Jiang Qingzhu's palm gripping the long spear trembled slightly. She desperately suppressed the shock in her heart and unconsciously activated her protective true qi.
In an instant, surging true qi emerged like a tide!
Immediately after, Jiang Qingzhu suddenly exhaled a breath of extremely cold air. This true qi rapidly condensed into layers of extremely hard ice - crystal barriers, standing in front of her!
However, although this layer - upon - layer, thick and solid ice - layer defense looked impregnable.
When facing that menacing and extremely powerful flood - dragon phantom, it seemed so fragile that it was like being made of paper - mache, with no power to resist at all!
Crack!
The ear - piercing sound of the ice layer bursting rang out continuously!
In an instant, the long spear destroyed Jiang Qingzhu's true - qi defense, and the pitch - black spear body casually struck her body.
Bang!
At the last moment, Ye Li slightly reduced the force, forcefully pulling back the pitch - black long spear. Only a fierce gust of wind hit Jiang Qingzhu.
Her neat clothes were instantly torn in half, revealing a large expanse of snow - white skin underneath.
Jiang Qingzhu was sent flying more than ten zhang. She managed to steady herself and calmed her ragged breathing.
Even though she looked a bit in a sorry plight,her eyes, as clear as a winter spring, became even brighter!
From the Dragon - Riding Wind Manual deliberately displayed by the other party, Jiang Qingzhu successfully saw what she lacked!
Jiang Qingzhu stood holding the spear, silent, as if thinking about something.
The air fell silent for a while.
Ye Li planted the long spear on the ground, tilted his head to look at the other party, and didn't speak to interrupt.
He had already revealed all the precautions of this martial skill as much as possible.
Whether the other party could understand something depended on her talent.
"I see."
After the air was quiet for more than ten seconds, Jiang Qingzhu lifted the long spear again and assumed a stance.
Buzz!
This time, an illusory dragon scale also appeared on her silver - white long spear!
"It worked!"
Jiang Qingzhu looked up in surprise at Ye Li. "I've finally reached the mastery level described in the book. You're really amazing."
She felt that she had gotten an incredible bargain. Breaking through the bottleneck that had troubled her for months in a short time was something the elders in her family could never achieve!
Ye Li smiled but said nothing. In his heart, he was inwardly frustrated.
Damn it, I spent twenty years cultivating this martial skill to the great - completion level.
After just two exchanges, you're telling me you've made a breakthrough?
"How long have you been practicing this martial skill?"
Ye Li suppressed the frustration in his heart and asked casually.
If it wasn't too short a time, he could still accept it.
"I started practicing as soon as I entered the second rank...."
"As of today, it's been almost half a year." Jiang Qingzhu answered, hanging her head a bit shamefully.
After saying that, she lifted her head, and a forced smile appeared on her cold little face.
"Before I met you, I always thought I was a genius."
Damn it, it's like you're not a genius now.
If I had your talent, I'd have already advanced to the third rank by adding points....
Ye Li adjusted his breathing and said calmly, "You are a genius. There's no doubt about that."
"How could that be? Compared to you, I...."
Jiang Qingzhu's voice paused, and then a look of loneliness that she had never shown before appeared on her face. "I'm just a mediocre person made by resources."
"...Then you'd better practice hard." Ye Li sighed and gave up the idea of explaining.
Then he chuckled and said:
"There's a saying in my hometown: A great teacher produces outstanding students.
"Since you say I'm a genius, now that I'm teaching you, if you don't show some results, don't blame me for scolding you."
Ye Li still remembered clearly that scolding Jiang Qingzhu until she broke down would earn him five hundred evil values.
"...Okay."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Qingzhu's eyes gradually lit up, and a look of admiration that she had never shown before appeared on her face.
She had originally thought Ye Li was just a hot - headed fighter.
After getting to know him a bit, she thought he was a sharp - tongued genius.
But now, Jiang Qingzhu suddenly felt that the kind of peerless genius who was also willing to help others, as described in legends, was right in front of her eyes.
So amazing, he's really amazing.
"Classmate Ye Li."
Jiang Qingzhu's delicate face was full of seriousness, and she smiled and said, "Please keep pushing me in the future."
"...You really have the nerve to say such an embarrassing line."
"Embarrassing? Is it embarrassing?"
Jiang Qingzhu looked at the large expanse of snow - white skin exposed on her body, and her pretty face blushed as she asked.
This was clearly her sincere words....
"Very embarrassing. Please don't say it again."
Ye Li silently exhaled, put the long spear back in place, turned to look at Jiang Qingzhu with bright eyes, and chuckled:
"Then, that's all for today."
In the next two days, Jiang Qingzhu often went back and forth between Ye Li's training room and her own.
And Ye Li kept his word. Whenever Jiang Qingzhu was a bit slow to understand or her movements were a bit sluggish, he immediately started scolding.
"Useless! You can't even understand a demonstration that a primary - school student could understand. What's wrong with you?"
"Jiang Qingzhu! My late grandma could handle a long spear better than you. What exactly are you hesitating about?"
"Damn it! A talent - less loser like you will only drive up the price of spirit rice in the martial - arts world!"
Under such "vicious teachings", Jiang Qingzhu shed quite a few tears, and Ye Li successfully gained a large amount of evil values.
After maxing out the Dragon - Riding Wind Manual, there were still plenty of evil values left on the panel.
[Current evil values: 7200 points]
Once Jiang Qingzhu provided the breathing method, his actual - combat ability would reach a new level.
And under Ye Li's guidance, Jiang Qingzhu's progress in the Dragon - Riding Wind Manual was also rapid.
From just entering the mastery level at the beginning to the middle stage of mastery later.
According to Jiang Qingzhu's judgment, it would take at most one more month for her to reach the great - completion realm.
This was progress she had never imagined before.
With Ye Li, a genius with monstrous attainments in martial skills, to help, it was like having a compass to determine north and south in the vast desert.
No longer did she need to worry about the direction. She just needed to stride forward in the direction he pointed out.
It's worth mentioning that every time Jiang Qingzhu came in with neat clothes and left in a disheveled state.
As a result, rumors spread on campus, and many classmates secretly speculated about the reason.
There were even a lot of malicious rumors.
Jiang Qingzhu didn't care about this.
In her eyes, in the entire Linhai No.1 Middle School, except for Ye Li, the opinions of others didn't matter at all.
Ye Li's scolding was much more acceptable to her than the flattery and slander of others.