Watching Du Yueyao leave with Saintess Zhilan and Fan Boyu, Lu Zheng took two pounds of good tea from his gourd, holding it in his hand, and quickly yet leisurely arrived outside the Wang Family's mansion in the north of the city.

As he reached the gate, the Wang Family's door opened revealing a delicate and pretty face, it was Wang Xiaowan.

"Senior brother!" Wang Xiaowan greeted with a smile.

"Hello, junior sister, I heard that your esteemed master, Master Shouyi, is here?"

"Yes, yes, and I even went to the Lu Residence to find you, but you haven't been home these past few days." Wang Xiaowan hurried to invite Lu Zheng inside.

Lu Zheng nodded as he entered the house, "I took Qingyan and the others out for some fun."

"I know, you didn't even bring Yueyao." Wang Xiaowan nodded her little head repeatedly, chuckling.

"Do you mean to tease Yueyao? Let me tell you, don't think only you have your master for support, Yueyao's sect has also sent people here." Lu Zheng and Wang Xiaowan chatted as they walked, soon seeing Master Shouyi waiting at the gate of a side courtyard. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

"Greetings, Master Shouyi!" Lu Zheng stopped and saluted with his palms.

"Yuan Zheng, your cultivation has made remarkable progress, truly a thing worthy of celebration!" Master Shouyi's eyes revealed a hint of shock.

Wang Xiaowan was also surprised, "Yueyao's sect has sent people too?"

Master Shouyi's eyes flickered upon hearing this, "I thought I sensed something earlier, but it disappeared in a flash, turns out it was the Saintess of the Primordial Saint Sect, truly profound in Dao practice."

Lu Zheng chuckled, "It was Saintess Zhilan of the Primordial Saint Sect and Sacrificial Priest Fan Boyu, they've just arrived."

Master Shouyi nodded understandingly, he had heard from Wang Xiaowan about Du Yueyao's affairs and knew about the distinction between the Original Sect and the New Sect within the Primordial Saint Sect, hence, he didn't jump to conclusions upon hearing the sect's name. Besides, even if he did, he probably couldn't defeat Saintess Zhilan of the Primordial Saint Sect.

"Come in and have a seat," Master Shouyi invited Lu Zheng.

Lu Zheng nodded, casually handing the tea bag to Wang Xiaowan, "This is Red Flower Tea from Jade Ridge Dao, clear and aromatic, a mortal world treasure."

Wang Xiaowan accepted the tea bag with a playful smile, saying, "I'll go brew the tea," and quickly headed to the side chamber.

Lu Zheng then entered the house along with Master Shouyi.

"On my way here, I visited Shaotong Mountain, only to find Ming Zhang had already been summoned back to White Cloud Mountain. It seems the White Cloud Sub-temple will soon be in Yuan Jing's hands," Master Shouyi said, "But Yuan Jing is promising, from a disciple of the sub-temple, his current cultivation is not inferior to the direct disciples."

Lu Zheng laughed dryly, nodding repeatedly, looking for something to say, "But visiting Master in the future will mean heading to Sanjiang Dao."

"That's a good thing, I've heard from Ming Zhang, saying you've been staying in the county living your small life, haven't gone to White Cloud Mountain for the New Year's Dharma Assembly for two years, and haven't had much interaction with the disciples of the temple," Master Shouyi remarked, "Ming Zhang returning is also a good thing, besides, as a disciple of White Cloud Temple, you should visit there more often."

Master Shouyi's words were truly for Lu Zheng's sake, naturally, Lu Zheng humbly accepted the advice.

Just as they spoke a few words, Wang Xiaowan returned carrying a wooden tray, on it was a purple clay teapot and two clear sand teacups.

She placed the two teacups on the table beside Master Shouyi and Lu Zheng, then picked up the teapot, and slightly tilted it, a line of slightly reddened tea trickled from the spout into the teacups, emitting a faint tea fragrance and floral aroma.

"Good tea," Master Shouyi picked up the teacup, lightly sniffed, and then drank the clear tea in one go.

Lu Zheng introduced, "This is from a group of merchants we encountered while providing disaster relief in Yinan Dao, they were trapped by floods, and upon our rescue, they gave us a few pounds of tea from Jade Ridge Dao; this Red Flower Tea being one of them, reportedly has an annual yield of just over a hundred pounds."

"Not bad," Master Shouyi praised, "Xiaowan also told me about your relief work across four Daos, truly diligent, and you must have spent quite a lot."

He had heard Wang Xiaowan say how Lu Zheng generously gave medicines and food on his journey; herbs were given by the basketfuls, grains by the sackful. Over several days they visited hundreds of villages and towns, countless thousands of pounds of grains were given out.

Wang Xiaowan had prepared some grains at home too, but compared to Lu Zheng's distribution, it was a mere drop in the bucket. If it hadn't been for Liu Qingyan easing her mind, Wang Xiaowan might have thought Lu Zheng was giving away all the money he had earned over the years.

"Master exaggerates. I have a lot of wealth and special channels to purchase common medicinal herbs and grains, so it's just some supplies, not much trouble," Lu Zheng brushed off.

Then Old Master Wang, having received the doorkeeper's message, finally arrived leisurely.

"Young Master Lu visits, why didn't you send word to an old man?" said Old Master Wang.

"I meet and chat with you every day at Leping Building, what's the need for formal notice?" Lu Zheng laughed, "I came upon hearing that Master Shouyi arrived, intending to pay respects."

When Lu Zheng came earlier, he revealed his aura; Master Shouyi sensed it immediately and sent Wang Xiaowan to greet him; hence Lu Zheng didn't even knock on the door, a fact only known to a doorkeeper who then slowly went to inform Old Master Wang.

Old Master Wang greeted Lu Zheng, then paid respects to Master Shouyi. As Wang Xiaowan's mentor, Master Shouyi received great respect and hospitality at Wang's residence.

"Please sit, Master Wang."

Knowing that Old Master Wang was curious and their topic wasn't secretive, Lu Zheng invited him to sit, continuing the chat with Master Shouyi about disaster relief, exorcising demons, and various regional customs, which Old Master Wang listened to with great interest, occasionally chiming in at key points.

...

Time quickly approached five in the afternoon, and Lu Zheng timely proposed his leave.

"Young man, stay and have dinner before leaving?" Old Master Wang offered.

"No, there are guests at home, not convenient, another day," Lu Zheng politely declined.

Old Master Wang naturally wouldn't insist, Master Shouyi understood Lu Zheng's intention, and had no interest in meeting Saintess Zhilan, so naturally bid farewell to Lu Zheng.

...

Upon returning home, Lu Zheng found that Si Lingxi and Shen Ying had already returned from Peach Blossom Plain. Shen Ying knew Saintess Zhilan and had fought alongside her, so she was chatting with Liu Qingyan, while Si Lingxi was quietly drinking tea, not speaking.

"Lu Lang is back. Did you meet Master Shouyi?" Liu Qingyan came up to him.

"Yes, met him. Master Shouyi came specially to see Xiaowan and guide her cultivation, planning to stay for about half a month," Lu Zheng nodded, "So tomorrow's hot spring outing will be just us."