Chapter 2087 — The Auditing Student
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Though Wei Zhao was recovering his energy inside the jade pendant's space, everything happening outside was still perfectly clear to him.
He had now completely mastered the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations—both its technique and its method of activation were thoroughly familiar to his heart—so giving Han Xiaohu a few pointers would be no difficult matter at all.
Only, Uncle Qing had said as well that the same martial technique, used by different people, would produce different effects; and with differences in personal aptitude, in comprehension, and in heart methods, variations would inevitably arise. So even a superb martial technique, given to someone of poor aptitude to cultivate, would never yield much power.
"You can cultivate it—that shouldn't be a problem. But how far you get will depend on your own fortune," Wei Zhao said mildly, opening his eyes. "I have fully comprehended this martial technique. Now I will teach you the first two stances. As for whether you can successfully unleash it within a single day—that I cannot say."
"I will do my utmost!" Han Xiaohu's eyes lit up, and he said hurriedly.
"Good. First read the heart-method mnemonics of the first stance until you know them well. Where there is anything you do not understand, ask me, and I will explain it. If you have no questions, then watch me perform it!" Wei Zhao handed Han Xiaohu the transcribed copy of the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations.
"Master Lin... might this old man sit in here as an auditing student?" Han Tianba asked after a moment's hesitation.
"Ha, of course you may. Please, Elder Han, make yourself at home!" Wei Zhao did not mind such things in the least. This martial technique belonged to the Hidden Han Family in the first place; he had stolen it for himself, and to then refuse them the chance to study it would be far too unreasonable.
"Many thanks, Master Lin!" Han Tianba was overjoyed. If he could learn the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations, then his former wood-chopping skill would be so much trash.
Wei Zhao smiled faintly and said nothing more.
Han Tianba and Han Xiaohu together began reading the heart-method mnemonics of the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations. After memorizing the mnemonics of the first stance, Han Xiaohu raised several questions, and Wei Zhao answered them one by one. Han Tianba had studied these mnemonics before, only failing to unleash the technique successfully, so he had no questions either.
"Very well. Since there are no more questions, I will begin unleashing the martial technique. Watch closely!" With that, Wei Zhao circulated the heart-method mnemonics and activated the first stance of the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations.
Boom! A fist tore through the air, its power so immense that Han Xiaohu and Han Tianba were shaken to their cores. The gust stirred up by that single punch nearly knocked Han Xiaohu off his feet.
"Powerful—truly powerful!" Han Xiaohu said from the bottom of his heart. In the past, though he too had been a cultivator and knew that cultivators were far stronger than ordinary folk, before Wei Zhao's unleashing of this martial technique, the cultivators of former days seemed utterly insignificant.
"So that's how it is... so that's how it is..." A look of dawning understanding appeared on Han Tianba's face. Before, he had had no renowned master to guide him, so although he had worked out the mnemonics of the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations, he had never been able to unleash it successfully. It was only upon seeing Wei Zhao unleash it that he glimpsed some of the principle within.
"I will now perform the first stance again, slowly, as a demonstration. Watch carefully!" Wei Zhao knew these two were no geniuses—one pass would hardly teach them anything—so he deliberately slowed his movements and once more brought forth the first stance of the Forest of Ten Thousand Transformations.