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  The moment One-Pun was done, Kevin immediately raised his hand.

  One-Pun gave Kevin a nod.

  Kevin immediately stood up and said with passionate eyes, "May I ask Your Excellency One-Pun, what are the specific requirements for you to take in a disciple?"

  One-Pun was taken aback before looking seriously into Kevin's eyes and said solemnly, "Sorry, I will only take in one student my entire life. That position has already been filled. Also, it's best you do not ask questions outside of cultivation. I would typically refuse to answer such questions."

  Kevin's face turned stiff before he gave an awkward smile. He immediately changed the subject and said, "Sorry, I was being reckless. Then, I would like to ask you that as a Psyker, how should one maximize one's superpower advantage, preventing other Psionites of the same level from being able to put up any form of resistance?"

  One-Pun looked curiously at Kevin and said extremely firmly, "Firstly, Psykers will never be able to use their superpowers to prevent Psionites of the same level from putting up any form of resistance. The combat system is divided into four categories—offensive, defensive, flash motion and superpowers. The importance of these four categories are nearly equal. Superpowers are not superior to the other three. It can only be said that Psykers have one more important means of combat compared to Psionites, so they have a certain bit of advantage. However, to determine eventual victory or defeat, it is an amalgamation of the four major categories."

  "As for how to maximize your own superpower's advantage, I am unable to give you a specific answer because this needs to be decided after careful consideration of the superpower's effects, conditions and limitations. And these three points are precisely the most important secrets of Psykers. I do not know your superpower's three characteristics, and even if you are willing to tell me, I will also refuse to listen to it. So on this matter, you need to experiment and ponder over it yourself."

  "The advice I can give you is to synergize your superpower with the other three categories. By fusing your superpower into them, you can create unique offensive skills, defensive skills and movement techniques of your own."

  Upon hearing One-Pun's answer, Kevin's expression turned stiffer and his mood turned for the worse. Although One-Pun's answers were very reasonable, they were not the answers he wanted to hear.

  He wanted to hear One-Pun praise and hype up the powers of superpowers. It would be better if he could belittle Psionites in the process.

  Shouldn't they as fellow Psykers take pride in possessing superpowers?

  Why did he say that "superpowers are not superior to the other three"? Why did he say that it was "only one more important means of combat"?

  Heh heh, the so-called His Excellency One-Pun was nothing remarkable after all. What use was all that power he had when he did not have any brains? He was just an idiot who would mislead his students.

  Kevin cursed in his heart, but he did not dare show any signs of discontent. Instead, he continued saying respectfully, "Alright, thank your for Your Excellency One-Pun's answer. I still have another question that I wonder if I should continue asking?"

  One-Pun nodded and said, "You can ask any question you want this morning. However, after you ask this one question, let's take another person's question. It's better if everyone takes turns asking their questions."

  Kevin took a deep breath before asking, "I have an offensive skill 'Black Bear Dominating Palm' at the 'Familiarized Proficiency' level, a defensive skill, 'Bronze Shield' at the 'Familiarized Proficiency' level and a movement technique, "Cloud Traversal Steps' at the 'Grasped Basics' level. I would like to ask, which new combat skill should I practice next?"

  When Kevin finished speaking, he intentionally glanced at the other three rookies. He turned his nose up at One-Pun. The motives behind him asking this question was to showcase his abilities to the other three rookies.

  Hmph, with two battle techniques at the "Familiarized Proficiency" level, do the bunch of plebeians like you understand of my prowess?

  However, Kevin was disappointed to see Shi Xiaobai and Mu Yuesheng still having their eyes closed in Cogitation. And that darn little fat chick was giggling herself foolish while staring at One-Pun, as if she was undergoing mental masturbation.

  Furthermore, One-Pun's response that immediately followed made Kevin almost curse out loud.

  He heard One-Pun say the following, "Learn new combat skills? Child, keep in mind never to bite off more than you can chew! Your three combat skills have to achieve the minimum level of 'Exemplary Mastery' before you can cut back on your training. I believe you should put more effort into your three combat skills. Also, the three skills that you have chosen and matched is actually very problematic."

