Thus, every word and action of Yue Yao was under Su Sheng's watchful eyes.
Yue Yao sat in her room, looking around. Though it was an ordinary house, she couldn't help but feel like she had entered the abode of a reclusive master.
He could casually take out a Spatial Ring, such a treasure of the mortal world. Just who was he?
Yue Yao was lost in thought when a flute melody suddenly came from outside the window. It was Bai Yi.
Yue Yao dashed out of the house and met with Bai Yi before returning to the courtyard. But as soon as she went back, she saw Su Sheng sitting on a stone bench in her courtyard, a chessboard laid out before him.
"Come, disciple, play a game of chess with your master!"
Yue Yao looked at Su Sheng, feeling a pang of guilt. She worried that he would discover her identity, but Su Sheng remained calm and composed. "Black moves first!"
"Yes!"
As Yue Yao felt anxious, Su Sheng tapped her forehead with his finger. "Move five. You must be focused when playing chess, not distracted!"
"Yes!"
Yue Yao finally calmed her anxious thoughts. She muttered to herself, this Master Su seems to have a deep well of hidden talent, but he doesn't seem that formidable. At least he hasn't discovered her identity yet. If she uses the identity of Yue Yao again in the future, I wonder if this young master will be able to recognize her!
The next day, it was Yue Yao's first day of class.
Su Sheng: "This is your new junior sister, Lu Wu. Everyone, get to know her!"
Bai Li Dong Jun jumped onto the table and looked down at Yue Yao. "Lu Wu, nice to meet you. I'm your senior brother, Dong Yi!"
Yue Yao was taken aback. "Dong Yi? Lu Wu?"
Wen Hu Jiu: "Master gave us these names. He said they're easy to remember!"
Yue Yao: "....They're a bit too bland!"
Bai Li Cheng Feng: "I'm your third senior brother, Bai Li Cheng Feng!"
Yue Yao's eyes flickered slightly. So the rumors were true, the Marquis of West Town's son had actually become a disciple of the Ghost Valley Academy!
Wen Hu Jiu: "I'm your fourth senior brother, Poison Bodhisattva! Wen Hu Jiu!"
"Fourth senior brother, but who is the second senior brother?"
Bai Li Dong Jun's expression darkened. "He's not here!"
Su Sheng: "Ye Er is a wanderer of the martial world, Ye Ding Zhi. He's not at the academy right now. You'll meet him when the opportunity arises."
Yue Yao: "Yes! I have another question. It's rumored that Master can elevate the Marquis of West Town's son to the status of a Half-Step Sword Immortal and allow the Poison Bodhisattva to enter the Free and Easy Heaven Realm. But I don't see any martial arts prowess in Master! Why is this?"
Su Sheng smiled faintly. "As the sage said, when three people walk together, there is always someone to learn from. Does not having martial arts skills prevent one from teaching martial arts? You are too narrow-minded!"
Bai Li Dong Jun: "Lu Wu, you just haven't seen enough. You haven't even seen a Spatial Ring, let alone know how powerful Master is! Spend more time at the academy, and you'll understand Master's true strength!"
"Alright, classes start today. Lu Wu, I haven't decided on your cultivation technique yet. You'll attend self-study just like Dong Jun. Jiu Si, you continue to consolidate your realm. Feng San, you continue your training today!"
Bai Li Cheng Feng, upon hearing that he had to continue training, immediately looked pained. "Master, with my junior sister here today, can you give me some face?"
Su Sheng: "Huh? Face? Alright, I'll give you some face today!"
After saying that, Su Sheng began to beat Bai Li Cheng Feng with the Beat-Dog Staff Technique. Bai Li Cheng Feng, in agony, struggled to endure it.
Su Sheng: "Don't be idle, continue practicing the Hundred-Step Sword Technique!"
Bai Li Cheng Feng gritted his teeth, dodging the relentless Beat-Dog Staff Technique while simultaneously practicing the Hundred-Step Sword Technique!
【Congratulations, Host, for teaching Bai Li Cheng Feng. You have received a bonus of Body Toughness +10】
【Congratulations, Host, for teaching Bai Li Cheng Feng. You have received a bonus of Nine Spirits Rejuvenation Herb】
Su Sheng's eyes lit up, and he beat Bai Li Cheng Feng even more vigorously. The Nine Spirits Rejuvenation Herb could revive the dead and mend broken bones. As long as there was a breath left in a person, it could snatch them back from the grasp of the Grim Reaper. This reward was truly excellent!
Yue Yao was astonished by what she saw.
