Chapter 38: The tacit understanding between master and apprentice

Three days later, Chu Ning met his master's wife.

She was dressed in purple, had a pretty face and elegant manners.

"You must be Xiao Ning."

Chen Jingyi looked at Chu Ning. When she learned that Junshan had accepted another disciple, she was quite surprised.

She knew Junshan's personality very well. He was a rather aloof person. She had never thought that he would accept a disciple.

This also made her curious about Junshan's disciple.

However, Junshan did not tell her much about Chu Ning, only saying that this disciple was different from ordinary teenagers.

"Disciple greets Master's wife." Chu Ning bowed respectfully.

"Good boy, this is a gift from Master's wife."

Chen Jingyi held a brocade box, and Chu Ning took it generously: "Thank you, Master's wife."

"I heard from your teacher that you have achieved a breakthrough to become a martial artist. Have you ever thought about going to the academy in the city?"

Chu Ning was stunned and glanced at the teacher next to him. When he saw that the teacher had a similar expression, he knew that this must be the teacher's wife's own idea and she did not ask the teacher.

"I have an old aunt at home. She has taken care of me and my father. She has worked hard for most of her life. I will stay in Daning County to take care of my old aunt."

My master's wife was from the Chen family in Raozhou Prefecture, so it would not be difficult for her to arrange for me to enter the school in the prefecture.

Tang Ruowei asked him to go to the provincial capital at the beginning, but since he couldn't enter the school at that time, there was not much point in going to the provincial capital, so he directly refused.

I was just moved because I was thinking about the benefits of going to the school in the capital, but it only lasted for a moment.

My great aunt is one reason, but the main reason is that I don’t want to be too prominent.

Or that the rewards of being in the spotlight are not proportional to the potential risks it brings.

If you choose to hide your weaknesses in the Fucheng Academy, then it will not be much different from practicing on your own. The Fucheng Academy also teaches the "Bull Demon Power".

If you don't hide your shortcomings and stand out in the school at the risk of being a standout, what can you gain? Resources?

With the power of the elixir of life fruit, he doesn't need too many resources to practice martial arts.

Compared with his lifespan of ten thousand years, there is not much difference between breaking through one year earlier or three years later.

There is still a gap in the level of life enjoyment between millionaires and multi-millionaires, but the gap between multi-millionaires and billionaires is not particularly large, at least in a small place like Daning County.

Apart from resources, all that's left is advanced martial arts techniques.

That thing can’t be learned in school. The only way is to join the Eight Major Surnames or go to the school in the capital.

Chu Ning would not choose to work for others.

Before his company went public in his previous life, he chose to join a certain force in the upper circle because he had no choice.

Sooner or later in this life he will enter the upper circle of the Liang Dynasty, but it will not be a simple dependence, but he must have his own voice.

When you have the strength to have a certain say, then step into this circle.

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After Chu Ning left, Liu Junshan said proudly: "How about it, my disciple is not bad, right?"

"He is polite and well-mannered, without any shyness of a poor family kid, nor does he have the arrogance of a young man who has achieved success at such a young age." Chen Jingyi nodded, and then her expression became strange: "It just seems that he is not very ambitious."

"What does it mean to be progressive? Does going to school count as progressive?" Liu Junshan asked back.

"At least there are people of the same age practicing martial arts together in the school hall. We can compare ourselves with each other and arouse our competitive spirit, so we won't waste our time in Daning County."

As someone who comes from a big family like the Chen family, Chen Jingyi's feelings in some aspects are much deeper than Liu Junshan's.

Children from large families have more resources, but it also means greater competition.

This competition is not entirely about fighting for resources, but more about a spontaneous competition and pursuit of victory among peers.

Most of the people that poor martial artists come into contact with are martial artists of the same age who have poor martial arts aptitude and average resources. Among a group of people, there may be only one person with slightly better martial arts talent who can break through to the level of a martial artist in a few years.

After breaking through to the level of a martial artist, if one does not move to a higher level martial arts circle, and his horizons are not broadened, and if he is still surrounded by people of his original age, he will gradually lose the desire to practice martial arts due to the flattery of these people.

On the contrary, the children of the eight major surnames have higher vision. To become a martial artist is nothing, and few of them will be proud of it. They all take the martial arts geniuses in the clan as their goal to catch up with, and the martial artists from humble backgrounds who can interact with them are also extremely talented.

Their aspiration to learn martial arts and their resources far exceeding those of martial artists from humble backgrounds are what allow the eight major families to survive and thrive.

