Chapter 62: Martial Arts Transmission Under the Night Sky

Shi Feizhe stayed at the Ma Family’s residence for several days.

It wasn’t that Shi Feizhe didn’t want to leave, but Young Master Ma insisted on keeping him.

“If Benefactor leaves just like this, wouldn’t it make my Ma Family appear heartless!”

“Benefactor has already stayed an extra day, why not stay one more?”

“Benefactor, please wait! This is my family heirloom, the 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》, which I wish to present to Benefactor as a token of gratitude for saving my life!”

Towards his life-saver, Young Master Ma was indeed enthusiastic, simply because they were a hair’s breadth from death. So, he brought out the family heirloom 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》, forcing Shi Feizhe to stay for a few more days.

To Shi Feizhe’s surprise, after Young Master Ma explained the 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》 in detail, he found it to be quite profound.

Thunder, the pivot of Yin and Yang!

Cultivating the 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》 requires visualizing a Thunder Emperor, holding a divine whip, who controls the pivot of Yin and Yang.

The first whip strikes humans, rewarding good and punishing evil. The second whip strikes evil, dispelling demons and monsters. The third whip strikes disasters, preventing locust plagues and pestilence. The fourth whip strikes the heavens, ensuring favorable weather. The fifth whip strikes the world, bringing peace and tranquility.

Under the five consecutive whips, peace reigns on earth! It’s a whip technique that embodies grand ideals and aspirations.

“However, Young Master Ma, I see that you haven’t reached the See the Truth level of cultivation yet!” Shi Feizhe saw at a glance that Young Master Ma had not yet cultivated True Qi.

“It’s quite shameful to speak of this. I’ve followed the family heirloom manual, my Blood and Qi are complete, but my Essence and Spirit just can’t reach completion.” Young Master Ma said, somewhat ashamed:

“Within several generations, only my father succeeded in cultivating this family heirloom technique, others couldn’t even grasp the basics!”

The inability to complete Essence and Spirit indicates a conflict between the visualized deity and one’s own worldview.

Shi Feizhe glanced at him, never imagining that the Head of the Ma Family was a passionate youth in his younger days!

This second-generation disciple, born into a powerful family, where would he find such passion and ideals.

But he himself couldn’t cultivate it either. The image of the Thunder Emperor holding a divine whip always felt ordinary to him.

If it were replaced with the Monkey King, wielding an iron staff.

The first staff strike wreaks havoc in the underworld, the second subdues demons and monsters, the third battles celestial beings, the fourth disrupts the Heavenly Palace, and the fifth shatters the highest heavens. Now that’s impressive!

Having understood the martial arts principles within and the ability to extrapolate from one instance, making minor adjustments shouldn’t be a big problem.

A divine whip and an iron staff merely differ in length, then replace the visualized Thunder Emperor with the Monkey King.

Hmm… highly feasible!

This technique can’t be called 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》 anymore, it can be called 《Great Sage Heaven-Disturbing Staff》.

In just half a day, Shi Feizhe （blindly guessed） the details of this technique based on the 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》.

Shi Feizhe finished deducing the technique and was about to leave, but Young Master Ma insisted he stay one more day, saying it was already late, why not leave tomorrow!

Unable to refuse, Shi Feizhe had to stay another day.

That night, Shi Feizhe suddenly heard someone knocking on his door.

“Who is it?”

“I implore the Hero to teach me martial arts!” A young and tender voice came from outside the door.

Someone actually wants to become his disciple? Shi Feizhe was surprised. He pushed open the door and saw a boy, about thirteen or fourteen years old, kneeling in front of his door, his head bowed low in the darkness.

“You are…” Shi Feizhe asked. He hadn’t seen this boy before.

“I’m a servant of the Ma family, Ma Er! A few days ago, Benefactor saved us, and I was able to survive! I wanted to come and see Hero a few days ago, but it was quite busy at the manor those days. Today, the manor is not busy, I came in the middle of the night, please forgive me, Hero.”

The boy kowtowed with a “thud” and said.

“Why do you want to learn martial arts from me?”

“I also want to be like Benefactor, become a Hero, and uphold justice. I implore Benefactor to teach me martial arts!” The boy said again.

For someone who wanted to spread martial arts throughout the land, a boy kowtowing in the middle of the night to ask him for martial arts instruction was something Shi Feizhe couldn’t refuse.

