r18novel Chapter 114 Just how strong is the teacher? Tu Man and Clark are horrified by the thought!
Chapter 114 Just how strong is the teacher? Tu Man and Clark are horrified by the thought!
Chapter 114 Just how strong is the teacher? Tu Man and Clark are horrified by the thought!
Qiulongxing.
Since arriving here, aside from initially wandering around, Clark has stayed in his mother's old villa.
He went into seclusion to cultivate himself.
Especially after becoming Zhou Ze's disciple, Clark has basically been cultivating all the time. The more he cultivates, the stronger he becomes, and the stronger he becomes, the more energetic he becomes in cultivating, creating an endless cycle.
As his strength increased, Clark was either on the battlefield or in seclusion offline, comprehending the laws of nature.
However, after logging off this time, Clark did not begin his cultivation. Instead, he suddenly collapsed onto the floor, staring blankly at the ceiling, his mind a jumble of thoughts.
After a long while, once he had calmed down a bit, Clark blinked:
"Teacher, it really was a second-tier planetary level back then, this—."
Clark kept replaying the scene of their first meeting in his mind, and then he thought about the guidance he received from the "Master Teacher".
"Teacher—that's unbelievable!"
"How did he do that, teacher? How strong is he?"
Clark found it hard to believe that the image of his mysterious and masterful teacher that he had imagined was entirely his own delusion!
Zhou Ze's strength was indeed what he had personally experienced. Zhou Ze had never deceived him. It was just that the long-term guidance he received, even in the one or two months before he became Zhou Ze's apprentice, had made him question Zhou Ze's strength.
Furthermore, during those one or two months, Zhou Ze provided guidance with ease in the Peak Space. Many peak-level universe-level experts, and even a very few domain lord-level powerhouses, who were far stronger than him, found this incredibly deceptive. Almost no one could have imagined that the person who could guide them and help them greatly improve their strength was only a planetary-level martial artist.
It wasn't even a star level back then.
"That's absolutely outrageous!"
"Don't even mention back then, I still doubt if I'm dreaming!"
Clark smacked himself on the head a few times, then slapped himself twice before accepting reality.
"Luo Feng, Tu Man, Hong, Lei Shen, and myself—"
Clark's face showed a hint of bitterness. While others might have a slight chance of being talented, the changes he himself had were genuine and undeniable.
Doesn't he know it himself?
Originally, he was just an ordinary playboy from the Qianwu royal family who didn't care about cultivation at all. But with the help and guidance of his teacher, he regained his confidence in cultivation!
They even crossed the threshold of the laws one after another, and even comprehended the Law of Time, one of the two most profound and mysterious fundamental laws.
All of this is absolutely true!!
"etc--"
Clark recalled Zhou Ze's guidance and every little detail over the past two or three years. He had become accustomed to reflecting on himself and analyzing his inner self according to the mental cultivation method.
Why am I experiencing these emotions? Why is my mind so confused?
"Ultimately, it all comes down to the fact that our teacher was a planetary-level being back then, and is now only a constant-level being. As for the other geniuses participating in the battle, just like me, I'm just too surprised, too shocked, too incredulous!"
"But what does this have to do with the teacher? The teacher can even instruct domain lord level experts, and he can even instruct super geniuses like Senior Brother Luo Feng. It's impossible that just because I know he's a Heng-level expert, he can't instruct me!"
"That's true. I've been cultivating with my teacher since before he was called a 'Holy Master.' He's always been the one encouraging and guiding me. It doesn't seem like there's anything I can't accept about it, does it?"
"Senior Brother Luo Feng, Lei Shen and Hong have always known about the teacher's specific situation, but they have been learning from the teacher all along. I am far inferior to them. What right do I have to feel embarrassed or think that the teacher cannot guide me?"
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"Although I didn't think of it that way, subconsciously there was a bit of—"
Clark was just confused for a while. After calming down, he suddenly understood. He was a sunny and cheerful person by nature.
After figuring it out, Clark felt an immense sense of anticipation and excitement:
"Holy crap, our teacher is participating in the Genius Battle with us, and he's also a Hengxing-level expert. I wonder just how outrageous his true strength really is?"
Clark's mind raced, and he suddenly thought of this question.
"You know, I, Hong, Lei Shen, Senior Brother Luo Feng, and Junior Brother Xiao Tu Man were all taught by our teacher. That freak Senior Brother Luo Feng can even unleash the third level of the Divine Weapon!"
"What the hell did the teacher do? He's a martial artist, a mentalist, and has different secret techniques and different laws guiding him!"
