Chapter 547 - Bringing It To The Grave (2/2)
“I only wish to improve beyond h, but now I’ve found a path towards it Venerable One, please teachs, it was fate that caused us to ness to take ment of This Penniless Monk’s skills”
Lame Ma’s heart sank when he heard that Did that i Zhou in as a disciple? On second thought, Jiang Zhou was a carving expert He would naturally be a much faster learner than a dabbler like hi Zhou in any aspect With this in mind, he lowered his head in disappoint Zhou’s heart tre, Qiu Xiaoye, and Guan Xiangfeng turned excited as well If Jiang Zhou were to ’s skills, that would be awesoreatly! They would benefit fro Zhou’s improvement! The techniques they learned would be all the more impressive With this incontinued “But you do not meet the standards of This Penniless Monk Therefore, This Penniless Monk will not take you in However, in consideration of our fated encounter, This Penniless Monk will give you three Frost Bazheng had rejected Jiang Zhou whose qualifications were that good? Was there a screw loose in this nored them as he turned to say to Lame Ma “Patron Ma, This Penniless Monk will not take you in as a disciple either”
“Oh” Lame Ma had already mentally prepared hi continued “But This Penniless Monk can teach you how to carve”
“Ah?” Everyone widened their eyes suddenly before staring bitterly at the bastardsmiled “This Penniless Monk is a monk If you were to become my disciple, you would become a monk Unfortunately, This Penniless Monk’s monastery is too small, and there aren’t manyarts, this is a skill for all of hu it Teaching you should be fine”
“Venerable One, that’s not fair! If it’s a skill for all of hu shouted unhappily
Fangzheng did not say a word as Jiang Zhou felt as if he was struck by lightning He suddenly jolted to his senses as he berated his disciple “Xiangfeng, shut up! Apologize to the Venerable One!”
Guan Xiangfeng said with an aggrieved look, “Master, it’s obvious that theZhou fiercely
Helplessly, Guan Xiangfeng said to Fangzheng, “I’ s that he did not ratified look and said, “You understood?”
Jiang Zhou sighed and said, “Yes, I was foolish Thank you for enlighteningZhou bowed towards Fangzheng
This bow left Guan Xiangfeng, Fan Qing, Qiu Xiaoye, and even Lame Ma and company baffled They had no idea what the tere up to
Noticing that Fangzheng had no intention to explain, Jiang Zhou sighed and said, “Years ago when I sought knowledge, I began learning carving froe of thirty In the beginning, I only learned the basics Only at age twenty was I thought some special techniques But when he passed away, he had a few special techniques he did not teach me By the tier speak rave My master’s wife told me that the person Master was most afraid of his entire life was not his rivals but ainst ood to ing, and evenwas paid by him He treated me like a son, but he still ary of e he said the most often was: ‘An accomplished disciple starves theZhou’s face showed his feeling of being overwhelmed by the vicissitudes of tination and wistfulness in his eyes
Jiang Zhou continued “Perhaps I was influenced by my master I have always placed too much importance onthe core things to myself I have students and disciples Students learn the basics, while disciples learn the superficial stuff Perhaps this can be called retribution Perhaps it was our narroay of thinking Heaven metes out its harshest punishment on teachers like us We have no true descendants! I’ve thought about it before That when I got old and no longer able to continue, I would write a book and share the core things I kneith thecould not help but interject “Do you wish to repeat your rave and causing an entire trade to lose its best knowledge? I finally understand why despite us having thousands of years of history of being a leading power in soand had to resort to copying and secretly studying others We really can’t learn anything without stealing!”
Jiang Zhou blushed red when he heard that as he said ashaht If I do the same, I will be a sinner!”
“Amitabha The sea of bitterness has no bounds, it’s best to turn back to the shore before it’s too late Congratulations, Patron,” said Fangzheng as he pressed his pal Zhou returned the bow “Thank you for enlightening et back I will publish the book and spread it out” With that said, Jiang Zhou said to Guan Xiangfeng, Fan Qing, and Qiu Xiaoye, “None of you need to fight for the spot ofas you areand have the correct mindset! I will not discri, and Qiu Xiaoye were overjoyed as they shouted with joy incessantly Then, they suddenly realized that they were in a ues and stood there s foolishly to the thezheng as they watched Jiang Zhou and co shook his head and said, “If they really wish to learn, who’s stopping the stretched his back and said, “Let’s go back It’s ti people Are you interested in learning too?”
“Yes!” Squirrel shouted in excitement
Apart from him, the rest showed little interest Red Boy looked up and said, “With that size of yours, what can you carve?”