"Master, it hurts!"

"Well, it should hurt."

"But Master, the Celestial Sword Elder told me before that what you're doing is wrong. Even for a clever person, you can't avoid challenges like this, because no matter how smart you are, there's always a day when you'll be forced into a corner."

"Ah, he's right, that's the logic."

"Then you...."

"Yes, your Master has been forced into a corner. You see, because I was forced into a corner, I had to send our Ziwei Mountain into the void. Then, both of us, master and disciple, were forced to hide in this little place called Gan State. These are bloody lessons I've experienced."

"..." Master, you're not being sincere with what you said!

Shi Hao could only think this thought in his heart, not daring to voice it, fearing he'd get beaten.

However, it seems Chen Zhixing saw through Shi Hao's thoughts, smilingly said, "I know you're not convinced, but you see, the logic is the same. Because your Master is smart enough and only likes to take advantage, not suffer losses, I've had conflicts with some people, and have indeed been forced into a corner before.

But for your Master, these things really aren't much.

Because even after being cornered, there are still many choices for me... Well, generally you can categorize these choices into two types."

"Which two types?"

"Either let yourself suffer or let others suffer. Well, your Master doesn't like suffering, so let the entire Central State take the suffering for me. That's why I'm now crowned with a Demon Venerable title."

While saying this, Chen Zhixing looked relaxed, seemingly indifferent to the Demon Venerable title, which clearly had malicious intent.

Then, he looked into Shi Hao's eyes and smiled, "See, your clever Master, in order not to suffer, can only harden his heart to let others suffer in his stead. Now, Little Stone, if you have such a ruthless spirit, I can act as your backing. You can summon the Celestial Sword now, kill or cripple him, all at your discretion."

Shi Hao: "...."

Cripple the Celestial Sword Elder?

Shi Hao never had such a thought.

Even in the most furious moments, all Shi Hao thought was to teach Celestial Sword a lesson, make him admit his mistake, but never truly harm this elder who genuinely cared for him.

Shi Hao was kind-hearted, not foolish. He could distinguish who was on his side.

"Heh, can't accept it? If you can't accept it, then stop complaining about suffering. Since you can't walk down the path your Master did, you'll just have to get beaten more, suffer more, and first get used to swallowing these bitter pills. That way, when facing hardships in the future, you'll have a strong heart to handle everything."

"Oh, Master, I understand."

"Good, since you understand, tomorrow continue getting scolded and beaten."

"Oh." Shi Hao whimpered, wanting to cry: "But Master, can't you make Celestial Sword stop forcing me to kill people?"

"I can." Chen Zhixing still smiled, "Didn't I tell you? As long as you get beaten, it'll be fine. Think about it, if you keep pestering Celestial Sword to fight with you every day, he naturally won't have time to go slaughter those small sect cultivators. So, indirectly, wouldn't you save these people?"

"..."

"Master just told you: either you suffer, or others suffer. Since you don't want others to suffer for you, you'll just have to get beaten yourself."

Shi Hao: "!!!"

How long will he have to endure these beatings!

...

Shi Hao was still very aware of his own situation.

His combat skills were sorely lacking; he just couldn't beat the Celestial Sword.

Since Chen Zhixing said he wouldn't intervene, Shi Hao could only continue to get beaten.

But luckily, Celestial Sword wouldn't strike him to death, just leave him bruised and battered, with not a single patch of good skin left when he returned to the Moon Lake Blessed Lands each day.

Three days later, Shi Hao thought, at most in another month, he'd be able to put up a decent fight with Celestial Sword, and at least wouldn't receive so many hits.

A month later, Shi Hao thought, in another half year, when he breaks through to Nirvana Second Layer, he'd be able to match Celestial Sword Elder, at least not lose too miserably.

Half a year later, a delighted Shi Hao found Celestial Sword Elder after successfully breaking through, intending to finally take revenge, but.... Upon seeing Celestial Sword Elder suddenly skyrocketed to Nirvana Fifth Realm, Shi Hao was utterly dumbfounded!

"You... you you you...."

"What? What's strange about this old man?"

The Celestial Sword Elder held back his laughter, spreading his arms open for Shi Hao to see.

"Your realm! No! How did you breakthrough! And three times of mirror-breaking consecutively! So quickly to Nirvana Fifth Realm!" As Shi Hao uttered these words, it felt like the world before him was collapsing, thinking how could Celestial Sword Elder, who said his talent was poor, only advancing from Nirvana First Layer to Second Layer over hundreds of years, suddenly break through from Nirvana Second Layer to Fifth Layer in just a week!

Was this a cheat mode!!!

"Is that so? Hahahaha, this old man just realized how easy it is to break through realms during this time!"

Having been thrilled for three days in such fortune, the Celestial Sword Elder once again laughed heartily, showing no restraint in expressing his current excitement.

Why did Celestial Sword break through so quickly?

Of course, it was because Chen Zhixing noticed Shi Hao's cultivation progress, then deliberately increased the difficulty for his disciple.

Nirvana Realm's minor stage breakthrough, what's the difficulty in that? There was plenty of room to maneuver.

Just a few pills, plus Chen Zhixing forcibly guarding Celestial Sword Elder's heart meridian, with the medicine's potency dissipating, Celestial Sword Elder's cultivation naturally improved.

However, this kind of improvement is quite superficial, mostly just on paper. His body got stronger, mana increased, but it's rather detrimental for breaking the Peak in the future.

Yet... as long as he didn't care about future development, not only promoting from Nirvana Second Realm to Nirvana Fifth Realm, for Chen Zhixing now, raising Celestial Sword Elder in one go to Nirvana Great Perfection, Half-Step Peak Realm level would just require spending some extra resources.

The reason for not doing this was to leave Celestial Sword with some hope of breaking through to the Peak.

Hope that Celestial Sword could transform during his own Nirvana Realm, mastering the accelerated thinking ability post-transformation. Only such transformed cultivators can become Peak Realm strong.

Of course, it was also to prevent a complete imbalance in strength between him and Shi Hao.

Chen Zhixing thought, if he directly elevated Celestial Sword Elder to the peak of Nirvana, his foolish disciple might do some unexpected things out of despair.

So, better let Celestial Sword Elder suppress him but still maintain some hope for Shi Hao to overturn the battle.

It can be said that to let Shi Hao get beaten more, while not letting his mindset collapse, Chen Zhixing went to great lengths.

The facts prove, it's effective.

With more beatings, after seeing Celestial Sword break through, Shi Hao only collapsed for a moment, then promptly reignited his spirits, challenging this elder!

And after the fight, Shi Hao quickly discovered that Celestial Sword Elder's combat prowess was nowhere near what he previously imagined, improved by so much!

No!

Not only not much, but miserably tumbled!

If the Celestial Sword had a combat power of around one hundred at Nirvana Second Layer, then now at Nirvana Fifth Layer, his combat power was at most one hundred and twenty.

While Shi Hao, over the past half year, progressed from sixty to eighty-five.

The gap remained wide but was indeed narrowing!

Realizing this, Shi Hao continued fighting with increased vigor!

This time, he could seriously confirm that even if the Master continued exploiting for Celestial Sword Elder, he would have the confidence to catch up, even surpass the Celestial Sword within three years, pounding the old man!

Because the Celestial Sword is resting on his laurels, and his cultivation elevation was merely just that.

While Shi Hao himself is genuinely growing stronger through this process, becoming increasingly powerful!

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