Chapter 229: Instructing Zhao Feng

Every set of techniques is passed down through generations only after countless people have poured their hearts and efforts into exploration.

Not to mention others, just take the [White Jade Art] that Zhao Feng practices—it has been passed down for no less than three hundred years, and countless ancestors have practiced it. If not for Zhao Ya being a woman and unsuitable, she would definitely have practiced it too.

He began sensing spiritual energy at the age of four, and now, having become a regional overlord, the White Jade Art has accompanied him for over forty years. He never found any problem with it, yet this Teacher Zhang, who is not yet twenty, said he had revised it?

Is it true or false?

Revising techniques requires an understanding of power that only reaches the Grandmaster realm, enabling one to establish a school.

Thus, upon hearing this, not only City Lord Zhao Feng but even Emperor Shen Zhui was skeptical.

Ancestor Shen Hong had already reached the Grandmaster realm, yet he could not revise a technique passed down for centuries. Could he... really do it?

Seeing their doubt, Zhang Xuan was not bothered. He casually took out paper and brush and began to write.

Last time, when he organized new techniques for Zhao Ya and the others to practice, they had the same expression and attitude. He was used to it.

Before long, he had written out a set of techniques.

This...

Taking the paper, City Lord Zhao Feng looked down and indeed found that the original cultivation technique had been revised in several places by Teacher Zhang. However, after reading it, his expression grew increasingly strange.

Is there a problem?

Emperor Shen Zhui could not help asking.

Your Majesty, take a look! Zhao Feng handed over the technique.

Shen Zhui casually flipped through it, and after a while, he was also baffled: Your technique was once reviewed by the ancestor, and I have also read it carefully. It was grand and majestic. Now it has been altered beyond recognition, with even conflicting parts... Can it really be practiced?

As a peak Tongxuan realm powerhouse and a ruler of a nation, he had seen much and could still discern the quality of this revised technique.

If one truly practiced according to what was written, several acupoints would clash, the qi flow would be chaotic, and one could easily suffer a qi deviation.

Whether it can be practiced or not, just try it and you'll know!

Seeing their doubt, Zhang Xuan was not angry.

I trust Teacher Zhang! City Lord Zhao hesitated for a moment, then nodded.

Although this White Jade Art had been altered in a strange and baffling way, he believed in Teacher Zhang before him.

He could see at a glance that his daughter had a Pure Yin constitution, and in just half a month, he had made such great progress in the other four students. Both his insight and his guidance in cultivation were beyond comparison.

Thinking of this, City Lord Zhao noted down the places to modify, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to cultivate on the spot.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

As he calmed his mind and focused, the surrounding spiritual energy immediately converged, entering his body through his pores.

His cultivation also revealed his strength: the late stage of the Tongxuan Realm!

Gurgle, gurgle, gurgle!

He hadn't been cultivating long when City Lord Zhao's originally ruddy face turned pale, sweat poured down, and his body couldn't help trembling slightly.

"This..."

Seeing his condition, Emperor Shenzhui couldn't help but look over: "Teacher Zhang, is he cultivating incorrectly? Rapid breathing, unstable spirit—these are signs of qi deviation!"

Under normal cultivation, spiritual energy enters the body and is refined into true qi, becoming more comfortable. But City Lord Zhao before them was trembling all over, as if a strange force was about to burst out of his body, barely suppressible—clearly something was wrong.

The Tongxuan Realm is not like the Juxi Realm or Dantian Realm; once qi deviation occurs, it's no small matter!

At best, his cultivation would be completely废; at worst, he would die on the spot.

There would be no way to remedy it!

"Don't worry. If City Lord Zhao feels something is wrong, he will stop."

Without answering his words, Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, looking composed.

"This..."

That's true. City Lord Zhao has cultivated for so many years; he's not a new student who knows nothing and blindly follows whatever the teacher says.

If he really sensed something wrong, he would definitely stop.

Understanding this, Emperor Shenzhui relaxed a little, but still frowned.

He had seen the places Teacher Zhang modified. They were completely different from the White Jade Technique City Lord Zhao had been cultivating before, with even many reversals. Could cultivating like this... really work?

After all, recklessly modifying a cultivation technique... could be fatal!

Moreover, wasn't City Lord Zhao too rash?

