Some people, you have no choice but to push them a little.

Fools don't need this because they have already experienced all the worldly phenomena they need without you doing anything, so there's no need for 'guidance'.

The ones who truly need to be taught are the clever people.

Because when these people encounter difficulties, they can always come up with all sorts of solutions and never place themselves at a disadvantage. They do things purely based on their own preferences, as they always have ways to make things develop according to their wishes.

But it is precisely these smart people who, when faced with truly insurmountable difficulties, tend to lose heart or even give up easily.

The Celestial Sword Elder has seen too many such cases; when real difficulties arise, it turns out that fools are more reliable than the clever ones.

Of course, just forcing them isn't enough, at least not until your fists are big enough.

Because doing so might get you beaten up.

For Shi Hao, right now the fists of the Celestial Sword are big enough.

Not very big, but sufficient.

Eight hundred years of Sword Dao accumulation allows the Celestial Sword Elder to use various sword techniques to balance the physical differences between him and Shi Hao, and ample combat experience means he can maintain the intensity of the fight while ensuring Shi Hao doesn't suffer any lasting harm.

It is with this understanding that Chen Zhixing confidently entrusts Shi Hao to Celestial Sword's care.

Facts proved that Chen Zhixing wasn't wrong.

Within the Moon Lake Blessed Lands, Chen Zhixing saw Shi Hao walk into the Moon Lake Blessed Lands covered in scars and did not show any expression of surprise. According to his understanding of this disciple, getting a good beating after a lesson from the Divine Sword Elder was a given.

So Chen Zhixing simply greeted him softly.

"Back, eh?"

"Master."

Shi Hao, looking like he'd been sliced into sashimi, didn't complain or wail, just looked extremely forlorn.

He was defeated by the Divine Sword Elder.

And it was a defeat he fully accepted.

Because the two were of similar realms. Although the Celestial Sword Elder's realm was slightly higher, Shi Hao's physical strength was far superior. Perhaps, in terms of their inherent conditions, Shi Hao was even stronger than the Celestial Sword Elder.

But the fact is, in their great battle, exchanging hundreds of moves, Shi Hao ended up with eighty-seven sword marks, and throughout it all, he only managed to land one punch on the Celestial Sword Elder.

The gap in combat skills between Shi Hao and the Celestial Sword Elder was almost like heaven and earth.

"Master, is there a way to commonly improve combat skills? I feel I'm really lacking right now."

"Yes, there is."

"Master, teach me!"

"There's nothing to teach; as long as you fight more, get beaten up more, if others fight once a day, you fight ten times, a hundred times a day, naturally you'll accumulate experience much faster than others."

Chen Zhixing's lips curled up slightly as if he rejoiced at Shi Hao's beatings.

Yes, he was gloating indeed.

Keep in mind, this young man was a future invincible entity, someone who would rule a realm and sweep all rivals in the Star Realm, and yet he was reduced to such a sorry state by a little old man.

Who would believe it to be true?

In the not-too-distant future, when people learn of Shi Hao's achievements, the Celestial Sword Elder might regard this lesson he gave Shi Hao as the greatest accomplishment of his life!

This was the invincible Shi Hao, and I actually managed to injure him, even beat him beyond recognition!

I won easily, could even use one hand.

What invincible ones, when young, were no different from ordinary people, once were defeated by an old chap like me!

Of course, Chen Zhixing only thought about it, at most entertained himself within his mind.

He knew, as Shi Hao's cultivation continued to strengthen, opportunities for such amusement would only decrease, and perhaps in the future when Shi Hao's cultivation caught up with him, this master might no longer wish to spar with Shi Hao.

Afraid to lose!

Afraid to lose to his own disciple...

Chen Zhixing couldn't bear the shame!

"Stop looking so grief-stricken, I'm not dead yet, no need for you to shed tears here."

"Master, I'm not crying."

"With that face like you've lost your mother, it'd be better to look good while crying!"

"....."

"Come on, isn't it just getting beaten once? It's only superficial wounds. Get beat a few more times, learn all those enemy's tricks, then when you're stronger than him, just get your revenge back, won't that be the end of it?"

"..."

"Why aren't you saying anything, do you think your master's wrong?"

"No." Shi Hao stubbornly pressed his lips together, then looked up at Chen Zhixing: "Master, isn't it true that all strong ones start from getting beaten up?"

"Pretty much." Chen Zhixing replied with a smile.

"Then how about you? When you first started cultivating, did the elders ever discipline you?"

"No, not for me, I don't usually do such foolish things, only fight those I can beat, so it's always been me disciplining others."

"Then... what if you meet someone you can't beat?"

"If I can't beat them, I'd call my elders. Your master came from a Noble Family, and during my youth, there was a Peak of the Peak Realm ancestor in the family, as long as it wasn't a Longevity Realm True Monarch picking a fight, no one could beat my ancestor."

Shi Hao: "..."

So, master, you're all happy to teach me, but never actually practiced what you preach, right?

Just as Shi Hao was forming this thought, Chen Zhixing, as if reading his mind, playfully smacked his head, leaving Shi Hao grimacing in pain.

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