Teaching Martial Arts

Seven days later, Liu Zhengde's Manor.

Seven days had passed since the wedding banquet, and even the funeral banquet had concluded in that time.

Although Edward died like a clown, one of his prophecies was accurate—Old Master Liu, who was already a centenarian, couldn't withstand this storm. He passed away before Liu Tian's conflict even ended.

Coincidentally, since the guests hadn't all left yet, the funeral was held immediately, saving a lot of trouble.

Origin Point: 1
Shadow Seeking Dragon Step: Level 7, Special Effects: Body Lightness (Level 6), Phantom Body cannot be upgraded, cannot be fused.
Heavenly Martial Killing Dao: Level 6, Special Effects: Strong Body (Level 6), Body Lightness (Level 6), Killing Intent (Level 5), Dominating Thought (Level 5) cannot be upgraded, cannot be fused.
Thunder Hand: Level 1, Special Effects: Swiftness (Level 1)

As the seven days passed, the Prism Pillar covering his heart provided another Origin Point. Liu Tian had also officially entered the Thunder Hand during his free time these days.

Although Liu Tian's innate talent wasn't particularly good, the cultivation of Secret Martial Arts was inherently a process of self-modification and continuous evolution. Now that he had broken through to the Fighter level in two martial arts, he could no longer be considered to have mediocre talent.

Precisely because of this, even without much dedicated practice, Liu Tian easily mastered the Thunder Hand, relying on his advanced understanding and superior innate talent.

To Liu Tian's surprise, unlike the Shadow Seeking Dragon Step, which only showed its effects after reaching the Fighter level, the Thunder Hand's special effects, though simple, brought about a noticeable change.

After mastering the Thunder Hand, Liu Tian clearly felt that his reaction speed had increased by a small margin.

Don't underestimate this small margin; it was an increase built upon the existing special effects of Strong Body (Level 6) and Body Lightness (Level 6).

In other words, in certain aspects, the Level 1 Swiftness effect already surpassed the effects of these two Level 6 skills.

Clearly, the aspects improved by the Thunder Hand were different from those of the Heavenly Martial Killing Dao and the Shadow Seeking Dragon Step, and they could be stacked.

From this, it could be inferred that by continuously cultivating various different Secret Martial Arts and constantly evolving his body, Liu Tian could still make continuous progress without the need for Origin Points to forcibly break through his limits.

This was destined to be a long process.

But Liu Tian was fearless, simply because these days, he had discovered another use for [Effort]—solidifying growth!

Unlike ordinary people who might advance three steps in a desperate training session only to regress two steps after a night's sleep, any progress made seemed to be solidified by [Effort]. Advancing three steps meant a solid gain of three steps, and increasing by one point meant a gain of one point, never regressing due to old age or weakness.

Recalling his past, everything he had achieved was obtained steadily because of his talent, [Effort].

Without [Effort], his efforts would be meaningless.

Liu Tian blinked, closing the panel with a thought, and lay back on the lawn, leisurely watching the sun.

Although he understood this, Liu Tian felt no shame, but rather pride.

After all, being able to cheat was a skill in itself.

If he truly couldn't cheat, he might as well give up practicing martial arts early, dabble in inventions, and become a wealthy landowner, rather than dreaming of being the best under heaven or invincible in the world.

The human world was inherently unfair; some things were determined from birth, such as better resources and superior innate talent.

Without cheating, an ant would never be able to catch up to a dragon in its lifetime.

And Liu Tian simply had a superior [Effort] that surpassed ordinary people.

In the multiverse, which strong individuals didn't cheat?

Relying solely on effort and struggle, one would never catch up to those truly blessed with cheats in their lifetime.

Besides, wasn't [Effort] itself a part of Liu Tian's talent?

"Tian Ge!" Just as Liu Tian was enjoying the warm sunlight, a young boy, drenched in sweat, ran towards him, shouting as he ran.

This person was Liu Wenqian, followed by his companions Bai He, Li Hua, and Chen Qichao.

Starting today, these four would follow Liu Tian for a month to rebuild their foundations.

Although the previous battle had made many guests vomit and even left them with psychological trauma.

But could families that had stood for so many years be truly foolish?

Vomiting was vomiting, and fear was fear, but after witnessing the power of Martial Artists firsthand, everyone understood a truth.

Perhaps one day Martial Artists would withdraw from the historical stage, perhaps practicing martial arts for a lifetime would eventually be less effective than the sound of a gunshot.

But that time was definitely not now!

Therefore, the various prominent families once again considered forcing their heirs to practice martial arts.

And if they were to practice martial arts, they needed a good teacher. Clearly, with the heavy losses among the Fighters in the vicinity, their best choice was Liu Tian, who had already displayed his formidable strength.

"Among scholars, there is no first; among martial artists, there is no second."

A powerful individual like Liu Tian, while inspiring fear, how could he not also inspire respect, admiration, and even unconscious support?

However, this decision caused the old man named Feng Tianxiang, who had been emphasizing the importance of 'heart' to Liu Tian, to turn ashen-faced and return home early.

Although he had some regrets before, after the news of what Bai Cinan did in the imperial palace spread, those regrets were thrown to the winds.

Senior brother is already this strong? Junior brother shouldn't be too far behind, right?

If they could gain Liu Tian's favor and have him take them as disciples during their studies, this would be an even more profitable venture.

This was a martial artist who had been invincible for two consecutive generations!

And each generation was stronger than the last; their master was known as an army of one, and his disciple had truly become an army of one!

Even if the third generation can't surpass the second, just learning a tenth of what the second generation knows would be enough for them to establish themselves!

Feng Tianxiang of the Five-Rod Eight Trigram Staff? Who is that? Do you know him?

I don't know him well!

It was precisely because of this that after returning home, the major families were fully prepared to properly prepare antiques related to the Lost Empire as tuition fees, which also sparked a new trend in collecting items related to the Lost Empire in the vicinity.

However, this matter had nothing to do with Liu Tian at the moment.

Facing the youths who had just finished jogging five laps around the thousand-meter-long manor, Liu Tian simply stood up, touched his bones one by one, looked at the sky, and then ordered, "Wenqian, your task today is thirty laps!"

"Bai He, you get fifty laps! Li Hua, twenty laps! Chen Qichao, thirty laps!"

"If you don't finish today—then you don't need to train tomorrow either, just go back to where you came from..."

Liu Tian set the number of laps based on the limits of the four individuals. At this moment, he was just like Tian Dao back then, able to understand others' limits with just a slight bit of information.

After all, this was paid instruction, so Liu Tian naturally wouldn't be as lenient as he was with the young children in the kingdom.

The young children in the kingdom practiced martial arts merely for physical fitness, and some even treated it as a 'kindergarten.' However, Liu Wenqian and the others were practicing martial arts to establish themselves, so the requirements were naturally different.

"Ah..."

Although all of them felt immense pain, Liu Tian's authority remained. Even Liu Wenqian, who felt the least fear, merely let out an "Ah" before obediently going to run.