Li Yun had no choice. After explaining it once, he started all over again.
Again and again.
Li Yun explained it seven times in all, until his mouth was dry.
Only then did Xu Ruhai and Zhang Shenshu barely manage to remember the subtle principles of the Earth Burrowing Technique. As for comprehending it, neither had succeeded.
At a loss, Li Yun simply demonstrated the real thing right in front of them.
They watched with their own eyes as Li Yun—a living, breathing man of flesh and blood—treated the hard, solid earth like the surface of a lake and slipped straight into it. The whole process was mysterious and impossibly smooth.
They stood rooted to the spot, mouths hanging open.
"Holy shit..."
"Brother, that was insane! How did you do it? You actually comprehended a technique as difficult as the Earth Burrowing Technique? Wait... no."
"You're only at Body Tempering Tenth Level too. You haven't succeeded in Aperture Refining yet, have you? How did you burrow underground without True Qi?"
"You said just now that you had to cultivate the Earth Burrowing Technique to the Perfection Realm to use it early, and to stay underground for three minutes... Holy shit!"
"Y-you... You've perfected the Earth Burrowing Technique?"
Xu Ruhai had finally caught on, but his expression only grew more shocked.
Zhang Shenshu was utterly speechless.
At that moment, both men felt as though they were standing before a truly peerless genius.
Xu Ruhai especially.
There were only a few Outer Sect Disciples of the Yellow Martial Sect at Body Tempering Tenth Level, and he was one of them. He had always considered himself a genius.
But compared with Li Yun, he suddenly felt a little shaken.
How did that saying go?
Put a genius beside a genius, and the first