I am Zhao Zhijing, a poor Taoist priest, and I have disciples all over the world.

Chapter 62: Can this also mean being a father?
When young Yang Guo saw his master come out to protect him, the resentment in his heart was immediately alleviated a lot.

He had been in Chongyang Palace for half a year, and whether he had chatted with other brothers or seen it with his own eyes, he knew in his heart that apart from the master, no one else would care for their disciples so much.

The fellow practitioners even said that before he went up the mountain, the master was not as kind and tolerant as he is now.

Thinking of this, Yang Guo calmed down, bowed respectfully to all the teachers, and then retreated.

"Zhi Jing."

Qiu Chuji saw Yang Guo leave and paused for a while before speaking: "You also heard what Ouyang Feng said last night. You are Yang Guo's master, do you think there is anything wrong with him?"

Zhao Zhijing said calmly, "No, Guo'er is a very respectful child to his teacher. He is like a brother to the other disciples of the disciple, and he practices diligently every day."

"I think that the evil man Ouyang Feng is not in his right mind and his nonsense is not reliable. I hope Master Qiu can judge for himself."

Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong exchanged glances. As a master, Zhao Zhijing was with his disciples day and night, so he naturally knew best what Yang Guo's situation was.

"That's the best. When I see Yang Guo, I can't help but think of his father Yang Kang."

Several people present were considered Yang Kang's fellow disciples. Although Zhao Zhijing and Zhang Zhiguang had never met him, they had always heard of his related deeds.

Qiu Chuji briefly recounted some of the past events, and then earnestly told Zhao Zhijing: "Guo'er was taught the Toad Skill by Ouyang Feng."

"Zhi Jing, you have to be more careful. Don't let Guo Er make the same mistake again."

"Disciple, please remember this."

Qiu Chuji wanted to make a big deal out of a small matter, but there were many disciples present at the ancient tomb last night, so it was impossible to silence everyone, so he had to ask Zhao Zhijing to pay more attention.

As for the fact that Zhao Zhijing won the first place in the competition among three generations of disciples, Qiu Chuji didn't care that much.

He and his disciple Zhen Zhibing had been traveling outside for half a year. They had just returned to the mountain last night and encountered an emergency. Although he had heard a general account from Li Zhichang and others, Zhao Zhijing was the disciple with the highest martial arts skills among the third generation.

Zhen Zhibing, who was on par with him, was not in Chongyang Palace, so it was not surprising that Zhao Zhijing won again, so he did not take it too seriously.

It would be a good idea to take advantage of the fact that Yang Guo's matter has come to a temporary end and quickly go to the back mountain to pay respects to the head teacher.

Zhao Zhijing sighed softly as he watched Qiu Chuji, Zhen Zhibing, and Hao Datong, Zhang Zhiguang, leave the back hall and head to the back mountain where the head monk Ma Yuqing was practicing.

The fact that Yang Guo is Ouyang Feng's son has spread. Even if Qiu Chuji intends to help cover it up, it will be difficult to shut everyone up.

In this case, according to the law of the famous prophet Wang Banbi, a bigger cover-up is needed to cover up Yang Guo's affairs.

Zhao Zhijing walked towards his own Taoist room while making some calculations. Looking at the sky, he thought it was time to wake Man'er up for dinner.

At this time, Zhao Zhijing had not yet realized that although he intended to take the bullet for Yang Guo, what happened afterwards was completely unexpected and unfolded in an extremely abstract direction.

That day, after Qiu Chuji tested Yang Guo in the back hall, he and his junior fellow apprentice Hao Datong went to see the head apprentice brother Ma Yu. The three of them discussed Yang Guo's case and they all felt that the grudges of the previous generation should not be placed on a teenage child.

So after Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong came back, they both told their disciples not to mention this matter again.

Although no one said anything openly, the various speculations in secret could not be stopped.

"Master."

In the blink of an eye, it was the first day of the new year. The disciples gathered together to wish their master a happy new year, and Zhao Zhijing distributed copper coins to each of them.

In the two or three days before, the Chongyang Palace held mostly fasting and offering sacrifices and prayers, with Taoists bidding farewell to the old and welcoming the new, and welcoming good fortune and blessings.

And along with the New Year came gossip about the relationship between Yang Guo and Ouyang Feng.

