Chapter 599: Learning Techniques

"Ye Nan, tell me, am I really suitable for practicing the Force?"

On the river bank, Lu Ke looked at the river surface, and the look of disappointment was overflowing.

Just now, he suffered Master Yoda's scolding again, which made him feel very uncomfortable in his heart, because he completely failed to live up to Master Yoda's teaching. He understood this point, but he just couldn't fully agree with Master Yoda's point of view. On the contrary, he agreed with Ye Nan's point of view.

"Master Yoda is a good teacher, but I am not a good student. Just like what he said himself, I am too irritable."

Lu Ke thought of the cave, where he met Darth Vader. He didn't think about it and started fighting directly. But in fact, that wasn't Darth Vader, that was the dark side in his heart.

It reflected the object of his deepest hatred in his heart, but because he didn't know Darth Vader's appearance, under Darth Vader's mask was his own appearance.

When he killed Darth Vader, he understood that Master Yoda was testing whether he would be angry. Unfortunately, he wasn't as calm as he told Ye Nan.

"Ye Nan?" Lu Ke looked over, just in time to see Ye Nan looking at the water surface, and couldn't help but ask a few more times. "Ye Nan... Ye Nan."

The voice gradually became higher. At this time, Ye Nan came back to his senses, as if he had just heard it.

"What's the matter?" Ye Nan's voice was somewhat low, and his gaze was somewhat drifting.

"Lu Ke repeated the previous sentence helplessly, waiting for Ye Nan's response."

For these days, he had already formed a deep friendship with Ye Nan. He regarded Ye Nan as a teacher and friend, so he asked Ye Nan for advice when he had something on his mind.

"You are very suitable." Ye Nan took back his gaze and stared at Lu Ke. "Why do you have such an idea?"

"Because I messed up all of Master Yoda's training." Lu Ke said helplessly. "If it were in school, I should be a failing student."

"No, you passed." Ye Nan said with a smile. "You just didn't complete the extra credit questions."

Lu Ke was stunned. He carefully pondered in his heart. It was true, he completed all the basic training, he just didn't complete some additional requirements. Converted to the exam, it was basic questions completed, extra credit questions all messed up. However, according to the rules of the exam, he could also be considered a high score.

"However, it doesn't seem to be the principle of the exam." Lu Ke turned his mind and turned around. "Training is not an exam, it can't be discounted."

"It's only your first day." Ye Nan smiled freely. "Alright, can you tell me what the practice method of the Force is? You also know, I was curious to see that cave back then, so I didn't hear it."

"That cave?" Lu Ke was shocked. "Are you okay?"

After speaking, Lu Ke remembered that the cave was a place where the dark side of the Force gathered, and what was reflected inside was also the dark side of the human heart. His dark side was Darth Vader, but Ye Nan's wasn't necessarily.

Thinking of this, Lu Ke felt relaxed in his heart. He even had the leisure to laugh. "Who did you meet?"

Lu Ke was really curious, curious about this ordinary person who looked very strong. What was the dark side in his heart?

"Obi-Wan Kenobi." Ye Nan said lightly. "I have always wanted to become a Jedi Knight, so as to better protect Princess Princess Liya. Although Princess Princess Liya is dead, this wish still exists."

"But you don't have Force bugs." Lu Ke was worried for Ye Nan. "You don't have Force bugs. This is not your fault, it's just that God doesn't hope you become a Jedi Knight. Actually, you are quite good as an ordinary person. Don't forget, even Lu Ke, who is a Jedi Knight, can't beat you. Actually, you are not weaker than a Jedi Knight."

"But what if I want to become a Jedi Knight?" Ye Nan tilted his head and looked at Lu Ke. "Force bugs, I have a way to solve, but I only have some basic knowledge here. This is also why I would eavesdrop on Master Yoda training you."

Ye Nan pointed to his head and carelessly stated his purpose.

"I..." Lu Ke wanted to say something, but the words reached his lips and he swallowed them back.

"Master Yoda said that those techniques cannot be passed on to others, especially Ye Nan. Although I don't know why, but..."

Lu Ke was very embarrassed in his heart. Ye Nan and he were teacher-and-friend relationships, but Master Yoda said that he couldn't tell others about Force usage techniques, especially Ye Nan.

Instantly, he hesitated. On one hand was Ye Nan, who was a teacher and friend, and on the other hand was his current teacher. Caught in the middle, he didn't know whether to say or not.

"Lu Ke, I really want to know." Ye Nan's lips were tightly pursed. "You will tell me, right?"

