As Shangguan Ru followed Old Man Mu and disappeared into the night, several youths who were staying in the tents at the edge of the military camp cried out, "The Blessed Child is being taken away! He's being taken away!"
Old Man Mu did come to kidnap someone indeed. His target was neither the high priest nor Shangguan Ru, but the young disciple who had been accompanying the high priest.
According to tradition, this disciple was referred as "the Blessed Child", and was the heir of the high priest. He would go on to become the "12th successor of the Reborn Fort of Xuandu Peak and the sixth High Priest of the Flower Soul Forest" in the future.
He was only 11 or 12 years old and of noble birth. In order to become a high priest, he was trained to be as submissive as a slave and was usually quiet around others, as though he didn't exist. Other disciples were sent home but he insisted on staying by the high priest's side and continue to receive guidance from him.