Steam Era: The Lord of 'Puluo'

Chapter 975 534: Riding the Wind and Clouds (Part 2)

Li Banfeng twisted his waist and dodged nimbly.

The phonograph swung several times in succession, but failed to hit. Having reached Above the Clouds in cultivation level, Li Banfeng could indeed spar a few rounds with his wife purely by skill.

Seeing the phonograph getting angrier, Hong Ying picked up a stick beside her: "Xiaowan, let me do it!"

Bang!

Hong Ying swung a stick, and Li Banfeng was flung against the wall.

Zhao Xiaowan was furious: "You ingrate, are you trying to rebel! Who let you lay hands on my husband?"

Hong Ying said: "I was just helping you vent your anger!"

"We're just a couple playing around, do we need your help? If anything happens to my husband, I'll beat you to death!

Husband, husband, say something to me, don't scare me!"

Hong Ying pried Li Banfeng down from the wall, gazed at him for a while: "I think he should be fine!"

The phonograph fumed: "How could he be fine, my husband is unconscious!"

Hong Ying looked again: "He passed out because he advanced."

...

Li Banfeng woke up after more than an hour and opened his eyes.

He first looked at Hong Ying, then at the phonograph. His breath was very weak, holding the phonograph, he pointed at Hong Ying and said slowly: "Wife, she hit me!"

"Don't worry, husband, I'll hit back for you right now!" The phonograph pinned Hong Ying down, pulled at her pants, and started spanking her.

Hong Ying endured the pain and said to Li Banfeng: "Qi Lang, don't be angry, try your cultivation level, have you reached the Second Layer?"

The Second Layer?

Li Banfeng didn't feel as weak anymore. He sat up, stretched his legs and feet, and didn't feel any special change.

"Ying Ying, you must be lying to me."

"I'm not lying," Hong Ying got up from the chair, pulled up her pants and said: "When I advanced to Traveling Cultivator Second Layer, I also passed out suddenly, not knowing why."

Li Banfeng angrily said: "What do you mean you don't know why, you knocked me out with a stick!"

Hong Ying shook her gun head: "The cause is not important, what matters are the symptoms. When you passed out, your eyes were closed, you couldn't speak, and you couldn't move. These symptoms are identical to what I experienced back then."

Li Banfeng was startled: "Really?"

The phonograph snorted: "Listen to this girl talking nonsense, anyone who passes out has those symptoms!"

"Xiaowan, you don't understand Traveling Cultivator matters," Hong Ying said earnestly, pacing back and forth in the room, "Qi Lang, I think the timing is about right. It's time to pass on another Traveling Cultivation Technique to you."

The phonograph shook its horn: "No way, that's too hasty!"

"Xiaowan, you really don't understand some Traveling Cultivation matters. Some techniques don't regard urgency like that. When Qi Lang advanced to Cloud Top First Layer, I wanted to teach him this technique, but thought Carefree Freedom Technique was more important, so I let him learn that first,

Now at Cloud Top Second Layer, Qi Lang can take on another technique, teaching him Riding the Wind and Clouds is not impossible."

The phonograph thought for a moment: "If it's Riding the Wind and Clouds, learning it wouldn't hurt, it's just a bit difficult."

Li Banfeng didn't quite understand: "Cloud Top First Layer Technique is Carefree Freedom, and Cloud Top Second Layer Technique is Riding the Wind and Clouds, is there no sequence for these two techniques? Can you learn either first?"

The phonograph explained: "Above the Clouds techniques have no sequence. For each layer of cultivation level gained, you can learn one technique. Which one to learn depends on your foundation and talent."

Hong Ying felt Li Banfeng's leg, from thigh to calf: "Qi Lang, your talent is decent, but your foundation is average. I really want to teach you the Riding the Wind and Clouds technique, but I'm worried you won't be able to learn it."

Li Banfeng replied defiantly: "My Traveling Cultivator foundation isn't lacking."

"Really? Let me feel!"

The phonograph gave Hong Ying a spank: "Can foundation be felt?"

Hong Ying rubbed the peach and said in a deep tone: "To talk about Seeking Fortune and Avoiding Disaster, Qi Lang's foundation is not bad. But for Wind Rises on Flat Ground, Qi Lang's foundation is indeed inadequate,

But the Riding the Wind and Clouds technique mainly focuses on Wind Rises on Flat Ground foundation, Qi Lang might struggle to learn it."

Li Banfeng dismissed it: "It's as if I can't learn it, what's the use of learning this technique?"

Hong Ying sat beside Li Banfeng and said softly: "Qi Lang, once you learn Riding the Wind and Clouds, you'll be able to fly."

Li Banfeng expressed devoutly: "Ying Ying, my Wind Rises on Flat Ground foundation is very deep. You haven't seen me run before, when I take off, even I can't see myself clearly."

Hong Ying sighed: "Qi Lang, don't be stubborn. When you got hit by my stick just now, did you sense danger?"

Li Banfeng nodded: "I sensed it!"

"Then why didn't you dodge?"

"I couldn't..." Li Banfeng was at a loss for words.

He really couldn't dodge.

"Qi Lang, you sensed the danger but couldn't avoid it. The cultivation inside you was triggered, allowing you to suddenly advance to the Second Layer,

In the words of a scholar, this is called a change born from urgency, this is knowing shame and then being courageous, this is strength failing to follow the will. Isn't that the truth?" Hong Ying said with a hint of mockery, lifting Li Banfeng's chin.

Li Banfeng smiled calmly, turned to look at the phonograph: "Wife, she's mocking me!"

"Don't be angry, husband, I'll beat this girl!" The phonograph gave Hong Ying a few spanks.

Hong Ying rubbed the peach, explaining the technique principles:

"Riding the Wind and Clouds, you must first have wind, wind rises from the ground, the steps must be swift. After the wind rises, use Short Step to push against the wind, until you move forward with the wind, that's truly riding the wind."

"Then how about riding the clouds?"

"The cloud rises from the wind, the wind rises and the cloud surges. When the wind force underfoot reaches a certain level, it naturally gathers clouds. Walking on the clouds is more stable than riding the wind, and requires less effort, but whether clouds can form, depends on Qi Lang's skill."