Gou in the world of comprehension

Chapter 1502 Two-Way Growth

In the days that followed, Su Fan chose to teach Hu Xuan the basics of Thunder Dao at Chen Shi (7-9 AM) every day in the courtyard.

Originally, Hu Fengting wanted Hu Xuan to become Su Fan's disciple, but Su Fan politely declined.

What a joke! He's an evil old demon. If he were to take Hu Xuan as his disciple, it would definitely have an impact on the little girl in the future.

Hu Xuan's background alone makes this unclear.

Moreover, Su Fan has many enemies, and with the demonic seed he possesses, he himself may not be able to protect himself in the future.

Therefore, after careful consideration, Su Fan decided not to involve Hu Xuan in his own karma.

Furthermore, Su Fan was self-aware; his understanding of the basics of thunder was only half-baked.

So it's fine to let him be Hu Xuan's mentor, but let's forget about him becoming her apprentice.

In the future, I should find a real Thunder Dao cultivator for the girl, then have her become his disciple and develop step by step into a super sect.

That morning, as the morning sun shone over the courtyard wall, the bamboo in the corner of the courtyard was covered with dewdrops.

Su Fan had already set up a table in the courtyard, on which were two jade tokens engraved with basic thunder patterns.

This was something he had specially taken out of his storage bag, specifically for beginners like Hu Xuan to sense the thunder.

Just then, Hu Xuan ran in, lifting her skirt, and her eyes immediately fell on the token, her little finger pointing at the patterns.

"Uncle, are these crooked lines the path that Thunder took...?"

Before she could finish speaking, Hu Xuan stretched out her small hand, her fingertips shrouded in a faint spiritual aura, and gently placed it on the black jade.

Su Fan originally intended to explain in the conventional way that "thunder patterns are the veins that attract thunder," but he was suddenly interrupted by the girl's straightforward use of the word "path."

He used to memorize the patterns by rote, never thinking about the connection between "patterns" and "paths".

Su Fan picked up a token and condensed a wisp of lightning energy at his fingertips.

"Try using your spiritual energy to follow the patterns of the lightning, like taking a walk along a path. Don't rush it, and don't pull it..."

Hu Xuan obediently probed the token with her spiritual energy. Unexpectedly, as soon as her spiritual energy touched the starting point of the lightning pattern, the lightning pattern, which had only lit up halfway, suddenly lit up completely with a "hum".

The lightning energy flowed smoothly along the lines, even more so than when Su Fan demonstrated it. Tiny sparks of electricity even traced patterns on her fingertips and circled her forearm.

Su Fan was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help but laugh at himself.

Back when he was cultivating the foundation of the Thunder Dao, it took him a long time to make the Thunder Patterns fully lit, but this girl understood it instantly.

"Uncle, look..."

The girl excitedly held up the token and laughed, "It moves so fast, it doesn't take any effort at all..."

Su Fan covered his face upon hearing this, thinking, "This is what you call talent!"

Su Fan took the token and probed the lightning patterns with his fingertips again. In the past, he always used his spiritual power to "push" the lightning energy.

At this moment, I tried to let the spiritual energy "follow" the lightning patterns, just like Hu Xuan did, and I found that the sluggishness in the flow of the lightning energy disappeared.

He suddenly realized that when he practiced basic lightning patterns before, he was always too eager to succeed and used brute force, neglecting the fundamental principle of "following the pattern." It was the girl's purity that revealed this key point.

“Uncle…” Hu Xuan suddenly tilted her head and asked.

"Why are the lightning patterns curved? When I look at the spirit-gathering array that Grandpa drew, the patterns are all straight..."

Su Fan was about to answer, "Lei is lively and his straight lines can't be contained," but he stopped himself from speaking.

He had only known that the thunder pattern needed to be curved, but he had never thought about the reason in detail.

Looking into Hu Xuan's bright eyes, he simply sat down and stared at the thunder-patterned black jade with her.

"Try condensing your spiritual energy into straight lines and see if you can attract lightning..."

Hu Xuan did as instructed, her fingertips transforming spiritual energy into thin, straight lines. As soon as they touched the lightning patterns, they were repelled by a force, sparks flying everywhere.

"Ah...it hurts..." She pulled her fingers back, but became even more excited.

"Uncle, is it too straight and rigid? Thunder doesn't like to follow it..."

"Perhaps that's how it is..." Su Fan's mind suddenly lit up.

When he was cultivating before, he was always stuck at the step of "turning lightning threads into lightning nets", and the lightning threads would break just as they were about to disperse.

If what Hu Xuan said is true, Lei Qi dislikes hardness, then wasn't he wrong to force the Lei silk to take shape with brute force before?

When Hu Xuan was teaching the little girl how to "control the thunder," she asked again.

"Uncle, why can your Thunderbird fly, but mine can only hop?"

