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Chương 3: Imperfections in Heaven's Path

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"A battle between teachers on offering pointers to a student?"

Zhang Xuan’s face immediately darkened.

Even though he had inherited the memories of the previous host, he had yet to fully organized his memories. In his present state, he could only barely make sense of the various cultivation realms. If it was offering pointers on one's cultivation, then even the previous host could only smoke through the matter, needless to say, the current Zhang Xuan!

Offering pointers… It was impossible for him to match up to this Cao laoshi!

If they were to really compete, he would surely lose!

"Why? Are you afraid to accept the challenge? It's clearly written in the rules that teachers can compete with one another to allow a student to make a better choice, and this isn’t considered as poaching!" Cao Xiong chuckled. He flung his sleeves as he spoke with composure.

"What are we going to offer pointers on?"

Zhang Xuan knew that if he turned down the challenge, the only student he had recruited was going to get away. Pressured, Zhang Xuan gritted his teeth.

There were many aspects a teacher could offer pointers to their students on; their cultivation, battle techniques, flaws in their movements… On this aspect, most teachers had their own field of specialization.

"How about this? Since they're all new students who just arrived today, why don't we have them execute a punching routine and offer them pointers on the flaws in their execution? After which, we'll have them try out their punching routine once more on the spot, and whoever's student improves to a greater extent wins. What do you think of it?"

Cao Xiong wouldn't be confident to go up against any other teachers, but facing the one whose performance was at the bare bottom, a person who scored zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination, he was still more than confident.

Zhang Xuan hesitated.

"It can’t be that you dare not accept my challenge? You were still bragging so proudly awhile ago that you refused many students. If you possess true abilities, prove it. Don’t hinder the future of this young lady with your inept!" Cao Xiong taunted.

"That… Alright then!"

Zhang Xuan eventually nodded.

The worst thing that could happen to one was death anyway! At most, it would just end in his loss. If he didn’t accept the duel now, the student he just brought in would definitely withdraw from his tutelage! If so, he would be truly forced up a corner.

If he found himself at a loss later on, he would just have to make up something random on the spot. In any case, he was thick-skinned, so a little embarrassment meant nothing at all...

"Cao laoshi and Zhang laoshi are competing with one another!"

"You mean that Zhang laoshi who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination?"

"That's right!"

"Despite being the worst teacher in the academy, he still dares to compete against other teachers? Are you for real? Isn’t he asking to be embarrassed?"

...

Hearing of the challenge, a large group of students who were in the midst of their meal came crowding over.

Today was the registration day for the freshmen. Most of the freshmen had heard of the teacher who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination even though they had yet to meet him in person. Most of them were actually quite curious to see how the matter would turn out.

"Going by the standard rules, you'll offer pointers to my student while I offer pointers to yours!"

Seeing a huge crowd gathering around, Cao Xiong felt even more motivated to perform. He opened his hands widely with a confident smile.

To ensure fairness, such competition disallowed teachers from offering pointers to their own students to avoid the suspicion of cheating. Usually, they would exchange students for the battle.

"Young lady, come here and display your punching routine. Strike on the stone pillar with your full strength!"

After confirming the content of the competition, Cao Xiong beckoned the dazed young lady over.

"I…"

Blushed furiously, Wang Ying peeked at Zhang Xuan nervously. Only after confirming that he wasn’t angry did she dare to proceed forward. Then, placing her hands by her side, a deep and powerful aura shrouded her body.

Huhuhu!

The immense force of her punch caused the wind to whistle.

It would be hard to imagine that this dazed young lady could wield such immense strength behind her punches if one didn't witness it personally.

Her stance was stable and forceful. With a single glance, one could tell that she had diligently built up a solid foundation.

Before long, she completed her punching routine.

After seeing the punching routine, Zhang Xuan fell into despair.

Even with the memories from the previous host, he wasn't able to discern any flaws at all.

No wonder the previous host scored a zero in his Teacher Qualification Examination, his eye for discernment was way too weak!

"Good! Now, strike the rock pillar with your full strength!"

Seeing that she was indeed a good bud, Cao Xiong nodded in satisfaction.

A rock pillar stood not too far away from them. This rock pillar possessed the ability to gauge the strength of the blows landing on it. Such rock pillars were stationed all around the school so that students could utilize it whenever they needed to gain a deeper understanding of their own strength.

Wang Ying walked shyly over.

Gathering the might she had accrued from the punching routine earlier, she sent a forceful punch right onto the rock pillar!

Peng!

