Convinced

In his first lesson, Chen Yu naturally did not only teach Luo Ming how to break moves. He also began imparting the subtleties of the Thunder Extreme Saber to him.

Bang!

One large and one small figure held wooden sabers. The smaller figure continuously swung and slashed, yet no matter what he did, he could not get close to the other.

After several exchanges, the two sat cross-legged.

"The essence of the Thunder Extreme Saber lies in its speed—the speed of thunder..." Chen Yu was correcting the flaws in Luo Ming's saber technique when his voice suddenly trailed off.

"Hm? Keep going!" Luo Ming had been listening intently, but Chen Yu suddenly seemed lost in thought, so he could not help reminding him.

Yet at that moment, a string of messages flashed before Chen Yu's eyes:

[Battle complete. Talent Copying successful.]

[Copied Talent—Keen Perception (Blue)]

[Keen Perception (Blue)]: Enhanced combat intuition. Against opponents of the same realm, you can instinctively sense information about their cultivation realm.

"I actually copied a Blue-Quality Talent!"

Chen Yu had truly not expected that he would come to teach a lesson and casually copy a Blue-Quality Talent along the way.

What an unexpected windfall!

"Right, Luo Ming is the son of New Moon nobility, after all. His father or mother might be Martial Dao powerhouses, so it is not strange for him to have good Martial Dao talent."

Chen Yu came back to his senses and continued explaining the essence of the Thunder Extreme Saber to Luo Ming.

He already possessed the Blade Technique Grandmaster talent, so teaching Luo Ming was naturally effortless and posed no difficulty at all.

"Well, I have to admit, although your realm is only average, your saber teaching is pretty good."

Before Chen Yu left, Luo Ming spoke somewhat awkwardly.

Naturally, he could tell whether Chen Yu taught well or not.

After just one lesson, Luo Ming felt that his Thunder Extreme Saber had improved greatly. Chen Yu had also pointed out every flaw he had previously overlooked.

"Keep practicing according to what I taught you. If you cannot beat Wang Tianxing, I will not come again." Chen Yu waved his hand, and his figure swiftly vanished from Luo Ming's sight.

"Uncle Qin, was I not clear enough?" Luo Ming's tone carried some uncertainty.

He had only wanted to give Chen Yu a way out, so why had Chen Yu cut off his own retreat instead?

If he failed to beat Wang Tianxing, would Chen Yu really stop coming?

"Young Master was already very clear." Old Qin smiled. "But he truly is worthy of being a student Mr. Fang took a liking to."

"That confidence does resemble Mr. Fang in his younger days."

"Tsk, as expected of New Moon nobility's illegitimate son. He sure is generous!"

Chen Yu looked at the fifty thousand Red Radiance Coins transferred to his Terminal, his heart immediately trembling with excitement.

Fifty thousand!

That was enough to cover a family of three's expenses in River City for an entire year.

Yet he had earned it in just a few short hours!

"Teacher Fang was right. Once you master the Thunder Extreme Saber, making money comes easily. This is the treatment a Martial Dao genius should receive!"

Chen Yu was in high spirits.

With this source of income, he would basically not lack cultivation resources in the future. He only needed to focus on training.

He found himself looking forward to the lesson three days later.

One lesson every three days was the teaching frequency he and Fang Xiong had agreed upon.

If the lessons were too frequent, he could certainly earn quite a bit of money, but it would affect his daily cultivation instead. At this critical time with the Martial Exam approaching, that would be more loss than gain.

Once every three days was already the most efficient arrangement.

Meanwhile, Luo Ming impatiently ran to the villa two doors down from his own, another equally luxurious residence.

"Wang Tianxing, come out and take your beating!!!"

Luo Ming shouted loudly.

Before long, the villa gates slowly opened, and a short-haired boy stepped out with a sword in hand.

"Luo Ming, I think you are asking for a beating!"

Wang Tianxing curled his lips.

