Xiao Hua spoke as he walked. "People in this world are cunning; they will not change because this Xiao is kind. Nor will the kindness of people in this world change because this Xiao is cunning. People in this world are people in this world, and this Xiao is this Xiao. Fellow Daoist Ziye losing faith in this Xiao cannot affect the people of this world in the slightest; it can only change Fellow Daoist Ziye's own heart! Do not rejoice over external things, do not grieve over yourself. Fellow Daoist Ziye should contemplate this more deeply!"
"Yes, I understand!" Ziye smiled, then looked around again and said, "I am completely penniless now. Does Fellow Daoist Xiao not wish to treat me to a cup of spiritual tea?"
"Before, they were your spirit stones, so I drank as I pleased. Now they are this Daoist's own spirit stones, and this Daoist is not so generous as to throw them away on pointless extravagance!" By then, Xiao Hua had already led Ziye outside the teahouse.
Ziye did not quite understand and said with a smile, "I never expected Fellow Daoist to have so many spirit stones!"
"Hahaha, no matter how many I have, I am not as generous as Fellow Daoist Ziye! You actually handed your own storage bag over to this Daoist!" Xiao Hua reached into his robes, took out Ziye's storage bag, and handed it to him. "That truly exceeded this Daoist's expectations!"
"Ah???" Ziye took the storage bag in surprise. Yet when he saw that not a single item within it was missing, his eyes nearly fell out of their sockets!
"Y-you used all your own... things???" Ziye could not help groaning. "You... you..."
"What is it about me?" Xiao Hua asked with a beaming smile. He patted