Chapter 1851: Zhang Xuan Teaches His Students

"Speak. How do I usually educate you?"

Looking at the crowd kneeling before him in a row, Zhang Xuan could not suppress the anger in his heart.

When one's cultivation reaches the level of an Ancient Sage, to advance further, one must continuously temper strength, mind, and cultivation... until combat power achieves perfect unity, only then is there a chance to shatter the void and enter a higher plane.

These fellows, without any suppression, directly broke through to Ancient Sage, and what's more, after six of them fought together for so long, they barely managed to defeat Liu Yang... What kind of mess is this?

Is this what you call coordination?

Even if I were teaching a herd of pigs, they wouldn't be this stupid!

"Teacher taught us that loyalty and righteousness are in the heart..." Zheng Yang said softly.

"Nonsense! I was talking about coordination. Do you think that now that you've become Ancient Sages, you can stick your tails up to the sky?"

Zhang Xuan turned his head and looked at Lu Chong not far away: "You have the highest cultivation. Use your strongest attack against me!"

"Me?" Lu Chong was stunned. "Teacher is only at the Great Perfection of the Immortality Realm..."

He was already at the Blood Rebirth Realm, while his teacher was only at the Great Perfection of the Immortality Realm. If he attacked and injured his teacher...

"What? Do you think you've already graduated? Look down on your teacher?"

Zhang Xuan's face darkened.

"I wouldn't dare..." Lu Chong quickly shook his head.

"If you don't dare, then stop wasting words. Attack!"

Raising his eyebrows, Zhang Xuan barked.

"Yes!"

Lu Chong gritted his teeth, and his soul emerged from between his brows, charging straight at Zhang Xuan.

Waves of air surged, power like a howling gale.

Zhao Ya and the others all watched intently, ready to act at any moment, afraid that their teacher might be injured.

They admired their teacher's ability and talent, but the gap between the Immortality Realm and Blood Rebirth was simply too vast. If he were to be injured because of this, they would never be able to atone for it even in death.

Just as everyone was worrying about their teacher, the teacher, who had not moved, flipped his palm and, without even looking, struck out.

Slap!

Before Lu Chong could react, his massive soul was pressed flat against the ground, as if crushed by a thousand-pound boulder, unable to move an inch.

"This is what you call Blood Rebirth?" Zhang Xuan raised his eyebrows.

"I..." Lu Chong's face flushed red with shame, unable to speak.

The others also stared wide-eyed, their faces full of disbelief.

They knew Lu Chong's strength very well; he was the strongest among them, yet in the teacher's hands, he couldn't even withstand a single slap.

Was their teacher really only at the Great Perfection of the Immortality Realm, not even a Half-Step Ancient Sage?

"Alright, enough nonsense. All of you, attack together, just like the move you used to jointly attack Emperor Chenyong!"

Releasing his grip, Zhang Xuan lifted the suppression on Lu Chong and snorted.

"Yes..."

Zhao Ya and Zheng Yang exchanged glances and nodded simultaneously.

If they had previously worried about their teacher's low cultivation, now that they saw him suppress Lu Chong with a single move, leaving him utterly powerless to resist, all doubts vanished.

Their teacher was still the same teacher, guiding their cultivation and helping them grow, unchanged.

The six of them rejoined, their auras converging like a surging river or sea.

Whoosh!

Zhao Ya struck first, sword energy crisscrossing, powerful like a hurricane sweeping down from the sky. The remaining five junior brothers and sisters coordinated perfectly, making her attack even more fierce.

Caught in this assault, Zhang Xuan seemed like a lighthouse standing in the ocean, at any moment about to be swallowed by the raging waves.

To an outsider, this was a completely unfair duel.

With no expression on his face, Zhang Xuan suddenly stepped forward.

Boom!

The wind in the sky ceased, the giant waves became docile. Zhao Ya, Zheng Yang, and the others all staggered back several steps, their blood boiling and faces pale.

"That's your first flaw!"

Zhang Xuan walked forward slowly, looking around: "Continue!"

The crowd surrounded him again, but before they could reach him, with a flick of Zhang Xuan's finger, they were all sent staggering back again, this time more severely injured.

"Continue!"

Just as they were about to give up, they heard their teacher's angry voice ring out suddenly.

Gritting their teeth, they had no choice but to press forward again.

Thump, thump, thump!

Each time they advanced, within less than two breaths, they were easily beaten back. Everyone's injuries grew heavier, and they were on the verge of collapse.

After dozens of consecutive attacks, Zhang Xuan finally stopped. He waved his hands, and streams of true energy shot from his fingertips into each student's body. At the same time, a jade bottle flew into the air, and countless streams of pure blood essence poured down.

Rumble!

Absorbing this Ancient Sage blood of the Blood Rebirth Realm, everyone's injuries quickly healed. Under normal circumstances, their cultivation should have rapidly increased, but strangely, not only did it not increase, it began to gradually decline.

Zheng Yang's strength, initially at the early stage of the Hundred Schools of Thought, dropped back to the peak of Bloodline Continuation in less than ten minutes, and even showed a trend of further decline.

Zhao Ya also went from the peak of the first level of Ancient Sage to the middle stage...

Although their levels had dropped, everyone was astonished to find that their combat power had increased significantly. Especially Lu Chong, who had previously reached the early stage of Blood Rebirth. After the teacher's tempering, he returned to the Hundred Schools of Thought realm, dropping nearly a major level, yet his combat power was even more terrifying than before.

In particular, his soul body showed a tendency to materialize. Once manifested, even a Blood Rebirth expert would find it hard to detect that its current form was merely a soul.

"Cultivation is not about advancing as fast as possible, nor is it about more people being able to unleash greater power. If the foundation is not solid, no matter how far you go, it's just a castle in the air."

Seeing that everyone seemed to understand something, Zhang Xuan clasped his hands behind his back, his gaze profound.

Teaching is about pointing out a better and more suitable path for others. These students of his had already stepped through the threshold, but without his guidance, they could easily stray into wrong paths.

At this moment, it was not about explaining cultivation or making them follow his path, but about making them understand that cultivation is not something that can be achieved overnight or in a single stroke.

It requires sufficient patience and mental state.

Take himself, for example. He had been stuck at the Great Perfection of the Immortality Realm for nearly a month, yet he was not in a hurry to break through.

"My expectations for you are not merely to become Ancient Sages, but to go higher and farther!"

Zhang Xuan looked at them, his gaze solemn: "If you can't even reach the Shattering Void Realm, how can you talk about following me forever? Especially you, Lu Chong. With so much soul power supporting you, it should be easier for you to accumulate, yet you used it to elevate your cultivation. Your strength is so inflated—was that what I taught you? In your current state, once you reach the peak of Blood Rebirth and try to break through the world's barriers to reach a higher realm, the heavenly tribulation will strike you down until not even ashes remain!"

Everyone's faces were filled with shame.

They had thought that with their breakthroughs, meeting the teacher again would earn them praise, but instead they were reprimanded.

However, through this incident, they also understood the teacher's good intentions. Without enduring the bitter cold of winter, how could there be the fragrance of plum blossoms?

At this moment, everyone's mindset underwent a new transformation.