Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2885 Master Qingsong 103.0
“The master is right. Mind your own business, and you’ll have less to worry about. You won’t have so many troubles or worries, and you’ll feel much more relaxed. But,” Shen Cha thought for a moment and said, “as the eldest elder of the Yun family, I’m afraid he doesn’t have that many trivial matters to worry about, right? Just the affairs of the Yun family alone should be enough to make him worry, right?”

“That’s true.” Third Master shook his head helplessly and said, “The Yun family…” He sneered, “They’re all troublesome, not a single one of them is easy to deal with.”

"So..." Jin Miaomiao swallowed hard. "Is it tricky?"

“It shouldn’t be too difficult. Every family head is like this.” Shen Cha smiled at Jin Miaomiao and said, “Master is probably the youngest elder in the Yun family. He’s young and didn’t grow up in the family. It’s only natural that some people are not convinced. The larger the family, the more serious the internal strife. Although the Yun family has always seemed calm, but…” She raised an eyebrow slightly, “For something like defection to happen, the Yun family is not entirely clean.”

"You mean the Yun family didn't escape so easily, and they were able to run away because someone helped them, right?" Seeing Shen Cha nod, Jin Miaomiao thought for a moment, "That's true. Although they sneaked away when the mission was over, but..." she thought for a moment and said, "it would have been impossible without someone helping them."

“You’re both right.” Third Grandfather smiled. “However, the Yun family is not exactly chaotic, but it’s also quite chaotic. It’s really not easy for my master to keep them all under control. My senior brother and I have seen it all.”

"A child who is strong in every way suddenly comes back from outside and is said to be the future elder. No one would be convinced, right?"

Xue Ruitian brought out a large plate of dried fruit from somewhere, and Xiao Fengqi, Qi Zhifeng, Bai Meng, and Jin Jing surrounded him, each grabbing a handful. The sound of them cracking sunflower seeds could be heard throughout the room.

Jin Miaomiao glanced at them, snatched a handful of melon seeds from Xue Ruitian's hand, and gave a few to Shen Cha.

"Besides, he's not convinced!" Third Grandfather handed over his barbecue stall to Xue Mu, then beckoned to Xue Ruitian, grabbed a handful of peanuts from the dried fruit plate he brought over, and said slowly, "Every day, people challenge him to all sorts of challenges. This continued until my brother and I returned to the Yun family with our master, and it was still coming one after another!"

"That's ruthless?"

“The Yun family’s place, I suppose,” the Third Grandfather thought for a moment. “How should I put it? You’ve already accomplished something by meeting just one genius in your life, but after meeting a whole bunch of geniuses, you’ll find that it’s not all that remarkable.”

"The Yun family is a bunch of geniuses?" Shen Cha slowly peeled sunflower seeds. "Wait a minute, didn't they say that the master is the only genius the Yun family has had in a hundred years?"

“That’s not accurate. The accurate statement is,” the Third Grandfather chuckled self-deprecatingly, “that my master is a genius among geniuses, the Yun family members are geniuses in the eyes of ordinary people, and my master is a genius in the eyes of these geniuses.”

"Really...really?" Xue Ruitian nudged Jin Miaomiao and whispered, "Really?"

Xiao Fengqi and Qi Zhifeng also stared at Jin Miaomiao with eager expressions. "Of course she's amazing. She's the Imperial Advisor, a god-like figure." Xia Chen put the grilled fish into plates, handing the first one to Third Grandfather, "Be careful, it's hot, and there are bones."

"Alright!" the Third Grandfather replied, glancing at Xia Chen. "Have you met my master?"

"Yes, I met him when I was very young. He seemed like a wise and venerable old man." Xia Chen recalled for a moment, "He even patted my head. He seemed very kind and gentle."

"A sage-like demeanor?" The Third Grandfather carefully removed all the bones from the fish before slowly eating it. "You were fooled; he was just faking it." He shrugged. "There's nothing I can do. He's the Imperial Preceptor, the Grand Elder of the Yun family; he has to maintain a certain image in public. However, my master really likes children. If he finds a child pleasing, he'll go up and pet them, claiming it's to bring good fortune."

"This is something my master would do," Jin Miaomiao snorted. "Everyone has to tease their kids, they don't feel happy until they cry." She looked at her third grandfather. "Isn't this a tradition of our sect?"

"More or less!" Third Grandfather chuckled. "After all, in a place like the Yun family, if you don't find something to make yourself happy, you'll really go crazy."

"Is it that scary?" Shen Cha took the fish meat that Xia Chen handed her, carefully picking out the bones, and said, "The kind of family that they are... I just can't seem to feel any sense of oppression."

"It's not repression, it's madness; none of them are normal people."

The third great-grandfather waved to everyone, put down his chopsticks, and quickly picked up the meat from the grill and put it on a plate. His movements were so fast that he didn't seem like an elderly man at all.

"If we don't take it off soon, it'll burn." Third Grandfather inspected the meat to make sure it was okay before distributing it to the others. As he distributed it, he comforted Xue Mu, who was a little annoyed, "It's always like this the first time. Practice makes perfect. You'll know next time."

Xue Mu didn't say anything, but silently brushed oil on the rack again and continued baking the next batch. This time he was more careful and observed more closely.

“Continuing from where we left off,” the Third Grandfather said, having finished dividing the meat, before continuing to wrestle with his fish. “When my master took my brother and me as his apprentices, it was after he returned to the Yun family. At that time, he wasn’t even the eldest elder of the Yun family, or even an elder; he was just an ordinary child.”

“I understand that he’s not an elder, but he’s just an ordinary child,” Shen Cha shook her head in disagreement, “I don’t think so, right? Aren’t they supposed to be geniuses among geniuses?”

“These things need to be discovered and explored slowly, don’t they? When he first returned to the Yun family, he didn’t show anything extraordinary. Although he is a genius that the Yun family has only seen once in a century, this genius can’t be just talked about; it requires real strength. So, they will go through a series of very rigorous tests. It’s not easy to make those monsters in the Yun family truly convinced.” The Third Grandfather sighed softly. “My master’s journey has not been easy. My senior brother and I both say that being a person is difficult, but being a genius is even more difficult.” He spread his hands towards everyone. “My master grew up in this kind of environment and is still so normal; it’s truly remarkable.”