After Qi Xuansu recited the famous passage from the Primordial Daoist Ancestor’s Five Thousand Words Classic, Ji Jiaozhen led him away from Shuzhong Prefecture.0

Qi Xuansu’s literary knowledge was not entirely lacking. The fact that he did not recognize the complicated character on the Jianxiu Mountain Master’s seal was simply because the Wanxiang Daoist Palace did not teach classical literature. However, that did not mean he was unfamiliar with the Primordial Daoist Ancestor’s Five Thousand Words Classic, which was a fundamental scripture mandatory for all Daoist disciples to memorize.3

Thus, he committed the entire text to memory from a young age, much like how scholars memorized the Four Books and Five Classics in private academies. While he might not be able to recite it backward, he would never forget it for the rest of his life.0

Over the next few days, Qi Xuansu and Ji Jiaozhen traveled through various parts of Shuzhou before returning to Qingcheng for a brief stay.0

Qi Xuansu had left Wanxiang Daoist Palace on the 16th of September. Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. On the first day of October, he spent his last 100 Taiping coins to purchase a ticket on a flying ship that departed from Tiancang Mountain, heading...0