214: Chapter 61: Tears of the Volcano (Part 1)_1 214: Chapter 61: Tears of the Volcano (Part 1)_1 From launch to end, it was a mere moment that had passed, with no clash of Douqi, Ye Yinzhu had already lost.
Gently retracting his move, Ye Zhong smiled at his somewhat disheartened son, “Foolish boy, don’t be discouraged.
When I was your age, I wasn’t nearly as fortunate as you!”
“Fortunate?” Ye Yinzhu looked at his father in surprise.
Ye Zhong gave a bitter smile: “Do you know how I used to practice martial skills?
Do you know why I could instantly react to your sudden launch of the Sword of Nox?
It’s all due to the results of enduring countless summers and winters of rigorous training.
You don’t know, but in the year before you left the blue sky and sea, watching Grandpa Qin teaching you the Zhu Sect Martial Arts every day, I couldn’t have been more envious.”
Ye Yinzhu said with a laugh: “Dad, what’s there to be envious about?
Didn’t Grandpa teach you?”
Ye Zhong replied with a tinge of bitterness: “Of course he taught me, but the method was pletely different.
Back then, Grandpa would chase me with a Bamboo Sword every day, beating me until I couldn’t get up.
And even if I couldn’t rise, he would pull me up to cultivate Douqi, day after day.
That’s how I developed my reaction ability.”
“Uh…
really?
Grandpa seems so kind!
How could he chase and beat you every day?” Imagining Grandpa chasing after his father, Ye Yinzhu couldn’t help but laugh.
Ye Zhong tapped his son on the head, “What’s so funny?
Grandpa clearly treats grandsons differently than sons.
He dotes on you too much to ever hit you.
Back in my time, I went through trials by fire and water.
Do you think it was easy to attain the martial skills I have now?
That was all achieved through endless toil and suffering.”
Rubbing his head, Ye Yinzhu retorted: “Dad, I didn’t know you plained too.
Keep hitting my head, and I’ll go tell Grandpa.
I’ll say you’ve passed all the beatings he gave you on to me.”
Ye Zhong laughed and scolded: “You little rascal, even daring to threaten me.
I would like to hit you, but now I have no chance.
With your current strength, it’s not so simple for me to just hit you.
I must use all my Douqi just to prevent you from launching Zither Magic.
Once we start fighting, it’s hard to control, and I might hurt you.
After all, you are my son, and I can’t bear to do that.”
Ye Yinzhu chuckled and said, “That’s good then.
But Dad, what were the martial skills you just used?
Are they from our Zhu Sect?
Why couldn’t I even block them once?”
Ye Zhong replied with some pride: “Naturally, it’s the Zhu Sect lineage secret skills.
Would you think that the martial skills of our Eastern Dragon would be parable to those from the West Dragon Empire who merely hack and slash?
Although my Douqi is only equivalent to the Intermediate Blue rank, I am fully confident that I can challenge a War Master of the Initial Zi rank with the advantage of my superior techniques.
At the same level, I could even face more than five opponents of the Intermediate Blue rank simultaneously.
That is the advantage of martial skill.
Martial skill is not just about Douqi, technique is equally important.
That’s also another reason why I have brought you here to test you.
You have grown up, and it is time to inherit the Zhu Sect lineage secret skills.
You are the grandson of the Zhu Sect Master; you can’t only know the Zither Sect’s secret skills in the future.
This time I came out, your grandfather specifically instructed me to pass the Zhu Sect Martial Arts on to you.
However, you must not tell Grandpa Qin, or he will say that we are interfering with your zither cultivation.”
Excited, Ye Yinzhu exclaimed: “No, of course not.
Dad, then teach me the move you used to dodge through my Zhu Yu, and the technique you used to create eight copies of yourself.
Those are very useful in real bat.”
Ye Zhong, somewhat annoyed, said: “Do you think the Zhu Sect lineage secret skills are easy to learn?
I can’t stay here too long; I have to leave tonight.
I will teach you the method of cultivation, and how much you can achieve will depend on you.
Your current level is Fifth Rank Yellow Bamboo in Douqi, which makes your cultivation of our Zhu Sect’s skills much more efficient.
As long as you practice diligently, you will definitely see results.”
Ye Yinzhu nodded his head and listened intently to his father’s teachings.
Zhu Sect lineage secret skills cannot be taught in written form, to prevent them from being leaked, Ye Zhong said: “Our Zhu Sect is known for its swordsmanship and medical arts.
The Four Clans: Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum all use swords as their weapons.
Our Zhu Sect’s swordsmanship specializes in strength and speed.
Strikes like thunder.
The sword techniques depend on the level of Douqi and personal prehension to determine their strength.
The Zhu Gong, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Xing Han you learned before, are all sophisticated yet simple techniques from the Zhu Sect swordsmanship.
There was not much time back then, and your grandpa only taught you those three moves.
Having the foundation of these three moves will make further cultivation much easier.”
At this point, Ye Zhong switched to a whisper and continued: “Our Zhu Sect’s swordsmanship is called Arrogant Bamboo Swordsmanship, consisting of thirty-six moves.
Each stroke possesses tremendous power, and through the improvements by generations of Sect Masters, their lethality has increased.
Zhu Gong, Zhu Yu, and Zhu Xing Han are precisely the first three moves.
Now, watch carefully as I demonstrate the entire set of swordsmanship while explaining its secrets and cultivation methods.
With your memory, you should be able to remember them.”
