Under One Person: Rebuilding the Glory of the Beast Master

Chapter 33 is complete.

Xuanhei maintained its reverse-life state, its beady green eyes staring unblinkingly at Zeng Su, its mouth agape.

The Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique was a skill it had practiced for decades, and the hardships it had endured were countless, yet Zeng Su mastered it instantly.

"You—how did you do that?" Xuanhei's voice trembled. "What did you do? You just learned it in a flash!!"

"Beast Taming." Zeng Su withdrew his hand, looking down at his jade-like palm. "This is my secret technique, allowing me to borrow the power and methods of beast taming. You can reverse life three times, which means I can do it too. Of course, there's probably no one else in this world who can reach my level."

Xuan Hei opened his mouth, but couldn't say anything for a long time.

It wanted to say "This is unfair", but then it realized that it didn't feel there was anything unfair about it, because its master was the most important person in its life. As for the little bit of secret joy in its heart, it was able to help Zeng Su.

"Emmm!!"

Xuanhei shut his mouth, unsure of what to say, his mind and thoughts clashing.

Moreover, in order to leave this aura, the master even forced out his essence and blood to enlighten him. At that time, he really felt very uncomfortable, after all, Zeng Su was still very young.

"How are you feeling now?" Xuanhei asked, his tone less arrogant and more concerned.

Zeng Su wiggled his fingers, feeling the flow of Qi within his body.

The connection with Xuanhei is very stable, the beast-connecting state is still ongoing, and the reverse life triple is also well maintained.

"It feels good," he said honestly. "Better than I expected."

He paused, then added, "But there's a problem."

"What's the problem?"

"The Beast's Blessing is temporary," Zeng Su said. "I can borrow your Reverse Life Triple Regeneration, but this borrowing is time-limited."

Once the Beast Mode is lifted, the Reverse Life Triple Effect will disappear.

There's no way to reverse the triple rebirth; it's not a magic technique. He can get feedback from beast taming, but magic techniques can only be borrowed.

Xuanhei blinked: "Then you can just keep using the Beast Taming mode."

Zeng Su shook his head. In his beast-connecting state, he needed to constantly maintain the connection between the two sides, which consumed a lot of energy.

"I can't keep it running, it consumes too much energy, and my current energy level can't last much longer."

He ended his beast summoning, and the white light on his body gradually faded, his skin returning to its normal color. In just a short while, he had consumed ten percent of his energy.

"Phew~"

He breathed a sigh of relief; the problem that had been bothering him for so long was finally starting to look promising.

Although he still hadn't mastered the Triple Rebirth Technique, he was able to use it, which was simply unbelievable.

Of course, he still needed to learn the Triple Rebirth Technique, but this time he didn't need to blindly bury himself in it anymore. Now that he had the result, deduce the process, and cultivating the Triple Rebirth Technique would be much simpler.

In the days that followed, he adjusted the focus of his cultivation.

In the morning, we still practice meditation and qi circulation, cultivating our character and life force—these are fundamental and cannot be neglected. Every day, we help Bai Jiahei cultivate his physique and Xuan Hei refine his bloodline; all of this requires a great deal of energy and effort.

After that, he devoted all his free time to cultivating the Reverse Life Triple Stage.

Cultivating the three levels of reverse rebirth was still very difficult for Zeng Su.

However, this time, Xuanhei, the guide, was quite different from humans. Although turtles and humans are completely different, Xuanhei spent decades cultivating the Reverse Life Triple Realm, and it took him several decades to reach his current level. In total, it took him more than a hundred years.

Aside from the legendary ancestor who has already ascended to immortality, who else could have spent so much time studying the Reverse Life Triple Realm? Therefore, Xuan Hei is more than qualified to be his teacher.

On this day, Zeng Su practiced his qi cultivation at the water pool as usual.

Bai Jiahei and Xuanhei were playing Gomoku (Five in a Row) on the open ground beside the pond, a game that Zeng Su had taught them.

White and Black are lying face to face on the bluestone slab by the pool, with a chessboard drawn in the middle.

Black and white pebbles are scattered on the chessboard; white pebbles return to black, and black pebbles return to white and black.

Zeng Su sat down beside him to meditate and cultivate himself.

Xuanhei moved slowly, extending one front paw to pick up a white pebble with its claw tip, suspending it above the chessboard. Its beady green eyes narrowed into slits as it glanced left and right, hesitating to make its move.

Bai Jiahei lay on the ground, its mouth pressed against the edge of the chessboard, its bright pig eyes staring at Xuanhei, making low "gurgling" sounds in its throat, urging Xuanhei to hurry up.

