Chapter 57: The Secret of Willpower
The clinic was rather cramped today. Although Lizi and Gu Ying were regulars, Bai Dajin was a new face. Doctor He wondered if he needed to expand the clinic with this many visitors coming after his little apprentice started frequenting it.
"Aren’t you supposed to be teaching Brother Yihao?" Anji asked curiously when Bai Dajin seemed to have no intention of leaving the clinic.
Yawning, the White Tiger sect leader complained that it was too early in the morning to be reading books. He stretched himself comfortably on the sick bed and waved his hand lazily.
"Your brother is suspended for talking back to his teacher. I came over because I thought you’d be bored finding answers by yourself. Your shifu has a nasty personality, making a four-year-old do such a thing. Ordinarily, you’d be considered a genius for even being able to remember all the basic martial arts at your age. That old hag is clearly making this difficult for you. Are you sure you don’t want to change teachers?"
Laughing awkwardly, Anji reassured the gruff swordsman she was happy with Yan Ping as her teacher. If Bai Dajin was an idol for male cultivators, Yan Ping had to be the idol for female cultivators. Nobody could deny how great they were. Even when she was younger and always sick in bed, her mother would tell her stories about the seven heroes. Bai Dajin’s feats were no less impressive than her shifu’s.
Speaking of stories, Anji wondered if she could get another hint from the White Tiger sect leader.
"The last time you mentioned willpower can alter the nature of energy," Anji pulled a stool over to the sick bed. "Could you tell me more about what happened? What is willpower? Do girls have it too?"
Willpower... it was a new term that Anji had never encountered before. What sort of power was that?
Ah, this was the attitude he sought in a student when he finally agreed to accept one. Compared to the monkey he adopted, his girl was as cute as a chick, staring at him with a gaze full of respect and curiosity. She was nothing like her rascal brother. How did Zhao Mingfeng manage to father two completely different children? Then again, the Celestial Dragon sect leader fathered four children with the same wife and all four kids decided to walk completely different paths. Once again, he could not help but envy the old hag for snatching the brightest diamond from underneath all their noses. However, there was no better teacher for this lass than Yan Ping. If anything, only Yan Ping could save this child from her fate and guide her down the thorny path of cultivation.