Chapter 416: Teaching (1)

Chapter 416: Teaching (1)

Su Yu had no idea what just happened. He only knew that his head was hurting. In his dazed state, he seemed to hear some people talking. When he was finally able to open his eyes, he saw that he was seated on a chair. He seemed to have fallen asleep.

Fallen asleep?

Impossible!

He was here to meet Marquis Xia. How could he fall asleep for no reason? And his head was hurting badly. Had he been ambushed? But wasn't his grandteacher right beside him?

It was then that he noticed that his grandteacher was chatting with a fatty. That fatty was none other than Marquis Xia.

Marquis Xia turned to look at Su Yu with a smile and asked, "You're finally awake? Children nowadays sure cultivate hard. You worked yourself too much. Your sea of willpower nearly exploded from overworking itself. Don't be so ridiculous in the future."

Su Yu stared blankly. What was the meaning of that? He had suffered from cultivation deviation? But that shouldn't be the case. Although he had cultivated very hard, he didn't feel any discomfort at all.

Despite his suspicion, Su Yu stood up and bowed before saying, "Greetings, Marquis."

"You may rise."

Marquis Xia had a gentle expression as he said, "No need for the formalities. Just be careful when you cultivate in the future. You're lucky that happened when you were in the prefect's manor. What if you were on a battlefield? You would lose your life."

Su Yu looked at Hong Tan blankly.

Had he really suffered from cultivation deviation?

Hong Tan did not meet his grandstudent's gaze. For some reason, he was extremely focused on the chess pieces in front of him. He had been playing chess with Marquis Xia prior to this. As for the fact that Su Yu had been knocked unconscious, whatever. What could he do if the ambusher was a Sunmoon?

Su Yu was suspicious, but since he had no idea what was wrong with himself, he could only say, "Thank you for the reminder, Marquis."

Marquis Xia nodded and said nothing else. Inwardly, he was greatly overjoyed. This was the sweetest form of revenge. After hitting someone, that someone still had to thank you!

After a light cough, Marquis Xia pushed the chess board aside and messed up the chess pieces on it. Not waiting for Hong Tan to say anything, he asked, "You want to learn the Sky Sundering Saber?"

Su Yu nodded and replied, "Yes."

"Do you know how many editions the Sky Sundering Saber has?"

"No."

Marquis Xia explained, "The Xia Family is not stingy with what we have. Over the years, we have taught a decent number of people the Sky Sundering Saber. The stronger Great Xia is, the stronger the Xia Family will be. As long as you're not a traitor or a piece of trash, the Xia Family will be willing to teach you."

"There is no need to explain further our reason for refusing to teach a traitor. As for a piece of trash, we can't have someone untalented learn our Sky Sundering Saber and embarrass us outside, right?"

He smiled and continued speaking, "According to your grandteacher, what you want isn't the regular Sky Sundering Saber. Instead, you want the 144-acupoint version. Am I right?"

"Yes."

"I can see that you've opened a lot of acupoints. So you are probably capable of opening the 144 acupoints of this cultivation method as well. But how many of these acupoints will you be able to fuse in the future?"

"Don't tell me that you will only fuse seven or eight acupoints for your advancement into the Infinite Strength Realm. With a 144-acupoint cultivation method, you need to fuse at least 16 acupoints. That is the maximum number allowed by this cultivation method. Since cultural researchers do not focus on physical cultivation, even their geniuses will mostly stop at 10 acupoints. But even that is enough to make someone a true Infinite Strength cultivator."

"The Xia Family's cultivation method is not something we teach for fun. Thus, there are more people in the war academies who have been taught our cultivation method while in cultural research academies, very few people apart from those from the Xia Family know our cultivation method."

Su Yu solemnly promised, "If you're willing to teach me this cultivation method, I will naturally try to fuse 16 acupoints for my breakthrough."

"Try?" Marquis Xia smiled, "That is not enough. You must do it. If you fail, the Xia Family will take the cultivation method back from you. How do we do that? We will cripple the 144 acupoints you have opened through this cultivation method and make you shift to a different method. Even if you already know the method, you won't dare to openly use it anymore."

Su Yu looked at Hong Tan. His grandteacher smiled and explained, "This is indeed one of the rules of the Xia Family. But you're not required to fuse the maximum number of acupoints. Generally, you will be left alone as long as you can fuse 12 or more acupoints. Am I right, Marquis?"

Marquis Xia replied with a lazy tone, "If you're going to fuse only 12 acupoints, you might as well stay with your War God Art. Opening fewer acupoints will only make acupoint fusion easier. Why bother with the Sky Sundering Saber?"

Su Yu solemnly said, "Marquis, if the Xia Family is willing to teach me this method, I will stop using the Sky Sundering Saber if I fail to fuse 16 acupoints for my breakthrough. What do you think about this?"

Marquis Xia smiled and said, "All geniuses will say the same when they meet me. Over these years, there has been no lack of confident geniuses who are sure they will be successful. They all believe that the Sky Sundering Saber is nothing special. To speak the truth, even in the Xia Family itself, very few people actually cultivate the best version of the Sky Sundering Saber. Since you wish to be taught, I can give you a chance. I need to give you a test."

Test!

Su Yu respectfully said, "I am willing to take the test."

"You sure are confident." Marquis Xia smiled and casually tossed a metallic ball out. The moment the ball landed on the ground, it transformed into a puppet."

"Defeat it and I'll give you the cultivation method. If you fail, go right back where you came from."