"Hah, who is asking for a beating is not certain!" Luo Ming did not waste words and swung his saber toward Wang Tianxing's head.

Wang Tianxing did not dare let his guard down. Their realms were roughly equal, and one careless mistake could lead to defeat.

He began recalling the techniques his sword instructor had taught him, preparing to break Luo Ming's saber technique directly as he had done the previous few times.

However, this time, he miscalculated.

It was as though Luo Ming had completely seen through his patterns. Every slash anticipated his next move.

In only six strikes, his wooden sword was knocked flying.

Then Luo Ming kicked him three meters away. It took him quite a while before he could climb back up.

"How did this happen?!" Wang Tianxing could not understand how Luo Ming had suddenly become so strong!

The two had been neighbors since childhood and knew each other inside out. Their Martial Dao talents were not that far apart either, so how could Luo Ming suddenly become stronger?

"Hahaha, you can hire a sword instructor, so why can't I hire a saber instructor?" Luo Ming put his hands on his hips, feeling utterly refreshed.

Chen Yu had been right. As long as he followed the move-breaking methods Chen Yu taught him, defeating Wang Tianxing would be easy!

"So that is it!" Wang Tianxing suddenly understood. Then, clutching his stomach, he ran home in a flash, leaving behind one sentence:

"This time does not count. I was not prepared!"

"Just wait. When my teacher comes, I will come settle this with you!"

Seeing Wang Tianxing flee in such a sorry state, Luo Ming immediately threw back his head and laughed. "I'll be waiting!"

After saying that, he strode home with a spring in his step.

Although he had won this time, he also knew it was because he had caught Wang Tianxing off guard with an information advantage. The other boy would definitely learn some new moves from his teacher next.

If his saber techniques did not change, he would most likely lose in their next fight.

"But Wang Tianxing has a sword instructor, and I have a saber instructor!"

"Let's see whose teacher has the better talent!"

Thinking of Chen Yu's claim that he possessed River City's greatest saber talent, Luo Ming immediately brimmed with confidence.

Chen Yu's days were repetitive and monotonous.

Yet his cultivation advanced by leaps and bounds, with astonishing changes almost every day.

Martial Dao A-grade Bone, a Cyan Quality cultivation talent, granted him a cultivation speed eighty times that of an ordinary person.

Most importantly, there were no bottlenecks at all within the Body Tempering Realm.

Once he had accumulated enough, breakthroughs came as naturally as water flowing downstream.

Only around ten days had passed since his breakthrough to the Fourth Layer of Body Tempering, yet Chen Yu had successfully advanced to the Body Tempering Fifth Layer.

"The Body Tempering Fifth Layer... That was fast." Chen Yu could not help sighing.

With his current cultivation speed, even Martial Dao geniuses like Wang Qianjun would probably be left far behind.

"What a pity. I have been focused on cultivation lately, so I have made no gains at all in terms of talents."

"Blade Technique Grandmaster is a rare Purple Talent, almost one in a billion. If I forge it, I wonder how far the next quality can rise?"

Of course, that was merely Chen Yu's imagination.

Talent Forging required a large number of talents as fuel, and only higher-quality talents could provide more progress.

Even raising Blue Quality to Cyan Quality had cost Chen Yu quite a few talents, enough to make his heart ache.

Now, even raising Cyan Quality to Purple Quality was as difficult as climbing to the heavens, let alone advancing beyond Purple Quality!

"River City is still too small. At most, it has ordinary geniuses on Wang Qianjun's level, and they are not very useful to me now."

"I wonder when I will get the chance to participate in the Battle of Myriad Stars..."

At the thought of the Battle of Myriad Stars, a trace of excitement rose in Chen Yu's heart.

A grand event of the Human Race involving tens of thousands of Star Domains and hundreds of millions of starry-sky prodigies—if he could take part in it, how many rare talents could he copy?

Purple Quality talents, or even talents beyond Purple Quality, would not they be his for the taking?!