Legendary Business Woman

Second step or not?

Dinah had nowhere to run, all she could think of was how stupid she was to trust someone.

ChaYun walked to her and released her from her constraints.

"Ehh, Skinny, don't panic. The old man is like that attimes", he consoled her for she was so close to tears at that point.

"..", said old man had no words to describe his grief at having this kind of unfilial disciple.

'He can be forgiven though seeing as he brought me such a fine gift', the old man narrowed his eyes at the girl in front of him. Her body was perfect for cultivation, which means he had someone to pass down his arts to.

He looked at ChaYun and could only sigh

'This one won't ever try to learn anything. Always playing games, I will have to protect this little girl lest he influences her'

If only he knew...

ChaYun pulled Dinah towards a seat and proceeded to properly introduce her to his sensei as best as he could since he too barely knew her.

"Old man, this is my friend uhhh.....", and he became blank. It dawned on him then that he didn't even know her name.

"Uhhh, Skinny introduce yourself", he touched his nose from embarrassment.

Dinah had to smile at that as she had also forgotten that ChaYun didn't know her name even though she knew his name. "My name is Dinah King and I am 16years old. Nice to meet you, Sir..?"

"Call me Iroh, I am sure we will have a pleasant time"

"ChaYun, please treat our gues well for a while, I will go arrange some things that she might need. Make sure you tell her what is about to happen too. Ha", and he left while stroking his beard and smiling to himself.

'I have hit the jackpot, I bet all those old guys won't believe it too. I won't tell them, hahaaaa'.

Dinah looked at the old man as he walked away and could not help but reason.

'He is as weird as ChaYun. As master as disciple', she shuddered.

"So, Dinah huh? Nice name. I'll run you through now. Have a seat",

"What is happening? You said you had way to make me stronger, physically?"

"You could take it that way, but I assure you from that old man's reaction, you are in for a lot of tort....I mean training"

"..."

"Good training..", ChaYun scratched his head

"See, from his reaction something big has happened and it is related to you. Which means you have unofficially become a successor. The thing is, this is a school and if you are a successor, you are a successor to the school as a whole"

"Ok"

"And as we all know, a school has different teachers or masters in this case and also different disciplines too. So you have a very blea...bright future ahead if you train diligently."

"Wait, so I have to learn everything that they have to teach me?",

"Basically", he nodded

"Where do you come in then?"

"That my dear, is a lesson learnt personally", and with that the old man returned.

Dinah couldn't fathom how she did not freak out. From having to be introduced to a school by a stranger and now acknowledging a master, the whole thing was surreal. As she walked home, she could not help but smile to herself.

'My Goldfinger might be hard to get, but I will become stronger and then I will look for mother and no one will hurt us again'.

...

She lay on her bed and was thankful for the quiet. Scrolling through her phone she decided to look at stocks. She had been saving up for the past year and it was time to invest it, she wasn't going to play games for long anyway.

After a while she bought some online courses and registered herself for some online business schools. She had to make sure to consolidate her knowledge and once she had a hang of it then she would move on to the main playing field. She was not going to go into the field with no weapons or armour. When she was done, she redrafted her daily timetable and made sure all her hours where put to good use, and then she went to bed.

...

"The horse stance is a very basic training movement that all young disciples have to go through.."

"Why am I doing it then? Am already so old in this discipleship thingy. I did this ages ago", ChaYun protested.

They had been doing the horse stance for 20 minutes now and he wasn't having it, because why should he? He was already old.

Dinah tried to laugh, but she was already having a really difficult time, seriously, ChaYun already knows a bit of martial arts and he is complaining how about she then? It was just willpower that held her legs up, but even willpower was about to go on vacation if her new master does not let them rest.

"You will do it ChaYun because you lack discipline"

"What?",

"You have so much energy to burn boy, rest Dinah, he will remain here for the next half hour", and with that he went to sit on the futon to watch.

Dinah collapsed on the floor and the exhaustion was hitting her in waves, so much that she could barely breathe.

She had no idea that this 'training' was going to be like this. She was told by her master that she didn't have any physical stamina, so she had to build it to make her body ready for the main training. She was this exhausted and this was just the preparation.

'Then how gruesome would the main training be?', she envisioned her future and all she could see was torture.

...

It took Dinah six months to completely master the basics of martial arts and finish off all her online courses and get her certifications. She had also within this period invested in a number of stocks and only very few were lost. She was becoming a tycoon in the sense.

"Hiah, Hahh", ChaYun kept on trying to get an advantage.

"Give it up, I'll beat your ass. This test is mine", Dinah grinned broadly.

This was an examination which would guarantee her moving to the next level of her training., and beating ChaYun was the requirement.