Daily life of a teacher in the martial arts department

He is more concerned about today's battle.

Seeing is believing, indeed. Despite P.S.'s repeated emphasis on his opponent's mastery of all martial arts, Ying Qin Guan had never truly grasped their significance. However, today's exchange, lasting less than seven seconds, offered Ying Qin Guan much insight and reflection. This was a master of all martial arts, whose style was not only no weaker than Ying Qin Guan's, but arguably even superior. Although Ying Qin Guan still had a trump card—a sword technique he hadn't yet unleashed—did his opponent not possess any hidden skills? Today's battle was far from reaching the point of revealing his trump cards.

Ying Qin Guan had to face the objective gap; his opponent's style was indeed stronger than his own. What was comforting was that he felt he was indeed stronger, and he had the upper hand in today's battle.

Furthermore, he began to recall the skills his opponent had used that day. Some of these moves were clearly impossible to learn, such as Thousand Light Refraction, which required a certain level of scientific knowledge. Ying Qin Guan lacked sufficient understanding of light to perform the intricate maneuvers required. Another example was Mirror Spin, a technique even among fantasy-level skills, which was highly mysterious. Unless his opponent explained the underlying principles to him, even Ying Qin Guan would be unable to learn it. However, skills like No Leaking Air were worth considering...

This move left a very deep impression on Ying Qin Guan, even more so than the Mirror Spin. Ying Qin Guan had already experienced the practicality of this move from the perspective of a top martial artist.

Instant cast, violent knockback, forced airborne, semi-invincible defense, and obviously low cost... In terms of power, this move is nothing special, but in terms of practicality, it can be called a divine skill.

Especially the instant cast aspect, it's incredibly powerful. Isn't the most important thing about defensive skills the pre-cast animation? Of course, there are no truly instant cast skills in the world; it's just used to describe the short pre-cast animation of this move.

Ying Qin Guan began to try releasing his inner energy to achieve that effect. But the moment the inner energy surged, it was like a faucet being turned on, with the energy overflowing wildly. Although he could barely achieve a leak-proof effect, the energy consumption was clearly on a completely different level.

There must be some special technique involved...

"In the past thousand years, no one has surpassed him in mastering the art of martial arts."

Ying Qin Guan turned his head and saw Feng Yun Ke standing beside him, his expression calm.

“Yes…” Ying Qin Guan had to admit that Feng Yun Ke’s assessment was quite accurate. “He still has many moves he hasn’t used yet.”

During the battle, Ying Qin Guan could sense the composure emanating from his opponent, indicating that he must still have many tricks up his sleeve.

"If he completes the ritual and becomes the progenitor, he will become an existence even more terrifying than the progenitor."

Feng Yunke's voice was neither loud nor soft, and Ying Qin Guan didn't quite understand the point of his words, so he could only reply, "Yes."

"Relying on rituals to replace the ancestor's destiny... In fact, the God of War knew about this, but over the thousands of years, this secret has been lost to time several times. If it weren't for the special circumstances this time, I wouldn't want this secret to be passed down again." Feng Yunke looked at Ying Qin Guan and said slowly, "If humans obtain the ancestor's destiny, they will be in more danger than the ancestor himself."

Ying Qin Guan spoke frankly, saying, "...I don't quite understand."

"The progenitors were truly at the top of the food chain. With their long lifespans and unparalleled power, what they pursued was no longer power, authority, beauty, or money. The realization of self-worth was more important to them. Although not all progenitors were like this, what do you think would happen if a human obtained the power of a progenitor race?"

Ying Qin Guan was slightly taken aback. After thinking about it for a moment, he immediately understood why the God of War had made this secret disappear.

What's more terrifying than a god showing off their health bar is that a human can also become a god.

However, Ying Qin Guan did not want to simply accept what Feng Yun Ke had said.

He whispered, "As long as they live long enough, those who inherit the destiny will eventually become the true progenitors."

Instead of answering Ying Qin Guan directly, Feng Yun Ke brought up a seemingly unimportant topic.

"In ancient times, countless years ago, a war broke out between the Kingdom of Follo and the Kingdom of Yi. In a small border town between the two countries, there lived a brown bear named Hanni. This brown bear was not a magical beast, but it was extremely intelligent and would help the soldiers of the Kingdom of Follo transport vehicles. Even after its death, it was given the rank of sergeant. If this brown bear had not died in the war and had lived until its death, do you think people would have truly regarded it as a human being?"

"Can these... even be compared?"

“Of course,” Feng Yunke said in a low voice, “Don’t forget, the Primordial Alien Race only wore the cloak of humanity. Their true nature was never like that. They and humans are like humans and brown bears, and humans trying to become Primordial Races are like brown bears trying to become humans. In fact, we all know that no matter how intelligent or human-like a brown bear is, it is still ultimately a brown bear. Due to the limitations of its physiological structure, it can’t even speak a single human word. And I can tell you with absolute certainty…”

Feng Yunke paused slightly, "The gap between the ancestral alien race and humans is even greater than the gap between humans and brown bears."

