Chapter 12: Not Just Waiting for You [Seeking Follow-up Reading]

Swah——

Wei Mingqi finished scrubbing the last steamer with a loofah, and Xie Beiling had also picked the vegetables by this time. The two of them went to the kitchen, one of them lit the fire while the other prepared to cook.

"Master, why are you in the capital?"

Wei Mingqi blew up the fire stick and looked up at the stove: "Originally I was worried about where to find you."

Xie Beiling was chopping vegetables. Her plain skirt swayed gently, revealing a gentle figure. Amid the creaking sound of the chopping board, her voice had a more earthy flavor than before:

"I am your master, and I promised you that I would teach you well."

"..."

Wei Mingqi was so absorbed in watching her that he subconsciously asked, "So you came to the capital to wait for me?"

"Ah."

She nodded first, then added seriously: "Not just waiting."

"what?"

"My original plan was that if they didn't release you before you were twenty, I would go to the palace to ask for you, but they didn't let me wait that long."

"..."

Which disciple can stand what his master said? Wei Mingqi's heart just warmed up -

The creaking sound slowed down, and Xie Beiling whispered:
"I have also gone to look for Li He twice in the past few years, but she was unwilling to come back with me,"

"..."

Wei Mingqi suddenly didn't know what to say.

In his mind, the figure standing alone at the door of the food store could not be shaken off. It was a thorn in his and Xie Beiling's hearts.

Especially the latter.

Wei Mingqi finally broke the silence: "It's okay, Master. I will go and pick her up in person later."

The little white tiger's hairpin is still on his head.

Dare you not come back? If you don't come back, I'll give you a slap.

"Don't be impulsive."

Xie Beiling turned to look at him, his tone serious: "Dongfang Ming was once only a step away from the secular world. Even if he fell into a state of power, he is still not something you can deal with now."

"I understand, Master."

Wei Mingqi is certainly not such a reckless man.

But he is still young, and time is on his side. Haven't you seen how many martial arts champions have a hard time ending up well? Why? It's because young people are better at boxing.

Xie Beiling was afraid that he would do something stupid, so she continued, "Dongfang Ming treats her well now. He made her the Princess of Langya a few years ago. You don't have to worry too much in the short term. Besides, she has changed a lot now."

Wei Mingqi came back to his senses: "Changes?"

Xie Beiling nodded, with a complicated look in her eyes: "Two years after entering Ludi, she led the team to destroy the Sihe Boat Gang. Her methods were extremely cruel. Moreover, she is now showing off."

To wave a sign.

When Wei Mingqi heard this word, he felt something was wrong.

Xie Beiling's subsequent words also confirmed this point: "Li He is the only person who can defeat you in the future according to my master's divination. Many people in the martial arts world have noticed this, even your father. She has a great reputation now, and it all comes from you."

"..."

The most undesirable situation happened. Fate once again pushed the two to confrontation, and this time it was extremely dramatic.

He is now the apprentice of Xie Beiling, who has a bad reputation in the underworld because of him, and Li He went to Ludi in his place to become a new pawn in the hands of the old guy.

Taking a deep breath, Wei Mingqi smiled and said, "It's okay, Master. Leave everything to me. I am not a pushover now."

Xie Beiling looked at him for a while.

How much effort has he put into this sentence over the past five years?
"I'll test your martial arts this afternoon."

"it is good."

………The courtyard, which has only three rooms, is not very large, so the test that the master and disciple conducted in the afternoon was really just to test the basics.

"What are you looking at?"

When they arrived at the open space, the nun, who could not bear the gazes behind her, suddenly turned her head.

Wei Mingqi's answer was half true and half false:

"I haven't seen you for several years, Master. I feel close to you in this outfit."

Dressed in a green robe and holding a sword, the woman who broke into his life walked out of his memory. She was still as pure and cold as a flower in the world under the hazy moonlight, and had not faded at all after five years.

If there is a change, it is the completely overflowing strong charm. Even the wide Taoist robe can no longer hide her full moon-like beauty after five years.

Xie Beiling stared into his eyes quietly.

The apprentice had grown up, taller than her, with a youthful and heroic look, and he looked like a man, so she could no longer hit him on the head like before.

She has not changed at all in the past five years. When she travels alone in the world, she often thinks back to that afternoon, when Wei Mingqi curled up in her arms and called her mother.

Every time she thought about it, she would regret it.

She regretted that she always ignored Wei Mingqi when she was with him, so that when he entered the palace, with so many faces in the huge palace, who could give him warmth and teach him to be a better person?

Eventually, she softened in this lingering concern. On the contrary, Wei Mingqi's temperament remained the same after he left the palace, while the others became better than she had imagined, much better.

It was precisely because of the faint gratitude for the results of this period of time that Xie Beiling became tolerant and did not care about Wei Mingqi's "treasonous" act of looking at her from behind.

After all, her apprentice is only in his teens.

"Let me see the progress you have made during this period." Xie Beiling tried to stop the enemy with a calm voice, like a female swordsman who came out of a painting.

"..."

Wei Mingqi has many shortcomings, but he also has many advantages, such as being able to focus when he should and discarding all inappropriate distractions.

Five years in the palace,

Apart from the Eight Gates Subduing Demons, which is more of a unique internal skill, he did not dabble in many other martial arts moves. His best move was a set of Ape Arm Fist, which was especially suitable for beginners like him who had arm spans slightly longer than ordinary people.

Because it was just a test, Wei Mingqi did not open his body's special door. He stood there and adjusted his breath for a moment before suddenly jumping up from the spot. With his arms relaxed, he rushed directly to Xie Beiling's face with a spirit monkey tearing face move.

This was a sudden move, with both real and fake punches, which surprised Xie Beiling, and he tried to fight him with a punch.

"division--"

Wei Mingqi subconsciously opened his mouth to remind him, but even if he had used up a third of his strength, it was too late. After the two fists touched—

boom!
There was a dull sound of bones creaking and dislocation, and the old tree next to him was shaken into falling snow. Xie Beiling's body retreated, leaving two mud lines, and he finally stopped when his back was against the white wall.

"Master!"

"I'm fine-"

Xie Beiling's voice was calm. Even though he was pushed back by a blow, he remained stable. There was no pain on his face. Instead, he looked at his left arm in surprise: "You are so strong."

"..."

Nonsense, even Wan Renshan praised him as a rare genius in hard skills, this is nothing.

"Does it hurt?"

Wei Mingqi frowned and jumped over, trying to pick up her arm to check the injury.

Xie Beiling avoided his hand calmly.

"Crack!"

After the sound of bone correction, Xie Beiling, who was determined to regain the dignity of a teacher, raised his other hand to stop the war, and his face showed a bit of the coldness of the past:
"Come again."

"..."

　I don’t know if I can test the waters next week. It is very important to follow the reading of a new book. I urge you to continue to follow the reading.

　　In addition, tomorrow’s update will be at 11.58: pm. Let’s see if I can make it to Monday’s new book list.

　　thank you all.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)