"That old man is none other than the West Valley True Monarch."
West Valley True Monarch is the one printed on the "West Coin" of Zhou Xuan's Four Directions Coins...
"What happened after that?"
"After that, I became muddled and didn't know what was happening. But from then on, my fate took a turn—I stopped loving reading. It's okay to look at some miscellaneous, leisurely books, but when it comes to studying something profound, my head aches terribly, and I feel worse than death."
Xu Jingshan said, "With this strange illness, naturally, I couldn't succeed in my studies. But from then on, I embarked on a path of selling mountain goods. Fortunately, I made good material for business, and within a couple of years, I was thriving.
Reflecting on it later, it must be the West Valley True Monarch blaming me for wasting the Literary Saint Destiny and taking it back; from then on, I lost my affinity with scholarly pursuits."
