Capítulo 1916: Chapter 129: 17 Years_3
The blank chessboard has no answer.
Gao Zheng did not give one either.
This man, who led the Alliance of Fallen Immortals and once inquired at the Twilight Drum Academy, hailed as the greatest State Minister in the history of Yue Country, seems now rely a lonely old man sitting alone behind the mountain.
He even speaks very slowly, saying gently, “Ge Fei couldn’t bear the sight of cobwebs and fallen leaves gathering dust. From the age of five, he would help clean. I rember back then… he wasn’t even taller than a broom.”
His gaze was distant, as if it pierced through ti and mimicked the playful, confident tone of a child: “I am not yet higher than a broom but desire to sweep the world clean!”
Then he collected his gaze and answered himself, “If one cannot sweep a room, how can they sweep the world?”
And now, the Ge Fei sitting opposite him earnestly said, “I’ll rember to clean later.”
Gao Zhe seed to sigh, or perhaps he didn’t.
After all, he was rely sitting there, slowly saying, “You are too tense.”
“Yisheng Feng has sensed danger, but he doesn’t know who you are, nor does he understand Ge Fei enough…”
He raised his head and asked, “Why can’t Ge Fei make him feel danger?”
eting the old man’s eyes, Ge Fei smiled, “You’re right.”
“You’ve been living in Yue Country for so many days. The identity of the Ge Clan’s direct descendant can offer you a lot of conveniences. Yet you fail to understand further and rashly attempt to control to help conceal your identity… You are too arrogant.”
Gao Zheng emphasized slowly, “In the present world, you have no right to arrogance.”
Ge Fei lowered his head in acknowledgnt, “You’re absolutely right.”
The two of them were entirely like a normal ntor-disciple relationship.
One seriously imparting teachings, the other wholeheartedly learning.
“Arrogance is an obstacle to survival, tension is the beginning of failure,” Gao Zheng said. “You need to resolve these two fundantal issues first.”
Ge Fei said, “I ask for your guidance, teacher.”
“Start by doing tasks.” Gao Zheng said casually, “Now go down the mountain, do not kill anyone, do not use powers beyond the necessary range. Settle the trouble you’ve stirred up today. For those you’ve killed, you must account for them, handle their aftermath, any possible disputes with the Southern Dipper Palace… you need to quash them.”
“Understood.” Ge Fei seed thoughtful.
“We will end here today,” Gao Zheng said, then turned back, staring at his empty chessboard.
Ge Fei slowly raised his head, smiled at the corner of his mouth, “You truly are a good teacher.”
“First, I am a Yue citizen,” Gao Zheng stated without any fluctuation.
Ge Fei straightened his body, solemnly bowed, then turned and left.
This encounter was so different from his expectations, yet it yielded other kinds of rewards.
Great rewards!
When he reached the wooden door, he suddenly thought of sothing, turned back to ask, “Oh right, how did you discover ?”
“That is knowledge for the next lesson,” Gao Zheng continued staring at his chess, not lifting his head.
Ge Fei continued, “I seem yet to have answered you whether I am Chaos or Zhu Jiuyin.”
“That’s not important,” Gao Zheng replied.
Ge Fei observed his side profile sitting alone before the chessboard.
It was as if he saw a once intricate painting now mottled with ti.
He only saw a worried elder.
Not knowing what troubled him.
The tightly knitted brows like rivers, like mountains, like a desolate autumn scene… only to wonder if there was even a trace of sorrow that originated from that five-year-old child.
“I am not yet higher than a broom!”
After all, those were genuinely seventeen real years.
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