Chapter 429
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Chapter 429: The Strongest "Five Elements Technique"
In Xu Fan’s courtyard, a large black bear lounged on Xu Fan’s reclining chair, lazily watching the sky, its body swaying gently with the chair’s movement.
Just then, a puppet approached the bear, carrying a food box.
“Elder Bear Two, it’s time to eat,” the puppet announced.
“Alright,” the bear replied cheerfully, as this was his favorite part of the day.
After the puppet left, the bear deftly used its paw to open the food box and began to enjoy the meal inside.
“Big Brother Xu was right; the wider the world, the easier it is to forget the passage of time.”
At that moment, a cloud drifted across the sky.
Bear Two casually waved his paw, and the cloud transformed into the shape of a large bear.
“Interesting~~” Bear Two waved his paw again, sending a surge of ordered energy into the sect’s grand formation.
From then on, all the clouds above the Hidden Spirit Sect took the form of large bears, remaining that way for ten thousand years until someone finally had enough and restored them to their original shape.
Three days later, Xu Fan emerged from his room.
Bear Two hopped down from the chair.
“Big Brother Xu, you’re out!” Bear Two said, his face breaking into a wide grin.
“Yeah, stabilizing my cultivation didn’t take too long,” Xu Fan replied with a smile, waving his hand to summon another chair.
Xu Fan and Bear Two both reclined on the chairs, their postures and expressions almost identical.
“Do you remember where your ancient demon true form is sealed?” Xu Fan asked.
“I remember; I can sense it over there,” Bear Two said, pointing in a direction with a nostalgic look in his eyes.
“I’ll take you there someday, but retrieving your ancient demon true form might be a tough task,” Xu Fan said.
“Don’t worry about it, Big Brother Xu. According to my inheritance memories, the ancient demon is already bound by this realm.”
“Let it stay there; once I leave this world, I’ll find a way to reform my true form using the ancient demon secret technique,” Bear Two explained, sending a glowing orb of inheritance light floating toward Xu Fan.
“But my computing power is in a strange state, barely making me half of the spirit of the Sword of the Origin Bell. Just take me with you when you ascend to the Immortal Realm, Big Brother Xu,” Bear Two said with a chuckle.
“Alright, you can stay at the Hidden Spirit Sect for now; feel free to explore when you have time. No one in the entire cultivation world or beast race can stop you,” Xu Fan said as he accepted the inheritance light orb from Bear Two, which contained the method for the ancient demon’s true form divine ability.
Xu Fan now had a clear understanding of Bear Two’s fighting strength; if he had to compare, Bear Two was slightly stronger than Spirit Cut wielding the Heavy Water Source Blade.
“I don’t need to go out; I’m happy just staying by Big Brother Xu’s side. I feel like I could stay for tens of thousands of years in a sect as big as yours,” Bear Two said, grinning goofily.
So, you measure how long you can stay by the size of the place, Xu Fan thought to himself.
“Just lying here and watching the clouds drift by, I could do that for thousands of years,” Bear Two said dreamily, his eyes fixed on the sky.
“So you turned all the clouds in the sky into your shape,” Xu Fan remarked, glancing at the clouds above that resembled Bear Two.
“Hehe, it was just for fun.”
“Alright, I’m going to check on the sect. Do you want to come?” Xu Fan asked as he stood up. After five years, even though Grape had kept him updated, he preferred to see things for himself.
“You go ahead, Big Brother Xu. I’ll just watch the clouds here,” Bear Two replied.
“Okay.”
Xu Fan arrived at the main peak to find his disciples already waiting for him.
“Master,” the disciples greeted respectfully, their expressions extremely serious this time.
“Get up; there’s no need to be so formal.”
“It has been five hundred years since I last saw you all,” Xu Fan said, looking at his five disciples. He had watched them grow up; while he hadn’t raised them from infancy, he had carefully taught them since they were young.
To be honest, inside the sealing space of the Sword of the Origin Bell, Xu Fan had thought about these disciples he had nurtured, and he had also missed his wife, whom he hadn’t seen in a long time.
“Master, we’ve all missed you so much,” Xu Gang said, lowering his head while wiping away tears from their long separation.
The others nodded in agreement.
“Haha, don’t get so emotional right away,” Xu Fan laughed.
Once everyone was seated, Xu Fan began to observe their cultivation realms.
“Five years have passed. It seems you all practiced the techniques and methods I left for you diligently. You haven’t let me down,” Xu Fan said with satisfaction.
“Master, what exactly did you experience in the Sword of the Origin Bell? Did you really spend five hundred years there?” Xu Gang asked.
“Time flows differently in there. If I hadn’t forcefully advanced to the Transformation Stage at the last moment and used the phenomenon of this world to escape that space, I might have had to stay there for thousands of years,” Xu Fan explained.
“The space was only a few dozen yards wide and no more than a hundred feet high. In such a confined environment, the silent passage of time was especially difficult to bear,” Xu Fan added, a look of hardship reflected in his eyes, revealing the weight of five hundred years.
Seeing Xu Fan’s expression, the disciples felt a twinge of pain; just the look in his eyes made them feel sorry for him.
“Now that I’m out, I aim to share my insights about the wide road gained in that tiny space.”
“Second, I will teach you new techniques and methods, which represent my efforts over the past five hundred years.”
Xu Fan waved his hand gently, and five green Spiritual Energy Spheres floated out and landed on the foreheads of the five disciples.
“Go back and comprehend them well; they will greatly benefit your future cultivation.”
Then Xu Fan took out five jade slips, which recorded the ultimate version of the Five Elements Technique.
This was the final version he had deduced over three hundred years, a technique that could be cultivated all the way to the Great Ascension stage, an ultimate method for hexagonal warriors.
Is there a technique stronger than the Five Elements Technique in the world?
Yes, but while some might have stronger offensive capabilities, none offer the defensive strength of the Five Elements Technique.
Those with stronger defenses do not sustain resilience like the Five Elements Technique.
Illusions of consciousness might be strong, but none have the mental defenses that the Five Elements Technique provides.
This technique has been strengthened by Xu Fan to the limit permissible within this world’s heavenly laws; even a bit more is not allowed.
“Master, you’ve worked hard,” the disciples said.
“Hard work? I was just passing the boring time in that space,” Xu Fan waved his hand, remembering that all he did there was play with the bear.
“Master, what’s the origin of Elder Bear Two?” Xu Gang asked the question he was most concerned about.
“Bear Two is considered to be the true spirit of an ancient demon, but he has endured countless cycles of time in that space for tens of millions of years, from fading intelligence to the birth of new intelligence, probably undergoing many cycles.”
“After spending five hundred years together, Bear Two has become my closest brother.”
“Its fighting strength is at the level of a respected elder, which will be a great asset for the sect in the future,” Xu Fan said.
