I'm really not the Saviour! (我唔係救主囖!) [danmei/BL xuanhuan]

26 - Package Tour

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The moment she was told the news, Gong Lau Yan rushed after Teem Djeung Baak.

"Will she find her?" Chan Bik asked, scratching anxiously at her arms. "Will she be safe?"

"She will be fine," the Grandmaster assured her, but Chan Bik was looking at Gaam Yuk Ying with a strange expression on her face. "Little Chan, do you understand the relationship between the Five Elements?"

Chan Bik pulled her eyes back to Wong Tang. "Yes, Grandmaster. Each element generates another, and each element destroys another. Each element weakens another, and each element exploits another."

"And so, which element is most destructive of Metal?"

"Fire."

"Good. Now you can see here. Although Teem Djeung Baak is at the cusp of Third Daan-tin, and our Gaam Si-hing is a Third Daan-tin Adept, the elemental match up was bad." She bent down to look Chan Bik in the eyes and spoke gently. "You understand, this means Gaam Si-hing is so strong that he could take on a Second Daan-tin Expert on the cusp of entering Third Daan-tin Novice, with an element that is destructive of his own, and win."

"I wish I had the Water element," Chan Bik said glumly. "I could deal with that... with her... if I did."

"Earth weakens Fire too," said Gou Dzing hoarsely. He hadn't spoken since Teem Djeung Baak had disappeared. His strong brows knitted fiercely.

"Little Gou."

Gou Dzing did not answer his Master.

"Gou Dzing."

"Yes, Master..."

"There is nothing you could have done. You were not there."

"... Yes, Master."

"Have your sword sent back to Mount Faa to be repaired. Hurry. We need to be in the Dzu capital, Ming Yuet, in two days."

"Master, if I send Yuk Ying away, I won't have a weapon."

Wong Tang took the blackened, damaged gim from where it lay beside Gou Dzing. Without flinching, she bent the blade slowly until it snapped in half. "Gou Dzing, have you forgotten everything?"

Her disciple stared at the broken pieces.

"Are you now useless because this piece of metal is gone?"

"... No, Master."

"Good. Gou Dzing, you are not useless."

"... Yes... Yes, Master." Gou Dzing bowed, picked up the pieces, and hurried away.

"Do you think I was too harsh, Little Cheng?" the Grandmaster asked of Cheng Baak-hap, as she retrieved her pipe from her sleeve and began to carefully fill it.

"You know your disciple better than I, Grandmaster. And you have much experience than I in teaching."

"Do I?"

"Although I suspect your method of teaching through striking your students with questions is probably very irritating to some."

Wong Tang laughed. "No doubt. What should I have done instead?"

"It's my turn – Why are you asking me, Grandmaster?"

"Because, Little Cheng, you are the one who grew up with Gou Dzing. You studied with him, ate meals with him, sometimes got punished with him..."