Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 56

Right from the start, he received that drowning person’s evaluation.

Is he really going to die?

Damn it, what makes it so sure he’s going to die!

“Shen Ye.”

“Huh? Mmm?”

Xiao Mengyu slowly unlatched the longsword from her back and said,

“Forget about the high school exam for now, I’m here to give you some pointers.”

“Pointers?” Shen Ye asked, curious.

“I guess the Mortal Martial Arts Group will soon talk to you about ‘comprehension’ and ‘resonance’, don’t worry about that.”

“They’ll also have someone dedicated to explaining the three major high schools to you.”

Xiao Mengyu placed the longsword on the floor and began warming up, stretching her limbs:

“But before you get accepted, I’m not sure what cultivation methods they’ll give you. In short, the quality definitely won’t be as good as those of our aristocratic families.”

“——I can give you good cultivation methods.”

Before her words faded, she raised both hands, clenched them into fists, and attacked Shen Ye like a bolt of lightning.

Shen Ye was caught off guard and could only retreat repeatedly.

But Xiao Mengyu wasn’t actually trying to hit him. Instead, she demonstrated thirty-six moves of a boxing technique right in front of him.

“The ‘Single Word Punch’, a total of thirty-six moves, each attacking a vital point of the enemy, fast and fierce. It’s a rare and excellent boxing style.”

“This is a boxing technique passed down from our Luo family ancestors. Do you want to learn it?”

Her movements were agile and concise, each punch making a “hissing” sound in the air.

Shen Ye was overjoyed.

Great! He had always been troubled by his lack of offensive means.

Now that he’d learned a boxing technique, wouldn’t he be able to fight back in certain situations?

But—

“If you teach me your Luo family’s boxing technique, will it affect you in any way?”

He asked worriedly.

Xiao Mengyu paused, watched him silently for a while, then spoke:

“If we brought out our family’s boxing manuals, countless people outside would madly scramble for them. And you’re worried about me?”

“One must acquire things ethically. I never like to cause trouble for others,” Shen Ye said, shrugging.

Xiao Mengyu’s eyes flickered, hiding that glimmer of warmth, and she said softly:

“It’s nothing, there won’t be any trouble.”

—If it weren’t for you yesterday, I would have been devoured by that person.

“I’ll stop demonstrating the boxing technique here. Think about whether you want to learn it.”

She reached out again, making a light gesture in the air.

With a “clash”, the longsword sprang from its sheath and landed in her hand.

Shen Ye’s vision blurred—

The longsword slashed repeatedly through the air like an afterimage, stirring up a gust of wind that almost blew him away.

The next moment.

The sword was at his throat.

“You seem even more formidable now…” Shen Ye couldn’t help but say.

“I had a breakthrough,” Xiao Mengyu nodded, “This is our Luo family’s Lingbo Sword Technique. Do you want to learn it?”

“Yes, but I don’t have a sword,” Shen Ye said.

“How could I forget?” Xiao Mengyu looked a little annoyed. “I should have stolen one from home when I came. It’s too late now, and going back again would attract too much attention, making it difficult to act…”

Shen Ye raised an eyebrow.

Steal one?

Sister, you can’t just steal things.

What if your family finds the treasured sword on me and tries to kill me?

Perhaps sensing Shen Ye’s change in expression, Xiao Mengyu patted his shoulder with the sword, comforting him:

“It’s alright, I’ve got your back.”

She withdrew her longsword and continued:

“Forget about sword techniques for now, because you must have a good sword to unleash their power—”

“Next, I’ll demonstrate Hong Leg, Seven Kill Hand Knife, Thunder Palm, and Sixteen Close-Combat Short Strikes. See if there’s anything you’d like to learn.”

“Wait a moment!” Shen Ye suddenly said.

“Hmm?” Xiao Mengyu, who had just postured to deliver a kick, looked at him confused.

“Did you just say ‘Thunder Palm’?” Shen Ye asked.

“Yes, indeed. The palm strikes are as swift as lightning, and their power as fierce as thunder, hence ‘Thunder Palm’—only seven aristocratic families preserve the secret manuals of this palm technique, and our Luo family is one of them,” Xiao Mengyu said proudly.

Thunder Palm!

The voice seemed to echo in Shen Ye’s ears again:

“Next, you need to find a way to obtain the ‘Shadow’ art from the Undead race and the ‘Thunder Palm’ from the Beast King race.”

“Why do I need to obtain those two arts?” he asked.

“I cannot tell you, but if you truly acquire them, combined with your ‘Moonlight Deer Walk’ and ‘Frost Wind’, you will naturally understand,” the voice said.

“Are you watching me all the time?” he asked.

“No—I am mostly in slumber. You must work hard, quickly gather them… you will know… the secr…et…”

He had already gathered ‘Moonlight Deer Walk’, ‘Shadow’, and ‘Frost Wind’, and could perform a partial ‘Frost Moon Heaven Quake’.

—Only ‘Thunder Palm’ was missing!

But!

But the ‘Thunder Palm’ that voice mentioned was a cultivation method from the nightmare world!

Xiao Mengyu’s palm technique was likely just a homonym.

“Where did this ‘Thunder Palm’ come from?”

Shen Ye couldn’t help but press for details.

