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After Liu Guanfeng finished practicing five times, he gradually came to a stop. Liu Yongmin approached him and said, "Xiaofeng."
Liu Guanfeng cupped his hands and replied, "Uncle, you’re up so early. How is your injury?"
Liu Yongmin smiled and said, "It's already fine. I was mostly healed after passing through Azure Dragon Elder's treatment on the way here. Yesterday, Miss Zhuque gave me a pill, and this morning my injury was completely healed."
Liu Guanfeng nodded, "That's good; now I can rest easy."
"You really understand me, Xiaofeng. My two rascals have never asked about me."
At that moment, Copper Bull and Iron Bull approached Liu Yongmin with their heads down. "We didn't forget," they said.
Liu Yongmin looked at his two children, filled with infinite love. "When will you two learn to be as considerate as Xiaofeng?"
Copper Bull chuckled, "Aren't we always learning from Third Brother?"
Liu Yongmin shook his head helplessly. "By the way, Xiaofeng, I noticed that some of the movements in your staff technique seem unsuitable for a staff weapon. What kind of staff technique are you practicing?"
Liu Guanfeng secretly nodded; as expected of an Advanced Knight, Liu Yongmin had a keen eye to spot issues after just five repetitions.
"Uncle's insight is indeed unique. You're right; what I practiced just now wasn't a staff technique but a halberd technique."
"A halberd technique? What kind of weapon is that? I don't think I've ever heard of such a weapon. What does it look like?"
Liu Guanfeng picked up a tree branch and drew the shape of a Fang Tian Hua Ji on the ground, depicting a spearhead with two crescent blades on the sides. After seeing this weapon, Liu Yongmin was initially taken aback but then nodded in agreement. "This weapon combined with your halberd technique is truly remarkable."
Iron Bull suddenly interjected, "Third Brother, the weapon you drew looks really impressive! How did you come up with this weapon?"
Liu Guanfeng thought to himself: How could I say that I knew about this weapon before I was even born?
"Well... it was White Tiger Master who came up with it, and he is currently researching this type of weapon. So I thought the appearance of this weapon was acceptable, which is why I decided to learn spear techniques from White Tiger Master."
"Then Third Brother, can you ask White Tiger Master to teach me this spear technique too? I want to learn as well."
Liu Guanfeng looked at Copper Bull: "Didn't you want to use two sticks before? I'll ask White Tiger Master later if he knows how to do that, and if he does, I'll have him teach you."
At that moment, a voice came from behind Liu Guanfeng: "You brat are already making decisions for yourself, selling your master out early."
Liu Guanfeng immediately recognized it was White Tiger. He turned around, bowed to White Tiger with a big smile, and said, "Hehe~ Isn't White Tiger Master the one who cares most for his disciples? Besides, you wouldn't want your disciple's followers to be too weak, right? If their skills are too poor, who will protect whom in the end? Don't you agree, White Tiger Master?"
White Tiger tapped Liu Guanfeng on the head: "You only know how to flatter me."
After that, White Tiger shifted his gaze to the other boys: "Now, tell me what weapons you all want to learn about?"
With White Tiger's approval, the four boys perked up and quickly surrounded him. Bao Rui spoke first: "White Tiger Master, I want to learn Twin Swords." White Tiger nodded.
Copper Bull was next: "I want to learn how to use two iron rods for smashing."
Iron Bull said: "I also want to learn dual rods; they should be able to slash and stab."
Dai looked at White Tiger and said: "As long as it can kill."
Upon hearing this, White Tiger was taken aback for a moment before turning his gaze toward Dai: "Every martial art can kill. What kind of killing technique do you want to learn?"
"Preferably something that can kill in one strike."
Liu Guanfeng frowned: "Are you saying you want to learn assassination skills?"
"Assassination? What does that mean?" Dai Yi looked at Liu Guanfeng with confusion.
After calming his emotions, Liu Guanfeng replied, "Assassination is secretly killing someone, allowing the victim to be killed without realizing it, or infiltrating a group of people to kill a designated target."
Upon hearing Liu Guanfeng's explanation, Dai's eyes suddenly lit up, and he nodded vigorously. "Yes, yes! I want to learn this skill."
Liu Guanfeng asked in confusion, "Why do you want to learn assassination skills?"
Dai thought for a moment. "I just want to help my brother solve some problems and share the burden. In the future, when it's time for revenge, I can help my brother kill the people he wants to eliminate without anyone noticing."
Hearing Dai's explanation, Liu Guanfeng was taken aback. He didn't expect that Dai, still an eight-year-old child, could already think about avenging himself. This indicated that Dai would walk a bloody path in the future.
In the end, Liu Guanfeng could only say to Dai, "Thank you."
Dai responded with just a faint smile.
At that moment, a voice came from behind the White Tiger: "If that's the case, wouldn't the second one be very tired?"
Everyone turned to look at the source of the voice, and it was the other Three Sacred Beasts approaching. Liu Guanfeng quickly stepped forward and bowed. "Good morning, masters."
The Azure Dragon nodded. "Yes, good."
