“You little brat, I’ll bow for you and show you.” Charles Bennett was furious, bent down, and bowed again. After finishing, he snorted, “See? It went smoothly. How could it be impossible to bow?”

“Strange, let me try again.” William Bennett bowed once more, and again encountered a mass of energy. This time, he even felt his bloodline tremble and heard a strange voice say, “Young master, there’s no need to bow. Come back when you’re about to awaken ‘Blood Thought’ at the peak of your Pulse Movement.”

“That senior called me ‘young master’? That’s really baffling. And he said to come back when I awaken ‘Blood Thought’.” William Bennett looked utterly astonished.

At this moment, William Bennett noticed a flash of shock in his father’s eyes. In the next instant, Charles Bennett seemed to realize something, his expression returning to normal as he said, “Since that’s the case, don’t bow anymore. Next, go practice on the stone wall. Remember this well—this is the highest-level martial art of the Gai family, much more advanced than our Ye family’s techniques. For now, you’ll learn the Gai family’s Heaven-rank ‘Superior Martial Art’—Stone-Splitting Palm. Once you reach proficiency, you’ll be able to split a half-meter-thick stone stele with your bare hand. Those with higher cultivation, like Senior Gai Tiancheng, can collapse a building with a single palm. Some even say that those who break through to the Heavenly Martial Realm can use this palm to split a small mountain.”

“Dad, you still haven’t explained the ‘young master’ thing.” William Bennett asked.

“Don’t talk nonsense. You absolutely must not mention those two words. Otherwise, our whole family could be wiped out. Remember, no one can say it—not even as a joke.” Charles Bennett’s expression was more serious than ever.

“Stone-Splitting Palm, a hand that can break stone. Vibrate the bloodline, let the blood shoot from the heart along the meridians… The palm becomes like steel, and where the energy goes, breaking stone is as easy as reaching into a bag…”

The stone wall not only had detailed explanations, but also illustrations of the moves. However, after practicing for several hours, William Bennett only managed to learn the first move, “Stone Tremor.”

With a single palm strike, blood and energy surged into his hand, making it as hard as a plank. When he struck the half-meter-thick stone stele, it shuddered in shock, but did not break immediately.

“Hmm, not bad. Even though you can’t break the stone yet, and the stone is very thick, it still trembled a bit. If it were a thin stone slab as thick as a finger, you could probably shatter it. The Gai family’s ‘Stone-Splitting’ hand is truly extraordinary. But, William, your ‘Stone Tremor’ already has over a thousand jin of force. If you hit an ordinary person, their internal organs would shatter instantly and they’d die. Even someone at your own level would suffer internal injuries—of course, that’s only if you can actually land the hit. This already surpasses the strength of someone at the second level of Pulse Movement.” Charles Bennett stroked his beard, looking very satisfied.

“Dad, I’ve already reached the third level of Pulse Movement.” William Bennett said with a mysterious smile.

“Third level? You broke through again so quickly?” Charles Bennett’s mouth twitched in shock. Then, he burst out laughing, “Not bad, not bad! All the cold energy from that vat of ‘Heavenly Cold Water’ was absorbed and converted into blood energy by you. I was worried about it for a while, but now it seems we’ve profited—profited big time! But even at the third level of Pulse Movement, you should only have about a thousand jin of force. Yet you made the stone stele tremble—at least fifteen hundred jin of force. Could it be you have abilities beyond your level?”

“Probably. I also feel that my strength is much higher than others at my level.” William Bennett nodded.

Meanwhile, Uncle William, the “mute,” had been squatting on the stone grinder, puffing on his pipe, not saying a word, and still smoking after all this time. He really deserved the title of “smoke god.”

“Uncle William, how about letting me have a puff?” William Bennett was in a playful mood. Back in college in his previous life, he really was a smoke god. Not that William Bennett was addicted to smoking, but his skill at blowing smoke rings was famous.

Uncle William didn’t say a word, just handed over the pipe. William Bennett took a deep breath, and the smoke rushed into his mouth like a tired bird returning to its nest. As he exhaled, Uncle William’s eyes widened in surprise, because William Bennett blew out over a hundred perfectly round smoke rings in a row. He puffed out his chest proudly, watching Uncle William “act dumb.”

But the next moment, William Bennett was choked so badly that his eyes and nose ran, almost passing out from the smoke.

“Hahaha, William, your Uncle William’s smoke isn’t easy to handle.” Charles Bennett laughed heartily.

“If you want to smoke, give me ten puffs.” Unexpectedly, Uncle William actually spoke.

“No, no, if I take another puff I’ll definitely pass out.” William Bennett shook his head vigorously, not foolish enough to ask for more trouble.

“Sigh…” Uncle William suddenly took a deep breath and exhaled. A smoke ring shot out like a sharp arrow.

With a soft pop, a tree the size of a washbasin dozens of meters away was pierced right through by the smoke ring. The ring then curved several times, piercing through seven or eight more trees before finally hitting a rock wall with a crisp crack, causing the wall to split open on the spot, covering an area of five meters.

This display left the Ye father and son dumbfounded, almost like “telephone poles.” Who would have thought Uncle William was actually a true master.

William Bennett looked at his father in shock, and Charles Bennett just shook his head slightly, meaning he had no idea Uncle William was such a hidden expert.

This “mouth energy” technique could kill someone from a distance. Even Charles Bennett, a peak Human Martial Realm expert, couldn’t attack from afar like that. Although Charles Bennett could project his blood energy to injure people at a distance, his range was limited to about ten meters.