Chapter 410 - 288: My Master’s Master? The Martial Arts Path Must Be Walked Alone_3

"Master..." Xiang Yue seemed to not want Ji Wujiang to continue.

"Master," at this moment, Chu Ming turned his hand and took out the Red Pendant, "I can’t accept this."

"..." Seeing this, Xiang Yue’s expression changed once more.

"Take it back," Ji Wujiang sighed, "This Red Pendant was originally forged for you. Chu Ming can only activate it once, but you can activate it multiple times; we can’t let such a treasure go to waste."

Activate it multiple times?

Chu Ming felt a renewed sense of surprise and doubt in his heart.

So, the Red Pendant wasn’t just able to withstand a single Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm attack, but rather he could only activate it once for defense.

Thinking about it, the cultivation techniques and elixirs he gave his master couldn’t compare at all to the Red Pendant.

What he gave to his master were things he had spare, while what his master gave him was something that damaged his master’s own strength...

Seeing Xiang Yue not accepting, Ji Wujiang gently laughed, "All these years gone by, are my words useless? Or do you think that I, as a grandmaster, wouldn’t give my disciple such treasures?"

Huh?

Upon hearing this, Xiang Yue’s eyes immediately brightened.

"What kind of treasure does Master want to give Chu Ming?" This question slipped out, as if it had been brewing in his heart for a long time, just waiting for the right moment.

"..." Ji Wujiang paused, "Ah, you’ve planned this out even against your master."

As he spoke, a sweep of shabby cotton cloth revealed two items on the table: a pair of red gloves and a Red Pendant.

"You frequently use the Palm Technique; these Red Blood Earth Dragon Gloves are refined from the leather armor of a Tier Five Exotic Beast, the Red Blood Earth Dragon, combining both defense and attack, and should be quite suitable for you."

"The Red Pendant is the same as Xiang Yue’s, both are Red Heart Exquisite Pendants. I have reforged them, and you can also activate it multiple times. It can be activated around three times in one go, and after that, you’ll need to use Qi and Blood Power to nurture it again."

"Take it."

Ji Wujiang pushed the two great treasures in front of Chu Ming.

Chu Ming glanced at the red glowing gloves and the Red Pendant, his heart rippling.

With just a few words of introduction, he knew that both were treasures qualified for the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm!

Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm treasures...

Up until now, he seemed to only have one Blood Awl, which he obtained just yesterday from that Blood Evil Sect’s Evil Moon.

"Chu Ming, take them. Your grandmaster doesn’t lack treasures." Xiang Yue directly stuffed the two items into Chu Ming’s hands.

"..." Ji Wujiang glanced at Xiang Yue and said smiling, "Take them, it’s my rule. Whoever becomes my apprentice will be given two protective treasures."

Xiang Yue nodded from the side.

Looking at the two great treasures, Chu Ming was very tempted, but he still put them back on the table.

"Why, do you not think much of them?" Ji Wujiang was somewhat surprised.

If these two treasures were taken out, even those in the Astronomical Bureau at the Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm would be tempted.

Chu Ming shook his head, cupping his hands in a salute, "The treasures that Master has given are already more than enough."

With this said, there was a flash of a strange color across Xiang Yue’s face.

He had indeed given many treasures to Chu Ming, but that was months ago. Recently, it was instead Chu Ming who gave him treasures.

Ji Wujiang was also slightly taken aback, clearly not expecting the young man before him to actually refuse treasures.

But it seemed the young man’s words weren’t finished.

"Can they be exchanged for a Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm cultivation technique?" Chu Ming looked at Ji Wujiang with eyes full of longing.

"..." Ji Wujiang fell silent.

Xiang Yue’s lips moved slightly, wanting to say something.

The atmosphere in the room became somewhat subtle; it seemed that Chu Ming’s words were quite inappropriate.

"I will not give you a cultivation technique." The smile on Ji Wujiang’s face was replaced with seriousness.

"Chu Ming, your grandmaster never teaches techniques," Xiang Yue also said at this point, "You must comprehend and infer the techniques yourself."

"Master’s intention is that cultivating others’ techniques makes it difficult to reach the pinnacle."

"In fact, the techniques you gave me, I also comprehended them and re-inferred them into the Tiger and Python Body Refining Technique before cultivating."

Ji Wujiang teaches his disciples by giving them treasures, not techniques. If they want to cultivate, they must infer and comprehend techniques suitable for themselves.

This is also why Xiang Yue, as Ji Wujiang’s disciple, finds techniques hard to come by.

"To my knowledge, your comprehension is quite high, and you’ve inferred numerous techniques. Isn’t that wonderful? Continue to infer them." Ji Wujiang looked at Chu Ming.

"In Martial Arts, the path you walk yourself is truly your Martial Arts."

"No matter how brilliant someone else’s cultivation technique is, it ultimately won’t suit you."

"..." Chu Ming remained silent.

In the Sea of Consciousness, there were four great lakes. His ability to infer techniques was indeed very high, and given enough time, he could eventually infer the subsequent techniques, but...

A clever woman cannot work without grains. With only inference skills but no techniques for reference, the inference speed is very slow. At the normal pace of evolution, wanting to comprehend a Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm technique would take several years.

For others, comprehending a Bone Marrow Cleansing Realm technique in a few years would be seen as an extraordinary feat, but for Chu Ming, it’s not the case; he can’t afford to wait years.

Blood Evil Sect... King of North Snow... Emperor Qin...

Evil spirits... the Exotic Race...

The world has already shown signs of chaos.

Amidst the chaos, he must elevate his strength as quickly as possible.

"Why, from your eyes, do you think what I’m saying is wrong?" Ji Wujiang stared at Chu Ming, his expression becoming more serious, "I have trained three disciples in total."

"Your master is third, Xiao Yu is second, and above that is a senior disciple, but..."

Ji Wujiang appeared reluctant to mention it, but to persuade Chu Ming, he continued.

"The senior disciple’s name was Ji Wua. When he was still in his swaddling clothes, I adopted him, gave him the name ’Ji Wua,’ and taught him all my cultivation techniques, martial skills, and secret techniques without reservation."

"Wua had exceptional talent. Under my tutelage, he connected all the Twelve Major Meridians before he was twenty."

At twenty years old, he was in the Upper Meridian Unlocking Realm of perfection. That talent was indeed astounding, Chu Ming thought to himself.