Then the Azure Dragon said to the White Tiger, "Well then, you'll be too tired. How about we three help you share the burden? Each of us can take one."
The White Tiger laughed heartily. "That sounds good! How do you want to divide it?"
The Azure Dragon carefully looked at the four youths. "Dai has too much killing intent; you should take him. He should make a good apprentice for you. As for Iron Bull, I'll take him since I happen to have a set of techniques that suit his needs."
The Vermilion Bird then added, "I'm best at Twin Swords. Bao Rui, would you like to learn Twin Swords from me?"
Bao Rui was said to be the smartest among the children. Upon hearing Zhuque's question, he immediately knelt down and said, "Master, please accept my bow." Zhuque chuckled and helped Bao Rui up.
Xuanwu scratched his bald head as was his habit. "Copper Bull, I don't know the double sticks you mentioned, but I do know the Double Hammer. I wonder if you'll like it?"
Copper Bull imitated Xuanwu and scratched his head. "Xuanwu Master, what is Double Hammer?"
Liu Guanfeng quickly stepped forward and pulled Copper Bull aside. "My silly brother, you don't even know what Double Hammer is? It's a small stick with a round or edged top." Liu Guanfeng explained while gesturing.
Seeing Liu Guanfeng's gestures, Copper Bull understood what the hammer looked like and immediately wanted to kneel and bow to Xuanwu. However, Xuanwu used his celestial power, preventing Copper Bull from kneeling.
Qinglong saw that everyone had found their masters and laughed heartily. "Since everyone has found their disciples, let's proceed with the apprenticeship ceremony!" After saying this, Qinglong and the others returned to his room, sitting in their chairs just like when Liu Guanfeng became a disciple.
The four young men entered the room and each offered a cup of tea to the Four Sacred Beasts. After bowing, they officially became disciples of the Four Sacred Beasts.
Once the apprenticeship ceremony was completed, the Four Sacred Beasts took their four disciples back to the courtyard. After finishing breakfast prepared by Liu Yongmin, they began teaching. Since there were no weapons prepared, they could only use wooden sticks as substitutes.
Liu Guanfeng had no idea what others were being taught; he only knew about Dai because they were both taught by the same master. He saw Baihu shout into the forest but then fell silent, instructing Dai to wait nearby.
Turning back, Xuanwu continued teaching Liu Guanfeng spear techniques. When Liu Guanfeng practiced for the third time, he noticed something moving in the nearby forest. Suddenly, his vision blurred, and when he focused again, a black panther with white patterns appeared before him.
At that moment, Baihu approached the panther as if explaining something to it. After a few words, Baihu waved at Dai Yi, who walked over.
"From today on, you will learn to hide with this panther until it deems you qualified. Only then will I teach you martial arts. Do you understand?"
Dai nodded. "Disciple understands."
"Since you understand, go and learn well with it."
"Master, this disciple takes his leave."
"Yes, you can go. Remember to come back at noon to learn blacksmithing with Xuanwu Master."
After a few twitches on Dai's face, he nodded and followed the black panther into the Four Sacred Mountains.
Liu Guanfeng asked in confusion, "Why don't you teach him, White Tiger Master, and instead hand him over to that black panther? What exactly is that black panther?"
White Tiger smiled at Liu Guanfeng: "Xiaofeng, just now he needed to learn the skills of assassination, so I entrusted him to that black panther. That black panther is called Yinming Ghost Leopard. The greatest ability of this Ghost Leopard is concealment, delivering a deadly strike to the enemy from the shadows. Moreover, I was looking for the Ghost Leopard King from our Four Sacred Mountains. Don't underestimate that Ghost Leopard, it is an Eighth-Grade Beast. As long as he studies seriously, he will definitely become an outstanding assassin in the future."
Upon hearing White Tiger's explanation, Liu Guanfeng felt relieved. Initially, he thought that White Tiger did not want to teach Dai when he saw him letting the black panther take Dai away. But with this explanation, Liu Guanfeng felt reassured. He continued learning the Heavenly Gang Spear Technique from White Tiger. Due to Liu Guanfeng's strong comprehension ability, after practicing three more times, White Tiger began teaching him the second form of the Heavenly Gang Spear Technique—Heavenly Star Radiance.
This form was slightly more difficult than the first one, but it did not hinder Liu Guanfeng's learning. Before the noon break, he had already grasped the essence of the second form; all that remained was for him to become more proficient in its application.
White Tiger was very satisfied with Liu Guanfeng's performance, continuously stroking his black-and-white beard and nodding in approval.
Just as the four boys finished their training and were preparing to rest and eat, Dai slowly walked out from the Four Sacred Mountains. At this moment, Dai no longer had the excitement from earlier; his clothes were almost entirely tattered, covered in scratches from branches and magical beasts.
Although Dai looked disheveled, there was a glimmer of determination in his eyes.
Eggplant had a rough day; today he realized that he had mixed up the order of the Heavenly Gang Spear Technique. It should be innate Qi followed by postnatal Gang. Everyone can just bear with it for now; it's enough to know and not speak of it. Hehe, Eggplant shamelessly asks for collections and flowers.
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