Chapter 14 Teachings

The next day, Yang Yu got out of bed ready to go. "Its finally time!" He said as he took off his sheets and opened his eyes wide. After that he got dressed and waited for Yun Zhu to appear.

'He normally doesn't sleep for so long.' Yang Yu thought as he opened his door, out side was his breakfast, he quickly grabbed it and began to eat as he sat on his door step. He was waiting for the Immortal Crane to arrive.

Eventually, a majestic crane arrived, it was a huge 3 meter tall and 2 meter long red-crowned crane. In its beak it held multiple bags, containing the resources of multiple disciples.

Seeing the fellow bird, Xiao Lei began to squawk towards it, but the Immortal Crane simply ignored it. Without even landing, it threw a bag in Yang Yu's directions before flying off to an abode nearby.

As soon as Yang Yu had registered what had just occurred he grabbed the bag and looked inside. In the bag, there were 2 porcelain bottles, each filled with 10 small pills. Inside there was also an odd slip, it read "Pond Entry Pass".

"This must be how they track it." Yang Yu said to himself as finished up his food and was about to head inside. Suddenly though Yun Zhu appeared. "Your training begins now, grab the ginseng and run to the pool, no slacking!" Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu nodded.

As he was about to put down the bag Yun Zhu shook his head. "You need the pills too." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu simply held the bag in his hand and grabbed the box of ginseng. After that he ran out of his house as he shut the door.

"Come on, hurry up!" Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu ran faster, and faster. Eventually he reached the pond, as he huffed tiredly. "Why did you make me run so fast? I couldn't even feed Xiao Lei or anything." Yang Yu said as he breathed heavily.

"The bird will be fine, the servants bring him food anyway, and to answer your question, this was a warm up." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu stared at him blankly. "Warm up? Why? I want to acquire meridians first, I thought I was quite clear." Yang Yu said as Yun Zhu nodded.

"Well I am sorry to tell you, but you were wrong." Yun Zhu said. "I don't know if you've realised this, but it isn't all fun and games, you wanting to fly in the sky isn't the objective here." Yun Zhu continued as Yang Yu looked at him annoyedly.

"Fine, oh great one! Then why must I train Body Refinement first?" Yang Yu said sarcastically. Yun Zhu was unaware though as he thought about it for a second. "Lets see, Qi Cultivation gives no benefit till Qi Refining, and also, you haven't finished your Body Cultivation for today yet." Yun Zhu said with a grin.

"What do you mean?" Yang Yu asked fearfully. 'Don't tell me, no this maniac.' Yang Yu thought as he gulped down hard. "7 hours of Body Cultivation, 7 hours of Qi Cultivation, 2 hours rest, 8 hours sleep. Rinse and repeat." Yun Zhu said causing Yang Yu to feel as if he died.

He quickly calmed down though. "How long is this for?" Yang Yu asked inquisitively. "Till you reach the next stage." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu nodded. "Well what else was I going to do anyway." Yang Yu said as he put down the bag of pills, and the box of ginseng.

"Okay, its good that you know you can't be lazy, now grab a Body Refinement Pill, and 1 ginseng." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu followed what he said. "Now what?" Yang Yu asked curiously. "Eat them." Yun Zhu said, as Yang Yu's expression turned to one of doubt.

"You realised the backlash that would occur?" Yang Yu asked as Yun Zhu nodded. "Don't worry, when have I ever been wrong?" Yun Zhu replied. "Well, I trust you." Yang Yu said as he immediately took a few bites of ginseng before swallowing it, and swallowed the pill alongside it.

Immediately Yang Yu felt his body freeze over, as his lips turned blue and ice began to form around his body, at the same time he felt extremely invigorated. "Now, stand still." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu didn't move an inch.

Yun Zhu began to hit multiple pressure points around Yang Yu's body. "This will contain the Qi, now withstand it." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu stood still as if frozen in place. He couldn't move an inch, the energy rampaging around his body froze him in place, even the invigorating energy from the Body Refinement Pill, couldn't beat the 10 Year Old Ice Ginseng.

Eventually hours passed, as the ice qi tore through Yang Yu's body. Countless wounds appeared on his body, but as soon as they were formed, they froze.

'The Immemorial Ice technique, is a technique which makes the body akin to ice itself, to do this one must use ice attributed items such as the ginseng, the purer the body, the higher quality of the ice body.' Yun Zhu thought as he watched Yang Yu.

Yun Zhu picked this technique specifically, as it had a fast training speed along with a multitude of other benefits. One of which was creating an ice body, not only that, but due to having the Pure Mortal Physique, Yang Yu's body was almost free of impurities meaning the ice body he'd form would be of a higher grade.

'Hopefully he doesn't die.' Yun Zhu thought as soon 6 hours passed. At this point, although still present, the ice qi had settled for the most part, allowing Yang Yu to move around. "T-T-This w-w-was hel-l." He said as he shivered.

"Well rest for an hour, you still have your qi cultivation." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu's face paled slightly. 'But wait, Qi Cultivation should just be meditating, I'll be fine, thank the heavens.' Yang Yu thought as a tear fell down his face.

After the hour, Yun Zhu forced Yang Yu to trudge back home. Although this was painful, it wasn't that hard considering Yang Yu's body had mostly healed. By the time he arrived back home, his lunch had been delivered and Xiao Lei looked at him with concern.

"Don't worry buddy, I am fine." Yang Yu said as he put the bird's worries to rest. After that he entered his home as he grabbed his lunch and quickly ate it. Seeing this Yun Zhu chimed in "This will be taken from your break time later."

Hearing this Yang Yu sped up his eating speed and quickly placed the plate down. Once he did so he sat on his bed in a lotus position. "This is what I have to do, right?" Yang Yu asked as Yun Zhu nodded.

"Yes, now just follow my chant." Yun Zhu said as Yang Yu nodded.

"What am I?"

"A King?"

"No I am too strong to be a king!"

"An Emperor?"

"I am not such a weakling either!"

"An Immortal?"

"Immortals bow down to me, they're not worth my attention!"

"A God?"

"I killed the Gods the day I ascended!"

"Then what am I?"

"Hmph, I, am, the Tyrant!"

Yang Yu chanted copying Yun Zhu. Immediately, a massive influx of qi surged into Yang Yu's body, seeping into his meridians. This qi began to burst through Yang Yu's body as his blood raged.

Seeing this Yun Zhu nodded. "Now listen Yang Yu, compress the qi as much as possible." Yun Zhu said. "H-how?" Yang Yu asked as his body ached. "With your will!" Yun Zhu replied.

'Its all up to me then, yet again!' Yang Yu thought as he began to will the qi around his body to compress. In response, the qi surged forth expanding rapidly, but Yang Yu wouldn't give up, his will transcended the heavens themselves, or at least, that's what he thought, but that was all that mattered.

Bit by bit, the qi compressed down, into an extremely small meridian, a meridian that only someone extremely talentless would form. The surprising thing though, was this only took Yang Yu 3 hours.

"Chant it again." Yun Zhu said, as Yang Yu nodded. Four hours later Yang Yu finished with the 2nd meridian as he lay on his bed half dead.

Half an hour later he fed Xiao Lei his supplement and ate his dinner. That day Yang Yu learnt something important, it wasn't the Ice Immemorial Technique, or the Tyrant Meridian Technique. What he learnt, was although Yun Zhu acted easy going and happy go lucky, when he was serious, he meant business.