They're not even the same species. Even the most eccentric humans, in the face of their ancestor, are no different from any other human. It's like humans looking at dogs: this dog is smart, that dog is stupid, but even the smartest dog is still a dog, and even the stupidest dog is still a dog. The smart one, we like, so we give it a couple more bones; the stupid one, we don't like, but we still give it some leftovers. Even if the difference in intelligence between these two dogs is comparable to that between Einstein and Aqua, so what? No matter how smart it is, it can't become a human.

"Humanity's desire to understand the progenitor is superfluous, and humanity's desire to become the progenitor is wrong." Feng Yunke took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket. "This is the God of War's idea... There's no need to talk about mutual understanding. Because from the very beginning, it has been an irreconcilable struggle, an eternal battle, so he is unwilling to pass on this secret."

Ying Qin felt a strange sense of oppression in his heart. He couldn't help but ask, "And what about you? How did you manage? And what about Hongyan? Didn't she also help the God of War?"

blah blah blah!

Fengyunke pressed the lighter, the magic circuit was activated, a flame appeared, and the cigarette was lit.

He remained calm and changed his self-reference for the first time.

"So, she and I are nothing more than two pitiful brown bears."

Chapter Twenty-Seven: Unexplained Worries

Ying Qin was preoccupied with his own thoughts, and things weren't going well for him at the Yorozuya either.

They were naturally not involved in the incident. Although they witnessed the whole process today, they were unable to learn any inside information from it.

But... knowing Ying Qin Guan's identity, even without knowing other inside information, they could guess that they were in trouble.

Or rather, the city of Cherry Blossoms has run into trouble.

They are currently in a snack shop, but neither of them is in the mood to eat.

Ying Qin Guan, Feng Yun Ke, and Fei Cun Tan Ying didn't say anything, but some things were understood without being said.

Who is Ying Qin Guan? How could he fight him to a standstill when Ying Qin Guan used his weapon and looked so serious? Who was his opponent?

And then I recall what Fengyunke said when he approached them...

"An unprecedentedly powerful enemy, the most unfathomable and peerless expert in the world."

In this world, besides Ying Qin Guan, who else deserves such a title?

There is only one answer...

"We just happened to run into each other right here...right here in full bloom with cherry blossoms."

Shenxin raised the small blackboard.

"Yes, we've encountered him," Yu Xietian replied. They had guessed the identity of the person who fought Ying Qin Guan. However, they didn't realize that they had met him once before, because that man was skilled in disguise, bone shrinking, and voice imitation, and each time he appeared, he had a different face.

"Damn it, why am I so unlucky..."

As expected of the image ambassador of the Seven Luminaries Civilization, Shenxin's first sentence was quite impressive, but his true colors were revealed in the second sentence.

"What should I do? I feel like this place is really dangerous."

Yu Xietian didn't reply; he was still weighing the risks. They knew nothing of the details of the matter, only a rough guess as to the identity of Ying Qin's opponent.

"Stop playing dumb, give us some feedback!"

"Why are you in such a hurry..." Yu Xietian complained, then said, "Are we going to run away from Yingman tonight?"

"That's certainly one possible solution..."

This answer shocked Yu Xietian. Shen Xin had always been quite bold, and she should have seen this incident more clearly than he did. Yu Xietian had to admit there was definitely danger; battles between experts of that level often affected those in the surrounding area. But to say the danger level was extremely high was another matter. If it were truly dangerous, like the Bird City massacre, then no matter how much economic loss it would cause, the people of Yingman would have to leave the city overnight. Yet, in reality, they were still living normally in the city.

"Do you think the risk is that high...? Ouma is such a big city, the probability of us running into that person and then something bad happening again shouldn't be high, right?"

Shen Xin frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then wrote something on the blackboard.

"Jade and Heaven...Do you believe in destiny?"

Yu Xietian straightened his posture and called out his name directly in his mind. This scene was very rare, and there must be a reason for it.

"How to say?"

Yu Xietian did not answer Shenxin. He understood Shenxin. She asked this question not because she really wanted him to give an answer, but because she wanted to express her thoughts.

"I tend to believe in this... Our lineage's abilities only awaken when faced with 'disasters,' so perhaps we're also bound to those disasters... Like this time, we refused Fengyunke's offer, not wanting to get involved. But we still came to this city, and even witnessed the battle... What an improbable scenario! Sakura is so vast, with so many people, and this battle took place in such a small place, lasting only a few seconds, yet we happened to witness it."

Shenxin wrote a lot of words. Several times, she wrote a word, deleted it, and then added other words. It took her a long time to write them all out.

Yu Xietian understood what Shenxin meant, and he whispered, "If this is truly fate, then we cannot escape it."

Shenxin's meaning was clear: she preferred to flee that very night and leave this place. However, Yu Xietian also expressed his opinion... He didn't believe in so-called destiny. But instead of directly refuting Shenxin, he said that if destiny truly existed, then they couldn't escape it.

