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Seeing this scene, the comments section couldn't help but praise:

"As expected of Lao Ji! First strong, then strong! Playing both father and mother!"

"Hilarious! I thought the training segment in this drama would involve Tsukimi leading the five little ones, but that guy just disappeared!"

"Isn't that obvious? If something really happens, we'll have to see what happens in prison!"

"Haki is just too versatile!"

Qi Ji hadn't slept a wink all night, and this time he slept exceptionally soundly.

When he opened his eyes again, it was already evening.

The setting sun bathed the training ground in a warm golden light.

Qi Ji sat up and stretched contentedly.

Then, they found Huo Mu sitting dejectedly next to a training dummy, head down, unconsciously tugging at the grass blades on the ground.

His face, which had been full of energy, was now covered in dust and sweat, and a hint of frustration that he couldn't hide.

Meanwhile, Setsuna sat cross-legged not far away, panting heavily with a furrowed brow, clearly not making much progress either.

Qi Ji walked over, and the sound of his footsteps startled Huo Mu.

Huo Mu looked up, saw Qi Ji, and managed a small smile, but it quickly faded.

"Saki-kun, you're awake..."

"Hmm, how's your practice going?" Saki asked him.

Actually, you can guess a thing or two just by looking at Huomu's expression.

Huo Mu lowered his head, his voice muffled: "I'm too stupid... I have no talent... Maybe... I really can't master such a profound technique..."

Following Saki's advice, he tried to feel the "heat" in his heart, attempting to guide and concentrate it, but nothing happened except for his heart racing, his body temperature rising, and his face turning red from holding his breath.

That so-called "power" remains elusive and untouchable.

Because what Sakizaki taught was a theory completely contrary to the textbook, although he believed in Sakizaki deep down and knew that if Sakizaki said so, then there must be a way to do it.

but……

What if that's a field only a "genius" like Saki can reach?

A fool like him might not be able to break through that invisible barrier no matter how hard he tries.

Seeing Huo Mu's discouragement and self-doubt, Qi Ji couldn't help but feel a little uneasy.

'Could it be that I'm teaching it incorrectly?'

But in the original storyline, Lao Yue's teaching should also be this kind of "heuristic" and "metaphysical" approach, right?

Immediately afterwards, Huomu figured it out on his own...

What went wrong?

Timing? Perfect timing? Or is it simply a lack of a crucial stimulus?

In short, when you don't know what the problem is, it's always a good idea to give them plenty of motivational speeches and encouragement!

This is a classic trope for motivating the protagonist!

Saki squatted down in front of Hōki.

"Huomu, you're wrong."

His voice wasn't loud, but it reached Huo Mu's ears clearly.

"Becoming stronger... for Echoers below the third rank, it's not time to rely on talent yet."

So, it doesn't matter if you don't have talent; you only need to possess one thing, and you'll definitely be able to do it!

Huo Mu looked up in a daze.

Saki told him, word by word, what that thing was.

Actually, it's very simple—

"repeat!

Repeat it over and over!

If you can't learn it the first time, try it ten times.

If ten times isn't enough, then a hundred times.

If a hundred times isn't enough, then a thousand, ten thousand times!

The last rays of the setting sun pierced through the clouds, casting a thin layer of golden-red light on Qi Ji's mask.

Huo Mu stared blankly at the other person. He hadn't expected that Qi Ji, a genius, would end up teaching him such a "clumsy method."

However, he didn't know that it was through this seemingly clumsy method that Qi Ji became a "genius" in everyone's eyes.

"If you feel it's not working, try it again."

As if looking back on the path he had walked over the past nine years, Qi Ji said firmly,

"Once, and then again!"

The so-called genius—

"That idiot who tried one more time than everyone else! That's all."

In some ways, Saki himself was that kind of idiot.

Therefore, he is more qualified than anyone else to say this.

Saki pointed to the training dummy beside him and said to Koki:

"Now, stand up."

Face it.

Let that fire in your heart, all your pent-up frustration, resentment, longing, and anger...

Use your fists—

Go get them!

Whether you do it a thousand times or ten thousand times, keep doing it until you master it!

Come on, Firewood!

To it—

"Unleash the Flame Fist!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the training ground fell into a deathly silence.

Only the fiery sunset cast long, slanted shadows of the three people.

Huo Mu stared blankly at Qi Ji, then looked at his own fist, and the flame that had been extinguished in his eyes slowly rekindled!

And it was more intense than ever before!

"Yes...yes!!!"

He sprang up from the ground with a roar that was not human, a mixture of rage and determination!

Turn around and face the training dummy.

make a fist!

The flame in my heart, which had been suppressed, doubted, and frustrated, was completely ignited by Qi Ji's words!

"Drink--!!!"

There are no fancy moves, no unnecessary actions.

Huo Mu poured all his strength, all his emotions, all his beliefs, and all his resentment into this punch.

Slam it down hard on the dummy!

……

Chapter Fifty: This Man Is Too Perfect

This punch—

Huo Mu stopped thinking about complicated theories.

I no longer dwell on the limitations of my talents.

My thoughts were boiling over at that moment!

He remembered—

The ferocity of the Golden Warhawk, the fear of the two little ones clinging to each other, and the helplessness of roaring and lunging forward only to be swept away by a wing.

He then recalled what Saki Seki had said:

Heroes must think calmly and save those they can and are capable of saving.

He understands the principles.

Stay calm, weigh the options, and make a choice.

But... someone is going to die right in front of me!

He really...

I can't calm down!

He's not very bright to begin with!

He's a fool who can't think and only acts on instinct!

Therefore, the best solution he could think of was only one—

That is to become strong enough!

Make the scope of your abilities as large as possible.