The white-clothed man had already reached Wang Ke's desk, his hands braced on the surface as he looked at Wang Ke.

"Ask away."

Thankfully,

Wang Ke's heart, tempered by Zhou Ze's "resurrection" and the issues surrounding his daughter, had grown considerably stronger.

Wang Ke wouldn't dare claim to be the most skilled psychologist in the country,

but he would certainly dare say that he possessed the highest level of mental fortitude among all psychologists in the country.

Faced with this situation,

Wang Ke flashed a professional smile,

and said:

"I didn't expect you to be so handsome."

This was by no means flattery, because the white-robed Lord Judge was indeed good-looking, far surpassing the Zheng Shaoqiu from the screen in his younger days.

The white-robed Lord Judge nodded.

"Apologies, I lost my composure. Very well, let's continue our consultation. I'll give you ten seconds, and then you can identify three places from your lifetime that have made you feel happy."

The ten seconds passed quickly.

"Alright, you can answer me now."

"The forests of Mount Emei, the summit of Mount Tai, and the land of the Far West Seal."

Wang Ke secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't know where the last place was, at least he knew the first two.

"Do you enjoy climbing mountains?"

"I'm not sure. If it's climbing you're talking about, I rarely climb mountains."

"Then…"

"I always fly up."

"…" Wang Ke.

"Like this."

The white-robed Lord Judge reached out and grabbed Wang Ke's shoulder.

Wang Ke only felt a blur before his eyes. When he came to his senses, he found himself standing on a spire.

Looking around,

in the distance, was the river, seemingly hanging vertically in the sky.

This,

was Wolf Mountain?

And the place he was standing on,

was the Zhiyun Pagoda on top of Wolf Mountain?

"Just like this."

The white-robed Lord Judge stood beside Wang Ke.

"Okay, I understand."

Wang Ke's heart was racing.

"Can we continue the therapy?" the Lord Judge asked.

"I think we can go back first."

"I thought you might want me to take you to Mount Emei to see if there might still be traces I left behind that could help you with my treatment."

"Mount Emei?"

"Yes, it's not very far, just a bit strenuous."

"I… want to go home."

"Alright."

Another flash before his eyes,

and Wang Ke was once again sitting in the chair behind his desk in his study,

while the Lord Judge still stood before him.

At this moment, Wang Ke subconsciously began to wonder if he had just been hypnotized by the other man.

Then,

another flash before his eyes,

and Wang Ke found himself once again sitting on top of the Zhiyun Pagoda.

"You can hang your phone or something here. Come to the mountain tomorrow and see for yourself if you were hypnotized."

"No, let's go back."

"Alright."

And he was back again.

Wang Ke began to pant heavily.

The Lord Judge silently waited for Wang Ke to recover.

Picking up the cola on the table, Wang Ke drained it in one gulp and licked his lips,

and said:

"Why do these three places make you feel happy?"

"The Land of the Far West Seal. When I first went there after coming of age, I was awestruck."

"Is that so?"

Wang Ke resisted asking what kind of place it was.

"You know, before that, I always felt that my father and my grandfather…"

"Were very great?"

"No, were very useless."

"…" Wang Ke.

"To be honest, I always looked down on them. Although they were diligent and steadfast, in reality, when I discovered that I could surpass my father before I even came of age, I thought, he's really useless."

"That's human nature, I suppose. I'm sure your father would be happy for your progress."

"Perhaps. But after I first came to the Land of the Far West Seal, I truly felt that our ancestors really did have some impressive figures.

He was the first generation of our family, establishing our family's foundation.

It was because I witnessed the legacy he left behind that I felt that this surname was barely acceptable.

Though soon after, when I inherited the family's legacy, I realized what a huge mess that man had left me to clean up."

"Hmm… what about Mount Tai?"

"That was where I was crowned. When I first stood atop Mount Tai as Lord Judge, enjoying the submission of all directions, I admit, I was very happy then."

"What about Mount Emei?"

"Mount Emei, that's where I met my two monkeys.

One was clever and mischievous, the other, simple and foolish."

"Alright, I understand. Now, we need to make a choice. Please eliminate one of these three places."

"Eliminate one?"

"Yes. Note that the one you eliminate will mean that it will not occur in your life."

"Really eliminate it?"

"If you really can't decide, you can make a random choice."

"Random choice?"

"Yes, like this." Wang Ke stood up and poked his pen tip on his notebook, which had written on it: Mount Emei, Mount Tai, Land of the Seal.