"Each of us has a different secret technique. In terms of laws, I am light and time, Hong is the same as me, Thor is lightning and time, Tu Man is earth and space, and Senior Brother Luo Feng is metal and space—"
"Wait, it seems that Teacher can guide people on any law in the Peak Space, and judging from the expressions of those who are being guided, they must have gained a lot!"
"This is outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
Compared to how chaotic his mind was just now, Clark was now incredibly shocked after calmly reflecting on the situation. The more he thought about it, the more shocked and astonished he became!
Clark hovered on the ground, his eyes gleaming with excitement.
"With the teacher's guidance abilities, even an immortal, even a king, couldn't achieve that, definitely couldn't! I've never heard of it before."
"My current strength is all thanks to my teacher's guidance, and the same goes for Luo Feng and Tu Man. My teacher is truly incredible!"
"That's dangerous. No wonder everyone online is talking about who 'The Apprentice' is. Teacher Genius Battle has never shown his face. I see—..."
"If others knew, especially those from other races, that the teacher's talent was incredible and that he possessed amazing guidance abilities, it would be a disaster."
Clark took a deep breath: "Calm down. The teacher said to stay calm at all times." After a while, Clark calmed down and thought of his good buddy Tuman.
"I don't know what he's thinking right now. I hope he can think things through. Hmm, I'll call him later to talk about the vast star field within the Qianwu Universe Kingdom."
Inside the rest cabin of a UFO-shaped spaceship, Tu Man lay on the ground, listlessly staring at the ceiling. His brain seemed to be short-circuiting, empty and frozen. His eyes were bloodshot and unresponsive for a long time. His heart and eyes were filled with confusion and emptiness.
After a long while, Tu Man covered his head in pain.
"How is this possible? How could our teacher only be a level one character? How could she participate in the Genius Battle with me?! How is this possible?!"
In the two or three years we've known each other, and with each of my expert guidance, Tu Man never once considered, not even for a moment, this possibility.
The teacher he had apprenticed under was actually just a Hengxing-level martial artist who was on par with him, or even worse than him, and yet he had participated in the Genius Battle with him!
"Boom boom boom!"
Tu Man frantically pounded on the spaceship's floor with both hands, his mind in a state of extreme rage. It was only because the spaceship was a D6 class that it would have crashed.
For a long time, Tu Man remained the same. Compared to Clark, an optimist who had studied with Zhou Ze before becoming his disciple and was more accepting, Tu Man still couldn't believe that his teacher was at the same level as him.
After struggling for a while, Tu suddenly got up from the floor, sat cross-legged on the floor, and looked at the photo of him and his father with their arms around each other hanging on the wall.
"Father--"
Tu Man's eyes were vacant. His mind kept replaying the bits and pieces of his time with Zhou Ze over the past two or three years, including the nervousness he felt when he first knelt before Zhou Ze. Logically speaking, he should have felt humiliated and ashamed to have become the disciple of Zhou Ze, a genius of the same generation as him, without knowing the truth. Even if Zhou Ze told him the truth, that it was all in his head, he should have felt humiliated and ashamed.
But for some reason, he didn't feel uncomfortable at all.
[—I'm only at the Planetary level right now, my strength is inferior to yours—]
[Teacher, no matter how I become in the future, you will always be my teacher, and the first teacher in my life.]
"I have no objection to you wanting to become my disciple, but I'm only at the planetary level. Not only am I a whole level weaker than you, but even on the peak stage, I'm no match for you now."
Tu Man unconsciously recalled the scene when he first became an apprentice, and then he remembered some scenes from when he received guidance.
[—Tu Man, creating your own secret techniques is too early; that's something only immortals consider.—]
—Why stop? Continue! How are you going to attract those super-powerful beings if you don't demonstrate your self-created secret techniques to the Virtual Universe Company?
A smile involuntarily crept onto Tu Man's lips. The past two or three years with Zhou Ze, and the mentorship he received alongside Clark, had made him feel comforted and warm for a very long time.
This is a long-lost feeling of family warmth.
"Teacher, no matter how I become in the future, you will always be my teacher, and the first teacher in my life—"
Tu Man softly repeated the words he had spoken when he first became a disciple, words he had always kept in mind!
"Haha—no matter what, you're still my teacher."
Tu Man smiled slightly as he thought about the progress he had made in the past two or three years and all the little things that had happened.
Suddenly, the intelligent life form Bert jumped out and said, "Master, why are you so concerned about finding a master and the strength of your teacher?"
"Your teacher said, 'Those who are accomplished can be my teachers'—among the three of you, there must be one who can be my teacher. Besides, your progress over the past two or three years is not just empty talk—"
"You're still far from being Luo Feng's match. Once he unleashes his Heavenly Sword Style, even if you're several times stronger, you still won't be a match for him."
