Chapter 1871: Zhang Xuan Teaches Students

"Tell me, how do I usually teach you?" Zhang Xuan couldn't suppress the anger in his heart as he looked at the people kneeling in a row before him.

To advance beyond the Ancient Sage realm, one must constantly refine their power, temperament, and cultivation. Only by achieving a complete unity of combat strength can one hope to break through the void and enter higher planes.

These guys didn't suppress anything and directly charged into the Ancient Sage realm. The most crucial part was that even after cooperating for so long, the six of them almost couldn't defeat Liu Yang... What kind of mess was that?

Is this what you call teamwork?

Even if I were teaching a group of pigs, they wouldn't be this stupid, would they?

"Teacher taught us to have loyalty and righteousness in our hearts..." Zheng Yang whispered.

"Nonsense! I was talking about coordination. Do you think that now that you've all become Ancient Sages, you can just get cocky?"

Zhang Xuan turned his head and looked at Lu Chong, who was not far away. "You have the highest cultivation. Use your strongest attack against me!"

"Me?" Lu Chong was stunned. "Teacher is only at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm..."

He was already at the Blood Reincarnation realm, while their teacher was only at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm. If he were to attack and accidentally injure their teacher...

"What? Do you think you've already mastered everything? Are you looking down on your teacher?"

Zhang Xuan's face darkened.

"I wouldn't dare..." Lu Chong quickly shook his head.

"If you wouldn't dare, then stop talking nonsense and attack!" Zhang Xuan snapped, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes!" Lu Chong gritted his teeth, and his witch soul leaped from between his brows, rushing straight towards Zhang Xuan. The air billowed, and his power was like a surging gale.

Zhao Ya and the others all watched intently, ready to intervene at any moment, fearing their teacher would be injured.

They admired their teacher's ability and talent, but the gap between the Immortal Realm and the Blood Reincarnation realm was simply too vast. If he were injured because of this, they would be eternally culpable.

Just as everyone was worrying about their teacher, the teacher, who had remained motionless, flipped his palm and struck, without even looking.

*Thud!* Before Lu Chong could react, his massive witch soul was pinned to the ground, as if crushed by a thousand-pound boulder, utterly unable to move.

"Is this what you call Blood Reincarnation?" Zhang Xuan raised an eyebrow.

"I..." Lu Chong's face flushed crimson, unable to utter a word.

The others, one by one, also widened their eyes, their faces filled with disbelief.

They knew Lu Chong's strength very well; he was the strongest among them. Yet, in their teacher's hands, he couldn't even withstand a single strike.

Was their teacher really only at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm, not even a half-step Ancient Sage?

"Alright, enough chatter. Come at me all together, just like the combined attack you used against Emperor Chen Yong earlier!" Zhang Xuan snorted, relaxing his grip and releasing Lu Chong.

"Yes..." Zhao Ya and Zheng Yang exchanged glances and nodded simultaneously.

If they had worried about their teacher's strength before, now, seeing him effortlessly subdue Lu Chong with no resistance, they had no more doubts.

Their teacher was still the same teacher as before, guiding their cultivation and helping them grow, without the slightest change.

The six reunited, their aura converging like the raging currents of a river or sea.

*Whoosh!* Zhao Ya struck first, her sword qi sweeping everywhere, powerful as a hurricane, descending from the sky. Her five junior brothers and sisters coordinated perfectly, making her attack even more ferocious.

Amidst this onslaught, Zhang Xuan seemed like a lighthouse standing in the ocean, liable to be swallowed by the raging waves at any moment.

To an outsider, this appeared to be an utterly unfair duel.

With no expression on his face, Zhang Xuan suddenly stepped forward. The wind in the sky ceased, the giant waves became docile, and Zhao Ya, Zheng Yang, and the others simultaneously staggered back a few steps, their blood boiling within them, their faces pale.

"This is your first flaw!" Zhang Xuan slowly walked forward, looking around. "Continue!"

The group surrounded him again, but before they could get close, Zhang Xuan flicked his finger, and they all staggered back once more, this time with even more severe injuries.

"Continue!" Just as the group was about to give up, their teacher's angry voice boomed.

Gritting their teeth, they had no choice but to press forward again.

*Bang, bang, bang!* Each time they advanced, they were effortlessly sent back within two breaths, their injuries growing heavier and heavier, barely able to endure.

After dozens of continuous attacks, Zhang Xuan finally stopped. He moved his hands, and streams of true qi shot from his fingertips into each student's body. Simultaneously, a jade bottle flew into the air, pouring down countless pure blood energies.

*Boom!* After absorbing these Ancient Sage blood energies from the Blood Reincarnation realm, everyone's injuries rapidly healed. Under normal circumstances, their cultivation should have rapidly increased, but for some unknown reason, it not only didn't grow but began to gradually decrease.

Zheng Yang, who was at the early stage of the Scholars' Hundred Schools realm, returned to the peak of the Bloodline Continuation realm in less than ten minutes, and his cultivation even showed a tendency to continue dropping.

Zhao Ya also dropped from the peak of Ancient Sage 1st Layer to the middle stage...

Although their levels decreased, everyone was astonished to find that their combat strength had significantly increased. Especially Lu Chong; he had previously reached the early stage of the Blood Reincarnation realm. After his teacher's refinement, he returned to the Scholars' Hundred Schools realm, dropping almost a full major cultivation level. Yet, his combat strength was even more terrifying than before.

His soul body, in particular, even showed a tendency to materialize. Once it took form, even Blood Reincarnation realm experts would find it hard to detect that its current form was merely a witch soul.

"Cultivation isn't about progressing as fast as possible, nor does having more people automatically lead to greater power. If your foundation isn't solid, no matter how far you go, it will only be a castle in the air." Seeing that they seemed to understand something, Zhang Xuan clasped his hands behind his back, his gaze profound.

To teach and nurture is to point out a better, more suitable path for others. His students had already crossed this threshold, but without his guidance, they could still easily go astray.

At this moment, he wasn't explaining cultivation or telling them to follow his path. Instead, he wanted them to understand that cultivation was not something achieved overnight or in a single attempt.

It required sufficient patience and mental fortitude.

Just like himself, he had been stuck at the Great Perfection of the Immortal Realm for nearly a month, yet he wasn't anxious to break through.

"My expectations for you aren't just to reach Ancient Sage, but to go higher and further!" Zhang Xuan looked at them, his gaze solemn. "If you can't even reach the Shattering Void realm, how can you talk about following me indefinitely? Especially Lu Chong, you have so much soul power supporting you, making accumulation easier, yet you used it to boost your cultivation. Is this incredibly inflated strength something I taught you? In your situation, once you reach the peak of Blood Reincarnation, if you try to break through the world barrier and assault a higher realm, the heavenly tribulation will reduce you to dust on the spot!"

Everyone's faces were filled with shame.

They had thought they had made breakthroughs and would be praised upon seeing their teacher again, but instead, they were reprimanded.

However, through this incident, they also understood their teacher's painstaking efforts and profound intentions. Only after enduring hardship can one achieve true growth and excellence.

At this moment, the temperament of all of them underwent a new transformation.