"Sure, sure!" Nuomi agreed. "How do we practice?"
"Wait until I use Soul Projection."
Zhou You projected his soul, becoming a soul form like Nuomi. Chu Xiaoyao stopped sneaking looks at her phone and raised her head to watch their fight.
Zhou You extended his left palm in front of him and held his right fist before his chest, assuming a textbook True Martial Opening Stance.
Nuomi copied his posture like someone drawing a tiger from a cat, assuming a textbook Fake Martial Opening Stance.
"Nuomi, here I come!"
"Bring it on, Sect Master!"
Zhou You struck swiftly and fiercely, like an azure dragon surging out of the sea. His sweeping moves stirred up towering waves.
Seeing how formidable the Sect Master was, Nuomi advanced rather than retreated, meeting his attacks head-on. They exchanged several rounds without a clear winner.
Using the classroom as their battlefield, they darted left and right, leaving traces of their passage even on the speakers in the classroom corners and the ceiling fans overhead.
Zhou You's offensive grew fiercer and fiercer. Finally, Nuomi could no longer withstand his attacks and staggered several steps back!
Nuomi clutched her chest and panted, still shaken by the attack. "What a powerful blow!"
Zhou You: "?"
This isn't right. Weren't you able to defeat even Su Tingxue in the Foundation Establishment Realm? How come you're getting knocked back when you fight me?
Am I cultivating Hongmeng purple qi in the Qi Refining realm or something?
Zhou You lectured her with a stern face. "Nuomi, do you know that the first rule of our sect is to seek truth and stay grounded in reality?"
Nuomi nodded. "I remember."
"Then can you really not beat me?"
Nuomi lowered her head, overcome with shame at her own behavior. She abruptly saw the