156 Talk Between Master and Disciple

Kang Dong-Woo left the rooftop, leaving Xu Lingxun alone with Heero.

\"Follow me, there's something I want to talk with you!\" Heero walked to the apple tree and sat there. He beckoned to Xu Lingxun to let him sit next to him.

With an uncertain look on his face, Xu Lingxun sat there. He was a bit nervous deep inside.

\"You are going to use your power to exact revenge for your family! It was what you told me when you asked me to take you as my disciple, right?\" Heero asked Xu Lingxun.

\"Yes!\" Xu Lingxun answered straightforwardly and his tone was firm, showing his strong determination to exact his revenge.

\"Then let me ask, what are you going to do when you have the power to exact your revenge? I mean how are you going to exact revenge?\" Heero continued with his question.

\"Of course, I am going to kill all of them with my hand. I will eradicate their family just like they did to my family!\" Xu Lingxun answered with a loud voice. Her eyes reddened in agitation and as he clenched his palm into a fist.

As soon as he heard the answer, Heero rubbed his forehead. Xu Lingxun's motive to get stronger concerned him. Even though he was no longer a hero, he did not want any of his disciples to use their powers to kill the innocents.

The rankers who eradicated the Xu Family deserve a death penalty, but what about their family? They were innocent and if Xu Lingxun truly did that, it made him no different than those rankers.

Moreover, if the boy drowned in revenge and killed all rankers that involved including their families, what would the boy do afterward? He might sink even deeper and there was a high possibility the boy would become a brutal killer.

After all, the Hero League and the Central Government would never approve the act of killing even if those rankers were at fault. The boy's deep grudge would only lead him to an even deeper pit and Heero did not want that to happen.

He played a big role in this revenge game. He bestowed power to the boy, there was no way he would not feel guilty about once what he concerned truly happened. But of course, Heero did not plan to prevent the boy from exacting revenge for his family.

It was just that Xu Lingxun's way was wrong. At least in his eyes, it was not the right thing to do.

\"Then what makes you different from those rankers? You are the same! You are even killing the innocents that are not related to your family's incident!\" Heero voiced his mind which startled Xu Lingxun.

However, the boy gritted his teeth clung firmly that he was not the same as those rankers who had killed his family, \"But I am doing this for my revenge, they started it and I will end it by eradicating them!\"

Xu Lingxun was agitated as he raised his voice. But then he realized something, Heero must have a motive, talking about this with him.

'From the way Master talked to me, he was persuading me to not exact my revenge…'

'Then, If I don't listen to him, he might not teach me anything… But I can't give up… for my family…' Vengeance was the only thing that pushed him to continue his life. If not for that, he might already suicide, following his father and mother to the afterworld.

\"Master! Do you want me to give up with my revenge?\" Xu Lingxun continued with his question. Before Heero could reply, he added in a helpless tone, \"And If I don't give up with my vengeance, you are not going to teach me, right?\"

Heero was his hope, the hope he had been waiting for four years. After four years, he finally saw hope, but that hope started to fade away. He was desperate, but he did not break down.

\"Hahhh… I am not asking you to give up with your revenge! But your revenge is wrong. Let say, you are done with your revenge, you killed those rankers and their families who slaughtered your family. You will be a criminal, you will be chased by the heroes and the other rankers!\"

\"If your mother or your father or even your family see this, does revenge make them happy? I can answer that on behalf of your family, they won't be happy with that! You are the last line of Xu Family, you are the last and only Xu Family's hope! If you died, then the Xu Family would be gone forever!\"

Heero lectured his youngest disciple, hoping the boy could get what he wanted to convey. He once experienced the same thing, his village was razed, his family was killed by the Specter force.

However, in the last moment of his grandfather's life, the grandfather who wanted Heero to be a Hero asked him not to take revenge for them.

His father, his mother, and his grandfather only told him to have a happy life. Of course, the young him was the same as Xu Lingxun. He did not listen to them and continued with his revenge, killing Specter in his sight.

However, blinded by vengeance, he lost the woman he loved. He lost a lot of his friends. He did not want Xu Lingxun to experience the same thing as him.

\"NO! They will be happy! They must wish me to take revenge for them!\" Xu Lingxun said that in agitation.

Flick! Ouch!

\"Stupid!\" Heero flicked Xu Lingxun's head, \"Yes, they badly want you to take revenge for them, but they will not be happy if you sacrifice yourself for revenge. I believe your family will be happier if you rebuild the Xu Family, bringing your family glory back!\"

Hearing these, Xu Lingxun's eyes opened wide. Never, crossed in his mind to rebuild his family again. In his mind was vengeance, there was nothing else.

