North of Dan Prefecture, Purple Emblem Mountain.
As word spread that Qixia True Person had reappeared in the world, the number of people coming to Purple Emblem Mountain to seek a master had multiplied several times over previous years. At noon, the common folk's carriages and sedan chairs were everywhere along the winding stone road up the Main Peak. Some couples even stopped passing Daoists to have their children's bones felt and fortunes read, to see whether they possessed spiritual roots.
Clad in Golden Armor, Qixia True Person walked along a mountain path with two little disciples trailing behind her. One was A Cai, Deputy Sect Leader Zhang Guan's direct disciple. Young as she was, she was bright and quick-witted, and was currently studying the timid little girl beside her.
The timid girl looked seven or eight. She wore a little black-and-red dress and had her hair in horn-shaped pigtails. Her large eyes were curious about everything, but now that she had come to an immortal abode, she was a little frightened too, and merely followed with her head down, listening to the white-haired immortal's teachings:
"Immortals and mortals are different, humans and demons walk separate paths-in my view, those are all fools' excuses. People often say Heaven's will cannot be defied. But just because Heaven's will cannot be defied, does that mean I have to wrong myself to keep Heaven happy?
"The Buddhist Sect says, 'Do not listen, do not look, do not hear.' What kind of purification of the six senses is that? If I don't look when someone glares at me, or don't listen when someone bad-mouths me, does that mean those things never happened?
"It's everyone's first time being human. Giving way to others means wronging yourself. To keep your Dao Heart unimpeded, you don't shut