Chapter 1168

At first, when everyone in Mu Xue City learned that an unparalleled expert had helped them resolve the beast tide, allowing Mu Xue City to escape disaster with no casualties, they were all very pleased.

Later, some quick-thinking cultivators set their sights on the corpses of those demon beasts—those demon beasts were at least at the Foundation Establishment stage, and selling them casually would bring in a large number of spirit stones. But soon a very practical problem arose before them: the demon beasts had been dealt with by the unparalleled expert, yet the expert's sword qi remained within the beasts' bodies.

Touching the sword qi, Deputy City Lord Ma was a cautionary example.

Now, over a month has passed since the beast tide disaster, and the sword qi still remains within the demon beasts' bodies, showing little change.

The cultivators of Mu Xue City sighed, it seemed they could only wait for time to wear down the sword qi. At this moment, the Absolute Sword Venerable was methodically teaching the children the Tiger Roar Fist.

"Not bad, not bad—indeed, having experienced real combat makes all the difference. As usual, we'll begin paired sparring below."

Lu Yang was very pleased with the students' progress in practicing the Tiger Roar Fist; since they had risked their lives to kill that lone wolf at the second level of Qi Refinement, their vigor had increased considerably.

While mastery of fist techniques is certainly important, vigor is also an extremely important factor.

Not to mention far-off examples, just take Meng Jingzhou as an instance—Meng Jingzhou's blood and qi are vigorous, and when he practices his fist techniques, he improves by leaps and bounds; Lu Yang can't even keep up with him.

If these students were placed in the outside world, they could easily be honored as great martial masters, and among ordinary people they would stand out as exceptional. However, the students have no concept of this and don't realize how strong they are.

A sudden exclamation interrupted Lu Yang's thoughts: "Su Yuan actually won?"

"Isn't he the one with the worst talent among us, always losing in a hundred battles?" "Is this his first victory?" "Although Gao Yifan's strength is only moderately below average, he shouldn't have lost to Su Yuan."

Listening to the students' discussion, Lu Yang roughly understood what had just happened—Su Yuan, who had always been at the bottom in talent, won in this round of paired sparring.

Lu Yang had paid attention to this child, Su Yuan—he works very hard, but his talent is truly poor.

I heard he's an orphan, wandering to make a living in his early years; perhaps his body was weakened back then, and lacking parents like Gong Che who are cultivators, his foundation is naturally much weaker.

"Su Yuan won—good, good, it seems he hasn't been practicing in vain in private." Lu Yang led the applause, as he has always advocated encouraging education.

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"Teacher, I didn't even know what happened just now—I won as if possessed by a ghost." Su Yuan said sheepishly.

"Nonsense, it's clearly that I was careless!" Gao Yifan snapped. He could lose to anyone, but not to the bottom-ranked Su Yuan—it would be too embarrassing!

Lu Yang looked at the two students with interest: "Really? Then you two should practice again?"

"Old Gao, coming or not?" "Coming!"

The Tiger Roar sounded, and Su Yuan and Gao Yifan began their second round of sparring—clearly, Su Yuan was at a disadvantage, something all the other students could see.

Suddenly, Su Yuan changed his fist into a claw and lunged at Gao Yifan, who hadn't expected Su Yuan to change tactics, didn't know how to respond, and could only retreat.

Su Yuan stepped forward quickly, threw a swift punch, broke through Gao Yifan's defense, and knocked him to the ground.

"Su Yuan won again!"

The students exclaimed—if the first win was a fluke, the second win must be due to real skill.

"Not bad, you've indeed improved—but how did you come up with that fist-to-claw move just now?" Lu Yang asked. This is the essence of the Tiger Roar Fist, which cannot be pointed out directly, only grasped through insight—and Su Yuan actually grasped it. "I just felt I should strike this way."

"Looks like hard work pays off—alright, class dismissed." Lu Yang clapped his hands. a88a8

After class, Su Yuan looked panicked, hurried back to his thatched hut, and questioned the other voice that had appeared in his mind.

"Who exactly are you, and why won't you let me tell Lu Lao Shi the truth!"

Su Yuan shouted, and during his sparring with Gao Yifan, a voice suddenly appeared in his mind, instructing him on how to strike.

He couldn't beat Gao Yifan on his own, but by following the voice's commands, he won two matches in a row against Gao Yifan.

When Lu Yang asked him why he struck that way, he had wanted to tell Lu Lao Shi about the other voice in his mind, but that voice stopped him from doing so.

For some reason, that voice made him feel deeply convinced from the bottom of his heart.

"Are you keeping me from telling others about you because you have a guilty conscience!"

"You're inexperienced in the world, unaware of how treacherous people's hearts can be. My existence is a great secret, and also your opportunity—I've never seen anyone reveal their opportunity before."

"With me here, even if you master the Tiger Roar Fist completely, it won't be difficult—and defeating someone like Shi Yi or Gong Che would be effortless."

"But if you grow too quickly, you'll easily attract the attention of those with ulterior motives—better to grow gradually." That voice said, sounding as if it had Su Yuan's best interests at heart.

Yet Su Yuan still didn't believe that voice, and asked warily: "Who are you, and why exactly have you appeared inside my body!"

"Who am I?" When asked about his identity, that voice froze for a moment, its tone sorrowful: "I don't even know who I am—or perhaps one day, you'll help me find the answer."

"Is that so? You sound quite mysterious." A sudden voice rang out, and Su Yuan felt a surge of joy.

"Lu Lao Shi!" It turned out Lu Lao Shi had appeared at his home at some unknown time.

Lu Yang showed the smile of a role model teacher: "I came for a home visit—did I disturb you?"

That voice no longer appeared.

"Alright, stop hiding—I've heard your two-way conversation." That voice still did not reappear.

Lu Yang wasn't in a hurry either, quietly observing Su Yuan—finally, that voice could no longer contain itself, spoke in a deep tone, with threatening intent evident outwardly.

"Kid, although I can't remember my origins, I also remember that in life I was a great being of the Unity stage—not something a mere Foundation Establishment cultivator like you could investigate!"

Although it was a threat, that voice did not release an aura convincing enough to be believable.

"A Unity-stage great being? That really is quite strong." Lu Yang sat down, also gesturing for Su Yuan to sit, then took out two leaves, one cup each.

"Is… this Enlightenment Tea?!" That voice sounded somewhat shocked—this is definitely something a Foundation Establishment cultivator couldn't produce.

Who exactly is the other party!

Lu Yang shook his head—could the other party not even tell that the leaves he took out came from the Enlightenment Tea Tree King?

But it doesn't matter—though the senior lacks experience, respect is still due.

He leaned back in the chair, hands crossed, observing Su Yuan.

"If I'm not mistaken, the senior should have been residing in Su Yuan's body for over ten years, merely in a deep slumber—was it awakened by my taking Su Yuan out to hunt demon beasts, or by the yang energy of the Tiger Roar Fist?"

That voice continued to remain silent, and after a long while said: "The Tiger Roar Fist you teach is not ordinary." If an outsider were present, they would notice that Lu Yang was not using his divine sense to speak in the mental space—he had been using ordinary language all along, while that voice spoke by borrowing Su Yuan's body.