Genius

Above the genius pavilion.

Bai Qiqi sighed helplessly:

"Sigh, Senior Brother Liu is always too blunt."

"Right now, that Xiao Dong is the Master's precious little treasure; he's so afraid he'll get a scratch or a bump that he has no time to care about anyone else."

"Plus, those good-for-nothings Senior Brother Liu brought before were all useless, just empty talkers. The Master was already unhappy with him for constantly associating with such wine-and-dine loafers..."

"However, the person Senior Brother Liu brought this time is certainly the best-looking one..."

Bai Qiqi rested his chin on his hands, blinking his eyes as he stared at Lin Yi below.

Su Ji shook his head helplessly: "You, oh you..."

Down below, after Liu Lie led Lin Yi away, he felt a sense of shame in his heart.

Generally speaking, in a martial hall, it takes two or three months for a disciple to advance to a martial artist and enter the inner courtyard.

Those who can become martial artists and enter the inner courtyard are considered elites in any martial hall.

The Hall Master usually imparts martial arts personally, teaching techniques and skills, which also signifies the importance placed on them.

Furthermore, the Hall Master's proficiency in techniques and skills is bound to far exceed that of the disciples in the hall.

The process of imparting martial arts also allows newly joined disciples to gain much more.

Yet, Master Yuan had now asked Liu Lie to teach Lin Yi, and the implication of his disdain was self-evident.

It was clear he believed that even if Lin Yi became a martial artist, he wouldn't go very far and wasn't worth the time.

"Lin Yi..." Liu Lie was momentarily speechless, not knowing what to say.

He had never imagined that this would be the situation upon arriving today.

"Senior Brother!" Lin Yi said with a sincere tone: "Do not take it to heart."

"My Grade B aptitude is naturally not as precious as those possessing a Life Chart. It is only right that Master Yuan does not value me. But if I were to give up martial arts because of his lack of regard, then I would no longer be myself, and I presume you would not think highly of me then either..."

Having said that, Lin Yi smiled: "So, please teach me, Senior Brother!"

A strong wind blew, ruffling the young man's long hair, but his spirit and vigor were as radiant as the rising sun.

Liu Lie's eyes brightened, and he nodded heavily.

Liu Lie brought Lin Yi to the back mountain, his expression turning uncharacteristically serious.

"Before becoming a martial artist, one primarily cultivates Qi and blood. Previously, your Long Rainbow Technique used the enhancement of Qi and blood to temper your entire body, and once your Qi and blood were full, you advanced to a martial artist," Liu Lie said.

"After becoming a martial artist, you must discard your previous technique and cultivate a technique specifically for martial artists to temper True Qi."

"Lin Yi, the technique of our Rainbow Martial Hall is called the Elixir Release Scripture, which can be cultivated from the Postnatal Realm all the way to the Seventh Rank..."

Lin Yi had previously learned about the realms of martial artists.

A Ninth-Rank martial artist, also known as a Postnatal Realm martial artist, is divided into early, middle, late, and perfection stages.

The Eighth Rank is the Innate Realm martial artist, divided into Manifest Force, Hidden Force, and Transmutation Force.

After that is the Seventh Rank, Entering Qi, which is the same realm as Master Yuan currently holds, and can be considered standing at the pinnacle of this Jiaqing County.

A Sixth-Rank martial artist is called a Core Condenser; such figures can walk sideways even in the entire prefecture.

Liu Lie continued: "After that, our martial hall has four martial skills: leg techniques, sword arts, fist techniques, and one hidden weapon skill. You can choose one to learn, but I have only mastered the fist techniques. If you want to learn them, I can teach you."

"But if you want to learn others, you will have to go to the Martial Scripture Chamber to check for yourself."

"However, I must tell you in advance: greed leads to poor digestion. Martial skills should be refined, not numerous; it is better to focus on learning one well."

Lin Yi nodded: "Then please teach me the technique first, Senior Brother. I will go to the Martial Scripture Chamber to check the martial skills later."

"That works too." Liu Lie nodded.

Immediately, Liu Lie handed the technique to Lin Yi, letting him flip through it while explaining the operating principles of the technique and the circulation path of the True Qi.

The Life Chart [Empathic Corpse Dissection] activated instantly, and the previous cultivation experience of Hu Ma was driven like an instinct.

[Technique: Elixir Release Scripture (Level 1)]

[Proficiency: 1/10000]

Learned.

As simple as always.

Seeing Lin Yi in a daze, Liu Lie spoke up: "Try circulating your True Qi first, let me see."

"Oh." Lin Yi nodded.

Liu Lie placed his hand on Lin Yi's wrist, separating a wisp of True Qi to circulate along with the True Qi Lin Yi was moving.

The moment Lin Yi's True Qi was activated.

Within his body, the True Qi traveled along a peculiar path, drawing upon the Qi and blood of his limbs and bones, nourishing and strengthening them, constantly tempering his physique.

It wasn't until the True Qi had perfectly completed a cycle within Lin Yi's body that Liu Lie opened his eyes in surprise, looking at Lin Yi in disbelief: "You succeeded?"

Lin Yi nodded and smiled. "It's done."

It was done just like that?

How could this be!

Liu Lie stood up abruptly. "You... you, how did you do it!"

Lin Yi rubbed the back of his head. "Just lucky, I suppose."

Lucky again.

Liu Lie felt a vein throb in his forehead.

Liu Lie had been Master Yuan's inner disciple for five years now.

In those five years, he had seen no shortage of geniuses.

Among them, the most gifted was his own junior sister, Bai Qiqi.

Even under Master Yuan's personal tutelage, it had taken her a full five days to fully master this technique.

Yet Lin Yi had learned it after he had only taught it once?

Incredible!

Unheard of!

An unbelievable thought even popped into Liu Lie's mind—could it be that he possessed a supreme talent for teaching?

But Liu Lie dismissed that thought instantly.

With his own half-baked level of skill, he would be lucky not to lead others astray.

Though Liu Lie was confident, he still possessed self-awareness.

Then, only one answer remained.

Lin Yi was actually a damn genius!

In an instant, a surge of wild joy welled up in Liu Lie's heart.

In the past, he had associated with some rotten people and been swindled more than once, a habit that often drew criticism.

He never expected that he would one day have the eye to recognize a true pearl.

Liu Lie chuckled twice and gave Lin Yi's shoulder a hearty pat.

"You rascal, you have such heaven-defying comprehension, yet you didn't say anything beforehand."

Lin Yi waved his hand helplessly.

Liu Lie let out a boisterous laugh and beckoned for Lin Yi to head to a nearby restaurant for a meal.