Chapter 126

"Ren Laoshi, do you mean you want me to come at you with everything?"

Qin Shi narrowed his eyes. Could it be another test?

He had to break through Ren You's defense to learn the "Internal and External Divine Valiant Qi Gong" of the Nanhuang Dao Guan?

"Qin Classmate, wait a moment, my signal... let me think, how should I teach you."

Ren You had just assumed a stance when his earphone crackled with static, the teacher's voice turning muffled.

He raised a hand to press it tight, listening carefully, then turned and asked quietly:

"Really like this? Teacher, I bitterly studied for seven days just to barely get started, yet you demand Qin Classmate grasp the essence within half a day. Isn't that too strict?"

The white-haired elder sitting in a wheelchair, placed in a dim room rigged with many screens, every monitor displaying Qin Shi's figure, observing him from all angles.

He had a violent temper, slapping the armrest:

"What talent do you have? Xiao Ren, as of today your master isn't afraid to tell you the truth.

Letting you into the Nanhuang Dao Guan's door is quite possibly a stain, neither major nor minor, on your master's glorious resume."

Ren You did not refute it, because compared to the other Senior Brothers and Senior Sisters, he was indeed the most useless, stopping at the Professional Martial Artist level.

"Alright, Teacher."

That "Internal and External Divine Valiant Qi Gong" is no ordinary technique.

It is the prerequisite inheritance of the "Universe Furnace Secret Canon".

Only by first forging the furnace body can one add fuel, forcing the flesh vitality contained within tendons, bones, and skin membranes to surge forth and fill the hundred bones.

If not a True Disciple, one absolutely cannot learn it.

The teacher didn't let me explain, probably not wanting Qin Classmate to bear too heavy a psychological burden.

Ren You discarded distracting thoughts and faced Qin Shi seriously.

"Qin Classmate, next we need to spar. If you can reach... the passing line. The Nanhuang Dao Guan can transmit the 'Internal Valiant Divine Valiant Qi Gong' to you. Don't worry about the Martial Association's procedures; everything complies with protocol."

Qin Shi breathed a sigh of relief. In this day and age, it's not like a teacher willing to teach and a disciple willing to learn can freely pass on arts.

For things like the more important "teaching materials", such as high-spec inheritances, He Lanchan's "Void Meditation Method", or the crystallization of other First Generation Ten Greats' heart's blood.

They require the Martial Association's review, confirming the teacher possesses the qualifications and the trainee meets the conditions, before they can complete this process similar to a "political vetting".

The reason for this regulation is also because in the historical background of the Martial Artist Path constantly perfecting and widening.

There have appeared quite a few Old Martial Talents who went down the wrong path, who after learning secret transmissions, threw themselves into camps contradicting Dongxia, becoming "traitors".

"I will work hard, Ren Laoshi."

Qin Shi took a deep breath. Facing a Professional Martial Artist, he absolutely had no chance of winning.

This was beyond doubt.

From the superlative skill Ren You displayed, even if he stood there unmoving, letting Qin Shi attack freely.

The force emission of 【Wind Roar】, the sneak attack of 【Instant Shadow】, plus the killing strike of 【Surging Madly】.

They might also be easily resolved.

"Stela! Let me see your limit!"

Qin Shi chose to be a helpless cheat.

He originally wanted to rely on his own effort.

But the Nanhuang Dao Guan really doesn't treat people as human.

Learning a perfectly ordinary entry-level technique, yet they actually made Professional Martial Artist Lao Ren act as a gatekeeper!

First attack, Qin Shi still used the Wind Fist Style combo.

The punch eye clenched tight, swallowing airflow, erupting with a fierce bird-like shrill sonic wave.

The figure seemed like a sharp straight line, lightly bouncing a few times, in less than a fraction of a second crossing the distance to Ren You.

A straight punch blasted toward the face, the entire space presenting a small-scale distortion and collapse!

And in the instant of nearing Ren You, accelerating again, exploding with even more violent strength!

Boom!

The huge room reverberated with rumbling explosions, like a string of muffled thunder rolling away!

"No wonder Qin Classmate likes to overwhelm with force. His physical body, and his force emission method, are unreasonably absurd."

Ren You's hair flew up, clothes plastered to his skin, a powerful atmosphere rushing at his face, like a roaring wind dragon!

He was unhurried, his body having a moment of powerful explosion, like hundreds of buckets of gunpowder ignited, granting terrifying cardiopulmonary capacity to the extreme.

