QUESTIONING GRANDPA

"Grandpa, I have a few questions before we leave." Li Hua said, patting the seat next to her.

"Oh? What is it?" Grandmaster Yu settled beside her, his white robes rustling softly as he sat down. Her brothers leaned forward slightly, equally curious about what their sister might ask.

"How do you know about the sixth realm?" Li Hua's direct question carried no accusation, only genuine curiosity. "In all the cultivation manuals we've studied, in all the lessons our parents taught, there's was not a single mention of it. Yet you speak of it with such certainty."

The old master's eyes took on a distant look, as if seeing something far beyond the courtyard's peaceful confines. His fingers traced an absent pattern on the wooden table - one that seemed to shift and blur at the edges of their vision.