Chapter 20: The Imperfect Weak Water Technique

  The soft moonlight pours down from the dormitory window, casting a layer of silver gauze over the room.

  In the center of the room, Sun Yan and Shui Lian Qing stood facing each other with their palms together, still in the midst of [Inner Yuan Activation]. The girl's entire body was surrounded by a white mist, her blue hair was dripping wet, and sweat had soaked through more than half of her white shirt.

  "Just a little more, just a little bit more..."

  The water curtain is clear in the heart, but unfortunately, the internal yuan inside often operates to the limit, as if it's like a full string of a bow, with a slight stagnation.

  Such signs have been appearing for three days, and Shui Lian Qing felt that this was a sign of breaking through, but this step couldn't be crossed no matter what.

  Sun Yan opened his eyes, furrowed his brow, "Water Curtain Qing, stop for a moment." As he spoke, he manipulated the inner yuan, and with a flick of his wrist, the two palms naturally separated.

  "What's wrong? Sun Yan." Shui Lianqing's face showed a hint of panic, unable to break through for a long time. She was worried that Sun Yan would lose patience and back down.

  "Don't worry, I didn't say I wouldn't practice anymore." Sun Yan smiled and asked curiously, "Is it just that you haven't noticed that your internal energy is operating at its limit, with a hint of stagnation?"

  She widened her eyes in surprise, she didn't think that such a subtle change could also be detected by Sun Yan.

  "Yes, from my [Weak Water Technique] reaching the second layer's peak, this sign appeared." Shui Lian Qing nodded in acknowledgement.

  After getting to know Chen Wang, Sun Yan's understanding of martial arts can be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, with some insights being incredibly sharp and astonishing even Chen Wang himself. This was already beyond what Shui Bingqing could imagine.

  After a moment's thought, a flash of inspiration came to him and he muttered to himself: "The sluggish circulation of the inner yuan shouldn't be an omen for a breakthrough. Your cultivation of the Weak Water Technique shouldn't have any problems, should it?"

  As he spoke, Sun Yan shook his head again, finding this hypothesis ridiculous. "That's impossible too. If there was a problem with the Weak Water Technique, your family members would have discovered it long ago and wouldn't have let you cultivate it."

  As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Shui Bing's face full of shock and disbelief, staring at him incredulously.

  Sun Yan lost his voice and said: "Really? Water Curtain Qing classmate, the [Weak Water Technique] you cultivated really has a problem?"

  Shui Lianqin lowered her head, biting her red lips, her voice barely audible, "The Weak Water Technique I've been cultivating is actually the remnants of our family's legacy."

  Is this a leftover?

  Sun Yan was speechless for a moment and thought to himself, "Sister, are you out of your mind? You're actually practicing the incomplete manual?"

  "The thing is, our Shui family's 'Weak Water Technique'..."

  Listening to Shui Lian's words, Sun Yan finally understood what was going on.

  The original Los Angeles Water family was once a thousand-year-old martial arts family, along with the Wind, Chen, Chang and Qian families. However, during the Fourth Snow River War, the Water family's "Weak Water Formula" was lost in the chaos of war, leaving only the remnants of the first two layers. The family's elite were all killed in battle. After the war ended, the Water family never recovered from this blow, and the other descendants could only practice other martial arts techniques. No one dared to touch the remaining fragments of the "Weak Water Formula".

  And Shui Lian Qing, from birth, was considered to have a natural talent suitable for cultivating the "Weak Water Technique", a rare encounter in a hundred years, which made the elders of the Shui family see a glimmer of hope.

  Sun Yan listened quietly, his tone somewhat unpleasant, "So, your family hopes you can perfect the [Weak Water Technique]?"

  Indeed, Shui Ying's innate talent is well-suited for cultivating the "Weak Water Technique", but to think that this can be used to perfect a flawed technique, the Shui family's idea is too naive. This is betting with one's martial arts life. And now, the situation is that the Shui family has undoubtedly almost lost the bet.

  "Sun Yan, fellow student, is it impossible for me to break through to the third layer?"