The rock pillar staggered, and some digits floated into appearance.

53!

"53kg, the strength of your punch is not bad!" Cao Xiong nodded in approval.

Given that Wang Ying was a freshman who had yet to be guided by any teacher, and that she was a female, it was indeed impressive for her to carry such weight behind her punch.

"Your punching routine is vigorous and forceful. However, one flaw that I noticed with your punches is that your punching route is a little too short. If you can increase the speed of the rotation of your lower limb, the might of your punches will increase significantly! If I’m not mistaken, your legs have probably incurred injuries of some sort!"

Cao Xiong said.

As expected of a teacher! His eye of discernment was indeed superior to Zhang Xuan. In that short moment, he was able to tell that the crux to Wang Ying’s punching routine was her lower limbs, and from there, he deduced that she might have been injured.

"Yes!" Wang Ying nodded in agitation.

"Due to your injury, you're hesitant to exert pressure on your lower limbs. Since that's the case, allow me to impart you a formula. Don’t worry, it won't worsen your leg injuries!"

After which, Cao Xiong explained a method of diverting one's strength thoroughly.

"Let me give it a try!"

To be able to achieve such strength despite her injuries, Wang Ying's superior ability of comprehension played a huge part. It didn’t take too long for her to understand the concepts behind the formula Cao Xiong taught. Then, she stepped up to the rock pillar once more and clenched her fist. A surge of strength gushed through her entire body, as though a mighty dragon had possessed her.

Peng!

63!

Through a momentary tutoring, the weight behind Wang Ying's punch increased by 10kg!

"Given that her strength had increased by 10kg, that's an improvement of 20%! I'm done with my guidance. It’s your turn!"

Cao Xiong smiled faintly after seeing the results, and slight glee could be seen on his expression.

Raising a student's strength by 20% in a single session of guidance was a rather impressive feat.

"Zhang laoshi!"

A student stepped forward from Cao Xiong’s back and readied himself to execute his punching routine.

"Hold it right there!"

Zhang Xuan raised his hand.

"Why? Do you intend to go against your words?" Cao Xiong snickered.

"Go against my words? What a joke. Do you think I'll renege on my promise?" Zhang Xuan spoke forcefully, but on the inside, he was panicking.

As a transcender who had just arrived in this world, how could he possibly anything about offering pointers to a student? If they want to learn how to download films from the internet for free, he was an expert, but given how he didn't the least about martial arts at all, how could he possibly offer pointers on that?

"I only think that…" With the crowd staring intently at him, Zhang Xuan swallowed his pride and fumbled around for an excuse to free himself from this situation. "Given that he's your student, there's a possibility that he might hold back after my guidance. If that's the case, won't I lose indignantly?"

"I'll definitely use my full strength! At the very least, I still have that little bit of credibility!" The doubted student gritted his teeth in displeasure, offended by Zhang Xuan's words.

"Fine, I'll believe in the credibility of this student. However, our duel isn’t fair!" Since that the student had already spouted such words, Zhang Xuan knew that he would only be mocked if he continued pursuing the matter. Thus, he turned to another matter in hopes of finding a breakthrough.

"Unfair? What is unfair?" Cao Xiong said.

"Wang Ying is my student, and even if I were to win, I earn nothing at all. On the other hand, if I were to lose, she would become your student. How can this competition be considered to be fair then? Since we are wagering, the bets on both sides should be equal. In this gamble, only I stand to lose… Do you think that this is fair?" Zhang Xuan said.

"Ah…" Cao Xiong was tongue-tied

Phrasing it in this way, this was indeed an unfair challenge.

This bet was no different from a fraud. The other party had his own student on the line, and on the other hand, Cao Xiong wasn’t susceptible to any losses at all.

"Alright then. If I were to lose, Liu Yang over here will become your student!"

After a moment of contemplation, Cao Xiong declared as he gestured at the student in front of him.

Liu Yang was the freshman who had stepped forward previously.

"Teacher…" He didn’t expect that Cao laoshi to make such a decision. Liu Yang was flabbergasted, and a look of anxiety appeared on his face.

He would rather die than to acknowledge a teacher who scored zero in the Teacher Qualification Examinations…

"Don’t worry, I won’t lose!" Cao Xiong looked at him confidently.

"Yes!"

Reassured by Cao laoshi's words, Liu Yang walked over and 'huhuhuhu', regardless of whether Zhang Xuan was looking or not, he started executing his punching routine.

"This…"

He intended to spout a few more words to convince this youth to give up. But to his dismay, the other party immediately executed his punching routine, not giving Zhang Xuan any chance to speak at all. Zhang Xuan fell into despair.

