Chapter 150: Teaching Spear Techniques

"Good, as long as you don't go back on your word." Zhang Xuan smiled and agreed directly.

"Teacher Zhang..."

Hearing that he had actually made this decision, Zhao Ya and the others all looked anxious.

Are you kidding?

Although their cultivation had improved a lot in the past few days, fighting a teacher... was impossible!

Agreeing directly, wasn't that just waiting to admit defeat?

"Since you're so confident, fine. Will they come at me all at once, or one by one in a round-robin?"

Zhou Tian looked over with a smile.

Zhang Xuan had only five students in total. Even if he suppressed his cultivation, a round-robin would still be no match.

"Round-robin? You're overthinking it. With strength like yours, I can have any random student of mine defeat you!" Zhang Xuan shook his head.

"You..."

Seeing how much he was being looked down upon, Zhou Tian's expression turned very unpleasant.

Ignoring this guy, Zhang Xuan looked at Zhao Ya and the others.

Under his gaze, they all grew nervous inside.

They couldn't even win on the learning battle stage, and now challenging a teacher...

"You few didn't fight just now. Having you challenge Teacher Zhou would be... overkill. Zheng Yang, it'll be you!" Zhang Xuan glanced around and pointed casually.

Hearing this, everyone around felt a darkness before their eyes.

Bro, is it really okay to show off like this?

Even if you really want to show off, you should at least be realistic, right?

This Zheng Yang, not to mention his strength isn't great, he just fought a big battle and has almost exhausted his stamina. Didn't you see he can't even hold his spear anymore? Right now, even if you asked him to kill a chicken, he probably couldn't. And you want him to fight Zhou Tian?

And also... overkill?

Overkill my ass!

Looking at this guy's state, even if Zhou Tian didn't make a move, he probably wouldn't last much longer and would collapse on his own...

Not only did everyone look strange, even Zheng Yang's mouth twitched.

"Teacher, I..."

He was about to go crazy.

Was Teacher Zhang joking?

He knew his own abilities very well. Right now, any random student could beat him, let alone facing Teacher Zhou Tian... Even if Zhou Tian suppressed his cultivation to the first level of Warrior, or even to nothing... he still couldn't win!

Just as he was about to tell Teacher Zhang about his physical condition, before he could finish, he heard the other's faint voice ring out: "Don't be happy yet. It's not too late to be happy after you defeat Teacher Zhou!"

Happy?

Happy my ass!

I'm about to cry, can't you see?

Zheng Yang's body swayed, feeling like he might faint at any moment.

"You're asking for death..."

Seeing this, Zhou Tian thought Zhang Xuan was deliberately embarrassing him, his mouth twitching with anger and his eyes blazing with murderous intent.

"Before the fight, I just taught him a new spear technique. Teacher Zhou shouldn't have a problem, right?"

Ignoring the strange looks from the crowd, Zhang Xuan looked at Zhou Tian.

"Thinking of buying a ring on the wedding day—a bit late, don't you think?" Zhou Tian snorted.

"Late or not doesn't matter, as long as it can beat you!" Zhang Xuan said with a faint smile, walking over to Zheng Yang: "Come, I'll teach you a spear technique. Watch closely and learn well!"

With that, he took the spear from the other's hand, shook his wrist, and thrust it out crookedly.

The move seemed utterly formless, extremely casual, not like a technique at all—more like a random jab for fun.

"This guy... is he here to be funny?"

"The hell is this supposed to be a spear technique? Bring a boar and show it a sow in heat, and its moves would be better than this!"

"I've seen people screw over their dads and moms, but this is the first time I've seen someone screw over a student. Zheng Yang is done for!"

"With a teacher like that, no matter how talented you are, you're finished..."

Zhang Xuan taught openly without any concealment, and everyone saw the move clearly, all feeling their brains couldn't process it.

This was called a spear technique?

Even using it as a poker to stir a fire would be several times more refined than this move...

"Did you learn it?"

Ignoring the crowd's chatter, Zhang Xuan looked at Zheng Yang.

"I learned it..."

Zheng Yang was on the verge of tears.

Did this even need learning?

Ever since he first picked up a spear at age six... his moves were far better than this...

"Alright, since you've learned it, go ahead and defeat Teacher Zhou!"

Zhang Xuan nodded and patted Zheng Yang on the shoulder.

Just as Zheng Yang was about to burst into tears at this instruction, he felt a surge of vigorous true qi rushing through his meridians from the hand of Teacher Zhang, who was patting his shoulder.

This true qi was immensely powerful and extremely pure. Wherever it went, the previously blocked meridians in his body burst open, as if his body had suddenly broken some kind of shackle. It was like taking a potent tonic—his fatigue vanished instantly, and he was fully revitalized.

Fatigue, like serious illness, is caused by blocked meridians. Under Zhang Xuan's pure true qi, these blockages were nothing.

"Don't resist. Adjust your breathing along the direction my true qi flows!"

Just as he was wondering, Teacher Zhang's voice transmission sounded in his ear.

Knowing the teacher wouldn't harm him, Zheng Yang quickly focused his mind and adjusted his breathing.

Crack! Crack! Crack!

The stream of true energy that entered his body immediately began to circulate along his meridians in a special pattern. In an instant, Zheng Yang felt as if he had turned into a spear that could pierce the sky at any moment.

"This... is the inner breath circulation method for spear techniques?"