Liu Junshan understood the underlying meaning of this and said with a smile: "Others may lose their motivation, but my disciple will not."

"So sure?"

"Your family should know something about the dispute between Huang Zhongtai and Huang Zhongxing over the succession to the head of the Huang family."

Chen Jingyi nodded. Huang Zhongtai chose to lurk in Daning County, but finally emerged like a dark horse to become the heir to the family head. The Chen family would naturally investigate the details of the incident.

"If I'm not mistaken, Huang Zhongtai's final move should be on me. Chu Ning is guarding Xiafeng Town, and I am Chu Ning's teacher. I will definitely not stand idly by and will definitely help him in the end. But Huang Zhongtai didn't expect that Huang Zhongxing saw through this and finally transferred me away."

"Junshan, are you saying that those gang members and the eighth-grade martial artist that night were all killed by Chu Ning?"

There was doubt on Chen Jingyi's face. It was not that she didn't believe it, but it was a little unbelievable.

Although the people from the two gangs from Daning County who went to Xiafeng Town that night were killed the next day by people arranged by Huang Zhongtai, the clan made an inference based on the strength of the dead gang members and an eighth-grade martial artist arranged by Huang Zhongxing.

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Chu Ning is just a chess piece that Huang Zhongtai has placed in Xiafeng Town in the open. There should be another seventh-grade martial artist in secret.

"Did you ask Chu Ning?"

“No need to ask.”

Liu Junshan smiled slightly. He knew his disciples. If there were other warriors arranged by Huang Zhongtai in Xiafeng Town, Chu Ning would have told him about it when he saw him last time.

This disciple of his likes to hide his abilities and not talk about what happened that night, which means that he was the one who killed those people that night. This is the tacit understanding between them as master and disciple.

"Did Huang Zhongtai know Chu Ning's true strength at that time?"

"I'm afraid I don't know."

Liu Junshan shook his head. If even his own disciple had hidden it from his teacher, then it was even more impossible for Huang Zhongtai to know.

Chen Jingyi was a little bit unbelievable: "Huang Zhongtai didn't know Chu Ning's strength, but he dared to do this. If he loses, he will be doomed."

"Jingyi, you don't understand Huang Zhongtai. He doesn't dare to do this, but he is forced to do this. He has already revealed all his cards."

"You are from the Chen family, so you may not understand some warriors from humble families. When humble families fight with children from families like yours, they can only bet everything on it. Even then, it all depends on whether God is on his side."

Who could have thought that the position of the heir to a family head among the eight major surnames would ultimately be decided by a small constable.

All we can say is that Huang Zhongtai is a crazy gambler, and he won the bet this time. Huang Zhongtai is not a child from a poor family, but compared to his competitors, the starting lines and resources of the two sides are too different.

If Huang Zhongtai could easily defeat Huang Zhongxing, it would not only be a slap in the face of Huang Zhongxing and the Huang family, but a slap in the face of all the big families in the world.

What the children from poor families have worked hard to obtain may be something that the children from big families can easily obtain. This is the normal result.

Chen Jingyi pondered for a moment and said, "If it is really as you said, then Chu Ning has a high talent for martial arts and he should not waste it."

"Why waste time? If he wastes time, how can he possibly defeat an eighth-grade martial artist?" Liu Junshan's eyes were deep. "My disciple is very clear about the path he wants to take. As a teacher, I don't have much to teach him. The only thing I can do is to protect him from the wind and rain before he decides to leave Daning County."

"No wonder you insisted on returning to Daning County. I'm afraid you didn't just want to protect your disciple from the wind and rain, but you also didn't want him to get too close to Huang Zhongtai."

"Huang Zhongtai even gambled his wife and children in order to seize the position of young master. He lost the bet. With his strength as a fifth-rank military commander, Huang Zhongxing will not target him in the short term. Only his wife and children will die. Chu Ning should not get too close to such a crazy person." Liu Junshan spoke his mind without hiding anything.

Chen Jingyi's face suddenly turned serious: "Okay, Liu Junshan, you are willing to be with me for your disciple, right? Now I am Chu Ning's master's wife. If Huang Zhongtai has any feelings for Chu Ning, he has to think about the Chen family standing behind me, his master's wife, and he has to weigh them a little bit."

"No...no, Jingyi, you misunderstood me."

"If not, why haven't you dared to even touch my hand for so many days?"

"I...I'm not...I..."

"You are, unless you prove it to me."

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(End of this chapter)