Hu!

Xi!

Ren You's chest and abdomen tightened, like a giant beast opening its bloody maw, swallowing all those seemingly substantial white air currents into his body.

Over a hundred points of Qi Life Force, displaying an extraordinary constitution surpassing normal humans.

Then the surrounding world seemed to pause, the time flow rate becoming slow.

Ren You sidestepped with a flash, and had already dodged Qin Shi's most ferocious offensive.

Dong!

The fist wind missed, stirring up wild waves!

Wave after wave slapped against the walls, making hualala strange sounds!

Qin Shi's arm was sore and numb, as if from overexertion his blood vessels ruptured, muscle groups twitching non-stop.

"Don't move, regulate your breathing."

A broad palm pressed on his shoulder. Ren You applied the palace-adjusting blood-activating technique, smoothing and ordering the boiling, rampaging Blood and Qi in Qin Shi's body bit by bit, so as not to injure his viscera.

"Brute force, divine power, the hard easily breaks. Encountering an opponent with outstanding body technique, more flexible, one is very easily toyed with."

Qin Shi savored Teacher Ren's light evasion just now. True, there was the Professional Martial Artist's sensory bonus, but that kind of performance perfectly controlling every inch of his body's muscles was indeed deeply impressive.

Through Inner Vision, he failed to capture even a trace of Teacher Ren's Breath wave fluctuations; it remained a steady straight line throughout.

This resulted in him being utterly unable to judge the direction of movement.

Was Ren You blocking, dodging, or attacking?

"Internal Breath unmoving, calm as a lake; Vertical Qi like thunder, surging through the Hundred Bones... so this is what it means."

Qin Shi seemed to realize something; in combat, one needs to mobilize Qi Circulation to form a continuous Breath flow.

Only then can one better transport power, drive the body, just like a car needing a full tank of gas to run fast.

But the most exquisite technique can suppress the Qi Sense, letting the Breath become like a cluster of scattered mist, permeating the internal depths of the Hundred Bones.

【67】 This makes power evenly distributed in every muscle; whether blocking or issuing force, both can be operated at will.

This allows power to be evenly distributed throughout every piece of muscle, so whether blocking or exerting force, one can operate it at will.

No need to temporarily switch breathing methods or change Combat Methods.

"Can you give me a few minutes to consider an offensive tactic, Teacher Ren?"

A few minutes later, Qin Shi adjusted his state back.

"It's fine, Qin Classmate, you may rest to your heart's content. Challenging a Professional-grade is no easy feat, even if I won't exert full effort."

Ren You said with a smile.

He felt the conditions set by the teacher were strict, and excessive.

Both sides were completely not on the same level; for Qin Shi to even touch him was impossible!

"Teacher..."

"Shut your mouth!"

A rebuke came from the earphone.

The white-haired elder stared tightly at the Qin Shi from different angles within the many screens.

He believed the cross-legged, head-lowered youth, seemingly asleep, must have comprehended something.

True Martial Prodigies with talent often need only a single pointer, a single exchange.

Many detailed aspects would instantly become clear, with no more obstructions.

"What this old man can do, the Nanhuang Dao Guan Successor has no reason to... fail."

The white-haired elder thought this in his heart, yet also felt some uncertainty.

After all, Qin Shi contacted Old Martial Arts too late; unlike him, who grew up in a martial hall since childhood, steeped in it by sight and sound.

The spacious room was deathly quiet, leaving only extremely faint breathing sounds.

A few minutes passed, and Qin Shi raised his head.

Opposite, Ren You's heart skipped a beat for no reason; he actually saw in Qin Classmate's eyes a fatigue similar to enduring dozens of bitter hard-fought battles, and a trace of joy from finding an answer within.

"Such a familiar feeling..."

Ren You was in a trance; he vaguely remembered Eldest Senior Brother, Second Senior Sister, every time they learned to solve a difficult problem, it was just like this.

Burying their heads in bitter thought for a moment, then not long after they would have it.

"Qin Classmate, have you rested enough?"

Ren You calmed the strangeness in his heart; regardless, he found it hard to believe that under such an enormous chasm, Qin Shi could still pass the assessment and hand in a perfect paper.

"Enough."

Qin Shi's tone was calm.

After being brutally beaten a full one hundred and seventy times, he finally grasped the control technique of how to gather force.

He stood in place, through the Inner Vision State, carefully sensing the layers of his physical body.

Red and white interwoven, pink flowing, bit by bit the Transformation covered it into purple.