At that, the puppet threw a punch at Su Yu.

Su Yu was about to use his willpower when the marquis said, "Use your physical cultivation. The Sky Sundering Saber is a physical cultivation method. There is no need to use your willpower here."

Su Yu hurriedly retreated.

Rumble!

The puppet's punch landed on Su Yu's previous position, creating a violent shockwave of air. Even from further away, Su Yu could feel the immense power behind that punch.

The game of catch continued in the massive prefect's manor. Su Yu had 186 acupoints supplying him with source qi. And he had a technique that granted him an impressive movement speed.

As long as the puppet was delayed for even a tiny bit, he would be able to recover slightly. With the high density of source qi in the manor, his recovery was actually quite fast.

Time passed. One hour. Two hours...

Three hours later.

Su Yu was breathing heavily; his entire body was drenched with sweat. His white robe had long turned into a black robe. Dragging a puppet behind him, he slowly returned to the hall.

"Marquis, I won."

Beads of sweat were dripping down his body.

Marquis Xia smiled and said, "If this is an actual living being instead of a puppet, do you think you'll be able to tire them out like this?"

Su Yu seriously replied, "If this is a living being, I won't be restricting myself from using my willpower. In any case, any living being would have given up on chasing me long ago."

"Have you ever considered fighting it head on?"

"It's not worth the effort."

"Hmm?"

Su Yu explained, "This is only a puppet. You only told me to win, not put my life on the line. If I make the stupid choice of fighting this puppet until the end and heavily injure myself, I'll need to spend a lot of time recuperating even if I do manage to win. I'm better off wasting a few hours here to tire it out."

Marquis Xia laughed, "Hahaha. That is a reasonable answer. As long as you can stay alive, you will have countless possibilities waiting for you in the future. You are right. What an interesting kid! You're a lot more fun than those brutes."

Before Su Yu could even feel any joy from the praise, Marquis Xia's face fell as he said, "However, the Xia Family's Sky Sundering Saber only suits brutes."

"..."

Su Yu was completely speechless. After an awkward cough, he said, "Actually, I am quite a barbaric person as well."

"Oh?"

"Yeah. I can be very scary when I decide to throw caution to the wind."

"How scary can you get?"

"About that...Teacher Xia Yuwen has a student with 144 acupoints. He cultivates a top-tier heaven-grade cultivation method. And I had defeated him. I reckon he's still unconscious even now."

"Something like that happened?"

Marquis Xia's interest was piqued. A jade talisman appeared in his hand. He started fiddling with it, seemingly in search of some information. After a short while, he looked at Su Yu and laughed.

"You're right. You can be quite barbaric."

"However..." Marquis Xia's face fell again. "Xia Yuwen is a member of the Xia Family. Do you know that? The Xia Family is the master of Great Xia. How dare you raise your hands against your master?"

Su Yu showed no fear. With a simple and honest face, "Yes. The Xia Family is the master. And only the Xia Family has my loyalty. But I only acknowledge Brother Huyou from the Xia Family. We are akin to brothers. Previously, Brother Huyou told me that his dad is my dad. His grandpa is my grandpa..."

Marquis Xia looked at Su Yu silently. This was the first time he had ever encountered a kid who dared to talk this way to him. More importantly, the kid sounded fully serious when he made the ridiculous statement.

Marquis Xia smiled and remarked, "You're quite smart as well. But there is no need to play these tricks on me. It's obvious you already know Huyou's identity. That's not a big deal. But the struggle for the position of prefect is not something outsiders can participate in. Do you understand? This is an internal matter of the Xia Family."

"I understand." Su Yu nodded and said, "I don't have the ability to get involved, anyway. You misunderstood me, Marquis."

Marquis Xia gave Su Yu a deep look. Then, the grave expression on his face vanished, replaced by a smile as he said, "I was kidding. Don't be afraid, kid. We are all people of Great Xia. There are no masters in Great Xia. We of the Xia Family are all kind. We never abuse our power to suppress others. Xia Yuwen's student can only blame his own incompetence for his defeat after challenging you."

Su Yu smiled and said nothing. Inwardly, he was cursing.

Marquis Xia had an odd look on his face. He smirked and asked, "Su Yu, do you know how a Sunmoon Realm differs from all the cultivation realms below it?"

"Please bestow upon me your wisdom, Marquis."

"There is no need to be so ceremonious about this. Simply put, a Sunmoon will develop a crisis sense. For example, if there is a weakling thinking about you with malice, slandering and scolding you in his head, you will be able to sense it if you're a Sunmoon."

Su Yu's face instantly changed.

Holy shit!

Why had nobody told him that before?

Su Yu looked at Hong Tan. But his grandteacher merely ignored him and stared at the ceiling. What was the point of talking about all that with the kid's cultivation level? Also, was the kid really unaware of that?

Yeah, that was probably the case. Or the kid wouldn't have been thinking all those thoughts in the presence of a Sunmmon and got himself knocked unconscious. The kid had probably done the same yet again.

Marquis Xia had a wide smile on his face as he said, "Su Yu, what do you think about this ability? Isn't it a fun ability to have?"

Su Yu's face turned white.

Holy shit!

He finally realized why he had fallen unconscious earlier. He also knew why this fatty-cough, cough, this wise, brilliant, handsome, and majestic Marquis Xia had been somewhat unfriendly toward him. Marquis Xia was wise, handsome, mighty, bold, formidable, and powerful!