Lü Bufan answered honestly, "I am indeed the Mountain-Guarding Attendant of Longcheng Peak in the Taihua Sect. I am traveling to Heavenly Capital City to find someone and attend to some business. Passing through here, I came to visit the descendant of an upright elder who served as a county magistrate in the Southern Borderlands. His surname was Zhou. This has also been a longtime wish of an elder of mine, so I made inquiries along the way and found my way here."
The old man, One Plum Blossom, sat on a roadside rock and thought for a moment. "Surname Zhou, an ancestor who served as a county magistrate in Great Jin... oh, I remember. Could you mean Zhou Zhengyan, the one confined to the grounds?"
"You know Magistrate Zhou's descendant, senior?"
"He seems to be the one. I heard the old Master wants to send him home, partly to escape the calamity facing Mianchi Academy, and partly because his family seems to have suffered a misfortune... ah, the Confucian School has been in decline for so long, and the authorities are no use either! But that young Master Zhou Zhengyan is determined to face the calamity alongside the academy. He seems to still be kneeling inside... he's a good lad."
Lü Bufan frowned. "My elder and I greatly admire old Magistrate Zhou's character. If his descendant is in trouble, I will certainly help however I can."
One Plum Blossom eyed Lü Bufan sidelong. "That position of yours might intimidate a few people, but would you dare act under the Taihua Sect's banner? This old man knows how strict Immortal Sect rules are, and how their ties to the world's powers form a tangled web reaching far and wide. Young Master Zhou intends to face the calamity alongside Mianchi Academy.