Chapter 731 - 310: Sect’s Legacy, Master Chu

Chapter 731: Chapter 310: Sect’s Legacy, Master Chu

A teacher for a day is a father for life.

Chu Lingguang wore mourning clothes, treating Guo Wei as his own father.

After the funeral, he observed a three-year mourning period for Guo Wei, remaining in Baiyang County and even teaching students at the Martial Arts Hall.

"WHOOSH!"

Yang Shaorong had already returned to Yuanchu Mountain.

Hei Hu had also taken Zhang Linghua back to South City to assume his post.

Wu Feihong, Li Murong, and Wang Chao also left one after another.

The Martial Arts Hall grew quiet again.

Only a group of students remained. On most days, Lin Yuanfu taught the Spear Technique, and Guo Xiaotian would sometimes offer pointers, but their skills were far inferior to Guo Wei’s and Chu Lingguang’s.

Now, in front of all the students, Chu Lingguang began to demonstrate the Basic Thirteen Spear Techniques.

He spoke as he moved, "The Basic Thirteen Spear Techniques are: Thrust, Pierce, Lift, Deflect, Block, Seize, Bind, Flick, Press, Chop, Snap, Smash, and Flourish.

"Each and every move has a corresponding line in the Spear Formulas.

"First Technique: Cyan Dragon Emerges from Water Linked Spear!"

Chu Lingguang executed a flourish and thrust three times in quick succession at a straw dummy.

The students watched with rapt attention. They felt as if the Long Spear in Chu Lingguang’s hand had transformed into a Poison Dragon Drill; when the tip pierced the straw dummy, it seemed to shred the straw to dust.

"Right Block, Left Intercept, Rushing to the Middle Hall."

The Spear Technique changed, taking on an air of one man guarding a pass against ten thousand foes.

"Lion’s Head Turned Down."

Chu Lingguang looked back and thrust, the spear tip piercing a wooden post. When he pulled it out, the post split apart from top to bottom.

The students’ jaws dropped in amazement.

Guo Fang, Guo Xiaotian, and Lin Yuanfu stood to the side, and it was as if they were seeing the shadow of Guo Wei from years past.

Back when Chu Lingguang and Hei Hu had first become Guo Wei’s disciples, Guo Wei had taught them in this very same manner.

"Weeding for Snakes, Thrusting Upward."

Chu Lingguang demonstrated the Thirteen Forms of Spear Technique three or four times. When he finally tossed the Long Spear back onto the Soldier Landing Platform, the students burst into excited applause.

They rushed forward, scrambling over one another to ask questions.

"The key to the Basic Thirteen Spear Techniques is in the name. It’s called ’basic’ for a reason. Only by building a solid foundation can your Spear Technique reach the Form Realm in the future."

"Follow the Spear Formulas and practice the Thirteen Forms of Spear Technique diligently for a few months. I’ll be staying at the Martial Arts Hall during this time, so come find me if there’s anything you don’t understand."

Chu Lingguang told the students.

He was teaching them just as Guo Wei had taught his students.

"Junior Brother!"

The three of them—Guo Fang, Guo Xiaotian, and Lin Yuanfu—had complex expressions.

Their cultivation was inferior to Chu Lingguang’s, and they couldn’t cultivate the foundational power of the Spear Technique to his level. Even Lin Yuanfu watched with a sense of longing, feeling that when Chu Lingguang wielded the spear, it was as if Guo Wei had returned.

Chu Lingguang smiled faintly.

Guo Wei had left a final wish: that the Martial Arts Hall would continue to operate after he was gone.

Chu Lingguang decided that after his mourning period ended and he had avenged Guo Wei, he would return to the Great Yuan and remain at this Martial Arts Hall to pass on their master’s Martial Arts skills in his stead.

"Senior Sister, I can’t go back with you just yet."

After finishing his lesson with the students, Chu Lingguang went to Wine Street with Li Qiushui for a drink.

Back in the Profound Celestial Sect, Li Qiushui had been aloof, untouched by worldly matters. But ever since following Chu Lingguang to the Celestial Sea and witnessing the entire process of him seeing Guo Wei off, she had become fascinated with mortal life.

The kind of life—so full of human connection, where neighbors visited one another, all just bustling about for the simple needs of food, clothing, shelter, and transport—gave her a completely new insight into her own practice.

She had been stuck at the twelfth level of Qi Refining for some years now.

Perhaps she could attain enlightenment in the mortal world and successfully step into the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Because of this, Li Qiushui didn’t urge Chu Lingguang to return. She knew that at this very moment, many Practitioners from the Profound Celestial Sect, the Cyan Cloud Sect, and even the Great Qin were all excavating the Immortal King’s Tomb.

Some of the more powerful ones had perhaps already found their own opportunities within the Immortal King’s Tomb, or even obtained the Immortal King’s inheritance and attained an enviable Immortal Fate.

In short, for a Practitioner to linger in the mortal world instead of seeking her own opportunities in the Immortal King’s Tomb was something Li Qiushui would have found unimaginable before.

But at this moment, she seemed to have forgotten all about it.

Ever since coming to Baiyang County and watching Chu Lingguang and Guo Wei receive different people every day, she had forgotten about the Immortal King’s Tomb. One could even say she had walked into another Immortal King’s Tomb entirely.

And had already found the Immortal Fate that belonged to her.

"It’s fine. Go back whenever you feel you’re ready to."

Li Qiushui had already adapted to the life here.

She wouldn’t force Chu Lingguang to go back. In fact, she even hoped he could stay here forever. She liked this feeling.

"Thank you, Senior Sister."

Chu Lingguang said, raising his wine cup.

He knew Li Qiushui was on a mission; if she didn’t bring him back after a long time, she would likely be punished by the sect. But mourning was a matter of honor and propriety, and this was for Guo Wei. Chu Lingguang could not be careless about it.

「Two years passed in the blink of an eye.」

Baiyang County gained a new Martial Artist, whom people called Master Chu.

Today, Chu Lingguang brought three of his students to South City to participate in the Martial Examination.

The three students were named Tang Baitu, Zhang Lingfeng, and Liu San Gui.

The three of them were among the more talented students at the Martial Arts Hall, and also the most diligent in their training.

This was especially true for Zhang Lingfeng. He came from a background as a manual laborer, had painstakingly saved up enough silver taels for tuition, and trained with exceptional diligence. In just two short years, he had actually developed over a thousand jin of Qi Power.

And this was without awakening the Dragon Elephant.

The Breathing Technique he practiced was also just the Tidal Breathing Technique.

This was simply unimaginable compared to when Chu Lingguang had participated in the examination. Back then, in the Qiao Pass event, he had defeated Yan Chengdu and taken first place with a mere four hundred and sixty jin of Qi Power.