Chapter 110 - 105: Toad Skill

Chapter 110: Chapter 105: Toad Skill

"Learning something new? No more push-ups and running?" Chen Xiaoqi asked expectantly.

His rosy face beamed, his eyes sparkling. He was finally going to start his formal cultivation.

"Everything before was just to build a foundation for your body. From now on, we will officially begin cultivating, and it will be very hard work!" Su Tan said. "However, the path of cultivation is never easy. Only by enduring the bitterest of hardships can one rise above the rest. The world is cruel. Only when you stand at the pinnacle can you control your own destiny. Do you understand?"

"Yes, I understand," Chen Xiaoqi replied, though he didn’t quite grasp the full meaning.

He was still too young to truly comprehend such concepts, but Su Tan felt it was necessary to instill these ideals in him. He couldn’t let the boy grow up as a sheltered flower in a greenhouse.

"Good. I’ll teach you now..." Su Tan was about to directly state that he would teach him the Holy Body Map, but he paused to think.

The Holy Body Map.

The name sounded too extraordinary.

Once Chen Xiaoqi awakened his Sacred Body bloodline in the future, he would inevitably attract attention from all sides. If people found out he possessed a cultivation technique capable of transforming someone into a Sacred Body, it would definitely bring him disaster.

Greed and desire were fundamental human instincts. An innocent man invites disaster by flaunting a treasure. He couldn’t protect Qi every single moment of the day. If the boy accidentally let the secret slip, it would be a catastrophe.

It was true that if others learned his cultivation technique, he would earn Energy Points. If he spread the cultivation technique himself, that would be fine too, as he would selectively teach people he deemed worthy, without fearing future repercussions.

But Chen Xiaoqi was different. He had absolutely no ability to protect himself. Being so young, he could easily be tricked or harmed. Therefore... Su Tan casually made up a name.

"The Toad Skill!"

"PFFT..." Chen Xiaoqi burst out laughing. "The Toad Skill? What an awful name..."

"It might sound a bit ugly, but it’s quite powerful. Practice it well, and it will benefit you in the future," Su Tan said.

How strong could something called the Toad Skill possibly be? It didn’t sound like a proper cultivation technique at all. Chen Xiaoqi was unimpressed, but he didn’t argue. Regardless of what it was, he should thank his lucky stars just to have a cultivation technique to practice.

"I’ll teach you in a moment... but you have to promise me one thing!" Su Tan said seriously.

"Please tell me, Su!"

"Absolutely under no circumstances can you expose this cultivation technique to anyone. Not even to Mr. Chen. Otherwise... if someone with ulterior motives sees it, it will bring you disaster!"

Of course, Su Tan wasn’t afraid of Village Chief Chen finding out. He was afraid of rumors spreading like wildfire. Within Chen Family Village, he, the Little White Wolf, and its pack could protect them. However, once outside the village, things would be beyond his control. He couldn’t hover over Village Chief Chen and Chen Xiaoqi every day to guard them.

"Okay!" Chen Xiaoqi obediently agreed.

In truth, he still didn’t care much. The Toad Skill? Just hearing the name killed any interest. How could it possibly bring disaster? He thought, "But since Su wants me to keep it to myself, I’ll just keep the secret."

"As long as you remember. Now, I will teach you the mental mantras and the essential movements of the Toad Skill!"

Su Tan pondered for a moment, going over the Holy Body Map in his mind, and then taught the first illustration to Chen Xiaoqi.

Coincidentally, the first posture wasn’t meditation. Instead, it required lying flat on the ground like a gecko. With hands and feet planted firmly and buttocks slightly raised, combined with the breathing technique, one’s cheeks would puff in and out...

In that posture, he truly resembled a toad sprawling on the floor.

Now, Chen Xiaoqi firmly believed that what Su Tan was teaching him was indeed the Toad Skill. Of all the things to learn, why did it have to be a toad skill?

At first, Chen Xiaoqi felt a bit resistant. Names like the Supreme Domineering Technique or the Dragon Emperor Technique sounded incredibly majestic and would easily capture any young boy’s attention. But the Toad Skill... It was too embarrassing to even mention.

"This is the posture. Come on, come here and I’ll teach you the essentials of the movement. Just this one posture for today. Once you’ve mastered it, I’ll teach you the next one!" Su Tan said.

"Oh..." The little guy walked over to Su Tan rather reluctantly, hesitating to speak. "Um... Su, could we learn something else... a cultivation technique that’s a bit more overbearing? I just feel like this Toad Skill... sounds too terrible." And the posture was just as ugly.

"Don’t look down on this Toad Skill," Su Tan said. "Stop talking nonsense. Come on... replicate the posture I just showed you."

"All right!"

Su Tan first had Chen Xiaoqi perform the posture based on his own understanding. Expanding his Overlord Body Realm, he could easily sense Chen Xiaoqi’s movements.

It was definitely because of preconceived notions. Chen Xiaoqi genuinely believed this was just imitating a toad.

