THE LING TIAN LEGEND
episode 16

Chapter 16: Not Making Sense

The three families went to the main hall of the Ling family and Ling Tian was shocked as he entered.

There were dozens of people in the hall: old and young, tall and short. Ling Zhen was also among the crowd, leaning on someone. As Ling Tian walked in, he looked up and was convinced that he was that person: the one who revealed killing intent to him when he was born! Now, Ling Tian knew that he was called Ling Kong.

After he learned that Ling Zhen was the son of Ling Kong and Ling Kong was his grandfather's only godson, Ling Tian understood the source of his killing intent. His father was the only successor to the Ling family but had no children after many years of marriage. If this situation continued, then the only successor of the third generation was Ling Kong's son, Ling Zhen! Ever since Ling Tian was born, he had completely shattered the dreams of the father and son pair! As such, they naturally hated Ling Tian greatly …

At the thought of that, Ling Tian began to feel pity for this pair of father and son. Nor would he be able to take such a blow if it happened to him. Wait a moment. Ling Tian suddenly thought of something. My father and mother were very affectionate and both were very normal. Why don't they have children after years of marriage? Don't tell me it was Ling Kong's conspiracy all along ?!

A cold gaze flashed across Ling Tian's eyes. If so, this Ling Kong indeed deserved to die!

Ever since Ling Tian entered the room, Ling Kong and Ling Zhen's eyes became restless as deep hatred hid under their eyes.

Ling Tian moved his lips, saluted his grandfather and ran forward. Ling Zhan immediately shone as a bright smile filled his face, hugging Ling Tian in his chest.

“Haha, I haven't seen the little young master for a few years and he has grown to be so big. He looks exactly like an older brother. Hahaha..” The sound of laughter that sounds caring is heard. Without looking back, Ling Tian knew that the laughter must have come from Ling Kong.

Ling Xiao and his wife greeted everyone present and sat down. Ling Zhan then became serious as he said to Ling Xiao and Chu Ting’er, “Tian’er has grown up and it is time for him to learn the six male arts [1] and poetry so that he can have a future for himself. I can't possibly let people say that my grandson, Ling Zhan, is just a useless, incompetent and ignorant brat. Mmm, today, I have invited all the famous scholars in the capital. If the two of you have no opinion, they will stay in the mansion from today to teach Tian’er. ” As Ling Zhan said that, he looked towards Ling Xiao.

Ling Xiao laughed bitterly, thinking: You have arranged everything and chosen everyone. What disagreement can we have? He must have hidden intentions behind his words. What did he mean by a useless, incompetent and stupid brat? He may still be mad at me for the incident ‘catch one year’. Ling Xiao did not dare to refute and said, “Dad, you can make the settings that you think are right.”

Chu Ting’er sat down with furrowed brows. When he heard what Ling Zhan said, he could not help but fury. This old man, how can you talk about your own grandson like that? My son is only five years old, in what ways is he incompetent?

Ling Zhan then hugged Ling Tian and said with a smile, “Good grandchild, look, grandfather has specially searched all these teachers for you.”

Ling Tian almost fainted as he pointed to the crowd asking in disbelief, “All these people?”

Ling Zhan then said with a smile, “Try to see, this is Master Qin who will teach you poetry. Mr. Qin is a righteous and knowledgeable person, and is a good teacher.”

Mr. Qin was wearing a scientific robe with a slender appearance and a skinny figure. He then played his beard and nodded with a smile.

“This is Master Lu who will teach you archery and horseback riding. Master Lu was very familiar with archery and horseback riding. A few years ago, he was an instructor for the imperial guards. Many high-ranking officials in the military were taught by Master Lu; it could be said that he had many talented disciples. ”

“This is Master Shang who will teach you music. Master Shang has a deep understanding of music, especially zither, and is the number one musician in the palace.”

“This is Master He who will also teach you music. Master He is famous for his skills with flute blowing sides and ends. All music fans in the world today would definitely be honored to listen to Master He's performance. ”

“This is Master Hou who will teach you to draw.” Ling Tian's eyes get wider.

“He will teach you calligraphy.” Ling Tian rolled his eyes and almost fainted.

“He will teach you etiquette..” Ling Tian, ”...”

“He will teach you..”.

“He will..”.

“Dia..”

