What kind of monster is this disciple? (Seeking follow-up reading)

"Gulp!"

Feeling the terrifying Blood Essence radiating from his Master, Xu Yan's heart trembled. The excitement and thrill of stepping into the Martial Dao instantly calmed down.

"I'm too weak!

"In front of Master, I'm like an ant. I still have a long way to go!"

At this moment, Xu Yan felt incredibly insignificant. He had only just begun, what right did he have to be excited?

What right did he have to be proud?

"Master must have seen me getting arrogant, so he revealed his Blood Essence to show me what true power is!

"I must remain humble and avoid complacency, be modest and low-key, and cultivate diligently!"

Xu Yan suppressed his own Blood Essence and respectfully approached his Master.

"Master, your disciple has entered the Martial Dao!"

Li Xuan had one hand behind his back, trembling slightly with excitement, but his expression remained calm, maintaining his stern Master demeanor.

"Mm!"

He nodded, casting a slightly gratified glance at his foolish disciple.

"See this? This is the Blood Essence of someone who has reached the Great Completion of the Entry Realm. I'll show you."

Li Xuan said calmly.

"Master, I will definitely remain humble and cultivate steadily!"

Xu Yan said with a look of shame.

Li Xuan retracted his Blood Essence, gazed at his disciple, and said with satisfaction, "I gave you a year, and I am very pleased that you have entered the Martial Dao ahead of schedule!"

He walked over and sat down in a chair under a large tree. Xu Yan hurriedly made tea for his Master and respectfully served him.

"The Martial Dao is endless. You have only just entered now; you still have a long road ahead. Let me ask you, is your Martial Dao heart firm?"

Li Xuan asked with a serious expression.

"Master, my disciple's Martial Dao heart is firm!"

Xu Yan knelt down with a thud, his voice resounding.

He was incredibly excited inwardly: Master is finally going to truly accept me as a disciple and pass down the supreme Martial Dao techniques to me!

"Good, very good. From today onwards, you are my true disciple!"

Li Xuan's face was filled with relief.

Then, he spoke in a seemingly casual tone, "Disciple, your cultivation journey has been arduous. You should carefully recall, when did you temper your skin, when did you refine your bones, and when did you refine your viscera?"

Li Xuan was genuinely curious about how this monstrous disciple had managed to cultivate the techniques he had made up.

When Xu Yan entered the Martial Dao, his golden finger appeared, and he directly achieved Great Completion of the cultivation technique. Naturally, he also had the processes and methods for Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Viscera Refining in his mind.

These processes and methods for Skin Tempering, Bone Refining, and Viscera Refining were clearly something Xu Yan had comprehended himself.

It couldn't be said that they were completely unrelated to the techniques he had made up, as they were derived from them. However, a made-up technique was still a made-up technique, while a genuine cultivation method was a genuine cultivation method.

The two were different.

One could view the made-up cultivation technique as a set of illusory theories, and Xu Yan had taken these illusory theories and actualized them into practical cultivation methods.

Only by understanding how Xu Yan had comprehended a real cultivation method from his made-up technique could he continue to create subsequent cultivation methods and martial realms.

Li Xuan had a feeling that even making up cultivation techniques required a certain theoretical basis, even if it was an illusory one. There needed to be a connection between realms, and they had to be clearly layered.

It couldn't be that one realm was the Martial Dao, and the next was suddenly cultivation of immortality.

If that were the case, it would absolutely be impossible to cultivate.

Li Xuan felt that these intuitions were likely being transmitted by his golden finger.

"Yes, Master!"

Hearing this, Xu Yan's heart surged with excitement. This was Master guiding him, helping him to fully understand the cultivation process and experience the mysteries of the Martial Dao.

So, he began to recount how he had cultivated.

How he had understood the deeper meaning behind his Master's words.

Li Xuan listened quietly, nodding occasionally, but inwardly he was exclaiming "What the f*ck!" one after another.

This disciple was too monstrous.

