firm resolve.
"If you want to know what's going on, let her tell you herself."
Xu Tong could answer Xu Xian's questions calmly. After all, Xu Xian would not bring him much trouble.
Bai Suzhen, however, was an entirely different matter.
The Buddhist Order stood behind her, though he himself was currently a member of the Buddhist Order as