Some say Ouyang Feng is very old and Yang Guo is only very old, so how could they be father and son?
Some also say that if there is no connection, how could Yang Guo use Toad Skill?
Yang Guo was able to surpass all other disciples of his generation in just half a year. Who can guarantee that it was not due to his practice of Toad Skill?

Although Lu Qingdu, Liu Qingxing and other disciples had been in Chongyang Palace for a long time, how could they not have heard of Ouyang Feng, the West Poison who was ranked among the Five Greatest Masters in the World along with the founder of the sect? While speculating in their hearts, they did not want their junior brother to be expelled from the sect because of such a thing, so after paying New Year's greetings, they took the initiative to find excuses to leave, leaving Yang Guo to talk to the master.

Yang Guo called "Master", but he didn't know how to start. Ever since Ouyang Feng showed up at the ancient tomb and the news that he treated him as his son spread, he had been unable to sleep or eat well for the past two days.

If this is false, then it doesn't matter what others say.

But it was true, and Yang Guo remembered Ouyang Feng's kindness in saving him.

After struggling for so long, I decided to tell the truth to my master.

"Master, I was actually poisoned by a poison needle when I was wandering in Jiaxing, so I recognized you as my adoptive father."

Yang Guo recounted what happened in detail, and then waited for his master to decide how to deal with it.

Zhao Zhijing saw that Yang Guo was willing to tell the truth, and it was obvious that he did not want to hide anything from his master.

"I see. I didn't expect that you had so many adventures before coming to Quanzhen Sect."

"Speaking of Ouyang Feng, he has had many grudges with your senior masters and your Uncle Guo."

Zhao Zhijing briefly told the story of how Ouyang Feng beat Tan Chuduan to death and killed five of the Seven Freaks of Jiangnan, so that Yang Guo could understand what kind of person Ouyang Feng was before he went crazy.

Yang Guo was secretly shocked when he heard this, as no one had ever told him these things. He also remembered that when they were on Peach Blossom Island, as soon as Ke Zhen'e heard about the Toad Skill, he immediately demanded to know the whereabouts of his adoptive father, otherwise he would beat him to death with a stick.

He has made great progress in martial arts in the past six months, read a lot of classics, history, and literature, and learned a lot of life principles from his master Zhao Zhijing. To some extent, he can distinguish right from wrong.

Now I just feel that with my martial arts skills at that time, if Grandpa Ke really wanted to kill me with one stick, he would never miss.

No wonder Uncle Guo sent me all the way to Chongyang Palace to learn skills.

Zhao Zhijing saw that he looked gloomy and sad. Now that Ouyang Feng was gone, even though there were many disciples in Quanzhen Sect, they would not take the initiative to send people to cause trouble for him. There was no need for Yang Guo to keep struggling.

"In fact, your great-grandmaster Qiu knows that you have learned Toad Kung Fu."

"My great-grandmaster has also instructed me to teach you well. It seems that I have to let this matter go."

"So you don't have to worry too much, just concentrate on practicing as usual."

Yang Guo was comforted. Although his confused mood was difficult to calm down completely for a while, he was used to trusting his master, so he bowed respectfully and thanked his master for his teachings.

This went on until the seventh day of the Lunar New Year. I originally thought that with Qiu Chuji and Hao Datong suppressing the situation, Yang Guo's matter could have slowly faded away.

Unexpectedly, there were more and more rumors in secret, because quite a number of fourth-generation disciples believed that Yang Guo must have benefited from the Toad Skill, which allowed him to defeat so many of his fellow disciples in the competition and take first place.

Zhao Zhijing's mind was as clear as a mirror. Since entering Chongyang Palace, Yang Guo had never practiced Toad Skill, otherwise he would have noticed it long ago.

As for the claim that Yang Guo used Toad Skill during the fight, that was even more nonsense. Hao Datong was there at the time, so how could he not see it?

However, just as Zhao Zhijing was about to come forward and seek help from Hao Datong to clarify the matter, an even more shocking rumor came out.

"Do you know that Guan Man'er, who Master Zhao always keeps by his side, is actually his illegitimate son from down the mountain?"

　Let me apologize first. I did use the wrong word in the phrase “所托非人” yesterday.

　　But it was not intentional deletion of the comments, because the original text was modified, resulting in the corresponding comments disappearing.

　　I am so sorry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)