Chapter 11

Energy surged forth as he struck the stone wall with his hand, producing a faint sound. Ye Jun Tian discovered that a thin layer of ice-like substance had formed on the stone wall.

"Alas, what a waste of a barrel of 'Heavenly Cold Water.'" Ye Qing Xiao sighed, staring straight at the stone vat. Ye Jun Tian lowered his head and found that the water in the vat was completely gone, dry and as if it had been baked by fire.

"Alas, so many Blood Crystal Coins are gone." Ye Jun Tian shrugged and put on his clothes.

"You little money-grubber!" Ye Qing Xiao was choked up and shouted, "Hurry up and pay your respects!"

Ye Jun Tian straightened his clothes and stood two meters in front of 'Gai Tian Cheng,' preparing to bow respectfully with three bows and nine kneels. Strangely, as he bowed, a mysterious current of air seemed to hold him up. He was startled and took a step back.

"What are you doing? Hurry up and bow!" Ye Qing Xiao's eyes widened.

"Alright!" Ye Jun Tian bowed again, but the strange air current came up again. Ye Jun Tian was angry and tried to force the bow by channeling his energy, but the air current was too powerful, like a solid mountain preventing him from bowing.

"You little brat?" Ye Qing Xiao thought his son was playing tricks and was angry, so he kicked him in the buttocks. However, with a faint thud, Ye Qing Xiao was bounced back by the air current and fell flat on his back.

"I can't bow, Dad." Ye Jun Tian rubbed his sore buttocks, looking helpless.

"There's no such thing in this world as not being able to bow, unless the person you're bowing to is a martial arts expert who uses force to prevent you from bowing." Ye Qing Xiao didn't believe it at all.

"Don't believe me? Try it yourself." Ye Jun Tian said.

"Little brat, I'll show you how to bow." Ye Qing Xiao was furious and bowed again. After bowing, he huffed, "See? It's very smooth, no problem at all."

"Strange, let me try again." Ye Jun Tian bowed again and encountered the air current. This time, he even heard a strange voice, "Young Master, no need to bow. Come back when your pulse reaches its peak and you are ready to awaken the 'Blood Thought.'"

"Calling me 'Young Master,' this is really bizarre. And saying to come back when I awaken the 'Blood Thought.'" Ye Jun Tian was astonished.

At this moment, Ye Jun Tian noticed a flash of shock in his father's eyes. In an instant, Ye Qing Xiao seemed to understand something, and his expression returned to normal. "Since that's the case, don't bow. Go practice on the stone wall. Remember, this is the Gai family's highest-level martial technique, far superior to our Ye family's. For now, you should learn the Gai family's Heaven-level 'Superior Martial Technique'—the Stone-Cleaving Palm. When you achieve a small success, you can directly split a stone slab half a meter thick with your bare hands. A high-level practitioner, like Senior Gai Tian Cheng, can collapse a building with one palm. Some say that a master who breaks through to the Heaven Martial Realm can split a small mountain with this palm."

"Dad, you haven't explained the 'Young Master' thing." Ye Jun Tian asked.

"Don't talk nonsense. You must never say these two words. Otherwise, our whole family might face extermination. Remember, remember, don't say it to anyone, not even in jest." Ye Qing Xiao's expression was unusually serious.

"Stone-Cleaving Palm, hands that can break stone. Vibrating the blood, blood can flow from the heart to the meridians... The palm is like steel, and breaking stone is as easy as taking something from a bag..."

The stone wall not only had detailed explanations but also illustrations of the techniques. However, after practicing for several hours, Ye Jun Tian only learned the first move, 'Stone Tremble.'

With one palm, blood energy infused his hand, making it as hard as a board. Striking the half-meter-thick stone slab, the slab trembled in shock but did not break immediately.