At this moment, even Zheng Yang, no matter how slow, understood what was happening.

Whether it was spear techniques or martial skills, they not only consisted of moves but, most importantly, the method of inner breath circulation.

Only with correct inner breath could one activate the spear technique and unleash its full power; otherwise, the so-called moves would be at most flashy, with almost no power.

Although Zheng Yang had never been exposed to any formidable spear techniques, having grown up with a spear, he had long integrated spear techniques into his very bones. As soon as this inner breath method formed in his body, he immediately realized it was far superior to any technique he had learned or even seen!

That move just now looked ordinary, something even a fool could learn, but when paired with this inner technique, it transformed complexity into simplicity, achieving great skill without ostentation!

"There are actually such powerful techniques in the world..."

For a moment, his face was full of stupor, as if he couldn't believe it.

This move could no longer be described as mysterious; it was simply unimaginable.

Just as he was getting excited, Teacher Zhang's voice sounded in his ears again.

"Don't hesitate, quickly familiarize yourself with the inner breath circulation method, and then match it well with the spear technique!"

"Yes!"

Knowing that Teacher Zhang was teaching him an advanced spear technique, Zheng Yang stopped his random thoughts, concentrated his mind, and sensed the inner breath circulation within his body.

Every martial skill has its own special method of inner breath circulation. Practitioners must, like paving a road, gradually open up blocked meridians, which is extremely troublesome and requires a great deal of effort.

Take the current Zheng Yang for example; his cultivation was only at the first level of the Martial Artist realm, the Gathering Breath stage. He only had inner breath, not even true energy. To learn this move and open up the circulation channels for inner breath, without a year or two of work, it was basically impossible.

However, now it was different.

Teacher Zhang's true energy was extremely pure. Wherever it went, the blocked places in his body were all smoothed out. In less than two breaths, it had opened up a smooth circulation, with inner breath surging and flowing freely, without any hindrance.

"This... is it mastered?"

With the inner breath flowing smoothly, Zheng Yang immediately understood that he had completely learned this spear technique, as if he had immersed himself in it for years.

"Alright, I'll leave this true energy in your body for now. You continue to pretend to be weak, and when you fight with Zhou Tian, make sure to hit him in one strike!"

Zhang Xuan's voice continued.

Knowing his intention, Zheng Yang nodded secretly, while also wondering... why could Teacher Zhang's true energy remain in his body without causing conflict?

Different martial artists cultivate different techniques, and the attributes of true energy vary. Therefore, when one person's true energy enters another's body, not only can it not help with breakthroughs, but it can easily cause conflict, leading to qi deviation.

Teacher Zhang's true energy entering his body showed no conflict or contradiction at all, which made him find it somewhat incredible.

However, he also knew that this was not the time to think about such things. "Struggling," he cupped his hands and said, "Teacher Zhou, come on!"

After saying this, he staggered toward the combat platform.

Seeing him looking as if he could be blown over at any moment, the onlookers exchanged bewildered glances.

Damn, is he serious?

Having learned a spear technique that even a pig could execute, with a body that could faint at any moment, how could he fight...

Zhou Tian also twitched his face, and a sudden thought popped into his mind.

Fallen into a trap.

This guy must have long planned to abandon this student, deliberately making things difficult for me.

Teaching a move that can't even kill a chicken, to use against me... doesn't that imply that I'm worse than a chicken?

"Zhang Xuan, you're ruthless!"

Believing the other was deliberately humiliating him, Zhou Tian gritted his teeth and also jumped onto the competition platform.

"I hope Teacher Zhou will go easy on me..."

Pretending to be weak, Zheng Yang struggled to raise his spear.

Seeing that even such a simple action left him drenched in sweat, everyone was speechless.

The Master-Student Combat Platform had not seen a challenge for many years, and no one expected the first challenge to be so bizarre.

If word got out, it would truly shock heaven and earth.

"Teacher... how about I take Zheng Yang's place!"

Zhao Ya couldn't help saying.

"Just watch!" Zhang Xuan didn't explain.

Seeing the teacher's confident expression, Zhao Ya was full of doubt but dared not ask further, and looked back at the platform.

"Show mercy? If you want to blame someone, blame your teacher Zhang!"

Guessing Zhang Xuan's intention, Zhou Tian felt a surge of anger in his heart.

"Then... the student will be rude!"

Zheng Yang knew that if he didn't make a move, the other party, constrained by their status, wouldn't strike first. Without further ado, he shook his spear and thrust it straight forward.

The spear tip wobbled as if devoid of any strength.

It was exactly the trash technique Zhang Xuan had just taught.

"Hmph!"

Seeing that this fellow actually dared to use it, Zhou Tian grew even angrier. With a cold snort, he suppressed his cultivation to the first level of the Martial Warrior realm, the Gathering Breath stage, and without using any weapon, he met the attack with his palm.

Bare hands against a long spear!

Even so, no one in the audience thought Zheng Yang had a chance; they all believed he was bound to suffer.

"This is the moment..."

Seeing that his opponent indeed underestimated him and charged with empty hands, Zheng Yang's eyes lit up. The true qi left by Zhang Xuan inside his body was suddenly triggered, and his entire demeanor changed in an instant. If he had been a docile sheep just a moment ago, now he had become a fierce tiger.

Boom!

A spear light shot straight out, aiming directly at Zhou Tian's chest.

"What?"

Zhou Tian's pupils contracted, and his hair stood on end.