I'm More Afraid That No One Can Surpass Me!

Unlike other Soul Master, Ye Qingcang does not rely on the Soul Skill provided by Soul Ring, which makes his needs different from those of other Soul Master.

Other Soul Master need souls that match their own Martial Soul, are of suitable age, and produce high-quality Soul Skill.

The right age is what Ye Qingcang needs.

He created all his Martial Soul himself.

Soul Skill are more like a bonus to him than a necessity.

But...

"Why Bingbing of all people!" Sky Dream Ice Worm knew she couldn't change Ye Qingcang 'Ye Qingcang decision, nor could anyone change the decision of this God Trial Taker. She broke down, saying, "She's my beloved..."

"I can pay more!" Ye Qingcang interrupted the spellcasting, and casually promised, "If Yuhao can become a god, and you can also ascend with Yuhao in this way, then I promise that, with Ice Empress's permission, I will separate her consciousness and let her accompany you in another way; in addition, I can teach Yuhao the first three chapters of the Stellar Martial Arts Stellar Martial Arts, which is my foundation!"

"It's not impossible..." Sky Dream Ice Worm performed a face-changing act, but he also understood Ye Qingcang's subtext and didn't dare to bargain with a God Trial Taker. He simply assured him, "Lord Ye, rest assured, I'm a man of principle. If I can't persuade Bingbing to stay with me, I won't force you to strip away her consciousness. Her fate is up to her, not me. I only ask that you, for the sake of my sincerity, let Bingbing go if she's willing to leave. Consider her cultivation and Soul Ring as compensation for your trouble. What do you say?"

Sky Dream Ice Worm likes Ice Empress.

However, he also knew very well that being noticed by Ye Qingcang was an extremely good thing.

Currently, Ye Qingcang is already God Trial Taker.

He's putting a lot of effort into creating a god here.

Ye Qingcang was simply a finished product.

If Ice Empress becomes Ye Qingcang's Soul Ring, it will guarantee him an immortality. What he fears is that Ye Qingcang Ye Qingcang not allow Ice Empress's consciousness to survive, because the survival of Soul Beast's consciousness means that the Soul Master has to share secrets with the Soul Beast. As God Trial Taker, knowing Ye Qingcang's secrets would come at a price that would be deadly. Therefore, Ye Qingcang himself might not preserve Ice Empress's consciousness.

However, if Ye Qingcang is willing to keep it.

He became the one who needed to work hard.

Ice Empress has secured the seat of immortality, but he hasn't.

If Yuhao cannot become a god, he and Ice Empress will be separated forever, never to meet again.

Therefore, after much deliberation, Sky Dream Ice Worm agreed to Ye Qingcang's conditions.

Unbeknownst to them, this became Ye Qingcang's teaching case: as long as you make your opponent believe that the cost of being your enemy is greater than the benefits of being your friend, and at the same time, make your opponent see the possibility of being your friend, then, as long as your opponent is not an irrational madman, he can only follow basic human nature and become your friend, or at the very least, he will no longer be your enemy!

Sky Dream Ice Worm did not believe that it could stop Ye Qingcang.

Ye Qingcang also showed a willingness to back down and make amends.

Since we can't resist, we can only enjoy it.

The principle is that simple.

"Now that we've reached a consensus, the rest is about Stellar Martial Arts..." Ye Qingcang left Huo Yuhao's Spiritual Space, his consciousness returning to the outside world. The previous communication seemed long, but in reality, it only lasted four or five seconds. Ye Qingcang was multitasking, was explaining the basic principles. He rummaged through his Storage Soul Tool and took out several notebooks filled with revision plans. He pulled out a white screen and projected these notebooks from several years ago onto the screen. "We'll talk about Stellar Martial Arts after I've taught you Earth Control Art and Water Control Art. For now, let's learn these two simple manipulation techniques."

Huo Yuhao nodded repeatedly.

A good newbie is one who listens to instructions.

A newbie who understands their role is a good newbie.

Knowing he was a newbie, Huo Yuhao quickly followed Ye Qingcang's movements and began to learn the Earth Control Art from Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Wang Dong.

"The Earth Control Art and the Qi Control Art are two extremes."

