As one nears death, there are always various matters that rest heavily on the mind, haunting one with the fear of becoming lifelong regrets.
Uncle Du feared that after his death, should Du Tianyu encounter any mishaps, there would be no one to shield him.
Looking across the entire Xuanmen Association and the Unusual Affairs Management Office, he truly found no one to whom he could entrust the task.
Otherwise, he would not have come to seek Jiangli with such embarrassment.
However...
Since Jiangli and Du Tianyu had both spoken thus, Uncle Du could say no more, only nodding his head slightly in disappointment, "If the Abbot finds it inconvenient then let it be, it wouldn't be right to force the issue."
Jiangli glanced at Du Tianyu, her smile silent.
"By the way, where did the Abbot practice previously? I had never heard before that Jiaoyang Temple had a female disciple," asked Uncle Pei Jiu at this time, seemingly out of pure curiosity.