Honestly speaking, he couldn't even recognize the punching routine the student was displaying, so how could he find a flaw in it? If so, it was impossible for him to offer any pointer at all.

"Flaw, what flaw is there in this punching routine…"

Beads of perspiration flowed down his forehead, and anxiety grasped his mind.

If he were to fail, being embarrassed was the least of his concerns. More importantly, the student that he took so much trouble to hoodwink would be gone, and he would be expelled from the academy!

Boom!

Just as he was overwhelmed with anxiety, the Library of Heaven’s Path in his mind jolted, and the deep rumbling of a thunder echoed in his ears.

Within the library in his mind, four words appeared on top of the bookshelves.

Heaven’s Path is imperfect!

These four words weighed down on Zhang Xuan's heart as though mountain, and he could sense boundless authority and might from it.

As soon as the four words came into existence, a book suddenly appeared on a bookshelf, and it fell right before Zhang Xuan.

"What's this?"

Zhang Xuan’s heart stopped for a moment. He instinctively lowered his head to glance at the book in his hands.

There were two words on the cover of the book——Liu Yang!

Casually flipping over to the first page, a huge bunch of words appeared in his sight.

"Liu Yang; originates from the Liu Family from Xiayun City. A student of Hongtian Academy, Fighter 1-dan Juxi Realm!"

"Cultivation Technique: Lotus Acupoint Breakthrough Might!"

"Battle Techniques: Soaring Flower Fists (Minor Accomplishment), Dragon Inch Fist (Major Accomplishment)!"

Flaws: 12 aspects. No.1, he uses too much strength for his feints… No.2… No.3… No.4…No.12, although his left arm is much stronger, his punching routine is more suited for the right-handed. Thus, he is unable to exert his full strength…"

"This… This…"

Browsing through the contents of the book, Zhang Xuan felt as though he was going insane.

Was this for real?

Just as he was in dire need to find Liu Yang’s flaws, the Library of Heaven’s Path compiled a book of the other party's weaknesses.

If what was written on it was real, then the gift package he received as a transcender was truly impressive!

Everyone in the world had their own flaws, and the same applied to battle techniques and cultivation techniques as well. Perfection was a concept that didn’t exist in this world. To be able to perceive the flaws of a person and compile it into a book, this the capability of this library was about to break through the heavens!

Peng!

Just as Zhang Xuan was immersed in the changes within the library in his mind, Liu Yang had already completed his punch routine. With a resounding tremor, several digits floated into appearance on the rock pillar.

"62!"

The weight behind Liu Yang's punch was 62kg!

"Zhang laoshi, Liu Yang has finished his demonstration. Why don't you offer him some pointers?"

Cao Xiong smiled.

Hearing those words, the crowd who was watching the commotion immediately turned their gazes to Zhang Xuan. They wanted to see how the only teacher to ever score a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination would fare.


Chương 4: Slapping Face

Biên tập viên: GaiaNova, Thaddpole&Tortex

“I…”

The tremor from the Library of Heaven’s Path just now caused his attention to be concentrated in his mind and he was still in a dazed state. Furthermore, he didn’t even know what the other person’s punching routine was, so how the hell could he guide him!

“Teacher Zhang, please correct my flaws!”

Liu Yang stepped forward and bent over completely.

By one side, Wang Ying blinked her eyes. She wants to see how this ‘expert’ she had just met would guide him.

“Keng!”

Everyone’s gaze concentrated on him. If he didn’t speak soon, he would only end in embarrassment. Just as Zhang Xuan was about to spout bullshit, he suddenly remembered Liu Yang’s flaws that were recorded in the book in the library.

He didn’t know whether what was recorded on it was true or not. However, given the situation, it was probably impossible for him to make something up on the spot. Thus, he could only buck up his courage to say, “There are many flaws in your punch routine, a total of 12 of them!”

“Haha, he said that there are many flaws in there, 12 of them? I didn’t hear wrongly, did I!”

“This is the funniest joke I have heard!”

“This Soaring Flower Fist may not be very advanced, but it is one of the most common skills in the entire kingdom and is known as the Basic Fist. After thousands of years of simplification and refining, although it cannot be considered as perfect, he actually says that there are 12 flaws?”

“A bunch of lies! He probably couldn’t discern anything, that’s why he decided to make things up!”

……

Initially, the surrounding crowd was still pondering over what he would say. The moment he opened his mouth, everyone of them burst into laughter.

