Chapter 150: Imparting a New Cultivation Technique to the Disciples

Chapter 150: Chapter 150: Imparting a New Cultivation Technique to the Disciples

Wen Ang and Ni Cailing woke up after just three days.

Chu Fan brought Yun Xi to Celestial Heart Hall, where Jing’an had prepared a grand disciple induction ceremony in the main hall. However, Chu Fan politely declined.

In the end, they held a simple induction ceremony at Jing’an’s residence instead.

When Wen Ang saw Chu Fan sitting in the seat of honor, he exclaimed, "It’s you?"

"Well, well, chubby kid. We meet again," Chu Fan said with a wide grin, remaining seated.

"Wen Ang, be quiet! Are you not going to greet your master?" Jing’an raised an eyebrow and loudly berated him.

"Master, he’s a bad person! I don’t want to become his disciple," Wen Ang pleaded, looking up at Jing’an.

"Insolence!"

Jing’an roared in fury, but Chu Fan stood up and gestured with his hand, cutting him off.

"Oh? And why am I a bad person?" Chu Fan asked with a smile.

"You stole and ate the offerings meant for the Patriarch," Wen Ang said.

"You’re a surprisingly honest one, chubby kid. How did you get Cailing to like you? Weren’t you the one who also snuck a drink of the wine in the hall?"

"But... but..." Wen Ang was at a loss for words, unable to come up with a retort.

"Now, watch this," Chu Fan said, then transformed into the spitting image of Jing’an.

Everyone present—Jing’an, Second Elder Shi Qingren, Third Elder Ni Wanping, and the two children—stared wide-eyed. The only one not surprised was Yun Xi.

"And again!" Chu Fan swiped a hand across his face and transformed into Shi Qingren.

Finally, he reverted to his original form. "So? What do you think?" he said. "Besides myself and your mistress, there isn’t a third person in the world who knows this Martial Technique. Don’t you want to learn it?"

"I want to learn! I want to learn! Master, please accept this disciple’s bow."

Before Wen Ang, the chubby kid, could even react, the young girl, Ni Cailing, had already hurried to kneel before Chu Fan.

Wen Ang hesitated for a moment before kneeling as well.

Compared to the quick-witted Ni Cailing, the chubby kid was clearly far more simple and straightforward.

Jing’an and Ni Wanping each brought a bowl of tea to Wen Ang and Ni Cailing. The two children took the bowls and respectfully presented the tea to Chu Fan.

"From this day forward, among my disciples, Cailing is the senior, and Wen Ang is the second disciple..."

"Why?" the chubby kid immediately protested.

"Why? Then let me tell you the first rule of becoming my disciple. You may question my words, but you must first carry out my orders. Understood?"

Wen Ang replied dejectedly, "Understood."

Chu Fan had ranked them this way partly out of a mischievous desire to tease the chubby kid. But it was also because the boy was more straightforward than Cailing. As the senior disciple, Cailing could look out for him in the future and prevent him from being taken advantage of without even realizing it.

"I don’t have many rules for my disciples, but I will set a few. First, respect your master and honor the Path. Second, always maintain a kind heart. Third, do not use your strength to bully the weak. Fourth, never compromise with evil. Fifth, if your life is ever in danger, no matter how serious the matter, your priority is to save yourselves first. Everything else can be dealt with later."

"We will remember, Master!"

The two of them bowed to Chu Fan.

"This is your mistress. Her words are even more important than mine. Go and pay your respects to her!"

The two of them bowed to Yun Xi.

Deeply moved, Yun Xi took out the gifts Chu Fan had prepared for them and presented them.

The gifts were a pair of swords, each three feet long. They were only of Middle-Class Masterwork grade, but they were exquisitely beautiful.

Unexpectedly, Wen Ang didn’t seem very happy about it.

"What’s wrong? You don’t like swords?" Chu Fan asked, curious.

"Master, I would prefer a long spear, like a Grand General who takes an enemy commander’s head from within a vast army," Wen Ang replied.

