HCB Chapter 135 Farewell to the Apprentice (2)
Chapter 135 Farewell to the Apprentice (2)
"Master, do you still remember?"
Lei Mengsha blushed and felt a little embarrassed.
"That year, you became my disciple. You were still a child..."
"I asked you where your ambitions were, and you said your ambitions lay in the world. I laughed at you and said you were just a child!"
"Time flies, and now your children are clamoring to become my disciples!"
Lei Mengsha felt a little ashamed when he heard Li Changsheng say that his daughter wanted to worship him as her master. He couldn't help but ask:
"No, no, if Han Yi also becomes Master's apprentice, then she and I..."
"Aren't we equals now?"
Li Changsheng raised his hand and knocked on Lei Mengsha's head:
"Hey! Why do you always care about these trivial things?"
Lei Mengsha covered his swollen head and muttered:
"My family's status is already precarious. If Han Yi is my equal, then I will be..."
Li Changsheng sat down at the stone table in the courtyard of the Li Mansion and picked up the teapot:
"Mengsha, Master came today... to tell you two things."
Seeing that Li Changsheng looked a little lonely, Lei Mengsha sat down beside him obediently, picked up the teacup and poured tea for Li Changsheng.
"Master, please speak."
Li Changsheng picked up a teacup and said:
"Mengsha, I'm sure you've heard about Master breaking into the Forbidden Palace a few days ago."
Lei Mengsha nodded:
"This matter has long been known to everyone in Apocalypse City!"
Li Changsheng sighed:
"Alas... the world in your eyes is not the same as the world in my eyes."
Lei Mengsha was somewhat puzzled:
"What does the world look like in Master's eyes?"
Li Changsheng raised his head and drank the tea, then shook his head:
"Although I always claim to be an immortal banished from heaven, I cannot escape the six desires and seven emotions of the human world."
"I, your master, have experienced so many people and things, and watched my loved ones pass away one by one..."
"In my eyes, the world is filled with more suffering than joy. Now that I am leaving the academy, I came to find you today!"
Lei Mengsha's heart sank when he heard this, and his eyes became moist:
"Master, why... did you leave the academy? Is it because of the court?"
Li Changsheng smiled slightly, looked at the straightforward and innocent disciple in front of him and said:
"Don't you know my temper? If you make me unhappy, I can overturn the emperor's throne!"
Lei Mengsha nodded:
"That's right. In this vast world, there is really no one who can rival Master!"
"Then why did you leave the academy? Lei Er said he couldn't bear to leave you, and he didn't want to say goodbye to his master!"
Li Changsheng looked at Lei Mengsha with red eyes and sighed:
"Lei Er, among all my disciples, you have the purest nature and the most straightforward heart!"
"There are some things that I don't want to tell you too much... After Jian San left, you followed Feng Qi inseparable."
"But Feng Qi is a royal relative and will definitely leave the school in the future... and you..."
Lei Mengsha suddenly knelt on the ground:
"Master, I don't want to leave the school!"
Li Changsheng was somewhat helpless:
"Dream killing, it's impossible for people to stay in school forever."
"The former students have grown up, and the old teacher does not need to stay. Things in the world are impermanent... You can't force it!"
"It's just that I can't bear to see you die for that ridiculous ideal..."
Lei Mengsha pondered and remained silent.
After a long while, Li Changsheng suddenly stood up:
"If the person who ascends to the throne in the future is Feng Qi, perhaps the ending will be different..."
"Mengsha, you and that kid from the Wen family...are you on good terms?"
Lei Mengsha was somewhat confused:
"Master, Junior Brother... he is not interested in this, right?"
"You said Wen Yanzhao, I think he's okay... except that he always tells me that silence is golden, he's pretty good!"
Li Changsheng walked to the center of the yard and looked into the distance:
"That's not his ambition... Feng Qi, he always fails to recognize the reality and thinks that solving the problems of his father and brother is his loyalty to the court!"
"What a joke! If you don't have power, you can only wait for power to control you in the future!"
"Given time, that kid Wen Yanzhao will become a great poison sword master, and his cultivation level may not be inferior to mine!"
"If Feng Qi can get his help, he will never give up the throne."
Lei Mengsha nodded, not quite understanding:
"That kid Wen Yanzhao... has indeed made rapid progress. In just half a year, he has made the leap from the Ninth Heaven to the Half-Step Divine Wandering!"
"Master... I don't want to think about so many things. I just want to be someone who protects the world!"
Li Changsheng waved his sleeves:
"Humph, who gave you the qualification to protect the world? Emperor Tai'an, or was it the imperial court that conferred you the title?"
"You asked Han Yi to change his surname to Li, and cut off ties with the Lei Clan... You are afraid of not being able to protect your own wife and daughter, and you dare talk about protecting the world?"
"Master, that's all I have to say... After a while, I will take Dong Bazhou on a world tour."
Lei Mengsha was shocked:
"Master will never come back?"
Li Changsheng's face darkened, and he pretended to be angry and said:
"You! You're still trying to protect the world with this brain... I just heard it!"
"If I only rely on you and Feng Qi, I'm afraid you'll die on the battlefield before you can achieve your ideal... The Wen family kid is a variable, but he has a good character."
"Although the Wen family uses poison, they have always been peaceful. You...build a good relationship with him and hope that he can help you follow Feng Qi in the future!"
Lei Mengsha knelt on the ground with tears in his eyes:
"Master...will I see you again in the future?"
Li Changsheng turned his back and said in a desolate tone:
"This... you and I are once a master and disciple, so let's forget about each other and live freely!"
Just as Lei Mengsha's tears fell on the bluestone slabs in the courtyard, Li Changsheng's figure disappeared in the cold air.
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Jixia Academy.
At night, the moon is high in the sky and there are gusts of cool breeze.
From the courtyard where Liu Yue was, the voices of him and Yin Luoxia could be heard.
"Master, I've told you... arm strength! arm strength! arm strength!"
"Don't use your inner strength to knock other people's cards. If you use your inner strength, won't you be exposed?"
"There are many ordinary people in the gambling house who don't know martial arts. If you use your internal force to cheat, they will definitely not recognize you!"
Yin Luoxia held a card in her hand, stepped on a stool, and taught Liu Yue, who was learning to play cards.
"Disciple, Master knows... wrist strength, let me try it again!"
As she spoke, Yin Luoxia rearranged the cards that she was going to use to play.
"Snapped!"
Liu Yue's wrist trembled, still without restraining her internal force, and the card in her hand suddenly flew out, smashing the cards that Yin Luoxia had just arranged into pieces!
Yin Luoxia was somewhat helpless:
"Alas... I didn't expect that the extremely smart Master Liu Yue actually learned mahjong for three days..."
Liu Yue's face was almost flushed, and a slight blush could be seen through the white gauze.
"Disciple, I feel a little bored... It's getting late, you should go to bed early. I'm going to go outside to get some fresh air!"
Yin Luoxia picked up the scattered cards and said without even looking up:
"That's fine... I guess I'll have to study tomorrow!"
As soon as Liu Yue walked out of the room, she saw someone sitting at the chess table in the yard.
"Liu Yue, I heard that you have been addicted to gambling for a long time. How are you doing now?"
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