Watching High Grade Combat Methods

After wandering around for quite a while, he had taken a rough look through the Nanfeng Research Institute.

It truly deserved its reputation as a top-tier research institute—everything was encompassed within it, leaving one utterly awestruck.

Lyu Zhen said with a light chuckle, "Well? Do you want to stay here and do research?"

Lyu Zhen had spent so long showing Su Yi around precisely to lay the groundwork for that question. He still believed Su Yi was well suited to research and hoped that seeing all these laboratories would kindle his passion for scientific study.

He refused to believe that anyone could see so much research and remain unmoved.

Research was the most wonderful thing in the world. The exploration of the unknown—how intoxicating it was.

Hearing that, Su Yi cleared his throat. "Master, your Yan Kingdom Map is a bit long! But I'll pass. Don't worry, though. When I have time, I'll study the Tempering Method more. Still, cultivation will remain my main focus."

Su Yi truly had not expected Lyu Zhen to remain so persistent. He had taken him through nearly two hours of various experiments just to persuade him to stay and do research.

Lyu Zhen was somewhat disappointed, but he did not force the matter. At the very least, Su Yi would still study the Tempering Method, and that was enough.

Perhaps when his strength hit a bottleneck someday, he would change his mind.

"I'll get you a pass later. If you change your mind, you can come find me. I spend most of my time at this research institute.

Leave me your number too. It's best to let me know beforehand before you come—I may not always be free."

After exchanging numbers, Lyu Zhen added, "Let's go. I'll collect some samples from you and make a backup, see if we can research anything."

"Alright."

An hour later, the sample collection was complete.

Su Yi had provided some blood, hair, and even some bone powder. Finally, they drew a little bone marrow.

Once the entire series of collections was over, Lyu Zhen said, "That'll do. Your teacher and martial mother are waiting outside for you. Come by often when you have time."

Come by often to be sliced up?

Su Yi thought. Though it did not harm him much and he could recover quickly, the thought still made his scalp crawl.

After politely saying goodbye, he walked out through the passageway. Wu Kuishan and Lyu Fengrou were already waiting for him at the entrance.

"Teacher, Martial Mother. Sorry to have kept you waiting."

Lyu Fengrou nodded in acknowledgment without speaking, though inwardly she was extremely curious. On the phone just now, Lyu Zhen had praised Su Yi without end, telling Lyu Fengrou to take good care of him and not let Wu Kuishan lead him astray.

It was rare to see her father praise someone like that, yet he had not explained why. Lyu Fengrou decided that once they returned, she would properly ask what charm this student of Wu Kuishan's possessed.

Wu Kuishan waved a hand. "All the samples collected?"

"They've all been collected."

Wu Kuishan did not ask further. As long as Su Yi was fine, that was all that mattered.

When they returned to the Mentor Dormitory, Lyu Fengrou entered the villa first. Wu Kuishan looked at Su Yi and said, "Since the bone marrow issue has been resolved, you should hurry up and temper your Spine Bone.

Otherwise, your strength will be greatly reduced until you Breakthrough to Third-Rank high stage."

"Alright, Teacher."

Su Yi's thoughts coincided perfectly with Wu Kuishan's. His unfinished Spine Bone tempering truly was limiting his combat strength.

Just as he was about to take his leave, he suddenly remembered that he still needed High Grade Combat Methods to repair the Book of Knowledge.

"Teacher, may I look through some High Grade Combat Methods first?"

Wu Kuishan frowned. Why had Su Yi suddenly thought of reading High Grade Combat Methods? They could not be used before reaching the middle ranks. Was this because of the research institute?

He reminded him, "High Grade Combat Methods are developed for middle-rank martial artists. Are you sure you want to cultivate them?"

Su Yi quickly denied it. "Not cultivate them. Just read them."

Read them?

Wu Kuishan thought for a moment, unable to figure out what Su Yi's purpose was. But so long as he was not cultivating them, merely looking over the theories was not impossible.

"What kind of combat methods do you want to see?"

Su Yi hesitated somewhat, because he did not know exactly how many combat methods he needed to reach 20% repair progress.

But before reaching the middle ranks, it really would not be appropriate to go to the High Grade Combat Method section.

After doing some calculations in his head, four different types of cultivation methods and combat methods should be enough. If not, he could make another trip to see Master. As long as he said it was to continue researching the Tempering Method, Master would probably agree.

"Four different types of cultivation methods and combat methods."

Wu Kuishan's pupils contracted slightly. Four different types of cultivation methods and combat methods—something was indeed off.

That meant Su Yi did not value any particular cultivation method or combat method. But why?

If he was not going to cultivate them, was he preparing to create his own cultivation methods and combat methods?

At that almost impossible answer, Wu Kuishan secretly shook his head. That could not be it, could it?

Wu Kuishan pondered for a moment, then said, "Do you want the Skywalk Step, Body Forging Art, Azure Sky Sword Art, and Tempering Method—Internal Organs Chapter? If not, I'll swap one out for a Leg Technique."

The ones he had chosen were all best suited for Su Yi to cultivate after reaching Fourth Grade, while the Internal Organs Chapter was essential for breaking through to Fourth Grade. No matter what secrets Su Yi had, he was still his teacher.

Everyone could have a few secrets of their own; he himself did as well. Since the old man had said he would know after some time, it meant Su Yi had already revealed his secret at the research institute—it was simply still confidential.

Since that was the case, he would let him be.

Su Yi had not expected things to go so smoothly. Wu Kuishan had not asked him a single question so far; instead, he had constantly been considering things for Su Yi's sake.

Movement techniques, body forging, swordsmanship, and cultivation methods—all of them were techniques and combat methods suited to him.

