[Shang Qinghua hums noncommittally, not wanting to ruin his nostalgic moment with commentary about how An Ding Peak disciples are all just wanting to make the people around them as miserable as they are - because that's exactly what he was like when he was a teenager, too.

He chuckles.] Ah, sir, your advice is in the right place, but I don't do 'one step at a time'. [That'll get you killed or wife-plotted where he's from.] And the passage of time isn't much for an immortal, unless that immortal has very important things to get back to in his original world.

...A very important person, actually. I, uh, left him once and he overturned the whole border looking for me, so he's probably furious with me now.