Chapter 55: Old Friend (2/2)

Even after six training halls, he saw no chance of winning in any of them.

What a pity. It was impossible to earn any more money from blind battles, but he had expected it to happen. Wanting to encounter such a good opportunity again was wishful thinking.

In the end, he searched through all of the training halls in Central Pine City but still failed to find the target.

As dusk set in, Ai Hui stumbled back to the Vanguard Training Hall, somewhat exhausted. Searching for someone was genuinely more tiring than training, but he rallied his spirits—being unable to find his target on the first day was nothing surprising.

Finding someone was no easy task by any means, especially with such vague clues, making it akin to searching for a needle in a haystack. In the end, luck was more crucial than the method itself.

There had been no recent news of the little girl from the noodle store either. He idly wondered if she went on a long trip. He recalled Teacher Xu mentioning practice missions going on during this time—could she have left for a mission?

Ai Hui did not think on it further.

His life had become substantially busy between lessons, training, and searching for the masked individual. He also didn’t forget to spend time revising the swordplay manual for the girl who said she would find him for guidance on his techniques.

Of course, what he meant by revision was actually a form of hypnosis before sleeping.

As for the incident involving the sword embryo, he didn’t care; he was still unwilling to buy a new sword after destroying the last grass sword he owned.

On the contrary, it was actually in training that he invested the most time.

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In the teachers’ lounge, Tao Yiwei was surprised to see Wang Shouchuan hard at work. His condition was different from normal—almost as if Old Wang was on drugs. After working together for more than ten years, the two of them were exceedingly familiar with each other, so he could immediately spot the rekindled passion that had not been seen on Old Wang’s face for a long time.

Perhaps Old Wang’s theory had a breakthrough? Old Tao could help but mutter his suspicions in his heart, but he said instead, “Old Wang, looking at your joyous expression, I can see there’s good news. Let me hear it and soak in the joyous atmosphere too.”

Wang Shouchuan, who was immersed in analyzing the test results, lifted his head, unable to conceal the joy and pride on his face. “Sure enough, I can’t hide anything from your sharp eyes. There is indeed good news—I’ve accepted a disciple.”

“Huh?” Tao Yiwei was caught off guard but quickly recovered. With a surprised expression, he asked, “You—Old Wang is actually taking disciples?”

The Old Wang he knew had a terrible temper. He was also willful, stubborn, and fiercely driven, devoting his entire life to his theories. Despite that, he was a man of few words, unable to promote his theories, leaving his theories unknown to many.

For Old Wang to actually start taking in disciples was unexpected.

Tao Yiwei was somewhat envious. “Such a joyous event. Congratulations, Old Wang!”

He did not bother concealing his envy; he had yet to find a good disciple to pass his legacy on to. While Old Wang’s theory was nothing remarkable, his luck was quite good.

Secretly pleased, Old Wang remarked, “It’s still too early to say. My disciple’s strength is a bit disappointing.”

Old Tao could not help but laugh at Old Wang’s words. He knew his friend would not accept a disciple without good reason. “Then isn’t it better for you to test your theories first?”

“That’s what I thought, too,” Old Wang replied. “While that youngster’s aptitude is so-so, he’s not completely unremarkable. He could actually endure my Thousand Prajna test.”

Old Tao jolted in surprise. “He endured it?”

He was more than familiar with Old Wang’s Thousand Prajna. Not only did he help in the planning and design process, he was also the one to control the compass upon the first set’s completion. In the end, Old Wang only managed to endure for three minutes before wailing and clambering out.

Even at the designing stage, he already suspected that Old Wang’s idealistic mindset had made the Thousand Prajna of no practical value since nobody would be able to endure the entire process.

So how could Tao Yiwei not be astonished when he heard that Old Wang’s disciple passed the test?