Fu’er followed Jiangli into the side hall.
Gazing at the changes around him, Fu’er sighed, "Time flies, I never thought Jiaoyang Temple would have changed so much..."
Jiangli said, "It has been several hundred years; naturally, there would be changes."
Even though that was the case, she hadn’t come up to look around for centuries.
Seeing everything about Jiaoyang Temple again, Fu’er was full of nostalgia.
"It’s just a pity that I am a Spiritual Body now, unable to go to the main hall to kowtow and pay respects to our ancestral master."
Jiangli poured herself a cup of water and took a sip. She had been feeling thirsty since outside Qingyun Temple.
And had been enduring it until now.
After quenching her thirst, Jiangli said calmly, "That old guy probably doesn’t want to see you, so it’s just as well that you don’t pay your respects."
"Is the relationship between our ancestor and the ancestral master still not good?" Upon hearing this, Fu’er seemed to find something familiar from the past, "The relationship between our old ancestor and the ancestral master wasn’t very good even back then. I didn’t expect that after so many years, it would still be the same."
Jiangli curled her lip, "That old man, always rambling on every day, talking nonsense; of course, I don’t like him."
Fu’er chuckled lightly.
Perhaps it was because of his age, but looking at Jiangli, who still seemed like her former self, he suddenly felt a fondness like that of a grandfather looking at his granddaughter.
He walked over, sat down opposite Jiangli with a grin, "Our old ancestor used to ramble on that he was under punishment when he became a disciple under the ancestral master, which is why he didn’t like him. I’m surprised it’s still the same now."
At his words, Jiangli paused in the act of putting down her tea cup, looked up at Fu’er with puzzlement, "I became a disciple under the ancestral master as a punishment?"
Fu’er was taken aback, "You don’t remember, old ancestor?"
Jiangli looked puzzled, "I..." She frowned, and after thinking hard, she shook her head, "Maybe it’s because of a serious injury. After I woke up from a severe injury, I couldn’t remember many things."
The smile on Fu’er’s face disappeared, replaced with pity, "So it is ... Indeed, our old ancestor was seriously injured, but as for how it happened, we also don’t know. We only knew that when we saw you again, you were lying in the room with injuries, unconscious. You woke up three days later and immediately went into seclusion."
A flicker of confusion crossed Jiangli’s eyes, "I was seriously injured outside and came back on my own?"
Fu’er replied, "You don’t remember any of this, old ancestor? At that time, you said you needed to go out for an important matter. We don’t know why, but when you returned, you were all injured, lying unconscious in the room. It was only after three days that you woke up, and right after waking, you went into seclusion. Weren’t you the one who came back on your own?"
Jiangli stared at Fu’er, her gaze as if seeing through him, reminiscing about something.
After a moment of silence, she said hoarsely, "I’ve forgotten..."
Fu’er was taken aback, but if Jiangli didn’t know what happened to herself, he was even less likely to figure it out.
He could only guess that this was a reaction from the serious injury.
Fu’er lamented, "I don’t know what happened, but it caused the old ancestor to be injured ..."
As he spoke, his eyes suddenly lit up.
"Right, I remember now. When I saw you return, the ancestral master said something. He said you shouldn’t have ended up —although I don’t know what he meant by that."
Jiangli was even more confused.
The memories from eight hundred years ago were mostly fuzzy for her; she had no impression of many things whatsoever.
But Jiangli felt that those forgotten things might be very important to her.
She had come back this time for two reasons: first, to revitalize Jiaoyang Temple.
Second, to retrieve her own memories.
Considering this, Jiangli lowered her eyelids, "One day, I will find out."
Fu’er didn’t think too much about it and nodded in agreement, "Of course, since the old ancestor has returned, you will eventually remember the past."