Severing the flesh again?
Listening to her account, Yue Wen thought that this Daoist Ye really did like persuading people to sever their bodily shells and escape karma. It was thanks to him that the Fox Demon Lady had only her divine soul left, and now the same was true of Immortal Lord Biyue.
He was simply the greatest enthusiast of slipping out of one's shell.
After some thought, he said, "Once I get out, I'll do my best to search. It's just that I've never heard of any of these immortal goods, so it may take some time. Please don't be anxious, Senior."
"I've waited hundreds of years. There's little reason to be anxious now." The woman in white gave a wistful sigh. "It's just that I used to hope he would come to fetch me himself. I never imagined that what came instead would be news of his death."
"You and Senior Daoist Ye..." Yue Wen asked cautiously. "Were you lovers?"
"Heh." A sunset blush suddenly rose over the woman's porcelain-white face. After a while, she shook her head with a complicated expression. "Of course not. At most, it was... unrequited love? Oh, that's not right either."
She lifted her eyes, a hint of girlish charm in them, looking nothing like someone who had lived for hundreds of years.
"Our story is quite long. Would you like to hear it?" The woman in white looked at Yue Wen. "If you're willing to listen, I can tell you. I haven't spoken to anyone in hundreds of years, and I do want to chat a little longer."
I'd love nothing more.
Yue Wen was eager for her to tell him more of their story, allowing him to gather more information and giving him something to work with when communicating with