Chapter 577 (1/2)

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Only then did Xiang Shaoyun understand that he deserved the gravekeeper elder's remark of a ”complete mess”. The battle techniques displayed by the gravekeeper elder's afterimages weren't even used alongside any sort of astral energy.

Only the forms of the techniques were displayed, yet that was enough to give Xiang Shaoyun a feeling of inferiority. With the absence of astral energy, one couldn't even say that the gravekeeper elder was merely using his higher cultivation level to embarra.s.s Xiang Shaoyun.

When the afterimages vanished, the gravekeeper elder looked at Xiang Shaoyun and asked, ”Do you understand?”

Xiang Shaoyun nodded deeply and said, ”Yes. Thank you for your guidance, elder.”

He then bowed. In truth, he had the urge to take this elder as his master, but the other party did not seem to have such intention at all. Thus, he couldn't bring himself to mention it. Perhaps he could do so when a better opportunity arose. He had to become the disciple of this elder who was most definitely an ultimate expert with deep and unmeasurable strength.

”It's your turn to demonstrate your battle techniques all over again,” said the gravekeeper elder as he controlled the skeletons to attack again.

Xiang Shaoyun hadn't even gotten the chance to properly digest what he had just learned, yet he had to start fighting again. He could only brace himself and charge the skeletons.

Initially, he was still fighting in his usual style. But gradually, the images of how the gravekeeper elder had used his techniques surfaced in his mind, allowing him to slightly change how he fought.

After changing his fighting style, his attacks had obviously become much simpler yet more effective, with an increase in might and incisiveness. Of course, it wouldn't be easy to reach the kind of perfection the gravekeeper elder had previously displayed.

For three days in a row, Xiang Shaoyun had at least one battle per day with the skeletons. After each battle, he learned a lot. The battle techniques he displayed became simpler and simpler, his movements becoming smoother and smoother.

For him to accomplish this in such a short period of time, he truly had freakish comprehension. Of course, the continuous battles had also dealt him a considerable number of superficial wounds. He looked rather sorry at the moment. He did not hate the gravekeeper elder for that. Rather, he was filled with gratefulness. Such a cultivation method was extremely helpful to him, allowing him to reap great benefits.

The gravekeeper elder continued his teachings, ”Any move is never unchanging. Just like the move prediction technique you used, any move that can defeat an opponent in the simplest and most effective manner is the strongest move. Don't be trapped by the limitations of stances. You will only by limiting yourself that way, and it will be very hard for you to reach the stage of transforming complexity to simplicity. This is simply the dao of details.”

”Dao of details!” Xiang Shaoyun exclaimed.

He then knelt down before the gravekeeper elder, ”Elder, I beg you to accept me as your disciple and teach me more daos that are stronger.”

From what the gravekeeper elder had taught him during this period of time, Xiang Shaoyun was already seeing the elder as his master. Now would be the best opportunity to formalize the relations.h.i.+p. Unfortunately, before his knees could touch the ground, an incorporeal power propped his knees up, making it impossible to kneel.

”I am not teaching you because I want to take you as a disciple. I am merely doing something for the academy,” said the gravekeeper elder.