841: What defines a teacher? Teacher ethics and conduct.

"Fist techniques, sword techniques?"

Xie Weilou's face revealed a smile.

He looked at Xie Buxian: "The sword technique I displayed was Haoran Heaven and Earth, from the Confucian Haoran Sword Qi. When the long sword is unsheathed, it can encompass the Heaven and Earth with Vast Righteous Qi, sweeping away everything!"

The Great Xia Holy Academy has Seven Gentlemen, and each of them possesses unique abilities.

The Grandmaster, Meng Xiuyuan, is a follower of the Confucian path. He is a legend; born with weak bones and unable to cultivate, yet through years of study, he cultivated to the Divine Court Realm.

This was only in the resource-scarce region of Great Xia. If he were in this Eastern Barrens, his achievements would undoubtedly be even more extraordinary.

Coincidentally, among the Seven Gentlemen, Xie Weilou had never studied with the Grandmaster, only receiving the Haoran Sword Qi from Lin Qinghuang.

He had not followed the Grandmaster to study, yet now he was going to teach Xie Buxian the Haoran Sword Qi, which was quite peculiar.

If he couldn't be a student of the Confucian path, then being a Master himself seemed to be no problem.

"Haoran Sword Qi, Haoran Heaven and Earth?"

When Xie Buxian heard this, his heart trembled again.

The word Haoran made his blood flow wildly, and every cell in his body seemed to be boiling and exhilarated.

Xie Weilou chuckled: "Haoran Sword Qi is not something everyone can cultivate. Generally speaking, those with narrow minds find it difficult to cultivate Haoran Sword Qi. But you are different; you are perfectly suited for this sword art!"

Xie Buxian, with his simple and extremely kind nature, would surely make rapid progress in cultivating Haoran Sword Qi, advancing a thousand miles in a day.

Xie Buxian respectfully bowed to Xie Weilou: "I humbly request Master to teach me the Haoran Sword Qi."

Xie Weilou waved his hand at Xie Buxian: "Buxian, I will teach you the Haoran Sword Qi, but I will not take you as a disciple. You can just call me Big Brother Xie. If the time is right in the future, I can find a good teacher for you."

Imparting knowledge and being a master are actually different.

There are myriad paths to the Great Dao; imparting knowledge is simple, but being a master is very difficult.

What defines a teacher?

Imparting knowledge, teaching skills, resolving doubts?

These are merely three aspects!

A true teacher should possess moral character and professional conduct.

Compared to imparting knowledge, teaching skills, and resolving doubts, moral character and professional conduct are what disciples should learn even more, yet not every teacher possesses them.

Coincidentally, Xie Weilou could impart knowledge, teach skills, and resolve doubts, but he lacked moral character and professional conduct.

He enjoyed visiting brothels, slaughtering, scheming, and entrapping others. These were not good habits. If Xie Buxian were to become his disciple, he would surely go astray.

"..."

Xie Buxian was stunned for a second.

Xie Weilou smiled and said: "You call me Big Brother Xie, then let's keep it that way for a lifetime!"

Upon hearing this, Xie Buxian's heart trembled, feeling incredibly warm all over, and a mist appeared in his eyes. He said earnestly: "Big Brother Xie, you will be my Big Brother Xie for a lifetime."

At this moment, Xie Weilou was already family in his heart, someone he would protect for a lifetime.

Xie Weilou smiled and nodded. He flicked his finger, and three imprints flew into Xie Buxian's glabella: "I will teach you the Haoran Sword Qi, the Savage Dragon Subduing Fist, and a transformation technique. The Haoran Sword Qi contains the cultivation methods and sword moves of the Confucian realm, enough to allow you to cultivate from the Xuanhuang Realm to the Divine Court Realm."

"That fist technique is not complete, but as long as you continuously throw punches—one hundred thousand punches, a million punches, ten million punches—it will naturally have miraculous effects."

"As for the transformation technique, though you are now younger and your appearance has changed somewhat, if someone familiar were to see you, they might still vaguely recognize you. With the transformation technique, it will be much simpler."

