That…that…that… wasn’t that what I taught him before?
Gu Bai put a hand on his face internally and felt like he couldn’t bear to look at the other.
In reality, what Gu Shan did wasn’t too bad, and one could see the move he used was well-mastered from practicing it for many years, but when Gu Bai had taught Gu Shan years back then, he had just transmigrated, and even though he’d had Zi Ju Shu Bai’s memories; Zi Ju Shu Bai was still just a little brat who hadn’t had the basics down too well back then…
And so, that posture…was actually pretty ugly.
After Gu Bai ate the Blood Essence Lingzhi Mushroom and returned to the palace, he changed the posture later, during his training. Yet Gu Shan still had the same old posture, even though his training hadn’t really been affected by such a thing, but it was far off the aesthetic value and plus, it wasn’t sharp enough. If he’d continued to train like that, he wouldn’t have been able to advance much.
So in an instant, Gu Bai felt guilty once more.
Especially after Gu Shan punched out and looked at him with extreme excitement in his eyes.
Gu Bai ignored that look and looked straight ahead at that piece of skill stone.
As expected, a dull, blue-green color showed on the skilled stone and at the same time, the dull color expanded only one circle larger than a fist, it was just like the level of a wind element Beginner Low-Rank Wu Shi. Based on the pressure within the air caused by that one punch, it could be seen that the person who threw the punch had a strong root, and they’d definitely been training hard.
But that posture…did he really have to be like that every time he hit?
Gu Bai felt a bit 囧.
Should I correct it for Gu Xiao Shan, or should I just let it go and act like I never saw it?
Those were really some hard choices to pick from.
The Gu Bai, with his lively debate going on internally, hadn’t realized at all that Gu Shan had already walked up to his side.
It wasn’t until a heavy head had landed on his shoulder, that Gu Bai finally came back to his senses.
Then, Gu Shan spoke while panting a bit, “Gege, I’ve been training the skills you taught me very diligently, what do you think of it?”
Gu Bai still had his stone face, he was currently thinking about what he should say in order to not hurt Mr. Gu Xiao Shan’s fragile heart.
Then, Gu Shan opened his mouth in curiosity, “Gege, what are you thinking about?”
Gu Bai was finally defeated by the sense of guilt, he was silent for a bit then went, “Xiao Shan, pose again.”
Gu Shan’s smile stiffened.
…What does “pose again” mean?
Gu Bai looked at his face, then realized, so he repeated himself, “Pose the posture from earlier again, let me correct it for you.”
Gu Shan blinked his eyes, “Did I not do it right?”
Gu Bai’s eyes dropped, “…I was too young back then and taught it not very accurately.
That was it, real men admitted their wrongdoings bravely!
Gu Shan looked at him seriously and said, “Okay.” Then he smiled slightly, “Actually, I like whatever Gege teaches me.”
Gu Bai nodded his head.
It must’ve been his imagination, in that instant just now, he had kind of felt a sense danger slipping by. But now, having checked carefully, there was nothing.
Now, Gu Shan had already finished posing the ugly as heck posture again.
So, Gu Bai shook off that feeling and started to correct the other with his hands.
With one person teaching and the other learning, it easily allowed the two childhood friends, who had reunited after a long time, to quickly retreat back into their past memories, the scene seemed to be peaceful and joyful.
Gu Bai didn’t hide anything either, now that he was the city governor, he was obviously not like the father he’d received after transmigrating, who was extremely cautious. So, as he taught the other, he also taught him some stuff related to the citta. They were some techniques and such, he tried to give the other as many pointers as he could.
Tian Du Cheng had already gone on for many years, and the inside secrets that should be there, were all there, Gu Bai hadn’t found the task too troubling. But after having taught for about an hour, he hadn’t continued to stuff techniques at the other and had left the remaining time for Gu Shan to slowly digest them.
The Gu Shan now, seemed to have suddenly brightened up compared to when he was small, he was able to get the moves with just one pointer most of the time, and it made Gu Bai feel very accomplished. After he checked a few times and saw that there weren’t any mistakes, he tossed out a sentence of “continue to train”, then went back to finish his work that had been piling up.
After Gu Bai left, Gu Shan stopped.
Complicated emotions were within his eyes, because in his whole life, he had never met a person like Zi Ju Shu Bai.
When they were younger, his actions had just been out of sympathy. Even now, he still looked like he was doing everything from the bottom of his heart?
Could he be too naive and stupid?
…No.
A person who could secure their spot as a city governor, they couldn’t be naive and stupid.
Gu Shan’s eyes became dark.
Then that meant, he really valued his childhood friend highly?
And the dumb move he’d purposely used earlier, Zi Ju Shu Bai had actually still remembered it.
Not only had he remembered it, but he’d also even apologized for the careless action he’d made as a child.
Gu Shan obviously knew that there were mistakes in that move, he had even suspected before that Zi Ju Shu Bai had taught it wrong to him on purpose that year.
So he used it to, wanting to test this city governor.
But he hadn’t thought Zi Ju Shu Bai would have had that kind of reaction.
Also, just now, Gu Shan had seen the delicacy of the moves Gu Bai taught him. It seemed like they were similar to the skills Gu Bai had learned himself.
Were they martial art skills passed down within the family?
He actually hadn’t kept them a secret…
Even with Gu Shan’s current level, he could still learn many things from it. So the original careless state he had had at the beginning later turned into a serious one, as he focused and learned attentively. It wasn’t until Gu Bai’s teachings had ended, that he’d finally realized he’d been too into it.