She condensed a small ball of lightning energy at her fingertips, trying to shape it into a bird, but the lightning energy bounced around in her palm like a mischievous rabbit.

Just as Su Fan was about to explain "needing to use spiritual energy to support the thunder energy", he suddenly remembered that when he transformed into a thunderbird before, he always had to use spiritual power to wrap the thunder energy in order to make it fly.

But Hu Xuan has a Thunder Dao Spirit Body, and Thunder Qi is naturally close to her, so perhaps she doesn't need to wrap herself up so tightly.

So he changed his approach: "Try using less spiritual energy to wrap it, and let the lightning energy 'want' to fly on its own..."

Hu Xuan blinked and loosened her spiritual power somewhat.

Miraculously, the ball of lightning slowly unfolded and actually grew tiny wings. Although it flew crookedly, it truly left the palm of the hand.

Su Fan's mind went blank as he watched this scene.

He had always been thinking about "controlling the thunder," but he forgot that thunder energy also has its own "temperament." Going along with the temperament of thunder energy, like Hu Xuan did, would actually save more effort.

When she got to the part about "condensing lightning into threads," Hu Xuan frowned as she held the trembling wisp of lightning energy between her fingers.

"Uncle, why do my lace keep breaking? I'm holding it really tight..."

As she spoke, she clenched her fist tightly, but the silk suddenly burst into sparks.

Su Fan was about to say, "We need to use spiritual power to stabilize the lightning threads," but he swallowed the words back.

Looking at the girl's taut fingers, he suddenly remembered when he first started practicing, he also gripped the lace tightly and refused to let go, only to break it more and more the more he gripped it.

He rephrased it: "Try not to 'catch' it, but to gently protect it like you're holding a feather..."

Hu Xuan loosened her fingers with some doubt, leaving only a wisp of spiritual energy to gently wrap around the lightning thread.

Miraculously, the strand of lightning stabilized and swayed gently at her fingertips.

Seeing this, Su Fan also tried to loosen his tense spiritual power, replacing "gripping" with "support". The lightning threads at his fingertips instantly became flexible, and the problem of them always breaking was solved just like that.

After Hu Xuan skipped home, Su Fan stayed in the yard and practiced repeatedly.

He conjured threads of lightning from his fingertips. Instead of forcing the lightning to disperse with brute force, he gently guided it, allowing it to extend naturally along the flow of spiritual energy.

Before long, a fine net of lightning appeared in his palm, more than twice as stable as the one he had created with brute force before.

He sensed the lightning energy along the "path" of the lightning pattern and used the force of "support" to condense the lightning threads. The basic movements that were somewhat unfamiliar in the past became incredibly smooth at this moment.

Even the "Thunder Silk Entangling Wood" technique, which had previously been a bottleneck, could now be easily and evenly wrapped around the spirit bamboo in the corner of the courtyard, no longer as loose and tight as before.

Su Fan looked at the steady lace on his fingertips and couldn't help but smile.

He originally intended to help Hu Xuan build a foundation, but he didn't expect that every question and every attempt she made would be like a mirror, reflecting the shortcomings in his own foundation.

Su Fan never expected that in this lesson on the Dao of Thunder, Hu Xuan was learning while he was also catching up, and in the end, it would be a mutual growth.

It seems that this instruction in the Thunder Dao was not only an opportunity for Hu Xuan, but also a stroke of good fortune for him. What he didn't expect was that Hu Xuan's pure questions gave him a lot of inspiration, and even provided him with a glimmer of hope for breaking through his bottleneck.

In just a few days, Su Fan gained so much inspiration from teaching Hu Xuan the basics of Thunder Dao.

To be honest, this was something he never expected.

Don't be fooled by the "Evil-Suppressing Thunder Seal" within Su Fan's body; it wasn't something he comprehended through his own abilities.

Although he was already able to unleash the "Taixiao Transformation Chaos Divine Thunder" and the "Taiyi Soul-Shattering Extreme Life Heaven-Shaking Tribulation Thunder".

Now he's even researching and figuring out some more advanced things, such as the art of fusion of thunder and lightning.

However, Su Fan also has a significant weakness: his foundation is too weak.

The reason he can play those high-end gadgets in Thunder Path is purely because he's a cheater.

Su Fan's situation is like someone who has never received nine years of compulsory education being sent directly to university for further studies, and even pursuing a combined bachelor's and master's degree.

Although he spent a lot of time cramming on the basics of thunder, to be honest, he only skimmed through most of the content.

Now that Su Fan is introducing Hu Xuan to the basics of Thunder Dao, it's less about him teaching the girl and more about the two of them learning together.

"Master...it's time to eat..."

Just as Su Fan was lost in thought, Li Chongxiu emerged from his personal secret realm with two girls.

They carried lunch into the courtyard and filled the entire stone table.

Su Fan walked over and sat down at the stone table, then took out a communication array plate from his storage ring.

