Zhang Qingyuan had always possessed a calm and steady temperament, resolute and composed.
This was related to his character and the way he conducted himself.
His temperament
was more composed,
and he placed greater emphasis on weighing gains and losses when handling matters, preferring to act cautiously.
If Zhang Qingyuan had encountered, when he had first transmigrated, a beginning similar to those in certain fantasy novels from his previous life—for instance, a good-for-nothing being oppressed and slapped in the face by some second-generation young master, or being publicly humiliated when some heaven-blessed maiden broke off an engagement—
then the weak Zhang Qingyuan would absolutely have promptly admitted defeat on the spot and plotted for another day,
rather than shouting provocative words to their faces like, "Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river—do not bully the youth because he is poor," as those fantasy novel protagonists did.
It was not that he looked down on the unruly pride of those novel protagonists. Everyone had their own way of living.
It was simply Zhang Qingyuan's nature.
In his view,
when humiliated and oppressed, when facing an opponent far stronger than himself, arrogant trash talk could do nothing but provide a moment of satisfaction while making his own situation even more dangerous.
It was utterly useless!
Rather than erupting in anger on the spot with a verbal counterattack that accomplished nothing and only exposed his own incompetence,
it was better to remain silent,
to bury that anger in his heart,
and let it constantly spur and encourage him to cultivate diligently and climb to the peak of martial strength.
Once he stood at the summit of the world,
those who had once looked down on him and oppressed him
would naturally become the greatest joke in the world!