Thus... the posture he assumed looked exactly like a toad flattened on the ground.

To Su Tan’s astonishment, after settling into the toad pose, Chen Xiaoqi actually let out a few croaks himself.

"CROAK, CROAK, CROAK!"

"PFFT..."

"???" Su Tan’s face was filled with question marks.

This kid really treated the Holy Body Map as the Toad Skill. Su Tan found it hilarious, but he had no intention of bursting the boy’s bubble.

"Haha... Yes, yes, yes, exactly like that! You’ve learned it perfectly. You’ve completely grasped the essence of the Toad Skill."

Qi shot Su Tan a resentful glance. What a humiliating cultivation technique.

"You’re already mimicking it very closely, but there are still some details and breathing techniques you haven’t quite mastered. Let me correct them for you," Su Tan said.

"Su, what is this move called?" Chen Xiaoqi asked.

"What’s it called?" Su Tan thought for a moment. His expression brightened as he came up with a name. "Let’s call it the Toad Taking a Piss Stance."

After all, the Holy Body Map was already extraordinary. Did he really want to broadcast to the world that it was a priceless treasure? Was he afraid others wouldn’t come and rob them?

Therefore, when Chen Xiaoqi asked for a name, Su Tan deliberately chose the ugliest and most unpleasant names he could think of.

Chen Xiaoqi rolled his eyes. It was bad enough that the cultivation technique’s name was awful, but the name of this move... was even worse!

"Su, how about this? Let’s give it another name. Like the Golden Toad Gazing at the Moon, or the Divine Toad First Stance?"

"The Toad Taking a Piss Stance is the Toad Taking a Piss Stance. Why make up those messy names? Let me tell you, don’t you dare casually change the names of the Toad Skill," Su Tan said, his expression leaving absolutely no room for negotiation.

Chen Xiaoqi felt wronged. What boy didn’t like an earth-shattering, domineering name?

Su Tan didn’t care whether he liked it or not. He explained all the essentials of the posture to him, made sure he memorized them, and instructed him to practice diligently.

"Practice well here by yourself, and don’t slack off. I’m going to brew some medicinal broth," Su Tan said.

He then stood up and headed to the Elixir Medicine Room, preparing to concoct some Beneficial Body Potion. Cultivating the Holy Body Map was no easy feat. Chen Xiaoqi’s physical body wasn’t very strong, making the practice even more difficult. Without the aid of medicinal potions, problems would definitely arise.

"HUFF, PUFF."

Chen Xiaoqi couldn’t see the profundity of the Holy Body Map and was constantly full of disdain for it. However, a certain wolf could.

That was the Little White Wolf.

Now that the Little White Wolf’s Dominator Body had reached its initial stage, how could it not see the miraculous nature of the Holy Body Map?

It quickly ran over.

"I want to learn too! I want to learn..." It panted with its tongue hanging out, looking just like a husky.

"Why are you joining in the fun? You haven’t even mastered the Overlord Body Map, yet you’re already getting distracted?" Su Tan didn’t want to teach it. Even if he did, the wolf wouldn’t be able to learn it. "You should just focus on cultivating your Overlord Body Map."

"I feel that the illustration that kid is cultivating is incredibly profound. Furthermore, it seems completely different from the Overlord Body Map I’m practicing... It even feels like it cultivates in the exact opposite extreme. Tell me honestly, is that the Holy Body Map that cultivates the Sacred Body?!" the White Wolf asked.

"Good eye. You figured it out?" Su Tan chuckled lightly.

"I knew it... I knew it..." The Little White Wolf’s eyes widened. "I want to learn! I want to learn!"

"This is a physique belonging to humans. You can’t learn it," Su Tan said.

"I don’t care... I don’t care..."

Su Tan was rendered speechless. Too lazy to bicker with it, he casually offered a few pointers just to brush it off, hoping to make the White Wolf give up.

The result was glaringly obvious.

It truly couldn’t learn it.

"I don’t even know what kind of monster you are to be able to create two Supreme Techniques like the Overlord Body Map and the Holy Body Map..." the Little White Wolf sighed in amazement.

It once again felt how miraculous Su Tan was.

Creating the Overlord Body Map by sheer luck was one thing, but now he had created the Holy Body Map as well...

This...

What the hell was this guy?

"Don’t ask. If you must know, I am the Daoist Ancestor reincarnated, a Divine descending to the world!" Su Tan spread his hands.

Chen Xiaoqi was dismissive of the Toad Skill, unaware that the Little White Wolf beside him was burning with extreme jealousy. The wolf desperately wanted to cultivate it, but unfortunately, it couldn’t. It was incredibly frustrating.

"That kid doesn’t realize how blessed he is," the Little White Wolf fumed. "No, I have to master this!"

Recently, its cultivation of the Overlord Body Map had hit a bottleneck, preventing any further progress. Even with Su Tan’s guidance, it always felt like it was missing a tiny crucial opportunity. Therefore, it wanted to try something new, thinking that perhaps it could gain insight by analogy.