"So that's how it is."
Gu Qingfeng said indifferently, "Then what business do you have with me today?"
"None. I just happened to run into you here."
"Happened to?"
Bai Chou nodded. "Happened to."
"Since it's just a coincidence, then tell me what you're doing in this world."
"And why are you in this world?"
"This world is my hometown. I'm just passing by to take a look."
"Heh."
Bai Chou's laughter drifted over. Gu Qingfeng said, "What the hell are you laughing at?"
"Coincidentally, this world is also my hometown."
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng was rather surprised. "You're from this world too?"
"Is that not allowed?"
"It's not that it's not allowed. It's just... how come I never knew there was someone like you in this world?"
"I left this world before you were even born."
"Well now, that makes you my senior then."
"Brother Gu, do you have some misunderstanding about me?"
"No."
"Have I done something to displease you?"
"Also no."
"If that's the case, why are you mocking and ridiculing me? And... Brother Gu doesn't seem to want to see me."
"Correct. You're absolutely right. I really don't want to see you. To be precise..." Gu Qingfeng tilted his head back and took a swig of wine, gazing at the beautiful night scenery of this world under the moonlight. "I don't want to see anyone related to the karma of Original Sin from the Era Without Dao."
"Why?"
"I just don't want to. Why does there have to be a reason?"
"Heh."
Bai Chou chuckled. "Since Brother Gu doesn't want to see me, then... I shall take my leave."
"We've already met, whether I wanted to or not. Since you're here, why not stay and have a couple of drinks with me?"
"Didn't you say you didn't want to see me? Why invite me to drink?"
"Not wanting to see you is one thing. Drinking is another. They're two separate matters. Who says you can't drink with someone you don't want to see? Besides..." Gu Qingfeng said with a smile, "We're both from this world. We're fellow countrymen, you could say. Don't you think?"
"You're the one who says one thing, then another. You really are quite unreasonable."
"Come on, fellow countryman. Sit down and have a couple of drinks."
Gu Qingfeng patted the empty ground beside him, gesturing for Bai Chou to sit.
"Apologies. I don't drink."
"You won't even have a couple of drinks with me?"
Looking at Bai Chou's body, all wrapped in white cloth, Gu Qingfeng realized something. "Can't you take that thing off? Even just to reveal your mouth?"
Bai Chou shook his head. "No."
"Fine. If you won't drink, you won't drink. Can you at least sit down and chat about life?"
"You sit. I'll stand."
"I mean, you're already in this state. What's there to be so particular about? What? Afraid the dust on the ground will dirty your fine white wrappings?"
Bai Chou snorted coldly, rolled his eyes, crossed his arms, and stood quietly. Clearly, he couldn't be bothered with Gu Qingfeng.
"Alright, fine. You're all refined, particular people. I'm the only uncouth vulgarian here."
Sighing, Gu Qingfeng asked, "Just now you said you're also from this world. Even though you started your path earlier, I should have at least heard your name. What's your Dao Title?"
"I have no Dao Title."
"No Dao Title? Then is Bai Chou your real name?"
"It is."
"That can't be right. If you're really from this world, with your abilities, you should be quite famous. How come I've never heard of anyone named Bai Chou in this world?"
"When I cultivated in this world, I rarely went out. You could even say I almost never went out."
"Then where did you cultivate before?"
"Same as you. Right here in the Great Northwest."
"You're also from the Great Northwest?"
Hearing this, Gu Qingfeng caught a whiff of something interesting and pressed on. "Where in the Great Northwest?"
At that moment, Bai Chou stood with his arms crossed, his deep eyes fixed on Gu Qingfeng. After a long pause, he finally responded. "Canyang Valley."
Upon hearing the words 'Canyang Valley', Gu Qingfeng was astonished. He turned to look at Bai Chou. "Don't tell me you're Canyang Wuyou?"
"Rest assured. I am not Canyang Wuyou."
"Canyang Wuyou is the master of Canyang Valley. What's your relationship with her?"
"She is my grandmaster."
"Now that's something new. How come I never knew Canyang Valley had someone like you, another person with Original Sin, besides Canyang Wuyou? And one who's the same kind of person with Original Sin as me. Wait..." Gu Qingfeng's heart skipped a beat. "I seem to remember hearing someone say that back then, that drop of Blood of Original Sin nurtured many people with Original Sin in this world, but most of them were wiped out by Canyang Wuyou's people. Only two survived. One was me. The other was said to be some Eldest Senior Sister from Canyang Valley? So that means... you're that so-called Eldest Senior Sister?"
Bai Chou stared at Gu Qingfeng. Just stared. After a very long time, he finally nodded in affirmation. "Correct. I am that Eldest Senior Sister from Canyang Valley!"
"Well, I'll be damned... This is truly... astonishing. Ever since I heard back then that there was another person with Original Sin who survived like me, I've always wanted to meet that Eldest Senior Sister from Canyang Valley. Turns out, after all this time, it's you."
Gu Qingfeng looked somewhat excited, a smile spreading across his face. "No wonder you always said we're the same kind of people, that we have the same Blood of Original Sin flowing in our veins. I didn't really understand before. But now, thinking about it carefully, we really are the same damn kind of people!"
Indeed.
Back when Bai Chou said they were the same kind of people, Gu Qingfeng thought he meant simply being people with Original Sin.
When Bai Chou said they had the same Blood of Original Sin flowing in their veins, Gu Qingfeng thought it might be some other Blood of Original Sin.
But after learning that Bai Chou was that Eldest Senior Sister from Canyang Valley, Gu Qingfeng finally understood the true meaning behind Bai Chou's words about sharing the same Blood of Original Sin.
"I say, sister, the fate between us is no ordinary thing. There might be many drops of Blood of Original Sin between heaven and earth, nurturing many people with Original Sin. But to be nurtured from the same drop of Blood of Original Sin... that's no ordinary fate. What's more, most of the people with Original Sin nurtured from our drop of Blood of Original Sin died. Only the two of us survived. This... damn it, if that's not the greatest fate, what is?"
Perhaps because he had been so utterly lonely on this journey, upon learning that Bai Chou was that other person with Original Sin like himself, Gu Qingfeng felt as if he had met a relative. There was a touch of excitement, and even his long-dormant heart began to stir with ripples.
"You seem quite excited?"
"Of course I'm excited, damn it."
"What are you excited about? What's there to be excited about?"