radicalducati Chapter 43: Wrong
Chapter 43: Wrong
As soon as Yelü Qi entered, he noticed Qian Jin and Xiaolongnu, and kept wondering who they were.
Upon hearing Yelü Jin's words, he immediately looked bewildered and said:
"Brother, what do you mean by that?"
"what?"
Upon understanding Yelü Qi's words, Yelü Jin was immediately stunned.
"Second brother, don't you recognize them?"
Yelü Qi nodded upon hearing this, and was about to speak when he suddenly saw Qian Jin make a move, throwing a punch at him.
Everyone was startled by what they saw.
Yelü Jin quickly protected Yelü Chucai and Yelü Yan and retreated to the rear, while Yelü Qi rushed forward to fight.
Qian Jin's sudden attack was simply because Yelü Qi was seeing him for the first time, and he was too lazy to explain, so he intentionally used the Empty Fist technique to let Yelü Qi recognize his identity on his own.
He could also test his senior brother's martial arts skills to see just how far he had progressed.
Despite Qian Jin's extremely generous approach, Yelü Qi was still utterly shocked.
After a few moves, he discovered that his opponent's Kongming Fist was so skillful that he even had the illusion of sparring with his master.
Too strong!
However, while he was shocked, he also realized the other party's identity.
No wonder the elder brother said something he should be familiar with; it turns out this young hero is his master's personal disciple.
Thinking of this, Yelü Qi understood that the other party's sudden attack was merely to reveal their identity to him, and they had no malicious intent.
So he immediately withdrew from the battle, cupped his hands in greeting to Qian Jin, and said:
"Young hero, are you Zhou Botong, the disciple of Senior Zhou?"
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin smiled and said:
"Yelü Qi, the Old Urchin taught you martial arts. Although he later forbade you to say that you were his disciple in front of outsiders, he was still your master."
Is it really appropriate for you to call him "senior" like that?
"this……"
Faced with Qian Jin's questioning, Yelü Qi was speechless for a moment.
The old rascal forbade him to be called his disciple in front of outsiders, so Yelü Qi naturally dared not disobey his master's orders. So if he didn't call him Senior Zhou, what else could he call him?
Seeing that Yelü Qi was speechless, Qian Jin continued:
"My master only forbids you from saying you're his disciple in front of outsiders. Does that mean I, his junior brother, am also an outsider?"
Yelü Qi was taken aback upon hearing this, but instantly understood Qian Jin's meaning and quickly said:
"Junior brother is right to reprimand me; it was my oversight."
Yelü Jin, Yelü Chucai, and others who were not far away saw Qian Jin and Yelü Qi, the two fellow disciples, recognize each other and all walked over with smiles to greet Qian Jin and Xiaolongnu.
They all knew that the master who taught Yelü Qi martial arts was extremely skilled, even though he had only taught Yelü Qi for a short period of time.
This already made Yelü Qi's martial arts far surpass those of others. This was even though that senior master was unwilling to acknowledge Yelü Qi as his disciple.
This young hero is clearly a disciple of that master, and his martial arts skills are probably even more formidable than they could have imagined.
After a brief introduction, Yelü Jin mentioned that he had just been preparing a banquet to entertain Qian Jin and Xiaolongnu.
Upon hearing this, Yelü Chucai burst into laughter:
"In that case, let's do it together!"
……
At the banquet, Yelü Qi earnestly toasted Qian Jin, saying:
"Junior Brother Qian, you are two years older than me, your martial arts are much stronger than mine, and you are also Master's personal disciple. I feel quite ashamed to be your senior brother."
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin drank a cup with Yelü Qi, then laughed and said:
"Senior brother! Do you know why Master forbids you from introducing yourself as his disciple to outsiders?"
Yelü Qi was startled upon hearing this and quickly bowed to Qian Jin, saying:
"For so many years, I have never been able to understand what I did to displease my master."
I hope my junior brother will not hesitate to offer his guidance.
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin waved his hand and said:
"Alright, your current attitude is exactly what your master dislikes the most."
You're too rigid! You're too bound by morals and etiquette. You always think about what you should do, not what you want to do.
His master lived a carefree life, doing whatever he wanted and playing whatever he wanted, never caring about worldly opinions.
Your master took you as his disciple and taught you martial arts because he thought you were quite fun.
Who knew that the more I taught you, the more rigid you became? Your master, a dignified old rascal, had actually produced such a disciple; naturally, he was no longer willing to acknowledge you as his student.
Yelü Qi was dumbfounded.
This question had troubled him for so many years, but he never expected the answer to be like this.
When the old rascal was initially dissatisfied with him, he always thought that he had done something wrong, so he tried his best to correct himself and became more and more respectful to the old rascal.
As a result, the old rascal not only did not forgive him, but also became increasingly dissatisfied with him. In the end, he even refused to acknowledge him as his disciple.
"Master, junior brother, are you saying that the reason Master refused to acknowledge me back then was because I showed him too much respect?"
"Otherwise what?"
When I was with my master, I not only called him "Old Rascal" to his face, but I also beat him badly when playing games, and even kicked him out of my room.
But he still liked me very much, saying I was his proudest student.
Yelü Qi was completely dumbfounded.
I can't even imagine what it's like when my junior brother is interacting with our master.
Because every word his junior brother said was, in his eyes, utterly rebellious.
After thinking about it for a long time, Yelü Qi suddenly realized that even if he now knew where he had gone wrong, it would still be too difficult to change him.
He simply couldn't get along with his master like his junior brother did.
After a long while, Yelü Qi finally sighed and said:
"Sigh! No wonder Master didn't want to acknowledge me. Compared to my junior brother, I am indeed too old-fashioned."
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin smiled and said:
"Senior brother, you don't need to be so disappointed. Master just doesn't like your personality, it's not that you did anything wrong."
Before I came, I pleaded with Master on your behalf, and Master agreed to accept you as his disciple again. So from now on, you don't need to be afraid to identify yourself as Master's disciple in front of outsiders.
Yelü Qi was overjoyed upon hearing this, and immediately rose to bow to Qian, saying:
"Thank you, junior brother, for making Master willing to accept me as his disciple again."
Upon hearing this, Qian Jin said:
"Look at you, you're so polite to your junior brother, always putting courtesy first. No wonder Master doesn't like you."
Even I feel trapped, bound by the cage of your etiquette.
"what?"
Yelü Qi was taken aback. He had only wanted to thank Qian Jin properly, but he had never thought about the question the other party was asking.
Was he wrong all along?