CHAPTER 33: CHAPTER 33: SECOND STUDENT HALF PRICE

In the classroom of Grade 2, Class 2, Yaoo Siyu noticed that Xu Yuebing seemed to be in a bad mood, so she asked with concern, "Did you have a fight with Ye Qingzhou?"

Seeing that the person asking was her closest deskmate, Xu Yuebing, who already wanted to vent, couldn’t help but complain to Yaoo Siyu, "You have no idea, last night that guy Ye Qingzhou actually told me he wanted to take the surname Xu."

"!!!"

Yaoo Siyu leaned back, her eyes wide open, "Oh my god, is he even willing to marry into your family for you?"

"???"

Before she knew it, it was after school, and after the club activities ended, Xu Yuebing furiously got into the car that came to pick her up.

"Uncle Yuan, go to Jiangshan Imperial View."

"Not waiting for Young Master Ye?"

"He has legs, he can walk!"

Uncle Yuan saw that the second young miss of his family was in a huff and immediately understood that the two had quarreled, so he didn’t ask any more questions and drove silently.

Young people, it’s normal to quarrel and bicker; maybe in a few days, they’ll make up again.

After all, he himself had been young once.

Thinking back, there was a girl with a smile like a blooming flower who used to quarrel by his side, but unfortunately...

Gripping the steering wheel, Uncle Yuan reminisced about his youthful days.

After walking home together with Leon, Ye Qingzhou immediately headed to the backyard, preparing to start a fifty-thousand-worth intensive training for Leon.

"Master Ye, I’m all ready."

Leon was extremely excited at this moment, even a bit impatient.

"Hmm, first insert all these wooden stakes into the ground according to the positions I’ve marked. For the depth of insertion, I’ve already noted it down. Pay attention to the markings."

Leon rubbed his hands, looking confident, "Eh? Is Master Ye planning to enhance my strength and stamina? But just seventy-two logs are too easy for me, this difficulty is not enough."

"No, these stakes are training equipment. You’re a mature high school student now; you need to learn self-reliance, do your own things."

"???"

Only then did Leon realize that Ye Qingzhou had him do this labor simply because he didn’t want to do it himself.

Soon, seventy-two wooden stakes were all set up, forming an Earth Evil Grand Array, a training technique that Ye Qingzhou had improved upon in his past life based on the Plum Blossom Stance.

Thinking back now, it was quite nostalgic.

Leon walked into the array, looking around like an emperor of Europe, Louis XVI, a bit at a loss, "Master Ye, am I practicing hitting stakes every day?"

He reached out and tapped the stakes, feeling their hardness, "These logs aren’t sturdy, I can smash them easily."

"You’re not supposed to smash the stakes, stand on them."

"Huh?"

Ye Qingzhou, not wanting to waste words, directly demonstrated by jumping onto the stakes and standing firmly, "The Plum Blossom Stance is a type of Pile Skill. You have strong explosive power but not enough speed, and your stance isn’t stable enough. So now I’ll use this Seventy-Two Earth Evil Array to strengthen your body technique."

"Oh."

Leon jumped up.

"Ah~"

Leon fell.

Standing steadily on stakes barely wider than one’s foot is clearly not easy, especially since Leon tried to show off by leaping up like Ye Qingzhou.

As a result, he didn’t control his strength well; as soon as he got up, he fell from the other side and ended up face down in the dirt.

"Pfft~"

Watching this unfold, Xu Yuebing couldn’t help but burst into laughter, her mood significantly lifted.

Ye Qingzhou stood on the stake in a golden rooster stance and shook his head speechlessly, "You fool, you haven’t even learned to walk, and you start running. Start by practicing the basic standing pile."

After five or six days of practice, Leon finally grasped the techniques for standing and walking on the stakes. His aptitude was indeed good, and he learned quickly.

However, Leon’s bad habit of showing off reappeared soon enough.

"Master Ye, I’ve learned the Plum Blossom Stance!"

"Oh, really?"

Ye Qingzhou suddenly kicked Leon off the stake, making him roll on the ground like a gourd.

"Hey, Master Ye, why did you ambush me?"

"Not convinced? Then stand up here; this time, I’ll let you prepare first."

"Isn’t this not right?"

Leon looked embarrassed, having a little self-awareness. If he got kicked again, he probably couldn’t block or dodge, so he wisely avoided asking for trouble.

Seeing Leon stubbornly refusing to go back up, Ye Qingzhou sighed, "See, you haven’t learned it yet."

"Then how can I consider having learned it?"

"When you can move freely on the stakes, performing quick attacks, defenses, and dodges, then you’ve learned it. The essence of Swordsmanship is the precise control of space and distance. If you can’t accurately control your footing, you’ll never comprehend truly superior Sword Techniques."

Then Ye Qingzhou, right in front of Leon, performed a rapid and fierce Plum Blossom Sword Technique on the stakes with his eyes closed.

The sword tip pierced the air, like a magical brush painting cold plum blossoms in the air, seemingly blooming proudly against frost and snow.

The techniques, combined with his body technique, appeared extremely exquisite. Each point, turn, sink, shift, unravel, fall, bring, and advance were clean and fluid, without any unnecessary movements.

"Watch closely; this move is called ’One-Body Technique,’ a supreme secret in One-Handed Swordsmanship."

Ye Qingzhou maintained his entire body and the sword in a single line during the attack, minimizing exposure during defense and facilitating swift, direct engagement with opponents.

His body technique was exceptionally agile, moving across the stakes as if on flat ground, as steady as Mount Tai, dodging and jumping, with the sword movements blending reality and illusion, dazzling Leon.

Advancing like a storm, brave and swift, retreating like unrestrained clouds and wild cranes, light-footed and nimble, Ye Qingzhou’s Swordsmanship was filled with the ultimate beauty of Martial Arts, leaving Leon entranced.

At this moment, Leon clearly realized how far he was from "mastering" it.

He could merely stand on the stakes, needing to proceed step by step cautiously, or he would fall flat.

But Ye Qingzhou?

He showed no difference between standing on flat ground and on stakes; not only could he run and jump, but he could also engage in combat on the stakes, the gap was immense.

But seeing the gap, Leon instead felt greatly encouraged, "This fifty-thousand was well spent!"

As a Second Generation Cultivator from a Martial Arts Family, Leon clearly recognized the value of Plum Blossom Stance training and the benefits it could bring him.

And originally, Xu Yuebing thought this was ridiculous, but now her attitude took a 180-degree turn, and she stepped forward, biting her lips, "Ye Qingzhou, I also want to train with the Plum Blossom Stance."

"Oh, you just need to pay the tuition fee to learn."

"How much?"

"For you, 25 thousand is enough."

Seeing Ye Qingzhou offering a second-cup half-price deal, Leon protested loudly, "Master Ye, why do I have to pay 50 thousand, and she only has to pay 25 thousand? That’s gender discrimination, it’s not fair!"

Ye Qingzhou glared at him, "You focus on the Thunderous Force, training with the Plum Blossom Stance twice as hard for half the results. She focuses on the Wind Force; for her, it’s half the work with double the results. It’s much easier for me to teach her, so a half-price fee is reasonable."