Ma Yu remained on one knee.
Su Yi said, "Why didn't you report this achievement to your superiors? Why did you leak this wanted notice to us at the first opportunity instead?"
Ma Yu froze, then said awkwardly, "The Immortal Master spared our lives before. I naturally could not repay kindness with enmity."
Su Yi raised a hand and pointed.
Ma Yu felt as if his soul were being torn apart, the pain unbearable.
Only after a long while did the agony quietly vanish.
"I have branded a secret cultivation art into your soul. If you ever have the chance to shatter the void and embark upon the path of cultivation, you will learn this art's mysteries."
With that, Su Yi swept his sleeve, and he and Pu Xuan vanished into thin air.
Ma Yu stood there in a daze.
The Immortal Master had gifted him a secret art?
This wasn't a dream!?
Ma Yu fiercely slapped himself across the face. Feeling the burning pain in his cheek, he broke into a grin.
It wasn't a dream!
It was real!!
He, Ma Yu, a mere mortal and crude martial man, had never imagined that disaster would turn into fortune today—that he would encounter an Immortal Master and receive the wonderful method!
What Ma Yu did not know was that Su Yi had not merely left him a secret cultivation art. He had also left behind a condensed strand of Great Dao power within Ma Yu's soul.
From then on, as Ma Yu cultivated the Martial Dao, he would continuously receive the Great Dao's tempering. He would no longer need to worry about being unable to reach the pinnacle of the Martial Dao and shatter the void!
Within Nan Liu City, Su Yi and Pu Xuan wandered about. They drank