A Scallion to the Stomach, the Grandmaster's Thirst for Knowledge (Seeking Follow-up Reads)

"Alright, enough rambling."

"Let's get serious." Du Hao, having reformed a green onion, explained the principles to Tang San.

The method was simple: just control your soul power and continuously compress it around the green onion in your hand. Then, condense it to a point, and finally release it all at once.

It sounded easy, but the operational technique was something most people wouldn't figure out.

It was thanks to Du Hao that he had read about the relevant principles in Soul Power Control 'Beginner' to 'Earth'.

"So that's how it is..." Tang San mused, stroking his chin as he listened to Du Hao explain the principles.

Instantly, it connected with the cultivation knowledge in his mind, and he deduced the same principle.

"Compress, refine, release at the peak." Tang San pondered, constantly matching it with the incomplete cultivation methods in his mind.

After a while, a flash of inspiration struck him!

Then, he looked at Du Hao with shining eyes: "I get it! This is the part I couldn't figure out... so that's how it is!"

In his mind, the parts of the Mysterious Sky Technique that he couldn't understand were instantly clarified, like a wiped-clean mirror!

"Brother Hao! I knew something felt off when I was practicing before! So that's where it goes!" Tang San exclaimed, grabbing Du Hao's shoulders and shaking him.

Like a scholar who would die content after hearing the truth in the morning, the previously blocked thoughts in his mind suddenly became clear.

No wonder practicing the Mysterious Sky Technique felt strange; the problem was right here.

"What are you talking about? Explain it clearly," Xiao Wu, who had come over, pouted.

"Hehe, I finally understand what was missing." Tang San took a step back, took a deep breath, and struck a starting pose.

Xiao Wu and Du Hao, standing not far from Tang San, felt the air currents surge and ebb with Tang San's movements.

"Movement is stillness, stillness is movement..." Tang San, with his eyes closed, formed a Tai Chi with his hands, his feet moving slowly to an unheard rhythm.

His movements were incredibly slow, yet they possessed a strange regularity, as if nothing could shake them.

"Brother Hao, come..." Tang San slowly opened his eyes and beckoned towards Du Hao.

His intention was obvious.

"Oh? Getting cocky now?" Du Hao said, not holding back, and pulled out a green onion.

"I think Brother Hao, you should..." Before Tang San could finish his confident statement, his vision was filled with a rapidly enlarging onion head.

"Gag!!!"

Moving like a swift gale! A green onion was then shoved two-thirds of the way down Tang San's throat in one go!

Caught completely off guard.

Tang San, who had been holding his own, immediately knelt on the ground, trembling as he felt the green onion in his mouth...

The invincible Tang San had fallen.

Du Hao looked down at Tang San, who was retching on the ground, and tutted.

"You're not that great either, Little San."

This move, with a hundred years of cultivation, was it impressive or not?

He couldn't even lift his knife anymore? Trying to show off in front of him? No way!

He'd weld your windows shut!

Turning to the still-confused rabbit, he said earnestly, "In the future, don't learn from this guy..."

"If you can act, let's try not to talk too much."

From that day on, Tang San, to "repay" the "kindness" of that direct-to-stomach move, began to train frantically!

He started by madly studying the simplest content of Soul Power Control 'Beginner' to 'Earth', always staying in Dou Hao's room until he was kicked out.

Then he created various moves himself, such as the Blue Silver Grass Flying Needles and the Blue Silver Grass Vest Restraint.

And every time he created a new move, he would immediately go to Du Hao, trying to regain his dignity.

Until today...

"Tang San! Are you done yet?" Xiao Wu pressed against the door, yelling, "You come here every few days, don't you get tired of it?"

Tang San's frequent visits these past few days had made her lose her appetite for carrots for days.

"Xiao Wu, open the door!"

"Once I get my revenge this time, I won't come anymore... Open the door!" Outside the door, Tang San kept knocking, his resolve unwavering.

With such perseverance, he could achieve anything.

Along with Tang San's knocking, another voice joined in, a mature one.

"Open the door, Xiao Wu! It's Grandmaster! I bought your carrots..." His practiced tone clearly indicated this wasn't the first time he'd done this.

This all traced back to that time they were playing duo queue while squatting.

At that moment, Du Hao and Yu Xiaogang happened to appear in the restroom simultaneously, and with nothing better to do, they discussed the theory of Martial Soul Evolution.

He then tossed aside a copy of Martial Soul Evolution Theory (Part 1) that he hadn't had for long. From that point on, Grandmaster seemed to have opened the door to a new world! His eyes practically glowed green!

"You two are really something!" Xiao Wu, inside the room, pulled out a book from under Du Hao's bed, which he had been using as a footrest.

Martial Soul Evolution Theory (Part 2)

This was something Du Hao had told her back then: if Grandmaster ever came looking, she was to throw the book out directly.

She followed the window and, with great force, hurled the book towards a spot not far away. "Grandmaster, if you lose this, you won't find it again!"

Yu Xiaogang, who had been knocking on the door outside, had his eyes light up instantly!

He was like a hungry wolf that had locked onto its prey.

Seeing the book thrown out the window, Grandmaster moved like a startled rabbit, leaping towards it!

"Wisdom!"

With a whoosh, Grandmaster disappeared along with the book.

Tang San, who had been knocking on the door with him, was unfazed and continued to knock.

"Xiao Wu, tell me where he is, and I'll stop knocking." Tang San knew very well that Du Hao wasn't in the room; he just wanted to ask where the person had gone.

He had searched the entire academy today but couldn't find any trace of Du Hao.

Even Zhu Zhuqing was nowhere to be found.

"I told you, I don't know!" The door slowly opened a crack, revealing Xiao Wu's slightly exasperated eyes.

"He went out early this morning. Where he went, I really don't know." As she spoke, Xiao Wu handed out a book from inside: Soul Power Control: From 'Beginner' to 'Buried'.

"If you really have nothing to do, read this."

Seeing the book handed to him at the door, Tang San instinctively took a step back. "Don't get me killed. Without Brother Hao around, who would dare read this stuff?"

He never wanted to experience that feeling of his brain being filled with knowledge for a second time in his life.

"You don't want this either? Then what exactly do you want?" Xiao Wu looked at Tang San unhappily through the crack in the door, her eyes practically overflowing with disdain.

"Heh heh, well, that is..."

To be honest, Tang San didn't believe Du Hao hadn't told Xiao Wu where he was going before he left.

As if sensing Tang San's persistence, Xiao Wu finally relented.

"It's about time, so it's fine to tell you..."