Supernatural Insight Eyes
Chapter 251 - 0249 Kokuyama Shirou

Chapter 251: 0249 Kokuyama Shirou

After practicing his skills, Ye Qiu had caught two wild rabbits and brought them back to the cave.

The smell of the game meat cooked over the wooden fire filled the cave, and Ye Qiu tirelessly sought enlightenment on his martial arts questions.

The mysterious benevolent man explained his insights meticulously, greatly enlightening Ye Qiu.

"Martial Artist, when you train to the highest level, any fancy moves are just embellishments. You still value the variations in moves now, but one day when you reach my realm, you will understand the true meaning of these words," the mysterious man said in an enigmatic way.

Ye Qiu had long regarded the mysterious man as a wise elder, and his words were full of mysteries. He could only half understand them and memorized the parts he didn’t understand to slowly contemplate and assimilate someday.

Ye Qiu’s approach to martial arts was something few people could match.

He liked to reflect on the scenes of his encounters with others after each fight, to identify his weaknesses and ponder his opponent’s techniques to learn from them.

Furthermore, whenever he encountered a difficult problem in martial arts that he could not comprehend, he would write everything down and then slowly ponder and practice, filling in the gaps in his understanding.

Especially after reaching the realm of True Qi, old Master had little left to teach him, leaving Ye Qiu to spur himself on, continually striving for higher levels.

The mysterious man was indeed his benefactor. Although he had a dual personality, Ye Qiu had long regarded the benevolent side of this elder as a master-like figure.

The mysterious man was open and honest with him, sharing knowledge freely; Ye Qiu cherished every bit of his guidance.

So after each training session, he would catch two pieces of game so that the mysterious man wouldn’t have to do it himself. Even though it was a minimal effort for the mysterious man, Ye Qiu believed that by doing so, he showed his gratitude.

The firelight illuminated their faces, a bit intense heat. For two masters like them, the two rabbits were merely a way to satisfy their immediate hunger.

"Ye Qiu..." the mysterious man said.

Ye Qiu looked at him, and the mysterious man spoke slowly: "My other side is about to awaken. He will continue to harm you, and I’m afraid I won’t be able to guide you anymore."

"You should leave tonight, otherwise once I turn into him at any moment, the consequences will be unimaginable."

Ye Qiu’s heart jolted. The evil mysterious man, as opposed to the gentle one in front of him, was like a different person. Thinking about the horror of that violent, mercurial evil mysterious man made Ye Qiu deeply wary.

The benevolent mysterious man said this to protect Ye Qiu, for the two personalities shared almost equal control over the body.

The benevolent side was about to sleep, as the malicious intent started stirring, ready to emerge at any moment.

Ye Qiu left, departing from the cave while the evil side hadn’t awakened, and he said his farewell to the benevolent mysterious man.

As he left the cave, looking back at the entrance halfway up the mountain, the benevolent mysterious man did not stand at the entrance to see him off. Still, Ye Qiu bowed respectfully in the direction of the cave, then strode away.

Inside the cave, the benevolent mysterious man smiled faintly. Ye Qiu’s bow naturally came to his mind.

"He is a young man who knows how to return a favor." Having spent these days with Ye Qiu, he had come to know him well. In the eyes of the benevolent mysterious man, Ye Qiu was a young man with limitless potential.

As long as he did not perish prematurely, his future achievements were incalculable.

Three hours after Ye Qiu left.

The mysterious man who had been closing his eyes suddenly opened them, his aura changing abruptly, and a chilling cold swept through the cave instantly.

Beneath those cold eyes, he muttered to himself, "Damn it, my plan was almost complete. Just a bit more, and I would have killed that junior. Old goodie-two-shoes, now I’ll see if you can stop me."

"To gain longer control of the body, I’ve been asleep for so many days. Now, the days when I can control the body as I wish are here, haha..." The evil mysterious man appeared, his laughter echoing in the cave and even reaching the mountainside, scaring away many birds and beasts.

The evil mysterious man spoke to himself, looking around. Without Ye Qiu’s presence, his face showed no anger—a mere youngster was nothing to him, easy to eliminate.

"I have been asleep these days, and I suppose that old good Samaritan must have imparted quite a bit of experience to that lad," the malevolent mystic muttered to himself. He laughed loudly, then began to sit cross-legged to cultivate.

Ye Qiu had walked all morning and had just come out of the mountain, not expecting to have been led so far away by the mysterious figure.

Looking at the footprints he traced back on his way, step by step indentations in the snow, Ye Qiu sighed, wondering how long it would be before he could achieve the skill of leaving no trace in the snow.

Gazing deeply at the mountain before him, Ye Qiu decisively turned around, with the faintly visible cityscape behind him.

Ye Qiu took a deep breath, finally back, feeling as though a long time had passed in the mountains while cultivating.

Images of Shen Mengchen, Shangguan Hong, and Shangguan Mingyue, several beautiful women, suddenly filled his mind, wondering what these women had been up to during his absence.

...

Mount Fuji.

Enshrouded in clouds and mist, revered by the people of the island nation as a sacred peak, it has been regarded as a divine mountain since ancient times.

Its fame attracts not only ordinary people, but also the island nation’s martial artists, who revere this sacred mountain.

At the foot of Mount Fuji, there was a simple Japanese-style wooden house.

Fujikawa Ueno slowly knocked on the door.

"Fujikawa?" Seeing Fujikawa Ueno appear, the elderly man who answered the door couldn’t help but express his surprise.

"How did you end up in such a state?" The old man glanced at Fujikawa Ueno’s slightly disheveled clothing and asked.

"Taniyama-san." Fujikawa Ueno was invited into the house.

"Didn’t you go to China? How come you’ve returned so soon?" Taniyama-san asked.

Fujikawa Ueno looked serious and said, "I encountered, I encountered..."

"What did you encounter?" Taniyama asked, puzzled.

Fujikawa Ueno’s eyes widened as he said, "I encountered a legendary master in China."

As soon as these words were spoken, Taniyama immediately stopped making tea.

"There are such masters in China?" Taniyama was stunned.

Fujikawa Ueno nodded vigorously, the image of the mysterious figure still vivid in his memory, a person who could instill sheer terror, surely someone beyond the realm of True Qi.

"Were you driven out of China by this person?"

Fujikawa Ueno said nothing; in truth, he had been scared away. A legendary master in this day and age was like a figure from myths, and even Fujikawa Ueno, long hailed as a grandmaster of karate, held him in awe as one would a deity.

He had thought their island nation having one such legendary figure was a tremendous cause for celebration, only to encounter another such master on his trip to China.

"China has a legendary master; this is significant. It seems we need to carefully plan our approach to China," Taniyama said gravely.

One was a grandmaster in karate, Fujikawa Ueno.

The other was Taniyama Shirou, a figure even more prominent and powerful than Fujikawa Ueno, a martial arts sage who had once been instructed by a legendary master, and one of the leading candidates for the head of the ninja lineage, his influence was by no means inferior to that of Fujikawa Ueno.

His actions would shift the tumultuous undercurrents between the island nation and China.