Autumn rain lingered, mountains shrouded in mist.
"Master, be careful, it's slippery."
The Attendant Student held an umbrella, trying to offer support to the young man.
"Ah~ no need!"
The scholar waved his hand nonchalantly, looking at the wet and slippery mountain path, wiping the sweat from his brow, and smiled, "Teacher often said that breaking through ten thousand volumes of books is second only to traveling ten thousand li; truly, he did not deceive me."
"The landscape of Shan State indeed differs greatly from that of my home in Ezhou. Even though the Divine State has been unified for thousands of years, the customs and sentiments of the people in Qin and Chu territories still vary starkly."
"Simply copying from books won't do. If one is to govern a place, one must intimately observe and understand the local sentiments..."
The Attendant Student expressed his admiration, "Master, you will certainly make a good official in the future."
"Good official?"