  "Firstly, your body's build and strength is not suitable for 'Black Bear Dominating Palm'. This is a sort of savage combat technique that tries to overpower your enemy through strength. I suggest you to quickly change it to 'Black Bear Smacking Palm'. As for 'Bronze Shield', it is an E-class defensive skill, and in fact isn't very malleable and the growth potential isn't promising. Its practical usage is barely tolerable. Training it to the level of 'Familiarized Proficiency' is already quite a waste of time. Do not attempt at raising it again."

  "And most important of all, your movement technique, 'Cloud Traversal Steps' should actually be the one you should improve on the most, yet you have only reached the level of 'Grasped Basics'. This is already having the order reversed. I believe that in battles at the Psionic Mortal Realm, and even at the Psionic Soul Realm, the person with the better movement technique typically will have a greater advantage than offensive skills or defensive skills. So I recommend that you work hard on your 'Cloud Traversal Steps'. You should at minimum, raise it to the 'Exemplary Mastery' before considering other combat skills."

  One-Pun patiently answered Kevin's questions in detail.

  Yama Minamiya was feeling envious by the side. This Kevin was indeed lucky. One-Pun had so meticulously answered his queries and every answer hit the nail on the head. If Kevin could understand this fully, his road ahead would be even more promising.

  However, the person in question, Kevin, did not share the same thoughts. In his opinion, whatever One-Pun said was a bunch of bullshit, it was all baloney.

  He could ignore how he was not praised for his proficiency attainment, but he had even denigrated his Bronze Shield and Black Bear Dominating Palm, that was truly Heh heh.

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  Chapter158 The Girl who doesn't drink Chicken Soup.

  "Thank you very much for His Excellency One-Pun's answers. As a student, I have greatly benefited from it." Kevin said insincerely while sitting down with a stiff expression on his face. From that moment onwards, he went from a fan of One-Pun to an anti-fan!

  After Kevin sat down, Wen Hezheng immediately raised her hand.

  One-Pun nodded at Wen Hezheng with a smile.

  Wen Hezheng stood up and first let out a habitual pearly chuckle before asking, "Your Excellency One-Pun, you previously said that at the Psionic Mortal Realm, and even the Psionic Soul Realm, flash motion is most important. However, looking at my fat body, I can't be flexible. Boohoohoo, I want to ask, is there any hope for me? I wish for Your Excellency One-Pun's advice!"

  Wen Hezheng's amiable way of speaking and "matured" manner of self-deprecation immediately won her a good impression from One-Pun. He began to seriously consider the question.

  Kevin glanced at Wen Hezheng in disgust. He cursed in his heart at the fat pig's lack of shame.

  It’s fine that she looks so disgusting, but she even fucking tries to act cute? Feeling inferior and hiding in a small dark room to feel sorry for your existence is what your lifestyle should be, disgusting pig!

  Wen Hezheng sensed Kevin's hateful gaze and found him more and more irritating. There was no way of comparing him to Lord Shi Xiaobai.

  Tsk, I wish you would be embraced by the most
wretched beggar uncle and then love each other for all eternity!

  At the same time, One-Pun was done thinking. He looked at Wen Hezheng and said, "Since time immemorial, the number of peerless warriors who do not rely on movement techniques to the point of not even using movement techniques are nearly countless in number. So you do not need to worry about being inflexible yourself. What you should consider is how to put to maximize the advantage of your body size."

  "Firstly, for offensive skills, it's best you choose a brute-force technique that can beat an enemy by relying on strength alone. However, you have to supplement it with an expender that is fast in speed. Brute strength will be your main focus, while the expender will be used as a supplementary move. Through this two-pronged approach, you will be able to have the greater advantage in a stalemate. It will also be easier to deal with a flexible enemy."

  "In terms of defensive skills, due to your relatively larger surface area, shield-based defensive skills might be difficult to result in a perfect defense. As such, I recommend you to cultivate barrier-based defensive techniques."

