As for why no one had discovered Master Kang's real age, it was probably because of these constantly changing identity documents...
Especially...
Bo Yi looked at the papers in his hands.
The issuing authority listed on each identity document was different. Judging by the names of those authorities, the locations on any two consecutive documents were far apart. Even the closest were a province apart.
In other words... every so often, Master Kang would change his name, assume a new identity, and start a new life somewhere else. Bo Yi could understand that much. After all, judging by the photographs on these documents, his appearance aged at an abnormally slow rate. Staying in any one place for too long would surely arouse suspicion.
But understanding that did not mean Bo Yi understood everything. Going by the intervals between these documents, Master Kang had moved far too frequently. He had never stayed anywhere for more than five years, and in some places, he had only stayed for a year or two.
If he was only afraid of people discovering the secret of his aging, surely he didn't need to move that often?
Unfortunately, before he could work it out, the footsteps outside reached the door. Bo Yi could only set his questions aside for now, gather the documents, and put them back into the wooden box.
But before he could return the closed box to the hidden compartment in the floor, the study door was pushed open.
Creak- Master Kang strolled inside.
With his chance to restore everything gone, Bo Yi could only set the wooden box on the wine jar for the moment. He straightened slightly and peered out through a tiny gap between the books and the shelves.
After entering the room, Master Kang took only a few steps