Chapter 17 - Qi Manipulation

The classroom was silent, everyone held a gawking expression at the display by Lee Tao.

"S-Such precise control and manipulation…" Yu Xiuying muttered in a low tone.

'Was Lee Tao always hiding his strength?' Tang Lingling wondered silently as she glanced at Lee Tao.

Meanwhile, Cao Shidong plopped to the ground with a frightened expression. His pants were stained with a wet liquid as he thought his life was about to be over.

Lee Tao smirked as he gazed at Cao Shidong. "Even if I'm trash in your eyes, at least I don't wet my pants at the age of 15."

Afterward, Lee Tao sat down in his chair as he placed his legs on the table, seemingly unconcerned about the eyesight from everyone else.

It was only a few moments later did everyone realized what just happened.

"Ahhhhh!" Cao Shidong screamed in horror as he tucked his tail and ran out of the classroom. He was thoroughly humiliated and embarrassed by the fact that everyone had seen him wet his pants.

Hu Long wasn't much better as he remained still, afraid of Lee Tao targeting him next.

"Q-Qi manipulation… How can Lee Tao have such control?" Hu Long mumbled.

The commotion was getting bigger and Yu Xiuying knew that today's lecture could no longer continue.

"Alright, we will end the lecture for today. Everyone is dismissed except for Lee Tao." Yu Xiuying announced.

Sometime later, the classroom that was once filled with students is now empty.

However, Yu Xiuying was dumbfounded when two other students beside Lee Tao had remained sitting.

"Tang Lingling and…" Yu Xiuying raised an eyebrow as she forgot about the cold beauty's name.

'Did I even call her name for attendance?' Yu Xiuying wondered silently.

"Umm, this student, what is your name?" Yu Xiuying then asked for the cold beauty's name.

The cold beauty glanced at Yu Xiuying briefly as she opened her mouth. "Liu Lanfen."

"Liu Lanfen?" Yu Xiuying raised an eyebrow before realizing something.

"Are you from the Liu Clan?" She asked.

Liu Lanfen nodded her head.

Lee Tao was dumbfounded to realize that the mysterious cold beauty, who had managed to nullify his harnessing technique, was from the Liu Clan.

"Tang Lingling, what's her relationship with my mother?" Lee Tao whispered softly to Tang Lingling as he asked her.

Tang Lingling remained silent for a few moments. "I believe she should be the daughter of Liu Zheng. Liu Zheng is the little brother of your mother."

"So we're cousins?" Lee Tao asked.

Tang Lingling nodded her head.

'Tch, so it wasn't some secret technique but that she was my cousin.' Lee Tao sneered inwardly.

If people have some sort of blood connection with him, there would be a need for a change in the method of harnessing their profound qi.

Harnessing other's profound qi is easy but if the person were related to him then everything changes. Sometimes, their profound qi could have similar or the same properties as him, just like DNA.

Thus, Lee Tao concluded that when he tried to harness the profound qi of Liu Lanfen. The technique he used might have mistaken the profound qi of Liu Lanfen as his own already.

'Let me try this again.' Lee Tao closed his eyes as he changed his method of harnessing.

Instead of doing it automatically, Lee Tao decided to do it manually where he focused on a person specifically.

With a thought, Lee Tao started to spot the strand of Liu Lanfen's line that connects her to the profound qi of this world.

Each cultivator has its own unique strand of line that connects them to the world and they utilize that strand to absorb the profound qi into their body.

However, such knowledge doesn't exist in the First Heaven and it was precisely their insignificant knowledge that allowed Lee Tao to take advantage of them.

As Lee Tao tried to use his consciousness to grab the strand of line, his vision started blurring and his consciousness returned to his body.

Suddenly being forced to return to his body, Lee Tao stumbled down and fell out of his chair, shocking the rest.

"Are you okay, Young Master?" Tang Lingling was the first to react as she quickly checked his condition. She was ordered by Liu Ying to take care of Lee Tao and protect him.

If Lee Tao had somehow gotten hurt while she was present then not only was it a failure on her duty but would also have incurred Liu Ying's wrath.

"I'm fine, Tang Lingling." Lee Tao stopped her from trying to pull him up as he got up by himself.

He then glanced at Liu Lanfen deeply as he became curious. 'Seems like my conclusion was wrong about us being relative is the reason. She's definitely hiding something.'

"Liu Lanfen, since we're cousins. Shouldn't you pay me respect?" Lee Tao decided to approach her closer to find out her secret.

After all, to be able to prevent him from harnessing the profound qi was anything but normal.

There could also be a chance that Lee Tao could use Liu Lanfen to ascend to the upper heaven.

Meanwhile, Liu Lanfen held a cold gaze at Lee Tao as she twitched her brows.

"Why should I pay respect to you?" She asked.

"Because you're the daughter of Liu Zheng and Liu Zheng is the younger brother of my mother. Hence, in terms of seniority, I'm the oldest one here." Lee Tao replied.

'Am I invisible here?' Yu Xiuying asked inwardly when the two of them started conversing with each other.

"Listen, I wish to speak with Lee Tao alone so can the two of you wait outside the classroom." Yu Xiuying shouted as she wanted to clear something up with Lee Tao.

Alas, no one bothered to listen to Yu Xiuying as they continued their conversation.

"In the cultivation world, seniority is not by age but by their cultivation and knowledge." Liu Lanfen said coldly.

She then stood up and bowed slightly toward Yu Xiuying before walking toward the door.

"You aren't worthy of being my senior.." Liu Lanfen spat as she exited the classroom.