Chapter Sixteen: Thunderclap, Falling Moon

  "Good! As long as you understand." With a nod of relief, Xuan Wei continued, "It's precisely because of your father's profound wisdom that your foundation is extremely solid. Coupled with your exceptional talent, from now on, as long as you're willing to work hard, your achievements will be boundless!"

  As he spoke, without waiting for Wang Xu to respond, he instead asked: "Just now I observed your practice, among which the gun and sword techniques were the most proficient. Could it be that you prefer guns and swords?"

  Upon hearing this, Wang Xu looked at the mysterious and unfathomable Xuan Wei Daoist in surprise. He really hadn't expected that after only one practice, the other party had discovered his two favorite weapons. This was truly a superior person!

  "Yes! As a disciple, he has a preference for it, so in his daily practice, he focuses more on gun and sword techniques."

  "Why is it liked?" Xuan Wei asked with interest.

  "The gun is agile and versatile, yet does not lose its lethality, so I love guns. The sword is the ancestor of short weapons, with a somewhat majestic air, therefore I also love it!"

  Upon receiving Wang Xu's response, Xuan Wei Dao Zhang nodded his head in approval. "Good, since you like it, then from now on, put your efforts into this!"

  After finishing, Xuan Wei Daozhang hesitated for a moment before his face gradually turned serious. His eyes stared tightly at Wang Xu, and after a long time, he slowly said: "Since you are your master's disciple, then today I will also give you a gift."

  He took out a thin yellow silk handkerchief from his bosom. "Last year, I accidentally saw the mysterious stone carvings in a stone cave, which should be the product of the Three Emperors and Five Sovereigns period due to its ancient degree. At that time, I felt very strange, so I copied its contents on this silk handkerchief. After more than a year of research, I found out that it was actually a superior method for dual cultivation of yin and yang. As the master is already old and useless, this book is also useless. You and I are also a destined encounter as master and apprentice, so I'll give it to you!"

  After finishing speaking, he handed the handkerchief to Wang Xu. Seeing that Wang Xu was just staring blankly at him, he couldn't help but pat his little head and laugh. "This yin-yang dual cultivation will be explained by your master in the future. You can take this thing first now. I see you're different from ordinary people, without a child's playful nature, so I'll give it to you now. You must keep it well, never lose it, lest it fall into the hands of someone with an evil heart and cause endless trouble! If that happens, your master will definitely punish you severely."

  Wang Xu also reacted and hastily took over the handkerchief, putting it into his bosom. "En! Disciple will surely take good care of it!"

  Xuan Wei Dao Chang mistakenly thought that Wang Xu was stunned because he didn't understand what Yin Yang dual cultivation was, but in fact, Wang Xu was confused. He never thought that not only could he return to the Three Kingdoms, but he would also encounter the technique of Yin Yang dual cultivation, and it's impossible for him not to be surprised! However, he did wonder if this thing was really as effective as claimed?

  After Wang Xu carefully put the silk into his bosom, Xuan Wei said again: "Alright, let's start practicing now. As you practice, I'll guide you!"

  "En!" Wang Xu immediately responded with a sound, putting the yin-yang dual cultivation aside for now, and walked back to the weapon rack to pick up his spear and start practicing again. After all, it was most important to urgently improve his martial arts skills at this moment.

  Actually, all the weapons in the martial arts school were custom-made by Wang Yan for Wang Xu according to proportion, after all, he was only eight years old, and it would be impossible for him to wield real ones!

  But with a long spear in hand, Wang Xu, although young in age, also had a bit of prestige, and the King's Spear Method was wielded by him with great vigor.

  Thus, Wang Xu began his true martial arts training. With his astonishing natural talent and cleverness, he also gained the favor of Xuan Wei Dao Zhang, who spared no effort in teaching him.

  Moreover, since learning that Xu Shu was Wang Xu's future wife and also loved martial arts, under Wang Xu's repeated requests, he began to instruct her and even taught her a set of Lunar Spear techniques suitable for girls, but never acknowledged Xu Shu as his disciple.

  Wang Xu's cousin Wang Fei somehow also got the news that Xuan Wei Dao Zhang was a super master, and from then on he came over every day to pester him, wanting to follow Xuan Wei Dao Zhang to learn.

  After all, he is a brother of this life, and also for the sake of everyone's future, Wang Xu also helped him beg for mercy.

  Unfortunately, no matter how hard they begged, Master Xuēn Wēi would not respond again. Not even Wang Xù's gradually growing younger brother, Wang Xióng, was an exception.

  Xuan Wei Dao Chang also clearly stated his reasons: If such a precedent is set, then won't all the members of the royal family come, what kind of system would that be!

  However, Xuan Wei Dao Chang was very fond of Wang Xu after all, so he allowed him to teach the things he learned every day to them, but only limited to the Wang family's martial arts. As for the two sets of gun techniques, Ben Lei and Luo Yue, which were taught separately to Wang Xu and Xu Shu, they were never allowed to be passed on.

  Wang Xu had also thought of secretly teaching, but he was the kind of person who respected others one foot, and they respected him ten feet. Xuan Wei Dao Zhang loved him so much that he had already made an exception several times. If he did something like betraying his master and ancestors in his eyes, it's unknown what would happen to him. Wang Xu couldn't do such a disloyal thing.

  Later, Wang Xu also told this idea to Wang Fei. But unexpectedly, his elder cousin instead lectured him with a serious face for half a day that such things cannot be done.

  Alas! The ancients were indeed like this, with too many restrictions in their thinking. But then again, isn't this also a virtue of respecting teachers and valuing the Way?

  In the end, Wang Xu also came to a realization and wholeheartedly passed on the Wang family's martial arts that Xuan Wei Dao Zhang had taught him to Wang Fei and Wang Xiong. Unfortunately, Wang Xu's abilities were limited, and he was never able to achieve the same level of mastery as Xuan Wei Dao Zhang in terms of imparting his teachings through words and deeds. Especially when it came to certain profound insights that Xuan Wei Dao Zhang could convey to Wang Xu, Wang Xu found it difficult to pass on these same insights to them. Nevertheless, Wang Fei and Wang Xiong's martial arts skills continued to advance by leaps and bounds.

  Wang Xu and Xue Shu, who received personal guidance from the mysterious Daoist master, naturally achieved even greater results. After correcting their internal energy cultivation, they quickly broke through one bottleneck after another. Wang Xu clearly felt his internal energy becoming more majestic, and his martial arts skills also made significant progress.

  As the two grew up, Wang Xu's parents and two aunts were the happiest. Of course, Xu Rui was also often overjoyed!

  Apart from practicing martial arts, Wang Xu also continued to read books of this era. It wasn't that he loved learning, but rather there was nothing else to do, and when he had free time, the most he would do is stroll around the city. There were simply too few things for people to enjoy in this era.

  However, after knowing that Wang Xu had a ambition to stabilize the country, Xuan Wei Dao Chang began to teach him some formation methods, which made Wang Xu extremely happy.

  In his past life, Wang Xu had read a considerable number of military books, but he never quite understood the so-called formation tactics. Thinking about Zhuge Liang's deployment of the Eight Trigrams Formation and its power, he studied even more diligently, also passing a lot of boring time.

  At first, Wang Xu was also very puzzled as to why a Taoist like Xuan Wei would understand battle formations.

  Later, Xuan Wei explained to him that the Taoist school only studied array methods, which were somewhat different from battle arrays. However, battle arrays evolved from these array methods, so the principles are similar. He also repeatedly warned Wang Xu that he could only learn the principles as a reference and not use them completely on the battlefield, otherwise, it might be life-threatening...