At this time, Ye Nan's voice was somewhat trembling, as if he was trying his best to restrain himself, but he couldn't help it. "Back then, you saved me, I..."

Ye Nan constantly recalled the past. Past things

"I say..." Lu Ke truly could not endure it any longer. He could no longer bear to refuse, could not bear to refuse Ye Nan. "I will tell you, but you must not tell Master Yoda, nor should you train yourself in front of Master Yoda."

This was Lu Ke's compromise. He could not bear not to tell Ye Nan; he did not want to lose Ye Nan as a friend, but he also could not ignore Master Yoda's words, so he decided to deceive Master Yoda.

"Fine, I promise." Ye Nan patted his chest, looking jubilant. "My good brother, I will not betray you."

"Mm." Lu Ke nodded firmly, then began to teach Ye Nan the advanced techniques of the Force. "Everything around us is the Force. These Forces are our driving power, existing within life, subject to our command, and then..."

Lu Ke muttered to himself as if reciting a textbook, but Ye Nan knew these were the advanced usage techniques of the Force—that is, the methods to control the Force.

"We are not beings without wisdom, so we need to perceive. Flowers, grass, trees, wood, stones, and even the air and everything living or non-living, all contain the Force. Regardless of size or strength, to us, they are all the same."

"So that's how it is." Ye Nan nodded as if he understood, then reached out his hand, aiming at a stone to manipulate it. But unfortunately, the stone had no reaction; it still lay there coldly, completely ignoring Ye Nan.

"Uh..." Lu Ke gave an awkward smile. "It's probably because you aren't proficient yet. Um, I'm going to Master Yoda's place now."

Saying this, Lu Ke jogged away from there.

"Gone?" Watching Lu Ke leave and sensing that Lu Ke was now far away from him, a hint of a smile immediately appeared at the corner of Ye Nan's mouth. He closed his eyes, and layers of ethereal dark aura circled him. If Master Yoda were here to see this scene, he would surely shout "fallen" and come over to hack Ye Nan to death with a lightsaber.

But unfortunately, he was not there. There was no one in the vicinity, and even the perception of the Force had been shielded by him. It was precisely because of this that he dared to test his own Force here.

"The dark side of the Force seems to favor me. Although I do not have Force-sensitive microbes and cannot sense them, the dark side of the Force still lingers around me, and it is endless."

"Is it the masterpiece of the Emperor of the Sith, or the instinct of the dark Force?" Ye Nan speculated.

The dark Force could not favor someone for no reason, and he did not believe he was the protagonist; otherwise, the dark Force would have favored him when he first appeared, and it would not have needed to wait until now.

If one had to name a reason, one would be the Emperor of the Sith. As the strongest practitioner of the dark Force currently, the Emperor of the Sith's strength could not be underestimated, and his mastery of the dark Force was also unfathomable.

And that cave was a gathering place for the dark Force.

But regardless, the dark Force's active favor was a joyous event for Ye Nan. He did not need to modify his body by researching Force-sensitive microbes.

"Rise." Ye Nan's hand aimed at a large tree in front of him. He only saw the tree shake, the ground slowly cracking, and the tree's roots being pulled up one by one, as if an invisible giant hand were pulling it from the top.

"Break for me." Ye Nan's palm clenched into a fist. The tree, which had been floating in mid-air, suddenly shuddered. An invisible giant hand grabbed its trunk and squeezed fiercely, and the entire tree snapped from the middle; it was actually broken by force.

"Although the power of the dark Force is not too great, it is quite good for sneak attacks and harassment." Ye Nan defined the dark Force in an instant.

Roar! Roar!

An inexplicable roar came, and the dark Force around him shook violently; it seemed the dark Force was in a rage.

"The Force has its own thoughts?" Ye Nan sensed the dark Force with confusion, then understood. "So it's just the simplest consciousness."

Unlike the manifested Gaia, the consciousness of the dark Force was more like a newly born Gaia. It would take countless years for it to operate even slightly. It did not have true self-awareness; it only had instinct.

Just like a newborn baby who cries, a one-month-old baby who laughs, who wails when hit, who wails when dissatisfied, and who giggles when happy—that is the kind of instinct it possessed.

"Is it just because I looked down on it that it's enraged?" Ye Nan chuckled. "But you have to show me strength that makes me look at you with respect."

As Ye Nan said these words, the dark Force dissipated rapidly and suddenly became obscure.

"Are you no longer favoring me? Suit yourself. To me, whether it is the dark Force or the light Force, they are just objects for me to take as I please. Whether you favor me or not has nothing to do with me." (To be continued.)