Then the daoist left quickly after teaching Xiao Wei a healing method. Xiao Wei wanted to take him as his shifu, but was refused, the daoist only told Xiao Wei that the reason that he saved him was due to him loyally protecting the master even in grave danger, and then he told him that this type of healing method is lost in the world of the living, so donât let anyone know.
When Xiao Wei asked him for his name and title, he said that he is Jiaoyazi, then left swiftly. Although Jiaoyazi didnât admit that Xiao Wei is his disciple, Xiao Wei still gave three loud kowtow to the direction Jiaoyazi left in, and treated Jiaoyazi as his shifu in his heart. So, when Xiao Wei found out that the person in front of him actually knows shifuâs art, it was easy to imagine his shock! Xiao Wei had already subconsciously treated himself as Jiaoyaziâs successor, and so the first thought was that the person in front of him definitely stole the art from him (Jiaoyazi)! Since shifu had said it clearly to him at the time, this art was already lost, and the person in front of him was so young, yet he was better in this art by who knows how many times!
âWhat exactly are you! What happened to my shifu?â Thinking that, Xiao Wei asked nervously.
âYour shifu? Footy is your shifu?â I asked strangely. I didnât hear Footy say that he has a disciple, but judging from his (Xiao Weiâs) healing method, he doesnât seem to be lying.
âHeâs my shifu! Who exactly are you, why do you have shifuâs arts?â Xiao Wei said vigilantly.
âWho am I? I came here to find a bodyguard originally, and now Iâm a bodyguard for someone else,â I said.
âDo you know my shifu? Tell me quickly, howâs my shifu!â Xiao Wei leaped up and aid in excitement.
âHai hai! Calm down a bit alright, Footy is very well right now!â I said.
âReally?â Xiao Wei said suspiciously, he clearly didnât believed what I said.
I know that if I didnât dispel the suspicion in his heart, he definitely wouldnât work for me loyally, but how was I supposed to explain it to him? Was I supposed to say that Iâm Footyâs martial uncle? The credibility was clearly low, Iâll let Footy handle such a deep question himself.
Thus I said to Xiao Wei, âCome with me!â
Although he didnât know what I want, Xiao Wei still followed behind me out of the training grounds and into the fire exit.
I looked around, and after making sure that there was no one else, I shouted quietly, âFooty!â
âDid you need me for something?â Footy appeared instantly in front of me like the wind.
âThis person said heâs your disciple and wanted to see you,â I pointed to Xiao Wei and said.
âMy disciple?â Footy looked weirdly at Xiao Wei, who was standing beside me.
âShifu, Iâm Xiao Wei! In the forest of Country F in Africa, you saved my life, and taught me the art of healing,â Xiao Wei quickly explained.
âOh, so itâs you!â Footy frowned and said. âBut I never promised you to be your shifu.â
âAbout that...â Xiao Wei said a bit awkwardly. However, he was happy that he could see shifu once again. It seems like the person in front of him seem to have deep connections with shifu, his worries of the art being stolen appears to be pointless.
âYou arenât going to accept such a great disciple? If you donât, then I will!â I pointed to Xiao Wei with a smile
This made Xiao Wei confused, looking at the person in front of him, he seems very familiar with shifu, he had thought that this person is also shifuâs disciple, but now it doesnât look like it, what kind of disciple would accept a disciple in front of their own shifu! Although Xiao Wei was very confused, he didnât dare to say anything.
However, the next sentence Footy said shocked Xiao Wei to the core.
âMartial uncle, about this... Iâll accept it okay,â Footy said awkwardly.
âHehe, it looks like you donât want a junior brother!â I teased.
âWhat! Martial uncle!â Xiao Wei nearly fell on his butt upon hearing that. What was happening in front of his eyes was too contradictory to common sense, the person in front of him was clearly ten-odd years old, he was actually shifuâs martial uncle!
âAlright now, shouldnât you quickly acknowledge your shifu!â I signaled at Xiao Wei with my eyes.
Only now did Xiao Wei recover from his shock, he quickly prostrated in front of Footy and said, âShifu, please accept Xiao Weiâs kowtow!â With that, he gave me three loud kowtows.
After Footy signaled that he can stand up, Xiao Wei went in front of me, then prostrated, âDisciple Xiao Wei pays his respects to martial great-uncle, I have offend you much just now, I hope martial great-uncle will forgive me! If Xiao Wei knew that you were the martial great-uncle, Xiao Wei would not have dared to offend no matter how daring Xiao Wei was!â
I know this is the meaning of jianghu rules, and so didnât stop him, and allowed him to kowtow. If I forcefully helped him up, it might have had the opposite effect, making him think that I wasnât willing to admit him as a martial grandson.
Only after Xiao Wei kowtow three times did he stand back up, and said to me with a face full of smiles, âThank you for martial great-uncleâs aid, helping martial grandson to fulfill a with, allowing me to meet shifu once again during my lifetime!â
âAlright now, donât act so courteous! Although you are now Footyâs disciple, you are still my bodyguard in name, furthermore, Footy seems very busy, so study with me from now on,â I waved my hand and said.
âUnderstood!â Xiao Wei said happily. He felt that learning from martial great-uncle directly was definitely better than learning from shifu. From his perspective, martial-great uncle must be stronger than shifu! He didnât know that martial great-uncle learnt everything from shifu.
âAlright now, then thatâs that! We have came out for quite a while, if we donât go back, then they will get suspicious,â I said.
âOh yeah... Martial grandson still has something he doesnât understand, why is shifu called Footy...â Xiao Wei asked hesitantly.
âOh him, he changed his name to Footy, I gave him the name, how is it, the name is pretty good right! Itâs so much smoother on the tongue than that Jiaoyazi!â I smiled creepily.
âAbout this...â Xiao Wei looked troubled at shifu, and felt very troubled, if he said yes, he would offend shifu, if he said not, then he would have offended martial great-uncle!
Seeing his look, I couldnât help but chuckle and said, âFooty, go back first, Iâll call you when thereâs anything else.â Then I said to Xiao Wei, âLet us go too!â
âMartial great-uncle, where are we going?â Xiao Wei asked respectfully.
âGo and sign that contract with Geezer Su!â With that, I walked towards Chen Jundongâs office. Thn I thought of something, and quickly turned around to say, âXiao Wei, donât call me martial great-uncle in front of other people, or else they would capture you as a crazy person! Even I might be thrown in with you.â
âYes, martial great-uncle!â Xiao Wei nodded and said.
âStill saying martial great-uncle?â I said angrily.
âThereâs no one else now...â Xiao Wei said with a troubled expression.