Teacher Wang Hu's Misunderstanding

Four months later.

In a small town within the Badal Kingdom.

Within a private courtyard.

A sound of metal clashing rang out inside this courtyard.

Within the courtyard, two figures traded blows in a fierce, intense battle.

Zhou Liang crouched slightly, lowering his center of gravity, and raised his left arm.

A shield condensed from soul power blocked Teacher Wang Hu's Tiger-Head Saber.

Fortunately he had prepared in advance and lowered his center of gravity, otherwise this immense force would likely have sent Zhou Liang crashing directly to the ground.

A long sword condensed from soul power in his right hand immediately stabbed from the side toward Teacher Wang Hu's shoulder.

Although the Tiger-Head Saber was a heavy weapon, it was exceptionally nimble in Teacher Wang Hu's hands.

With a gentle raise of his hand, the Tiger-Head Saber blocked Zhou Liang's long sword.

At that moment, however, a smile broke across the corner of Zhou Liang's mouth as his entire body suddenly surged forward.

Meanwhile, the shield braced against his arm and shoulder lunged straight ahead toward Teacher Wang Hu.

And during the charge, protrusions all over this shield began to sharpen, even growing outward to transform into one sharp horn after another.

"Bang!"

That Tiger-Head Saber had been raised at some point, and then smashed down in an instant.

This tremendous force caused Zhou Liang to halt instantly, his entire body even tilting backward as he sat down hard on the ground.

"Teacher, your strength is so formidable! Even after four months, I'm still only able to make you use your first soul skill!"

Zhou Liang stood up, rubbed his backside, and spoke.

Wang Hu looked at Zhou Liang in speechlessness, unsatisfied even with such massive progress.

"Xiao Liang, your progress is already immense. From someone who had never trained at all to now trading blows evenly with me, you are already qualified in terms of combat capability."

"Yet the moment Teacher uses a soul skill, I am instantly defeated. From being kicked to the ground by Teacher right at the start to being able to trade blows evenly with you, it only took me a little over two months. Yet this past month and more, I still haven't been able to resist a single soul skill from Teacher."

Zhou Liang looked at Wang Hu before him with a hint of helplessness.

It was simply that Teacher Wang Hu's strength was far too overpowering; it was merely a first soul skill, yet every single time it knocked him flat on his ground.

"Xiao Liang, my soul skill has been refined through hundreds and thousands of trials and tens of thousands of uses. I can already execute soul skills by instinct, and I've made countless improvements to them. They are entirely different from the soul skill I first acquired."

Teacher Wang Hu looked at the Tiger-Head Saber in his hand and spoke to Zhou Liang.

"Take my first soul skill, for instance. Originally, it required lifting the blade past the shoulder and instantaneously using body force to swing the Tiger-Head Saber downward. That was the original, complete first soul skill, Heavy Chop!"

Teacher Wang Hu demonstrated the original appearance of the first soul skill, then straightened his body and casually swung downward.

The light of the first soul ring lit up as well, but the force of that downward swing did not belong to the complete soul skill from just now.

"Now, as long as it's a downward chop, I can gain the enhancement of the first soul ring. Every single downward chop is the first soul skill. This is the result of my rigorous tempering, which is why you fall defeat to my first soul skill."

After finishing these words, Teacher Wang Hu cast his gaze toward Zhou Liang.

"So, you don't need to feel discouraged. Even a level 30 Soul Elder can be defeated by me using just the first soul skill. After all, my soul power has already reached level 50!"

Hearing Teacher Wang Hu's words, Zhou Liang nodded.

"But Teacher, with you being this strong, how could you be willing to be a teacher?"

"Teacher actually isn't strong. After all, Teacher is already forty-six years old. At this age, I've merely just become a Soul King, and at most I'll top out as a Soul Emperor in this lifetime. Besides, the Dean showed kindness to me, so being a teacher here isn't bad."

Teacher Wang Hu patted Zhou Liang's head and spoke.

"Don't look at how you're no match for me now; in a decade or so, you should be able to surpass me."

After finishing these words, Teacher Wang Hu put away the expression on his face and looked at Zhou Liang.

"We've stayed in this place for four months as well. Let's set off and change locations."

"Alright, Teacher!"

Zhou Liang nodded and walked toward the house.

After tidying up his room and taking his luggage, he walked out the front door.

Teacher Wang Hu was already waiting here. Seeing Zhou Liang emerge, he nodded and climbed up to the front of the carriage.

Zhou Liang walked forward a few steps and boarded the carriage.

Shortly after, the carriage began to move forward, traversing numerous major roads and quickly leaving the small town behind.

The carriage traveled along the main road, heading toward their next destination.

A few days later.

On a main road close to the Star Dou Forest, a carriage advanced without stopping.

"Teacher, where is the next town?" Zhou Liang, who had just finished cultivating, asked Teacher Wang Hu with a hint of boredom.

"The next city is Nuoding City, just a small town. We still need to pass through two more cities before reaching our destination, and we'll arrive in a few more days."

Teacher Wang Hu's voice came from the front of the carriage.

"Teacher, why must we go to that city? We might as well stop in Nuoding City for a few months."

Hearing the name Nuoding City, Zhou Liang's eyes lit up as he spoke.

"No! The stopping locations and times are all arranged by the Dean, and furthermore, the medicinal bath you use doesn't have a supply in every city. If we went to a city with incomplete medicinal herbs, your medicinal baths would be cut off for months, which would severely affect your cultivation. Therefore, no!"

Teacher Wang Hu's stern voice instantly came from the front, directly dispelling Zhou Liang's notion.

"All right then!"

Zhou Liang said with a hint of helplessness.

He then stuck his head out the window, looking at the scenery of the distant forest.

Right at that moment, however, a pink figure in the distance caught his gaze.

Zhou Liang immediately stared with total concentration at that figure, and as the distance closed, he confirmed the identity of that figure.

Based on what I know, I am one year old older than Tang San, and it has already been a year since my Awakening of my Martial Soul. At this point in time, right near Nuoding City, and on the road close to the Star Dou Forest—alone, in pink clothes, a rabbit-eared girl!

Thinking up to here, a smile broke across the corners of Zhou Liang's mouth.

Tang San, your wife is mine!

"Teacher, walk over to that girl and slow down!" Zhou Liang hurriedly spoke toward the front.

Hearing these words up ahead, Teacher Wang Hu looked toward the side, and upon catching sight of that young girl, his brow furrowed deeply.

"Zhou Liang, are you a noble?"

Teacher Wang Hu's voice was exceptionally calm, and his face wore not a single expression.

"No! What's wrong, Teacher?"

Zhou Liang asked with curiosity.

"Then what are you about to do?" Teacher Wang Hu's brow relaxed, but he still asked.