Chapter 57

Huang Yaoshi held the improved Taohuadao Internal Energy Cultivation Method, which Huang Rong had recited from memory, feeling his palms grow slightly warm.

He studied it word by word, sentence by sentence, over and over; the more he read, the more shocked he became, the more he found it unbelievable.

This... could this really still be the Taohuadao Internal Energy Cultivation Method that I poured my heart and soul into creating back then?

Although its core breathing Famen still bore the shadow of Taohuadao Wu Xuezhi.

But the countless modifications in the details, and the exquisite new arguments regarding meridian circulation, energy transformation, and even mental tempering, were simply strokes of divine genius!

Its level of refinement was not merely several times superior to the original Internal Energy Cultivation Method!

One could even say this was a brand new, superior Internal Energy Cultivation Method that far surpassed the original!

If all Taohuadao disciples cultivated this improved Internal Energy Cultivation Method, their overall strength would undoubtedly rise by a major step in a short time!

"This... this truly was... modified by Brother Ning Chuan?"

Huang Yaoshi's voice carried a slight, incredulous tremor; he raised his head, looking at his daughter with a complex gaze.

He truly found it hard to imagine that such exquisite and peerless Internal Energy improvement could come from a snake!

This could no longer be explained simply as "exceptional intelligence."

This kind of comprehension, this kind of insight into the principles of Wu Xuezhi... it was simply a monster!

No! Even more monstrous than a monster!

Qu Qu Lingfeng, Lu Chengfeng, and others nearby, though unaware of what mystery lay in the Internal Energy Cultivation Method in their Master's hands.

Yet seeing their Master's unprecedented shock and loss of composure, their hearts were curious as if scratched by cat claws.

What kind of Internal Energy Cultivation Method could make their Master, who was always arrogant in his talent and looked down on everyone, show such an expression?

But they dared not be presumptuous, so they could only suppress their curiosity and watch silently from the side.

Seeing her father shocked beyond measure, Huang Rong's small face filled with pride and self-satisfaction; she puffed out her small chest and said:

"Of course! Brother Ning Chuan is incredibly powerful! Such a small improvement is nothing to him!"

In her heart, Brother Ning Chuan was simply an omnipresent existence.

Hearing this, the corner of Huang Yaoshi's mouth twitched slightly again.

He fell silent for a moment, his eyes flickering with complexity several times, as if digesting this astonishing fact.

Finally, he took a deep breath and said to Huang Rong: "Rong'er, take your father... to see Brother Ning Chuan."

He felt it necessary to get to know that mysterious black snake again.

Soon, led by Huang Rong, the group arrived once more outside Brother Ning Chuan's seaside cave.

Brother Ning Chuan had already sensed their arrival and slowly swam out from the cave.

His massive snake body, under the sunlight, radiated a cold, dark luster; a pair of deep snake eyes gazed calmly at Huang Yaoshi.

Huang Yaoshi's gaze also fixed tightly on Brother Ning Chuan, as if trying to see through him from the inside out.

He asked straight to the point, his tone carrying a hint of unnoticeable solemnity:

"Brother Ning Chuan, the improved Internal Energy Cultivation Method that Rong'er cultivates, was it truly created by you?"

Brother Ning Chuan responded with a voice that was slightly awkward yet infinitely calm:

"By chance, I observed the Taohuadao Internal Energy Cultivation Method and gained a slight understanding; thus I dared to modify it a bit. I hope Island Master Huang does not blame me."

He acted as if it were a trivial matter, light as wind and clouds.

Hearing this, a storm of shock rose in Huang Yaoshi's heart.

A slight understanding?

Dared to modify?

He speaks so lightly!

This was not merely modification; it was a complete transformation, turning stone into gold!

Suppressing the shock in his heart, he continued to ask with sharp eyes:

"So, my unworthy Wu Gong, such as the Finger of the Finger, the Jade Flute Sword Technique, and the Song of the Blue Sea and Rising Tides, you have also... gained some understanding of them?"

Brother Ning Chuan nodded calmly, making no denial.

At this, Huang Yaoshi could no longer sit still!

Those Wu Gong were the essence of his lifelong Wu Xuezhi cultivation base! Every move and every posture contained decades of his hard work and realization!

Could it be... could it be that this snake also "gained a slight understanding" and improved them?!

He dared not think further.

"Good! Good! Good!" Huang Yaoshi said the word "Good" three times, yet his eyes were filled with complex and hard-to-describe emotions.

He suddenly flicked his sleeve and said in a deep voice: "Brother Ning Chuan, today, I must properly test your high skills once more! Let us see what realm you have truly comprehended from my Taohuadao Wu Xuezhi!"

He wanted to see just how much "surprise" this monstrous snake could bring him!

However, his attack this time was not truly to determine a winner with Brother Ning Chuan, but more of a test and verification.

Therefore, he deliberately restrained most of his killing intent and pressure.

Seeing this, a glimmer of eagerness flashed in Brother Ning Chuan's eyes.

He also wanted to know how much his strength had increased after comprehending the many supreme arts of Taohuadao.

He also had no intention of using his full power; keeping a hand in reserve was the true way.

This was a spar, not a life-and-death struggle.

The two arrived at the martial arts ground once more.

This time, Huang Yaoshi held nothing back, demonstrating the many supreme arts of Taohuadao one by one.

And Brother Ning Chuan, meeting him move for move, displayed the Wu Xuezhi he had recently comprehended, one by one.

"Heavenly Snake Dance!"

Facing Huang Yaoshi's Falling Petals Divine Sword Palm, which attacked from all directions like a ghost.

Ning Chuan's massive serpent body, as if boneless, wove and dodged through the impenetrable wall of palm shadows with unbelievable flexibility.

At times like a spiritual turtle treading waves, borrowing force to strike force; at times like green smoke drifting, leaving no trace to be found.

Huang Yaoshi's palm force, enough to split stone and crack monuments, could not even touch the hem of his clothes... oh no, his scales!

Huang Yaoshi was secretly startled in his heart; this footwork clearly stemmed from the Taohuadao's Spiritual Turtle Step and the Five Turns of the Odd Gate, yet it was even more agile and eerie, and even more suited to a serpent's body structure!

"Heavenly Snake Chant!"

Facing Huang Yaoshi's Jade Flute Sword Technique, wielded with the jade flute and containing infinite variations.

Ning Chuan suddenly opened his mouth, letting out a sharp and long chant!

Those sound waves were no longer mere oscillating impacts, but carried a peculiar rhythm, as if resonating with some frequency between heaven and earth!

The flute sound and the snake chant intertwined and collided, subtly triggering vibrations in the surrounding air, forming an invisible pressure that made Huang Yaoshi's sword moves falter slightly!

Huang Yaoshi was even more horrified!