Trinity Traitor: From One Person to the Other

Chapter 1041 The old man finally handed over the Burning Technique.
Fortunately, all of this perseverance was worthwhile.

With Ding Shian's talent surpassing even Zuo Ruotong's, He Songling doesn't need to guide him constantly. He only needs to check on his progress from time to time and offer some pointers on any difficult issues.

Ding Shian, reimagined by He Songling, was already on par with Zuo Ruotong in terms of raw talent alone. Why was Ding Shian able to surpass Zuo Ruotong? Because of his quick wit.

He was different from Zuo Ruotong. Lao Zuo entered the Sanyi Sect at a young age and spent his whole life practicing the Threefold Reverse Life Cultivation, intending to become an immortal, only to later discover that it was a mistake.

Ding Shian had nothing growing up. He had to beg to learn everything. After learning this, he would learn that. He had no chance or right to pick and choose. Whether it was good or bad, right or wrong, he had to learn it first.

After learning, one should reflect, summarize, think, and integrate, discarding the dross and retaining the essence, drawing on the strengths of others, and incorporating these things into oneself.

This is due to his experience; Ding Shian's way of thinking is inherently different from Zuo Ruotong's. It's not a simple matter of comparing them and saying one approach is better than the other, but at least if Ding Shian encountered a triple dead end, he wouldn't consider collapsing his cultivation and dying on the spot.

In He Songling's view, being able to retain one's usefulness was a kind of wisdom.

Another point, which is a recurring one, is that Ding Shian was a modern person. He went to school, received compulsory education, attended high school, and even went to university.

Ding Shian had access to newspapers, radio, and television from a young age, and even the internet was widespread when he was thirty, still considered young. His perspective was naturally broader than that of the uncultured people of the past, and his way of thinking was naturally more expansive and multidimensional than that of people in the past.

These two characteristics combined, along with the talent that He Songling reshaped for him, caused Ding Shian's comprehension ability to rise sharply, enabling him to learn new things quickly and apply what he learned to other situations.

While still far behind exceptional talents like He Songling, his speed in learning various arts can be considered the second fastest throughout history.

Learn it in one go, master it in no time.

Where can I go to seek justice?

In the accelerated time travel, Ding Shian has learned almost all the skills that He Songling could teach him in just over five years.

He has mastered most of the techniques, including fist fighting, body movements, talismans, painting, Buddhism, Taoism, secret medicines, escape techniques, magic, esoteric arts, fire-breathing, object manipulation, weapon crafting, and even reversing the cycle of life.

His cultivation of life force also progressed rapidly during this period, catching up with Ru Hu's level. Of course, it took him several times longer than Ru Hu, but the two chose different paths, which is only natural.

The first is "refined", and the second is "broad".

No one feels superior or frustrated because of this. Because at their level, everyone understands one thing: cultivation is not a race, but a marathon.

Speed ​​is certainly important, otherwise you'll end up like Lu Jin and Song Mian, who, due to their advanced age, will be unable to benefit from the innate ability because of their lifespan. But apart from that, whoever can find a way to go further is the winner.

Not to mention that Ding Shian has mastered far more than just a few simple arts; he is proficient in almost all the techniques of extraordinary individuals, not just familiar with them, but truly "proficient" in them. It is no exaggeration to say that, apart from He Songling, Ding Shian is invincible among his peers.

Moreover, he is not only invincible in one-on-one situations, but also has a wide range of methods. Even when fighting multiple opponents, he is confident of being invincible, or at the very least, he is confident of escaping unscathed.

It's no exaggeration to say that if Ding Shian were released now, he would be virtually invincible among the original Zhong Yiren, second only to Zhang Zhiwei. Forget about Lü Ci, Song Mian, and Lu Jin; even Wu Gensheng, Zhang Huaiyi, and Zhuge Yuan wouldn't be able to defeat him. That's the level of the name "He Songling."

Ding Shian is now only one step away from defeating Zhang Zhiwei. He needs to find a path to integrate these various techniques and abilities, allowing them to coalesce and sublimate within himself.

Going a step further, that's the level Zhang Zhiwei reached.

As the old saying goes, at the same level, apart from He Songling, Ding Shian is invincible, and Zhang Zhiwei is the same.

Zhang Zhiwei's invincibility wasn't due to the sheer number of his methods; he couldn't even break the curses and poisons cast by people much weaker than him. Zhang Zhiwei's strength lay in his life cultivation, which far surpassed all the other extraordinary individuals of his time, by a significant margin.

You are two meters tall, he is three meters tall; you are two stories taller, I am three stories taller, he stands on the fifth floor, the tallest of the tallest, standing on the top of skyscrapers, standing on the mountaintop, with nowhere left to go. Zhang Zhiwei, however, is equivalent to sitting in a space shuttle in low Earth orbit.

But if they are in the same low Earth orbit, then of course the one with more tricks up their sleeve will win.

"So now I'm going to teach you the most important thing, step by step." Having finally rested, Ehe Songling appeared before Ding Shian, whom he had been cultivating for more than five years, along with Lu Huizhong.

Ding Shian's heart skipped a beat, followed by boundless excitement.

Over the years, apart from witnessing his own spirit remain undying, this unscrupulous master has basically never cared for him, acting like a heartless machine that distributes secret manuals.

No, he didn't have the secret manual yet. He just demonstrated it once and ran away, without even giving himself a chance to record it.

The so-called teaching was nothing more than occasional pointers, just a couple of basic techniques. Once the key points were revealed, they would leave without saying much. Sometimes, the master and his wife were so inseparable that they wouldn't even show up in person, just giving you a correspondence course or online class, and that was it.

In short, having a master actually resulted in receiving less instruction than not having one. Given He Songling's teaching methods, the fact that he could still learn and improve upon them made Ding Shian feel incredibly accomplished.

But this time was clearly different. Ding Shian had never seen He Songling with such a solemn expression on his face in all these years.

The old man is finally going to hand over the incineration weapon!
Ding Shian was initially excited, but then felt a little confused.

No way! He Songling is his master. Although he wasn't particularly meticulous in his teaching, he never hid anything from him. Even if he becomes an immortal, his foundation is still reversed life, having evolved to the sixth level of reversed life.

However, his master had already taught him the fifth level of the Reverse Rebirth technique, and even the sixth level, a technique above the immortal techniques that no one had ever received before, was passed on to him without reservation.

It's just that my strength is relatively weak, and I've only reached the third level so far.

What else could be so important that Master would treat it with such seriousness?

He Songling stood solemnly in front of Ding Shian and said, "Little Ding, you've learned most of what I taught you before. Today, I'll teach you my most secret technique. Come, spear technique."

(End of this chapter)