  "However, barrier-based defensive techniques will apparently not be enough, so your body's defense will be particularly critical. Let me put it this way, I believe what is most suitable for your cultivation path is body-tempering, body-tempering, and body-tempering!"

  "Choose a suitable body-tempering cultivation technique and constantly raise your physical defenses. At the same time, learn an appropriate endurance cultivation technique to allow you to fight protracted battles. Your exact fighting form should be a half meat-shield and half-melee warrior."

  "As for which body-tempering and endurance cultivation technique to cultivate, in a few days, I will personally choose the most suitable one for you."

  One-Pun's long and detailed answer immediately stirred Wen Hezheng's heart and gave her excitement.

  She had benefited greatly from his words, and the final promise made her feel flattered.

  Wen Hezheng was cheering in her heart.

  Your Excellency One-Pun, you are truly too handsome and too empowering. If not for the age difference, I would have reluctantly given Lord Shi Xiaobai to you. Ooohoohoo, unfortunately when you were born, he was yet to be born, and when he was born, you were already old.

  "Thank you! Thank you, Your Excellency One-Pun!" Wen Hezheng sincerely thanked him before sitting down.

  "Are there any more questions? Feel free to ask."

  One-Pun scanned the four rookies. He was rather open to help rookies and only was unable to teach others due to the lack of time from doing rescue missions. The reason why he came today was because he could not stand Riko's pleading, and secondly, because he had high hopes for the two rookies, Shi Xiaobai and Mu Yuesheng.

  However, these two people did not seem very enthusiastic?

  At this moment, Mu Yuesheng opened her eyes and after a moment of hesitation, she slowly raised her hand.

  One-Pun immediately nodded at her.

  Mu Yuesheng gently stood up and after some careful thought, she asked, "Does Mind Expanse necessarily affect the speed of psionic cultivation? Are there any means to improve one's Mind Expanse?"

  Actually, experts already had conclusive answers to the two questions. However, Mu Yuesheng still decided on asking. She did not hold much expectation, but she wanted to hear and see how the well-learned One-Pun would answer.

  She was already resigned to the fact that her Mind Expanse was low, but she had used her own means to fight against her destiny. The improvement in cultivation depended on cultivation speed multiplied by cultivation time. Since her low Mind Expanse meant a slow cultivation speed, she just needed to spend more time on cultivation.

  One-Pun had clearly heard of Mu Yuesheng's situation. Towards an adamant fourteen-year-old girl, he had four words to describe her—pitiable, respectable, terrifying, inestimable.

  Towards Mu Yuesheng's question, he did not wish to answer in euphemisms or embellish his answer. Instead, he said flatly, "One's Mind Expanse will definitely affect one's psionic cultivation speed. Although psionic cultivation has the three means of Cogitation, training and battle, the fastest and most suitable path is Cogitation. One's Mind Expanse determines one's Cogitation intensity, so it will definitely influence one's psionic cultivation speed."

  "Unfortunately, numerous biologists have been researching methods to improve the Mind Expanse of humans since a long time ago, but they have failed to make any true developments. One's Mind Expanse is determined by nature, and nurture has little impact on it. It will probably be a situation that will never change in a hundred years."

  "However, you should understand that one's cultivation speed does not determine a person's destiny. Warriors that take a decade to sharpen their sword aren’t stories of legend; hence, you can do it too. There are very few true geniuses in the world, and most of the geniuses are mortals who are more hardworking."

  "Mu Yuesheng, you just need to hold on to your beliefs and work hard as usual. You will certainly succeed."

  One-Pun's words were completely like chicken soup for the soul which Yama Minamiya nodded silently as a response. Shi Xiaobai also nodded in agreement. Wen Hezheng's impression of One-Pun increased once again, finding it unbearable to "marry" Lord Shi Xiaobai to One-Pun.