"Water Control Art and Fire Manipulation Art are also two extremes."

"Their relationship is one of strength and one of gentleness."

"Controlling the earth is firm, controlling the air is gentle."

"Water Control Art is gentleness, controlling fire is strength."

Ye Qingcang's movements were crisp and clean. "Control the earth, the power rises from the ground; the Soul Power flows from the heart and lungs into the spine, and from the spine down to the waist. Do not go up, do not go down. Coordinate with the shaking step to stomp the Soul Power swirling around the waist into the ground, through the three acupoints of Dadu, Dazhong, and Neiting, and detonate it after the Soul Power has traveled a suitable distance. This will shake a huge rock out of the ground. This is the most basic step..."

Ye Qingcang spoke, he stomped his foot with perfect form.

A square stone slab, ten meters long, ten meters wide, and one meter thick, suddenly jumped out from the ground in front of us. Without any follow-up action, it could only fall helplessly to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.

Jiang Nannan studied Stellar Martial Arts.

Back then, I would bury myself in a 30-centimeter-thick book, trying to understand the meaning of the terms in the Stellar Martial Arts Qi and Blood Chapter.

Following Ye Qingcang's instructions, his long, straight thighs kicked out like springs, and a stone pillar five meters long, twenty-five meters high, and five meters thick rose from the ground. Ye Qingcang then pressed it back into the ground with his hand.

"A continuous supply of Soul Power is the next lesson..." Ye Qingcang instructed, "Short bursts are advantageous for offense, while sustained output is advantageous for defense; let's try again!"

Jiang Nannan nodded and changed her habit.

The thighs, free of excess fat, slammed into the ground again.

The round stone ball suddenly jumped out of the ground.

Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao imitated Ye Qingcang and Jiang Nannan's actions, shaking out stones of varying sizes. Amidst their shock, their eyes also held a hint of disbelief.

However, compared to Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Huo Yuhao, the three Tang Sect disciples who had studied acupoints, Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao, the two Soul Master who had not systematically studied acupoints, were in a much worse situation. They had no idea where the three acupoints, Dadu, Dazhong, and Neiting, were located on their own bodies. It took Ye Qingcang a lot of effort to help them pass the first hurdle.

Next comes the second challenge: defense.

Jiang Nannan had already inadvertently covered up the defensive aspect. To put it bluntly, the Earth Control Art only uses three acupoints from beginning to end: Dadu, Dazhong, and Neiting. If you master these three acupoints, you've already learned 90% of the Earth Control Art.

The principle Water Control Art is the same.

The only difference is that Hong Family Fist has been replaced by Tai Chi Fist.

The concept has also changed from being invincible to overcoming strength with gentleness.

The revised Four Imperial Arts have reduced the requirements for the user's state of mind to the extreme. Even if the mind is not at peace, one can quickly get started with the Water Control Art. However, if one wants to use the Four Imperial Arts flexibly and master them to the fullest extent, a good state of mind is still an important factor.

"You've all mastered the secrets of Water Control Art and Earth Control Art..." Ye Qingcang excelled in practical combat; he was the one who created the combat Simulation mechanisms in the Blue Tyrant Academy. He firmly believed that ten hours of rote practice were less effective than one real battle. "Next, we'll have a practical assessment of Earth Control Art and Water Control Art: you've all grasped the Water Control Art and Earth Control Art; Nan Nan and Yuhao have grasped the basics of Ice Control Art; Tang Ya has grasped the Blood Control Art; Nan Nan, Nan Nan Xiao Xiao, Wang Dong, and Bei Bei have grasped the basics of Metal Control Art; as for the more advanced Melting Control Art, no one has grasped it yet; you can use all the manipulation techniques you've learned to defeat me, or last three minutes, one hundred and eighty seconds, against me. This is a quick crash course to fill in the gaps in your knowledge and let you recognize your weaknesses."

Can you start using it right after learning it?

Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao and the others looked at each other in bewilderment.

Jiang Nannan did not hesitate. With her long, fair legs, she pushed off the ground in a very eye-catching way, and a rolling wave of earth surged towards Ye Qingcang. Judging from the strength and speed of the rolling earth wave, it was not hard to imagine what kind of combo attack would befall Ye Qingcang after he was lifted up by this rolling earth wave.

