Urban Soldier Young Master

Chapter 1022 - 1021: Chu Ge's Talent (Part 1)

Seeing these things that resemble casual doodles, Chu Ge finally understood why Su Yuanzhou agreed so readily.To anyone unaware, even if they were shown these things, no one would associate them with some powerful cultivation technique.

Chu Ge shifted his gaze from the notebook, turning to look at Su Yuanzhou.

Su Yuanzhou's smile was already somewhat awkward and uncomfortable, and meeting Chu Ge's gaze made it even more so. After all, even if he was telling the truth, this fact was certainly hard to believe and accept.

If he were in Chu Ge's position, he would undoubtedly think it was a colossal joke.

"Old Su, I'm already grateful that you let me see it; you don't need to explain or guarantee anything to me."

Chu Ge gave a sincere smile, turned his attention back to the notebook's non-character, non-drawing, abstract-looking patterns, and asked seriously, "Old Su, if it's not too difficult for you, could I ask about how this cultivation technique is practiced?"

Seeing that Chu Ge was not suspicious, Su Yuanzhou felt a small sense of gratitude.

While it should be Chu Ge thanking him, this kind of thing indeed could easily suggest an evil practical joke. Sometimes being believed is also a cause for comfort.

"It's not difficult, really. Practicing is quite simple; you just look at one character at a time while highly focused. Initially, it gives me a headache. Once the headache stops, I can continue to the next character. I can't explain the exact principle, but I feel it's related to the improvement of my spiritual power."

Su Yuanzhou explained to Chu Ge, indeed not finding it difficult, because in his understanding, this cultivation technique can only be practiced by certain members of the Su Family.

In the Su Family, experiments have been conducted before to let others attempt this cultivation technique, but all ended in failure. More accurately, apart from those with the talent in the Su Family, others had no reaction to these characters.

"Highly focused attention, huh..."

Chu Ge muttered to himself, then focused all his attention on the first character on the paper and started looking intently.

A few seconds passed, and the character in Chu Ge's sight changed from clear to a slight blur, followed by a delicate sensation.

It felt as if his spirit was using his eyes as a medium, forming a unique spiritual connection with the character.

When the feeling first appeared, the spiritual connection was tenuous, but soon, it became increasingly intense, and then the character seemed to be transmitting and exchanging information with his spiritual world through his eyes.

In this wondrous feeling, time seemed to gradually stop, and in Chu Ge's view, only the character remained. The character went from blurry back to clarity as everything else faded away.

Finally, everything completely vanished, and only the character remained in Chu Ge's sight. At that moment, the character suddenly disappeared, and the world before Chu Ge's eyes returned to normal.

Marvelous... truly marvelous!

Chu Ge swallowed, though the feeling was fascinating, he didn't immediately look at the next character but instead turned his gaze to Su Yuanzhou beside him.

"Mr. Chu, did you... feel anything?" Su Yuanzhou tentatively asked, seeing Chu Ge come back to his senses.

"I..."

Chu Ge hesitated; although telling the truth might not be wise, he decided to share his true feeling, since it's Su Yuanzhou's technique, hiding it felt a bit dishonest.

Chu Ge nodded, "It was an amazing feeling, like the whole world consisted only of me and the character, everything else disappeared, the character went from clear to blurry and then clear again before disappearing. Did you feel the same when practicing?"

Hearing Chu Ge speak like this, Su Yuanzhou's eyes widened as if he had seen a ghost, his mouth instinctively agape, looking at Chu Ge with surprise and doubt.

Chu Ge had a reaction to this cultivation technique? Wasn't this technique supposed to be only practiced by the Su Family? What a joke! This... how is this possible?

But if not, how could Chu Ge describe the feeling so accurately?

"I... you... not... you..." Su Yuanzhou stammered, swallowed with difficulty, then took a sharp breath and asked urgently, "You really felt that?"

Seeing Su Yuanzhou's reaction, especially hearing him say "also," Chu Ge realized that Su Yuanzhou likely felt the same while practicing, feeling a joy mixed with uncertainty.

If he remembered correctly, Su Yuanzhou had said that the technique could only be practiced by the Su Family. So what does this mean? Could there be some connection between him and the Su Family where Su Yuanzhou belongs?

