Chapter 59: Teaching in the Master

“Senior Brother is truly wise—right on the mark! I was just planning to surprise you all!” Xia Daoming laughed, his powerful aura gradually receding.

Then he stood up and solemnly bowed to Senior Brothers Wei Chi Xiao, Liu Xiao Qiang, and the other three: “I deeply appreciate your concern and kindness, but I have full confidence in my ability to protect myself—there’s no need to trouble the escort guards of Xingyou Escort Agency.”

Wei Chi Xiao and the other three exchanged glances, until finally Wei Chi Xiao spoke first.

“You’re already a Sixth-Rank Great Martial Master; with your martial talent, you could even barely fight a Seventh-Rank Great Martial Master. If that’s the case, you don’t need escort guards—but still, be extremely careful and don’t grow careless.”

“Senior Brother, rest assured—I’m the type who excels at being careful,” Xia Daoming said with unashamed confidence.

Wei Chi Xiao, seeing Xia Daoming’s brazenness, wanted to scold him—but opened his mouth and found he had nothing to say.

In this day and age, which young man with any ability isn’t brash, bold, and aloof?

Back in the day, Gu Ren, the moment he broke through to Fifth-Rank Great Martial Master, couldn’t help but burst his blood and qi with every step.

But this younger brother before us—

Whether entering Fifth-Rank or Sixth-Rank, he did so silently, without a sound.

If not for today, when we insisted on assigning him escort guards and showed off our strength to impress him, we’d never have known how long he’d kept it hidden.

Who else, if not him, is truly skilled at being careful?

“Good, good!” Wei Chi Xiao nodded rapidly, then turned to Liu Xiao Qiang and smiled: “Sister, I think today it’s your turn to treat us!”

“What’s this ‘younger brother’ nonsense? Whether I treat him or he treats me—it’s all the same,” Liu Xiao Qiang rolled her eyes.

The private room fell silent.

Wei Chi Xiao and the other two suddenly felt their chests ache again.

Alas, has the bond between younger brother and sister grown so close they’ve become one?

Poor our twenty years of fellow-disciple friendship!

“Haha! Since it’s settled that Sister treats us, then Sister it is! I’ve just gained some new insights in my cultivation, and since everyone’s here and in high spirits, I’ll share them with Senior Brothers and Sister!”

“Cultivation discussion… in a brothel?” Wei Chi Xiao and the other three froze.

Only Liu Xiao Qiang’s eyes sparkled with eager anticipation.

What’s a brothel discussion? She’d even discussed it with him in her boudoir!

“What, Senior Brothers still prefer listening to music?” Xia Daoming asked, noticing their stunned expressions.

Wei Chi Xiao and the other three snapped back to reality, then lavished exaggerated praise: “Senior Brother is truly devoted to martial cultivation—even in a brothel, you never forget to discuss the Way! We are truly humbled, utterly convinced!”

“Enough flattery—do you want to discuss or not? If not, I’m going next door to discuss music technique with Wan Qing!”

“Discuss! Of course we discuss! Senior Brother even puts off discussing music with Wan Qing—how could we care about listening to songs?” Wei Chi Xiao and the others hurriedly replied.

“Good!” Xia Daoming nodded, his expression turning serious.

Since that night he’d guided Liu Xiao Qiang, he’d considered guiding his senior brothers too.

But he’d been too busy devouring pills and cultivating to prioritize it—and more importantly, his Master was still alive; for his junior brother to take on the role of “substitute Master” instructing senior brothers felt… odd.

As for Liu Xiao Qiang that one time—it was forced upon him, like pushing a duck onto a tree; he’d reluctantly played teacher, cough, cough.

He hadn’t planned to guide her at all.

Tonight, forced to reveal his Sixth-Rank realm, and thinking of his upcoming long journey, he decided: better now than later—he’d guide his three senior brothers and sister tonight.