"Attack together!" Seeing Jiang Nannan make her move, Tang Ya didn't waste any words. She chose the Blood Control Art, whose attributes best suited her, and grabbed Ye Qingcang from a distance, only to be shocked. "His blood is so heavy!"

"Don't control your blood!" Jiang Nannan, who had practiced Stellar Martial Arts, knew how strong her own body was, and could also anticipate how strong Ye Qingcang's body was. Blood Control Art, in the end, only control the blood of normal people. With Ye Qingcang's blood, which was as viscous as mercury and as heavy as gold, a casual spritz of it would be no less powerful than Hidden Weapon made of fine steel. "In front of him and me, such a trivial technique as blood control is useless!"

"Then what should we do?" Bei Bei kicked out a roaring earth dragon, but its shape was too blurry, looking more like a giant cone. "Use Metal Control Art and Ice Control Art?"

"What are you thinking about?" Ye Qingcang stepped on the churning wave of earth, which strangely subsided. Then, he kicked to the right, sending the newly calmed wave crashing into the earth dragon released by Bei Bei. In the instant both sides shattered, a thick earthen wall rose from the ground, dozens of ice blades embedded in it, shattering the surface soil and revealing the iron wall hidden within. "Combining Water Control Art and Earth Control Art can open up another route..."

Tang Ya, Bei Bei, Huo Yuhao and the others felt their legs buckle.

He subconsciously looked down and his pupils contracted.

Mud!

No, that's not right!

It should be called a swamp!

"Ah!" Xiao Xiao screamed, looking at her Small Leather Boots with heartache, which left Jiang Nannan speechless. She couldn't help but remind her, "Earth Control Art to solidify the ground beneath your feet, then use Water Control Art to clean the surface of your shoes..."

"Oh..."

Xiao Xiao's mind finally started working.

He frantically shoved the mud under his feet, splashing up a large spray of muddy water.

While being unearthed, he also imprisoned his legs in the soil.

Even Ye Qingcang felt exhausted just looking at it.

He thought to himself that Earth Control Art shouldn't be that difficult!

Those students at the Blue Tyrant Academy seem to find it quite easy!

When encountering such a swamp, the first thing to do is to create a patch of land in the swamp beneath your feet to ensure you can stand firmly before you start controlling the land to float upwards. Some students who are more unrestrained even use mud to blast each other, while others at the very least raise an earthen wall in front of them to block their view.

This was the first time he had ever seen someone who had imprisoned themselves!

He had never seen anyone scream after being restrained like that before!

"Practice slowly..." Ye Qingcang raised his hand to control the several metal throwing knives that Wang Dong had thrown. He then pointed his fingers like a sword and deflected the knives back the way they came, making Wang Dong chase after them all over the place. Wang Dong was exhausted. "I just said that metal is different from soil. If you throw a clod of soil, you don't need to control it. But if you throw metal, you need to leave some Soul Power on it. You can control its direction at crucial moments, which can have many unexpected effects."

Wang Dong stopped in his tracks, seemingly lost in thought.

He released his Soul Power, attempting to control the throwing knives.

Immediately...

Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang! Clang!

Several ice skates collided with an equal number of throwing knives, neutralizing the momentum of the throwing knives.

This time, Ye Qingcang didn't even need to complain; Huo Yuhao had already voiced his thoughts. "Wang Dong, those weren't the throwing knives you threw out anymore; they were the knives Brother Qingcang threw back. How arrogant must you be to try and seize control of these knives?"

Wang Dong's face darkened.

Before she could refute, a force of gravity struck her from behind.

They slammed her hard into the swamp.

"One hundred and seventy-five seconds." Ye Qingcang launched his true attack. The circular training field, with a diameter of one hundred and fifty meters, instantly turned into a swamp. Dozens of mud dragons, each with a head over five meters long and a body over twenty meters long, rained down on Tang Ya and the others. "One hundred and seventy-six seconds..."

