Chapter 1181: Do You Believe I’ll Slap You?

“What?”

“This… how is it possible?”

Everyone’s expression changed.

Mopan Pigu fell straight to the ground, completely dumbfounded.

The idol she had always worshipped… couldn’t even withstand a single shout from the opponent and knelt down… what on earth had happened?

In an instant, her persistence and worldview collapsed.

“No…”

The crowd couldn’t believe it. Zhang Jiuxiao’s forehead bulged with veins, utterly frantic.

He was a genius!

A super genius!

Falling from the air at a single shout and kneeling in humiliation was something he couldn’t accept.

“I’ll kill you…”

With a roar, he slammed his palm on the ground, leaped up again, and charged forward.

He had come to prove himself, not to be humiliated and beaten!

“Scram!”

Seeing him charge again, Zhang Xuan still didn’t make a move, only shouted again.

Thud!

Zhang Jiuxiao fell from the air again, tumbling and rolling away.

“Jiuxiao, be careful. Your mental state is weak; his is stronger than yours. He’s using a demonic sound technique to attack you. Close your hearing, and the attack will weaken considerably…”

Gou Tangzhu on the side called out urgently.

Others might not see what was happening and might wonder why Zhang Jiuxiao was so obedient, but he knew that this Zhang family disciple’s mental state wasn’t strong, while the opponent’s was terrifyingly powerful, which was why a single shout had subdued him.

In other words, he had found the opponent’s weakness and attacked it.

Hearing the transmission, Zhang Jiuxiao understood. Gritting his teeth, he closed off his hearing, shook his body, and charged at Zhang Xuan again with palms like hooks.

Seeing this reckless fellow charge twice in a row, Zhang Xuan shook his head and flicked his finger.

Bang!

“Ah…”

With a miserable cry, Zhang Jiuxiao flew back like a swatted fly, crashing into the wall of the Master Teacher Hall and sticking there.

This guy was strong, but compared to him, he was still far too weak.

Having flicked him away with one finger, Zhang Xuan looked at the many master teachers before him, hands behind his back: “To save time… all of you, come at once!”

“One person challenging all of us at once?”

“Is he crazy? Even if he were at the Out-of-Body realm, he couldn’t withstand that…”

…

Hearing his words, everyone went crazy.

The master teachers above six-star who had gathered in the hall numbered over ten thousand… the weakest among them was at the Half-Saint level. If they all struck together, their combined power could collapse heaven and earth. Not to mention a peak Spirit Realm cultivator, even an Out-of-Body realm expert couldn’t withstand it!

“Not making a move? Then I’ll go first…”

Too lazy to waste words, Zhang Xuan shook his body, appeared before the crowd, and his voice rang out like thunder, exploding in everyone’s hearts.

“The path of cultivation values focus; the path of focus values sincerity; with sincerity comes true emotion; with true emotion comes achievement…”

As he explained, he walked forward.

“What is he doing?”

“He seems to be explaining cultivation techniques and methods!”

“Aren’t we supposed to fight? Why is he explaining this?”

…

They had thought he would charge into the crowd and fight with all his might, but they never dreamed he wouldn’t fight at all, instead speaking about cultivation knowledge. Everyone was bewildered.

“Everyone be careful! He’s using Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal… to subdue without fighting!”

Just as they were wondering, they heard Gou Tangzhu’s anxious voice.

To be honest, Gou Tangzhu was truly frightened.

Zhang Jiuxiao, such a brilliant genius, hailed as the best in Qingyuan Empire… yet before this man, he couldn’t even withstand a single sentence… From this alone, one could see that this Zhang Xuan’s mental state was probably no weaker than his own!

Such a powerful mental state, combined with Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal, was absolutely devastating for group attacks.

It could be said to be even more terrifying than a poison master!

A poison master can at most poison the opponent to death, but a master teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal can turn the opponent into one’s own student…

“Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal? It seems so… I want to resist, but… what he says is really true!”

“If I cultivate according to his words, I think my strength could double…”

“Probably more than that. I never thought there could be such exquisite methods of true energy circulation in the world. It’s too amazing…”

…

Hearing Gou Tangzhu’s shout, everyone wanted to resist, but they couldn’t help wanting to learn, feeling that his explanations were too good.

“You go attack first; I’ll listen for a while… Don’t rush, let him finish this part first!”

“Whoever dares to attack, I’ll be angry with them. This part just happens to be a flaw in my cultivation. If I can make up for it, I’ll definitely break through to Seven-Star mid-grade…”

…

Amid the murmurs in the crowd, the tense atmosphere instantly turned into an academic discussion.

“…”

Gou Tangzhu pulled out several beard hairs without noticing, feeling utterly frantic.

Brothers, wake up! He’s here to challenge the hall, not to exchange ideas with you…

“Hall Master, if this continues, all the master teachers of Qingyuan Empire Master Teacher Hall might become his disciples…”

Deputy Hall Master Tian Qing approached with a pale face.

