Chapter 293: Chapter 128: A Greater Storm Arrives, Chu Fan Trains Desperately, "Nine Nether Yellow Springs Finger" Breaks the Limit

The cool water soothed his parched throat. He set down the bowl and saw the longing in Tianxing’s eyes, a desire he was deliberately suppressing. A thought struck him, and he spoke up, "Tianxing, do you want to learn this Step Technique? I can teach you."

Zhao Tianxing was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, so excited he nearly jumped to his feet.

Before he could even speak, a pleasant yet somewhat timid voice came from inside the house. "I want to learn, too."

It was Cyan Snake Xiaobai, her face still a little pale, walking out slowly.

She had been inside healing all night and had only just now emerged.

"This Step Technique is uncanny and unpredictable. If I could master it, my strength would increase severalfold..."

Xiaobai’s voice was tinged with nervousness.

Though she had fought alongside Chu Fan and knew many of his secrets, they still hadn’t known each other for long.

Moreover, there was ultimately a barrier between the Human and Demon Races.

She had no confidence at all that Chu Fan would be willing to teach her such a profound Secret Skill.

Chu Fan looked at the two of them, his expression growing solemn. "I can teach you, but you need to think this through. Learning the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step isn’t necessarily a good thing."

The Cyan Snake and Zhao Tianxing’s eyes lit up!

They listened as Chu Fan lowered his voice. "This is a unique Secret Skill of the Moon Worship Sect. I secretly learned it from a dead Moon Worship Cultist. Right now, the outside world only knows of a Ghost-faced Man who can use the Extreme Night Cold Prison Hand and the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step, but they don’t know that I am that Ghost-faced Man."

"Even if they want to find me, it won’t be easy to trace it back to me, so I’m not worried for the time being."

"But if I teach this Step Technique to you, and you use it in the outside world, you will certainly bring a fatal disaster upon yourselves the moment you’re discovered by someone from the Moon Worship Sect!"

"Tianxing, Sister Bai, are you sure you want to learn?"

Zhao Tianxing answered decisively, with almost no hesitation. "I’ll learn it! As long as I can get stronger, what’s a little risk like this!"

The Cyan Snake also snorted coldly. "The Moon Worship Sect and I are already mortal enemies. Learning one more of their Secret Skills just means I’ll be able to kill a few more of them in the future!"

Chu Fan nodded and warned them again with great solemnity, "Alright! Since you’ve decided, I’ll teach you."

"But you must remember: unless you are absolutely certain you can kill your enemy with this Step Technique and can guarantee there are no other living witnesses;"

"or you’re facing a monumental crisis, you should avoid using it if at all possible."

"Once you’re exposed, the consequences will be endless!"

The Cyan Snake and Tianxing both nodded solemnly.

Wasting no more time, Chu Fan immediately began explaining and demonstrating the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step in the courtyard.

He detailed everything one by one: the path for circulating Primordial Qi, the essential principles of the footwork, and the key to its illusory body transformations.

["Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step" Experience Points +2]

["Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step" Experience Points +2]...

As he taught, he also practiced and corrected his own form.

On the Map of Mountains and Rivers panel, the Experience Points for his Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step continued to climb steadily.

Teaching others helped him learn, and reviewing the old brought new insights. For him, it was also an excellent form of cultivation.

Zhao Tianxing and Xiaobai were completely focused on learning.

Both were quite talented to begin with, and with their complete trust in Chu Fan, they comprehended the technique extremely quickly.

The only trouble was that Zhao Tianxing had not yet undergone Mortal Transformation and was still stuck in the Bone Marrow Forging stage of the five stages of Foundation Establishment.

He did have Primordial Qi in his body, refined from the Treasure Plant Spiritual Mechanism he had previously consumed. Unfortunately, it was difficult to control. He could only barely use his Qi Blood Power to guide a faint wisp of Primordial Qi, just as Chu Fan had when he first started practicing the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Still, he meticulously memorized all the essential principles and repeatedly polished the basic footwork, laying a solid foundation for the future.

Cyan Snake Xiaobai, on the other hand, was powerful in her own right—comparable to the peak of the Fifth Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm. With her fine control over her power, she learned much faster than Zhao Tianxing.

Before long, as her figure flickered, her movements began to carry a hint of the "Ghost Shadow’s" distinctive flair.

The Cyan Snake was already incredibly fast. Now that she had grasped a small part of the Ghost Shadow Illusionary Body Step’s secrets, her strength increased noticeably, making her ecstatic.

Just as the three of them were immersed in their training, the sound of light footsteps came from outside the courtyard.

Everyone looked up to see Li Qingxue, dressed in simple clothes and exuding a cool, aloof air, approaching slowly.

She first looked at Chu Fan, her eyes full of gratitude. She pursed her lips and said in a low voice, "If you hadn’t intervened last night, the Seven Stars Gang would no longer exist, and I would have died in the Martial Arts Arena..."

She paused, a barely perceptible trace of excitement showing on her cool face.

"That half-stalk of wild mountain ginseng must be an incredibly rare treasure... I only broke through to the Third Heaven of the Spirit Awakening Realm last month. After taking it yesterday while severely injured, not only did my injuries stabilize, but my Cultivation actually broke straight through to the Fourth Heaven!"

Hearing this, Chu Fan felt a little embarrassed. "Senior Sister Qingxue, you’re exaggerating..."

"That wild mountain ginseng... Tianxing actually found it by chance in the mountains."

"I already ate half of it a few months ago."

"Four days ago, he gave the other half to me. You should be thanking him."

"...Come to think of it, Tianxing found this treasure but didn’t get any of the benefits himself. It all went to me."

Zhao Tianxing, standing nearby, scratched his head with an honest grin. "What’s the point of saying all that between us brothers! What’s yours is mine, and what’s mine is yours!"

"Every time you get loot from Corpse Handling, you give me the lion’s share, and I never hesitate to take it!"

When Li Qingxue heard this, a flash of surprise crossed her eyes. She immediately turned to Zhao Tianxing and thanked him solemnly. "Tianxing, last night was also thanks to you and the disciples from the Moon Arrow Martial Arts Hall. Your ranged arrow support repeatedly forced Lin Luoxue back, and you even worked together to kill a late-stage Spirit Awakening Realm expert in black."

"If it weren’t for your half-stalk of wild mountain ginseng and your help last night, my second uncle, the others, and I..."

Zhao Tianxing’s face turned red, and he waved his hands dismissively.

Children from the mountains were naturally simplehearted. On the very first day he met Chu Fan, he had shared his Vermilion-Scaled Blood Python Flesh.

Now, being thanked so solemnly by Li Qingxue for the first time, he was suddenly flustered.