Azure Heaven Saber
Chapter 800 - 800 272 Here it Comes 2-in-1 _2

Chapter 800: Chapter 272: Here it Comes! [2-in-1] _2 Chapter 800: Chapter 272: Here it Comes! [2-in-1] _2 In the ears of the vast majority of children, the so-called experience and teachings of the older generation are, in fact, less significant than a fart.

Nothing but annoying. Still annoying.

“It is only when you need to use what you have learned that you realize you haven’t learned enough; and only through experience do you understand the difficulty of things.”

Everyone knows this is a maxim of ultimate truth.

But there are some things… in one’s life that one truly only gets to experience once; there are no second chances, nor opportunities for correction.

…

Without further obstruction, Ximen Qianqiu was able to meet the divine doctor quite smoothly.

Feng Yin was very courteous, especially concerning the issue of the quadrupled consultation fee, expressing sincere apologies.

“I am truly sorry for making you pay a consultation fee that is four times the norm,” he said.

Feng Yin got straight to the point, “On the surface, it is because there are so many people from the Ximen family listed on the Heavenly Judgment’s hit list that such a punitive mechanism was implemented. But, entangled within this, unavoidably, are private grudges from a friend of mine—my personal biases have played a part.”

“From this perspective, even though I have collected a higher fee from you, I still need to apologize even if my conscience is clear.”

Feng Yin earnestly explained, “Regardless of how despicable the actions of those from the Ximen family listed on the Heavenly Judgment are, or how numerous their heads are, Elder Ximen Qianqiu himself is an upright and chivalrous figure. Moreover, the reason he himself has suffered is due to the Nangong family’s wrongdoing in the past, when they did evil by robbing innocent people of their treasures, and Elder Ximen stood up for the public good, vanquishing the evil spirits.”

“It’s one thing for the Ximen family to afford the fourfold consultation fee; it’s quite another for Elder Ximen to be implicated in such disrepute. In my view, these are two separate matters!”

Feng Yin stated solemnly, “I am explaining this to you in the hope that you will forgive me; Feng Yin is not the kind of person who takes advantage and then feigns innocence.”

Ximen Qianqiu suddenly felt his eyes heat up, as a complex and profound emotion surged from his heart. For a moment, his voice went hoarse.

To be honest, Feng Yin’s argument might very well be the first of its kind in this world.

In the minds of most people, it is an assumption: If the father is bad, then the son must also be bad. If the son is a villain, how could the father not be an umbrella protecting him?!

To eradicate evil completely, one must root it out, from top to bottom or bottom to top, this has always been the case.

But few people, like Feng Yin, can separate the issues to see the distinction, to not generalize individual behavior.

The family is the family.

The individual is the individual.

The household is the household.

The individual is still the individual.

The son is the son, the father is the father; the two should not be conflated.

Because no one can possibly act according to someone else’s hand or control someone else’s thoughts.

A teacher with a reputation that fills the sky, whose students are widespread, just because his son has become a murderer, should his lifetime of hard work be erased?

His life spent diligently and painstakingly teaching, should it thus become a sin?

That’s impossible, too ludicrous!

“You flatter me too much, divine doctor.”

Ximen Qianqiu couldn’t help but have his eyes turn red, his body trembling slightly.

“With so many from the Ximen family listed on the Heavenly Judgment’s hit list, no matter what, I can’t escape the fault of oversight. That the divine doctor is willing to treat me is already a kindness, for which I am immensely grateful.”

Ximen Qianqiu’s voice trembled so much that he had to take a deep breath to control it.

“Heavenly Judgment is fair and unbiased, listing all sins without error, and whether or not one can be justifiably punished is one thing, but its accuracy cannot be questioned by anyone. That the divine doctor abides by it is based on a spirit of deterring evil; as for my three unworthy sons being listed on the hit list, it is due to their own faults… How could I not know that myself?”

Ximen Qianqiu lifted his head, his eyes filled with endless despair and sorrow, “How could I not know that my sons deserve to die? That those listed deserve death?”

“But in my life, learning literature, discussing swordsmanship, mastering profound martial arts, none of those were difficult for me; and even being kind and fair to people, I learned quickly enough. Even if not a master or reaching the pinnacle, surely not within reach of the ordinary person!”

“If there’s one regret, it is that, all my life, until now, I have not learned how to be a father!”

Ximen Qianqiu, like a flood finding an outlet, poured out years of pent-up anguish from his heart.

“What should I do if my son is hopeless? What should I do if my son is disobedient? A lifetime’s experience and a bellyful of scholarly wealth, none of it heeds by my son. Then what should I do?”

“What should I do if my son is unworthy? To this day, I still do not know. How did other fathers, those who have raised fine sons and daughters, manage to do it?”

“Why do mine only think of racing down the path of wickedness, disregarding all else for the sake of profit!”

“Don’t say I haven’t disciplined them. I saw the signs when they were seven or eight years old. I taught them with words, with a whip, with a stick, even with a knife, admonishing them to be virtuous, to adhere to family teachings, to be good people…”

Ximen Qianqiu covered his face, tears streaming down, “Over the years, the number of sticks broken on them alone exceeds hundreds… Many a time, after wrongdoing, I have broken their legs and dragged them home for imprisonment, beaten them unconscious, even several times to the point of near death…”

“But they never truly repented. Even though they agreed well to my face, and they could recite all the family rules and moral maxims fluently, the oaths they swore in my presence made even me shudder.”