"What's the rush?" Xuan Hei didn't even look up, his paw still dangling in mid-air. "When I play chess, I plan carefully before I act, thinking ten steps ahead for every move. Unlike some pigs who make their moves faster than they fart, and then regret it as soon as they've made their move."

"Hmph!" White plus Black snorted defiantly, pointing with its nose at the black piece it had just placed on the board, and then at the empty black defense line, its meaning quite clear: it was about to win.

Xuanhei looked down and his beady green eyes widened in shock.

My own pieces were cut in two by white and black pieces, leaving them unable to support each other and with only one chance of survival.

"You—when did you land here?" Xuanhei's voice rose a notch.

Bai Jiahei proudly raised its head and let out a short hum.

"That's called a strategy."

Xuanhei opened its mouth, but swallowed back the words it was about to say. It stared at the chessboard for a full ten breaths before finally slamming the white piece in its paw onto the board with a "thud".

"Place it here!" The tone was quite forceful, but the placement of the piece clearly indicated a desperate struggle.

White and Black barely glanced at each other before one of their black pieces rolled onto the board and landed precisely on its designated spot.

Five stars in a row, it won.

Xuanhei stared at the black piece on the chessboard, its eyes widening considerably, its neck stretching out long from its shell, its mouth opening and closing as if trying to say something but finding no reason to.

Bai Jiahei rested his chin on his front hooves, half-closing his eyes with a smug look on his face, as if to say, "Thank you for the courtesy."

"This round doesn't count," Xuanhei suddenly said.

Bai Jiahei opened his eyes a crack and looked at it.

"Ancestor, I was thinking about something else and wasn't paying attention. Let's start over."

"Hmph hmph hmph!" Bai Jiahei let out a series of rapid hums, which was a form of protest.

"Protest denied." Xuanhei extended its claws and quickly scattered the stones on the chessboard. "Best of five, this is only the second game. What's your hurry?"

From this, we can tell that Xuanhei has already lost two games. In fact, since the beginning of the game, Xuanhei has always won more games than he has lost, which has severely damaged his confidence.

The mighty tortoise ancestor was being humiliated by a pig; it simply couldn't understand it.

Actually, it's not Xuanhei's fault. Zeng Su taught Bai Jiahei how to play Gomoku from a young age to train his brainpower, and also taught him various techniques from later generations. So Xuanhei couldn't beat Bai Jiahei for a while.

"No, best of seven!"

"Still doesn't count, best of eleven!!"

"Ah!!! I'm not going to download anymore."

After a series of defeats, Xuanhei finally couldn't take it anymore and resorted to underhanded tactics. With a leap, he slammed his tortoise shell onto the board and spun it violently, crushing both the pieces and the board.

"Hmph~~"

Bai Jiahei was quite pleased with Xuanhei's display of impotent rage, and stared at Xuanhei with the same look he gave Xiao Karami.

"Ahhh, you stupid pig, how dare you mock our ancestor!!"

Xuanhei couldn't stand it anymore and jumped again, trying to land on Baijiahei's head.

However, the white and black preventative measure was already quite effective. The bristles that were originally lying flat against his body stood up instantly, and with the support of special steel, each bristle was comparable to a steel needle.

Even if Xuanhei uses its tortoise shell to resist, it will still feel pain.

While the pig and the turtle were locked in a fierce battle, Zeng Su suddenly opened his eyes and a smile appeared on his lips.

"It's done!"

He spoke softly. Then he raised his right hand, and half of his right palm turned white, signifying that he had entered the third stage of Reverse Life.

The morning mist had not yet dissipated from the martial arts training ground of the Sanyi Sect.

After finishing their morning lessons, the disciples began to leave the training ground in twos and threes.

Several disciples who were preparing to practice saw Zeng Su still sitting in the training ground and gathered around him.

"Junior Brother wants to practice his skills?"

"Didn't Junior Brother refuse to practice the Reverse Life Triple Technique?"

"Who said you don't practice? I saw Junior Brother meditating over at the beast enclosure last time; he's really putting in the effort."

More and more disciples gathered to watch, including Zhao Yong.

Ever since Zhao Yong was defeated by Bai Jiahei, he would run to Zeng Su's side every few days, and he was also one of Bai Jiahei's punching bag and keeper.

He stood at the front of the crowd, arms crossed, looking at Zeng Su in the center of the room, his brows slightly furrowed.

He sensed a change in Zeng Su's Qi, which was clearly a reversal of the third stage of life.

However, Zhao Yong also knew that Zeng Su would have a hard time mastering the Reverse Life Triple Level, and this was a conclusion personally drawn by the sect leader.

