"Come on, don't say that." Quan Sheshou spoke in a reassuring tone. "Do you know how many people I've refused to take as a disciple? I don't either, but it's a lot. I'm only going so far because you have potential."
"But I'm a cripple. What potential could I have?"
"If that mattered, would I even be here? Just trust this old man and do as I say, okay?" The Quan Grand Patriarch said with a gentle smile. He really did mean what he had said, and he wanted the young man to understand that.