Thus examining the luster changes representing physical body intensity.

Gradually.

Qin Shi's breathing slowed.

As if transforming from a turbulent rapids into a gently flowing stream.

His gaze condensed; he tightly bound bundle after bundle of muscle groups inside his body, those twelve pitch-black large tendons bouncing and pulsing once after another, lightly resonating with heart and pulse.

Like a great flood dragon growing scales within flesh and blood, beginning to traverse rivers and transform into a dragon!

The ultimate Transformation of the Tendon Gate Great Limit was thoroughly achieved at this moment!

"Before I issued 'force', but did not know how to operate 'strength'."

Qin Shi silently pondered; he improved too fast, the days of settling down too short, many "gifts" not yet digested.

The True Yuan One Qi born from the transformation of fighting methods began to roam the Hundred Bones, coming and going freely, like a dragon entering water.

This superbly tempered Mortal Body, following the operation of True Yuan One Qi, actually seemed like an old machine washed clean of rust, gradually becoming silky smooth.

"Control, enhanced! I master my own flesh body!"

Qin Shi exhaled a breath; that strength scattered throughout the Hundred Bones of his body, he stepped forward steadily, without any force issuance, without any momentum.

Like a wisp of wind spinning, the figure flashed instantly, crossing over a dozen meters to appear before Ren You.

Such speed, even a Professional-grade felt a trace of surprise.

"Internal Breath unmoving! Vertical Qi like thunder! Qin Classmate actually really learned it!"

Ren You only felt it inconceivable; what kind of talent is this?

The white-haired elder sitting in the wheelchair suddenly stood up; that decrepit body which seemed ready to fall apart at any moment swayed, lunging at the nearest screen, staring dead at the dragon-like figure shifting horizontally.

"Once! Only used once! Like me back then! Peerless talent!"

He was extremely excited, watching Qin Shi's extremely rapid movement trajectory, his eyes full of his own young shadow!

Pa!

A whip leg smashed down from mid-air!

Old Ren subconsciously tried to dodge, but even though Qin Shi pushed his body to the limit, it was still too slow in his eyes.

But Qin Shi did not choose to go all out, or rather, that was an illusion.

His figure flashed again!

Qin Shi, in a mid-air hovering state, activated 【Instant Shadow】 once more!

Like a maggot in the bone, following Ren You's movements, he continued to launch his offensive!

Seven or eight times in a row, no matter how he changed position or dodged and evaded.

Qin Shi, like a wisp of light wind, stuck close from start to finish, and continuously used his fists and feet to compress space, forcing Ren You to counterattack or block.

"Terrifying comprehension, terrifying combat talent!"

As a Professional Grade, Ren You naturally could not bully the "weak" Qin Shi.

He intended to break out of the range, pull away distance, gain more room to maneuver, and then see if Qin Classmate had even more fierce offensive moves.

Hu!

Xi!

His body, like a furnace, erupted with Qi Life Force, driving Ren You to crash through the rolling air currents, like a side-flash, causing Qin Shi's swung fist wind to miss once again.

"Finally waited for it!"

Qin Shi activated 【Frenzied Surge】; he seized this instant of opportunity, his figure soaring like a dragon, surging power filling his Bai Gu, finally converging on his spine, several violent extensions and contractions bouncing, making his speed suddenly increase!

Caught up!

In the span of a single True Yuan Qi circulation, he passed through Ren You's double-handed stance.

Pa.

The robe clinging to his skin concave downward, as if touched and pressed lightly by some gentle thing.

Got hit!

Ren You's senses were so keen; just now, Qin Shi had already brushed past his chest.

"Teacher was right, there truly exist peerless geniuses beyond cognition in this world."

This last True Disciple of Nanhuang Dao Guan stood firm, smiling bitterly:

"Qin Classmate, you win."

Able to keep up with a Professional Grade's movement speed.

Sufficient to explain that Qin Shi has thoroughly comprehended and mastered the knack of how to guide Qi.

During the process just now, his Breath never produced obvious Wave Fluctuation, perfectly covering all changes.

"Just a fluke."

Qin Shi breathed heavily, this state of mastering the fleshly body, tightly binding power.

Ten times more exhausting than usual full-power strikes!

"Enough to be listed as my 'Second Stage', as a Killer trump card!"

He was sweating profusely, slowly releasing the high heat from his body's overload, when an old man's voice suddenly rang in his ear.

"Too alike! Too alike! This is simply me!"

(Chapter End)