In a serene courtyard in Mountain Cliff Academy, a young girl was sitting in a kneeling position by the door. She felt so apprehensive that she didn't even dare to breathe too loudly. She was Xie Xie, a young girl now famous in the capital of Great Sui Nation.0

Two people sat opposite each other in the room.0

At the same time, from another perspective, there was only one person in the room.0

There was the young Cui Chan in flowing white robes, and there was the old Cui Chan in azure Confucian robes.1

The two of them didn't say anything to each other after meeting. They only played a game of Go with each other, and it was eventually the young Cui Chan, who now went by Cui Dongshan, who had lost by a single move. However, Cui Dongshan wasn't in a bad mood because of this, and he reviewed the game with a relaxed grin.0

Meanwhile, the old Cui Chan had a solemn expression as he accepted the cup of hot tea that Xie Xie was apprehensively handing over. He slowly sipped the tea, and didn't look at the Go board.0

"Are you unwilling to accept my request even if there's a method to fuse our souls back together?" the old Cui Chan suddenly asked.0

Cui Dongshan continued to pick up Go pieces and place them back in the Go box. "Do you really need to ask?" he huffed. "What kind of temper and attitude does Cui Chan have? He'd rather be the head of a chicken than the tail of a phoenix. This was the case a hundred years ago, and this will still be the case ten thousand years from now!"0

"Life is unpredictable and filled with all kinds of preposterous occurrences," the old Cui Chan sighed.0

Cui Dongshan chuckled and asked, "It's difficult for me to obtain information now, so can you tell me if things have become chaotic near Colorful Garment Nation in the central region of Eastern Treasured Vial Continent?"0

The old Cui Chan nodded and replied, "Even though there was a small accident, this wasn't enough to obstruct the great trend. Chaos is already inevitable."0

Cui Dongshan spent a long time tidying...0