Chapter 384: 285. The Method of Cultivation
What if a person is utterly apathetic towards something?
Then find someone to stir things up inside, spiral their mindset out of control, and they won’t be apathetic any longer.
Qing Yi originally came to City 18 with a nonchalant, just-passing-through attitude.
Unlike other Shadow Candidates who needed to strenuously look for the third-generation allies of the Li Family, due to his blood relations, he moved directly into the hillside manor.
In the second round of the struggle for Shadow, he didn’t need to be particularly aggressive; he just needed to survive until the next round, during which other contestants naturally would fight each other, depleting their own strength.
Compared to the students at Li’s School, he had already begun participating in the most crucial power transition within the Qing Family, possessing many times the strength of those naive children in the school.
Thus, Qing Yi’s mental state remained quite calm.
That is, until he met Qing Chen.
His initially peaceful “holiday” was disrupted when he had to go to the school for classes early in the morning.
He had planned to quietly be a sage, yet he had to learn combat arts.
Utter ridiculousness!
Qing Yi didn’t want to learn combat arts, and deep down he sincerely didn’t want to because he thought it was useless.
But the development of events wouldn’t proceed as he wished.
Facing all the children of the Li Family, Qing Chen said, “In the history of fighting, some say Kill Fist is the fiercest, but there is another combat technique that consistently ranks higher in the Octagon cage, and that is Jujitsu. From the moment it was invented, this technique was rapidly accepted by all fighters in the Octagon cage because you’ll find that without knowing Jujitsu, all championships and boxing titles will elude you.”
Qing Chen continued, “Next, I will demonstrate the technique of Cross Choke… All right, has everyone learned it? Li Ke, try it with Qing Yi.”
Li Ke was 14 years old, and Qing Yi was also 14, but unlike the slender Qing Yi, Li Ke was noticeably sturdier.
Since Qing Chen was of the uncle generation, he naturally couldn’t bully Qing Yi himself, but he had Li Ke.
Now, Li Ke, this young lad was almost completely obedient to him; when he told Li Ke to choke Qing Yi’s throat, Li Ke did so…
Qing Yi hadn’t even realized what was happening when he was suddenly choked from behind by Li Ke, his face quickly turning red.
Qing Yi was about to roll his eyes back.
Meanwhile, Qing Chen nonchalantly continued, “A chokehold can suffocate someone and cause them to lose consciousness in about seven seconds. Moreover, choking from behind makes you realize that this technique saves much more energy than other combat techniques. Okay, let him go.”
At the sixth second, Qing Chen patted Li Ke’s arm.
The rescued Qing Yi gasped heavily, suddenly realizing that even hiding out in the hillside manor could be so dangerous!
And potentially even more dangerous than it was for other Shadow Candidates!
“I’m sorry,” Li Ke said to Qing Yi, “Although sir asked me to demonstrate, I might have been a bit harsh.”
Qing Yi was stunned and couldn’t muster any anger, finally managing only to say, “It’s okay…”
Only Qing Chen felt somewhat emotional; young man, you’re too honest to become a knight.
Qing Chen continued, “Besides choking techniques, joint locks are also a crucial part of Jujitsu…”
Qing Yi watched Li Ke studying earnestly. If he didn’t do the same, wouldn’t he just get beaten up every day?
Who knows when this second round of the Shadow struggle will end, who knows when he’d be able to leave City 18.
It wouldn’t do to just sit idle…
Qing Yi shook his head; he had to study seriously, only by doing so could he escape the fate of being beaten up daily!
In just a half class period, Qing Chen had changed Qing Yi’s perspective, making him listen intently, afraid to miss a single detail.
He was much more earnest than the other students!
You should know, the other students only studied because the class was being offered; most people during their student years just listen to whatever the teachers say.
Whereas Qing Yi was doing it for survival…
During the class, as students began practicing one-on-one, Li Ke even went to another room and quietly brought a chair for Qing Chen.
This act astonished many classmates because it wasn’t typical of Li Ke’s usual style.
Li Ke was prideful, always pointing out the instructors’ mistakes even in the school.
While other students had servants bring snacks and waited outside the school, Li Ke never did.
When other students didn’t study diligently, Li Ke was always earnestly listening.
And everyone knew it was because Li Ke had an inherent pride.
Now, the usually prideful direct descendant of Li’s Big Room was suddenly moving chairs, bringing meals, and cleaning for others, which made the classmates feel somewhat uncomfortable.
At that moment, as Qing Chen sat watching the students practice, he turned his head and was surprised to see several heads poking above the Martial Arts School’s courtyard wall.
He recognized them as other instructors who were secretly watching his teaching material.
As Qing Chen turned his head, the instructors were scared into falling backward, with suppressed cries of alarm and the sound of footsteps fleeing from outside the wall…
He slowly closed his eyes and launched into the ‘Winning Hearts with Virtue’ from the Mysterious World.
Actually, he had intended to impart the teachings of cultivation today, as an old senior had already had the cultivation teachings stored in a Black Box and delivered to him yesterday; after all, it was somewhat improper not to teach when someone had entrusted him with a family heirloom.