God of Pets

Chapter 375 Tiger Sect Master
Chen Guan was taken aback. Although it was not uncommon for people to take on a master in this era, like Xiao Qinghua who had a powerful master.

But Chen Guan couldn't just casually accept a stranger as his master, especially since he hadn't even considered taking on any master.

He never followed a skill-based path; he relied purely on skill-based output. He rarely used fighting techniques in his daily life, so what was the point of becoming an apprentice?
"I'll just compensate you." Chen Guan, who was initially a little unhappy about paying compensation, now only wanted to settle the matter by paying money.

"Young man, you probably don't know my name yet, do you?" Hu Sanqian stroked his white beard and said, "My name is Hu Sanqian, and outsiders have given me the nickname Tiger Sect Master."

Believe it or not, Chen Guan had actually heard of Hu Sanqian after he revealed his name.

However, he only learned about Hu Sanqian when he was researching information about the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm.

Hu Sanqian was originally a master of Tiger Fist, and after continuous research, he promoted Tiger Fist to a wider audience.

In addition, he has a hobby of taking on disciples. His disciples are spread throughout the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm and the Black City area. Over the years, he probably has as many as 100,000 disciples. This only includes his disciples and does not include the grand-disciples who are taught by his disciples.

In the hidden realm of Changbai Mountain, Hu Sanqian is indeed a very famous figure, and his Tiger Fist is truly something special.

Many cultivators who came out of the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm and the Black City area had learned Tiger Fist from Hu Sanqian.

The Changbai Mountain Secret Realm was discovered only a little over a hundred years ago, and Hu Sanqian has been taking on disciples there for over a hundred years.

Many of his disciples are now powerful cultivators in the Cave Heaven realm, and some have even entered the Great Cave Heaven realm, but he is still wandering around in the Changbai Mountain secret realm.

Aside from improving his Tiger Fist technique and constantly innovating, his skill level hasn't improved at all.

His disciples and followers gave him the honorific title "Grandmaster of the Tiger School," and people here gradually started calling him that.

In the Changbai Mountain Secret Realm and the Black City area, the name Hu Sanqian is still very useful.

"The name of the Tiger School Grandmaster is renowned, but I have no intention of learning his style. I'll just return the money for the ginseng to you instead." Chen Guan didn't want to make enemies with Hu Sanqian, but he also didn't want to become his disciple.

“Young man, there are only a few opportunities in life to change your destiny. You should seize them. I don’t take on many disciples these days, but seeing your talent today, I’ve decided to take you on as my last disciple and pass on all my knowledge. If you miss this opportunity, I may not be in the mood to take on disciples again,” Hu Sanqian said calmly.

Chen Guan thought to himself, "If I refuse again, I'm afraid I'll offend Hu Sanqian, and we might really become enemies. Hu Sanqian has so many disciples and followers; provoking him would be troublesome. If we really become enemies and start fighting, I'll have to kill him to silence him, and do it without anyone knowing."

With a thought racing through his mind, Chen Guan smiled and said to Hu Sanqian, "Master Hu, I also have a Tiger Fist technique here. Why don't you take a look? If you can break it, I'll become your disciple."

"Tiger Fist... Haha... Just use it... I, Tiger Three Thousand, dare not boast about anything else... But in the art of Tiger Fist... there is no move that I, Tiger Three Thousand, cannot master... Let alone one move... even if it's ten or a hundred moves... if I cannot break your defenses completely on the spot... I'll turn around and become your disciple..." When Tiger Three heard Chen Guan say that he actually wanted to use Tiger Fist in front of him, a master of Tiger Fist, he thought, "Isn't that just showing off my skills in front of an expert?"

"No need for that, we can just learn from each other and exchange techniques." Chen Guan said, assuming a stance and using the Black Tiger Claws Out the Heart move.

This move, like the Roaring Tiger on the Mountain, comes from the Tiger Ranking reward. However, unlike the Roaring Tiger on the Mountain, this move looks ordinary and seems to have no effect, and its power is pitifully weak.

Moreover, this move consumes very little energy and is not the type of secret technique that Chen Guan likes to use.

Therefore, he rarely uses this trick.

After some research, I discovered that this move isn't as weak as I thought. The reason why the Black Tiger Heart-Piercing Technique consumes so little energy is mainly because it's not a technique primarily based on energy attacks.

Its main function is to allow the body to naturally assume the posture of a black tiger poking out the heart under the influence of the flow of vital energy.

Yes, it's about striking a pose, not attacking.

Rather than calling Black Tiger Heart-Piercing Technique an attack technique, it's more accurate to say it's the starting stance for a technique.

The opening stance is generally a courtesy move in martial arts, used to greet the opponent and tell them, "Come on... I'm ready... let's have a good fight..."

Or it can be used to provoke an opponent: "Come on, hit me, you idiot."

Different schools of martial arts have different starting stances, but regardless of the school or style, there is an important principle in starting stances: to adjust one's posture to a state that facilitates the generation of power.

Its main purpose is to facilitate the use of other techniques from this school, allowing for both offense and defense; it is not simply a useless formality.

The "Black Tiger Steals the Heart" technique is essentially the starting move among all the secret techniques.

Its true purpose is not the strike itself, but the deterrent effect it creates before the strike is even launched.

When this secret technique is used, Chen Guan's body naturally assumes a posture like a tiger gathering its strength. No matter which direction the opponent attacks from, Black Tiger Strikes the Heart can respond in time, directly striking the opponent's weakness in the attack and delivering a heart-strike blow.

When Hu Sanqian saw Chen Guan's posture, his expression immediately turned serious.

He was not just a name; he was a true master of Tiger Fist. He recognized the extraordinary nature of Chen Guan's move with just one glance.

Hu Sanqian observed carefully and realized that no matter from which position he attacked, he would inevitably suffer Chen Guan's thunderous counterattack.

Chen Guan's stance can be described as a flawless starting position, like a tiger gathering its strength, ready to deliver a fatal blow at any moment, making it difficult for anyone to attack him.

The more Hu Sanqian looked, the more solemn his expression became. The starting gestures of others would more or less reveal some flaws.

It's not that the starting stance itself has flaws, but rather that the body's breathing, heartbeat, blood vessel vibrations, slight body tremors, and even the sun's rays or the wind blowing across the body can all have some impact and ruin the perfection of the starting stance.

But Chen Guan stood there like a tiger in a painting, not like a living person. His body was completely still, without any normal human reaction. His aura remained unchanged, as if he would never make a mistake.

After watching for a while, fine beads of sweat gradually appeared on Hu Sanqian's forehead.

He discovered that unless he used force, he couldn't break Chen Guan's starting stance at all.

But he just said he wanted to completely break Chen Guan's Tiger Fist. If he uses force now, wouldn't that be slapping himself in the face?

(End of this chapter)