Soaring Flower Fist was one of the most basic punching routines of the Tianxuan Kingdom. It was similar to the Taizu Changquan, as long as one was practicing martial arts, they would have to learn it first. After thousands of years of refinement by countless experts, though it didn’t hold much might, but it was well-reputed for its lack of flaws. Even more so, some people called it the ‘Flawless Fists’.

For such a punching routine, that fellow actually claimed that there were 12 flaws in it… What kind of joke was it!

Ignoring the fact that he scored zero for his Teacher Qualification Examination, even if the principal were to come over, he probably won’t be able to point out so many flaws!

“Oh? Teacher Zhang sure is a genius, to be able to find 12 flaws in the Soaring Flower Fists. Do enlighten us!”

Apparently, Cao Xiong didn’t expect Zhang Xuan to be so boastful and to say such words the moment he opened his mouth. Excited, his eyes twinkled. He purposely said those words to push Zhang Xuan into a corner.

Even despite hearing the words from the crowd, Zhang Xuan remained expressionless. However, his heart couldn’t help but beat erratically. He didn’t expect that the Liu Yang fellow would use a punch routine everyone was aware of.

His previous self would definitely be aware of it. However, given that he just transcended over, the other person’s memory had yet to fully merge with his!

However, even though he was a librarian in his previous life, he was still a transcender with an entirely different set of knowledge. Not to mention, his skin was thick. After rolling his eyes, he said, “Why, you don’t believe it? It isn’t that I don’t want to guide him, but that you all do not trust me. Since you don’t want to do as I guided you to… Then, you all can’t blame me for it! Wang Ying, let’s go. This kind of gamble is pointless!”

“Hold it there, we trust you! Do enlighten us!”

Seeing that he was on the verge of leaving, Cao Xiong immediately stopped him.

He could tell that the other party is intentionally coming up with exaggerated figures, so that other people would refuse to trust him and he could make use of this opportunity to sneak away. However, it wasn’t easy for him to grasp hold of this opportunity to teach him a lesson, so how could he give up at this point!

“That…”

Seeing that he was unable to sneak away, Zhang Xuan could only take out the book compiled by the library once again.

“If I die, so be it!”

Since there’s no backing out now, he stared at the flaws recorded in the book and looked through the 12 of them once again. Then, his gaze fell on the last one. He grinded his teeth and spoke, “The punch routine you just used is right-handed. Let me give you a suggestion. Try using your left hand to strike the stone pillar!”

Since it was a special privilege granted to a transcender, there was a chance that it could be correct. Besides, even if the information on it wasn’t accurate, he couldn’t think of a better reason to worm his way out at this point.

“Try using the left-handed version?”

“This can be also considered as guidance?”

“What kind of joke is this. One’s left hand is normally weak. If he were to execute it with his left fist, won’t he be screwing up the entire punch routine?”

……

The crowd first became stunned before a commotion broke out. All of them stared at Zhang Xuan with looks of contempt.

Everyone knew that the left-hand was weaker than the right. Given the shock wave from the fist Liu Yang just executed, he obviously wasn’t left-handed. Yet now, to ask him to execute it with his left hand… What kind of joke is this?

“Liu Yang, try using Teacher Zhang’s method so that he can give it up!”

Apparently, Cao Xiong didn’t expect Zhang Xuan to say that. He was so excited that he was on the verge of skipping with joy, but he still yelled a command to Liu Yang.

Even though he just accepted him as a student, he was extremely sure that Liu Yang was more skilled with his right and that he wasn’t a left-handed. If he were to really execute it that way, the force behind it probably wouldn’t even hit 30kg!

For a student to hit 62kg before guidance and below 30kg after guidance, this would definitely cause Zhang Xuan’s reputation to fall to the gutters!

Let’s see whether he can still remain so smug!

“Yes!” Liu Yang snickered coldly and executed the punch routine again.

He was very aware of the fact that he wasn’t left-handed. To get him to execute the blow with his left-hand… A load of bullshit.

Soaring Flower Fist was the basic fist he had been practicing since young. Although he wasn’t very used with the inversion of left and right, he soon got over it. Even though the shock wave from the fist created a strong gale, regardless of whether it was his strength or proficiency, it seemed to be worse than the previous one.

“Could it be… my privilege as a transcender is a sham?”

Zhang Xuan was very nervous.

Other people’s privilege when they transcend included an old grandfather who could just casually enlighten them. As long as they were to follow his instruction devotedly, there would be bound to have no problems. Yet, he just had to get a library with all sorts of messy things written in the book. If what was written in the book was false, he would definitely get expelled from the school!

