Chapter 1706: Chapter 1706: Bully Them However I Want
Xu Qinglang and Xu Zhiyuan came with gifts and were dressed very formally.
âMr. Luo promised my father before the competition that he would teach Zhiyuan the Taiyi Divine Needle. After the competition, he reaffirmed that he would keep this promise. Therefore, today, as his father, I have brought Zhiyuan to formally acknowledge him as a mentor.â After entering, Xu Qinglang bowed and stated his purpose, âThe Taiyi Divine Needle is a divine art in the field of traditional medicine; learning it requires seriousness. Therefore, Iâve brought Zhiyuan today to perform the ceremony of acknowledging a mentor.â
Luo Ziling had guessed the purpose of the Xu family father and sonâs visit today, so he wasnât surprised when he heard Xu Qinglang say this.
âSince Old Mr. Xu and Mr. Xu are so particular, I canât refuse,â Luo Ziling said with a smile, âHowever, the formal mentor ceremony should be held in the presence of my grandfather. How about this, today weâll hold a simple mentor ceremony, and do the formal ceremony when Zhiyuan comes to Huaxia.â
Luo Ziling calculated that if Xu Zhiyuan acknowledged him as a mentor, he and Xu Qinglang would be of the same generation, Xu Chongzhi would be one generation higher than him, but still lower than his grandfather Luo Liansheng. In the future, if Xu Chongzhi met his grandfather Luo Liansheng, he would have to respectfully call him mentor, or mentor-apprentice, or uncle.
Being able to bring honor to his grandfather and elevate Xu Chongzhi by a generation, Luo Ziling was quite pleased.
So, in the presence of Ling Ruonan and several other women, Xu Zhiyuan performed the ceremony of acknowledging a mentor in the hotel room.
The ceremony was simple and didnât involve setting up an incense table, but Xu Zhiyuan still knelt before Luo Ziling and respectfully kowtowed three times.
Sitting properly, watching Xu Zhiyuan uneasily kneeling and kowtowing before him, Luo Ziling felt a bit elated.
After Xu Zhiyuan kowtowed, he stood up, respectfully brewed tea for Luo Ziling, and handed it to him.
Luo Ziling knew the mentor ceremony well, so he enjoyed accepting Zhiyuanâs tea, took a sip before setting it down.
He accepted the gifts brought by Xu Zhiyuan and Xu Qinglang.
Seeing Xu Zhiyuanâs uneasy expression, Luo Ziling couldnât help but tease, âDisciple, do you know the ancient teaching âa mentor for a day, a father for lifeâ?â
These words caused Xu Qinglang, who was quietly watching everything from the side, to twitch his mouth, and Xu Zhiyuan to grit his teeth a little more.
Actually, he didnât fully understand why his grandfather insisted on him acknowledging Luo Ziling as a mentor. Initially, it wasnât agreed upon that he would acknowledge Luo Ziling as a mentor. Without this premise, Luo Ziling would still teach him the acupuncture skill. But acknowledging Luo Ziling as a mentor made things completely different.
After todayâs competition ended, when Xu Zhiyuan and Xu Qinglang returned home with Xu Chongzhi, Xu Chongzhi solemnly instructed Zhiyuan to visit in the afternoon to acknowledge a mentor and try to settle the matter of learning the Taiyi Divine Needle. Xu Qinglang speculated that Xu Chongzhi was deeply affected today, knowing himself that there was indeed a significant gap between his acupuncture skill and Luo Zilingâs. Therefore, he couldnât wait to have Zhiyuan learn the Taiyi Divine Needle. Xu Chongzhi feared that in his lifetime, he wouldnât see South Korean traditional medicine techniques surpassing Huaxiaâs, otherwise, he wouldnât have taken this action, so Xu Qinglang didnât express anything.
Of course, Xu Qinglang only guessed one aspect correctly, the most important purpose for Xu Chongzhi to have Zhiyuan immediately acknowledge Luo Ziling as a mentor was to obtain some of the Luo Familyâs secret formulas. To acquire those, paying a price wouldnât matter.
