Chapter 295: Growth - 295
The very next morning, Guang Fu's eyes snapped open at the sound of the bell. He instinctively got out of bed and stood up, but paused as he began walking.
The memories of yesterdays events ran through his mind once again, as he began to slightly tremble.
'I don't know if I can handle that again.' He thought to himself.
After a moment, the image of Tian Ren popped in his mind. He realized that his fear of Tian Ren was even greater than his fear of the events likely to take place.
'Who knows what he will do if I don't show up?' He thought to himself.
Guang Fu forced himself to grab the sword he had chosen yesterday and walked down the hallway.
As he walked, there was a very perceptible tremble in his steps.
Soon, Guang Fu exited the house and walked on the yard. He saw Tian Ren, and the fear in his eyes was clear.
Sigh.
Tian Ren sighed as he saw Guang Fu.
"Do you fear me?" He asked.
After a moment, Guang Fu answered honestly by nodding.
"Why do you fear me? Because I inflicted pain upon you? I did it in your best interest, you know." Tian Ren said.
Guang Fu nodded. "I know, but I can't help it."
"Because you also fear what is about to transpire here? No?" Tian Ren asked.
"That as well." Guang Fu said timidly.
"Do you know how pathetic you look right now, trembling at my very presence? What is wrong with you? Do you think that Yao Mun would act like this?" Tian Ren asked angrily.
"I never asked to fight Yao Mun! Why don't you try to stop comparing me to this so-called monster!" Guang Fu yelled back.
"Because if you can't stop him, nobody will." TIan Ren sighed. "Listen. Yao Mun has hurt many people. Innocent people. Good people. You are a good person. Better than me and most I know."
Guang Fu nodded at his words.
"I understand, but still…"
"But still nothing. Think of it like this. Stop fighting for yourself. It's unlike you. Fight for the countless lives you will save by defeating Yao Mun." Tian Ren said, trying a different approach.
This sentence sent Guang Fu into a train of thought. He pictured the kind elderly people, the young children, the kind parents, and every other person he came across. These were people that he had saved and had thanked him sincerely.
He remembered the day that he woke up and had talent for cultivation. He also remembered the goal he had in mind, the question he had been asked by the old man long ago.
'Would you rather live a happy life as a mortal, or have the opportunity to become the strongest cultivator, although there would be a high risk to your life.'
At that time, he had said he would want to be the strongest cultivator. Why? To help more people.
As Guang Fu's eyes opened, he seemed to be a different person.
"One more piece of advice. Remember, suffering is temporary, but what is gained from that suffering will last forever." Tian Ren said.
Guang Fu nodded as he took out his sword and held it in front of him. There was no tremble in his grip.
He locked his eyes on Tian Ren's position. In an instant, Tian Ren disappeared and appeared right next to him with his sword swinging.
Guang Fu moved his sword faster than before, perfectly blocking the strike.
Three more strike followed, but they were all perfectly blocked.
'He may be a little idealistic and perhaps immature, but I can work with this much better.' Tian Ren thought to himself.
Earlier, he had said what Guang Fu needed to hear to become more firm in will. However, Tian Ren did not believe a single word.
'In the end, the mindset of righteousness will only limit someone. For now, however, it will provide Guang Fu with a great boost.' Tian Ren thought.
With his vast experience, he had ranked the three major mindsets of a person based on how far it will allow them to go.
The righteous mindset, one of protecting others even at the cost of yourself, was ranked lowest.
The evil mindset, one in which you enjoy taking from others or harming others, was ranked second, only slightly above the righteous mindset.
Finally, the neutral mindset. Without an inclination towards this or that, only striving towards the goal of strength, was number one.
It was a mindset that Tian Ren strove for, but even he could not fully achieve it. If it came down to it, he may sacrifice his life to save the Heavenborns. If it came down to it, there was no doubt that he would sacrifice his life to serve Heaven even just slightly.
While Guang Fu had kept up well compared to yesterday, Tian Ren simply sped himself up. There was only so much that Guang Fu could take.
Soon, he was on his back with both of his arms and a leg missing.
This time, he did not yell. He simply bit his lip and handled the pain like a man. Still, his willpower only went so far.
After an hour, Guang Fu passed out from blood loss. Like the day before, Tian Ren dragged him to his room and healed him.
Over the next month, the same exact routine followed. At the end of the month, Guang Fu layed on the ground without any limbs.
Despite that, his face had hardly changed. It was clear he was in pain, but he was neither biting his lip nor making any noise.
After 5 hours, he passed out from blood loss and Tian Ren dragged him to his room.
'Good. He has clearly grown.' Tian Ren thought. 'It should be time to teach him offense.'
The next morning, Guang Fu woke up to the bell and walked outside. Different from the first week, there was no sign of fear or worry on his face.
