I served as Li Bai's page.

After Master Baiyun cut the cake, she placed it into everyone's bowl. Pei Min picked up a piece and put it in his mouth, saying, "It tastes good, fragrant and sticky, plus the sweetness of the fruit. This is called a cake, right? The cake is delicious."

After everyone tasted it, they all thought it was good. Li Bai said, "This should also be good with wine."

Li Bai stood up, picked up his wine cup, walked to Pei Min, knelt down, and said, "Master, please accept my bow and drink this cup of wine."

Pei Min took the wine and said, "Li Taibai, from today onwards you are my disciple, Pei Min. I am the best swordsman in the world, and you must be second best. Learn from me well." After saying that, he drank it all in one gulp.

"I will remember your words, Master, and diligently learn swordsmanship to live up to the honor of our school."

"Get up." Pei Min bent down and helped Li Bai up.

After becoming Pei Min's apprentices, Li Bai and Han Zhun accompanied him until they finished the two jars of wine before leaving the table.

After Li Bai became Pei Min's disciple, he was about to go to General Mountain with Pei Min. Before leaving, he said to me, "Yuehua, will you come with me to General Mountain, or stay here?"

"Young Master, my master is here, so of course he'll stay here. General Mountain isn't far from here, and I'll come to see you," I said.

"I'm a little worried about leaving you here."

"With my current skills, who would dare to bully me? Besides, if I can't win, I can always run away."

"Why would my disciple go with you? I still have many moves to teach him. I'm worried about your page, so I often ask your master to come to Baiyun Nunnery to check on him," said Abbess Baiyun.

"What my aunt says is true. My master and I will come to Baiyun Nunnery often. We'll be going now." After Li Bai finished speaking, he followed Pei Min out of Baiyun Nunnery. I led out Li Bai's horse, handed him the reins, and said, "Young master, your book is still at Lingguang Temple. I'll bring it to you another day. Study swordsmanship diligently with General Pei."

After Li Bai went to General Mountain, I stayed at Baiyun Nunnery to continue my studies under Abbess Baiyun, and my swordsmanship and lightness skills improved greatly. In order to deliver a book to Li Bai, Abbess Baiyun took my senior sister and me to General Mountain.

When I met Li Bai, I noticed that he had lost a lot of weight, but he looked more energetic than before.

I asked quietly, "Young Master, is learning swordsmanship from General Pei very hard? You've lost weight."

"Of course it's hard work. Only by enduring hardship can one rise above others. Without diligent cultivation, how can one reap a harvest?" Pei Min said.

"General, are you clairaudient? You can hear everything I whisper with my young master."

"If I didn't have some skills, how could I be worthy of being called the best in the world?" Pei Min said proudly.

"Senior brother, there's no need to rush things. Let him stay on the mountain to study for a few more years before letting him come down," said Abbess Baiyun.

"He's a restless fellow; I'm afraid he'll run away one day and embarrass me."

"Master, I will not leave without saying goodbye. If I am leaving, I will leave you a letter, even if I do not tell you in person," Li Bai said.

"Junior sister, listen to this, my worries weren't unfounded, were they? This is the good disciple you took on for me," Pei Min said.

"Senior brother, don't worry, this one is still with me. Li Bai wouldn't abandon his page and run away."

"You two masters are worrying unnecessarily. My young master and I came to Donglu to learn kung fu from you. We won't leave Shimen Mountain until we've mastered it. Please don't worry, we'll just be out for a few days at most and then come back," I said.

"They're all so unreliable, junior sister. Take them back and put them in solitary confinement," Pei Min said angrily.

Li Bai quickly stopped me, saying, "Yuehua, don't be so talkative, just tell the truth."

"You dare to lie to me, Li Taibai? I'll punish you by making you copy my martial arts manual a hundred times." Pei Min grew angrier as he listened. With a flick of his long sleeves, he dragged Master Baiyun to the top of General's Mountain to practice swordsmanship.

The young nun looked at Li Bai and said, "Benefactor Li, I can't help you. I'll go find my master."

I quickly stopped her, saying, "Senior sister, don't go. Why don't you go help my young master wash his clothes? He smells."

"Okay, tell him to go change."

Li Bai went to his bedroom to change his clothes and took out his dirty clothes. The little nun took the clothes and went to the well in the backyard to wash them carefully.

"Yuehua, you can't bully her. Although she's your senior sister, she's younger than you. You should help her with things, not make her do things for you," Li Bai said.

"I know, young master, I understand these principles. Young master, we've been away from home for half a year, and I'd like to go back to Rencheng to see the young mistress, Pingyang, and Boqin," I said.

"I'll go back with you."

"No, you're the main character in learning swordsmanship, I'm just a supporting character. You need to abandon all distractions and master swordsmanship to become the second best in the world in a short period of time to achieve our goal," I said.

"Then when you come back, come to General Mountain and tell me about your family situation."

"Okay, I plan to leave in a couple of days."

"Be careful on your journey," Li Bai said.

Seeing that it was getting late, Pei Min and Abbess Baiyun descended from the mountaintop. Abbess Baiyun said, "Senior Brother, we're going back now. We'll come to see you again when we have time."

Pei Min said, "Alright, we'll visit you at Baiyun Nunnery when we have time."

We bid farewell to Pei Min and Li Bai and returned to Baiyun Temple from General Mountain.

A few days later, I said to Abbess Baiyun, "Master, I'd like to go home and tell my family about our situation so they can be at ease."

"Alright, hurry back. Your skills are far from enough to allow you to roam freely in the martial world."

"I know, I'll get back as soon as possible to continue my studies. I'll go back tomorrow."

The next day, as I led my horse out of the Lingguang Temple stables, Han Zhun said, "Strange, it's past eight o'clock today, and you still haven't gone to Baiyun Nunnery."

"Mr. Han, I was just about to tell you, I need to go back to my home in Rencheng. I'm leaving now and won't be staying here for the next few days."

"Will Li Bai go back with you?"

"Young Master is learning swordsmanship at General Mountain; I'll go back alone."

"Okay, be careful on your journey, and give my regards to your wife."

"I thank you on behalf of my wife."

After parting ways with Han Zhun, I mounted my horse and galloped towards the official road at the foot of Shimen Mountain. I rode without stopping, galloping all the way, and arrived in Rencheng around noon. I bought a gift for everyone on the main street, as well as some vegetables and meat. I rode my horse to my front door, dismounted, and went up to knock on the courtyard gate. I heard Bo Qin's childish voice from inside: "Who is it? Is it Father and Uncle Yuehua?"

"Mingyue Nu, it's me, Uncle Yuehua."

Pingyang and Boqin's joyful screams echoed from the courtyard, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps approaching the gate. The moment the gate opened, Boqin jumped onto me, exclaiming, "Uncle Yuehua, I missed you!"

Pingyang hugged my arms and said, "I missed you too."

Xu Ziyan and Sister Lin came over. I put Boqin down and bowed to Xu Ziyan, saying, "Yuehua greets Young Madam."

Xu Ziyan glanced behind me and said, "Did you come back alone? How is your husband?"

"Young Master has already become General Pei's disciple and is learning swordsmanship at General's Mountain. He has already made some progress and it's inconvenient for him to leave midway, so I came back alone to check on him."

"As long as the apprenticeship is successful, that's good. We're relieved to have you bring back the news," Xu Ziyan said.