Intelligent life forms are usually calm and protective of their masters, but for Bert to admit that his master is inferior to Luo Feng shows the impact Luo Feng had on him.
"Yes, Senior Brother Luo Feng has been learning from the teacher all along. What right do I have to think that just because the teacher is a level one, he can't guide me!"
"Besides, if I become stronger in the future and my current teacher can no longer guide me, I can always find another teacher. But my teacher will always be my teacher, so there's no conflict between the two!"
Tu Man smiled, dispelling the confusion and emptiness in his heart, and then said rather speechlessly:
"Honestly, anyone would be stunned. To think that your teacher, who was considered a strong figure even among the immortals, is actually not at a higher level than you—who could stand that?"
"Haha, I don't know what Clark is thinking. If he does something rash later, I'll have to give him a good beating to wake him up!" Tu Man clenched his fist, which was as big as a sandbag.
"Hmm, Clark sent a message. He told me to wait until you calm down and then teleport you directly to the universal teleportation point on the Qianwu Continent—" Bert always maintained a calm demeanor.
A specially set-up teleportation point on the Qianwu Continent.
Generally, martial artists who don't own property on the Qianwu Continent will appear here when they are teleported to the Qianwu Continent, or at the upper limit.
At this moment, two figures, one tall and one short, appeared on the teleportation plaza.
The appearance of the two caused a great stir.
"Look! That's the savage Rong Jun!"
"That's Clark, the number one player in the world!"
"Rong Jun, give me your autograph!!"
Compared to Clark, Rong Jun was clearly much more famous; his battle with Luo Feng had spread throughout the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom.
Even other interstellar nations have heard of it.
"Come on, Rong Jun, let's find a place to sit down first," Clark waved his hand.
Tu Man nodded and followed Clark to a quiet business room with an excellent reputation.
"Tuman, it seems you've come to your senses. I was going to advise you to calm down—" Clark said with a smile.
"Hehe, me too. I was thinking that if you were feeling down, I would beat you awake—" Tu Man laughed and raised his fist, which was as big as a real sandbag.
Clark rolled his eyes: "What are you talking about? I was already learning from my teacher before I even became his apprentice."
At that time, although I had some thoughts that the teacher was a powerful being deliberately suppressing his abilities, I wasn't sure.
"Anyway, it's all because of your influence that I'm in this miserable state today. Hmph, even without you, I was already planning to become your disciple. So what if my teacher was only at the planetary level back then? He guided me to cross the threshold of the laws. Could an immortal do that?"
"Anyway, my mom can't do it, and neither can those immortals who are granted titles and honors! But my teacher can!"
"Enough said. If you think your teacher can't guide you, then beat Senior Brother Luo Feng first, hmph—"
"If you're feeling down, then I'll just laugh. With time, I'll improve along with the teacher and you'll be completely under my thumb!"
Clark said, extending his right index finger and pointing it towards Tuman: "See, that's it!"
"A whole bunch of gibberish," Tu Man said irritably. "I was thinking, if you were feeling down, I'd beat you awake."
"Ha ha-"
Once their misunderstanding was resolved, they couldn't help but laugh.
After speaking, Clark looked extremely curious and said, "Tu Man, putting everything else aside, our teacher is at the same level as us, maybe even lower, since he was only at the second level of the planetary level back then."
"But he was able to bring out Luo Feng, Thor, and Hong. I'm not bragging, but although I reached the ninth level with talent and resources before, my combat strength wasn't that great. I definitely won't get a final spot in this genius battle!"
"But now I'm ranked number one in the world, and I've even comprehended the laws of light and time. With this kind of strength, apart from you few, no other geniuses who have crossed the threshold can possibly be my match!"
"I've been thinking about just how good the teacher is. You know, for the past two or three years, we've been receiving guidance from the teacher, and the teacher always seems to be handling everything with ease."
"Given the teacher's honest nature, he certainly wouldn't pretend on purpose!"
Tu Man frowned, a chill running down his spine as he pondered the matter.
The image of "inhaling" caused a gasp of cold air to escape, as if the primordial universe was gradually warming up.
"You know what, I really hadn't thought of that at all!"
Clark crossed his arms and said, "Don't be silly and ask directly later, but we can ask Senior Brother Luo Feng quietly. He's been with the teacher for much longer than we have, so he should know something—"
"Hmm." Tu Man nodded. "I'm not stupid."
Clark and Tu Man were both extremely curious about Zhou Ze's true strength. They knew that if the top 1000 were ranked, they would have taken the top five spots in the entire Qianwu Universe Kingdom!