His comprehension was simply heaven-defying, and he was extremely good at self-interpretation, twisting his words into another layer of meaning!

"The cultivation technique Master passed down to me is truly profound and extraordinary. Your disciple was dull-witted and spent a long time to comprehend it. If not for Master imparting this technique, I fear I would not have been able to temper my Golden Bone!" Xu Yan sighed with emotion.

Li Xuan was utterly bewildered: This technique I made up, and he actually comprehended it? He's too monstrous. From now on, I'll just make up more techniques and let this foolish disciple comprehend them!

"Disciple had already been satisfied after tempering his Golden Bone. Thanks to Master's guidance, which allowed me to persevere, I was able to temper my Jade Bone!"

Xu Yan recalled the moment he tempered his Golden Bone, feeling smug and ready to report his achievement to his Master, claiming he was on par with the Ancient Prodigies.

If it weren't for Master's metaphorical guidance, urging me to temper my Jade Bone, how could I have become this powerful today?

Thinking of this, Xu Yan's face was filled with shame.

Li Xuan remained bewildered: "When did I ever guide my foolish disciple to temper his Jade Bone?"

With a calm expression, he asked, "Disciple, how did you know I was guiding you?"

Xu Yan said shamefully, "When I tempered my Golden Bone and was about to share the good news with Master, you saw me approaching, tossed aside the Golden Sword, and started playing with the Jade Ruyi... I knew then that Master was giving me a metaphor, encouraging me to keep climbing, to firmly resolve to temper my Jade Bone.

"Disciple almost failed to understand Master's metaphor, I am truly ashamed!"

Li Xuan's gaze towards his disciple shifted. Back then, he had simply preferred the Jade Ruyi, thinking it was more valuable than the Golden Sword.

He never expected such a coincidence would lead his disciple to misunderstand.

Furthermore, the disciple had engaged in some self-brainstorming and actually managed to temper his Jade Bone.

The thought made Li Xuan's scalp tingle. This disciple's mind wasn't slow; it was terrifyingly sharp!

"Indeed! You could understand my metaphor, which shows decent comprehension. To persevere and temper your Jade Bone, you must have endured some hardship."

Li Xuan said with feigned relief.

"Disciple was able to temper his Jade Bone thanks to Master's guidance. If Master hadn't guided this disciple to hunt Fire Mane Wolves in the Evil Fiend Forest, I likely wouldn't have been able to temper my Jade Bone."

Xu Yan looked at his Master with utmost respect and adoration.

Li Xuan's scalp tingled again. He now understood that the ferocious tiger and the so-called Fire Mane Wolves were all killed by Xu Yan himself.

Not by gathering guards or hunters.

That ferocious tiger looked incredibly powerful, and Xu Yan actually hunted it down!

And what about the Fire Mane Wolf?

"Tell me about your process of hunting the Fire Mane Wolf."

Li Xuan's expression remained unperturbed, his tone calm, as if he wanted to guide his disciple on the shortcomings of hunting the Fire Mane Wolf.

"Yes, Master!"

Xu Yan respectfully replied, and began to recount how he fought the Fire Mane Wolf, how he hunted it, how he devoured its blood, and then refined its flesh into a potent medicinal tonic.

This auxiliary cultivation allowed him to quickly complete Viscera Refining and step into the door of Martial Dao!

Li Xuan's face remained calm, but his heart was filled with shock. The Fire Mane Wolf was that ferocious?

It was no longer an ordinary beast.

Even more terrifying was that Xu Yan had fought the Fire Mane Wolf with his bare hands and used it to temper his Jade Bone!

From Xu Yan's narration, he could feel how perilous that battle was. A single misstep, and Xu Yan would have become prey for the Fire Mane Wolf!

"This foolish disciple is truly defying the heavens, to have such an enlightened understanding of tempering the Jade Bone and to have slain the Fire Mane Wolf!"

Li Xuan sighed inwardly. This foolish disciple was too monstrously talented.