The communication array panel began to vibrate violently as soon as it was held in my hand.

Su Fan picked it up and looked at it. He found that it was all messages from his Martial Aunt Hong Ling. He was too lazy to read them and sent a message back directly.

"Uncle-Master, I've emerged from seclusion..."

His message had barely been sent when his Martial Aunt Hongling replied.

"So you still remember to reply to my messages? Didn't we agree to contact each other a year later...?"

"There's nothing I can do, Uncle-Master. I didn't expect my injuries to be so severe. Even after activating the Turtle Breathing Healing Technique, I still can't wake up..."

Su Fan had already prepared his explanation, so the lie came out of his mouth without hesitation.

"Fine... anyway, even if you come back now, it'll be too late..."

Those who participated in the Heavenly Gate Trial this time are destined to be disappointed.

That old man's promise will never be fulfilled; he has no intention of allowing cultivators from the lower realms to join sects in the upper realms.

"The Heavenly Gate Trials have already begun. What a pity, I missed it..."

Although he thought this way, Su Fan still had to express his longing for the Upper Realm.

"Forget it, our 'New Guangtian' only opens the 'Heavenly Gate' once every few hundred years. Anyway, you just broke through to the Integration Realm not long ago..."

Screw you! Let whoever wants to go to the upper realm go, I'm not going.

I won't go, at least not for the time being.

Su Fan's situation is too complicated. He should just listen to that old guy and stay quietly in the lower realm.

"By the way, Uncle-Master, can I ask you something?"

"you say……"

"I met a kid with pretty good talent in the Dao of Thunder. Do you know 'New Guangtian'? That super sect has a good lineage in the Dao of Thunder..."

"Our 'Guangfa Dao Sect' has the Thunder Dao inheritance..."

You're really asking for trouble. Although the "Guangfa Daozong" has many different lineages, unfortunately, there isn't a single Nascent Soul Realm expert within the sect who has been immersed in the Dao of Thunder for many years.

It must be said that the name "Guangfa Daozong" speaks volumes.

There are dozens of different lineages within the secret hall of the gate.

Unfortunately, with the decline of sects, many lineages are now facing a lack of successors.

"Our sect is one thing, but we don't even have a successor of the Thunder Dao in the secret hall..."

"You're right, I'll ask around for you..."

After replying to that message, Senior Sister Hongling immediately sent another message.

"You've already come out of seclusion, when are you going back to the sect...?"

That woman, all she thinks about is his body all day long.

"Uncle-Master, although I have finished my seclusion, my injuries have not fully healed. It will take at least a few years to fully recover..."

"Alright, make sure to contact me before you return to the mountain gate..."

Su Fan chatted with his Martial Aunt Hong Ling for a few more minutes, then threw the communication array plate into his storage ring.

Time flies, and two years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Throughout the year, Su Fan would teach Hu Xuan the basics of Lei Dao in the courtyard every day at Chen Shi (7-9 AM).

He taught very meticulously, actually wanting to take advantage of this rare opportunity to solidify his foundation in the art of thunder.

By teaching Hu Xuan the basics of Lei Dao, Su Fan also gave himself a crash course.

To be honest, if Su Fan hadn't helped Hu Xuan learn the basics of Thunder Dao, he wouldn't have had this opportunity.

Perhaps it's because she's encountered something that interests her, but in the past two years, Hu Xuan has lost her previous slackness.

Not only did he study the basics of thunder cultivation with great seriousness when learning from Su Fan, but he also became more diligent in his daily cultivation.

This surprised Hu Fengting greatly. He never expected that his little girl would change so much, so he was very grateful to Su Fan.

Although his little girl was quite talented and clever, she was just too playful.

There was nothing they could do; the girl's parents had both perished in the war, and her family doted on her, so no one could bear to scold or criticize her.

Hu Xuan's grandmother, in particular, dotes on the child and spoils her terribly.

This is why Hu Xuan often slacks off when cultivating, and even he can't bear to discipline the child.

Who would have thought that after sending Hu Xuan to Su Fan, the girl would actually change her ways?

With the return of more and more cultivators, "Cangyun Immortal City" is becoming more and more lively. The once empty city is now full of rooms.

Even the alleyway leading to Su Fan's courtyard was now filled with courtyards.

Every day, besides teaching Hu Xuan the basics of Thunder Dao, he would study and ponder Thunder Dao in the courtyard, and occasionally take a stroll in the city.

That morning, after teaching Hu Xuanlei, Su Fan finished breakfast and left the courtyard.

As soon as he stepped out of the hospital, he heard a burst of laughter and a group of children running wildly through the alley.

Su Fan saw Hu Xuan in the crowd. Since the alley was filled with people and there were more children, she had been having a blast.

He ignored the group of unruly children, turned around and left the alley, then strolled along the main streets of the city.

(End of this chapter)