Night of the Broken Gliph

Chapter 484

The duo finally realised that something was off, thus they went out for a stroll but were soon stopped by their seniors.

“Junior Brother, I see that you're kind of talented in Go, do you want to have a game with me?”

Kam Chin Kee was called over by Wong Kei, and when he met Wong Kei's eyes brimming with excitement, he couldn't bear to reject him. Thus, for the next twenty-four hours, all Kam Chin Kee did was play Go.

When the naive Kam Chin Kee thought that he had finally escaped the pain, Wong Kei waved his hands, and the board was emptied again with the pieces falling back into their respective bowls. “Let's start the next round, Junior Brother.”

The others were staring at Kam Chin Kee in pity. “What a poor kid to actually agree to Fourth Junior Brother's game of Go…”

Sung Tsz Hin shrugged, but at the same time, it made him shudder. “I remember how Junior Brother got me to play Go with him for half a month straight…”

Chui Yim was in a dreadful situation. Wat Suen saw him walking around aimlessly and looking bored, so she requested that Chui Yim listen to her piece. But Chui Yim would never have thought that this piece would last for two straight days! He tried to escape, but the moment he met with Wat Suen’s cold eyes, she played another note, and Chui Yim knew that he was doomed.

As if the boys did not suffer enough, Lam Ming Sum and the innocent Hui Sai Cheong were now close friends and could always be heard laughing weirdly from the house before feeding the boys unknown food. Afterwards, they would record the ugly expressions on the boys’ faces before heading into the house again and coming out with new strange looking dishes for the both of them.

It was four days of hell for the boys.

They finally could not take it anymore and snuck into Sung Tsz Hin’s garden at night. Sung Tsz Hin currently had his hair down, and paired with his snowy white skin, it reminded Chui Yim of his father. Other than him, Senior Brother can be considered the most beautiful man. Yes, beautiful

“What brings my juniors here so late at night?” Sung Tsz Hin smiled. He was not angered despite being interrupted late at night.

Chui Yim was in a daze after having to listen to Wat Suen for two days and consuming Third Senior Brother’s and Ming Sum’s dishes from hell. He couldn’t think properly. He could only remember that the pond in front of him was where Hui Sai Cheong said he once stole Sung Tsz Hin’s fish to cook…

Kam Chin Kee on the other hand was in a better state. Smiling bitterly, he asked, “Great Senior Brother, our lives these past few days have been quite a mess and we’re not used to it. When will we be starting actual lessons?”

“Actual lessons? On what?” Sung Tsz Hin was stunned.

“On cultivation!” Kam Chin Kee was equally stunned.

This made Sung Tsz Hin burst into laughter, and he waved his hands. “There’s no such thing. Your cultivation has already started the moment you were enrolled.”

“There are many paths in the world; pondering about Go under a banyan tree is one, playing the guqin in front of your house is one, cooking delicious meals is one too, reading in a library daily is one too.

“There are many paths in the world, and if you pay attention, you’ll find out that everything is a path. But you’re not improving if you are too stubborn on the method of learning. Look at Ming Sum, she’s having fun and getting used to this lifestyle.”

The duo looked at each other silently as they recalled how Cheuk Kwun fell asleep during their first lesson with him.

There are many paths in the world, and you’ll walk one yourself.

Teachers can only guide a person; they still have to walk the path themselves.

In deep thought, the duo seemed to understand Sung Tsz Hin.

Sung Tsz Hin turned to them seriously and continued. “Sixth Junior Brother might be forced to play Go with Fourth Junior Brother, but it increases your mental strength greatly, and almost nobody else in the world is as good as Junior Brother in that area.

“As for Seventh Junior Brother, you get to hear and understand the different kinds of music of the world by listening to Fifth Junior Sister, including musically-related gliphs and gliphilities. They don’t make up a small number in the world.

“Lastly, all the disgusting-looking food that Third Junior Brother and Ming Sum fed you are good for health, and if you pay attention, you would realise that the g-food has become your energy.

“There are many different paths for you to take in the world, but understanding them is the most important.

“You’ll understand how to cultivate when you do so.”

Smiling, Sung Tsz Hin watched the boys leave, deep in thought.

Hui Sai Cheong who was far away turned to Lam Ming Sum. “Great Senior Brother is no doubt teaching them the logic of everything is a path in the world. Ming Sum, you must remember that, to survive in Cloud Palace, never believe in Great Senior Brother’s words.”

Seeing how confused Lam Ming Sum was, Hui Sai Cheong couldn’t help but shudder. “His logic is right, but I sincerely feel that he’s just trying to find a scapegoat. You see, before the sixth and seventh junior brothers arrived, he was the only lab rat for our cooking, music, and games of Go. When Fourth Junior Brother first arrived, Second Senior Sister forced him to identify the flaws in her dance, and if he didn’t, he would receive a violent beating…

“When Fifth Junior Sister first arrived, Great Senior Brother forced her to accompany him to enjoy the scenery, do calligraphy or painting… but she still couldn’t even walk… oh god…

“And it’s now the juniors’ turn,” Hui Sai Cheong said sadly.

“So how was it for you when you first arrived, Third Teacher?” Lam Ming Sum was eager to know.

The thought of this made Hui Sai Cheong tremble as if he was reminded of a nightmare. He shook his head violently. “I can’t talk about it, no, no, no!”

He looked at the boys in sorrow, totally forgetting how he and Ming Sum were culprits that fed them with experimental g-food too. “This is the sorrow each junior has to go through.”

The last to arrive would be the smallest amongst them. This time, they gained a pair of juniors, so did that mean that the two of them could share their sorrows?

It was a rainy day the next day. Every July, the blazing summer brought along not only striking sunlight but thunderstorms too.

Currently, in the middle of Lost in the Clouds, there were five houses.

All of them opened up a tent when they saw that it was raining, and the empty space in the middle was spared from being drenched because of this. It was a type of beauty too.

Kam Chin Kee was caught by Wat Suen immediately after managing to escape Wong Kei, only to realise that Chui Yim had gone missing!

“Great Senior Brother! Seventh Junior Brother is missing!”

“Haha, that naive kid thinks that he can escape his senior brother’s hands…?”

Sung Tsz Hin shut his eyes calmly.

“Oh?” He opened his eyes abruptly in shock.