Chu Ge thought to himself and nodded towards Su Yuanzhou.

Su Yuanzhou's eyes twitched, feeling a huge shock in his heart, as if he was examining a monster, his wide eyes scanning Chu Ge up and down, before finally opening his mouth again after a long pause.

"Chu Ge, who exactly are you?"

Although Su Yuanzhou had asked this question when he hypnotized Chu Ge, asking it now carried completely different purposes and feelings.

Hearing Su Yuanzhou ask this, Chu Ge knew he had apparently thought of the same question as himself, so he didn't avoid the question this time and said frankly, "I'm an orphan, growing up in the Lidu Orphanage."

Getting Chu Ge's answer, Su Yuanzhou murmured to himself, "Orphan... Lidu... Lidu City in Nanyun Province?"

"Brother Su, does anyone from your Su family live in Lidu?"

Thinking that he might be related to the Su family, Chu Ge changed how he addressed Su Yuanzhou from "Old Su" to the more intimate and respectful "Brother Su."

Su Yuanzhou rubbed his forehead vigorously and said, "Our Su family's ancestral home is indeed in Nanyun Province, but it's in Guicheng. As far as I know, there's no one in Lidu, but... I've been abroad for many years, so I can't guarantee that there aren't some distant relatives, who rarely keep in touch, living in Lidu."

After a long silence, Su Yuanzhou broke the silence again, "Forget it, let's not think too much for now. I'll find some time to look into it. If I find out anything, I'll let you know immediately."

Chu Ge nodded, and then looked at the notebook in his hand that documented the Su family's cultivation technique, "Brother Su, about this technique..."

"Take a picture of it with your phone. Whether you're connected to our Su family or not, since you can cultivate it, it means this technique has a destined connection with you. And since you once fought for our 'Hua War Association,' I have no reason not to trust you."

"Thank you then." Chu Ge didn't stand on ceremony and simply thanked him before using his phone to photograph the cultivation technique.

After taking the photos, Chu Ge handed the notebook back to Su Yuanzhou and casually asked, "By the way, Brother Su, when I tried observing the first character just now, how long did it take?"

"About... a minute?" When Su Yuanzhou spoke the time, his mood was quite unsettled.

"So, that wasn't too slow, was it?" Chu Ge asked with curiosity.

Su Yuanzhou was even more unsettled. Not too slow? It wasn't just not too slow, it was monstrous speed!

Back when he first attempted to cultivate this technique, it took him several hours just to establish a weak spiritual connection with the first character. Maintaining that spiritual connection was yet another painful memory, one that, even now, made his head hurt. As for getting past the first character completely, that took a full week!

"Hmm... it's alright, not too slow."

Although Su Yuanzhou was utterly shocked by Chu Ge's talent, that was the answer he gave verbally.

"Based on this time, how would you judge my talent? How long would it take to fully cultivate the first layer?"

"Your talent... should be quite good. As for how long it will take you to break through to the second layer, I can't really say, haha..."

"Brother Su, earlier you mentioned that if the spiritual power isn't strong enough and doesn't meet the corresponding character's requirement, you'll get a headache during cultivation. What kind of feeling is that? Should you keep going despite the headache or stop right away to rest?"

Driven by curiosity about the technique, Chu Ge continued to humbly ask questions.

Su Yuanzhou felt a bit like crying without tears. In terms of cultivating this technique, at least he was a senior, but compared to Chu Ge, the gap in talent was just too vast.

What kind of feeling is that headache? It's a life and death kind of feeling! When he was cultivating the first character, he had deeply experienced it. He wanted to endure and continue, but he simply couldn't bear it!

"Well... a headache is just a headache. In general, I personally suggest you balance work and rest appropriately." Su Yuanzhou really didn't want to continue this topic. "Well, it's getting late now. I'll head back first. You should rest too. If there's any issue, we can talk about it tomorrow."

Chu Ge had many more things to ask but since Su Yuanzhou said so, he could only nod, "Alright, Brother Su, I'll see you out."

Su Yuanzhou secretly let out a long sigh, but just as he was leaving the room, Chu Ge said something that almost made him trip over his own feet.

"By the way, Brother Su, when you were cultivating, at which character did you start feeling the headache?"