\"As for revenge, it's not that you can't take your revenge after you rebuild your family! Moreover, you can take revenge openly and uprightly as well. If those rankers are truly treacherous and unlawful, you can use the Hero League for your revenge.\"

\"You only need to collect the evidence of their misdeeds and send it to the Hero League, they will take care of the rest. I believe the Hero League would gladly take the rankers down one by one as long as you have strong evidence against the rankers!\"

\"What if the Hero League does not take any actions despite the strong evidence? It's easy, then you can kill the ranker with your hands. However, before you kill the ranker, you should spread the evidence open to the public. If later the public finds out it's you who killed the ranker, they would regard you as a hero instead of a criminal!\"

\"Ranker Alliance? There's no need to be afraid of them. You have me, there's no way I will let those bunch of rankers bully you. I will stand on your back, Xing District will always be your home! Moreover, do you think your senior brother would just watch you getting bullied?\"

Heero finished his lecture in one breath and it seemed the boy got the meaning behind his words.

Xu Lingxun lowered his head and he was no longer refuting his Master's words. He was not that stupid to not realize his Master's concern. His mind was filled with revenge while his Master just opened his mind that he had more important matters in his hand, rebuilding the Xu Family.

Moreover, his Master's suggestion was not that bad. Even though he was still unwilling to spare the ranker's families, he also understood why his Master told him to avenge only the involved rankers.

The most important thing from all of it, it was a home called Xing District. Xu Lingxun remembered the care he received from his fellow disciples, especially Sun Zhou Yi who always encouraged him.

His Master's wives who cared about his meal because of his skinny build. The Xing District's residences that were kind to him, the warmth of family he had almost forgotten, he could feel it again now.

Xu Lingxun did not want to lose his home again. He knew that if he kept insisting on his madness vengeance, he would lose his new home. In the end, he had to make a choice and his choice was obvious, he did not want to lose his new home.

Heero observed the youngest disciples of his and noticed the boy's expression returned to normal and even a new vigor returned to his eyes. He nodded with a satisfied smile.

Then, he threw the Ki Comprehension which he had copied into a book. The book fell into the boy's lap. Obviously, the boy was still clueless about what that book was.

\"It's a book about Internal Energy, you have to comprehend it by yourself. Memorize the content and the basic chant! As you are someone from the core region, I don't need to explain what internal energy is, right?\"

After hearing that, the boy opened his eyes wide. He had heard about internal energy and there was a handful technique or even secret art that generated internal energy. However, he never heard that the internal energy could be controlled.

His family had three secret arts, each time one executed the secret art, it would be imbued by the internal energy. His family was destroyed because of these three secret arts while upholding justice for the rankers his big brother was merely an excuse.

\"I call this internal energy Ki and all my techniques heavily rely on Ki. The more you understand about the Ki, the stronger you will become. This is just your foundation and the first step of your journey, but also the most important step in the training!\"

\"Moreover, to execute my technique, you need a strong body! Not this weak and skinny body!\" Heero held Xu Lingxun's small arms, causing the latter to blush.

\"So, what you need to do is to train hard and make a list!\" He added.

Xu Lingxun understood the part about train hard, but what about making a list, \"... A list for training?\"

\"A list of the rankers involved in your family's downfall of course. Before you exact your vengeance, you should know your enemies first! If you don't know your enemy, how are you going to avenge your family?\"

Hearing this, the boy opened his eyes in astonishment. But then he realized something, even though he knew that it was Ranker who destroyed his family, but he did not know who they were and which family was involved in this.

Looking at his disciple, Heero was speechless. He asked him to make a list so the boy could start his vengeance from the weakest one, punishing these corrupted rankers and bringing a little bit of peace to the city.

Yes, Heero's intention was changing the path his disciple would take. Rather than being a random mad killer, it was much better to become a mysterious hero who punished the corrupt people.

If he sunk deeper with what he was doing, at least, his youngest disciple did not go astray, not a brutal killer.

However, it seemed the boy did not even know who his enemies were. This left Heero speechless, but it was not he did not have a solution for this.

\"Then you have to start with the investigation and I hope you don't neglect your training while investigating. Don't worry, you can learn the investigation from your Senior Brother, Hirata. He was an assassin, so he is skilled in this!\"

After saying that, Heero rose from his seat. He looked at the boy and rubbed the boy's black hair.

\"Alright, that's all for now!\" After that, he received a call. He looked at the Caller Id, \"Oh, shit, I am going to get scolded by my wife if I don't go back now!\"

After that, Heero rushed to the door in a hurry and gave a last shout to the boy, \"Don't become like that Bearded Wang, you have to diligently training!!!\"