Chapter 4: True Force Infusion
What did he just say?
He wouldn't take him as a disciple? He'd only give him pointers on one move?
How could a teenager barely in his teens be so arrogantly insane?
Everyone was left speechless by Chen Yu's words. Zhao Kai secretly wiped the sweat from his forehead. Luckily, he hadn't taken the boy as his disciple just now. Otherwise, who knew how much trouble he would have to carry around with him in the future?
After the shock passed, deep disappointment flashed through Ye Donglai's eyes. He had thought this was a promising seed with some talent for martial cultivation. He hadn't expected him to be nothing more than an arrogant, conceited teenager.
Ye Donglai shook his head lightly, then turned to Ye Wushuang. "Wushuang, let's go home."
Ye Donglai had lost all interest in this kind of teenager.
Ye Wushuang nodded gently. At first, she had wanted to give this boy a great opportunity, but she hadn't expected him to anger her grandfather instead. She looked at Chen Yu with undisguised displeasure, lifting her chin slightly as her face turned icy.
"You really have no idea how high the heavens are or how deep the earth is! A huge opportunity was placed right in front of you, and you don't even know how to cherish it. You don't even understand what kind of existence you're talking to."
Chen Yu froze. Ever since his rebirth as a Celestial Venerable, who had dared treat him this way? Even his bearded master, Venerable, was worlds below him in terms of strength alone. He had never expected that, immediately after being reborn, someone would dare look down on him based on their strength and status.
Looking at Ye Wushuang's haughty expression, Chen Yu shook his head and sighed softly.
"Your boxing technique is riddled with flaws. Without more than ten years of hard training and a few fortuitous opportunities, you could never improve. I can see that your character isn't bad, so I intended to help you cut ten years of suffering from your path. I never expected you to let such a great opportunity slip away."
Ye Wushuang's eyes immediately filled with rage. She had trained since childhood to attain her current strength. Even the most renowned martial arts masters couldn't find a flaw in her boxing technique. Yet in Chen Yu's eyes, it wasn't worth a penny.
"Hmph. You charlatan who fools the masses, you cultivate however you please, and you haven't even formed a proper stance yet. How dare you claim you can give me pointers?"
Chen Yu sighed. "You truly have eyes but cannot recognize jade. Your boxing technique is already inferior, and your master isn't any better. Meeting me is the once-in-a-lifetime turning point of your destiny, yet you chose to let it go."
Hearing that, Zhao Kai felt even more fortunate that he hadn't taken this disciple. This brat was truly an idiot! The Dongchuan Ye family was an immense power. They had wanted to take him as a disciple, and not only was he ungrateful, he had the audacity to claim he could give them pointers?
He was practically begging to die!
Zhao Kai could already imagine what Chen Yu would have to face once that fury erupted.
Sure enough, Ye Wushuang looked ready to explode, while blue veins had already bulged on Ye Donglai's forehead, his face full of fury.
Ye Wushuang's master was none other than Ye Donglai, and the boxing technique she practiced was the Ye family's ancestral art.
Chen Yu's words were tantamount to insulting the entire Dongchuan Ye family!
"Kid, you've got some nerve! Fine. Since you dare say that, Wushuang, go ask him for instruction. Let's see exactly how he plans to break my Ye family's boxing technique and prove that it's so 'layered'!"
Ye Donglai shouted furiously. He took one long step forward, and his aura suddenly surged. His tall, imposing frame radiated menace. Even Zhao Kai felt his heart pounding, while the watching thugs trembled and didn't dare make a sound.
Yet Chen Yu simply raised one finger.
"With just this one finger, I can break your boxing technique."
Ye Wushuang narrowed her eyes, her expression as cold as the winter snow.
"You want to die!"
The moment her voice fell, Ye Wushuang shot forward and threw a punch. It was exactly the same move she had used to send Zhao Kai flying earlier, except this time it was accompanied by a shrill, ear-piercing whistle.
Zhao Kai's expression changed. He had thought she'd been holding back before, but if this punch landed, he would definitely be flat on the floor, unable to get back up.
Ye Donglai nodded in satisfaction. Ye Wushuang was the only granddaughter in the family willing to endure hardship and train in martial arts under him. Under his instruction, she had trained bitterly for nearly ten years and had finally entered the Bright Force realm, making her a bona fide minor expert.
Yet Chen Yu merely shook his head. "Your force isn't condensed, and your body is too large. Watch how I break you."
Chen Yu struck out with one finger. Although he had moved later, he arrived first, piercing through Ye Wushuang's wave of punching force and lightly tracing a line across her forehead.
Ye Wushuang's heart jolted. She immediately retreated several steps. When she realized she was unharmed, she gave a cold, mocking laugh. "You broke my boxing technique with one finger? That was nothing but a cheap parlor trick!"
With that, she prepared to attack again.
"Wushuang, don't attack! You've already lost!"
Hearing her grandfather's shout, Ye Wushuang was about to argue, but then she was horrified to see Ye Donglai trembling all over, his eyes fixed on Chen Yu with fear and reverence.
"Grandpa, what's wrong?"
"Look at the tree behind you, and then look at your forehead."
Ye Wushuang turned around and stared. To her horror, a tiny hole ran straight through the tree from front to back. She touched the hair falling across her forehead and found that a strand had been cleanly severed.
If that finger had touched her body...
The thought had barely arisen when Ye Wushuang felt ice spread through her entire body. Her spine prickled, and her heart filled with terror.
Ye Donglai hurried over to Chen Yu, bowed deeply, and prostrated himself as he said in a trembling voice, "This ignorant one, Donglai, failed to recognize that you are a martial arts grandmaster of Innate True Force. Please, sir, do not take offense."
"A martial arts grandmaster of Innate True Force? What is that?"
Seeing the confusion on Chen Yu's face, Ye Donglai found it strange but still carefully explained:
"Chinese martial arts are vast and profound. The levels of cultivation are divided into three realms: Bright Force, Dark Force, and Transformation Realm. Each realm is further divided into four minor stages: entry level, minor mastery, major mastery, and peak. But all of these are Postnatal realms.
"Above them is the Innate realm, which belongs to the category of True Force—the true force within the body. Above the Innate realm is the legendary realm of Indestructible Diamond."
After hearing Ye Donglai's explanation, Chen Yu gained a clear understanding of Earth's martial cultivation system. He couldn't help shaking his head and sighing softly. Earth's cultivation level was truly far too low. His current strength had only reached minor mastery in Body Tempering. In the cultivation world of the universe, he would be no different from a newborn baby. Yet here, he was already considered to be at the pinnacle of martial arts.
"I still need to increase my strength as quickly as possible. Unless I reach perfect Body Tempering, I won't be any different from an ant in the face of guns and artillery."
Having made up his mind, Chen Yu said, "I'm just a senior in high school. I have nothing to do with martial arts."
Ye Donglai assumed Chen Yu simply didn't want to show off, so he hurriedly nodded again and again, bowing respectfully.
Chen Yu nodded lightly, then walked over to Ye Wushuang. He stared intently at the graceful girl with twin braids before suddenly raising his hand and pointing straight at her forehead!
"Don't!" Ye Donglai screamed, his heart plummeting into an abyss. Chen Yu was a martial arts grandmaster. If that finger came down, how could Ye Wushuang possibly survive?
My beloved granddaughter is done for!
Yet in the next second, Ye Donglai's eyes went wide. He stared at his trembling granddaughter, her face flushed crimson, her voice stammering, her eyes filled with terror and worship.
"T-True... True Force Infusion!"