Chapter 69: Teachings
Tao Zi slowly woke up and found herself in a cave. She frowned with a headache. She had fainted too many times during this period of time.
"Senior sister, you're awake! Drink some water, drink some water quickly."
Xi Jing frantically brought her some water. She wanted to take it, but was rejected: "Senior Sister, your hand hasn't fully recovered yet."
She looked down and saw that the muscles in her hands had recovered to about seven levels, and she was fully capable of holding water to drink, but she did not refute Xi Jing's kindness.
At this moment, the master walked in and said, "Xi Jing, go wait outside."
"Ah? Okay." Xi Jing walked out confused.
Tao Zi looked up and said, "Master, what's the matter?"
The master looked at her with pride in his eyes: "A Zi, originally I said that you couldn't even beat someone in the early stages of foundation building. Now it seems that I underestimated you."
She sat up straight and said seriously, "But my physical strength is already equivalent to that of the Kaiguang stage, so it seems normal that I can fight against Taoist practitioners in the Xuanzhao stage."
"Azi, the world of immortal cultivation generally looks down on physical cultivators, unless they come from the Minglan Sect's Punishment Hall, and there are reasons for this." The master said in a gentle voice, "The spiritual energy of physical cultivators is too weak, almost non-existent. It is very likely that a foundation-building cultivator will kill a solid-state cultivator."
Hearing the familiar name, she repeated it in a low voice: "Minglan Sect Punishment Hall..."
The master asked in confusion, "Hmm?"
She casually found an excuse and continued, "Why are they an exception?"
"The former senior sister of the Minglan Sect invested countless efforts in them, searching for martial arts techniques and medicinal formulas to transform their bodies. Only then did she pull them up. But even so, it is extremely difficult for disciples in the Body Refining Stage to defeat those in the Foundation Establishment Stage. It even requires the combined efforts of many people. Only cultivators who have reached the Solid State Stage or above can fight against Taoist cultivators of the same realm."
Tao Zi remained silent. She knew the reason better than anyone else - martial arts and combat awareness. Most martial arts required a realm no lower than the Solid Stage. As for combat awareness, she had forced them to develop it bit by bit in the beast herd and on the brink of death.
"Let's not talk about this anymore. Ah Zi, how could you suddenly pass out? Those wounds weren't enough to knock you down."
She composed her words in silence and answered, "My previous move was a martial art that required a lot of spiritual energy. My spiritual veins almost couldn't hold it."
The master suddenly realized that most martial arts require the support of spiritual energy, but the demand for spiritual energy is far lower than other techniques. However, for physical cultivation, this is not low.
Tao Zi touched her wrist. She had to find a way to repair her spiritual vein. Even if it was not complete, she had to relieve the pain.
"By the way, Ah Zi, Master has something to tell you."
"Master, please speak."
The master coughed lightly and said, "I may have to leave for a while."
Tao Zi paused for a moment before realizing what her master meant and asked, "When will Master be back?"
"The time is uncertain. I will come to find you when I come back."
"Do all the junior brothers and sisters know about this?"
The master nodded: "I know everything."
"Okay, Master, please be safe. I will protect my fellow disciples and sisters." She looked calm, but it was impossible to say that her mood was not complicated. Why were the two masters before and after her like this, leaving at the slightest provocation?
"Protect yourself first. If you can't even protect yourself, let alone others. Also, don't hurt yourself, okay?"
Tao Zi blinked and nodded. As for what she was thinking, only she knew.
Not long after, Han Yueshan and the others were peeking at the cave entrance.
The master took a look, and they immediately walked in. Han Yueshan spoke first, trying to find something to say: "Senior sister, is your wound healed?"
"alright."
He looked down at the hand and said reluctantly, "That's good."
Tao Zi continued, "Do you still remember the battle between me and that Xuanzhaoqi?"
Zhao Xue's eyes lit up immediately and he nodded repeatedly: "Remember!"
"Okay, let's talk then."
Tao Zi pondered for a moment, then started by asking about Xuan Zhaoqi's weakness: "Where do you think he died?"
Zhao Xue thought for a moment and said, "Insufficient spiritual energy?"
After all, if he had enough spiritual energy, he wouldn't have been strangled.
She shook her head.
Han Yueshan hesitated for a moment and said, "Did we underestimate the enemy?"
Tao Zi smiled and replied, "Fear of death, underestimation of the enemy, and over-reliance on spiritual energy."
The three of them stood up straight and listened to her.
"And at the beginning, when I stabbed him in the eye at close range, he could clearly use his spiritual energy to protect himself or fight back, but he chose to retreat, thus losing the best chance to kill me. This is because he was afraid of death."
"Actually, from the beginning, I didn't attack with my full strength, which made him underestimate my strength. That's why I was able to break through his spiritual energy and strangle his throat."
Han Yueshan reacted quickly and said, "Since Senior Sister had already misled him, how did you decide the timing to kill him? Why didn't you do it earlier? Wouldn't you have suffered less injuries that way?"
Tao Zi smiled slightly and said, "During the fight, he used spiritual energy all the time, even using it to speed up simple dodges, which shows his reliance on spiritual energy. During the last backflip, he didn't use spiritual energy, which is enough to prove that he didn't have much spiritual energy and couldn't replenish it in a short time. In other words, at that time, even if Senior Sister failed, his chances of counterattacking were small. The more kind you are, the less afraid of death, but it doesn't mean you are seeking death."
Han Yueshan seemed to be lost in thought, Xi Jing was trying hard to recall, and Zhao Xue was still daydreaming, no one knew what he was thinking.
The master said unhappily, "Zhao Xue, your senior sister worked so hard to teach you, what are you thinking?"
Zhao Xue blurted out, "Shouldn't this be Master's job?"
Inside the cave, it was quiet.
Tao Zi realized belatedly that she had forgotten to inform her master in advance.
Before she could say anything, the master rolled his eyes and said, "Master teaches, and so does Senior Sister. Just learn from them."
Han Yueshan muttered, "Master, don't you understand?"
Xi Jing and Zhao Xue moved to the side in perfect tacit understanding to make room.
The master grabbed hold of his cane and rushed forward with one smooth movement.
Han Yueshan instinctively protected his head and rushed out of the cave, causing another chaos.
Although Tao Zi had seen him several times, she still felt a little uncomfortable. On the other hand, the other two seemed more leisurely than the other.
Zhao Xue said, "Master left soon after. Senior Sister, where are we going?"
"Yes, Senior Sister, where shall we go wandering?"
Tao Zi looked at the faint expectation in their eyes and felt uncomfortable for a moment. What were these two people expecting?
Zhao Xue said excitedly, "Why don't we go to the north? I've never been to the northern part of the continent in my life."
"But we haven't traveled all over the south. Why don't we play in the south first?"
Tao Zi:......
If I remember correctly, they were running for their lives, right?
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