Chapter 144

I did not think that, of all people, I would see my master and his most trustworthy disciples walking beside him here of all places, so out of place in my mind as it is in reality, the white clean vests flowing in the wind with outlines of blue to color parts of it, some with the shape of flying birds with long necks in the wind, others with the shade of bamboo like mine.

I got too used to the freedom this place gives me that I completely forgot to cover my face up, but thankfully my tail and wings are still hidden by the covering outer layer of my robes.

So even though it is not the first time we see each other as fellow practitioners, it is the first time they all see me without a veil covering my face, and the shock is quite visible in their faces as the murmurs begin almost at the same time.

"He was a hidden beauty, I knew it!"

"I never doubt it!"