He had almost been killed by a palm strike from the other party earlier and had only just recovered.

“I know, but… Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal cannot be interrupted! Unless… he says something wrong!”

Gou Tangzhu’s face turned red.

Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal causes resonance only when the content aligns with the Dao. As soon as an error appears, everyone will immediately break free from the state and become rational again.

“Wait for him to make a mistake? How long will that take? Since he dares to use it, he must have prepared well…”

Deputy Hall Master Tian said hurriedly.

“Then what do we do?”

“Simple: have Zhang Jiuxiao launch a sneak attack on him… After all, they are in a spar, and he said everyone should come at once. An attack wouldn’t count as anything… If it succeeds, it will interrupt the Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal, and then… his hall challenge will fail!”

Deputy Hall Master Tian sneered.

“Good!”

After a moment’s hesitation, Gou Tangzhu nodded.

Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal cannot be interrupted. If he, as the hall master, made a move, he would be ridiculed. But Zhang Jiuxiao was different.

He was already a participant in the spar, so making a move now wouldn’t count for much.

With a thought, he quickly contacted the other party using a special method.

Zhang Jiuxiao had closed his hearing and hadn’t heard the Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal. Sensing something, he opened his hearing and heard the hall master’s transmission.

“I’ll act now!”

Hearing the instruction, Zhang Jiuxiao narrowed his eyes.

He had been flicked away with one finger, losing all face. He had to win it back!

Whoosh!

With a flip of his palm, two longswords and four long blades appeared before him, emitting astonishing auras.

They were two mid-grade and four low-grade saint artifacts!

Mid-grade saint artifacts—Gou Tangzhu only had one. This Zhang Jiuxiao had brought out two at once, plus four low-grade ones… his wealth was terrifying.

“Go!”

Raising his brows, Zhang Jiuxiao pushed his palm forward.

Whoosh!

The six weapons shot straight toward Zhang Xuan, who was lecturing!

He didn’t intend to kill him, only to interrupt the Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal.

Mid-grade saint artifacts had power comparable to Nascent Soul realm experts, and low-grade saint artifacts were similar to Spirit Realm experts. With six attacking at once, the force was so great that even Deputy Hall Master Tian would have to avoid their edge!

This was his true foundation!

The reason he was so confident and unafraid of anyone was that he had so many weapons to protect him.

“Master Zhang, be careful…”

Unexpectedly, Zhang Jiuxiao would launch a sneak attack at this moment. Master Wu on the side was anxious and couldn’t help shouting.

The other party was challenging the hall; he couldn’t intervene, or it would violate the rules.

Whoosh!

Amid the shout, the six weapons arced through the air, stabbing toward Zhang Xuan’s back, while the latter, as if unaware, continued lecturing.

“…Internal energy flows through the organs, similar to how weapon spirit flows through the weapon body. For a weapon to become stronger, besides tempering, one must train its spirit. When the spirit becomes strong, it naturally becomes stronger within the same grade. The same mid-grade saint artifact, some have Nascent Soul realm strength, some have Out-of-Body realm strength. It’s not because the material is good or the tempering method is insufficient, but because… the spirit is too weak!”

“Weapons with weak spirits are easily erased by their masters, their lives in danger…”

Zhang Xuan’s voice rang in the air, and spiritual energy gathered in the sky, forming flower-like objects that fell one after another.

The weapons that had been stabbing at his back all stopped, hovering quietly in the air.

“Kill him…”

He was attacking with all his might, but the weapons suddenly stopped. Zhang Jiuxiao’s face turned pale, and his true energy surged as he shouted.

These weapons were all refined by him and would never recognize another master. Yet they had stopped now… Could it be that even weapons were attending the lecture?

Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal—wasn’t it only effective on master teachers?

Since when could it be used on weapons?

Zhang Jiuxiao felt he was going crazy.

“It’s… the Teacher’s Heart, Teaching Without Discrimination…”

His vision darkened, and Gou Tangzhu couldn’t help but sway.

Normal Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal could only be used on master teachers, making them receive instruction, their true energy involuntarily following the speaker’s words, automatically becoming students.

But now, the content the other party was explaining made even weapons listen attentively, indicating… he had comprehended the Teacher’s Heart, Teaching Without Discrimination!

With this ability, when using Master Teacher’s Heavenly Bestowal, not only master teachers, but ordinary people, animals, and even weapons would be swayed.

“Attack…”

Seeing the weapons frozen in place, not moving despite his shouts, Zhang Jiuxiao’s scalp tingled as he roared again.

Whoosh!

Before his shout ended, the mid-grade saint artifact longsword that had flown out flew back in reverse.

Whoosh!

Sword aura scattered, and with one strike, it sent him flying backward, plastering him against the wall again.

“Shut up! Can’t you let me listen to the lecture properly? All you do is blabber here! Say one more word, and do you believe I’ll slap you?”

With a cold snort, the longsword, full of arrogance, turned around and returned to hover behind Zhang Xuan, like a diligent student, occasionally swaying to show it understood…