Then Xia Daoming began explaining the Dragon-Snake Scripture, from Fourth-Rank to Sixth-Rank.

Especially Sixth-Rank—that was tonight’s focus.

Because Wei Chi Xiao and Zhuo Xingji had consumed the Yùshòu Jade Liquid, their blood and qi remained at peak; if they could grasp the essence and techniques of Sixth-Rank within these few years, they might still break through their sixth meridian and enter Sixth-Rank.

As the saying goes: a great teacher produces outstanding disciples!

Why do the Four Great Powers continually produce elite experts?

Besides their vast wealth and abundance of gifted disciples, another major reason is they have powerful Great Martial Masters to guide their disciples’ cultivation.

Especially the Xu family, with a Grandmaster residing among them—it’s like having a living divine aura map!

Hence, the Xu family has more Great Martial Masters than any of the other Three Great Powers, like the Lin family.

Xia Daoming now is a far superior teacher than Liang Jingtang.

At first, Wei Chi Xiao and the others merely listened half-heartedly.

After all, in their eyes, their younger brother had only just reached Sixth-Rank; no matter how gifted, he couldn’t possibly match their Master, an experienced Sixth-Rank Great Martial Master in teaching.

But as they listened, their expressions grew solemn.

The cultivation secrets alone brought them immense benefit.

Even as Xia Daoming described and demonstrated, Wei Chi Xiao and Zhuo Xingji, who had spent years refining at Fifth-Rank, suddenly formed a faint mental map of Sixth-Rank meridian circulation.

With this faint map as a guide, they could avoid countless detours.

“That’s enough for tonight. When I return, we’ll find another time to discuss further,” Xia Daoming said after an hour, smiling as he ended his lecture.

“Now I finally understand: listening to you speak is worth more than ten years of reading!” Wei Chi Xiao sighed.

“Yes, after your explanation, I feel as if my entire mind has suddenly opened,” Zhuo Xingji added.

“Master’s decision to pass the lineage to you was absolutely correct,” Jiao Yongbao said.

“Oh? Did Senior Brother Jiao previously have doubts about the lineage succession?” Xia Daoming asked, smiling at Jiao Yongbao.

“No, no! With Senior Brother here, how could I ever dare?” Jiao Yongbao jumped in alarm, waving his hands frantically.

Wei Chi Xiao and the others burst into laughter.

Soon, even Jiao Yongbao joined in.

“Alright, Sister, you handle the arrangements for Senior Brothers. Wan Qing must be waiting long—I’ll go discuss music technique with her first.”

“No need, no need! We’re heading straight home to cultivate!” Wei Chi Xiao and the others hurriedly waved them off.

“So Senior Brothers have finally become devoted to martial cultivation? Even giving up brothel music?”

“Senior Brother, Master said you’re calculating and deep-minded—I never believed it. Now I do. You’re deliberately doing this! Why not discuss cultivation anywhere else but a brothel? You’ve left us in limbo—no desire left to listen to music!”

“Pfft, what’s that got to do with me? It’s you who’s weak! Look at me—I discussed cultivation with you, then still went to discuss music with Wan Qing!”

Wei Chi Xiao and the others stared at Xia Daoming in stunned silence.

They’d seen shameless people—but never anyone this shameless!

What do you mean “you’re weak”?

Can you say “weak” in a brothel?

“Let’s go, let’s go!” Wei Chi Xiao pushed open the door first.

Outside the private room’s courtyard, a group of girls had already been waiting.

Seeing Wei Chi Xiao and the others emerge, they ignored them entirely, rushing instead toward Xia Daoming behind them.

“Master Xia, your humble servant also wants to learn music—please teach me?”

“Master Xia, can you dance? If not, no problem—I’ll dance for you!”

“Master Xia, can you…?”

Wei Chi Xiao and the others quickened their pace.

Tears welled in their eyes!

Next time, I’d rather die than come to a brothel with this brat again!

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