  Kevin was feeling extremely jealous. One-Pun had called out Mu Yuesheng's name while he did not even get his name called out. This made him rather furious. He found it unfair. Mu Yuesheng's psionic cultivation realm was just slightly higher than his, so it was without doubt that her combat skills were lacking and of crappy proficiency levels. If he had not spent time cultivating his combat skills, he would certainly have reached the tenth level of the Psionic Mortal Realm.

  The person with the most insipid response was Mu Yuesheng. She smiled and said "thank you" to One-Pun before sitting down. She then closed her eyes to continue Cogitation cultivation.

  One-Pun's uneuphemistic answer was within her expectations, so she was not disappointed. She was thankful for One-Pun's chicken soup for the soul, but she would not have felt excited because of it.

  She was a girl who had no need for any chicken soup for the soul because she knew the meaning behind hard work, and was more hardworking than anyone.

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  Chapter159 Who is messing with who

  One-Pun found it regretful for Mu Yuesheng once again in his heart. If this girl's Mind Expanse were slightly higher, it would be highly probable that she would be labeled as a "super rookie". After all, not only was her superpower rated A Class, she was one of the few who had an A Class rating which closely approached an S Class rating.

  One-Pun silently sighed and turned his head to look at Shi Xiaobai. Now, there was only this interesting fellow who had yet to ask a question. What would he ask? He was somewhat curious.

  If One-Pun knew that Shi Xiaobai did not even have a question that he wanted to ask, he would probably find it hard to stay calm.

  Yama Minamiya was clearly also most curious over the questions that Shi Xiaobai would ask. However, he noticed that Shi Xiaobai did not have the intention of raising his hand, while Kevin appeared eager to raise his hand. Immediately he coughed and said, "Shi Xiaobai, if you have any questions, there's no need to be shy. Feel free and ask."

  Shi Xiaobai was stunned. He was wondering what This King had to be shy about. The issue at hand was that This King did not have any questions to ask?

  Wen Hezheng tugged at Shi Xiaobai's sleeves and whispered, "Don't worry. His Excellency One-Pun is a very nice person. You can ask him any question that’s on your mind."

  Any question would do?

  Shi Xiaobai frowned. If he really needed to ask questions, it was not that he could not squeeze a few out. However, could Uncle Baldy actually answer the questions of a King? Shi Xiaobai expressed his skepticism.

  One-Pun noticed Shi Xiaobai's hesitant look and thought that Shi Xiaobai was hesitant t
o ask. Immediately, he said in a soft voice, "Don't worry, ask any question you have. If I can answer, I will try my best to answer them."

  Upon hearing One-Pun's words, Shi Xiaobai did not hesitate and raised his head to ask, "Uncle, do you know sword techniques?"

  One-Pun was slightly stunned. He was asked if he knew sword techniques?

  Wasn't this question obvious?

  The weapon he used was a katana blade, which was very similar to a sword. Although he used blade techniques, most of them were sword techniques.

  After all, in this day and age, the field of sword techniques was far superior to the field of blade techniques. There were a lot more people who used a sword instead of a blade.

  "Yes, a little."

  One-Pun answered with a nod. Although sword techniques were his secondary offensive skill, he was still labeled as one of the top ten Sword Masters in the world.

  The others were rolling their eyes. They were rendered quite speechless over Shi Xiaobai's question and One-Pun's humble answer.

  Upon hearing that One-Pun knew how to use swords, Shi Xiaobai's eyes lit up and asked, "Do you know how to use Excalibur?"

  Since the signing of the pact yesterday, the sword spirit, Little Black, did not make a single sound. This made Shi Xiaobai feel like he was bursting with questions.

  He wanted to learn sword techniques now!

  Upon hearing Shi Xiaobai’s question, One-Pun frowned. What was Excalibur? He had never heard of it before!

  After some thought, One-Pun shook his head and said, "I don't!"

  Since he did not know, One-Pun did not make up any excuse. Hence, he only responded with those two words.

  Shi Xiaobai did not reveal any looks of disappointment. In his point of view, it was only reasonable that Uncle Baldy did not know.

  Shi Xiaobai continued asking, "Then what about Heaven Collapsing Earth Shattering Sword of Rupture, do you know of that?"