Transmigrated into a Grandpa, Embracing the Laid-Back Life

Chapter 238: What People Call "Killing and Slaughter" Is Nothing But the Ultimate Catharsis

Since that first lesson on Teachings Peak—named "Enlightenment" but really just a "beating"—the mist in Clear Stream Valley seemed several degrees heavier than before.

For an entire month, aside from his rock-solid routine of checking in and reconciling ledgers at the Repair Hall, Su Ming behaved like a hibernating old tortoise, curled up in his cave dwelling and rarely opening even the heavy stone door.

Inside the cave’s meditation room, a single glowstone was set into the domed ceiling, casting a cold, sparse light.

Su Ming sat cross-legged on his meditation cushion. A jade slip recording "Introduction to Basic Offensive Runes" hovered before him. His brow was furrowed, and his fingertips tapped his knees unconsciously.

"Master, these last few days I've felt restless in my mind."

Su Ming finally spoke, breaking the room’s stillness, "Those scenes Elder Gu He showed, especially the rune war chariot on Sky Wind Plain that the rampaging ape smashed to pieces, keep flashing through my head."

"A sense of danger is good. It means your brain hasn't rotted yet."

Lin Yu’s phantom drifted out from the Xuantian ring, still looking lazy as ever, though his eyes carried a streak of seriousness. "But mere anxiety is useless. Can anxiety kill the enemy? No. We need to turn that fear-of-dying energy into productive power."

He conjured a lightboard in midair and began lecturing like a proper teacher.

"Come on, let's review your current setup.""On defense, you have the Like Water Art as a foundation. Your spiritual energy is long-lasting and resilient. With our improvised Minor Heavenly Cycle Water Rhythm Formation and the Silence technique, among peers you’re basically impossible to pin down if you want to run."

"On support, you have the Repair Hall. Old Wang and the others gather intelligence and handle chores for you, and you have the Water Refining Method—a purification technique that's basically cheating."

Lin Yu’s finger paused, pointing to a final blank spot, his tone turning teasing.

or dazzling them with water mirrors, what methods do you have to end a fight in a single strike? If you actually run into

a wry smile and spread his hands, "That’s precisely my problem. The Like Water Art benefits all things yet lacks a streak of ruthlessness. I’ve been poring over this 'Introduction to Offensive

you haven’t thought

translucent finger. "Who told you water can’t kill? Who said 'destruction' has to

blinked. "Please

down to two things: extreme

compressed it into a pinpoint. "You think water is soft because you’re not applying enough pressure. When you compress the volume of a great river into a needle, that thing

thought passed through

and release of

to imitate metal’s sharpness. Find water’s own kind of sharpness." Lin Yu waved his hand. "Stop theorizing—practice is where truth lies.

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Bing

external steward, he hadn’t moved the Repair Hall; this place

courtyard echoed with the steady clang of

corridor, cradling a purple clay teapot and squinting as he supervised. Seeing Su Ming stride in, he quickly set down the teapot and hurried

in person today? I’ve reconciled the

the ledgers aside

in the yard before heading straight to the storeroom piled with items awaiting repair. "Old Wang, give an order. From today on,

are the hardest to repair. Their spiritual energy circuits are scrambled into a mess; if you’re

is the

heart-guard mirror, running his finger along the jagged crack and feeling the residue of violent

first failed? Which node’s spirit energy first lost control? Did the explosion

Repair Hall wants to level up, we can’t just be patchworkers. We have to deduce methods of