Teacher Xin, however, smiled faintly.
"Girl, do you think that when Teacher Xin criticizes you, it means I am disappointed in you? No. That is not the case. Rather, it is precisely because I place high expectations on you."
"Although Flowing Water Fist does not possess much direct destructive power, when cultivated together with Subduing Wave Technique, once you reach major accomplishment in your cultivation, I can guarantee that you will not be weaker than your other senior sisters."
"Under the nourishment of the academy's flowers and plants, combined with your cultivation techniques, your spirit will gradually move toward the path of ultimate attributes."
"Ultimate attributes, as the name suggests, are the limits a spirit master can reach within a single elemental direction."
"This Subduing Wave Technique is an ancient secret method. Once its Dharma form reaches perfection, it can benevolently draw water to irrigate fields, revive dry lands across vast regions, and restore life to barren swamps—saving entire regions from drought."
"But if evil intent arises, it can also break dams and overturn seas, where floods swallow mountains. In a single thought, it can determine the life and death of a city—or even a nation."
"If you correct your attitude and reach major accomplishment in your cultivation, do you know how much benefit you could bring to Tianshui City—and even to this continent? Not only will Teacher Xin be proud of you, but the entire academy will take pride in you as well."
At those words—
"Ah!"
Shui Yue'er felt as if something had ignited inside her. Her entire body grew warm, her eyes sparkling as though she had been injected with boundless motivation.
So… what she was cultivating was actually that powerful?
Flowing water was not as piercing as frozen ice, nor as silently lethal as poison, nor as unpredictable as hidden weapons—but it had its own irreplaceable value.
It was important.
She was important.
Nothing excited Shui Yue'er more than Teacher Xin's recognition and encouragement.
At that moment, Xin's figure shifted slightly beside the stream.
"Yue'er, since you are dissatisfied with the power of Flowing Water Fist, then Teacher Xin will now teach you its advanced ultimate technique—Flowing Water Rock Shatter."
He raised his hand slightly.
"Remember: although water is gentle, the force it accumulates when gathered into torrents or tsunamis is terrifying beyond imagination. When that momentum is compressed into a single strike, condensed from a point into a line—that is Flowing Water Rock Shatter."
"Tai Chi Fist is complete in itself, emphasizing defense and continuity, but it lacks offensive sharpness. Flowing water, however, compensates for this through accumulated momentum."
His eyes sharpened slightly.
"Flowing Water Rock Shatter—streams converge into a fist, flowing water becomes a line—shatter!"