After hearing Old Sun say this, Ran Chou immediately understood exactly who the monk before him was.
He had found him somewhat familiar earlier, but had not dared to be certain just then.
"Duan-"
Just as Ran Chou was about to speak, Duan Siping pressed his palms together and invoked the Buddha's name, then said, "This humble monk is now nothing more than a monk."
Hearing Duan Siping's words, Ran Chou left the rest unsaid.
For the monk before him was none other than the founding emperor of the Dali Kingdom, Duan Siping.
Ran Chou had never expected that he was still alive, let alone that he had become a monk.
But on reflection, it made sense. Dali followed Buddhism, and many members of the Imperial Family had become monks. It was just that Duan Siping had been publicly declared dead back then, and with no news of him over all these years, people outside had naturally accepted it as fact.
Who could have imagined he was still alive?
It seems Senior Sun was the one who persuaded him to leave seclusion, Ran Chou thought.
Back when the Taixuan Sect had stirred up such an enormous storm in Dali, he had not appeared. Yet now he had come out. Clearly, only Old Sun could have managed that.
"Master Duan!" Ran Chou addressed him differently.
Duan Siping was somewhat older than him, and since he now called himself a monk, he clearly did not wish anyone to bring up his identity as emperor again.
"All right, let us head to the Back Mountain first and talk on the way!" With that, Sun Simiao walked outside.
On the way to the Back Mountain, Ran Chou recounted everything about Wan Qingteng, Fang Chongyi, and Mu Jingfei coming to the Medicine King Hall.
"Fang