On August 15, 2056, Bai Yang parted ways with his five subordinates and returned to school alone.
They would go to the HR Alliance to sell their spoils and buy necessities like generators and freezers, then head back to Kunshan to meet up with the others.
After that, those subordinates would continually search for all kinds of monster flesh and blood and genes on his behalf. He only needed to go harvest them regularly.
Bai Yang only needed to control them remotely with his mind. He didn't have to deal with any of the tedious details.
Luo Feng and Yang Wu had wanted to visit him ever since they'd officially become warriors.
Back then, he'd been stuck in the Wilderness Zone and couldn't get away. Today, they could finally meet.
At this point, Luo Feng hadn't yet been to the Wilderness Zone. He was still training alone at home, studying the Nine-Layer Thunder Blade.
Bai Yang had contacted them on his way back. They'd both immediately said they'd come visit the next day.
Their purpose was partly to express their gratitude, but of course, mainly to get some guidance.
Bai Yang simply took them straight to East District Building 3, where it was convenient to do anything.
Seeing that no one was around, the two men said nothing, but their hesitant expressions made their intentions clear.
Bai Yang chuckled and took out the Mount Hua Sword to show them.
He'd already planned to give them a thorough lesson and strengthen Earth's position, so revealing a few things was no problem.
As for worries like a Universe Master looking back through time to uncover his secrets—
Bai Yang had always had doubts about that. Didn't every major power have a Universe Master?
Then why were the Machine Race's technology and the Zerg Race's biological engineering universally recognized as far ahead of everyone else's?
And how could different races send spies to kill one another's geniuses?
How had Kedi, the Chaos City Leader's exceptionally gifted disciple, still died at the hands of the Zerg Race, leaving him impossible to resurrect?
Thinking too much about things like that would only make him overly cautious. There was no point.
Luo Feng and Yang Wu stared at the exquisite Mount Hua Sword, too astonished to speak.
Young people of this era had never seen a sword like it.
Bai Yang drew the sword and demonstrated the Mist Sword. They gaped at him in amazement.
Luo Feng finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Brother Bai Yang, what's your force amplification now?"
Bai Yang smiled. "I haven't tested it. Probably around six."
Yang Wu was stunned. "They say only Hong and Thor have mastered both Ultimate Techniques to the highest level, giving them sevenfold force amplification.
"Brother Bai, you've been practicing for less than half a month, and you're already at sixfold!?"
Luo Feng had practiced the Nine-Layer Thunder Blade and knew just how difficult it was. He was even more shocked.
Both of them knew Bai Yang wouldn't joke about something like this. It had to be true.
Bai Yang laughed. "Once you know the tricks, it's not that difficult. And this Mount Hua Sword has helped me a lot."
He didn't keep them in suspense. He immediately told them the two key points Luo Feng had worked out in the original story.
The manual Yang Wu had bought was far inferior, so he barely understood what Bai Yang was saying. Still, he knew there was no harm in memorizing it first.
Luo Feng understood more. He'd already sensed some of it, but hadn't thought it through as clearly.
This alone could save him at least several months.
Those two pointers made the visit worthwhile.
After spending so long in the Wilderness Zone, Bai Yang wanted to relax a little, too.
Luo Feng wanted to train his footwork, while Yang Wu lacked talent and was still making painfully slow progress in cultivating Genetic Origin Energy.
Bai Yang decided to help both of them at once and said, "Luo Feng, you should have some money now, right? Go buy some Go stones. The more, the better.
"Yang Wu, show me the Guidance Technique you're using."
The two of them were taken aback. They had no idea what Bai Yang had in mind, but they did as he asked.
Luo Feng went out to buy Go stones, while Yang Wu began writing down his Guidance Technique from memory.
Technically, that violated the rule that a manual could only be read by one person. But Yang Wu didn't believe Bai Yang would covet what he had, much less practice such a poor technique.
He could now access Limit Home's internal network, but because he barely earned any money, he'd bought the cheapest and most widely available Guidance Technique.
It was only a little over a hundred words long. Bai Yang glanced over it, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
He generally looked down on most Guidance Techniques, but he'd never seen one this crude. It was an education in itself.
"Don't practice this thing anymore. I'll teach you a Guidance Technique. With your aptitude, you should be able to reach the intermediate-level warlord rank." Bai Yang thought for a moment, then told him.
"But everyone's Guidance Technique is supposed to be kept secret. Could this get you into trouble, brother?" Yang Wu was grateful, but still asked.
Bai Yang smiled. "Don't worry. I have the right to do this. Brother Yang, you can relax."
Only then did Yang Wu feel at ease. Bai Yang had him sit down and began teaching him an entirely new Guidance Technique, one that was worlds apart from the one he'd learned before.
By then, Luo Feng had returned and happened to hear the two of them in the middle of the lesson.
Bai Yang saw that Luo Feng was carrying three huge sacks of Go stones and couldn't help laughing.
He'd said, "The more, the better," but had Luo Feng emptied out some shop's entire stock?
He gave a light cough to signal Luo Feng to stand farther away, then casually picked up a Go stone and flicked it toward him.
"Once you can make me turn around, you'll have succeeded," he said.
The stone whistled through the air, flying with tremendous force straight toward Luo Feng's chest!
At that moment, Luo Feng's physical abilities were only at the Advanced Warrior level. He could tell from the sound alone that the stone was dangerous.
If it hit him, it would hurt badly, so he hurriedly used his footwork to dodge.
Then came three more soft cracks—Bai Yang had flicked out four stones in all.
They completely blocked every direction Luo Feng could dodge.
Luo Feng tried desperately to evade them, but it was no use. One stone struck him hard.
The pain went straight to the bone, almost injuring it.
Luo Feng forced himself to endure the pain and was about to speak.
Suddenly, he saw that Bai Yang had already turned his back on him and was explaining the Guidance Technique to Yang Wu.
With both hands behind his back, Bai Yang held several stones, as if he had eyes in the back of his head.
The moment he sensed Luo Feng had recovered, he flicked out three more stones, giving him no chance to catch his breath!
Luo Feng was horrified. He hurriedly tried to calculate their trajectories, but before he could make them out, pain shot through his shoulder and lower abdomen.
This time, two stones hit him at once!
By now, Luo Feng understood. When facing stones like these, he didn't have time to "think it over."
He had to "not think at all," turning his dodges into instinct if he wanted to emerge unscathed.
How could training his footwork this way not make him stronger?
He stopped talking and charged at Bai Yang, bracing himself for the next volley of stones.
But before he'd made it two meters, the stones came one after another, forcing him back again.
Bai Yang explained the technique as he went on firing stones behind his back, handling both tasks at once.
Yang Wu and Luo Feng's abilities improved at an astonishing rate.
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