Xie Buxian had just begun cultivating, so naturally, he couldn't learn too much. One sword art, one fist technique, and one transformation technique were enough!

As for movement techniques, they could actually be comprehended from the sword and fist techniques themselves, it just depended on whether he could fully grasp them.

If he found it difficult to comprehend, that was also fine; later, he could be taught a movement technique or a good teacher could be found for him.

Xie Buxian didn't immediately try to comprehend them. He quickly said: "Thank you, Big Brother Xie."

Xie Weilou said with a faint smile: "For the time being, you should go and comprehend these things on your own. The things I gave you actually contain some of my insights; you can refer to them."

"Inside that old fellow's Storage Ring, there are also many good items related to cultivation, which you can look at. Also, remember one thing: from now on, you must read, and read a lot, to enhance your comprehension of Vast Righteous Qi."

The best way to comprehend Vast Righteous Qi is not to cultivate in seclusion, but to read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles, cultivating one's mind and virtue.

Not everyone can be like Xie Wei, harboring demons and ghosts, yet still cultivate Vast Righteous Qi.

Nor can everyone be like Xie Wei, capable of cultivating multiple paths. For many people, specializing in one or two paths is actually sufficient.

Xie Buxian said with a serious expression: "Big Brother Xie, don't worry, I will work hard."

Xie Weilou put down his wine pot and said with a smile: "Now, go and properly comprehend the things I gave you. I have many elixirs, but you are just starting to cultivate, so there's no need to use elixirs. Just proceed steadily."

With that, he stretched and walked into the room.

Xie Buxian, meanwhile, sat cross-legged on the ground, closed his eyes, and earnestly comprehended the things Xie Weilou had given him.

He swore that he would work hard and definitely not disappoint Big Brother Xie's expectations.

Everyone else looked down on him, treating him like a weed, casually manipulating his fate. If he didn't strive for himself, who could help him?

— — — — — —

Half a day later.

Manzhou.

Manlong Pass is a huge pass bordering Central State, guarded by the Barbarian God Clan.

The one guarding this pass was a Barbarian God Clan Expert in the early Dao Seeking Realm, named Man Ji (Barbarian Thorn).

Inside the main hall.

Man Ji (Barbarian Thorn) held a horn cup, sipping a cup of crimson blood wine. He glared at the Barbarian God Clan generals below him and said coldly: "One hundred thousand Barbarian God Clan troops, completely annihilated. Do any of you have any thoughts?"

He was stationed here with thirty thousand soldiers under his command, but one hundred thousand had already been wiped out. Currently, there were still two hundred thousand troops remaining within Manlong Pass.

This time, it was definitely a heavy loss of life.

However, he had previously gone to Beiliang City, killed a youth, and subsequently obtained some heaven-defying items given by those experts. He only needed to refine them to further his cultivation.

One of the Guixu Realm generals quickly said: "There are experts stationed in Beiliang City; even General Manyuan, who was in the Kou Gong Realm, was killed. The one who made the move must at least be in the middle or higher stage of the Kou Gong Realm..."

Against experts of this caliber, only a Dao Seeking Realm expert could be confident of victory. Otherwise, even if two hundred thousand troops were to launch a full-scale attack, they would not be able to withstand the opponent's slaughter.

To true experts, the so-called army was merely a large swarm of ants.

Man Ji (Barbarian Thorn) gulped down the blood wine. He said coldly: "I will enter seclusion for one month. After one month, two hundred thousand troops will depart for Beiliang. I will slaughter everything there!"

According to what those experts said, no masters would appear in Beiliang City within three months, allowing him to act as he pleased.

During his previous trip, he found no other experts apart from the four venerables. Now it seemed there were indeed capable individuals in Beiliang City.

However, in his eyes, anyone whose cultivation had not reached the Dao Seeking Realm was not a threat.

When he next went to Beiliang City, it would be the time of Beiliang's destruction!

"Yes, sir!"

The generals all saluted.