Sun Zhou Yi's return caught the visitors' attention, he was after all a big star. Especially for the people in the outer region, Sun Zhou Yu was a true hero for them. So Sun Zhou Yi's presence brought happiness to them as someone who had protected their home from the beast.
People who followed Sun Zhou Yi watched the scene, where their idol just hugged another man, not a woman. Even though it was not uncommon to see a gay couple, but it was certainly giving them an odd vibe to see their idol was gay.
"What are you doing!?" Heero noticed the crowd through the window. He immediately broke free from Sun Zhou Yi's intimate hug. He certainly embarrassed being looked like that.
However, Sun Zhou Yi misunderstood his Master. He realized he just called Master out aloud with all people watching them. He just exposed his Master's identity, so he lowered his head in guilt.
Heero truly did not know what to do with his disciples. Sun Zhou Yi acted just like a spoiled brat to him, though he knew the reason. It was because he saved from the Wyvern King. Nonetheless, this guy should hug his wife instead of him.
"What are you doing here? You are disturbing my business. You should go back to your home instead of coming here, Xiao Xi was so worried about you!" Heero rebuked Sun Zhou Yi.
Sun Zhou Yi merely nodded his head and turned around. He thought his Master was angry because he just exposed Heero's identity as his Master. Little did he know that Heero did not care about it, but he looked angry because he was embarrassed.
As Sun Zhou Yi left the shop, the excitement inside the shop also died down, but the regular customers began teasing Heero.
"Boss, you are our Hero's Master? You hide your skill pretty well!"
"Not only good at hiding his skill, but Boss is also good at hiding his identity as Hero Instructor!"
"Boss, are you really a Hero Instructor? Let me train under you, so I can be a Hero like Sun Zhou Yi!"
There were a few guys curious, but most of them did not believe Heero was a Hero Instruction. They were just joking around with him. After all, if he was a Hero Instruction, there was no need for him to open a noodles shop in the outer region.
It was known that a Hero Instructor had a high wage and the Hero League would also provide the Hero Instructor a house in the inner region. As for why the ordinary people knew, it was because the Hero League also recruited a Hero Instruction through the Star Web.
Everything was written clearly on the Star Web, from the condition to be a Hero Instructor, Wage, and more. However, amongst these people, there was one little girl rooted on the spot. Shen Miao, she was shocked silly when she heard Sun Zhou Yi called Heero, Master.
She did not hear it wrong as the customers joked with Heero. While these people did not believe Heero was Sun Zhou Yi's Master, she believed it. She remembered the day when Heero told her that he was Sun Zhou Yi's Master. That day, his mommy and aunt also said so.
However, she had the same thought as these customers at that time. There was no way a mere a shop owner, a district's boss could be a master of Gold Class Hero - Rank 1.
But witnessed how close Sun Zhou Yi was with Heero. Shen Miao started to believe that Heero was Sun Zhou Yi's Master.
'Nah, I will know whether that guy is Sun Zhou Yi's Master or not later on…'
"Miao Miao, what's wrong?" Myung-Hee noticed the strangeness on Shen Miao and asked. After staying here for a few days and Shen Miao always accompanied her, they became close friends.
"Oh, nothing,"
Just as she said that the door opened. Everyone looked toward the door, including Heeroo who tidied the table that used by Mu Xue and Zhan Ling.
Dong-Woo entered the shop, her hair was messy, his clothes were covered in dust, there were a few parts also torn, and his face was bruised. Dong-Woo was more like a beggar who just got beaten up.
Myung-Hee was shocked at her brother's condition. She panicked and immediately rushed to her brother and asked as her eyes began tearing up, "Brother, what's happened?"
Kang Dong-Woo calmly rubbed his little sister's black hair and a smile formed on his lips, "It's okay…" Then, he got his mouth closer to her little sister's ears, "It's okay, Big Brother is fine. This is just training from Teacher Xing,"
"But…" Myung-Hee wanted to say that was too heavy for a mere training, but Dong-Woo cut her off, "It's okay, don't you know Teacher Xing? This is just light injuries, Teacher Xing can heal my injuries with ease~"
Sure enough, when Dong-Woo brought Heero up, it calmed the little girl. Myung-Hee nodded, "Mnn..."
Heero was astonished as he looked at Dong-Woo's condition.
'That Bearded Wang showed no mercy, he even hit the boy's face,'
Heero approached the brother and sister, "Dong-Woo! Go to the rooftop and get some rest, I will prepare your medicine bath after I am done here!"
He found something weird on Dong-Woo. He found the boy did not look down, the boy looked fine, instead, he found an inexplicable spirit in the boy's eyes. It seemed the beating had the opposite effect than the one he anticipated.
