Chương 26: War God — Chapter 26 - Personally Guiding Ye Miyue

Wang Xian sent his home location, then headed to the market for groceries.

"Tofu, potatoes, pork tenderloin, beef..."

"Shame current tech can't mass-produce exotic beast meat yet." Carrying the bags, Wang Xian returned home. Cooking wasn't hard for someone who'd grown up alone. Especially after decades on the Alien Star Battlefield. That place had minimal supplies. To stay fed and keep growing stronger, you used what you could find. During the later disasters, exotic beasts appeared across Blue Star in massive numbers. Gradually, humanity began producing edible exotic beast meat in bulk.

Most exotic beast meat today contains Spirit Malevolence that can't be processed, so it gets thrown out as waste. Not just the meat. Many materials from exotic beast bodies are tainted with Spirit Malevolence that can't be fully purged, making most of it unusable. When you hunt an exotic beast, only a tiny fraction of materials are actually viable. Which makes hunting exotic beasts barely profitable.

"Otherwise, with Stellar Body Refinement, I wouldn't need the Alien Star Battlefield. I could just eat exotic beast meat, absorb the Spirit Malevolence inside, and cultivate more divine meridians."

"My goal wouldn't be half the divine meridians before the Martial Exam."

"It'd be all 20 meridians converted to divine meridians." Back home, Wang Xian prepped ingredients for dinner. He'd eaten plenty in the afternoon, but as a martial artist, street snacks barely counted as a meal. Real nutrition still needed replenishing. An hour later, three dishes and a soup sat ready. Stir-fried greens, potato-braised beef, shredded pork with green peppers, and cabbage tofu soup. Simple home cooking. Just past five now. Right on time, the doorbell rang. Wang Xian opened the door and grinned.

"Dressed like that, you guarding against thieves?" Ye Miyue stood outside in her school uniform, but underneath she'd layered what looked like several sweaters. Wrapped head to toe. Only her plain, pretty face showed.

"I... I'm just a little cold." Ye Miyue lowered her head, voice soft.

"Have you eaten?"

"I... I... have."

"School beauty Ye, if you keep lying to my face..." Wang Xian pulled her inside in one smooth motion, handing her slippers.

"I'll spill every secret you've got." Ye Miyue's face flushed. She looked down, wounded, and said nothing.

"Have you eaten?"

"No..." If you come across this story on Amazon, it's taken without permission from the author. Report it. Wang Xian nodded, satisfied. This girl loved lying to him.

"Perfect. I made extra." Wang Xian gestured at the three dishes on the table. Ye Miyue glanced over. The aroma of meat and seasoning hit her nose, and the little glutton in her heart woke up instantly. But she didn't move.

"What are you staring at? This isn't free." Wang Xian ticked off his fingers.

"First, you need to eat so you have energy to give me a massage. Second, after the massage, we exchange martial arts experience. I need to see how your training's going. Third, if there's time left, you tutor me in cultural subjects." Several demands in a row.

"Okay." Ye Miyue agreed immediately. After agreeing, she actually looked relieved. Then. Wang Xian's cooking was good, apparently. Ye Miyue ate happily. After eating, she washed the dishes without being asked and cleaned the kitchen until it sparkled. After all that. Ye Miyue's face started turning red fast. Eating generates serious body heat, and she was already wearing too much. Indoors was warmer than outside, too. She couldn't take it anymore. Way too hot! Six o'clock rolled around.

She finally gave in and removed a layer in the bathroom. Outside, Wang Xian smiled. Little one. Think I can't handle you? In my house, what good does bundling up do? Then Wang Xian led Ye Miyue to the cultivation room. The room used to be the master bedroom. Pretty spacious. Later, Wang Xian converted it into a 20-square-meter cultivation room. Enough space for basic skill practice. Couldn't be helped. This 156-square-meter house was honestly too big. Living alone, without modifications, most of it would sit empty.

"Let's see your stance work and Body-Forging Fist first..." Wang Xian gestured. Ye Miyue didn't hesitate. This was "work," after all. So right in front of Wang Xian, she performed a full Body-Forging Fist set and held stance for 20 minutes. She used that special breathing method the whole time. How to put it? Her progress was incredible.

"Not bad." Wang Xian gave simple pointers. After this week's conditioning plus the Primordial Chaos Breathing Method, Ye Miyue's life force should've hit 0. 8 by now. That kind of improvement was absurd. For normal students, a week's progress? Forget 0. 1 life force. Even 0. 01 was hard to manage. High innate life force and strong aptitude really were that good.

Add in the Primordial Chaos Breathing Method, a foundational cultivation technique that surpassed the modern era by at least 60 years, fusing New Martial Arts and Old Martial Arts. Wang Xian was satisfied. As the first test subject for Primordial Chaos Breathing Method.

"Right, have you learned any martial techniques?" Wang Xian asked.

"Mm." Ye Miyue thought for a moment.

"The past two weeks, I've been going to the library to study a sword art."

"What sword art?"

"Two Forces Sword Art."

"Have you mastered it?"

"Not yet..." Between stance work and Body-Forging Fist, Ye Miyue was drenched in sweat now. Even after removing a layer, she still felt uncomfortable.

"The teacher said this technique isn't easy to grasp... with my aptitude, maybe a month if I'm fast." Ye Miyue's sword technique had clearly reached first stage long ago. Otherwise she wouldn't be the school's top student. If not for her life force holding her back, she'd be stronger than Xia Sichen.

"Two Forces Sword Art..." Wang Xian mused.

"I remember. Foundational sword art that balances hard and soft, simple movements." This technique's training difficulty was slightly lower than Flowing Water Blade Art. Ye Miyue looked surprised.

"You practice blade... but you know this sword art too?" Wang Xian definitely knew it. Just not how to train it. In his past life, he'd faced countless sword users. He'd even seen a sixth-realm Martial Honored execute this foundational sword art. Of course, what that person displayed was peak mastery with power and effect both terrifying.

Any martial arts grandmaster, regarding techniques outside their own training, even if they couldn't perform them, their insight and understanding far surpassed ordinary martial artists. As the saying goes, all paths converge. Master one principle, and ten thousand principles become clear. Even if Wang Xian didn't practice blade, his speed training other techniques wouldn't be any slower. He just happened to be interested in blade right now.

"Perform it once for me. However many moves you can do, do them." Wang Xian thought for a moment. Ye Miyue murmured agreement. She took martial arts seriously. No other thoughts in her mind. As a foundational sword art, it didn't have many moves. Just three, like the others. But among those three moves, the variations were fewer than Flowing Water Blade Art. Sword art emphasizes intent. This art balancing hard and soft moved fast then slow, postures graceful and elegant, subtly aligned with celestial cycles.

Especially the final move, Two Forces in Harmony. When executed, sword shadows filled her entire form. Ye Miyue just couldn't grasp that last move.

"What did your teacher say?" After watching, Wang Xian asked. The school had plenty of teachers skilled in sword arts.

"The teacher said..." Ye Miyue thought.

"The final move requires understanding Two Forces in Harmony. If the human body is one, then two hands are two. Holding a sword makes the two forces. To achieve harmony, both hands need to execute any variation simultaneously."

"I can't do that yet..."

"That's right." Wang Xian nodded. Key high school teachers really were skilled.

"I don't know how to train this move..." Wang Xian smiled faintly.

"But I do know how both hands should change simultaneously... it's a feeling." With that, Wang Xian walked over and stood behind Ye Miyue, one hand naturally grasping her left hand. ➤ Next: Ye Miyue: Wang Xian, You're Amazing! Meridian Charging Again, Strength Soars!