The Ultimate Fire Master of Avatar

Chapter 132 A Faulty Order of Thought? A Newcomer's Bold Statement

The next day, after bidding farewell to the Swamp Waterfowl, Kahn and Anang left the swamp aboard Apa and continued their journey deeper into the Tuqiang Kingdom.

Although Apah is a magical creature, it is still a living being with flesh and blood. Its flight speed is far inferior to that of the gods, and the ride feels quite stable, which is something that Kahn finds rather novel.

Anang sat on Apa's big head, controlling the direction, while Kahn, Katara, and Soka sat on Apa's back. Katara was telling Kahn about their upcoming journey.

"An Ang needs to master the four arts of controlling air, water, earth, and fire in that order. Only after mastering the four arts will he have the strength to fight against the Fire Kingdom. Before that, An Ang and I have already learned water manipulation from the Arctic Water Clan. Next, we need to find him a teacher of earth manipulation."

After listening, Kahn asked:

"If Anang needs an Earth Manipulation teacher, why not go to Omarshu City? The city lord of Omarshu City, Master Bumi, is a top-notch Earth Manipulation master."

"Actually, we've already been there."

Katara said helplessly:

"Omarshu City has now been captured by the Fire Nation, and Master Bumi has also been captured by them."

"Master Boonmee has been captured?!"

Upon hearing this news, Kahn was immediately surprised.

Although he hadn't spent much time with Boonmi, given Boonmi's exquisite earth-遁 (earth-遁 is a type of magic that allows one to escape through earth) technique, he found it hard to imagine anyone who could catch him, unless Boonmi himself wanted to stay.

Sure enough, Soka, who had been pretending to be aloof, finally couldn't help but complain when he heard this:

"That old man is clearly still able to use the clan law, yet he deliberately let himself be arrested. I really don't understand what he's trying to do."

An Ang was also somewhat puzzled, but still defended his friend, saying:

"Although I don't quite understand it either, I think Boonie must have his own ideas."

Kahn then learned that An Ang and Boonmy were childhood friends, but An Ang's appearance remained unchanged after being frozen for a hundred years, while Boonmy had grown old and frail, which was quite sad.

"In short, this is the current situation. We need to find another earth magic teacher who can instruct An Ang."

"I see."

Kahn nodded to indicate that he understood, but not long after, he suddenly asked curiously:

"I've been hearing you say that An Ang needs to learn the art of control in the order of air, water, earth, and fire. Why is that?"

An Ang was taken aback by the question, "What? Why?"

Kahn explained:

"What I mean is, why must we learn Control Techniques in this order? Is this a rule that Avatar must follow?"

"this"

An Ang was speechless when asked the question and didn't know how to answer it for a moment.

He went through all his memories about this question in his mind and suddenly realized that only Master Zhengzheng had told him about the order, while neither his friend Bumi nor his past life Ruku Shentong had mentioned the order.

"So it's Master Zhengzheng."

An Ang told Kahn what had happened, and upon hearing Zhengzheng's name, Kahn's expression instantly became subtle.

Noticing the change in Kahn's expression, Katara asked:

"What's wrong, Kahn? Do you know Master Zhengzheng?"

"Well, how should I put it, I'd say we know each other."

Kahn scratched his cheek, quickly brushing off the question, and then said:

"I just think that the statement 'you must learn the techniques in order' might be a little problematic, and the order itself is also problematic."

"What?!" ×2

Kahn's bold statement caused both Anang and Katara to gasp in surprise.

Soka sneered from the side:

"Hey buddy! You mean the old man is wrong and you're right?"

"You can listen to me before you draw your conclusion."

Kahn replied casually, then continued:

"As a fire master, I have been learning fire control since I was a child. I have never heard of any prerequisites for learning fire control. I think it is the same for you as Katara, a water master, and Anang, who lived as a Qi master."

"But why must those born with the power to control all four elements learn to follow that cycle? What do you think is the purpose of this cycle?"

Anang and Katara fell into deep thought; they had never considered this question before.

After a moment, Katara answered hesitantly:

"Perhaps this represents an order of difficulty; for Avatar, learning Control Techniques in this order makes them easier to master?"

An Ang also thought about it for a while, and he replied:

"Perhaps it has something to do with the properties of the elements. My Qi Master taught me that the order is the cyclical order of the four elements."

After hearing their answers, Kahn smiled and said:

"You're all right, but that's precisely why I have my doubts about this order."

Kahn stretched out his hand and drew the symbols representing the four elements in the air with flames, then arranged them in a circle in sequence.

This single move caught the attention of Anang and Katara. They had both witnessed the Fire Kingdom soldiers using fire manipulation techniques and knew how violent flames were in their hands. However, under Kahn's control, the flames were as quiet as a sleeping baby.

Ignoring their stares, Kahn continued:

"As is well known, in a four-element cycle, adjacent elements have similar properties, while non-adjacent elements have completely opposite properties."

"An'ang, now that you've already learned water manipulation, did you find it difficult to learn it?"

An Ang replied, "I don't think it was difficult at all; it went quite smoothly."

Katara continued:

"It was more than smooth sailing. An Ang's progress in learning water manipulation was much faster than mine at first, but he was just too restless and couldn't settle down."

The two exchanged a smile as they talked, and they had an interesting memory about this incident.

Kahn chuckled, "That inability to calm down is probably the similarity between anger and fire."

Immediately afterward, An Ang suddenly realized and said:

"You mean, because air and water have similar properties, I don't find it difficult to learn? If that's the case..."

"That's right."

Seeing that An Ang was very perceptive, Kahn smiled and nodded, saying:

"The air element is free and gentle, the water element is gentle and stable, the earth element is stable and volatile, and the fire element is volatile and free. In terms of learning difficulty, the earth element, which is the complete opposite of the air element, is obviously the most difficult for Anang to master."

"In my opinion, the best way to learn is to start by learning the techniques of adjacent elements, and then learn the opposite elements last."

"Take An Ang for example. If you can understand the meaning of stability from water manipulation and the essence of rage from fire manipulation, then learning earth manipulation will be a natural progression."

"What do you guys think?"

"That does seem to make sense?"

After their analysis, Anang and Katara both agreed that it made a lot of sense.

The two exchanged a glance. Most importantly, the theories and skills that Kahn inadvertently revealed during the process were completely unlike those of people of their age; they far surpassed them.

When Kahn was speaking, they even felt like they were listening to a teacher giving a lecture.

Katara asked Kahn curiously:

"Why do you know so much when you're about the same age as us?"

Kahn sighed:

"It's probably because I had a good teacher and a bad student."

(End of this chapter)