"Se...Senior brother, does Master always teach his students like this?"
Bai Li Dong Jun sighed. "Yes, Master believes in teaching under the rod. A jade stone cannot become a treasure without being carved. So, the breakthroughs you saw in the Marquis and my uncle were all achieved through beatings...."
"But Master Su is just a frail scholar, he has no martial arts rank. Shouldn't it be easy for Third Senior Brother to dodge?"
"Easy? Haha, Lu Wu, you should try it yourself. Master's Beat-Dog Staff Technique, even the Half-Step Sword Immortal Marquis can't dodge it. Otherwise, do you think he would obediently stand there and get beaten?"
Yue Yao's beautiful eyes widened in disbelief. This Ghost Valley Academy was too bizarre. A frail scholar chasing after a Half-Step Sword Immortal, and the Half-Step Sword Immortal couldn't resist in the slightest.
"Hundred-Step Sword Technique...."
Bai Li Cheng Feng gritted his teeth, under the relentless Beat-Dog Staff Technique, he began to practice his swordsmanship!
Su Sheng didn't waste any time either. While beating his disciple, he took out the "Nineteen Style of Embroidered Swords" to read.
Before receiving the Great River Sword Intent, Su Sheng hadn't found a sword technique suitable for him. The Twenty-Three Style of Sword Technique was indeed powerful, but it followed a path of wild abandon. It was not suited to Su Sheng's martial way. The martial way that Su Sheng wanted to cultivate was one of invincibility. He wanted to be invincible in the heavens and the mortal world, amongst immortals and martial artists, throughout the various worlds of film and television.
Until the system rewarded him with the Great River Sword Intent, the sword that belonged to Su Sheng finally arrived. The Great River Sword Intent of Sword Saint, Liu Bai.
After practicing for three days, the eight thousand directions around him were covered without a single omission. Even a rainstorm couldn't touch his clothes. When he drew his sword for ten thousand miles, it couldn't travel further than a foot before him. Once mastered, the area within a foot in front of Su Sheng would become his invincible domain. No one could ever defeat him! This was the sword path that Su Sheng wanted to cultivate!
Su Sheng watched the "Nineteen Style of Embroidered Swords" in his hand while teaching Bai Li Cheng Feng. Suddenly, a mysterious sensation arose. Su Sheng felt his meridians filling with energy, slowly flowing towards his Dantian. Su Sheng's eyes flickered slightly, and he quickly suppressed it. He was about to break through!
He had been stuck in the Nine Heavens Realm of the Free and Easy Heaven Realm for a year and a half. Was he finally about to break through? Was he about to enter the Soaring Realm of the Free and Easy Heaven Realm? He was only one realm away from the Great Free and Easy Realm! If he continued cultivating at this pace, Su Sheng would reach the Divine Wander Realm faster than Immortal Mo Yi.
【Congratulations, Host, for teaching Ye Ding Zhi, who has reached the late stage of the Natural Realm! You have received a bonus of the 《Flying Sword Dance》】
Su Sheng's eyes lit up. Ye Ding Zhi had reached the late stage of the Natural Realm? Calculating it, Ye Ding Zhi was only twelve years old? A twelve-year-old in the late stage of the Natural Realm, only three years older than Mo Yi when he was that age. To have such strength and progress so rapidly, he was indeed a natural-born martial talent!
Combined with the Immovable King's Art and the Moonlight Sword Technique that Su Sheng had given Ye Ding Zhi, the two cultivation techniques merged together. Ye Ding Zhi's strength should now allow him to fight above his level and challenge the Free and Easy Heaven Realm! With this kind of strength, as long as he cultivated diligently, perhaps the day when they would meet was not far off!
The Flying Sword Dance was a divine art. In the Underworld, the female swordswoman and the prince, the creators of this martial art, defeated the King of the Underworld together. This sword technique was incredibly powerful. It required two individuals who were deeply in love and had perfect synergy to cultivate. After mastering it, one could become invincible in the martial world. A single move could slay top-tier masters.
Su Sheng looked at Yue Yao and decided to let her cultivate the Flying Sword Dance first. In the future, if she wanted to become the strongest, she would have to join hands with Su Sheng to become invincible in the world. This was a way of putting a shackle on Yue Yao's cultivation technique!
Seeing how Bai Li Cheng Feng's Hundred-Step Sword Technique was becoming increasingly smooth under the Beat-Dog Staff Technique, and he had begun to independently comprehend sword intent, Su Sheng finally put away his Beat-Dog Staff. He smiled faintly at Yue Yao. "Lu Wu, come here!"