Ge Fei's first lesson on Hidden Prime Peak was about "arrogance" and "nervousness."
Gao Zheng believed these were the first two problems that monsters of the Mountain and Sea Realm needed to resolve upon coming to the Present World.
But looking back many years later, Ge Fei felt that the most important thing he had learned in that lesson was "endurance."
"Set aside arrogance" and "remain composed" were taught in words; the character for "endurance" was taught by example.
The true legitimate son of the Ge Clan had entered Gao Zheng's tutelage at five years old and studied under him for seventeen years. From a child not even as tall as a broom, he had grown into the Yue Kingdom's national prodigy.
Later, when his body was usurped, the Mountain and Sea monster occupying it came to Hidden Prime Peak, intending to control Gao Zheng.
Yet Gao Zheng chose to accept this disciple, accepting all that had already happened.
At the time, Ge Fei did not quite understand what "master and disciple" meant. Not until the status of Hidden Prime Peak's direct heir opened every visible and invisible door before him; not until everyone he encountered repeatedly reminded him of the rich political legacy he had inherited. Only then did he understand that in the so-called "robe and alms bowl," the "bowl" was the means to earn one's bread, while the "robe" was the dignity of being human.
From master to disciple, what Gao Zheng gave him was the accumulation of an entire lifetime.
And so Ge Fei came to understand that word, "endurance," ever more deeply.
To endure one another for the sake of the state.
While Gao Zheng was alive, Jiang Wang had once come to Hidden Prime Peak. At the time, Ge Fei had been furious beyond