The Jianghu shouldn’t stifle a young boy’s dream of becoming a Hero!

Shi Feizhe reviewed his techniques. The boy probably wouldn’t be able to learn the 《True Origin Sword Finger Formula》, and teaching the 《Sun Moon Concentric Art》 to the boy, if he couldn’t learn it, wouldn’t that be harming him?

The 《Five Thundering Lightning Whips》 was the Ma family’s heirloom martial art, it wouldn’t be appropriate to teach it to this boy either.

Then there’s only the 《Dark Spring Divine Shadow Record》, 《Twelve-Layered Pagoda》, and… 《Great Sage Heaven-Disturbing Staff》.

“I implore Benefactor to teach me martial arts!” The boy saw Shi Feizhe lost in thought and quickly kowtowed again.

“Come inside with me!” Shi Feizhe pulled the boy up and said.

He touched the boy and felt that he was all skin and bones, extremely thin. Looking at his clothes, they were also tattered and worn.

This moment reminded Shi Feizhe of himself when he had just transmigrated.

Entering the room, under the candlelight, he saw the boy’s rough skin and sallow complexion, clear signs of malnutrition.

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“Learning martial arts is very hard work!” Shi Feizhe said.

“I’m not afraid of hardship!”

“Learning martial arts could drive you mad.” Shi Feizhe added.

“Huh?” The boy was stunned. Learning martial arts could also drive you mad?

“If you forcefully cultivate martial arts you don’t understand, it’s very likely to cause problems for yourself. You could become disabled…” Shi Feizhe explained the risks of learning martial arts.

“Uh…” The boy, Ma Er, thought about his dream of becoming a Hero. He gritted his teeth and said resolutely: “I’m not afraid! I want to become a Hero!”

Shi Feizhe looked at him and said: “I have three martial arts techniques, you can choose one!”

“Which of these three is the most powerful?”

“《Twelve-Layered Pagoda》!”

“Then I’ll learn this one!”

“Alright! Listen carefully!”

Shi Feizhe then taught him the 《Twelve-Layered Pagoda》. The more the boy listened, the more confused he became, the more he listened, the less he understood. Finally, he was so anxious that tears were almost welling up.

Someone was teaching him martial arts, but he couldn’t understand!

It was despair after hope!

His path to becoming a Hero had ended before it even began.

“Understand?” Seeing his expression close to tears, Shi Feizhe continued: “Then listen to the 《Dark Spring Divine Shadow Record》.”

The boy listened and listened, and suddenly started sobbing. He couldn’t quite understand this one either.

Could it be that he was simply too stupid to learn martial arts?

He fell into deep self-doubt.

“There’s also the 《Great Sage Heaven-Disturbing Staff》, listen carefully!”

This time, the boy understood perfectly and listened with great excitement. He comprehended this staff technique thoroughly, especially the visualized Monkey King, wielding his iron staff to shatter the celestial palaces.

“Good, good, good!”

“Monkey King! The Monkey King is great!” He couldn’t help but clap his hands and exclaim.

It turned out he wasn’t the only one in the world who felt this way!

The heavens could be pierced!

Those high and mighty rules, there was nothing that couldn’t be broken!

There should be nothing in the world that could constrain his spirit!

The boy had never felt such joy, as if someone in the world finally understood him.

Shi Feizhe looked at the boy’s joyful face, filled with satisfaction. Surely, the boy was so happy because he had found a martial art that suited him.

Another Hero in the world!

“I just deduced this technique. If you encounter anything amiss during your cultivation, be cautious!” Shi Feizhe said.

“Today, I received Master’s teachings, I have no regrets!” The boy knelt before Shi Feizhe again, kowtowing three times in succession, his forehead bleeding from the force.

“Today’s martial arts transmission is a matter of fate. I’m not your Master, but you can call me Teacher!”

“Thank you, Teacher! Thank you, Teacher!” The boy quickly said.

“Hmm… if you encounter any trouble you can’t solve in the future, you can say your teacher is the Hero Fan Jianqiang!” Shi Feizhe thought for a moment and added.

“Thank you, Teacher Fan!”

“If you succeed in your cultivation in the future, don’t forget your initial aspiration today!”

“Yes! Teacher Fan!”

This title, Teacher Fan, why does it sound so strange!