"Teacher Ren, are you telling me to go all out?"
Qin Shi narrowed his eyes. Was this another test?
Did he have to break through Ren You's defense before he could learn the Inner and Outer Divine Valiant Qi Technique from Nanhuang Dojo?
"Student Qin, wait a moment. I've got a signal... I mean, let me think about how I should teach you."
Ren You had just assumed his stance when static crackled through his earpiece, making his teacher's voice indistinct.
He pressed a hand to the earpiece and listened closely, then turned and asked in a low voice:
"Do we really have to do this, Teacher? It took me seven days of hard study just to barely get started. You're asking Student Qin to grasp the essence in half a day. Isn't that too strict?"
The white-haired old man sat in a wheelchair in a dim room filled with screens. Every monitor showed Qin Shi from a different angle, allowing him to observe the young man from all sides.
He had a fiery temper. Slapping the armrest, he said:
"What kind of talent did you have? Little Ren, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth anymore.
"Letting you into Nanhuang Dojo may well have been one of the minor blemishes on the glorious record of my life."
Ren You didn't argue. Compared with his senior brothers and sisters, he really was the least accomplished, having stalled at the Professional Level as a Martial Artist.
"All right, Teacher."
The Inner and Outer Divine Valiant Qi Technique was no ordinary cultivation method.
It was a prerequisite inheritance for the Universe Furnace Secret Codex.
Only after forging the furnace body could one add fuel and spur the Flesh Activity within the sinews, bones, skin, and membranes until it surged forth and