Hu!

Very quickly, he finished the routine. Liu Yang walked over to the stone pillar and raising his left fist, he smashed it in.

Weng!

A series of digits appeared.

“One. Haha, to think it would be in the tens…”

When the digit ‘1’ appeared on it, Cao Xiong burst into laughter as an exhilarated expression appeared on his face. However, before he could finish his words, they got stuck in his throat. His eyeballs were about to fall onto the ground.

“123?”

“123kg?”

The crowd who had intended to mock him were scared foolish and they trembled uncontrollably.

Previously, Liu Yang’s blow did 62kg and now that it had risen to 123kg, that was almost a single fold! That was… almost a 100% increase!

Was that for real?

Even the teacher who scored first in the Teacher Qualification Examination throughout the campus, during his first guidance, couldn’t possibly cause his student’s result to increase by a single fold!

“I… I… Is this from me?”

Even the person in question, Liu Yang, was stunned.

He stared foolishly at the rock pillar in disbelief.

He knew that he isn’t left-handed. However, never could he imagine that his left-hand strength would hold so much strength! That was a single fold more compared to his right!

The crowd was astonished. Zhang Xuan almost leapt from all the joy surging through his body.

“It’s true!”

At this instant, he could finally confirm that the flaws compiled by the library were true.

To be able to see through the skills a person was cultivating in and his weakness… This privilege of a transcender was really going to bash through the heavens!

“So, how was it? Your guidance has led to a 20% improvement while mine has led to a 100% improvement. Teacher Cao, what else do you want to say?” Zhang Xuan snickered.

“I…” Cao Xiong’s face turned pale as he felt a burning sensation on his face.

Initially, he proposed this competition to see the other party make a fool out of himself. In the end, the one who was made a fool of was himself.

Retrieving a jade token from his embrace, he bit on his finger and a drop of fresh blood fell on it. “Liu Yang, I am revoking your status as my student. You can now acknowledge Teacher Zhang as your teacher!”

After saying that, he glanced at Zhang Xuan, “You don’t have to be too smug about it. This time, you were lucky. The next time we compete, I will make sure that your reputation is ruined…”

Then, he turned around to leave.

This time, not only did his reputation took a blow, he lost a student and even got slapped hard on his face.

It was one thing to lose to other teachers. However, the main crux of the problem was that this fellow was the one who scored a zero in the Teacher Qualification Examination, the worst teacher in the entire academy…

“Teacher, teacher…”

Watching as Cao Xiong departed, Liu Yang’s face darkened.

Although he managed to achieve a good result under Zhang Xuan’s guidance, he, like Cao Xiong, believed that it was only due to luck. He didn’t believe that he would have this kind of skills.

“Alright, you are now my student. Hurry up and take out your identity card!”

Zhang Xuan didn’t care what he was thinking about. A victory in a bet had given him a new student, so he was still busy celebrating over it. He casually tossed a jade token over.

Although Liu Yang wasn’t really willing to become his student, he knew that he had to give into the results of the bet. If he didn’t acknowledge this Zhang Xuan as his teacher, the other teachers would definitely reject him. Thus, he could only drip his blood onto this jade token to complete the verification.

“Tomorrow, meet here for lessons!”

After finish dealing with Liu Yang, Zhang Xuan didn’t say anything excessive. He looked at Wang Ying and said those words faintly before walking out of the canteen.

Returning back to his lecture hall, Zhang Xuan delved into his mind without second thoughts to examine the Library of Heaven’s Path closely.

After examining for awhile, he finally understood a thing or two about it.

As long as the person executed his skill or martial art before him, it would immediately compile into a book of their flaws.

“Haha, I have really struck it rich this time! With this thing in my hand, I would be able to see through any flaws at one go. I don’t believe that I will still score a zero for the next Teacher Qualification Examination!”

Frenzied joy raced through his heart. As a transcender, Zhang Xuan finally felt some enthusiasm for the future.

Taizu Changquan -> Literally means Ancestor Long Fist.

A brief introduction of Long Fist: It is a close-combat skill which emphasises stretching one’s limbs to the maximum. It is a high aggressive style whose motto is ‘the best defense is a long offense’ (Source: Wikipedia)

Taizu Changquan is known as one of the 6 Great Long Fists in China. There are multiple names to it (depending on the region) but it is well-established and influenced the creation of many other fists in the future, thus giving it the title of ‘Mother of a Hundred Fists’ (Source: Baidu)


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