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After leaving the side room, Shen You, as usual, went to the high building to pay his respects to Huang Yaoshi.

Upon hearing that Shen You had perfected all five poison techniques, Huang Yaoshi rarely showed a look of joy:

"Good, good, you truly are my good disciple!"

Shen You outwardly bowed his head and lowered his hands, but inwardly he cursed:

"Now you're treating me like a disciple again? When you were beating and scolding me before, you didn't show me the slightest mercy. Now you want to curry favor with me? Too late!"

Huang Yaoshi frowned and said, "What you should do most now is to break through to the third rank as soon as possible. However, the 'Breaking Through the Acupoints' barrier is not so easy to break through. Even I need to be careful. Wait for me to get you a spiritual medicine. If I can get you the 'Golden Wind Jade Dew Pill' which is specially used for 'Breaking Through the Acupoints,' your 'Breaking Through the Acupoints' will be a sure thing."

"The 'Golden Wind and Jade Dew Pill'?" Shen You raised an eyebrow and hurriedly clasped his hands in thanks. "Thank you, Master."

Although the old man is inhuman, he actually drops some really good stuff.

Shen You hesitated for a moment, then couldn't help but ask:

"Master Huang, why have you gone to such lengths to cultivate me? And why have you made me practice the Five Poisons Technique? Is it simply because you see my talent?"

This was a question that Shen You had kept hidden in his heart for a long time. No matter what, Huang Yaoshi really cared too much about the disciples who practiced the Five Poisons Technique.

Just like the third senior brother Zhu Rusong, who was usually the most valued by Huang Yaoshi, and always followed Huang Yaoshi's side when cultivating.

Huang Yaoshi snorted coldly and said, "Why are you asking so many questions? As long as you cultivate diligently, you'll always reap the benefits!"

Shen You paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "Master Huang, you also know that for martial artists to cultivate, their thoughts must be clear, otherwise they will achieve half the results with twice the effort. A month ago, I hated you to the core. If I couldn't understand why you wanted me to practice, I would never have been able to make any further progress."

Of course, Shen You wouldn't slow down his practice just because he was upset, but the point had to be made: now that he had already demonstrated his talent, he couldn't continue practicing blindly according to Huang Yaoshi's instructions. He had to figure out Huang Yaoshi's purpose.

Upon hearing this, Huang Yaoshi fell into a long silence.

Finally, he sighed and said, "Do you know why I always prevent you from meeting your master's wife?"

Shen You blurted out, "Of course it's because you're such a stingy person! You hide your beautiful wife away and won't let anyone see her!"

Huang Yaoshi glanced coldly at Shen You: "What did you say?"

Shen You immediately lowered his head, feigning an obedient demeanor, and said, "This disciple does not know."

Huang Yaoshi looked out the window, a melancholy expression on his face, and said, "Because of your master's wife, she is seriously ill and may not live much longer, so I don't want her to go out and about, lest she overexert herself..."

"Master Jingxin's wife...is ill?" Shen You looked surprised.

Thinking about it carefully, I realized that my master's wife really did not leave the house and always looked pale. Now I know that she had been sick all along.

Huang Yaoshi said, "She suffers from a strange illness that even Renxintang cannot cure. I searched diligently for many years before finding a folk remedy called 'Five Immortals Crossing Calamity Pill,' which may be able to cure her illness."

"The 'Five Immortals' Salvation Pill' requires someone who has mastered the 'Five Immortals' True Method' to use all their internal energy to refine five kinds of poisons. The essence obtained is then used in medicine, which has the effect of bringing the dead back to life and turning decay into magic."

"And the first condition for cultivating the 'Five Immortals' True Method' is to develop the 'Five Immortals' Great Strength,' so now you understand why I had you practice those five techniques, right?"

After Huang Yaoshi explained, Shen You finally understood.

"So you made me practice martial arts to save my master's wife!" Shen You laughed. "You should have said so earlier! If you had, I would have practiced even harder! My admiration for my master's wife is no less than yours!"

Hearing Shen You's words, Huang Yaoshi's expression softened slightly: "Now that you know my purpose, continue to focus on your training. Today I will pass on the 'Five Immortals Orthodox Method' to you. This is the most solid foundation for those below the third rank. If you practice it well, you can even directly reach the fifth rank."

"Fifth rank?"

Shen You was startled and couldn't help but ask, "Master, have you already reached the fifth rank?"

Huang Yaoshi's face darkened: "No, those at the fifth rank are all very important figures. How could I have achieved such a feat?"

