A Grandmaster Bows His Head

A sea breeze swept across the deck, stirring up the last wisp of dust.

Dongfang Yueming slowly withdrew his crimson, jade-like palm, and the scorching true intent that had burned everything also subsided, as if the earth-shattering scene had never happened.

Just then, a figure appeared silently on the deck; it was the Grandmaster who had been "sitting" at the bow of the ship.

He looked at the empty deck, then at the serene Dongfang Yueming in the east, and for the first time, an undisguised shock and solemnity appeared in his deep eyes.

"Dongfang, your strength is truly remarkable; I admire you greatly." The Grandmaster spoke slowly, a hint of apologetic smile appearing on his face. "It is my fault for not disciplining you properly, allowing such petty individuals as the Bai family to disturb your refined enjoyment. I hope you will forgive me."

He adopted an extremely humble posture, as if he were truly an elder apologizing for the trouble caused by his subordinate.

But inside his heart, a raging storm was brewing!

[What level of true understanding is that?! Major Accomplishment? Or even... Perfection?!]

[Impossible! How could a junior at the Internal Force Realm comprehend the true essence of a Grandmaster's martial art to such an extent! Unless...]

A terrible thought flashed through his mind.

[Unless, he also has a terrifying background that is no less powerful than, or even surpasses, the ' Nirvana Sect '!]

The grandmaster's change in attitude was witnessed by all the martial artists eavesdropping in the cabin, and everyone was utterly shocked. That was a high-ranking martial arts grandmaster, yet he was being so polite to a young man!

Hiding in the corner, Bai Feng felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave, his whole body was cold, and all that remained in his heart was endless regret and despair.

[It's over... it's all over...]

Dongfang Yueming turned around, his gaze calmly fixed on the Grandmaster beneath his bamboo hat, and said indifferently, "Senior, are you... planning to take advantage of the chaos?"

"No, no!" The Grandmaster hurriedly waved his hands, a bead of cold sweat even forming on his forehead. "I had absolutely no such intention!"

These words shocked everyone once again! A Grandmaster had actually uttered the word "I dare not" in front of a junior!

The Grandmaster was inwardly groaning. He now completely regarded Dongfang Yueming as a prodigy disciple from some super power who had come out for training. Such a person was simply not someone a "native Grandmaster" from a remote place like him could afford to offend! Forget about getting credit for stealing the wanted poster; he'd be lucky if he didn't incur the other party's wrath!

To show his sincerity, the Grandmaster's eyes One Flash a cold light, and he made a grabbing motion in the Xukong!

"Ah!"

Bai Feng, who was hiding in the distance, let out a scream. His body was uncontrollably pulled up by an invisible force and slammed heavily in front of Dongfang Yueming.

"This lad is a remnant of the Bai family, and he has previously been disrespectful to you, young friend," the Grandmaster said expressionlessly. "How to deal with him is entirely up to you, young friend."

This is... a pledge of allegiance!

Bai Feng's face was ashen. Suppressing the extreme fear in his heart, he frantically kowtowed to Dongfang Yueming: "Dongfang... no, senior! Senior, spare my life! I was blind and didn't recognize your greatness! I deserve to die! Please, senior, just let me go!"

Dongfang Yueming didn't speak, but simply lifted his foot.

It fell gently.

"Bang."

With a soft sound, Bai Feng's head, like a crushed watermelon, splattered red and white matter everywhere.

"Is there anything else?" Dongfang Yueming lifted his foot as if he had merely crushed an ant, and calmly looked at the Grandmaster.

The Grandmaster's eye twitched, and he quickly laughed, "It's alright, it's alright, young friend, please make yourself at home. I'll go and restrain my men right away, and I guarantee that no one else will bother you."

After saying this, he cupped his hands in a respectful gesture towards Dongfang Yueming, then vanished in One Flash flash.

Silence returned to the deck.

Dongfang Yueming walked to the place where Bai Zhanxiong had turned to ashes, bent down, and picked up a strange blueprint from the ashes that had not been completely destroyed and was shimmering with faint lightning.

[The Martial Dao True Intent?]

This is a special medium into which Grandmaster painstakingly imprint their insights into the Martial Dao True Intent, helping future generations to comprehend it more quickly.

The protagonist unfolds it, and a line of information appears on the panel.

[Ding! You have learned the martial art "Lightning Prison Star-Shattering Hammer"!]

[Character: Dongfang Yueming]

[Realm: Internal Force Realm (Third Level Perfection: Strength Transformed into Glazed Liuli, Will Follows the Mind) (Gain 600 points daily)]

[Techniques: Extreme Body Tempering Method (Perfection), Primordial Yin-Yang Art (Perfection), Sea-Burning Force Condensation Method (Perfection)]

[Martial Arts: Body Technique (Perfection), Weapon Technique (Perfection), Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm (Perfection),..., Red Flame Hand (0/2000, Major Accomplishment), Lightning Prison Star-Shattering Hammer (0/200, Not Yet Entry)]

[Points:1822]

[This lightning attribute's true meaning is quite ingenious; its attack power should be quite impressive.] Dongfang Yueming thought to himself. [However, I'll save my points for now and upgrade "Red Flame Hand" to Perfection to see what changes occur after fusion.]

The next day, early morning.

Looking at the points accumulated overnight, Dongfang Yueming had a sudden thought.

[Point Allocation!]

[Ding! 2000 points consumed, Red Flame Hand upgraded to Perfection!]

Boom!

A more intense and domineering true intent than yesterday flowed through his body.

Then, that familiar feeling returned.

[Ding! Detected two martial arts of the same origin: "Sea-Burning Raging Flame Palm" (Perfection) and "Red Flame Hand" (Perfection). Initiating fusion...]

This fusion was more intense than any before! The true essence of the water and fire attributes seemed to have found a perfect balance after the addition of the new power of "Red Flame Hand"!

It was no longer a simple fusion of water and fire, but rather produced a wondrous qualitative change!

In his mind, the crimson flames and the pitch-black torrents transformed into an even grander Tai Chi diagram. The flames were no longer merely flames, but had become the yang pole; the water was no longer merely water, but had become the yin pole. Yin and yang rotated endlessly, creating life without ceasing!

[Fusion successful! Obtained a brand new martial art - "Yin-Yang Sea-Burning Record"!]

Dongfang Yueming slowly opened his eyes, and in them seemed to see stars fading and the sun and moon revolving.

He had a strong premonition.

[If, in addition, one could fuse with a water-attribute martial art, perhaps... there would be a true transformation!]