Chapter 604: Lecture (Part 2)

Wanguo City, Liuyun Sect's residence.

In the spacious living room, Sect Leader Luo Huang looked at the young man not far away.

"Others might not see it in the previous match, but you can't fool me, your teacher who has taught you for over ten years!"

"I knew I couldn't hide it from you, Teacher..."

With a bitter smile, Luo Xuan admitted frankly: "In the match against Bi Jianghai just now, I did hold back!"

"Why?" asked Sect Leader Luo Huang.

"Given Teacher Zhang's strength, he is sure to enter the finals. If I also enter, we will inevitably clash. Teacher also knows that our relationship with Teacher Zhang is not harmonious. If the conflict escalates... it's better to give up and let Wanghai Sect deal with this trouble!"

Luo Xuan clasped his fists, full of apology: "I hope Teacher will forgive the student for acting on his own!"

"Not bad. Being able to think of this shows you have grown!"

Sect Leader Luo Huang nodded with satisfaction: "Rest assured, not only will I not blame you, I will reward you! Being able to weigh the pros and cons during a match and make such a decision is very good. Neither Teacher Yang nor Teacher Zhang are people we can afford to offend. Try not to confront them, and then slowly repair the relationship!"

"Yes, that's what I was thinking too!" Luo Xuan nodded.

Seeing his student so sensible and considering the sect's interests, Sect Leader Luo Huang grew more pleased, stroking his beard kindly: "Mm, you've also seen Teacher Zhang's strength. What do you think?"

"Teacher Zhang?"

Luo Xuan's eyes flickered: "Undeniably, he is a formidable opponent. In some aspects, I am even slightly inferior... However, if we truly fought without holding back, it wouldn't be so easy for him to defeat me!"

"Oh?" Sect Leader Luo Huang looked at him with interest.

"Not to mention other things, take the teaching segment. Although it seemed impressive, if I'm not mistaken, he must have used hypnosis or something similar. Otherwise, how could he make everyone submit!"

Luo Xuan's face was full of confidence.

Smiling slightly, Sect Leader Luo Huang said: "Hypnosis can indeed make people believe, but what about Teacher Huang Zheng? He seemed to want to become a disciple too!"

The match between Zhang Xuan and Teacher Huang had made this Huang Zheng frantically want to become a disciple, becoming a laughingstock. If others were hypnotized, hypnotizing a four-star peak master teacher wouldn't be so easy!

Hearing his teacher's question, Luo Xuan's eyes flickered, and he sneered: "Actually, if he hadn't been clever enough to want to become a disciple, I might not have seen through it. A dignified four-star peak master teacher, with a soul force scale exceeding 14.0, could he be so entranced and willingly become a disciple without using the Heavenly Mandate of a Master Teacher? What a joke!"

As a fellow four-star peak master teacher, he knew the willpower and bottom line of such experts. If it were the Heavenly Mandate of a Master Teacher causing this, it would be understandable, as one would have no control. But just by explaining some basic knowledge to achieve this? Who are they fooling?

"He must have deliberately pretended to flatter Teacher Zhang, but his acting was too exaggerated, and he ended up exposing himself!" Luo Xuan snorted.

Explaining basic knowledge to make a four-star master teacher fall into rapture—even a five-star master teacher couldn't do that. It couldn't be that this Teacher Zhang's ability surpassed five stars!

"That makes some sense. Is that why you didn't go to his lecture?" Sect Leader Luo Huang nodded.

He had heard about Teacher Zhang's lecture but felt there was no need to attend.

"It's just basic knowledge. What's there to hear? It's the same old stuff. I could lecture just as well. No need to waste time." Luo Xuan nodded, full of confidence, then clasped his fists: "Teacher, I want to break through to the Harmonious Spirit Realm now. Could you guard me for a while?"

"Heh, rest assured!" Sect Leader Luo Huang smiled.

"Thank you, Teacher!" Luo Xuan nodded gratefully, sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and began to cultivate.

He could have broken through during the match against Bi Jianghai, but he deliberately controlled his cultivation and didn't take the final step.

Once he took that step, his power would increase greatly, and he wouldn't be able to lose to the other party openly.

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!

The power inside his body made a sound like a frog's croak. Luo Xuan closed his eyes tightly, urging his power to enhance his strength.

"Hmm? Why can't I absorb any spiritual energy?"

He opened his eyes after a moment.

No matter how he tried to absorb, it was as if there was no spiritual energy around him; he simply couldn't cultivate.

"Sect Leader, Sect Leader, something terrible has happened..."

Just as he was puzzled, an anxious shout rang out, and a junior disciple from the same sect rushed in.

"What's wrong? Why are you so flustered?" Sect Leader Luo Huang's face darkened.

"It's Teacher Zhang's lecture..." the junior disciple hurriedly said.

"What about the lecture? Could basic knowledge be turned into something extraordinary?"

Luo Xuan shook his head, then frowned: "By the way, didn't Teacher tell you not to go? When did you sneak off?"

"We... didn't listen, just went to take a look!" The junior disciple's face reddened.

The Sect Leader had indeed instructed them not to attend the lecture, but they had accidentally wandered over and seen something they shouldn't have.

