Chapter 26: What Kind of Monster is This Disciple? (Request for Follow-up)

"Thump!"

Feeling the terrifying aura from his master, Xu Yan's heart trembled. The excitement and agitation of stepping into the martial path instantly calmed down.

"I'm too weak!

"In front of Master, I'm like an ant. I still have a long way to go!"

At this moment, Xu Yan felt how insignificant he was. Just entering the door, what right did he have to be excited?

What right did he have to be proud?

"Master must have seen my pride and showed me this aura to let me know what true strength is!

"I must guard against pride and impatience, be humble and low-key, and work hard to cultivate!"

Xu Yan reined in his aura and respectfully approached his master.

"Master, your disciple has entered the martial path!"

Li Xuan had one hand behind his back, slightly trembling with excitement, but his expression remained calm, maintaining the demeanor of a strict teacher.

"Hmm!"

Nodding slightly, he looked at his foolish disciple with a slightly relieved gaze.

"Did you see? This is the aura of the initial stage of martial cultivation, when it reaches great completion. I'll show it to you."

Li Xuan said indifferently.

"Master, I will guard against pride and impatience and cultivate diligently!"

Xu Yan said with a look of shame.

Li Xuan reined in his aura, looked at his disciple, and said with relief, "I'm very pleased that you've entered the martial path ahead of schedule!"

He walked to a chair under a big tree and sat down. Xu Yan hurriedly made tea for his master and respectfully served him.

"The path of martial cultivation is endless. You've just entered the door, and you still have a long way to go. Master asks you, is your heart for martial cultivation resolute?"

Li Xuan asked with a serious expression.

"Master, your disciple's heart for martial cultivation is resolute!"

Xu Yan knelt down with a thud, speaking with determination.

He was extremely excited: "Master, you're truly taking me as a disciple and teaching me the supreme martial arts!"

"Good, very good. From today on, you are my true disciple!"

Li Xuan's face was filled with relief.

Then, he said in a seemingly calm tone, "Disciple, your cultivation journey has been arduous. Think carefully about when you refined your skin, when you refined your bones, and when you refined your organs."

Li Xuan was really curious about how this monstrous disciple managed to cultivate the random techniques he made up.

When Xu Yan entered the martial path, the Golden Finger appeared, and he directly achieved great completion in his cultivation technique. Naturally, he also had the processes and methods for refining skin, bones, and organs in his mind.

These processes and methods for refining skin, bones, and organs were clearly insights that Xu Yan had come up with himself.

They weren't entirely unrelated to the random techniques he made up, as they were derived from those techniques, but ultimately, the random techniques were just that, and the actual cultivation methods were the real deal.

There was a difference between the two.

The random techniques could be seen as a set of imaginary theories, while Xu Yan had turned these imaginary theories into practical cultivation methods.

Only by understanding how Xu Yan transformed the random techniques into real cultivation methods could he continue to create subsequent cultivation methods and martial realms.

Li Xuan had a feeling that even random techniques needed a certain theoretical basis, even if it was an imaginary one. The realms needed to be connected and clearly layered.

It couldn't be that one realm was martial cultivation, and the next became cultivation of immortality.

If that were the case, it would be impossible to cultivate.

Li Xuan felt that these insights were likely transmitted by the Golden Finger.

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing this, Xu Yan was excited. This was his master guiding him, helping him thoroughly understand the cultivation process and the subtleties of martial cultivation.

So, he began to recount how he cultivated.

How he understood the deeper meaning in his master's words.

Li Xuan listened quietly, nodding from time to time, but inside, he was thinking, "This disciple is too damn monstrous."

His insight was simply heaven-defying, and he was extremely good at self-supplementing, interpreting his words into deeper meanings!

"The cultivation technique Master passed to me is truly extraordinary. Your disciple is dull and took a long time to understand it. If not for Master's technique, I probably wouldn't have refined the golden bones!"

Xu Yan sighed.

Li Xuan was utterly baffled: "I made up the technique, and he understood it? Too monstrous! In the future, I'll make up more techniques and let this foolish disciple figure them out!"

"Your disciple was already satisfied with refining the golden bones. Thanks to Master's guidance, I persisted and refined the jade bones!"

Xu Yan recalled how, after refining the golden bones, he was pleased and planned to report to his master, thinking he was on par with ancient prodigies.

If not for Master's subtle guidance to refine the jade bones, how could he have become so powerful today?

Thinking of this, Xu Yan felt ashamed.

Li Xuan continued to be baffled: "When did I guide this foolish disciple to refine the jade bones?"

With a calm expression, he asked, "Disciple, how did you know I was guiding you?"

Xu Yan said shamefully, "After refining the golden bones, I planned to report to Master. When Master saw me coming, he threw down the golden sword and played with the jade ruyi... I knew Master was hinting, encouraging me to persist and refine the jade bones with confidence.

"Your disciple almost failed to understand Master's hint, which is truly shameful!"

Li Xuan's gaze toward his disciple changed. He had simply liked the jade ruyi more, thinking it was more valuable than the golden sword.

He never expected such a coincidence to lead to a misunderstanding.

Moreover, his disciple had self-supplemented and refined the jade bones.

Thinking of this, Li Xuan felt a bit numb. This disciple's mind wasn't just good; it was too damn good!

"Hmm! You understood my hint, which shows you have decent insight. To persist and refine the jade bones, you must have endured a lot of hardship."

Li Xuan said with relief.

"Your disciple was able to refine the jade bones thanks to Master's guidance. If not for Master's guidance to hunt the fire-maned wolves in the Evil Forest, I probably wouldn't have refined the jade bones."

Xu Yan looked at his master with respect and admiration.

Li Xuan felt a bit numb. He now understood that whether it was the tiger or the fire-maned wolves, they were all killed by Xu Yan himself, not by the guards or hunters.

That tiger looked formidable, and Xu Yan actually hunted it!

What about the fire-maned wolves?

"Tell me about the process of hunting the fire-maned wolves."

Li Xuan's expression was calm, and his tone was peaceful, as if he wanted to guide his disciple on the shortcomings of hunting the fire-maned wolves.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan respectfully responded and began to recount how he fought and hunted the fire-maned wolves, drank their blood, and boiled their meat into a great tonic to aid his cultivation, which helped him quickly complete the refinement of his organs and enter the martial path!

Li Xuan's face was calm, but inside, he was shocked. The fire-maned wolves were so fierce?

They were no longer ordinary beasts.

More terrifyingly, Xu Yan had fought the fire-maned wolves bare-handed and used this to refine the jade bones!

From Xu Yan's account, he could feel how dangerous that battle was. One misstep, and Xu Yan would have become the fire-maned wolves' prey!

"This foolish disciple is heaven-defying, to understand the method of refining the jade bones and fight the fire-maned wolves!"

Li Xuan couldn't help but marvel. This foolish disciple was too monstrous.