Su Yi was genuinely touched by this. Wu Kuishan truly was a very good teacher.

"Thank you, Teacher. These four will do!"

"Come to my place at nine tomorrow morning."

After Su Yi left, Lyu Fengrou emerged from inside the villa and smiled at Wu Kuishan. "You're spoiling this student that much?"

Wu Kuishan smiled and said unhurriedly, "They're only a few High Grade Combat Methods. Su Yi knows his limits."

This piqued Lyu Fengrou's interest, and she began asking about Su Yi.

Wu Kuishan slowly began describing his impression of Su Yi to her.

The next day.

9:00 a.m.

Su Yi arrived at the villa entrance right on time.

When Wu Kuishan opened the door, Su Yi saw the pile of materials stacked in the living room. He forcibly suppressed the joy in his heart and kept himself from laughing aloud.

Wu Kuishan pointed at the materials and said to Su Yi, "The materials for all four techniques are here, but let me remind you again—just read them. Don't cultivate them.

"If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me. Once you reach Fourth Grade, you can cultivate them on your own."

"Understood, Teacher."

Su Yi nodded in acknowledgment, picking up Tempering Method—Internal Organs Chapter first. Wu Kuishan began explaining from the side.

"The cultivation of the Internal Organs Chapter is essentially a process of building bridges. The five viscera and six bowels are merely a collective term; the five viscera are the Heart, Liver, Spleen, Lung, and Kidney.

"The six bowels are classified somewhat differently. The commonly mentioned six bowels are the gallbladder, stomach, large intestine, small intestine, bladder, and Triple Burner.

"However, the Triple Burner is a matter for the Sixth Grade realm. Breaking through to Fourth Grade means building five bridges and connecting the five viscera. Successfully building one bridge means reaching Fourth Grade.

"Once all five bridges are built, you will be at Fourth Grade Mid. Then comes tempering the five viscera. The heart is tempered first, because it is one of the most important internal organs in the human body.

"Once the heart has been tempered, you will be at Fourth Grade High Stage. Fourth Grade Peak requires tempering the remaining four viscera as well. Only after all five viscera have been tempered will you be at Fourth Grade Peak."

Su Yi flipped through the Internal Organs Chapter as he listened to Wu Kuishan's explanation, nodding in agreement from time to time.

Cultivation in the Middle Three Grades was no longer part of basic instruction; it was all taught individually by instructors. His own understanding of Fourth and Fifth Grade cultivation had been somewhat vague. What he remembered most clearly was Fang Ping building all five Heaven-Earth Bridges in one go and successfully breaking through to Fourth Grade Mid.

He had not paid much attention to the subsequent five viscera and six bowels, nor to their order. Now, Wu Kuishan's explanation allowed him to understand quite a lot.

Wu Kuishan paused before continuing, "The Fifth Grade realm is about tempering the six bowels—or rather, tempering every part of the internal organs apart from the five viscera. By Fifth-Rank Peak, it can be said that the entire human body, aside from the skull, has been tempered.

"As for the Sixth Grade realm, forget it. It's still too far away for you. We'll talk about it once you reach Fifth Grade."

Seeing Su Yi set down the Internal Organs Chapter, Wu Kuishan stopped explaining Sixth Grade cultivation. Su Yi had not even broken through to the Middle Three Grades yet; who knew what year or month it would be before he reached Sixth Grade.

Cultivation in the Lower Three Grades progressed quickly, perhaps because of the Third Bone Tempering. But the Middle Three Grades would not be nearly so easy.

Su Yi had already finished reading the contents concerning the Internal Organs Chapter. It described the cultivation involved in tempering internal organs, as well as things like the meridians through which blood qi flowed while building bridges.

Its function was broadly similar to the Tempering Method—one tempered internal organs, while the other tempered bones.

Of course, Su Yi had not forgotten why he was reading these techniques in the first place.

18.98%

The increase of 0.75% made Su Yi beam with delight. He hurriedly picked up the Skywalk Step and began reading.

Su Yi knew Wu Kuishan had been observing him all along, but he did not care what Wu Kuishan might figure out. Once the Tempering Method he had deduced emerged after some time, Wu Kuishan would attribute everything to Su Yi searching for inspiration.

That was the best explanation. What other explanation could Wu Kuishan possibly come up with?

Wu Kuishan did indeed notice Su Yi's delight, but his pupils merely contracted slightly. He said nothing.

Watching Su Yi eagerly begin reading the Skywalk Step, Wu Kuishan said calmly, "After reaching the Middle Three Grades, Stake Standing can continue to be cultivated at this stage.

"You cultivated Cloud Step before, and your Stake Standing has long since reached the Void Standing Realm. Cultivating the Skywalk Step should allow you to achieve twice the result with half the effort.

"However, after Fourth Grade, the Body Forging Art will be more beneficial in increasing your combat strength."

"Teacher, can I cultivate both?"

Although raising blood qi would improve his physique, Su Yi did not know just how much the Body Forging Art would add to it. He still decided to give it a try first.

Wu Kuishan glanced at him and said somewhat speechlessly, "Are you sure you'll be able to keep up with all that cultivation? It isn't that the more combat methods you cultivate, the more useful they are. What matters is mastery. You still have to cultivate a High Grade sword technique."

"Teacher, I just want to try it. Besides, I think I can keep up with the cultivation."

Su Yi was not worried about cultivation speed at all. He could just use Optimization. His reply was equally confident.

"Do as you please. You have your own judgment, after all. In any case, reaching Fourth Grade will not happen that quickly. You have plenty of time to think it over."

Though he did not know where Su Yi's confidence came from, Su Yi was already an adult, with thoughts and will of his own.

He could guide him, but he could not control him!