Xiao Mengyu was already smiling:

“You haven’t even heard of the famous Thunder Palm? This was discovered hundreds of years ago by the ancestors of our aristocratic families, when they were excavating the ruins of the Heavenly Jia Lan, from a dilapidated pavilion.”

Ruins of the Heavenly Jia Lan…

Tsk.

There’s always a strange, vague, indescribable feeling.

Xiao Mengyu continued:

“Actually, if one’s ‘comprehension’ isn’t high enough, it’s very difficult to unleash the true power of Thunder Palm. No matter how long you practice, it’s useless.”

“I just memorized its moves and key points by rote.”

She loosened her hands, transforming her fists into palms, and once again struck a pose.

“I’ll demonstrate it for you.”

Shen Ye immediately cast aside distractions and focused intently on observing.

But a thought involuntarily surfaced in his mind:

What if.

Just what if—

If this Thunder Palm was that Thunder Palm, wouldn’t it complete the secret the voice spoke of?

He saw Xiao Mengyu, while striking with her palm, shout:

“—Remember, you must concentrate with undivided attention to observe my palm technique. Only then can you fully utilize your ‘comprehension’.”

Comprehension.

Right, I need comprehension…

Shen Ye didn’t hesitate, putting all 10 attribute points into “Comprehension”.

Lines of shimmering small text immediately appeared:

“Since you have never developed or trained your comprehension, you only possess the most basic, fundamental comprehension points.”

“Your comprehension is 1.”

“You have added attribute points.”

“Current total comprehension value: 1+10=11.”

11 points of comprehension.

How much can he comprehend?

Shen Ye stared unblinkingly at her, watching her explain the key points while demonstrating the Thunder Palm.

Xiao Mengyu retracted her palm and walked over, saying, “How was it? Do you have a rough idea?”

Shen Ye was silent for a long time, then suddenly said:

“This palm technique isn’t very powerful, is it?”

“What do you mean ‘not very powerful’?” Xiao Mengyu said. “If an ordinary person learns it, they can immediately get a job, buy a house and car, marry and have children, and live comfortably for the rest of their lives.”

“Then why did you strike so casually, and even make one wrong move?” Shen Ye asked.

Xiao Mengyu froze, her beautiful eyes widening as she stared at him.

“This is your first time seeing Thunder Palm, right?” she asked.

“Yes,” Shen Ye said.

“Which strike was wrong?” she asked again.

“You just said, ‘This palm mobilizes qi and blood from the Governor, Chong, and Belt Meridians, exchanges position with the twelve regular meridians, and converges all mental energy into the interosseous joint of the left palm, using a flicking force to draw upon the fifth demon-slaying咒字 from the Grand Supreme Thunder Scripture’ to defeat the enemy. But look—”

“Your strike indeed had a flicking force, but the power landed on the radiocarpal joint, not the interosseous joint of the palm bone.”

Shen Ye mimicked her and threw a palm strike.

—The posture, movement, and palm technique of the two were identical!

Shen Ye adjusted his posture again and said, “Shouldn’t the correct way be like this—”

He shook his whole body, threw a palm strike into the air, and it produced a muffled thunderous sound.

Thunder Palm!

Even Xiao Mengyu hadn’t achieved such an effect just now.

Xiao Mengyu held her breath, a glimmer of admiration flashing in her eyes. After a while, she said:

“You can follow my explanation and even find flaws. It seems your comprehension is indeed good—have you trained your comprehension and meditation abilities before?”

“No,” Shen Ye said.

“I do have a family meditation visualization method, but I can’t teach it to you, because you will eventually learn the meditation methods of the three major high schools. If they get mixed up, it will be very troublesome,” Xiao Mengyu said.

“I understand,” Shen Ye nodded.

Xiao Mengyu’s tone became a little livelier, and she quickly said:

“My specialty is swordsmanship, I haven’t learned palm techniques. I demonstrated for you just now because I was afraid your comprehension wasn’t enough, so while waiting for you at the airport, I quickly reviewed a few cultivation methods—”

“Now, you can read it yourself.”

She pulled out a thin booklet from her pocket and handed it to Shen Ye.

It was precisely “Thunder Palm Essentials”.

As Shen Ye watched, lines of shimmering small text appeared next to the booklet:

“Quality: Green.”

Green means excellent.

Xiao Mengyu actually gave him a green-quality cultivation method directly!

This girl is really nice.

Shen Ye received the booklet as if it were a treasure and immediately opened it.

Xiao Mengyu walked to the side, embracing her longsword, and stood motionless.

She closed her eyes, as if her spirit had wandered off.

But the sword in her arms occasionally produced a faint vibration.

—He couldn’t tell what cultivation method she was practicing.

Shen Ye glanced at her and then stopped paying attention, instead earnestly reading through the “Thunder Palm Essentials”.

As he read, several lines of shimmering small text quietly appeared:

“To achieve initial understanding of ‘Thunder Palm Essentials’, 5 points of comprehension are required;”

“To reach minor accomplishment, 9 points of comprehension are required;”

“To reach major accomplishment, 12 points of comprehension are required;”

“To reach profound mastery, 15 points of comprehension are required.”

So that’s what “comprehension” is for.