Once Wei Yuan returned to the Northern Mountain Gate, he went to visit the Yanshi Immortal Monarch. The meeting place was still that unchanging small courtyard. After saluting, Wei Yuan recounted the details of meeting the Silver Moon Great Khan and their discussion in its entirety.
Yanshi held a teacup, motionless, and only after a moment did he seem to awaken from a dream, asking, "What were you just talking about?"
Wei Yuan was a bit surprised, so he repeated it again.
This time, Yanshi listened, saying, "I just forcefully destroyed a small world of the Left Prince and was given a fierce counterattack, suffering a minor setback, so I couldn't focus my mind here."
Wei Yuan was taken aback and asked, "You suffered a minor setback?"