Zeng Su closed his eyes and began to circulate his internal energy.

The barriers that were once insurmountable are now completely unobstructed.

coming.

He opened his eyes, and then he could see the jade-like luster starting from his fingertips and spreading upwards little by little.

First, it was my fingers, from the fingertips to the base of the fingers, the skin changed from its normal color to a warm white.

Then came the back of his hand, the palm, the wrist, and finally his right forearm turned white. There was nothing he could do; his Reverse Rebirth Triple Technique could only reach this level at the moment.

If we have to categorize it, it's currently at the initial stage of the first level.

Zeng Su raised his right hand and spread his five fingers.

In the morning light, my five fingers gleamed with a warm, jade-like luster, like works of art carved from the finest Hetian jade. With every movement, the jade-like luster flowed between my knuckles, smooth and free without any hindrance.

The disciples watching from outside the training ground fell silent for a moment.

Then someone asked, "Has the junior brother mastered it?"

"—Am I seeing things?"

"Reverse Life Triple Level! Junior Brother has actually mastered the Reverse Life Triple Level!"

"Good heavens, didn't he say he couldn't master it? It's only been less than six months!"

The buzzing discussions rose up like boiling porridge.

Zhao Yong stood in the crowd with his eyes wide open and his mouth agape.

Some people are born to hurt others.

Zeng Su withdrew his hand, dispelling the reverse life state.

The white light on his body gradually faded, and his skin returned to its normal color.

Finally, he clasped his hands in a fist salute to the assembled senior brothers and said, "Senior brothers, I have made a fool of myself in this performance."

Several senior brothers appeared at that moment. They immediately came up and reached out to rub his head.

"Junior brother, you've been hiding your true strength all along. You've really given your senior brothers a resounding slap in the face."

"Hehe!!" Zeng Su didn't say anything, but scratched the back of his head and laughed.

Zhao Yong clenched his fists as he watched this scene. Of course, this wasn't because he was jealous that Zeng Su had mastered the Reverse Life Triple Level, but because he thought that even the sect leader had said Zeng Su couldn't achieve it, yet he had now succeeded. The effort and hardship Zeng Su had expended during that time must have been many times greater than his own.

"I will strive and work hard," Zhao Yong roared in his heart, and immediately put it into practice.

Many people were infected by Zeng Su, and the number of people in the training ground was several times greater than usual.

The news spread very quickly.

Not long after Zeng Su returned, Si Chong arrived at the animal enclosure carrying a box.

Si Chong walked briskly, making no attempt to hide his emotions.

Zeng Su was meditating in the courtyard, while Bai Jiahei was dozing off beside him.

"Uncle-Master." Upon seeing the visitor, Zeng Su quickly stood up and bowed.

Si Chong waved his hand and opened the lid; inside was a bottle of medicine.

"You! Since you've mastered the Reverse Life Triple Stage, why didn't you say so sooner! This is a tonic I had brewed for you at the medicine shop to replenish your essence and nourish your body. Drink it while it's hot, because breaking through to the Reverse Life Triple Stage is very damaging to the body."

Zeng Su looked at the medicine, his eyes inexplicably feeling a little swollen: "Thank you, Uncle-Master."

Si Chong sat down on the stool and looked at Zeng Su with a look of relief and heartache.

"What stage are you at now?"

"Yes, I've already entered the first level," Zeng Su said truthfully. "However, I haven't fully mastered it yet. Right now, the skin-transforming technique only reaches the forearm. It will probably take another month or two before I can train up to the torso."

Si Chong's expression clearly paused for a moment, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

He thought "mastering" meant reaching the threshold and entering a certain state. However, Zeng Su said "not yet fully mastered," meaning that the core training was complete, and only the final touches remained.

One or two months? This made him feel like all his years of cultivation had gone nowhere.

Si Chong looked at Zeng Su and asked the question that had been on his mind.

"How did you train?"

Because he had discussed this matter with Zuo Ruotong, the chances of Zeng Su being able to cultivate to the third level of Reverse Life were extremely low, practically impossible.

As it turns out, Zeng Su has not only mastered the skill, but the time he took is also relatively fast compared to the entire Sanyi Sect, which is simply unbelievable.

Zeng Su knew that Si Chong would ask this question, and he had already thought about how to answer it.

"By sheer chance, I found a tortoise deep within Mount Tai, and it turns out it had also cultivated the Reverse Life Triple Stage—"

"What?"

Zeng Su was interrupted by Si Chong before he could finish speaking, because he seemed to have heard something extraordinary.