204 Chapter 204 (1/2)
Whenever he passed by the female cultivators he could hear them whisper and when he left their eyesight they would start squealing like little kids. The male ones looked at him with some kind of devotion that wasn't there before like he had accomplished something great. This felt different from the usual Patriarchal loyalty that he grew accustomed too, it felt a lot more crazed.
He just shrugged it off while thinking that they were just being goofy and that he just wasn't accustomed to some of their hijinks.
There was also the problem with Feng Liena, she felt a lot more bashful than before. Then just one day after she came to the construction site one of her retainers stood in his way. She had informed him that going by tradition he wasn't allowed to see her until the big day. What was this big day, or this tradition he had no idea? He just backed away thinking that it just might have been that day of the month and that it would be rude to ask about a detailed explanation.
He was a bit saddened by the lack of company so he had to take out his frustration in the best way possible. He would do this by beating up his disciples and their friends that had come begging for some pointers. There was nothing better than putting some snotty kids in place with a good whack.
”Your right side is wide open!”
'THWACK'
Zhang Liu flew into the distance after he got tapped on the cheek by his master. Zhang Dong had lowered his cultivation base to fit his disciple's but he was still someone at the nascent soul level. Just the fact that he had an evolved spiritual sense let him predict every attack that was thrown at him. He also had absorbed all the knowledge from that sacred ground. He was a master of hand to hand combat with both a high level of Qi and body refining.
”Don't swing so wide!”
'WHAP'
Zhang Xue tried attacking her master after he brother took a swan dive into some trees. Her master just leaned back while evading a lightning charged kick. The girl then got smacked on the back and tumbled into some bushes. The two were already at the foundation level so the impacts of their hardened bodies made small craters.
”Take this!”
Zhang Dong peeked to the side after defending himself against the two youths. A fist engulfed in fire was heading his way. He just lowered himself while redirecting his Qi into his forehead. The one punching was Huo Kong and the moment he delivered his punch was also the moment that he realised that he made a big mistake.
The youth flinched back while grasping his hand; it felt like he hit some kind of anvil made from precious metals.
He flicked the muscular youth's forehead with his finger which caused him to fly away into the direction that Zhang Liu went. Both of them ended up on top of each other. More junior members were looking on from the sides, their eyes straining not to blink as they were worried that they would miss something in this lecture.
The only person left was Feng Liena's little sister. The busty shrimp just went into a frenzy and started attacking Zhang Dong with all she had. She wasn't weak for her age but he had realised that these youths weren't that great at strategizing.
They mostly tried to overwhelm their opponents with superior techniques that quickly drained them of their Qi and stamina. You just needed to be good at evading and reading their movement patterns. After they tired themselves a bit you could move in for the kill.
Just like the rest she was sent flying into the distance. She landed with her posterior on Zhang Xue and the fight was over. Zhang Dong moved his hands behind his back and looked at the defeated youths, his head moving side to side as if he was disappointed.
”You all need to work on your basics.”
”What is the most important part of combat?”
”The power of your techniques? The sheer amount of Qi you can store in your body? Or maybe is it your cultivation realm?”
The defeated youths gathered up. His two disciples were a bit surprised that their Master was so chatty today. Most of the time he just implemented some knowledge into their brain and then went on his way. Somehow he felt more genuine today and more carrying.
The group of young cultivators looked at each other and started to think. They were mostly inclined to believe that power in general was the most important part. Having to battle someone of a higher realm was considered suicide by almost everyone. They all looked to the sect leader, ready to receive his wisdom, no one was even willing to make a prediction.
”Hah, I guess I'll tell you then.”
”It's your footwork.”
The youths were a bit surprised by the answer. There wasn't even any footwork involved when nascent soul or core formation experts fought with each other in the air. So how could this answer be true?
”Footwork isn't limited to the ground.”
”You can defeat your opponent just by feeling out how they move.”
He explained further. The place they were training in was on sand where their footprints were left behind.
”Look at the area I'm standing in and then take a look outside it”
The youths started examining it. The stretch of space that the sect leader was standing in wasn't large but they could tell that he wasn't moving in it all that much. Compared to that his opponents were flying all over the place, making big jumps and dangerous techniques that made them move around a lot.