Blue-Wave Martial Academy.
Listening to Wang Jin, Jiang Ning felt a trace of warmth rise in his heart, mingled with a pang of sorrow.
Then he filled both their bowls again, his expression earnest.
"For me, Jiang Ning, to have come this far, I owe everything to your teaching and protection back then, Master! Without your protection, I wouldn't even have made it past the Cao Family! This bowl is to you!"
With that, Jiang Ning raised his bowl in a toast to Wang Jin.
Then he drained it in one gulp.
Wine slipped from the corner of his mouth and dripped onto the ground, splashing into little blossoms.
Watching this, Wang Jin's face filled with gratification.
Once Jiang Ning set down his wine bowl,
Wang Jin spoke as well. "Having you as my disciple was a blessing in this lifetime! Without you, which of the world's heroes would know an old man from Luoshui County? I imagine that for hundreds of years to come, your name may still bring me renown."
As he spoke, a hearty smile spread across Wang Jin's face.
Then he too drained his bowl in one gulp, his manner bold and unrestrained.
Jiang Ning smiled without saying anything more and simply refilled Wang Jin's bowl.
With a thoroughly contented expression, Wang Jin picked up two pieces of pork head meat and tossed them into his mouth, his face flushed.
"Master, there's actually another reason I came today. I've come to ask your forgiveness!" Jiang Ning said as he poured the wine.
"My forgiveness? For what?" Wang Jin looked surprised.
"I took another master while I was away!" Jiang Ning said.
"What's the big deal about that?" Wang Jin laughed, then said, "Do you know how many masters I've taken in my life?"
"How many?" Jiang