"I'll get the door."
The considerate Lu Wen sprang to his feet to open the door.
"No need. Dharma Master Chongde and I have already arranged to visit an old acquaintance in the city today."
Xu Taiping patted Lu Wen on the shoulder.
With that, he strode straight to the entrance and pulled open the courtyard gate.
He had arranged with Chongde just yesterday to go shopping together at the Relic-Seeking Studio today.
"Amitabha. Benefactor Taiping, the carriage is ready. We can set off for the Relic-Seeking Studio."
Standing outside the gate, Chongde looked at Xu Taiping with a face full of smiles.
He seemed like a different person now, his gaze brimming with flattery as he looked at Xu Taiping.
Clearly, Abbot Guangze had probably given him another dressing-down last night.
"Sorry for the trouble, Dharma Master Chongde."
Xu Taiping smiled and nodded.
The Relic-Seeking Studio.
"Heaven's Protec... Benefactor Taiping, forgive this humble monk for asking, but is this truly your first visit to the Relic-Seeking Studio?"
Monk Chongde looked astonished as he watched Xu Taiping select medicinal herbs, pills, and talismans with practiced familiarity inside the Relic-Seeking Studio.
"It certainly isn't my first time."
Xu Taiping handed a Gold Essence Coin to the shopkeeper collecting payment in front of him, then put all the medicinal herbs laid out on the counter into his gourd.
They were now on the second floor of the Relic-Seeking Studio. Although the medicinal herbs here were very low-grade, they were sufficient for Xu Taiping to refine Qi-Gathering Pills.
"Not... your first time?"
Monk Chongde looked stunned.
Without needing any explanation from Xu Taiping, he had already come up with more than a dozen interpretations of that casual remark and relayed every last detail of them to Guangze, the Abbot of Prajna Temple.