Chapter 404: The Unfathomable Teacher Yang (Part 2)

"We can try!"

After speaking, Zhang Xuan sat down calmly, refilled his teacup, and quietly sipped the tea.

"Try?" Ling Shi spat blood.

The method you mentioned was clearly meant to kill; I thought you had great confidence, but it turns out it's just... a "try"!

If it fails, Su Shi will be dead!

And I'll be burdened with the crime of killing a colleague!

"Teacher Yang... is there any other way?" After hesitating for a long time, Ling Shi couldn't help but look over.

Zhang Xuan ignored him, sitting quietly in place without turning his head.

Seeing this attitude, Ling Shi knew that even if there was a way, he wouldn't say it. He looked back at Su Shi in the distance, his face full of conflict.

What kind of situation was this? The problem was Su Shi's, the desire to break through to the seventh turn was his, but the one in a dilemma was himself...

"How is it? Hurry up, I can't hold on..."

At a loss, he heard Su Shi, his face twisted in pain, cry out.

The seventh turn—he had held on for a while. If no solution was found soon, he would surely be severely injured again and fail.

In previous cultivation sessions, it was always like this: after one attempt, he would need at least a month to recover.

Su Shi was also quite frustrated. What was wrong with this guy?

They were old friends for years. Since Teacher Yang had already proposed a secret method to solve it, why not act quickly? What was the hesitation for? Did he want to watch him fail again?

Go back to lying in bed?

"Fine!"

Just as he was about to urge again, he saw Ling Shi grit his teeth and walk over, his face full of sympathy: "Su Shi, I'm sorry!"

"Sorry?"

Su Shi was stunned. Using a secret method to help him break through to the seventh turn was helping him. What did "sorry" mean?

While he was still puzzled and hadn't figured it out, he saw a foot aimed at his crotch, kicking fiercely.

"You..."

Seeing the speed of that foot, Su Shi was so frightened his soul nearly fled, almost fainting.

If he was hit, there was no doubt—he would be crippled!

Although he was old and didn't use it much, it was still a part of his body. What were you doing...

"Don't move!"

He twisted his body to dodge, but then heard Teacher Yang's stern voice. He hesitated slightly, and Ling Shi's foot was already upon him, impossible to evade.

Bang!

Su Shi's face twisted in agony, his vision went dark, and a sharp pain shot up from his groin, nearly causing him to faint on the spot.

Ling Yuheng, I'm not done with you...

He roared inwardly, about to tear the man apart, when he saw a huge palm coming at his head.

First a kick to the crotch, and since he wasn't dead, now a slap?

"You..."

Su Shi wept.

Wasn't Teacher Yang supposed to have you perform a secret method? Why are you hitting me?

Was that kick not enough? Do you want to take my life too?

Frustrated to the point of madness, he tried to dodge but found it impossible.

Their strength was similar; even if he could win, it would take at least a thousand moves. Now, kicked nearly to ruin, he was in so much pain he had no strength left. How could he defend himself?

Moreover, as soon as the other struck, his true energy enveloped the surroundings like a cage. Before he could break free, the palm landed heavily on his head.

Bang!

His vision went black, and he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Then, Su Shi felt a fierce surge of power burst from his dantian, uncontrollable, and he let out a roar.

Boom!

A massive wave of energy swept out, cracking the ground and reducing nearby tables and chairs to dust.

Crack!

The true energy that had ceased to circulate suddenly, as if taking a powerful tonic, surged into a torrent, breaking countless barriers and completing another cycle.

Eighth turn!

"S-succeeded?"

Feeling the violent, endless true energy within, Su Shi snapped out of the pain, stunned at first, then ecstatic.

He had never dreamed that the cultivation barrier that had trapped him for five years would be broken through like this...

"It actually works?"

Ling Shi had thought that by crippling his old friend and nearly slapping him to death, their friendship would surely be over. But unexpectedly, the other's aura surged, breaking through the seventh-turn barrier.

He quickly turned to look at Teacher Yang in the distance, who seemed to have anticipated this outcome, still calmly sipping tea without moving.

"A problem that even the president and even five-star master teachers couldn't solve... solved with one kick and one palm..."

His mouth agape, Ling Shi trembled.

Having taught such an outstanding student as Zhang Xuan, he had long known that Teacher Yang was no ordinary man, but he never expected him to be this formidable.

With just a glance, he identified the problem and found a solution, without even using the Eye of Insight. This level of skill was beyond imagination.

"But... the method of solution is too reckless..."

After the shock, he was left speechless.

When others gave guidance, they changed techniques, outlined cultivation paths, or prescribed pills. But this guy solved it with one kick and one palm...

Simple, yes, but...

Thinking of that kick, he couldn't help but twitch.

Even if not completely ruined, it would take at least a year or two to recover, and it might never work again.

"Thank you, Teacher Yang, for helping me break through..."

