Everyone present was stunned once again.
The entire village was left in shock.
Only Xu Lei's father and mother suddenly jolted, exchanging a glance.
"Could it be?"
His father, whose hair had already turned white, said, "Is it... our second son?"
"It must be him. Who else could it be but our second son, who vanished mysteriously, vowing to seek eternal life?"
His mother, just as aged, immediately felt her eyes well up with tears. "In our family, who else could make such an influential official bow his head and try so hard to get on our good side?"
"So, our second son... he's come back?"
"But why won't he come see us?"
"Have you forgotten?"
The old father said, "Back then, both our second son and that Zen Master said it."
"As men of the cloth, they make a point of not getting involved in worldly affairs or tangled in karma."
"But he still helped this time!"
The old mother said, "Making such an influential official bow and suck up to us—isn't that getting deeply involved!"
