Bai Ye tucked a strand of loose hair behind my ear before he continued. "I had no intention of taking any disciples when Su Nian—Wen Shiyin's master, if you don't know her name yet—first came to Mount Hua. But she wanted to train in medicine, and although I had barely started on that path myself at the time, I was the only one at Mount Hua that knew at least some of it to be able to teach someone else. The Gatekeeper wanted to give her a chance at trying what she wanted to pursue, so he sent her my way despite my disagreement.