Celestial Phenomena Martial Arts School

Early in the morning, dawn had only just begun to break.

Su Han had already arrived outside the Celestial Phenomena Martial Arts School.

He had come here once before, half a year ago. His talent had been mediocre then, and he had given up halfway through, having actually studied for only a few days in total.

He hadn't expected to return again now.

He pushed the door open and entered. People were already moving about inside the school.

The sounds of training, shouted calls, and fists and feet cutting through the air filled the school, while the smell of sweat hung in the air.

A young man at the front desk was wiping down a table.

When he saw someone enter, he immediately looked up.

"Here to learn martial arts?"

"Yes." Su Han walked over.

"I'd like to sign up."

"Which tier do you want?" The young man pulled a price list from a drawer.

"The basic class is two thousand a month, the advanced class is four thousand, and the top-tier elite class is eight thousand."

"The top tier," Su Han said without hesitation.

If I'm going to learn, I'll learn the best!

Su Han paid on the spot and swiftly completed the enrollment formalities with the staff.

"All right, you've been assigned to the school master's daughter, Senior Sister Lu Yu. She's leading morning practice in Hall Three on the second floor."

"Just take your student ID up there."

Su Han nodded and headed straight upstairs.

At that moment, more than a dozen students were standing on the second floor.

At the front stood a tall woman with her hair in a ponytail and a black training uniform. She was explaining something with her back to the door.

Su Han pushed the door open and went in.

Everyone looked over.

The woman turned around.

It was Su Han's first time seeing Lu Yu. She was indeed beautiful, but not in a delicate way. Her brows and eyes were cold, as though veiled in frost.

Her training uniform outlined her figure, with curves in all the right places.

But Su Han was in no mood to admire her and paid her no attention.

"New student?" Lu Yu's voice was cold too.

"Su Han. I just signed up for the elite class." Su Han handed her his student card.

Lu Yu took it, glanced at it, and set it aside.

"Join the group." Lu Yu pointed to an empty spot in the back row.

"Today I'll start with the basics of stance training. The Celestial Phenomenon Stance Technique is the foundation. Without it, don't even think about learning anything that comes after."

Su Han walked over to the spot.

Lu Yu continued in an even voice, "Stance training isn't just standing still. Sink your shoulders, drop your elbows, relax your waist, sit into your hips..."

She demonstrated as she spoke, her movements smooth and fluid.

The more Su Han listened, the more anxious he grew.

He had learned all these basics long ago and had even mastered them to perfection.

What he urgently needed now were the subsequent training and fighting methods. Time was tight, and his enemies wouldn't wait for him.

From the look of things, Lu Yu is going to start teaching from the very basics.

He didn't have time to wait for that!

"Start holding your stances now. I'll correct you one by one," Lu Yu said.

The students quickly assumed their stances and began practicing.

Only Su Han stood there without moving.

"Is there a problem?" Lu Yu looked at him.

Su Han didn't want to beat around the bush, so he told the truth.

"I've already learned all the basic stance techniques. Could you teach me what comes next directly?"

As soon as he said that, the training hall fell silent for a moment.

Then someone couldn't hold back a laugh.

"Bro, you're new here, aren't you?" A man in a training uniform in the front row turned around, a mocking look on his face.

"That trick's been out of date for ages. If you want to get Senior Sister Lu's attention, can't you try something else?"

The other students around them also began murmuring among themselves.

"Here we go again."

"The last one pretended to faint, and Senior Sister Lu had someone carry him straight out."

"This guy's not bad-looking. Too bad his brain doesn't work."

Lu Yu's expression turned cold.

She had indeed encountered many similar situations.

She had many suitors, and some men would resort to all sorts of attention-grabbing antics to get her notice.

Pretending to be sick, pretending to faint, pretending to be a genius.

She found such behavior utterly loathsome and disgusting.

"Su Han, was it?" Lu Yu's voice had already been cold, but now it was even colder.

"People who try to play clever aren't welcome here. Either practice your stances properly or withdraw from the school and leave right now."

Su Han couldn't be bothered wasting any more words on these people.

Explaining would be too much trouble.

No matter how much he said, it would be better to prove himself through action.

So he walked straight to the center of the floor, assumed a stance, and began his demonstration.

The first form.

The second form.

The third form...

His movements were steady, his breathing long and even.

