Chapter 29 (2/2)

The smiley old man raised his hand slowly and was about to press down on Ren Jie’s head as though he was going to crack his skull, and within his palm was intense Dharmic powers that made others feel like he controlled their life and death.

“Looking at this, I suppose it contains the battle strategies that the Ren disciples have to learn, but I think there are other techniques in here as well since there are more changes. There are more traps than the usual open and close of the original strategies. You’re asking me to beat the bark of the trees probably because you want me to train my body to become stronger as well as learn this set of battle strategies that incorporates all the other techniques. You must have incorporated at least 30 techniques, and they must have reached the level of at least superior-grade techniques, perhaps useable even after reaching the Divine Power Realm. If one is already in the Divine Power Realm, then their combat power would probably be near the ultimate-grade.”

Ren Jie suddenly spoke. He had been looking at the 108 Thousand-layer trees while different scenarios played out in his mind and he quickly saw through everything.

Suddenly, the hand that the smiley old man raised in order to exert pressure on Ren Jie’s head froze in mid-air as he looked at Ren Jie in disbelief.

How could this kid know? This was created by him for today, nobody knew. This kid…

“How did you know that?”

Ren Jie shrugged. “I looked at this placement of trees and ran through the scenario of beating through 30 layers of the Thousand-layer trees a thousand times for a month and realized what you were trying to do, so I know what you were looking for.”

“Nonsense. This is a cultivation technique created by me, how could you tell the effect just by looking through it a few times? You think I’m a fool?” The smiley old man was angered as he glared at Ren Jie.

He was incredibly confident and proud of this modified technique of his, and in his opinion, this was definitely comparable to what the ancient greats had achieved. If this kid could get a sense of it in a month and learn three moves in a year, then he would already be considered one of the most talented of the younger generation in the Jade Capital.

Yet, this kid took one look at it and said such things. Does he think he is choreographing a dance for children? What a joke. However, only he knew of this. Hence, he was incredibly surprised. How did this kid know?

“Holding a larger area down by holding our own, concealing the Yin and Yang at the open and close while concealing the intent to kill at the next open and close. It does not matter whether it is restrained as we only care about the battle’s outcome.” Ren Jie felt even more excited when he saw how worked up the smiley old man was as he had never learned a set of fighting techniques before and they were the most effective attacking method to be used before the Divine Power Realm and could also be used to cast Dharma spells in the Divine Power Realm. He was able to play out this set of cultivation techniques in his mind thanks to the realm he was at; He could feel the extent of power that this set of cultivation techniques had beneath the Divine Power Realm.

As he saw how worked up the smiley old man was, Ren Jie slowly got up. His actions were not vigorous nor were they fast as, although he had just gotten used to the pressure of being at level-3, he was still human. As he stepped in position, his footwork changed a few times while he punched in the air, reciting what he understood from this set of cultivation techniques at the same time.

The smiley old man went from angry to stunned once again as heard Ren Jie speak.

How did he know all this…

As he looked at the set of stances that Ren Jie performed, he realized that that was the cultivation techniques he had come up with. While Ren Jie’s actions were not fast, he still seemed as though he had practiced this for a month and had internalized the steps of this technique.

If not because he had kidnapped him here himself he would have thought that Ren Jie had been practicing these steps for a month.

Strange. Strange, indeed. How could this be? This was impossible. Even if he was a rare talent in the Jade Capital, he could not have been able to perform this ultimate-grade technique to such an extent just by taking one look.

Fighting techniques had to be practiced bit by bit, how could he know it all just like that? Then, why was he still practicing fighting techniques for?

“Hu… Hu…” Ren Jie’s actions were very slow at first, but as he continued doing so, his actions became faster even though he was still weighed down by the array pressure of the Vigor chains comprised of 144 Vigor rings from the third level of the Jade Emperor Refinement Technique. When he was able to execute the movements easily, the leftover vigor in his body became more and more sufficient such that the medicine he had taken earlier was absorbed into his body quickly.

As Ren Jie’s body adjusted quickly, he felt the pressure and weight in his body declining.

No, not the weight, but the pressure. As he performed the refinement technique and made himself stronger through the fighting technique, the energy burst he experienced made his body stronger.

Hence, Ren Jie moved faster and faster as he got more engrossed in it, all kinds of variations in the movements playing out in his mind.

This sense of carefreeness pulled Ren Jie in and he completely disregarded the smiley old man’s existence as he dashed into the Thousand-layer trees’ formation.