Although Teacher Zhang had modified it, it hadn't been refined or verified. Wasn't he afraid of actually running into problems cultivating like this?

Pfft!

Just as he was lost in thought, he saw City Lord Zhao's face turn even uglier, and unable to hold back, he spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Lord Zhao..."

Seeing him spit blood, Emperor Shenzhui was about to help him up, but before he could move, he heard Teacher Zhang's voice slowly rise: "Don't rush. First, look at the blood he spat out."

Looking down, the blood on the ground was dark red, completely different from the normal bright red.

Emperor Shenzhui's face tightened.

Spitting blood that differed from normal, even a fool would realize something was wrong.

While he was hesitating whether to ask, he saw Lord Zhao not far away, after spitting blood, his entire aura instantly gathered to a peak.

Boom!

With an explosive roar, he seemed transformed, his aura rising straight up, his power growing stronger.

"Tongxuan realm... peak? A breakthrough?"

Emperor Shenzhui's pupils contracted.

Even a fool would know that Lord Zhao had gained immense benefit, his cultivation rising from late Tongxuan realm to the peak.

Though only a minor level, completing it in such a short time was enough to show how extraordinary the revised technique by Teacher Zhang was.

"This technique..."

His heart stirred, and he couldn't help wanting to pick up the technique just used and study it again, but Zhang Xuan casually picked it up and tossed it lightly.

Whoosh!

The few pages fell into the nearby stove, burning to ashes.

Emperor Shenzhui grew more and more confused.

As a ruler of a nation, he had always considered himself exceptionally intelligent, but today, witnessing Teacher Zhang's various actions, he felt like a fool, completely unable to understand.

He said he would revise the technique for the other, and after the revision, when he looked at it, it was completely altered, seemingly plausible yet not, yet such a technique allowed Lord Zhao, stuck in late Tongxuan realm for years, to break through instantly.

Since it was so effective, this technique should be very precious, but... he burned it on the spot...

Since you revised it for him, naturally you wanted him to cultivate it well in the future, so why destroy it?

"As expected of Teacher Yang's disciple, his actions are profound and unfathomable..."

Unable to understand in his heart, a figure suddenly emerged in his mind.

Teacher Yang!

To be honest, this Master Yang's actions were even stranger, yet they had an extraordinary effect. This Zhang Xuan, worthy of being his direct disciple, already possessed such bearing.

"Thank you, Teacher Zhang!"

Just as he was marveling, he saw City Lord Zhao, not far away, had stopped cultivating and was looking at Teacher Zhang with full respect.

"You understand?"

Zhang Xuan spoke.

"Yes, I understand."

City Lord Zhao nodded.

"Very well, you may leave." Zhang Xuan waved his hand.

"Mm." City Lord Zhao nodded and retreated, not even mentioning the burned manual.

"This..."

Seeing the two acting stranger than the other, their words even more baffling, His Majesty Shen Zhui dared not ask further and could only stand up: "Teacher Zhang, I shall take my leave as well."

With that, he hurriedly chased after him.

Stepping out of the classroom, he saw City Lord Zhao standing not far away, gazing at the room where Teacher Zhang was, filled with admiration and solemnity.

"What exactly is going on?"

His Majesty Shen Zhui couldn't help asking.

These two were speaking in riddles, nearly driving him crazy.

"The cultivation technique Teacher Zhang just revised for me—Your Majesty also saw it. What did you think?" City Lord Zhao didn't answer directly but asked instead.

"I think... the changes were a mess, hard to understand..." After a moment's hesitation, His Majesty Shen Zhui spoke his mind honestly.

Although he had witnessed City Lord Zhao break through by cultivating the revised technique, thinking back on its content, he still felt it was incongruous and somewhat off.

"Indeed, it was a mess. To tell the truth, Teacher Zhang deliberately made mistakes..."

City Lord Zhao nodded.

"Deliberately made mistakes?" His Majesty Shen Zhui was bewildered: "You knew it was wrong, yet you still cultivated it?"

A flawed cultivation technique was no joke; it could easily lead to qi deviation. Knowing it was wrong yet still cultivating—what were these two up to?

Moreover, since it was wrong, how could you break through to the peak of the Tongxuan realm?

What exactly is going on?