Chapter 432 - Humiliation with a sword and words (2/2)
Wang Ling remembered about the Wang Family's teachings and then asked, ”I am unsure of it, but do you know the teachings of the Wang Family?”
”Do not flaunt the heights you have reached, neither should you announce your victories. Allow the world to watch, allow them to judge, and most of all, allow them to revere you on their own. Such was his beliefs.” Wang Fu recited without fail.
After all these years, his hard work had been met with an acceptable response… with applause and cheers for his skills.
Wang Fu had managed to live through this teaching without fail… or so he had thought.
”You acted not out of jealousy, but the d.e.s.i.r.e to prove me wrong that I am the one who stands above all in this Sailer. I teach the one you admire, my words are capable of changing her forms, and I disregarded each and every one of you, only giving a single greeting when I boarded this Sailer.
”Did you feel tinier when I did that? You say that you practice the Wang Family's rules, yet you are nothing but a simple braggart wishing to be acknowledged by all. Do you love the spotlight so much, child?”
Wang Fu… was silent.
Wang Fu, the one who devoted himself to the way of the sword found someone whose sword was even more beautiful than his. Wang Fu was entranced and believed that Chang Ping's sword was truly something he should strive to reach.
A perfect goal appeared before him, a shimmering existence in the form of a Sword Elder's disciple. Wang Fu would have wanted to ask her for pointers, but, then, just as he was about to do so, Chang Ping's companion stood up and then gradually destroyed her form and future little by little. His so-called teachings were derailing Chang Ping on a harsher path.
When Wang Fu saw this, he failed to control his intent. He thought of asking Chang Ping about the matter in question, he wished to tell her that she was being pulled to the wrong path. He followed her and then saw her enter her companion's room, and when those doors opened, he found her disheveled… for some reason he could not explain, he became furious.
Wang Ling smiled at Wang Fu in derision, ”You were jealous, but not in the way I thought. You did not like that some escort, a mere background character to the resplendent Senior, and in the end. You fell for Chang Ping's sword taught by the First Sword Elder, and then you got irritated after learning it was some nobody who was teaching her.”
”Bu-but her movements their sharpness the moment you said som—” Wang Fu tried to argue.
”Of course, it would, you fool. No one learns a technique and expects anyone to learn it in a single day. Did your brain rot because of all that ego devouring your rationality? Sigh*,”
Wang Ling ended his lecture with a deep, deep sigh. He looked at Wang Fu once again and then just walked past him, saying only, ”Learn from this experience, Wang boy, if you truly wish to practice true humility then train without expecting anything from it other than improving yourself. Let go of your ego and the monikers given to you and maybe you'd be able to see past the ugliness in your heart. Look within you before you look at others… boy.”
Everyone watched in awe as they saw someone utterly humiliate one of the greatest talents of the younger generation in the entire Cosmos. They watched him walk away, only now understanding that his silence throughout the entire journey did not mean he was weak or lacking in any way, he was simply… reserved.
[How sweet, the master is teaching his descendants proper humility.] Chang Ping laughed in secret for she was the only one who saw through Wang Ling's angered façade.