By now, Su Shi had finished his cultivation, his aura significantly increased, and he cupped his fists in excitement.

He had successfully broken through to the eighth turn, and his strength had correspondingly advanced. Although newly broken through and not yet stable, he had crossed the barrier that had trapped him for five years.

However... the breakthrough came at a high price!

The pain made it hard to walk; cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and his legs were weak. If not for maintaining his dignity, he would have bent over long ago, unable to endure.

"Mm."

Setting down his teacup, Zhang Xuan stood up and looked over calmly: "Do you understand the reason?"

"Please enlighten us, Teacher Yang!" Both looked at him.

That a kick and a palm could lead to a breakthrough was something they could never have dreamed of before.

Even witnessing it, they still found it utterly incredible and couldn't understand what had happened.

Seeing they still didn't grasp it, Zhang Xuan shook his head and looked at Su Shi.

"You cultivate the Lesser Pure Yang Art, and your physique is yang-attributed, matching the technique perfectly. There should be no problem; even cultivating to the eighth turn should be possible. However..."

His gaze deep, Zhang Xuan showed a hint of regret: "As time passes and age advances, with the decline of vitality in your body, the yang attribute can no longer keep up! If I'm not mistaken, you no longer have much interest in women, right?"

"I..."

Su Shi was embarrassed.

As his bodily functions declined with age, he indeed had lost his former passion for women.

But this was his secret, a sign of self-restraint. Being called out directly made him flush red with shame.

For a man, the worst thing is being told he's incapable.

"If you have no interest in women, it shows your yang energy has weakened. Without the generation of yang energy, no matter how powerful your pure yang technique, how can it flow freely?"

Ignoring the other's embarrassment, Zhang Xuan continued: "The groin is not only a man's symbol but also the origin of yang energy. To accelerate the Lesser Pure Yang Art, only this place will do. Ling Shi's violent strike used狂暴的力量 to冲击, causing the accumulated yang energy there to burst forth, suddenly increasing your power by more than double."

"Of course, a surge in power alone doesn't guarantee breaking through the seventh turn. To be safe, I had him attack your head."

"The head is the meeting point of all yang. When the origin is shattered, yang energy disperses and naturally gathers at the crown. At that moment, Ling Shi's force contacts it, breaking the barrier and allowing you to succeed!"

With a light smile, Zhang Xuan clasped his hands behind his back, his shadow lengthening, making him appear immensely tall.

"This..."

Both were shaken.

Though he spoke lightly, as fellow master teachers, they knew the difficulty involved.

The groin, though the origin of yang energy, is also a vital spot; any mistake could be fatal. The head is even more critical. Using these two points to break through...

If his deduction was off by even a hair, or if he overlooked something, Su Shi wouldn't have broken through—he would have died!

To grasp the symptoms so precisely... was this even human?

"Unfathomable! Teacher Yang is absolutely unfathomable..."

They exchanged glances, and the same thought arose in both their minds.

To see the problem at a glance, with no error, and even deduce the force of Ling Shi's attack—this ability was beyond their imagination!

Previously, they thought this Teacher Yang was at most their equal, similar in level. They never expected the gap to be as vast as heaven and earth, incomparable!

No wonder he was a super master teacher who had comprehended the Eye of Insight—terrifying!

"Hurry and adjust yourself; this injury is quite severe."

Seeing their expressions, Zhang Xuan knew he had thoroughly fooled them. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief and looked at them sympathetically.

If he had acted himself, using Heavenly Path true energy to stimulate acupoints, he could also have boosted the yang energy to achieve the seventh-turn breakthrough.

But doing so would easily reveal his cultivation level and the peculiarity of Heavenly Path true energy, which would outweigh the benefits. After much thought, this was the only method.

Still, it was too ruthless...

Even he, watching, felt a chill in his groin and a phantom pain.

"Yes..."

Hearing this, Su Shi finally relaxed. Ignoring everything else, he sat down to cultivate and resist the pain from the two violent blows.

"Teacher Yang, this time he broke through to the seventh turn, but... if Su Shi wants to break through again to the ninth turn, what then?"

Seeing his old friend cultivating, Ling Shi couldn't help but ask.

The Lesser Pure Yang Art requires nine turns for great completion before one can aim higher. Breaking through the eighth turn was already this troublesome; how would one tackle the strongest ninth turn?

"Simple. Use the same method. If one kick doesn't work, try two; if two don't work, try ten... Kick a few more times, and it will surely trigger a power surge!" Zhang Xuan said leisurely.

"Kick ten times? Kick a few more times..."

Ling Shi's hair stood on end.

Su Shi, cultivating nearby, swayed and nearly suffered a qi deviation.

Damn...

What kind of master teacher had they encountered, and what kind of method had he given them?

...

While the two master teachers were in turmoil, at the Lin residence not far away, a massive beast flew straight over and landed with a "whoosh" in the courtyard. Two men and one woman stepped out.