"You're not a fifth-rank cultivator, yet you can teach me a technique that leads directly to the fifth rank?" Shen You expressed some disbelief.

Huang Yaoshi snorted coldly and said, "If I hadn't already mastered another great technique when I found the 'Five Immortals' Orthodox Method,' do you think you would have had the chance to learn this method? Moreover, the fifth-rank realm is as difficult as ascending to heaven. Even if you learned the 'Five Immortals' Orthodox Method,' do you really think you can achieve the fifth rank?"

Huang Yaoshi said in a heavy voice, "The fifth rank...it's not that easy!"

Shen You naturally didn't refute him, but lowered her head and secretly pouted: "You're not good enough? Does that mean I'm not good enough? My talent and potential are several times greater than yours!"

"Alright, first demonstrate the power of the Five Immortals, and I will teach you the 'Five Immortals Orthodox Method'."

Huang Yaoshi gave the order, and Shen You lay down on the ground, assuming the "Scorpion Transformation" posture, while simultaneously unleashing five different forces.

Huang Yaoshi recited a few hundred words of supreme scripture, then explained it to Shen You word by word, and even used his fingers to press on Shen You's body to point out acupoints and the path of the practice.

It took Shen You almost an hour to finally learn it.

But even if you learn this technique, you can't cultivate it. Because you must use the "Five Immortals' Great Strength" to truly circulate your energy according to the "Five Immortals' True Method".

In other words, Shen You still has to break through to the third rank first, then integrate the Five Poisons Force to become a Great Force, before he can cultivate this technique.

The whole process seemed to take a very long time.

Huang Yaoshi then taught Shen You the method of fusing internal forces: "You already possess the five immortal forces. What you need to do now is to fuse these five forces into one. Although this is usually something that only those at the third rank would do, since you have the talent, you can start trying when you are at the second rank."

"First, I need to ask you, do you know what 'Da Jin' is?"

Before teaching, Huang Yaoshi first tested Shen You's comprehension.

"Great strength..."

Shen You frowned. He hadn't seen many third-rank cultivators, and the only ones he had truly witnessed going all out were Liu Gongbai and Bilin Langjun from last time.

The two used different kinds of great force: one was the Heavenly Roc Great Force of the Liu family, and the other was a great force like that of a snake.

If there's anything in common...

"There's only one kind of great power!"

Shen You blurted out her name.

"Oh?"

Huang Yaoshi raised his eyebrows, seemingly amused.

Under the influence of her "wise and intelligent" talent, Shen You felt her mind was clear and explained according to her own thoughts:

"Great strength is divided into fusion strength and whole strength. Fusion strength is the fusion of many different strengths into one, while whole strength is the fusion of many slightly similar strengths into one. Both lead to the same goal: to unify strength."

"At the second rank, martial artists often cultivate multiple types of energy. Once in battle, these various energy combinations create endless variations. But at the third rank, martial artists return to simplicity and cultivate only one type of energy, which becomes incredibly powerful, capable of breaking through all techniques with a single force."

"So I guess that the Great Strength is to concentrate all the power in the body, which is equivalent to integrating the accumulation of the first and second grades using the Great Strength method. Naturally, it can be indestructible, and at the same time, it can prepare the body to break through to a higher level."

"Excellent!" Huang Yaoshi praised after hearing Shen You's analysis. "Your talent is indeed extraordinary. No wonder you were able to master the Five Immortals' Power so quickly."

"Then I won't explain further. You were once intimately familiar with each of the five poisons, able to transform yourself into them, and thus learned the corresponding power. But to fuse these powers now, you need to create a completely new poison on top of them, possessing all five poisons simultaneously. By integrating the power based on this new poison, you will create the 'Five Immortals Great Power'!"

"I want to...create poison myself?" Shen You asked, stunned.

Huang Yaoshi said, "Of course, in the orthodox practice, there will be a corresponding 'visualization diagram' at this time, which you can use to visualize. But the 'Five Immortals Orthodox Method' was originally stolen by me, so without this 'visualization diagram,' you will have to create your own."

"No, this is..." Shen You was speechless, feeling that this was too much of a rip-off.

Huang Yaoshi laughed, "If it were someone else, it would be difficult to conjure up a completely new poison out of thin air, but I have confidence in you. After all, you are a true prodigy!"

"...You win." Looking at Huang Yaoshi's smug old face, Shen You just wanted to punch him hard.

No wonder Old Ghost Huang was so quick to pass on his skills; it turns out he was setting a trap for me here!