"Randomly choose one as the first, point the pen tip at it, and then switch to a new target for each word you say as you circle around."

"Say what?"

"Dian dian ma you you cai kai hua (A children's rhyme)."

The Lord Judge paused, and subconsciously asked as he took the pen from Wang Ke:

"Are you serious?"

"Yes."

The Lord Judge picked up the pen, placed the tip on Mount Tai in the middle, and then began to recite:

"Dian… dian… ma… you… you… cai… kai… hua…"

Finally,

the pen tip landed on Mount Emei.

Wang Ke, who had been watching from the side, said, "Oh, okay, it's…"

"Eliminate Mount Tai." said the Lord Judge.

"Alright."

Wang Ke nodded and drew an "x" on Mount Tai.

"Want to continue?"

"Continue."

There were only two places left, one was Mount Emei, and the other was the Land of the Seal.

The Lord Judge simply dropped the pen,

and said:

"Eliminate the Land of the Seal."

"Alright, so, the most cherished memory you have is on Mount Emei. To be precise, it should be the time you spent with your two monkeys."

The Lord Judge was silent.

"You can go find them now. I believe that if you have them by your side, your condition should recover quickly."

"They're gone."

The Lord Judge replied.

"I'm sorry."

The Lord Judge smiled, raised his head, took a deep breath, and then sighed:

"They're gone, all gone. If that damned sword had come down a few years earlier, they could still be here. I could still have found a way to extend their lives."

"Mm."

Seeing the Lord Judge take the initiative to open up, Wang Ke didn't interrupt him.

"You know, our family has many traditions. Every family with a slightly longer heritage actually has some bad rules, some bad habits.

Ours are even more bizarre.

It was clearly our ancestor who tricked a very capable monkey with several cartloads of bananas, helping him build his empire.

From then on, every successor of our family had to find a monkey for themselves before inheriting the throne.

There are fewer and fewer decent monkey demons on the market now. A large part of the reason for this is that our family has been exploiting them for thousands of years.

But there's no way around it. Although I look down on this rule, if I really have to find one, I'll go find one.

I found them. At that time, they were still small."

The Lord Judge reached out and made a gesture,

and said:

"About the same size as your daughter."

"Mm."

"But they were really cute back then."

The Lord Judge smacked his lips,

as if the scene of him living with the two monkeys in the old forest had already appeared in his mind.

I don't know how long it took,

the Lord Judge came back to his senses,

and said:

"Sorry, I spaced out."

"It's okay, you can speak freely."

"Do you have anything else you need to ask?"

"Actually, there's nothing else to ask. I think you should have already known the answer before you came here."

The Lord Judge narrowed his eyes.

"The reason why you chose to come here is just that you are still hesitating, still thinking about what you really want, and how you plan to choose. In fact, you already have a good idea in your mind."

"Really?"

"Really. What you need is just time, and time is the best medium for settling emotions."

Hearing this, the Lord Judge nodded, and then his white clothes disappeared into the old Taoist priest who had been sitting motionless in the chair all this time.

Wang Ke's eyelids twitched.

The old Taoist priest opened his eyes,

got up,

seeming to intend to leave,

Wang Ke also prepared to get up to see him off.

At this time,

the old Taoist priest suddenly turned his head to look at Wang Ke, and said:

"Help me analyze the psychology of another person."

"Please speak."

"It's an opponent of mine, and also a defeated opponent of mine. He has always thought of himself as very smart, very aloof.

In the end, he failed in front of me. Then, he originally had some chances to drag me down with him, I mean, there was maybe a one or two percent chance, or even lower.

But he didn't choose to do so, but chose to use his remaining years to see more scenery, and left directly in front of me.

Tell me,

why did he do this?"

Wang Ke supported his chin with his hand, thought for a while,

and replied:

"He should feel that he has already lost, and can't do anything to you. Rather than being a complete loser, it's better to pretend to be generous and leave gracefully.

He did this, in fact, because he was more afraid of losing, and couldn't afford to lose even more. Moreover, he wanted to use this method to create the illusion that you were far below him in level;

In short, it's to deliberately disgust you."

"Hahahaha…"

The old Taoist priest laughed loudly.

Wang Ke stood beside him, smiling.

The old Taoist priest then pointed at Wang Ke,

and said:

"Want to consider dropping dead tonight? I can still manage to get you a position as a Yama King."

"…" Wang Ke.