To have been able to go that far.
So, maybe, he really was doing it…from the bottom of his heart?
Gu Shan’s face was as deep as water and after a while, he made a hand gesture.
Quickly, a teeny tiny black figure appeared in front of him again, it moved swiftly, just like a little snake.
After he’d thought for a while, he opened his mouth, “There’s no need to plant gu[1] on them these days, but, for people that should be watched, still keep a close eye on them.”
He’d stopped his plan temporarily, for now, let’s let him see, just how much care that Zi Ju Shu Bai actually had for him.
Gu Shan, or Qi Guan Rui, had always known he was a low-life, from the beginning.
When he was small, he had always heard the woman who called herself his “Aunty” tell him that he was a bastard. He shouldn’t have existed, and no one would see any value in him, he was someone that anyone could step over. It was said that if it weren’t for his Aunt’s sympathy, there would have been no way he would still be living.
Qi Guan Rui had also believed that for a long time, so when his Aunt scolded and beat him normally, he still had the unconditional love a kid would’ve had towards their parents.
He’d even thought, that was the most one family member could do for another.
Until one day in the future, he’d met this person.
That was the young Zi Ju Shu Bai.
Qi Guan Rui was very smart, and so during the countless bullying he’d received, he’d quickly learned how to protect himself from receiving any life-threatening injuries. Also because of that, after Zi Ju Shu Bai had saved him, he hadn’t trusted that the other had good intentions in the beginning.
But Zi Ju Shu Bai really was too nice to him, no one had ever treated him that well before and talked to him in such a kind tone. He’d given him a nice-sounding name and taught him some martial skills that he could only ever have dreamed about, and could never have learned. He had been greedy for the care that showed through Zi Ju Shu Bai’s words, so even though he quickly understood, he still pretended he didn’t know how to do it; all so he could’ve felt that care a bit more.
Zi Ju Shu Bai hadn’t realized and had still had the patience for him, even when he was very restless from not being able to find something, he hadn’t taken his anger out on him either.
So later, when Qi Guan Rui had found that thing, he immediately told Zi Ju Shu Bai.
But at that time, Qi Guan Rui hadn’t thought that after Zi Ju Shu Bai had found the thing, he was gonna leave.
But before Zi Ju Shu Bai had left, he had given him a Yupei and promised that in the future, he could come and find him…Qi Guan Rui was a bit worried, but he’d still trusted Zi Ju Shu Bai.
Then later, as Zi Ju Shu Bai disappeared from Qi Guan Rui’s life, he became the beautiful memory Qi Guan Rui remembered with difficulty.
Qi Guan Rui was afraid of the Yupei being stolen by someone, so he especially buried it in the cave he and Zi Ju Shu Bai had lived in before. Then in the next five years, he’d trained the moves Zi Ju Shu Bai had taught him, very attentively. Slowly, his body became a lot better and during his beatings, became less suffocating as well.
But when Qi Guan Rui had reached age ten, his Dao Tian Wu Ti awoke.
That was a very special type of Wu Ti and almost immediately, he was valued highly by the Qi Guan Family. It was then he’d found out, he was no slave, instead, a child of the head of the family. Even though he was birthed by a servant, but every month, he should still have received monthly allowances. But those allowances had all landed in his mother’s younger sister’s hand. His good aunty used his money to abuse him, it was all purely out of her jealousy that his mother had been able to climb into his father’s bed back then. His aunt had also only been able to dress up so luxuriously all thanks to that money!
After the awakening, Qi Guan Rui’s position quickly went from a muddy pond all the way up to the sky, he was supported by many people. He had great talents for training, and he quickly broke through many levels in the past few years, he was even recorded into the family’s genealogy book. He also received the name “Qi Guan Rui”, and became a member of the Qi Guan Family’s main bloodline.
With that kind of heaven and earth difference, it allowed Qi Guan Rui to feel a certain type of ambition that surged up from the bottom of his heart. At the same time, his hatred, that had built up over the many years, also exploded.
Qi Guan Rui became arrogant and domineering, even though he hadn’t killed his aunt, he’d made her do the lowest low-life work. For all the people of the town that had bullied him before, he gave them all a lesson, just as they had given him a lesson before as well. Aside from the head of the family- his father, Qi Guan Rui hadn’t cared about any other person. But he really did have some emotions for his family and people of the main bloodline. He and they were on the same level, wasn’t that right?
His actions had displeased many people. But yet, his resources had never stopped coming in, so Qi Guan Rui hadn’t been afraid at all.
And during that time, the warmth from when he was younger and that Zi Ju Shu Bai, was slowly forgotten by him.
Qi Guan Rui hadn’t disappointed the hope his father had for him, he became a High Leveled High-Rank Wu Shi at the age of eighteen and was only one step away from becoming a Wu Jun, he was basically a genius within geniuses. But as he rose up higher and higher, the hatred and jealousy of others beside him, became deeper and deeper. He didn’t know why; but one night, an enemy of the Qi Guan Family had found him. He used the power that was many levels above his and destroyed his Dao Tian Wu Ti.
In an instant, the genius fell into the mundane world. Once realizing that he really had no way to recover from it, all his privileges disappeared.
The people who hated and were jealous of Qi Guan Rui, started to throw rocks down the well that he was stuck in. In just a short while, Qi Guan Rui went from the dragon in the sky, to an insect on the ground once again.
But for someone who had already transformed into a dragon, why would they be willing to become an insect again?