The old scholar ran his hand along his head and straightened his hair before smiling faintly and replying, "I once asked Qi Jingchun a question. Since Qi Jingchun was able to give me his answer, as his teacher, I naturally can't allow myself to be inferior to even my own student."

The mountain god of Tassel Mountain chuckled coldly and said, "Don't give me this abstract nonsense. Indigo is extracted from bluegrass but darker than bluegrass — weren't you the one who said this? Since students won't necessarily be inferior to their teachers, your explanation just then doesn't make any sense."

The old scholar pointed at the burly man in golden armor and educated, "You're being rigid with your understanding. It's better to have no books at all than to blindly believe everything written in the books. Do you understand this?"

"I have no time to speak nonsense with you," the burly man chuckled in anger. "Alright, I'm off now. Take care."

He hesitated for a moment before adding, "If push comes to shove, you can always come to Tassel Mountain."

The old scholar waved a hand and replied, "No way I'll go to Tassel Mountain. It feels like I'm desecrating the sages even if I'm simply taking a shit there. In any case, I've genuinely lost my Dao attainment catalyst now, and I no longer possess the same power as I did before. However, if someone wants to target me? Heh, they're free to throw everything they have at me.

"Ah, what a pity. If I had come across this fated opportunity back then, I would have grabbed onto the second disciple of the Dao Ancestor's leg and insisted that he hack my head when I came across him. I would have refused to let him go unless he hacked my head. In any case, my legs definitely wouldn't have trembled in apprehension after the fact."

The burly man shook his head, and he was truly in no mood to speak anymore. He certainly didn't want to chitchat and reminisce about past events with the old scholar. In fact, ever since becoming acquainted with this old scholar, he felt like his mood would definitely be dampened...