  Patter... patter... A drop of tears fell to the ground, and the rain-like tears poured down. In her mind, memories of childhood events faintly emerged. From the age of 3, she knew that she was different from others in her family. She had a special mission - to cultivate the remaining [Weak Water Technique] fragments, perfect the family's unique skills, and restore the glory of the Water Family.

  She has no choice.

  Her slender hands were clenched tightly, her snow-white teeth biting her lips until they lost all color, Water Curtain Qing lowered her head, struggling to hold back tears, the expectations she had held onto for so long shattered in this moment.

  From a young age, while other girls went on trips with their parents, she was practicing the Weak Water Technique; when other girls were indulging in naive fantasies, she was burdened by her family's high expectations, suffocating under the pressure; when other girls started their first awkward romance, she continued to practice tirelessly...

  I knew this morning that the hope was slim, but I really can't accept it!

  "Alas, why are you crying again?" Sun Yan was worried and scratched his head, silently lamenting that women were indeed made of water. "In any case, your family's [Weak Water Formula] is also incomplete, tell me about it, maybe it will help you break through."

  "Huh?" Shui Lian Qing raised her head in surprise, asking incredulously, "Sun Yan classmate, you said you'd help me perfect the [Weak Water Technique]?"

  Sun said with a silent pout, correcting her: "Perfecting the unique skills, do you think I'm a martial arts master? I'm just helping you for reference, treating a dead horse as if it's alive. Don't have too high of hopes."

  The water curtain cleared, and he immediately perked up, without any hesitation, and spoke out the first two layers of the "Weak Water Formula".

  Closing his eyes, the techniques of the "Weak Water Formula" flashed clearly in his mind, one word and one sentence at a time. Sun Yan couldn't help but secretly scold in his heart - this incomplete version of the "Weak Water Formula", not only did it start to lose its way from the third layer, even some of the techniques in the second layer were also incomplete. No wonder Shui Lian Qing's inner yuan had a hint of stagnation.

  But how can this problem be solved?

  Sun Yan's eyebrows furrowed deeper and deeper, this was his first time coming into contact with a unique skill, he discovered that the so-called unique skill, its effect is just an amplification of the inner yuan, mobilizing the inner yuan in the body, through different circulation routes, thus producing different effects. And he faintly felt that the Shui family's [Weak Water Formula] seemed to be extremely suitable for women to cultivate.

  His mind was like a clear mirror, Sun Yan gradually entered a state of calm, his whole demeanor solemn and stern. The method of the Weak Water Technique repeatedly flashed through his mind. He didn't know how many times he had silently recited it, but when his attention reached the end of the second layer's technique, a spark seemed to flash in his mind, a string of words suddenly appeared out of thin air, connecting with the second layer's technique.

  He suddenly opened his eyes, and Sun Yan exclaimed in his heart, "Is this possible? Grandma's bear, why are these words jumping out? Why did all this stuff suddenly appear in my brother's brain?"

  Sun was stunned for a long time, and it wasn't until then that he came back to his senses. He saw Shuiying's sparkling eyes, her dark green pupils flashing on and off, looking like a pitiful little kitten.

  "Sun Yan, classmate, you... is there a way?" Shui Lianqing herself could feel that her tone was so weak when she spoke.

  The Shui family's "Weak Water Technique" is a fifth-grade skill, even the great masters of martial arts dare not say they can perfect it. She pinned her hopes on Sun Yan, but in fact, it was just like a drowning person clutching at a straw.

  Sun saw that Sun Yan was silent for a long time, and Shui Lian Qing smiled slightly, saying in a low voice: "It's okay, classmate Sun Yan, thank you so much, I..."

  Before the words were finished, a string of characters quietly entered her ears. To Shui Bingqing, these words were like pearls on a jade plate. The doubts that had puzzled her for a long time were suddenly resolved.

  Shui Lian Qing slowly closed her eyes, circulating the inner yuan within her body. A wisp of white mist rose from her head, beginning to launch an attack on the third layer of the Weak Water Technique.

