It's not that he can't teach real skills, but with his personality... if he were to actually train a mini-Xu Shi, it would definitely cause a lot of headaches.
"Of course it won't be bad."
Xu Shi selectively ignored his doubts, "Should I have her spend more time with you these next few days?"
"What, you want me to train your apprentice?"
The old man rolled his eyes at him, "Teach your own apprentices yourself, don't just dump them on others and become a hands-off manager."
Yes, he might be worried, but he wouldn't interfere. How old is he to still need his elders to worry about him? If his juniors were really like this, they'd better go back to Night City and sell sweet potato-flavored nutritional drinks.
"If you don't want to, there's nothing I can do."
Xu Shi expressed regret, "But do you know why we accepted her?"
"Um?"
"Her special ability... is mind reading."
Xu Shi said slowly and deliberately.
"...Are you serious?"
Wen Shengkui nearly jumped out of his wheelchair. "Your mother has that kind of mind-reading ability?"
"It's fake. Her ability is to make the nutrient solution taste like sweet potato."
Xu Shi said with a grin.
To be honest, he took Pan Ling as his apprentice after considering many factors, since her identity was quite complicated.
As the daughter of the Silver Pine Island Lord, she was quite valuable to him when he first arrived on this land. Taking her as his apprentice was, to put it nicely, to further enhance his relationship with his good older brother Pan Cheng, but if you look at it from a darker perspective, it was a form of indirect threat.
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Besides, I also found Pan Ling to be a very interesting girl. She was gloomy but also resilient, and quite clever inside. Such an awkward personality is rare.
Now, of course, he no longer has those thoughts. The relationship between master and disciple is cultivated little by little.
As for the other party's abilities... of course, that's a factor, but compared to other factors, it seems more like an add-on.
This might be considered a continuation of the regrets of single-parent families. He misses his mother, but in the end, he has never lived with her. When he sees someone with similar abilities, Mr. Xu's reaction is probably not as strong as that of Xia Ke'an, his mother's former best friend.
But Wen Shengkui was different.
As it turns out, the ability to read minds is indeed rare. At least over the years, the old man has not found another person with this ability.
It wasn't until Xu Shi told him about Pan Ling that he realized that even a good grandson wouldn't know unless he told him. No matter how powerful someone is, they can't know someone's ability level just by glancing at them like in fantasy novels; that would be a bit unfair.
But this did not diminish his excitement—unlike Xu Shi, he was Wen Rujin's father!
Having raised her for so many years, the pain of a parent outliving their child is the most painful thing in his heart. To this day, his daughter's room in the manor is exactly the same as when she was a child, just to remember her by looking at the things.
It would be a lie to say she wasn't excited to learn that there was someone else with the same ability as her.
"Since that's the case... then you can bring her to meet me."
However, he remained composed on the surface, with an "Oh, I see" expression. "After all, I am an elder, so it is only right for me to give some advice to the younger generation."
"No way, I'm afraid they won't like you, you strange old man."
Boss Xu started his usual self-destructive behavior.
"What's strange about me?"
Grandpa Wen frowned. "Did you speak ill of me to her?"
"Bring her to see me as soon as possible!"
"Alright, alright."
Xu Shi chuckled to himself. "I told you to see me earlier, but you wouldn't. Now you're here again?"
Don't be so arrogant, old man. Don't you know that arrogance can ruin your life?
"When are you going back? If it's going to be a long trip, I can take her with me first, so she can get used to the environment of Night Sin City?"
Wen Shengkui ignored this and continued muttering, "Don't tell me you're not planning to take her back..."
"Don't be so ridiculous, old man!"
Xu Shi clearly hadn't expected Pan Ling to be so attractive to him. Good heavens, is that really him?
I'm not really asking you to kidnap my apprentice!
He began to wonder if he had been too talkative; to be honest, this was even more shocking than he had anticipated.
This is debatable, but it's true that Wen Shengkui won't stay long.
The City of Night Sin cannot be left unattended for long. To be honest, my grandfather, as a guardian deity, absolutely cannot be left for too long, otherwise things might fall into chaos.
Actually, thinking about it this way is a bit ridiculous. It's obvious that "Heavenly Principles" has limited the number of SS, or extremely high combat power, in each region. There can only be one or two in each region. This may be a way to prevent situations like mine from happening.
Anyway, the two places he visited were both in similar situations, and he didn't know if other places were the same.
Unfortunately, the clues ended there. We were originally planning to keep the saintess alive for interrogation, but now she's in a vegetative state, so it's impossible to get any information from her.
After all, judging from the previous situation, Miss Saintess obviously knows more than He Yuxia, so keeping her around is a good breakthrough point.
"You don't need to rush this kind of thing. It's only been a short time. Learn to stay calm."
Grandpa Wen could tell what he was thinking, and unusually calmly comforted him with a few words, "To be honest, you've already had a very fruitful voyage this time."
"Especially that guy named Lu... he should be helpful for your plan to clear the 'Rust Fog'?"
Xu Shi remained noncommittal, but if he had to say, his biggest gain from this trip was definitely Lu Baiyan.
Unfortunately, Dead Eyes is still unconscious; some things really can't be rushed.
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