Better teacher

"You've made substantial improvement," Yang Qing said as he reached his hand out to the panting Ma Yuan who looked like he would pass out at any second. His breathing was labored, and his clothes and hair were sticking tightly to his skin heavy with sweat that was so dense that it looked like someone had dumped his whole body into the pond. 

Only he knew that wasn't the case.

"That was still the same art?" Ma Yuan asked in disbelief as he clasped Yang Qing's hand to help himself up. His knees almost gave out as he was standing, with his entire body devoid of strength.

"It is," Yang Qing said as he waved his hand drawing some of the green mist from the green flame tree and soaking Ma Yuan in it.

A second later Ma Yuan's legs and body stopped shaking and his breathing started regulating as his swellings went down and the color of his skin went back to normal especially a few patches that were red, green, and blue from impact injury.