Chapter 141: Senior Aunt Educates Yun Huizhou

“When you use this move, you have to be prepared to defend your head in advance. Are you planning to let me blow your head off with one punch?”

“Wrong! You shouldn’t hold the whip like that!”

“Your legs—your stance needs work!”

“Your hands—you need to practice your finesse.”

“Your waist—your power delivery method needs work!”

…

Yun Huizhou had stood at the courtyard gate for less than three minutes, yet the East Island Matriarch had already picked apart Lian Li’s entire form from head to toe.

Finally, unable to take it any longer, she pushed Lian Li away with a palm strike and then tapped his acupoints to freeze him in place.

She stood before Lian Li, hands on her hips, looking at him with a face full of melancholy.

“How could it be like this?”

Lian Li didn’t know how to respond to the East Island Matriarch’s words. He could only offer a smile that was part exhaustion, part breakdown, and part mental instability.

Seeing him like this, the East Island Matriarch let out a long sigh. “A total mess, a total mess!”

She hoisted Lian Li to the side to stand there, then without even turning her head, she pointed a finger accurately at Yun Huizhou, who was hiding behind the courtyard gate. “You! Get over here.”

Yun Huizhou hesitated for a split second before bravely stepping out.

The East Island Matriarch did not treat Yun Huizhou with the same gentleness she showed Lian Li. She raised her hand and made a grasping motion, telekinetically dragging Yun Huizhou across the space to stand before her.

“Is this how you’ve been teaching him martial arts? Huh?” The East Island Matriarch unleashed a torrent of scolding at Yun Huizhou. “Is this how Nanrong and I taught you back then? With him in his current state, you still dare to take him running around everywhere? Aren’t you afraid he’ll die out there one day?”

“Or do you think you can protect him? How much have you improved over these past two years? You can’t protect a damn thing!”

“Even if you’ve reached the Transcendent realm, you still can’t protect everyone. If you don’t teach him properly, you’re harming him. Can you carry him tied to your waistband forever? Even a waistband has to be untied eventually.”

“Even if the two of you plan to stay attached at the hip for the rest of your lives, he still needs to train. He needs the ability to protect himself. Otherwise, if he’s ganged up on, he won’t even last long enough for you to save him.”

Yun Huizhou kept his head bowed, so thoroughly lectured that he didn’t dare speak.

Seeing the East Island Matriarch scolding Yun Huizhou like this, Lian Li was also a bit dazed. He opened his mouth, wanting to speak up for Yun Huizhou, to say that he was the one who was delicate and couldn’t handle strict training, and that it wasn’t because Yun Huizhou taught him poorly.

However, just as his mouth opened, he saw Yun Huizhou glance at him, signaling with his eyes not to speak.

Lian Li’s brows knitted slightly. He looked away from Yun Huizhou and turned his gaze toward the East Island Matriarch.

As if knowing what he was thinking, Yun Huizhou flicked his finger, sending a burst of internal energy into Lian Li. Lian Li realized his Mute Acupoint had been sealed again.

The East Island Matriarch naturally noticed their little interaction. A cold sneer escaped her lips as she raised a hand and slapped Yun Huizhou on the shoulder.

Yun Huizhou couldn’t help but let out a sharp hiss of pain. His expression even contorted slightly; just looking at him, one could tell that while the strike didn’t look heavy, it actually hurt immensely.

The East Island Matriarch stared at him and said ominously, “Since you don’t remember how Nanrong and I taught you back then, I’ll give you a good memory session today. And Nanrong—he needs a good beating too. Two years without seeing him, and he doesn’t even know how to teach a disciple anymore.”

Yun Huizhou: “…”

The East Island Matriarch let go of him and cracked her knuckles. “Come on. Now that I’m done with him, it’s your turn.”

Yun Huizhou remained silent for a moment before looking at the East Island Matriarch. He drew his blade, his gaze becoming extremely solemn.

With a smile hanging on her lips, the East Island Matriarch said to Yun Huizhou, “We’ll practice right here. Give me your full strength. If I sense you’re holding back, you’re dead.”

“Oh, right.” She pointed a finger at Lian Li in the corner. “That kid is still over there. Be careful. If you lose control for even a second, all those things will come crashing down on him.”

Yun Huizhou turned his head to look and saw that the corner where Lian Li stood was surrounded by various miscellaneous items piled high.

When he traded blows with the East Island Matriarch, if he wasn’t careful and the shockwaves reached that area, those things would definitely all come tumbling down.

And Lian Li, whose acupoints were sealed, couldn’t move at all. He could only stand there and take the hit.

Lian Li met Yun Huizhou’s gaze and blinked, trying his best to convey the message: Don’t worry about this side. He didn’t know if Yun Huizhou received the message or not.

Regardless, Yun Huizhou looked away before Lian Li could finish blinking.

Back on the other side, Yun Huizhou looked at the East Island Matriarch and swallowed hard.

He had received the message Lian Li conveyed with his eyes, but because of that, the pressure became even greater.

More importantly, he had always maintained a very impressive image in front of Lian Li—or as Lian Li would put it, he had a lot of “bige.”

And now, right in front of Lian Li, he was about to be beaten black and blue by his Senior Aunt.

Yun Huizhou took a deep breath, clearing his mind of stray thoughts. He closed his eyes, allowing his spirit to concentrate and his heart to settle.

When he opened his eyes again, he had regained his usual composure.

When trading blows with the East Island Matriarch, it was impossible for Yun Huizhou to wait for her to make the first move, nor would he say a word of greeting as he would in a match with others.

The moment he opened his eyes, he lunged toward the East Island Matriarch.

Lian Li watched with wide eyes, but with his level of vision, he could only see the afterimages of the East Island Matriarch and Yun Huizhou. He couldn’t make out their moves at all.

Blade light surrounded the two of them. Lian Li could only see them moving as if teleporting, shifting from the center of the courtyard to the opposite corner in an instant.

He recognized that the blade light belonged to Yun Huizhou. The East Island Matriarch wasn’t using a weapon; she mostly used fist techniques. However, Lian Li noticed that she basically wasn’t making any large movements. The shadows of the fist and palm techniques she had used against the two Spirit Cult members didn’t even appear.

Even as a novice, Lian Li could guess that while Yun Huizhou was giving his all, the East Island Matriarch wasn’t being serious at all.

After trading a few moves in the corner, they instantly moved to the roof.

That was a position relatively far from where Lian Li was. Lian Li could barely see that Yun Huizhou was actively leading the fight in that direction.

However, that was the limit. When he tried to lead the fight even further away, the East Island Matriarch wouldn’t allow it.

A phantom image of a fist appeared, instantly forcing Yun Huizhou back to the center of the courtyard.

At that very moment, Lian Li felt a powerful gust of wind sweep past. The stone benches in the courtyard were overturned, and the teacups on the stone table were shattered by the vibration.

Many items throughout the courtyard were sent flying by the shockwaves, and some things were directly cracked.

Only the corner where he stood remained as if only a strong breeze had blown through. Once the wind passed, there was nothing unusual.

The items were all sitting steadily, none of them falling.

Lian Li knew this was the East Island Matriarch’s doing. Next, she would likely start pressuring Yun Huizhou.

And if Yun Huizhou really allowed the items to fall, the East Island Matriarch wouldn’t let him off easily.

Sure enough, just as this thought surfaced, he saw that the East Island Matriarch had already reached Yun Huizhou. She threw a direct punch. Yun Huizhou didn’t have time to use his blade to force her back and could only retreat on his own.