Zhang San, please behave yourself!
Chapter 103: Move with Love

Chapter 103: Chapter 103: Move with Love

Approaching noon, Zhang San, who had finished gathering intelligence, happened to see Master Ma washing dishes in the courtyard when he passed by the entrance of Master Ma’s compound and promptly greeted Master Ma with a cupped-hand salute.

Master Ma nodded at Zhang San in response, a gesture of returning the courtesy.

Yet for some reason, Master Ma felt that the lad looked suave and handsome when he saw him yesterday, but today he seemed somewhat shifty-eyed.

After returning, Zhang San immediately sought out Wei.

"Senior Wei, you mentioned discussing the Blow Wind Technique with me before, right? I’m curious, with the Blow Wind Technique, is it possible to blow the clouds over here and then make it rain?"

After contemplating for a while, Wei informed Zhang San, "Theoretically, it’s feasible, but with your cultivation level, it might be a bit difficult. It’s already quite impressive if you can manage to keep a small cloud for half an hour."

Afterwards, Zhang San consulted further about the details of using the Blow Wind Technique for cloud manipulation and rainmaking without having lunch, and then began looking for high ground to practice the Blow Wind Technique in the sky, trying to keep the clouds overhead.

Although it was a scorching June, the clear sky still had the occasional cloud drifting by.

Soon, Zhang San managed to summon a tuft of white cloud.

Watching Zhang San’s cloud, Wei shook his head; clearly, although the cloud was large, it was too thin and unlikely to produce rain.

Then Zhang San blew the clouds from all directions towards the center, indeed managing to compress them together, which made them a lot smaller and turned their color darker.

Even so, it still did not rain. It just felt as if it was about to.

Wei watched Zhang San’s actions, not sure what the young man was trying to do.

"Your small patch of cloud there isn’t even enough to water the fields. At most, it could water a small courtyard."

Zhang San chuckled and said, "It’s enough for a small courtyard!"

As he spoke, Zhang San raised his hands and deployed the Thunder Method.

In an instant, thunder roared across the sky and struck the cloud layer.

Crack—

Following the thunderclap on a sunny day, that small patch of dark cloud began to pour down rain.

And the spot where the rain fell was none other than the next-door courtyard of Master Ma.

After lunch, Master Ma had just lain down and fallen asleep when he was startled by a clap of thunder, followed by the sound of pouring rain.

In the middle of June, how did such a sudden rainstorm come about?

Awakened from his slumber, Master Ma could not comprehend it.

Seeing Zhang San producing rain, Wei asked in perplexity, "What are you doing?"

"We’re looking for a favor from someone, so naturally, we should make them happy, right? Considering how hot the weather is, I thought I’d cool him down with some rain," Zhang San explained and then smiled proudly, "This is called touching his heart with love!"

Wei nodded approvingly, feeling Zhang San’s reasoning made a lot of sense.

In the afternoon, Zhang San, who had bought some candy and called over all the children from the estate, started to tell stories in front of Master Ma’s courtyard.

"The story I’m going to tell today is about the trial of Galileo, who believed not in gods but in science!"

"There was once a cultivator named Galileo who, since childhood, had a deep passion for..."

Zhang San’s bizarre and nonsensical stories not only deeply captivated the children but also attracted Ling, Wei, and Xu in the neighboring courtyard.

"I can understand this geocentric theory, but the heliocentric one seems somewhat preposterous, doesn’t it?"

Wei furrowed his brow, watching Zhang San gesticulate animatedly while telling his peculiar story, wondering how he came up with it.

Ling, on the other hand, after pondering for a moment suddenly had a realization.

"Wei, in our practice of Yin and Yang Harmony, we have always used external objects as a measure of yin and yang to cultivate our internal yin and yang. But if we were to cultivate according to this heliocentric theory, we could, in the daytime, regard the sun as yang and ourselves as yin to absorb yang and replenish yin. At night, regard the moon as yin and ourselves as yang to absorb yin and replenish yang."

"On the surface, it seems we’re still empowering ourselves through the way of yin and yang, but in reality, it transforms into ’I am yin and yang’, and this... this seems to be a brand-new path!"