  Time passed minute by minute, fragrant sweat gushed out from Water Curtain's body, soaking her clothes thoroughly. Suddenly, she shuddered all over, and the smooth white skin surface rippled with wave-like undulations, accompanied by a series of crisp sounds emanating from beneath her skin.

  This is a sign of complete penetration of yuan li through the skin pores, and the great perfection of the first inner yuan.

  Shui Lian's eyes snapped open, her beautiful eyes shining with wild joy. Her "Weak Water Technique" had finally broken through to the third layer, and not only that, but her internal yuan cultivation had also reached the peak of a first-class warrior.

  Turning around, she saw the young man's handsome face, and Shui Liang Qing was overjoyed to tears. "Xun Yan, classmate, thank you, thank you, thank you..."

  Sun Yan covered his forehead and groaned, "Why are you crying again?" He turned his eyes and smiled slyly, "No need to thank me, no need to thank me. Anyway, I've already received the gift."

  "What gift? What kind of gift?"

  The water curtain was clear, and following Sun's words, her gaze shifted downward. Suddenly, she realized that her shirt was completely soaked through, clinging to her skin, revealing the full curves of her breasts, and the two white rabbits on her chest were about to burst forth, that one hint of spring light couldn't be hidden at all.

  "Ah!" The girl exclaimed, hastily grabbing her jacket and covering her chest tightly, a blush spreading from her cheeks to her neck, looking adorable and shy.

  Sun Yan felt his nose getting hot, and he quickly pressed his nostrils shut. He didn't want a bloody nose to spray out, that would be too embarrassing. However, the scene just now was clearly imprinted in his mind, and inside the Water Curtain Cave was actually empty space. The scene was too stimulating, but after working hard for so long, it was worth it.

  After a long time, Shui Lian's mood calmed down and she quickly put on her coat, stood up, bowed deeply and said, "Thank you, Sun Yan classmate, I really don't know how to thank you..."

  "Alright, alright." Sun Yan waved his hand. "We've been training together for 4 days, we can be considered friends now, no need to be so polite. Besides, I can only perfect the Weak Water Technique up to the second and third layers, the rest is beyond my help."

  Just now when breaking through the Water Curtain, Sun Yan tried to follow the method and fill in the missing parts of the Weak Water Formula. But no matter how hard he thought, his mind was still empty, and those words that had suddenly appeared out of nowhere were gone.

  However, Sun Yan had a faint premonition that perhaps as his cultivation deepened, he might be able to completely fill in the gaps of the "Weak Water Manual" in the future.

  It's just that such a terrible ability, Sun Yan is absolutely not daring to reveal to others, just like the secret of his 1-day condensation of internal yuan, he is prepared to bring it into the coffin.

  Shui Lian Qing smiled lightly, her dark green eyes sparkling as she gazed at the young man. Just as she was about to say something, a loud "dong dong" sound echoed through the air, and the clock struck 9:00 PM.

  Sun Yan's face changed, "Damn! It's already 9 o'clock, terrible! I'm dead, I'm dead." Although he didn't want to go at all, seeing that the appointed time had passed still made his heart skip a beat.

  Looking at Sun Yan's worried look, Shui Lian Qing was startled. "Sun Yan, do you really have a date? Is it important? Do you want me to help you explain?"

  "It's okay, it's okay." Sun Yan weakly waved his hand, "You just broke through, hurry back and rest now."

  It turned out that there really was a date, and Shui Lian Qing felt a surge of guilt in her heart. She thought to herself that she had been too rude. Thinking about it, it made sense that such a talented martial artist would have their own circle outside of class, and the friends within that circle wouldn't be people she could easily meet. It was laughable for her to show up and explain things herself.

  ……

  At the same time, on top of Building C's teaching building, looking at the bright moon in the night sky, Feng Ling Xue was tapping her feet lightly, and with each step, her delicate white shoes left a faint footprint on the ground, revealing the girl's current dissatisfaction.

  This Sun Yan actually let her off the hook!