"Take a look? What did you see?" Luo Xuan asked.

"We saw... Teacher Zhang lecturing, spiritual energy pouring in, and countless people breaking through. Almost everyone who attended the lecture broke through..." the junior disciple said quickly.

"Spiritual energy pouring in? How is that possible!"

Luo Xuan shook his head.

Gathering spiritual energy with words and speaking lotus blossoms—that was an ability of a five-star master teacher!

A four-star master teacher, lecturing on basic knowledge, how could he stir up spiritual energy?

"It's true. If you don't believe me, feel the spiritual energy around you..." the junior disciple said.

"Spiritual energy?" Luo Xuan's heart skipped a beat. He recalled his cultivation just now; there was no spiritual energy around, as if he were in a vacuum.

As he was shocked, he saw his teacher's pupils contract, and his whole body trembled: "It's... gathering spiritual energy with words, ten-mile vacuum!"

"Ten-mile vacuum?"

Both of them were stunned.

They had heard of "gathering spiritual energy with words and speaking lotus blossoms," an ability of five-star master teachers, but what did "ten-mile vacuum" mean?

"It's... an ability of a six-star master teacher..." Sect Leader Luo Huang's lips trembled, his eyes wide with disbelief, as if even he couldn't believe it.

"Six-star master teacher?"

Luo Xuan and the junior disciple shuddered.

"Legend has it that a six-star master teacher can use words to gather spiritual energy within a ten-mile radius, turning it into a vacuum state, providing it for listeners to cultivate..."

Sect Leader Luo Huang's teeth chattered: "In such a state, cultivators advance at an astonishing speed, as if being infused..."

"Teacher Zhang is only a four-star master teacher, and he was lecturing on basic knowledge. How could he display an ability exclusive to six-star master teachers..."

Luo Xuan couldn't believe it.

Just moments ago, he had confidently said that even if the other party lectured, he couldn't be much better. But in an instant, the other party's lecture not only stirred spiritual energy but also turned a ten-mile radius into a spiritual energy vacuum...

Was it real or fake?

"Regardless of how he did it, quickly gather the sect members and go attend the lecture. Otherwise, as other sects' members improve, our Liuyun Sect, the top among the 28 forces, won't hold that position for long..."

Sect Leader Luo Huang stood up hastily.

Being able to display "gathering spiritual energy with words, ten-mile vacuum," hearing such a lecture would greatly benefit cultivation... Yet their sect hadn't attended... The loss was immeasurable!

It was foreseeable that from today onward, the sects that attended the lecture would inevitably increase in strength, and surpassing their Liuyun Sect was only a matter of time.

Especially the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Alliance. Countless people had benefited. Those who attended the lecture would henceforth have an enlightened understanding of cultivation, with clear minds and unlimited potential.

With such a group of people, it wouldn't be surprising if the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Alliance became the top among the 28 forces within twenty years.

It was precisely because of this ability to mass-produce experts that high-level master teachers were feared.

"Attend the lecture? It's too late. Teacher Zhang only lectures for one hour, and now... it's almost over. Besides, even if we go now, there's no space..."

The junior disciple said.

"No space..."

Sect Leader Luo Huang's face turned pale, and he nearly collapsed.

Indeed, once cultivators felt the spiritual energy around them empty out, who wouldn't go to attend the lecture?

Going now was already too late.

"Our Liuyun Sect... the opportunity to rise has been lost..."

Trembling, Sect Leader Luo Huang was full of regret.

Originally, with their sect's foundation, if they had attended the lecture, they could have grown stronger and even surpassed Teacher Hong's Hongfeng Empire. But now... they could only sigh in vain.

Once an opportunity is missed, it is lost forever.

"You said... your lecture could compare to his?"

The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became. He turned to look at Luo Xuan not far away.

"I..."

Luo Xuan trembled, on the verge of tears.

He had thought the gap between him and this Teacher Zhang was not large and that he could catch up at any time. Now he realized they were not on the same level at all—there was no comparison.

How laughable that he had cleverly given up the chance to enter the finals. Even if he had entered... he would have been crushed without any suspense!

"It seems that making 100 people become disciples at the same time was not hypnosis at all, but... real!"

Someone capable of displaying gathering spiritual energy with words and ten-mile vacuum would never resort to hypnosis for the sake of winning or losing.

It seemed that whether it was Huang Zheng or those cultivators, they all genuinely wanted to become disciples...

And he... realized this too late!

...

The same scene also occurred in other sects that had not attended the lecture.

Knowing that Teacher Zhang, lecturing on basic knowledge, had created a ten-mile vacuum, everyone felt somewhat frantic.

Being able to hear such a lecture would make one's foundation extremely solid, and future cultivation would be as smooth as a fish in water, with increasing progress.

It could be said that although it was only a one-hour lecture, attending or not would bring a qualitative leap and change—something that money and spirit stones could not exchange.

...

"It seems... the rise of the Ten Thousand Kingdoms Alliance is unstoppable. The division of the 28 forces... must also change from today onward!"

In the Alliance Leader's Mansion, Alliance Leader Zhao stood up, clenched his fists, and looked at the young man lecturing on the high platform, his eyes red with excitement.