This is how Yu Xietian expresses his disbelief in fate.

"I hope I'm just overthinking it..."

Shenxin wrote this sentence, put down the blackboard, but a few seconds later she picked it up again.

"No, I still think it's better to resolve this as soon as possible. I have a bad feeling about it. If we really wait until July 15th, we're sure to encounter something ominous!"

July 15th is the day the courtesan will officially hold her poetry gathering... It's currently the evening of July 12th, and there aren't many days left until July 15th. Yu Xietian doesn't know why Shenxin is so concerned about such a small amount of time. But Shenxin does seem somewhat different now. He paused for a moment and asked, "What do you want to do?"

"Tomorrow, contact Horn and Mr. Matsumoto. Let them handle the matter of Bai Lian themselves. Whether they take her away beforehand or leave her there to ensure she doesn't die from being moved, it's their choice... Besides, let's make it a give-and-take situation. We'll just sneak into Yoshiwara and have a good talk with that courtesan. It'll only take the time of one song, and it'll be over in no time!"

Although Shenxin was focused on escaping, she was also very thorough in carrying out her duties. Since the Yorozuya had accepted Horn's request, there was no reason to abandon it halfway. She would contact him tomorrow, and that would be the end of it. After that, they would address their reason for coming to Sakura. Shenxin was currently on edge. But ultimately, they hadn't encountered anything yet, and just because they witnessed a battle, they would abandon their reason for coming here. Both Shenxin and Yu Xietian found this hard to accept.

"This...isn't that a bit inappropriate?"

Yu Xietian was ashamed. Shenxin's meaning was clearly that he was to infiltrate Yoshihara's ninja operation.

"Didn't you say you could come and go freely even in the Sword Saint's mansion?!"

“That’s different. It was someone’s granddaughter who commissioned us…” Yu Xietian explained, “What kind of thing is it to infiltrate Yoshiwara and force someone to perform a talent…?”

He truly couldn't understand Shenxin's inexplicable fear, and felt it was utterly absurd. "In my opinion, let's wait until July 15th and resolve this matter normally."

【"no!"】

For some reason, Shenxin seemed to have a special sensitivity to the date July 15th, as if he had been given a cheat code.

"No matter what, we must leave before July 15th. Tomorrow, the day after, the 13th, and the 14th. We must resolve these two matters no matter what. If it's not over by the night of the 14th, then we'll leave Osaka overnight!"

Yu Xietian frowned and said, "Divine Heart... your ability is not prophecy."

"I can sense an ominous aura... This is necessary!"

"..." Yu Xietian finally couldn't go against the will of the gods. He sighed and said, "Since that's how it is... so be it."

"However, my compromise doesn't mean you're right... If your sister said that, I promise I'd run away tonight, but..."

Yu Xietian didn't finish his sentence. He didn't know why Shenxin was so worried. If anyone was really worried, it would be Ying Qin, Guan Feicun, Tan Ying, and Feng Yunke. Why should it be their turn?

Chapter Twenty-Eight: Solo Operation

On the morning of July 13th, the group had relocated the previous day. The enemy had already memorized their previous base, so there was no reason for them to stay there any longer.

After the transfer was completed, Ying Qin Guan fought against Fei Cun Tan Ying and Feng Yun Ke, assessing their approximate strength.

"If you two encounter him alone without reinforcements, you must not fight him one-on-one. If you want to escape, you should not have any major problems."

Feng Yunke's condition was indeed incomplete. This body was too weak. Even with the foundation of a Battle God, he had only reached the level of a peerless master, and there was still a significant gap between him and that man.

After making his assessment, Ying Qin Guan paused slightly and then said, "Of course, the premise is that the battle cannot last too long. I also encountered someone in the Chaotic Province. If he had run away directly, there was a high probability that I would not have been able to catch up. But he fought with me for a while, and only tried to run away after it was over, which was too late. So, if you encounter him, do not make a move, otherwise you may be left behind."

Ying Qin Guan and that man are the type who can't stay together. But someone like Himura Tan Ying, if they go through a few moves, might actually be the one to stay.

"Furthermore... I probably don't need to say it, but as the only person who has fought him so far, I still have to emphasize that he has mastered all the martial arts in the world and knows countless terrifying fantasy-level skills. If you really have to fight him, please be extremely vigilant."

—Although Ying Qin Guan said it was best to run away, there would always be a time when they had to fight, otherwise why would they gather here?

Himura Tanzaku chuckled lightly, "Heh...it seems you're not planning to wait here after all."

A few days ago, the military deployed a large number of personnel in an attempt to find the man. However, they found nothing. Then, Ying Qin Guan spotted him at a glance and found him. This incident finally made the military realize that they simply couldn't find the man in this metropolis of 14 million people; continuing like this was just a waste of time. Therefore, although there was an element of luck involved, they ultimately decided to let the three men act freely.