Seventh Master had only been twenty when he made an enemy of the organization.
And the organization had targeted him first.
If the Evil Buddha had already had a grudge against Seventh Master, it must have started before he turned twenty.
But what earth-shattering thing could a teenage boy have done to offend the Evil Buddha?
I asked Seventh Master whether he had ever caused any trouble before he turned twenty. He said he had not.
Although he had already learned a great deal and gained some proficiency in his skills before twenty, his master had still been alive then, and had been very strict about how he conducted himself.
After all, the teenage years were a time of hot blood and immature judgment, so Seventh Master's master had required him to learn to keep a low profile, lest he become blindly arrogant and look down on everyone later.
Thus, although Seventh Master had been able to help his master handle many things before he turned twenty, his master usually did not let others know the credit belonged to him.
By that account, before twenty, Seventh Master had been an obscure nobody with no reputation to speak of.
How had he offended the Evil Buddha?
"I can't figure it out."
Seventh Master shook his head and looked at me. "But there's one person who definitely knows."
He meant Li Fuguang.
Li Fuguang was the Evil Buddha, and he had awakened the Evil Buddha's memories, so he definitely knew why the Evil Buddha hated Seventh Master.
"But I can't establish any contact with Li Fuguang at all."
"He's never spoken to me," I said. "He only comes out to save my life when I'm in danger."
I remembered something else and added, "Back in Pear Blossom Village, when I found that