Teaching

A quarter of an hour later, feeling completely refreshed, Xiao Han looked at the perfectly obedient Xiao Wu before him.

"Since I'm your master, I'm definitely going to teach you some real skills."

Beside him, the aggrieved-looking Xiao Wu's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he looked at Xiao Han with a face full of anticipation.

Under Xiao Wu's burning gaze, Xiao Han smiled faintly, then took out a Scroll and tossed it to him.

On it were three large words—"Ice Sealing Skill."

At this moment, Xiao Han began introducing it to Xiao Wu. "The Ice Sealing Skill, an Earth Rank Low-Level cultivation method. It draws extreme Cold Qi into the body and condenses a Natal Ice Crystal. Once cultivated to great success, it can instantly freeze everything within a radius of ten thousand zhang."

Seeing Xiao Wu, who had originally been listless, suddenly lift his proud little head, Xiao Han laughed wildly in his heart. Sure enough, no little fellow could resist this kind of temptation!

However, out of his urge to play a prank, Xiao Han added another line. "Of course, you can just take that last sentence as something to listen to."

Hm?!

What did that mean? This cultivation method was so amazing, how could it be fake?

Xiao Wu immediately became unhappy.

Seeing his little disciple's displeasure, Xiao Han did not continue teasing him. "Although this cultivation method is indeed pretty good, but..."

The moment Xiao Wu heard those two words, he knew the turning point was coming, and he hurriedly listened with full concentration.

"But its rank is too low. This is only for you to use as a transitional cultivation method."

Rumble~

Xiao Wu froze on the spot as if he had been struck by lightning. Its rank was too low?

This was an Earth Rank Cultivation Method, wasn't it!

As he thought this, Xiao Wu lowered his head and glanced at the white Scroll in his hand. There was even faint Cold Qi seeping out from it.

He had heard Grandpa Shi say before that the highest-grade cultivation method he had ever seen was only Yellow Rank High-Level.

To him, even a Xuan Rank cultivation method would have made him very happy, let alone an Earth Rank one.

Xiao Han also knew that this little fellow might not have realized how much his situation had changed.

The former Shi Tou had not been any kind of expert even in a small city of the Jia Ma Empire, so naturally, he could not have had any particularly high-level knowledge.

And Xiao Wu, who had been raised single-handedly by Shi Tou and had lived almost completely cut off from the world, was even less likely to have a clear understanding of Xiao Han's strength.

The fact that he had been able to cultivate to Dou Zhe was purely because of his extraordinary talent.

Without mocking him, Xiao Han merely rubbed Xiao Wu's head hard and said in an annoyed tone, "Do you really have that little confidence in your own master?

No matter what, I'm still a Dou Sheng expert, and the master of Langya Pavilion besides. How could I give you poor treatment? Wouldn't that be slapping my own face?"

He had thought that once these words came out, he would immediately receive Xiao Wu's shocked, or even moved, gaze.

But in the next moment, Xiao Wu's words instantly made Xiao Han feel that his sincere heart had ultimately been given to the wrong person.

"What is a Dou Sheng expert? I've never heard of it. Is it an expert stronger than a Da Dou Shi?"

It was not that the child was deliberately undermining him; he truly had never come into contact with any high-level cultivators.

Without family inheritance or a certain level of knowledge, an existence like a Dou Sheng, unreachable to ordinary people, was completely a secret.

"Fine. Tomorrow, I'll have someone send you some basic information about the continent.

Otherwise, knowing nothing like this, you could probably get sold by someone the moment you went outside." Xiao Han was utterly helpless.

This time, Xiao Wu did not speak. As for the fact that he lacked common sense, he understood it perfectly well. There was naturally no harm in learning more.

Moreover, during this period of time, someone had always been delivering three meals a day to him and Grandpa Shi.

Although he had not specifically asked about anything, from the few words let slip by the people delivering the meals, Xiao Wu could sense that this unreliable master of his seemed to be a top-tier expert.

In his heart, that old thought of revenge had already gradually faded. He was simple, but he was not stupid.

Even if his talent was very good, it could not possibly be so good that this expert would take him in out of desperation, without even the slightest test.

Perhaps there were other unknown reasons behind it.

And no matter what considerations had led him to accept Xiao Wu as his disciple, even if only for his own sake and Grandpa Shi's, Xiao Wu had to cultivate properly and seriously follow the arrangements of this bargain master.

An elder's good intentions should never be let down.

Seeing that Xiao Wu finally did not open his mouth to refute him again this time, Xiao Han was also somewhat happy.

He continued, "Because your cultivation is too low, the highest quality cultivation method you can cultivate right now is only Earth Rank. Otherwise, your meridians won't be able to withstand the powerful rate of Dou Qi absorption, causing damage and affecting your foundation.

Once you reach Dou Wang, you can start replacing it with and cultivating a higher-grade cultivation method."

"How high-grade?"

At this moment, Xiao Wu was rather curious. An Earth Rank cultivation method was already powerful enough, yet now his master was saying there were even higher ranks. For a moment, Xiao Wu was extremely tempted.

"We'll talk about it once you cultivate to Dou Wang."

Xiao Han directly slapped Xiao Wu's head to the side, keeping him in suspense as he merely smiled mysteriously.

"If you satisfy me, there will be other surprises too!" Perhaps sensing that this method was too nasty, he gave Xiao Wu a little more hope.

"You know how to use a Storage Ring, right?"

Though Xiao Wu still disliked Xiao Han's behavior a little, he nodded in affirmation.

"Very good. Keep these things safe. The instructions for using everything inside are all clearly explained.

"If there's anything you don't understand, you can go ask your master's wife, Yi Huang. I'll need to enter seclusion for the next year, so I won't be coming over."

"All right."

"Work hard and cultivate properly. Don't disappoint me," Xiao Han said with a beaming smile.

"Got it." Xiao Wu expressionlessly swatted away the big hand messing around on his head.

After Xiao Han left, Xiao Wu glanced inside the Storage Ring, then suddenly sucked in a sharp breath.

Accustomed to a commoner's life, this was his first time seeing Jade Bottles piled up like a mountain, along with several Scrolls.

The medicinal pills included every grade from first to fifth, with every kind of use imaginable: foundation building, healing, detoxification, restoring Dou Qi, speeding up cultivation, and even increasing cultivation level.

The Dou Techniques were the same. Attack, defense, amplification, control—they covered almost everything, lacking only a healing function. Perhaps this was what it meant to be inhumanly rich!

He could only sigh inwardly that the Central Plains truly were abundant. Then he stopped thinking about anything else and prepared to begin cultivating.

Though to Xiao Wu, this might simply have been because experts in the Central Plains were wealthy, the truth was not so.

While experts were always worth quite a lot, the only one who could give a disciple who had just stepped onto the path of cultivation such generous resources was Xiao Han.

Xiao Wu's feeling was indeed not wrong. If it had only been due to his talent, then although he would have received Xiao Han's focused nurturing, he would not yet have been qualified to make Xiao Han go this far.

And the reason Xiao Han valued Xiao Wu so highly was not only his outstanding talent, but also his identity.

On one hand, as Shi Tou's only tie to this world, Xiao Wu was undoubtedly special.

The mistake Xiao Han had committed back then was now very difficult to make up for through Shi Tou. Out of love for the person, extending to what was connected to him, Xiao Han chose to nurture Xiao Wu, this little fellow.

And what made Xiao Han unhesitatingly and completely choose Xiao Wu as the inheritor of his mantle was—Xiao Wu's background.