Chapter 296: Techniques - 296
"Congratulations. You have finished the introductory training. I now believe that you bear the necessary will to fight Yao Mun." Tian Ren spoke.
Guang Fu stood in front of him silently and still. He listened closely.
"Next, we will focus on offense. This is the most necessary aspect to defeat Yao Mun. His sacrificial ability only increases his offense as far as we know. In terms of defense, he should be considered average at his level." Tian Ren explained.
"I will teach you three offensive techniques. Hopefully, you will be able to kill him with these before running out of protection. In the case that you do not kill him, or at the very least, incapacitate him, then I shall teach you a self detonation technique." Tian Ren added.
He looked for Guang Fu's reaction, but Guang Fu did not react.
"I understand that you may be hesitant to self-destruct, but I can assure you, if you cannot kill him before the emblem stops protecting you, he will kill you. That may be the only thing I can 100% assure you of in this mission." Tian Ren spoke.
"I have a question." Guang Fu interrupted.
"Speak." Tian Ren responded.
"I have amassed a good amount of contribution points and still have some spirit stones. In the case that I die, I would like this wealth to be split among the mortal villages throughout the Heaven world." Guang Fu said.
He knew that even .01% of his wealth would be enough to completely change a village.
"Specifically, I would like a couple villages to receive a lot, as well as protection paid for with the money." Guang Fu added.
Without protection, the money given would be useless. Any wandering cultivator could steal it on a whim.
After a moment, Tian Ren spoke.
"Fine. It shall be so." He said.
Hearing Tian Ren's confirmation, Guang Fu was even more resolved than before. Whether he lived or died, he would be protecting his people.
"Let's start." Tian Ren said as he created a sword from lightning Qi.
Guang Fu held his yellow sword that he had chosen on the first day.
"First, the light space cutting technique. This technique's true power, the ability to cut space, can only be shown at the space shattering realm, or the void traversing realm if you're talented. Despite you not having a space affinity, this is one of the three best techniques for your nascent soul realm self in terms of offense." Tian Ren explained.
"In the battle, this should be the second technique to be used, if the other does not work." Tian Ren added.
It was very likely that this would be the 3rd best offensive move Guang Fu would learn in the training session.
"Hold the sword high above your head and close your eyes. We will work on a quick release version of this move, but you first need to be able to actually use it." Tian Ren explained.
Guang Fu followed Tian Ren's words and held the sword high above his head.
"Next, input light Qi into the sword, but only the edge of the blade." Tian Ren said. "This is also where you would normally move space Qi, but you obviously can't do that."
Guang Fu followed his instructions.
"Since this is your first time, use your imagination to imagine the thinnest possible line. This is the line that your sword will shoot out."
Guang Fu did as he said.
"...Finally, bring your sword down and release the line." Tian Ren said after a few more complicated instructions.
Guang Fu kept the thinnest line he could imagine in his head as he swung the sword down and released his Qi.
A thin, almost unnoticeable line flew towards Tian Ren. Tian Ren did not move as the line hit him.
He was completely unaffected, but the rest of the line traveled past him and hit a wall of the mountain. There was no explosion, but a thin line only travelable by water was created.
"Good. You have reached the initial stage of the technique. Over the next few years, we will increase the line's power and speed, as well as its release speed." Tian Ren said.
Guang Fu nodded with anticipation.
Over the next twenty years, Guang Fu trained nothing but that single technique. His cultivation speed did not slow down since most of the time in a day was used to cultivate.
Only after those twenty years did Tian Ren decide to perform a final test.
"This test will show if you have mastered the technique as far as you can in your realm." He spoke. "Regardless of whether or not you have mastered it, we will move on."
"Now, attack!" Tian Ren yelled.
Before half a second had passed, Guang Fu's sword was down and a line was flying. It hit Tian Ren and did not affect him at all, but the power was much greater than the first time.
"Well done. We will call that mastery." Tian Ren said.
"Next, another technique. This one should be the last move that you use. That is because it will sacrifice your sword." Tian Ren spoke.
After his words, Tian Ren grabbed a random sword from the rack and held it normally.
"I made this technique and called it the sword explosion drill. Simply put, you will quickly launch your sword in a rotating fashion. When it reaches the target, it will explode." Tian Ren explained.
As he did so, his hand that had been holding the sword at his side flung up and launched the sword straight into the air at a speed that Guang Fu could not follow.
After reaching 100 miles in the sky, the sword exploded in a condensed fashion.
"This will be a surprise attack. It should be fast enough to hit Yao Mun, but aim well." Tian Ren said. "Naturally, we will not be using the swords on the sword rack for practice. They are quite valuable and bring no benefit that a weaker sword cannot in practice."
As he spoke, a mountain of swords twenty feet high appeared from his spatial ring.
"When all of these swords are gone, we will move on to the next technique."
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