"Are you alright ?"

Shao Lun shielded the child from the sun with his sleeve. He'd just witnessed said kid fight a stray dog for scraps ; it wasn't a rare spectacle per say, but something compelled him to act

"Can you understand me ? My name is Shao Lun"

"If you're willing, I'd like to take you with me"

Jiu Hak sect was built around values of open transmission ; as such, any of those willing to follow its rules were allowed to enter, for life or even just a few months, even more so if the sect leader decided to take them in

"I'm a cultivator, do you know what that is ?"