Ling Tian's eyes turned white as he fainted on the ground, his entire body trembling …

With the threat of refusing to eat, Ling Xiao and Chu Ting’er began to plead with their son out of heartache. Along with Ling's old mistress' nagging, Ling Zhan finally changed his mind, only retaining a few teachers and sending the rest back.

However, Ling Zhan only took a step back. Ling Zhan seriously stated that even if Ling Tian would not learn it, he would at least have to understand it. Poetry, horseback riding, and archery were mandatory lessons for him. Chess, sitar, calligraphy, and painting are secondary lessons. As for the rest, he also had to choose a few of them …

Ling Tian was depressed!

This father here was able to become an all-round teacher of all these people! Not only in the fields of poetry, chess, music and calligraphy, but also in the 18 Chinese weapons along with internal and external martial arts! For those who are more interested, I can even teach them some Chemistry or even English, Japanese, German, Spanish and Portuguese …

With an extremely bad mood, Ling Zhen, who was someone he had yet to like, became his target to vent his anger.

After the apprentice ceremony, Ling Kong suggested allowing Ling Zhen to study with Ling Tian to accompany him as well, obtaining the approval of Ling Zhan, Ling Xiao and his wife immediately. As for Ling Tian, he would naturally have no problems towards him. Who doesn't like toys for him to exploit his intelligence! Because of this, Ling Zhen became a servant studying Ling Tian under Ling Kong's insistence.

Initially, Ling Tian felt extremely amused when he saw the fictitious smile on Ling Zhen's face. But when he was in a very bad mood and Ling Zhen revealed a fake smile again, it got him a kick from Ling Tian, ”What are you laughing at? Get out of here if you keep laughing!”

What joke! It may be said that it is very rare for someone your age to be sneaky. It might be more interesting for me to play with you in a few years' time. But with your little wit, you want to try to hide the sword with your smile? Are you not just looking for death?

Being off guard and stepping on his face, Ling Zhen's nose started to bleed and he did not react in time. After a while, she started crying.

Ling Tian then scolded loudly, “What are you crying for? Didn't I just kick you once? You cry so badly because of that? Cheh!” He pointed the middle finger with disdain.

Master Qin, who was reciting a poem while shaking his head, never expected that a little young master who looked as beautiful as a girl would be so cruel. In the blink of an eye, the other students were already lying on the floor with faces full of blood! At that moment, Master Qin's tongue was left hanging as he trembled in anger. He pointed at Ling Tian with his finger trembling, absolutely unable to say anything, “You .. you ..”

Ling Tian then rolled his eyes and said, “What about me? The young master here is educating my flight attendants. Do you have an opinion?”

Master Qin's finger continued to tremble as he twitched furiously, “You ... you .. will make this old man angry to death!”

Ling Tian sneered and kicked Ling Zhen in the stomach, “Wake up, are you pretending to die like a dog? This young master is telling you now. When I'm not happy, you're not allowed to smile. When this young master is happy, you should laugh happily even if your legs are broken! Do you understand? ”

Ling Zhen cried out in pain as he swayed to get up. With a ferocious expression on his face, he scolded, “Fuck! You dare hit me?!”

“Eh? F! You have guts! You dare scold me?” Hahaha, I just want you to scold me. If you don't scold me, I won't be able to keep hitting you! But your words really make me angry! This boy, he and his grandfather simply do not hold our family!

Ling Tian then rushed forward using both his arms and legs. Although Ling Zhen was older than him by three years, Ling Tian was extremely agile. If he used inner Qi, he might be able to kill Ling Zhen with a single fist. In the next instant, Ling Zhen lay on the floor like a dead fish, his entire body bruised!

“This child cannot be taught!” Seeing how there was no point stopping the fight, Master Qin's face turned pale as he raised the ruler in his hand and shouted, “Kneel!”

“For what? Kneel for what? This young master only taught my study officer a lesson. Who asked him to smile when my mood was bad? Don't tell me that I mis-teached my subordinates a lesson? Now I have to be punished? ” Ling Tian said forcefully. What joke! The father and son couple wanted to hurt me even in their dreams. There is certainly no harm in this young master charging interest first!

Damn it, letting me study Confucius with him here is a complete joke! If I don't get you away from anger, how will my plan work? Moreover, if I really learn properly, won't it make the Yang family and the Imperial family deal with us prematurely?

This father has been obedient for five years; it is time I became a hedonist once!

[1]: The six arts refer to: ritual, music, archery, coachman, calligraphy and mathematics.