With each change of form, his overall bearing swelled and ebbed like waves.

The murmurs around him gradually died down.

The mocking expressions on everyone's faces began to falter.

The cold look on Lu Yu's face slowly changed.

She was an expert herself, and could naturally see the subtleties of Su Han's demonstration at a glance.

These weren't stances a beginner could assume.

Relaxed but not slack, steady but not stiff, his jin was contained without showing, and his breathing rhythm was perfect.

By the time Su Han moved to the eighth form, Lu Yu was holding her breath.

The ninth form.

Su Han took a deep breath and slowly exhaled.

"Crack!"

Jin surged, and a sharp report burst from within his body.

Ming Jin erupted with a startling report, its force astonishing.

Silence fell over the training hall.

Everyone's eyes widened, their faces full of shock. Lu Yu couldn't even stop her hand from trembling.

Ming Jin had burst forth.

He had developed jin through stance training alone?

She had never even heard of such a thing.

The people in the hall no longer showed any of their initial mockery. Now, all that remained was bewilderment.

What did Su Han just say... ?

He'd learned stance training?

He fucking calls that "learned"?

He had mastered it through and through, practicing it to perfection.

No, he had even surpassed perfection, reaching an unprecedented level.

Su Han calmly finished the exercise, looked at Lu Yu, and said coldly,

"Can you teach me what comes next now?"

Lu Yu said nothing, gazing deeply at him.

Su Han's stance technique had already surpassed hers. It was simply too perfect, without a single flaw.

It took her a long while to come back to her senses and speak.

"When did you learn it?"

"Half a year ago. I signed up for the basic class here and studied for a few days."

"You signed up for the basic class and studied for a few days?" Lu Yu repeated, her voice full of disbelief.

"Can you teach me what comes next now?" Su Han asked again.

"I'm in a hurry. I don't have much time."

Lu Yu took a deep breath and finally suppressed her shock before speaking again.

"All right, I'll teach you now."

She told the other students to continue holding their stances, then led Su Han to one side.

She began explaining what came next.

By now, Lu Yu's earlier disdain was long gone, and her tone was ten times more serious than before.

"The Heavenly Phenomenon Secret Martial Arts are divided into training methods and fighting methods."

"The training methods mainly cultivate jin. There are five levels in all, corresponding to Ming Jin, An Jin, Hua Jin, Baodan, and True Gang."

"The last two levels are at the core of the school. Only my father knows them, and they aren't taught to outsiders lightly."

Su Han nodded. "Then I'll learn the first level first."

Lu Yu nodded.

"All right, remember this. The first-level Ming Jin training method is called Mountain-Splitting Jin!"

Lu Yu assumed her stance, her expression growing focused.

"Watch carefully. Your movements have to match your breathing. The jin rises from your feet, passes through your waist and back, and finally flows into your fist."

She performed it slowly, breaking down every detail.

Su Han watched once. His improved comprehension had greatly enhanced both his memory and his ability to understand.

He soon memorized every detail.

"Try it yourself." Lu Yu stepped aside.

Su Han planted his feet, raised his hands, and began practicing.

On his first attempt, his movements were still a little awkward, but the overall form was correct.

By the second attempt, he was much smoother, and his fists hissed as they cut through the air.

Then Su Han practiced it a third time.

"Crack! Crack! Crack!"

Like bamboo joints snapping, thunderous reports rang out as Ming Jin erupted in rapid succession.

Only this time, the sounds were sharper and louder than when he had been holding his stance!

The entire martial arts school was shocked by the terrifying force.

Every student in Hall Three stopped, and numerous instructors all turned to look as well.

People in the other halls on the second floor also poked their heads out to see.

Their eyes were full of irrepressible curiosity and shock.

Lu Yu stood where she was, her entire body frozen.

Her face was full of disbelief, towering waves of shock churned in her heart, and her eyes were filled with incredulity.

Three times.

Just three times.

He had gone from knowing nothing to mastering it perfectly in just three attempts?

In all her years teaching martial arts, she had never seen talent like this.

No, she had never even heard of it.

"Senior Sister Lu, can I continue learning what comes next?" Su Han asked, finishing the exercise.

Lu Yu was already struggling to speak coherently, her mind buzzing.

The way she looked at Su Han had completely changed. It was as though she were looking at something beyond her comprehension.

Like a monster.