Getting Played

"Why are you here, sir?"

Xu Xiaoshou tried his best to steady himself and explained, "I didn't break any of the books or scrolls, and I didn't mess up the boxes…"

"Relax. I'm not going to do anything to you." Elder Sang flashed him an amicable smile. "What happened to those two was purely incidental. I'm here specifically for you."

Xu Xiaoshou panicked even more. He'd rather this old man were here for his head than anything else. 

What that old man did to him before had been excruciating.

He wondered how the old man would deal with him next.

"Let me have a look at the technique that you've picked." Elder Sang reached out his hand. 

Xu Xiaoshou took out the broken piece, wondering what the old man was up to.

"Ten Sections of the Finger Sword?"

Elder Sang frowned as soon as he took the piece. "You picked this thing despite it looking so broken already? You'd be lucky to even get one section out of all ten!"