"Hmm, not bad. Though you can't break the stone, it did tremble. If it were a thin stone slab, you could probably break it. The Gai family's Stone-Cleaving Palm is indeed remarkable. However, Jun Tian, your 'Stone Tremble' has at least a thousand pounds of force. If it hits someone, it would immediately shatter their internal organs. Even someone at your level would be injured internally. Of course, the premise is that you can hit them. This already surpasses your Pulse Two level." Ye Qing Xiao stroked his beard, very satisfied.

"Dad, I'm already at Pulse Three." Ye Jun Tian smiled mysteriously.

"Pulse Three? So fast, another breakthrough?" Ye Qing Xiao's mouth twitched, his face full of shock. Then, he laughed wildly, "Worth it, worth it. The cold energy from that barrel of 'Heavenly Cold Water' was all absorbed and converted into blood energy. I was worried for a while, but now it seems I've gained a lot. However, even at Pulse Three, the maximum force is a thousand pounds. But you can make the stone slab tremble, which means at least fifteen hundred pounds of force. Do you have abilities beyond your level?"

"Probably, I also feel that my strength is much higher than others at the same level." Ye Jun Tian nodded.

Uncle Tian, the 'mute,' had been squatting on the stone roller, smoking silently. He had been smoking for so long and was still smoking, truly a 'smoking god.'

"Uncle Tian, can I have a puff?" Ye Jun Tian, feeling playful, had been a 'smoking god' in his previous life at university. It wasn't that Ye Jun Tian had a big smoking habit, but he was famous for his skill in blowing smoke rings.

Uncle Tian didn't say anything, just extended the smoking pipe. Ye Jun Tian took a deep breath, and the smoke rushed into his mouth like a returning bird. When he exhaled, Uncle Tian's eyes widened. Because Ye Jun Tian blew out over a hundred perfectly round smoke rings. He stood proudly, watching Uncle Tian's 'stunned' expression.

However, the next moment, Ye Jun Tian was choked, tears and snot streaming down his face, almost falling over from the smoke.

"Ha ha ha, Jun Tian, Uncle Tian's smoke isn't easy to handle." Ye Qing Xiao laughed wildly.

"Try again, take ten puffs." Unexpectedly, Uncle Tian spoke.

"No, no, one more puff and I'll definitely fall over." Ye Jun Tian shook his head, not wanting to suffer.

"Alas..." Uncle Tian suddenly inhaled and exhaled, and a smoke ring shot out like an arrow.

With a faint pop, a tree as thick as a washbasin was immediately pierced by the smoke ring. The ring turned a few corners and pierced through seven or eight more trees before hitting a rock wall, causing it to crack over a five-meter area with a crisp sound.

This move left the Ye family father and son speechless, almost turning them into 'utility poles.' They never expected Uncle Tian to be a true expert.

Ye Jun Tian looked at his father in shock, and Ye Qing Xiao shook his head slightly, meaning he didn't know Uncle Tian was a hidden expert.

If this 'mouth energy' were to hit a person, it would kill from a distance. Even Ye Qing Xiao, a peak Human Martial Realm expert, couldn't achieve this with a palm strike from a distance. While Ye Qing Xiao could release blood energy to injure from a distance, his range was limited to about ten meters.

Beyond that range, it was ineffective. But Uncle Tian's smoke ring, shot from his mouth, pierced through trees from a distance of several dozen meters and finally cracked a rock a hundred meters away. If this were a hand strike, it would be even more formidable. This skill revealed strength at least at the Earth Martial Realm Third Rank.

There were no Earth Martial Third Rank experts in the entire Greenwood City. If people knew such a powerful expert was just guarding the Ye family's woodshed, it would shock many.

"Uncle Tian, I'll take a puff!" Ye Jun Tian, without hesitation, took the smoking pipe and puffed, puffed, and puffed, imitating Uncle Tian's technique to attack with smoke rings.

Uncle Tian didn't speak, only taking back the smoking pipe when Ye Jun Tian fell over after the tenth puff.

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