Chapter 1453: Chapter 304: Tiezhu Becos a Disciple!
An Yiqing’s mouth twitched as she was dumbfounded by her unlucky subordinates, her stomach churning.
"What are you talking about? How could the Sect Leader be pregnant?" Chiang Yu suppressed the laughter bubbling up inside and glanced teasingly at An Yiqing, "The Sect Leader’s fiancé is General Gu, and he cares for the Sect Leader too much to not want kids. Ahem, the Sect Leader just has a good appetite, no need to panic." Chiang Yu sighed deeply in his heart, rembering how stunned he was by An Yiqing’s food intake the first ti they dined together. Such a slender woman, yet she consud three tis his portion in one sitting, leaving the restaurant staff dumbfounded. Chiang Yu smirked, thinking how even her appetite set the Sect Leader apart from others.
"Ah, right! General Gu cares so much for the Sect Leader, there’s no way he’d refuse to have kids."
"Exactly! Our Sect Leader is remarkable; even her appetite is bigger than others’!"
"Yeah, yeah! Plus, she never gains weight no matter how much she eats. Those won can only envy her!"
The group exchanged words, praising An Yiqing before her as if she was unique in heaven and earth, making her feel a bit embarrassed.
"Ahem, enough with the act, back to work!" Seeing An Yiqing nearly nauseated, Chiang Yu stifled his chuckle and ca to her rescue considerately.
Everyone exchanged glances, and smilingly greeted An Yiqing and Chiang Yu before returning to their posts.
"Uncle Chiang, shall we go for a lap?" Checking the ti on her phone, there were still forty minutes until nine o’clock, more than enough.
"Sure, Uncle Chiang had the sa thought." Chiang Yu nodded with a smile.
As An Yiqing and Chiang Yu jogged around the periter wall of the Xuanqing Sect headquarters, they happened to hear a commotion in the front hall.
"Let
in! You have to let
in!"
An Yiqing frowned slightly... this voice...
"Brother, without the Sect Leader’s order, we can’t let you in. You’d better leave quickly, or else if the Punishnt Hall hears the commotion, they’ll deal with you according to the rules!"
"Brother Zhang, I know you’re doing this for my sake. But I promised the heroine to wait here at nine, I can’t break my word. How about this, I’ll wait outside, and you go in and inform her for , okay?"
"This..."
The man guarding the front hall door hesitated. He didn’t know the ins and outs of the matter or whether what the other party said was true, so he was uncertain if letting him in or informing soone would be against the rules.
At this mont, a gentle voice sounded.
"Let him in, I summoned him."
The doorman was taken aback and glanced toward the source of the voice. When he saw An Yiqing and Chiang Yu, his expression turned serious as he respectfully bowed.
"Sect Leader, Military Advisor Chiang!"
An Yiqing nodded with a faint smile: "You’ve done well, keep up the good work in the future."
Overwheld by An Yiqing’s praise, the man nodded quickly in agreent.
Gently patting the man’s shoulder, An Yiqing turned around and looked amusingly at the dumbfounded Tiezhu: "What’s wrong, Tiezhu? It’s only been a few hours, and you don’t recognize your heroine anymore?"
"You, you, you..." Tiezhu gaped, staring at An Yiqing in shock, stamring without getting his words out properly for a long while.
An Yiqing chuckled softly: "What about ?"
"You, you...you’re the Sect, Sect, Sect...Leader?!" Tiezhu’s face turned red as he finally managed to utter his thoughts with much effort.
An Yiqing raised a brow, "No, I’m not the Sect, Sect, Sect...Leader, I’m just the Sect Leader."
Chiang Yu’s eyebrow twitched as An Yiqing’s cold joke sent a shiver through him. Even the doorman, who was still basking in the glory of her complint, shivered from the chill.
But Tiezhu, with his unconventional thinking, remained fixated on the simple yet perplexing complexity of "the heroine is the Sect Leader, the Sect Leader is an idol, so the heroine is an idol."
"Hero, Heroine, you really are the Sect Leader? You’re the Young Sect Leader of Xuan Qing Sect? No wonder! No wonder your martial arts are so good!" The burly Tiezhu took strides toward An Yiqing, placing his hands together before her chest like a little girl seeing her idol, his eyes twinkling with admiration.
An Yiqing was amused by Tiezhu’s antics and chuckled, nodding with a gentle smile, "I am the Sect Leader of Xuanqing Sect, An Yiqing. Tiezhu, are you interested in coming in for a chat?"
Tiezhu stared at An Yiqing blankly, "Ah, okay, okay! Let’s chat inside!"
An Yiqing shook her head with a smile and took the lead in walking into the hall. Tiezhu quickly stepped aside and motioned for Chiang Yu to go in first.
