Martial arts have become extinct worldwide, yet I am forced to have a large family.

Two hours later.

The training room echoed intermittently with the girl's suppressed breathing.

"Huff...huff...Yang Xian, I...I can't hold on much longer!"

Nan Shunian's cheeks were flushed, her short gray hair was soaked with sweat, and her whole body was convulsing.

Yang Xian remained calm, simply saying, "How long has it been? You can't even stand it? Bear with it!"

"I can't! I really can't!" Nan Shunian's voice was choked with sobs, almost pleading, "Weren't you going to teach me movement techniques? How... how could you teach me like this..."

"I know you're in a hurry, but this is a necessary step!" Yang Xian leaned forward slightly again.

"Ouch! That hurts!"

Nan Shunian let out another short scream, her body trembling violently, "Pull it out! Pull it out now..."

"Sigh—!" Yang Xian sighed and had no choice but to dissipate that wisp of spatial power.

With a sudden burst of force, he "pulled" the girl's hand out of the gap in space.

As the force was released, Nan Shunian instantly lost all support and slid limply to the floor.

She gasped for breath, and looking at her perfectly intact right hand, she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

That feeling of my hands no longer belonging to me was absolutely terrifying.

Yang Xian initially only explained the essentials of the movement techniques, but unfortunately Nan Shunian just couldn't grasp them no matter what.

Therefore, he wanted to guide the girl to put her hand into the interlayer of space and experience the presence of the space.

Through the most direct sensory stimulation, Nan Shunian's body and mind were forced to remember the fluctuations of the spatial laws.

Perhaps it could give her a kind of instinctive perception of spatial laws, similar to muscle memory.

After all, Nan Shunian must have talent to be chosen by "Void Instantaneous Step".

Unfortunately, this salted fish had far less patience than he had imagined.

She only lasted less than ten minutes before crying and shouting that she wanted to give up.

"At this rate, when will you ever get the hang of it?" Yang Xian shook his head helplessly as he looked at her.

"No! I don't want to learn anymore!" Nan Shunian struggled to sit up from the floor, her face full of resistance.

"This is something I can't possibly learn; it's too torturous! I'd better just stick to raising my Gu!"

really.

Yang Xian's worst fears came true.

He was afraid that the entry difficulty of this divine movement technique was too high, and with Nan Shunian's lazy personality, he would definitely give up halfway.

You should know that this is a divine-level skill that countless martial artists dream of; others don't even have the opportunity to learn it.

Unfortunately, this cultivation method was blind and chose someone like her, a weirdo who just wanted to lie down and play games.

"Don't give up so easily. We can take it slowly, there's no rush."

Yang Xian patiently persuaded him.

"No!" Nan Shunian shook her head resolutely, glaring at Yang Xian with her reddened eyes:

"You've also learned this movement technique! You should understand the pain involved, right?"

"Tell me yourself, is this something a human could train to do?"

"Uh..." Yang Xian was speechless for a moment.

Is it painful?

It seems... actually, it's alright.

By spending some emotional points, one's understanding of the cultivation technique will naturally improve.

The whole process was smooth and effortless, simpler than drinking water or eating, with no pain whatsoever.

Of course, this kind of cheat code is obviously not applicable to Nan Shunian.

Seeing Yang Xian's silence, Nan Shunian thought she had touched a nerve, and became even more self-righteous: "See! Even you can't say a word!"

As she spoke, she caught sight of the backpack not far away and seemed to suddenly remember something.

"Yang Xian!"

"Do you remember our bet?"

Nan Shunian rushed to the backpack and deftly took out the exquisite little wooden box from it.

It was the container from which the two poisonous insects had fought earlier.

Looking at her eagerness to escape, Yang Xian had already guessed what she was planning.

"Of course I remember!"

"That's good!" Nan Shunian held the wooden box and leaned closer with an expectant look on her face.

"Judging by the time, those two little guys should be deciding their match soon!"

"Let's make this clear first: if the bigger poisonous Gu wins, you have to keep your promise and ask for a month's leave from school for me!"

"Don't make me practice this damn thing again for a month!"

For her, a month of lying around playing games was more appealing than any god-level martial arts technique.

"I know." Yang Xian nodded, his smile carrying a deeper meaning.

"However, if the smaller poisonous Gu I mentioned wins, you must also keep your promise."

"From now on, I must learn to dress myself up properly before going out."

"Of course, no problem!" Nan Shunian agreed without hesitation.

She carefully opened the lid of the wooden box.

Both of their gazes turned to the inside of the box at the same time.

Inside the box, the battle between the two Gu worms had indeed entered its final, intense stage.

The enormous poisonous gu was using its massive mandibles to clamp down on another, smaller poisonous gu.

The little poisonous insect was clearly on its last legs, only able to twitch weakly.

There was a soft "plop" sound.

The large poisonous gu suddenly exerted its strength, directly severing the small poisonous gu in half!

"I won! I won!" Nan Shunian shouted excitedly, her posture straightening unconsciously.

"Yang Xian, you saw that! The big guy won!"

"I'm a professional when it comes to raising Gu worms!"

"You're not allowed to back out! Go and ask for a month's leave!"

She proudly shook the wooden box in her hand, raised her eyebrows at Yang Xian, and her small face was full of pride and smugness.

I can almost picture myself lying on my dorm bed, happily playing games.

However, there was no trace of disappointment on Yang Xian's face.

He merely smiled slightly, watching her with an expression of anticipation.

Is that really the case?

"Tsk!" Nan Shunian curled her lip, looking displeased. "Isn't the result already obvious? What? You're a grown man, trying to renege on your promise?"

"Of course not." Yang Xian shook his head. "But I still suggest you take another look."

"What are you looking at...?"

Nan Shunian muttered something in confusion, but still obediently lowered her head and turned her gaze back to the wooden box.

And at that very moment.

The smile on her face froze completely.

Inside the wooden box, the powerful poisonous Gu that had just won a victory was now teetering on the brink of collapse.

A few seconds later, its massive body suddenly stiffened, and it fell straight down, motionless.

Meanwhile, on the other side, the little poisonous insect, which should have been dead, was still twitching slightly.

Upon seeing this, Nan Shunian's pupils suddenly contracted.

"How could that be?"

"How is it still alive?"