"No..." Tang Ya's hastily erected earthen wall was destroyed in one blow. Xiao Xiao, who had just escaped, didn't even have time to react before being slammed into the swamp by the mud dragon. "Waaah... I give up... I won't fight anymore... Waaah..."

"One hundred and seventy-seven seconds." Ye Qingcang transformed into a merciless countdown. The swamp pushed Tang Ya and Xiao Xiao out, revealing their upper bodies. Then, the water was drained, imprisoning the two silly girls in the cracked earth. The water transformed into dozens of water dragons with swirling vortexes within them, shattering the ice wall Huo Yuhao had conjured with a single blow. "One hundred and seventy-eight seconds; ice is indeed harder than water, but don't forget, water's rotational efficiency is higher than ice's. When the flow rate is fast enough, a water blade can cut through anything!"

"Wait, I surrender!" Wang Dong looked at Xiao Xiao and Tang Ya's disheveled appearance and subconsciously raised his hand. Immediately, Ye Qingcang ruthlessly slammed his hand onto the cracked ground. Coughing incessantly amidst the rising dust, he felt utterly aggrieved. "I've already surrendered!"

"One hundred and seventy-nine seconds." Ye Qingcang's smile was full of mischievousness as he looked at the helpless Jiang Nannan. "One hundred and eighty seconds; alright, congratulations on passing the final test!"

Tang Ya and the others, who were so devastated that they became withdrawn, were speechless.

Jiang Nannan, who received special treatment. "..."

Could your double standards be any more blatant?

Looking at her dirty clothes, Xiao Xiao pouted and was about to burst into tears, but Ye Qingcang grabbed her before she could finish her spell and interrupted her, "Water Control Art and Earth Control Art can effectively clean up your hygiene problems."

"Really?" Xiao Xiao subconsciously assumed a Tai Chi Fist starting stance. With a surge of Soul Power, the mud on her body was indeed attracted to her front. She flicked it forward, and her body was indeed clean. "It really is!"

Upon seeing this, Tang Ya and the others quickly took action.

Nobody wants to go back to the dorm covered in mud.

However, even if you carry a body covered in mud back to the dorm...

"It was worth it..." Xiao Xiao looked thoughtfully at her clean little hands, then stomped her delicate foot on the ground, and two small iron balls slid into her hands with ease, changing shape as if they were liquid. "Brother Ye, thank you for teaching us so much!"

"Indeed!" Wang Dong tossed the mud ball aside with disdain, touched his Storage Soul Tool, and tossed a token to Ye Qingcang: "Don't be disgusted, let's be friends. I, Wang Dong, am not a stingy person. If you encounter any trouble in the future and don't want to take action, you can try to use the name of my Clear Sky Sect..."

"The Tang Sect is the same." Tang Ya and Bei Bei made a promise at the same time, even though they had made it before. "We swear on the honor of the Tang Sect that this method will never be passed on to outsiders."

For Ye Qingcang, the Four Imperial Arts might indeed be obsolete.

However, they cannot ignore the value of the Four Imperial Arts Four Imperial Arts are obsolete for Ye Qingcang.

"No need to thank me, thank Yuhao instead!" Ye Qingcang waved his hand. "Yuhao, whether you pass on this secret technique I'm about to give you, to whom you pass it on, and under what conditions, is none of my business. This secret technique is very precious; it can determine whether you can surpass others. However, if you have the magnanimity to fear no one surpassing you, or if you believe that some people can share your hardships and life and death, and you wish to pass it on to them to enhance their strength, I won't stop you. I just don't want you to regret it, understand?"

"Understood..." Huo Yuhao nodded, then frowned and hesitated, "But Brother Qingcang, aren't you afraid that one day I'll surpass you if you pass this on to me like this?"

"Of course I'm afraid of being surpassed, because that would only prove I'm a waste..." Ye Qingcang shook his head in denial, but the ambition in his eyes grew even stronger. "But I'm even more afraid that no one will be able to surpass me; over time, I can't guarantee that I'll still be humble a hundred years from now, I can't guarantee that I'll still be humble a thousand years from now, and I can't guarantee that even before I die, when I'm still invincible, I'll still be humble, and in the long years without rivals, I'll always firmly hold onto my pursuit of the Dao!"