Pretending Not to Know, Then Pretending to Know

Gathering his thoughts, Liu Duanyuan pointed downwards and said:

"Since he is your disciple, he will not lose today."

Lu Changzhi smiled:

"It seems the senior has great confidence in my disciple."

Liu Duanyuan laughed heartily:

"I have confidence in myself."

After speaking, he raised his hand and waved it, and all the words in front of him disappeared. At the same time, many insights and experiences of cultivating to the One Grasp of Return to the Void flooded into Lu Changzhi's mind.

"Thank you, Senior Liu," Lu Changzhi said.

"As expected," Liu Duanyuan said.

"Without them, you'd probably struggle even to get started."

"The jade slip recording martial arts techniques is now in your possession. Keep up the good work."

After saying that, Liu Duanyuan waved his hand.

Brush.

The scene before them vanished, and the surrounding crowd and the murmurs of conversation reappeared.

Lu Changzhi looked down and sure enough, there was a jade slip with the character "Liu" engraved on his right wrist.

His gaze fell upon Luo Ling'er, who remained expressionless and showed little reaction.

"Therefore, it must have been that my body did not move, but my thoughts were drawn into the space."

Lu Changzhi made his judgment, his gaze passing through the arena to Liu Duanyuan, where he could clearly feel the encouraging look in the other's eyes.

"The ancient imperial clans are no joke."

Lu Changzhi sighed, looked down at the jade slip in his hand, and pondered how to make it seem like he was progressing step by step, rather than suddenly mastering it all.

It's important to understand that his initial simplification of this martial art went from "not knowing anything" to "being extremely proficient."

Based on a rough estimate, he's actually qualified now.

But whether the Liu Clan would believe him if he dared to demonstrate it is still a question.

"Thinking back on it, it doesn't seem to be such a simple matter after all."

Lu Changzhi shook his head secretly.

"It would indeed be better to find a cultivation technique that Xiao Ye can learn."

That way, Xiao Ye can proceed step by step.

Now we need to find a way to make it seem reasonable.

At this moment, the system spoke:

"Master, since you're only having me practice this martial art to put on a show anyway, why don't you pretend you do even though you don't know it? That way you won't have to pretend in your martial arts training and can get the chance to do it yourself."

"Um?"

Lu Changzhi pondered these words for a moment, and was quite surprised:

"You almost gave me a tongue twister, but perhaps your approach isn't entirely flawed?"

Pretend you don't know, then pretend you do.

Since it's all a pretense anyway, whether they actually know it or not is obviously unimportant.

As long as the formalities are met, that's fine.

Just like the special effects for his Aptitude of a Great Emperor, doesn't that still fool people?

Besides, Lu Changzhi estimated that if he really showed that he knew it, the Liu Clan might not be able to sit still.

"Good."

Lu Changzhi praised the system:

"She's truly a comforting presence in the world of systems."

System: "I have no chance to let my master take it."

Lu Changzhi chuckled to himself.

His Xiang Li robe, which was taken away by Du Sheng, is still staying at the Withering and Flourishing Sect.

Pulling his thoughts back, Lu Changzhi focused his attention back on the field.

Right now, it's unclear how many matches there are.

However, seeing that Shen Wentian was still sitting there, one could basically tell that it was still early.

"Having someone to back you up makes things much easier."

Recalling Liu Duanyuan's confidence and self-assurance, Lu Changzhi simply smiled.

In addition, there was the matter of Du Niansheng asking Gu Chen for his opinion earlier.

Great, we hit it off immediately, and each got what we needed.

On the other side of the field.

Shen Tianxun was intently watching Gu Chen on the field, a hint of dissatisfaction in his eyes.

"I didn't expect this kid to have bloodline abilities too."

Although it wasn't particularly obvious, he did sense a distinct bloodline aura emanating from Gu Chen.

Furthermore, the level of this bloodline is probably on par with that of his Shen Clan.

But that's nothing.

What truly concerned him was that Gu Chen's bloodline aura had only reached such a level up to this point.

It's important to know that all those who fell before him had their bloodline power pushed to an extremely high level in the end.

Furthermore, what bothered him even more was...

Now in the ninety-seventh match, he hasn't secretly helped Gu Chen yet; it's entirely Gu Chen's effort to get going and complete the match on his own.

To be fair, judging from the current performance...

Overall, Gu Chen is definitely superior to most of his peers in the Shen Clan.

Even more so, it can reach a point where one can only Wentian up to Wentian and barely catch up.

"This child cannot be allowed to live."

A cold glint flashed in Shen Tianxun's eyes.

Through years of experience, he knew very well that with Gu Chen's current performance and this crazy drive, he was bound to grow to a great height one day.

In this battle, the Withering and Flourishing Sect was defeated, and the consequences were predictable.

If Gu Chen were allowed to live, the responsibility for the complete decline and even extinction of the Withering and Flourishing Sect would inevitably be placed on the shoulders of the Shen Clan.

The night should not be too long, otherwise you will have many dreams.

Thinking to himself, Shen Tianxun turned to look at Shen Wentian.

He was about to speak.

Suddenly, the brow that had been steadily furrowed, which he had subconsciously ignored, was suddenly gripped by a strong tingling sensation, like the tingling of thunder when one's cultivation level was low.

The sudden stimulation made Shen Tianxun gasp for breath.

"Father, what's wrong?" Shen Wentian turned his head to look at him, somewhat puzzled.

Shen Tianxun's expression froze for a moment, slightly surprised, but he quickly waved his hand:

"Fine."

Good things and bad things happen one after another.

Unexpectedly, although there was a sudden numbness, the area around my eyebrows went completely numb in the blink of an eye.

That's fine too; out of sight, out of mind; if you don't feel it, you don't need to worry about it.

Regaining his composure, Shen Tianxun said to Shen Wentian:

"Be careful, Gu Chen also has bloodline."

The words had barely left his mouth when Shen Wentian frowned, then suddenly raised his hand and pressed it to his chest, saying:

"Father, my bloodline is very excited about this."

That's perfect.

Shen Tianxun smiled, made a throat-slitting gesture, and said:

"Killing two birds with one stone."

"No."

Shen Wentian gently shook his head, looked at the field, and smiled:

"That's killing three birds with one stone!"

After saying that, he slowly continued:

"I have a feeling that I will be able to make a breakthrough on the court soon."

"But unless it's a matter of life and death, they probably wouldn't make that connection to those special circumstances. So, when I sparred with him, Father, remember to continue helping him to further improve his skills."

He was very clear about his father's plans and intentions.

Gu Chen's ability to struggle until now is undoubtedly due in no small part to the strong support of his father.

Without his father's secret intervention, Gu Chen would probably have been defeated countless times already.

And all of this ultimately points to him.

To be precise, it was under his feet.

Shen Tianxun wanted to explain that he hadn't actually been secretly boosting Gu Chen's strength during this period.

But upon reflection, I realized that boosting the morale of others in this way is ultimately pointless.

After all, even if Gu Chen possesses extraordinary strength, the outcome of this battle is ultimately up to him.

At that moment, Shen Tianxun simply nodded and smiled at Shen Wentian:

"Tian'er, you can rest assured."