"Senior, you're too kind," Pei Ye said. "Recently, there's been a disaster with the Snow Lotus in the Western Territory, covered in an impenetrable mist, so we asked Miss Shi to invite you, sorry for the trouble."
"It's a small matter, not worth mentioning." Xi Baodu looked at him, smiling, "Miss Shi mentioned you lack in reading and writing, but I think your conversation reveals you as a learned person. What books do you read regularly?"
"..." Pei Ye glanced at Shi Zanxue.
Shi Zanxue widened her bright eyes.
Ying Yuantian reminded, "Ancestral Master Xi, let's discuss the Snow Lotus matter."
"Ah, yes." Xi Baodu adjusted his spectacles, composing his expression, "Yun Ning, bring me my notebook."
Pei Ye sat up straight.
"As people age, the mind sometimes falters." Xi Baodu took the notebook, "I know, it's about the 'Unsolved Sutra of Sword Du Villa', the Snow Lotus hasn't blossomed, has it—is it this one?"