Chiang Yu politely shook his head, "There’s no need, I have so official matters to handle. You two have a good chat with the Sect Leader." Having said that, he tactfully left.
Watching Chiang Yu’s carefree departing figure, Tiezhu scratched his head in confusion, unable to understand many things he considered complex.
"Did Military Advisor Chiang leave?" In the front hall, An Yiqing, sitting on a chair, looked at Tiezhu and asked unsurprisingly.
Tiezhu nodded, "How did you know he left, heroine?"
"Hmm, because I have superpowers!" An Yiqing answered with a cheerful smile.
"Superpowers? Really? Heroine, no, Sect Leader, can you foresee the future?" The naive Tiezhu beca interested in these strange phenona, looking at An Yiqing with bright eyes.
"Hmm, of course, I can indeed foresee the future." An Yiqing replied earnestly.
"Then can you divine when I can beco a hero? When can I learn to leap across rooftops? And that water-skipping thing?!" Tiezhu kept asking, eventually focusing on his dream of heroism.
An Yiqing looked at Tiezhu with amusent, extended her finger, pretended to calculate, then opened her eyes, "Right now, there is a clear path that can make you a hero, but I wonder if you’re willing to take it."
"Willing! Of course willing—no wait! Sect Leader, will this thod go against martial values?" Tiezhu halted abruptly, controlling his enthusiasm just in ti, and asked worriedly.
An Yiqing’s eyes flashed with admiration. Despite his naivety, Tiezhu was a principled man. Even in his long-cherished dream of heroism, he wouldn’t violate his own martial values.
"Tiezhu, what are your martial values?" An Yiqing didn’t answer but asked instead.
Tiezhu was montarily stunned, "Martial values? Should be like what you said yesterday, Sect Leader: don’t bully the weak, don’t oppress n or won, don’t commit foul deeds, don’t kill good people, right?"
"Then what counts as a good person?"
Tiezhu’s gaze seed vacant; what defines a good person? He had never contemplated such a vague question.
Does handing in found money to the police make one a good person? Or is helping an elderly woman cross the street enough to be considered good? The concept of a good person was too ambiguous, and for the always-simple Tiezhu, this was his first ti falling into deep distress.
The hall was quiet, An Yiqing said nothing, sitting in her chair sipping tea, waiting for Tiezhu’s answer.
After a long while, An Yiqing had refilled her teacup three tis when Tiezhu finally lifted his head from contemplation.
"Sect Leader, I don’t really understand what makes a good person. But the chef who used to ask
to cook once said, he said, whoever is good to his family is a good person. Whoever bullies his family, he will fight to the death with them. I’m not too smart, can’t quite grasp these intellectual issues. But I think, those who are good to the ones I care about, they are good people in my heart!"
An Yiqing nodded appreciatively, "Not bad, in this world, there’s no clear boundary between good and bad people. A person with blood on their hands might help an elderly woman cross the street, while soone with fa and fortune might viciously betray their friends behind the scenes. Tiezhu, the human heart is chaotic, the hardest thing to control is desire. We live in the martial world, everyone’s hands are stained with others’ blood. So people lose sleep over this, living in fear day by day. So, when old, can’t bear their past cruelty and killing, spending their days haunted by nightmares. Yet so live peacefully to the end. Do you know why?"
Tiezhu shook his head, becoming increasingly interested in what An Yiqing had to say.
"That’s because those restless souls feel guilty. They feel guilty for the people they killed, for the deeds they did against their conscience. While doing those things, so lingering conscience continually reminded them of their dwindling humanity. Those who rest easy at life’s end, they also killed, also stained their hands with blood, but every person they killed was deserving. If I don’t kill him, he will harm
and those I care about. A dragon has reverse scales, those who touch must be slain, do you understand?"
Tiezhu didn’t say a word; all that An Yiqing said seed like magical hands pushing open the doors to a new world for him. He had lived a brief half-life in his own world, never pondering these issues. It was the first ti soone told him this, sparking a passionate surge in Tiezhu’s heart.
"I think I understand a bit. Sect Leader, why are you telling
all this?" Apparently, Tiezhu had forgotten about the divination just a mont ago.
An Yiqing chuckled softly, "Because I want to tell you how to beco a hero! Tiezhu, if you beco my disciple, I’ll teach you to beco a hero. But the consequences of being my disciple I made quite clear yesterday, blood rivers, bones everywhere. However, I will never force you against your conscience. Decide for yourself what you want."
As soon as An Yiqing finished speaking, Tiezhu’s eyes imdiately sparkled.
"What is there to think about? Young Sect Leader, to be able to beco your disciple is sothing I wouldn’t dare dream of!"
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