Ni Cailing, on the other hand, was delighted and hugged the sword to her chest.

"A spear? That’s doable. Once you’ve mastered the basics of your Cultivation Technique, I will personally forge a long spear for you and teach you a Spear Technique."

And with that, the disciple induction ceremony was concluded.

For the time being, Chu Fan and Yun Xi took up residence in Celestial Heart Hall.

The next morning, when Ni Cailing and Wen Ang arrived to pay their respects, Chu Fan and Yun Xi each took one of them and began to teach them their Cultivation Techniques.

Ordinarily, it would have been too early for them to begin practicing a Cultivation Technique. But because they had secretly drunk the wine a few days before, their bodies had already undergone a Purification of Essence and Marrow thanks to the Drunken Immortal Brew. Now was the perfect time to start.

Due to their respective constitutions, the two Cultivation Techniques Chu Fan chose for them were the Flame God Technique and the Bright Light Holy Feather Heart Scripture.

Both of these Cultivation Techniques were obtained from the Ming Jue Jade within the Miracle Secret Realm. They were true techniques from the Divine Realm, naturally of a much higher grade than most Cultivation Techniques in this world.

However, since they could not yet freely control their consciousness, it was impossible to give them the Ming Jue Jade directly. Instead, he had to make them memorize the techniques word by word.

The Inner Power Heart Method was dry and convoluted. For seven-year-olds, memorizing a mantra of nearly ten thousand characters was already a monumental task, let alone understanding the meaning of every word and sentence.

Afterward, Chu Fan pawned off the task of supervising their recitation of the Heart Method Mantra onto Yun Xi.

He, in turn, began his own training with the Heaven-Reaching Palm and the Zongyun Sword.

As nine is considered the ultimate number, both the Heaven-Reaching Palm and the Zongyun Sword consisted of only nine forms.

Training the Heaven-Reaching Palm did not stump Chu Fan. He quickly mastered the basics of the first four palms, but when he reached the fifth, he discovered that his current physical strength and meridian fortitude were simply insufficient to withstand its momentary burst of power.

Looking back, he realized that even after practicing the first four palms for ten full days, he had only just reached the entry level—and nothing more.

The Heaven-Reaching Palm’s demand for a cultivator’s bodily control was simply too high. Not only was the Palm Technique complex, but every strike required the precise calculation of the power that should be contained in every inch of the body, as well as the force of the blow itself.

He started over from the beginning and spent a full three days just to barely bring the first palm to the Minor Success Realm.

As for the Zongyun Sword, he found it difficult to even grasp the basics. The Sword Manual itself seemed simple, but when he actually held the Juntian Sword and tried to perform the movements according to its principles, he discovered that what appeared simple was as difficult as ascending to heaven.

After careful consideration, Chu Fan finally understood. ’It isn’t that my aptitude is lacking, nor that this Sword Manual is too tricky,’ he thought. ’My current Realm in the Sword Dao is simply not high enough to unleash this technique’s power.’

Thus, he temporarily gave up on practicing the Zongyun Sword and focused instead on the first four palms of the Heaven-Reaching Palm.

By the time he brought the second palm to the Minor Success Realm, another five days had passed. It had now been twenty days since Wen Ang and Ni Cailing had begun memorizing their Heart Method Mantra.

Although he was focused on practicing the Palm Technique every day, he had also been keeping an eye on the children’s progress.

They had memorized the Heart Method Mantra to perfection, and Yun Xi had also given them a general explanation of the difficult and abstruse phrases.

It was time for them to officially step onto the path of Cultivation.

The night before, Chu Fan and Yun Xi disguised their faces and took the two children to the night market in Shuoyue City, where they played to their hearts’ content late into the night.

The next day, before the sky had even begun to lighten, Chu Fan dragged them both out of their warm beds.

"As of today, I will officially begin teaching you Cultivation. From this moment on, you must not slack off. For a Cultivator, training oneself and comprehending the Celestial Dao is an act of defying the heavens. Without sufficient perseverance and immense willpower, your accomplishments will surely be limited."