In the courtyard.
Looking at the wooden posts reduced to splinters beside him,
Huohuo clenched his fists, yet his face still showed a hint of dissatisfaction.
Before this, leaving even a slightly deeper mark on a wooden post would have excited him for half a day.
But now, after easily destroying eight wooden posts, he was still somewhat dissatisfied.
Xiao Huohuo lowered his head and pondered:
"After breaking through to the Qi Refining Realm, my strength has advanced by leaps and bounds. I'm already beyond what ordinary people can match."
"If I were to face the Third Elder again, I'm certain I could make him collapse in defeat within ten moves!"
His eyes flashed, his face filled with confidence.
"If I had martial skills, I could defeat the Third Elder in fewer than three moves!"
Xiao Huohuo understood perfectly that when he fought others now, he relied entirely on his cultivation realm and his tremendous brute strength.
Though this was already astonishing, every time he struck, he felt frustrated that he had been unable to bring out his full strength.
It was only natural. Martial artists needed martial skills to unleash their martial power perfectly.
Then could someone like him, who cultivated qi, also find martial skills suited to him?
Could they allow him to display his abilities even more perfectly?
The more he thought about it, the more excited Xiao Huohuo became:
"Now that I've broken through to the Qi Refining Realm, I should explain everything to Your Master and see if perhaps..."
"Explain what?"
Suddenly, a jarring voice rang out behind Xiao Huohuo.
His entire body trembled. He whipped around, his eyes shining with pleasant surprise.
"Master!"
Xiao Huohuo hurriedly bowed in greeting.
His lowered face still held a trace of shock, and inwardly he thought:
Master's senses are truly sharp.
Every time I break through, whether I'm in the mountains or at the residence, no matter how far away I am, he can clearly sense it.
I'm afraid Master is the only person under heaven capable of such a thing, right?
After casting him a glance, Chu Feng looked at the several wooden posts nearby and casually walked over to Xiao Huohuo's side.
"Huohuo, earlier, I saw that you were only at the Spirit Absorption into Body stage. You needed to devote yourself to cultivation and couldn't afford to be distracted by anything else."
"Those many techniques and secret arts weren't suitable for you to cultivate or use."
Chu Feng turned around and looked at Xiao Huohuo's excited, expectant face. He smiled faintly.
"Now that you've broken through to the first layer of the Qi Refining Realm, it's time for you to have a move or two at your disposal."
Hearing this, Xiao Huohuo could no longer stand still. He excitedly ran over to Chu Feng.
"Master truly possesses foresight."
"Huohuo had only just thought of this, and Master appeared!"
Although Chu Feng inwardly exclaimed, What a coincidence?, in response to Xiao Huohuo's praise, his expression remained calm, as though everything lay within his grasp and nothing in the world could escape his discerning eye. He merely nodded slightly.
Compared to Chu Feng's composure, Xiao Huohuo was practically about to leap into the air.
Like a child who had never seen the world and found everything wondrous, he circled around Chu Feng and pestered him with questions.
"Master, are you going to teach Huohuo Scatter Beans to Soldiers?"
"Or are you going to teach Huohuo the Lightning Method, Palm Lightning?"
"Or are you going to teach Huohuo Invite God Possession?"
Looking at Xiao Huohuo darting back and forth in excitement,
Chu Feng unhappily rapped him on the head.
Looking at that pained face, Chu Feng said:
"You've only just begun. You're merely at the first layer of the Qi Refining Realm."
"I do possess those immortal arts and divine abilities, but even if I taught them to you, you wouldn't be able to learn them."
"When learning spells and techniques, don't aim too high."
Hearing this, Xiao Huohuo gave a wronged "Oh" and sighed.
"I thought I could immediately perform those wondrous immortal arts just like the characters in the storybooks."
Seeing Xiao Huohuo's dejected expression, Chu Feng smiled.
"I do have an immortal technique here. It's no weaker than that Palm Lightning or Invite God Possession you mentioned. In fact, it's considerably stronger."
"Moreover, this technique doesn't place demands on one's cultivation realm."
"Even at your current first layer of the Qi Refining Realm, you can still learn a thing or two."
"Will you learn this technique?"
Xiao Huohuo raised his head. The light that had faded from his eyes was reignited, and he said excitedly:
"There's actually a technique like that? I'll learn it!"
As Xiao Huohuo spoke, the aura around Chu Feng had already begun to rise.
As his spiritual energy circulated and his aura fluctuated, the sand and stones in the courtyard began jumping restlessly, floating into the air.
Xiao Huohuo watched intently, only to see Chu Feng raise a finger toward the azure heavens.
"Today, Your Master will teach you one move: Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger!"
"The deeper your comprehension of this move, the greater its power."
"There was once an Overlord Heavenly Prodigy who began cultivating this move at the first layer of the Qi Refining Realm. By the end, whenever he encountered anyone, he would use Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger in a single move. Even immortals could only retreat three paces, not daring to provoke him!"
Hearing this, Xiao Huohuo's excitement was completely ignited. His breathing quickened.
"Even immortals had to retreat three paces?"
"Just hearing the name Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger tells me it must be unbelievably fierce!"
Chu Feng continued explaining from the side.
"Great Desolation Prison Heaven Finger is divided into five moves."
"One Finger Imprisons Heaven and Earth."
"Two Fingers, Shatter Mountains and Rivers."
"Three Fingers Destroy Living Beings."
"Four Fingers Shatter the Azure Heavens."
"Five Fingers Move Heaven and Earth!"
A trace of remembrance appeared in Chu Feng's eyes.
"Once, I saw that Overlord Heavenly Prodigy kill countless enemies above his level with the power of five fingers. At one point, he shattered the myriad laws of heaven and earth with a single move and stemmed the raging tide of an entire world."
"The people of the world called him—"
"Martial Ancestor!"
Xiao Huohuo seemed to have been rooted to the spot, his eyes rippling with brilliant light.
"Martial Ancestor... To be called the Martial Ancestor by all the people of the world with just one move..."
"This move is truly terrifying!"
Suddenly, Xiao Huohuo froze, then asked curiously:
"Master, why have I never heard of this Martial Ancestor?"
Chu Feng calmly explained:
"Cultivating immortality and practicing martial arts are entirely two different worlds."
"You've always lived in the world of martial arts. Everything you've seen and heard has never touched upon the world of immortal cultivation. It's perfectly normal that you've never heard of the Martial Ancestor."
As he said this, Chu Feng was inwardly amused.
Teaching the move of an Martial Ancestor-like Child of Fortune who resembled the Flame Emperor template—how could that not count as NTR?
However, he didn't know whether he would have the chance to encounter a Child of Fortune resembling the Martial Ancestor in this world. If he truly did, then he would have to teach him Flame Split, Devour Wave Ruler.
Brushing away his scattered thoughts, Chu Feng said solemnly:
"Although this move is powerful, with your current cultivation and comprehension, learning even one finger would be difficult."
"For now, just learn half a finger."
As he spoke, Chu Feng looked toward the sky, and the aura around him surged to its absolute peak.
A dense beam of spiritual energy actually shot from his fingertip and plunged into the clouds.
In only a moment, dark clouds had blanketed this region, and heaven and earth grew heavy.
Under Xiao Huohuo's astonished gaze, terrifying spiritual power gathered. Above the dark clouds, it seemed to be condensing some dreadful object.
Suddenly, the clouds began to churn, and from within them emerged a colossal finger nearly as large as the entire courtyard!
The giant finger surged out of the azure heavens, then descended from the canopy of the sky, pointing toward the ground below!
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