Naturally, the person who understood the least was Xu Zhiyuan, who was certainly unwilling to acknowledge Luo Ziling as a mentor.
Today, Luo Ziling won over Xu Chongzhi in the competition, and as Xu Chongzhiâs grandson, he felt as vexed as he could be, even seeing Luo Ziling as an enemy. Today, Luo Ziling was too high-profile, and his behavior seemed to demean Xu Chongzhi and all of South Korea, making the young and impulsive Xu Zhiyuan angry. In this situation, acknowledging Luo Ziling as a mentor left him very unwilling.
But his grandfatherâs will had to be executed, so he obediently followed Xu Qinglang to visit Luo Ziling and acknowledge Luo Ziling as a mentor on the spot.
After Luo Ziling accepted Xu Zhiyuanâs mentor ceremony, he pointed to Ling Ruonan sitting to the side, âThis is your mentorâs mother, what should you call her? You canât call her âMaternal Mentor,â as a mentorâs mother canât be called that. You have to call her âmentor grandmother,â and this is my sister, you have to call her âmentor aunt.â Yes, you also have to kowtow.â
Thus, under Luo Zilingâs arrangement, Xu Zhiyuan again kowtowed to Ling Ruonan and Luo Yuqing.
Ling Ruonan and Luo Yuqing didnât put on airs and gladly accepted Xu Zhiyuanâs grand ceremony.
After kowtowing several times, Xu Zhiyuanâs handsome face turned red.
If not for Xu Qinglang monitoring from the side, he would have almost lost control.
It was simply too much to endure!
Fortunately, Luo Ziling didnât deliberately make things difficult for him. After these ceremonies, he graciously invited him to stand and earnestly instructed him a few words.
Finally, it was agreed that Xu Zhiyuan would come to Huaxia to seek Luo Ziling after a while. In the coming years, Zhiyuan would stay by Luo Zilingâs side to learn traditional medical techniques and would not return home until he had mastered them.
After sending away the deeply vexed Xu Qinglang and Xu Zhiyuan, Luo Ziling couldnât help but laugh triumphantly, âI actually have a disciple now; I can order someone around as I please. By the way, what should Xu Zhiyuan call my grandfather, do you know?â
âAncestral Mentor?â Luo Yuqing hesitated, âI really donât know what to call him!â
âGo back and ask your grandfather, he should know,â Ling Ruonan was also quite pleased, after the Korean Medical Sage Xu Chongzhi lost to Luo Ziling, he immediately sent his grandson to acknowledge a mentor, surprising her but also making her happy.
Because this behavior indicated that Xu Chongzhi was sincerely convinced he lost, otherwise, he wouldnât have sent his grandson to acknowledge a mentor.
However, she also thought of another point, which was that Xu Zhiyuanâs acknowledgment of a mentor might have special purposes.
âBe careful of their ulterior motives,â Ling Ruonan reminded.
âIf Iâm not mistaken, Xu Chongzhi wants his grandson to learn the most exquisite acupuncture techniques and also obtain some of our unique prescriptions. Otherwise, he wouldnât have taken the Taiyi Divine Needle technique and prescriptions as the bet he hopes to win,â Luo Ziling had actually thought of this too.
Seeing that Luo Ziling had such thoughts, Ling Ruonan was somewhat relieved.
Just as everyone was happily making a fuss, Luo Ziling received news from Ouyang Feifei, saying she would arrive in Seoul in the evening, accompanied by Ishihara Naka.
She told Luo Ziling some surprising news, that Ishihara Naka was ordered by Ishihara Tarou to seek medical apprenticeship under him.
Ouyang Feifeiâs news surprised Luo Ziling for a moment, but then he laughed happily, âXu Zhiyuan and Ishihara Naka becoming fellow apprentices, haha, this will be interesting. A Korean and a Japanese becoming the disciples of me, a Huaxia person; can I strut around a bit now? In the future, I can bully them however I want; just thinking about it is delightful.â
Seeing Luo Zilingâs petty pleased expression, Yang Qingyin and Luo Yuqing both showed their disdain.