Speaking thus, Ye Zhong quickly retreated, and the Bamboo Sword he wielded flashed, as a Bamboo Shadow strike began his demonstration.
As Ye Yinzhu watched the flickering Bamboo Sword in Ye Zhong’s hands, he felt as though he was back home in the blue sky and sea, as if countless proud and upstanding bamboo groves were swaying before him, with Bamboo Shadows dancing.
The vigor-filled scene concealed a deadly threat.
Ye Zhong, in order to ensure that his son could see clearly, moved his hands very slowly, elaborating on the intricacies of the sword techniques in detail each time he demonstrated a move.
Father and son, one carefully explaining, the other attentively listening.
As time passed and the sun slanted west, they finally pleted the set of Arrogant Bamboo Swordsmanship.
Sheathing his sword, Ye Zhong stood straight, a light sweat visible on his forehead as he looked at Ye Yinzhu and asked, “Have you remembered all of it?”
Ye Yinzhu nodded and said, “I have remembered it all.
I just don’t fully understand it yet.”
Ye Zhong walked over to his son and smiled, “If you could understand it all after seeing it just once, that would be truly monstrous.
You should know that our Zhu Sect’s Arrogant Bamboo Swordsmanship, along with the other three sword techniques from the three sects, are the essence of the martial skills passed down from the Eastern Dragon Empire.
Each of the four sword techniques has its own focus, but when each is mastered to the extreme, it bees the supreme martial skill.”
Ye Yinzhu asked, “What are the characteristics of the sword techniques of our Four Clans: Plum, Orchid, Bamboo, and Chrysanthemum?”
Ye Zhong replied, “Mei Clan Swordsmanship is profound and extensive.
It excels in technique and has the most moves—a total of eighty-one.
The techniques are plex and can often acplish what others cannot.
Though not fast, it’s like flowing water and drifting clouds.
Once the attack mences, it doesn’t stop until the enemy is defeated.
With superior skills, like mercury spilling to the ground, it penetrates everywhere, extremely hard to defend against.
The Lan Clan Swordsmanship is known for its simplicity and stability, with the fewest moves, pressing with slow sword strokes.
It’s the exact opposite of the Mei Clan’s offensive prowess, with the Lan Clan’s Swordsmanship focusing on defense.
The nine moves are continuous, seemingly slow, but in reality, they rely on powerful Douqi to link them.
Among the four sword techniques of the Sects, Lan Clan’s Swordsmanship depends the most on Douqi, and thus their Douqi is the most robust.
The Chrysanthemum Clan’s Swordsmanship is known for its ferocity and incredible speed, known as the Eighteen Quick Swords of Chrysanthemum Sect.
The eighteen moves can be executed in an instant.
Like the fangs of a venomous snake, their power is astounding.
Our Zhu Sect has the most balanced among the four, maintaining a balance of offense and defense, seeking natural trajectories.
Each of the four sword techniques has its own advantages.”
Ye Yinzhu nodded and said, “Then my mother, being from the Mei Clan, would know the Mei Clan Swordsmanship?”
Ye Zhong smiled slightly, “Your mother cultivated the Cold Mei Swordsmanship of the Mei Clan.
However, she wasn’t too interested in cultivation, so she didn’t achieve much.
It’s a pity that the sword techniques of the Sects cannot be mixed in cultivation; otherwise, bining the strengths of our two families might have led to a breakthrough.
Yinzhu, after I leave, you must cultivate well.
There is no other way to improve swordsmanship except to practice it over and over.
The technique where I conjured eight shadows, Bamboo Shadows, at its peak, can split into nine figures, pletely separate, as if nine people are attacking simultaneously.
And the move I used to defeat you, Man and Bamboo as One, is even the essence of the Arrogant Bamboo Swordsmanship.”
Had it not been for Ye Zhong’s firsthand demonstration, Ye Yinzhu might not have placed such importance on the skill of swordsmanship.
After all, his main focus was still being a Divine Music Master, with martial skills being only a supplement.
However, witnessing his father’s true strength sparked a deep interest in the Zhu Sect lineage secret skills.
In particular, the moment in the battle with his father when he had no chance to employ his Zither Magic made him resolute in improving his own martial skills.
At the very least, he wanted to ensure that he had the ability to use his Zither Magic when facing enemies.
“It’s getting late; I need to be on my way,” Ye Zhong said as he glanced at the sky, looking at his son with reluctance.
“Dad, do you have to leave so soon?” A surge of childlike affection arose in Ye Yinzhu’s heart as he remembered all the times at the blue sky and sea, his emotions being more subdued.
“Yinzhu, you have grown up.
You’re not a little bird that needs the protection of its parents anymore but an eagle ready to soar.
Your talent destines you to extraordinary achievements in the future.
Don’t take matters of the heart too seriously.
You are the hope of the Eight Eastern Dragon Clans.” Suppressing the emotions in his heart, Ye Zhong forted his son with a smile.
“Then at least have dinner before you go, okay?”
Looking into Ye Yinzhu’s somewhat pleading eyes, Ye Zhong couldn’t bring himself to be resolute.
He nodded in agreement.
When father and son returned to Ye Yinzhu’s dormitory, the aroma of the food already filled the room.
The dining table in the hall was laid out with many dishes, rich in color, scent, and flavor.
Just looking at them was enough to whet anyone’s appetite.
Ye Zhong, surprised, said, “Yinzhu, your roommate is truly extraordinary!
His cooking skills are even better than your mother’s.”
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