strictlysupreme Chapter 843: Domain (I)
Chapter 843: Domain (I)
Chapter 843: Domain (I)
Yuan Shuo entered Skystar City at the same time. He did so openly on this visit; various factions received word as soon as he walked through the city gates. There wasn’t much wariness against the old man these days. People’s only concern was that his disciple was quite unusual. For once, Yuan Shuo enjoyed the treatment of being able to saunter into a city without anyone daring to cause trouble for him. The only regret he felt was that he hadn’t accomplished this through his own merits, but through his disciple. Damn if that wasn’t embarrassing!
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The Skystar Commander Office.
Li Hao wordlessly greeted his master and Jadelight Sword’s arrival. His master had the habit of picking the best timing! He arrived as soon as they finished divvying up the spoils. There would’ve been a share for you if you’d come just three days earlier!
Indeed, it was three days since the group had defeated the coconut tree. It was only now that Yuan Shuo showed himself.
“Teacher!”
Yuan Shuo looked at Li Hao and inclined his head. “Not bad!”
Li Hao also sized up the old man with a twinkle in his eye. His teacher seemed to be stronger than before. That was some nice improvement for these two weeks!
Yuan Shuo didn’t respond and treated the complex like his home. He headed for the main hall.
“Have you opened all of your supernatural locks?” he asked as he walked.
“Yep.”
“You were in too much of a rush!” sighed Yuan Shuo.
“The enemy was too strong.”
“That too.” Yuan Shuo nodded. The enemy was very strong, but it also had to do with Li Hao being too hasty. This disciple of his was always in a rush. “I might’ve been able to help you return to martial dao in another few days.” He still found the young man’s situation slightly regretful.
“Is that important, teacher?” Li Hao smiled.
When they last communicated through the pendants, Yuan Shuo had a hunch that Li Hao might snap his supernatural locks. He hadn’t thought it would take place so quickly. The locks might still be intact if he’d emerged from the ruins earlier.
Yuan Shuo walked into the main hall and sat down, grabbing a tea cup for refreshment.
“That’s Martial Uncle Southern Fist’s.”
“Is this his house?” Yuan Shuo flicked a glance at Li Hao.
“......” The young man smiled and didn’t say anything else.
Yuan Shuo didn’t mind the cup’s former user and continued drinking. He spat with disgust after a while, “Does He Yong not brush his teeth?”
“......” Li Hao grinned.
“You mentioned last time that you wanted to resolve the issue of making mysterious power become part of the body,” Yuan Shuo cut straight to the chase. “I see there’s only a faint sheen of mysterious power coming from your body now. Have you solved the problem?”
“More or less.” Li Hao nodded. “I’ve been wanting to tell teacher, but I haven’t been able to get in touch with you.”
“You should have a few more supernatural characters up your sleeves, show them all to me...” Yuan Shuo brought up.
“Teacher, you won’t be able to keep them under control if I bring them all out.”
“......”
Yuan Shuo directed the full force of his gaze on the young man, as did Li Hao look at his teacher. Three seconds later, he summoned the rest of his characters. A Yuan Shuo with clenched teeth erupted with fury and vented his annoyance via a thorough beating on supernatural characters that Li Hao had purposefully weakened.
The young man smiled and ignored his teacher, opting to drink tea with Jadelight. The two chatted idly as Yuan Shuo began his investigation anew. The supernatural characters were a simple contract, so someone like Yuan Shuo should’ve instantly grasped them. For some reason, he kept studying them.
Li Hao was knowledgeable enough after recent events, he just lacked experience and tempering in the ways of the world. But he let Yuan Shuo be—perhaps his teacher was trying to decide if he wanted to do the same for himself?
The old man poked at the characters and even shoved his own aura into them. It was... highly uncomfortable. The characters were a projection of the body, so with Yuan Shuo shoving his aura inside... It was... eh... slightly shameful. Li Hao regarded his teacher with resignation, what was Yuan Shuo doing?
The pigeon that was Yuan Shuo occupied the sparrow's nest and utilized his five auras to thrash the ferocious tiger. He beat the tiger so badly that Li Hao’s fire aura wanted to rage with fury.
“This development of yours doesn’t work!” Yuan Shuo frowned. “You’ve got one character corresponding to one aura. How many auras will you need to comprehend before you succeed?”
The man thought for a bit. “If you want to rapidly improve, I recommend you abandon the other auras and keep only one, using one to transform into a myriad of others...”
“That’s what Martial Uncle Hong does!”
“It’s an awful idea!” Yuan Shuo immediately changed his tune. “I was just saying that earlier, you cannot do so at any cost!”
“......” Li Hao nearly burst out laughing. You were just saying that I should abandon all of my other auras. But his teacher’s thoughts happened to coincide with Hong Yitang’s. The young man did want to smile at that. What a coincidence!
Yuan Shuo had finished his study of the characters and turned over his thoughts. “Although the method is simple and even a little crude, I have to say that it’s innovative to fashion them into words and have the aura be the medium. You even took pointers from the Incantation of the Blade of Blood and ultimate art Tranquil Star. That’s very good!”
The old man rarely praised people, but he voiced a few compliments for his student’s work. He sat in thought for a bit.
“This undos some of the barriers between martial masters and supernaturals, combining the two roads as one.” Yuan Shuo sank back into contemplation and said nothing for a long time.
Li Hao and Jadelight Sword waited quietly by the side—they waited for half an hour.
“Have you tried connecting to the heavenly aura?”
Li Hao blinked. What heavenly aura?
Yuan Shuo frowned to see his student at a loss. “When I told you about the Breathing Method of the Five Styles, I also mentioned the modified Five Styles. Have you not studied them?”
Li Hao remained silent.
“Or perhaps you think that my Five Styles does not measure up to the secret arts of the ancient civilization, that a modern human cannot create a secret art more powerful. Is that so?”
“Not at all...” Li Hao hastily said.
“Of course you do!” Yuan Shuo laughed. “There’s nothing wrong with thinking that either. The limit of my Five Styles is Refiner of Spirit, whereas the sky was the limit for the ancient arts. One is in the heavens and the other on the ground, why would you think much of my methods?”