The more Ling analyzed it, the more they felt that although this path was similar to the original one, it was much broader than the traditional path of yin and yang.

Among all cultivators in the world, the early stages of cultivation in the Primordial Qi Realm always yield identical results because everyone must clear their meridians and form their core, leaving little room for differences.

But the reason why, from the True Core Realm onwards, martial artists experience such vast gaps—like heaven and earth—is due to each martial artist’s different understanding of yin and yang and mastery of the Five Elements.

This leads to variations in their True Cores and ultimately, when the True Core reaches the Sea, choosing different Seas of Wheels, which results in fundamental changes.

When it comes to the fundamental differences, it actually lies in each individual’s understanding of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements.

If one could reach perfection, no, at least widen one’s path, during the stage of Yin and Yang Harmony and the Five Emperors’ Proper Position, it would multiply future strength.

"Senior Wei, you keep listening to the story; I need to go back and cultivate for a bit. I think I might have to reshape my path of Yin and Yang Harmony."

Upon saying that, Ling immediately returned to his room to start cultivating.

Wei felt Zhang San’s words seemed to make sense, but he and Xu had been cultivating for decades, and now to reshape the path of Yin and Yang seemed a bit late, unless he cultivated another True Core and then opened up a second Seas of Wheels.

In the next door courtyard, Master Ma was very annoyed.

He didn’t sleep at noon because of the rain and thought about making up for it in the afternoon, but then storytelling started outside.

And there was a group of kids listening so intently, every now and then Zhang San would ask, "Where’s your applause?"

Then the children’s applause would clamor, leaving no chance for him to nap.

Zhang San told stories all afternoon; the sun was about to set before he sent the children away.

Master Ma crawled out of his bed, feeling a bit hungry, but perhaps because he hadn’t rested at noon, he now found it hard to eat.

Just then, Zhang San came over from next door carrying a basin of something.

"Master Ma, we’ve made a basin of mutton soup, specially brought over for you. Would you like to try it?"

Master Ma felt Zhang San was doing it on purpose, but the other party might just enjoy telling stories and wasn’t aware that he had had a bad sleep at noon.

After all, who could have known it would suddenly rain on a clear day?

"I don’t want to eat it, thanks."

"No problem. If you need anything, just call for me; my name is Zhang San, and I’m just next door."

Having said that, Zhang San carried the mutton soup back to his own courtyard.

Seeing Zhang San taking the mutton soup back, Wei knew that Zhang San’s path to move Master Ma with love was still a long one.

...

At the same time, in the Ghost Domain, Little Fox was carrying a basin of mutton soup over to her adoptive father.

"Adoptive father, I just learned how to make this. How does it taste?"

Jiang Ziwen saw Little Fox wobbling with a basin bigger than her head, her face all smiles.

His three biological daughters had never cooked for him.

Though he was a ghost and didn’t need to eat at all.

I may not eat, but you should still cook!

Who knew that in his old age, his adopted daughter would be so filial.

"Little Xiang, here is a Yin Yang Harmonizing Divine Pill for you. After eating it, it will help your Transformation and even make you stronger. Do you want it?"

Little Fox naturally wanted it; who knew how long it would take to transform through her own cultivation.

But with this pill’s help, she could transform faster and find Zhang San sooner.

"If adoptive father gives it, then I want it; if adoptive father doesn’t, then I don’t. Grandpa said not to randomly ask for other people’s things."

Jiang Ziwen immediately put on a stern face, pretending to be very angry.

"I am your adoptive father, how can I be someone else."

Little Fox cheerfully nodded and took the Divine Pill and popped it into her mouth.

Jiang Ziwen looked at Little Fox’s cute manners, his heart filled with joy, thinking to himself: It’s good to have a daughter by your side, would be great if she never got married!

"Little Xiang, are you happy after eating the Divine Pill?"

Little Fox nodded repeatedly.

"Happy! Happy! Once I transform, I can go find my beloved! He is of the human race, and I’ve always been worried that if I transform too slowly, he will be old by the time I find him. Thank you, adoptive father."

Jiang Ziwen: ...