Chapter 2550 — Revealing a Secret
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"Nothing much. A former acquaintance of mine had a disciple with exactly this attribute. He became an artifact forger rather than an alchemist." White Collar Leader did not elaborate; clearly he was reluctant to discuss the past.
Wei Zhao nodded and asked nothing further.
"A pity. Still, it may be for the best. I'll help you gather some training materials for artifact forgers. Your kind of constitution is a rarity seen once in a thousand years, all the more precious. If you truly possess the metal attribute, then becoming an artifact forger is no mere dream—and you would surpass an alchemist!" White Collar Leader consoled him.
"Thank you, Teacher Bai!" Hearing this, Wei Zhao was genuinely moved. He and White Collar Leader shared only an ordinary teacher-student relationship. White Collar Leader's kindness had begun with the time Wei Zhao had stepped in to save him, but by now the debt of gratitude had long since been repaid, yet White Collar Leader still tirelessly helped him solve his problems.
"Ha, what need for courtesy? I'm your teacher—isn't this simply my duty?" White Collar Leader laughed. "Well then, Xiaoyi, have you any thought of taking me as your master now?"
"Teacher Bai, you are already my teacher—that is no different from a master in the old sense. A teacher for a day is a father for life. I am already your disciple, so what is there to question?" Wei Zhao smiled. "Only, I hope that bearing the title of White Collar Leader's disciple I won't bring you disgrace!"
"Haha, good, I am very happy today!" White Collar Leader nodded. "In fact, you know as well as I do that the teacher-student status within a school differs from a true master-disciple bond. There are some people—though I was their teacher at school, once they graduate I would never permit them to trade on my name."
"I understand." Inwardly Wei Zhao wondered: You mean Right Panhu, don't you?
"Originally, I called you here to give you something truly fine—some things my own master taught me back then—to see whether they might inspire you. But now it seems they are of little use." White Collar Leader sighed, speaking with a touch of disappointment.
"Eh? Useful, of course they're useful!" Wei Zhao said at once.
"Useful? Not to trade with Right Panhu, I hope?" White Collar Leader laughed. "Still, Xiaoyi, let me tell you—these things really are excellent. Giving them to Right Panhu would be a waste. But if you truly wish to trade with him, I could give them to you... Though these were what my master taught me back in the day..."
When White Collar Leader said this, his voice suddenly rose considerably. The two had been conversing in lowered tones, and given the distance and Right Panhu's hearing, he could make out nothing; but this sentence of White Collar Leader's let Right Panhu hear every word distinctly.
"That... I..." Wei Zhao's face reddened at once. That truly had not been his intention—he had wanted to bring the material to Han Jingyi for reference, to see whether she might learn something new from it. As for trading it to Right Panhu, that would depend on the material's true value; if it really was the sort of exceedingly useful and precious data, Wei Zhao naturally would not let Right Panhu see it.
Right Panhu stood behind the two at no great distance. Previously, hampered by his poor hearing, he could make out nothing and was fretting over it, when suddenly a sentence from White Collar Leader struck his ear like a thunderclap, and Right Panhu instantly pricked up his ears!
Truly fine things? Things White Collar Leader's master had taught him back in the day? Was this not exactly what the hidden Right family needed? This time he had heard clearly and could not be mistaken. Right Panhu was overjoyed—he simply had to get his hands on this material!