My Lady Always Lacks Ambition

Qin Liuxi knocked on the temple gate which made a loud banging sound in the quiet night, extremely noisy.

Footsteps approached from afar, and a loud voice asked, "Who is it? The temple gate is closed, come back in the morning if you wish to offer incense."

"It’s me, from Li City Qingping Temple. Is Master Chi Yuan here?"

There seemed to be a moment of hesitation inside, then the sound of the bolt being drawn back was heard, and the heavy door was opened from inside. A Daoist in his twenties, dressed in a Daoist robe and with a bamboo hairpin holding up his Daoist bun, appeared in Qin Liuxi’s vision.

Holding up a wind lamp, the Daoist sized up Qin Liuxi, surprised by her youth and slightly incredulous, he asked, "From Li City Qingping Temple?"

Qin Liuxi smiled and recited her Daoist name, "Blessings to the Infinite, I am Buqiu, here to look for my master, Master Chi Yuan. May I ask if you can lead the way?"

Hearing her Daoist name, the Daoist was even more surprised and said, "Buqiu? You are Master Chi Yuan’s disciple Buqiu?"

"That’s right."

Having heard that Master Chi Yuan’s disciple Buqiu was an extremely young child, the Daoist did not doubt and put down the lamp, making a greeting gesture with clasped hands, and said, "Brother Buqiu, you’ve traveled a long way. I, He Ming, pay my respects."

Brother Buqiu!

Qin Liuxi noticed his respectful address and thought to herself, so these are the third-generation disciples currently at Qinglan Temple. The Qinglan Temple Master was of the same generation as her old man, and the next generation uses ’Tai’ as their Daoist name prefix, followed by the ’He’ generation.