'It will not be easy to change this boy… I have to ask Bearded Wang what happened after I left…'
With Heero's words, Dong-Woo went to the rooftop with his little sister. Shen Miao also followed, but from time to time, she would look back at Heero. Of course, Heero noticed the little girl's gaze and he was overjoyed with the change.
After that, he went back to help with the shop. Not long after the kids went up, Butcher Wang entered the shop. He came here for his medicine bath routine, but this time, he did not go to the rooftop directly.
He came to the bar and complained about what happened during the spar. During the spar, the boy never gave up to fight him. It should be a good trait, but not in the case of Dong-Woo. Dong-Woo was too reliant on his awakened ability.
Despite being thrashed for countless times, the boy did not give up in the awakened ability. Dong-Woo always tried to hit him with that despite the countless failure. What made things worse, the boy held that thought until the end of the spar.
"You should advise him not to rely on awakened ability. I want to tell him that, but I am sure he will not heed my words!" Butcher Wang said it helplessly.
"Hmm, it's useless even if it's me. I already told him that you are far stronger than him, but see, what happened today? He kept asking to continue the spar! Why? Because he still believes that he can win against you! Don't tell, but show! We have to show him the awakened ability he proud could be easily crushed, so he will not be too reliant with his awakened ability. That was why I asked you to crush him!"
Heero was also helpless in this regard. Even if the boy heeded his advice, it would be dangerous for the boy's future. Today, he relied on his awakened ability, later he would be too reliant with the new technique he taught him.
'Having a specialty is good, but you should keep the balance!'
It was his Master's words when he relied too much on the technique he learned from the predecessor Saint. He neglected almost all other training after he successfully learned three to four finished works of his predecessor.
A past scene flashed in Heero's mind. At that time, Saint was so angry and every day he would be beaten black and blue. He smiled as he reminisced the past, only then sighed as he was far apart from his Master.
Butcher Wang noticed Heero's change of mood and asked, "What's wrong with you? Why are you suddenly smiling, then you look down after that?"
"Haha," Heero let out a small laugh and waved his hand at Butcher Wang, "I remembered the time when I was under My Master's training. I find my past in Dong-Woo…" his words trailed off.
Here, Heero found his past in his disciple. Just like Sun Zhou Yi, he in the past also wanted to help everyone. Just like his vengeance aroused when Morabaka City was burned, he with Xu Lingxun was also the same.
Now, Dong-Woo also had experienced the same thing as the young him. It was kinda funny to Heero.
"Then, how did your Master fix this?" Curious, Butcher Wang asked. Heero's past was mysterious even to him, as Heero never told him anything about the past, he also did not ask.
However, now, Heero was the one who started the conversation. He did not want to miss this chance to ask about Heero's past.
It was not that Heero did not want to tell his past, but he knew that his past was absurd. That was the reason he never told anyone about his past, including Hong Yu. But telling a gist of his past was fine.
With a big grin, Heero answered, "My Master beat me, far worse than you beat Dong-Woo. Look at this!" He showed his arm to Butcher Wang.
Butcher Wang saw the hair on Heero's arm stood. It shocked him, then he looked at Heero in a shock. He understood why Heero showed this to him. It was telling him that even if he just remembered the beating time, it would make his hair stand.
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The next morning, Heero and his disciples gathered in front of the shop. Excluding Heero, everyone was surprised. Dong-Woo was surprised to see two new faces while Sun Zhou Yi also surprised to see the new face.
Dong-Woo's eyes never left at the man who wore a wooden mask. Yes, Hirata came with his face covered which was unusual. What shocked him was the fact that Bearded Wang told him the man with a mask was the strongest amongst them, not Sun Zhou Yi.
"You two! You can go with your run!" Heero's words directed toward Xu Lingxun and Dong-Woo. Even though Dong-Woo wanted to stay longer to initiate a conversation with the masked man, he obediently followed the order.
Xu Lingxun opened his newly bought smartwatch and opened the map. Yes, yesterday, Heero brought him to the commerce region to buy the smartwatch for the training.
After the two kids left, Heero faced the three adults and said, "What are you waiting for? Do you want me to shout as well?"
Butcher Wang and Hirata turned around and started running, but Sun Zhou Yi remained on the spot. He stayed still and stared at Heero pensively.
"Master, I want to be strong, stronger than the current me! Strong enough to beat that Wyvern King, so…" his words trailed off as Heero stopped him.
"I know! I know you will ask for more intense training! But it's not the time for it, for now, let's perfect your Sword Ki first. Just do as usual and we will meet at the training ground at noon!"
Heero had guessed this guy would ask this out right after he returned. So, he had prepared a new training menu for this guy.
Sun Zhou Yi's thought was easy to guess. He lost to a creature, which meant he was still weak. What was needed to be strong? Training, he would ask for more intense training so he could be stronger.