Liang Chen had defeated the four of them, because first they lack real life and death battle experience, and secondly they were not expecting Liang Chen to be able to use the spear like that.
So his first lesson to them was "Always expect the unexpected." and the second was "Never underestimate your opponent, only insult and look down on them if they don't use the spear or don't deserve your respect."
To the first one they nooded non-stop and for the second one although they thought the first part was indeed correct, the second part was quite, well, unique in their opinions.
And then came the third one "Never, but never lose your dao heart, and remember the spear is the strongest weapon, but the one who uses it has to deserve it."
They nooded their heads ferociously at this. Although their elder thought them the spear, his teachings were based on techniques, while Liang Chen's was based on the physical level.
"And now the fourth and nost important one. I, Liang Chen, am the most handsome and talented person." he said with a grin and then continued "You have to say that to your elder's."
The four who were nooding their heads ferociously at every word that he said were taken aback. They even wondered what they had heard. Then they remember their elders' words "That man is shameless. You must definitely not learn anything from him."
They looked at Liang Chen and only saw him grinning continuously.
"Well jokes aside, let's focus on improving your spears. Quite honestly they aren't that great. You focus way too much on going for techniques that focus on magical effects. The spear as the greatest weapon relies more on the user and his comprehension towards it than techniques."
As he said that the four young dragons were in deep thought. Depending on the comprehension of the spear meant comprehensing your own dao of the spear. That needed a lot of experience that they and even Liang Chen clearly lacked.
They couldn't deny any of the words he had just said so they only needed to improve.
"Your techniques were quite interesting but it has flaws. You have to depend on each other, and there are no two equal people in any world. It's a technique that depends not only in experience but also knowing what your partner wants as well."
They already knew this, but it's difficult to improve it. They had created and improved this technique with the various teachings they received. They fused a unique type of formation in this technique to be able to share their power between each other and then they relied on their own comprehension to integrate other techniques. It was an innovative technique but it had flaws, dangerous flaws.
Seeing their disappointed expressions Liang Chen felt a bit guilty, so he decided to try and help them.
"Well even though it has flaws it's a good technique it only needs improvements. So ask away and I, Liang Chen will take care of all of your problems."
"This technique relies on a special kind of formation..." a young dragon said.
"Well my disciple is good with those, so lets go and get her. I wonder what that rascal is doing." he said as he hurriedly got up.
"Your disciple is busy learning." they suddenly heard a voice behind them.
"Senior you came. It was them who started the fight!" He said like a child that had been caught doing something bad.
Hearing his words the Dragon Race Lord felt another headache, so he kicked him.
"Greetings Race Lord!" the four young dragons showed the utmost respect as they even kneeled on the ground.
"I know formations as well, so ask away."
The four got excited having their Race Lord to help and teach them.
Liang Chen got up and also listened at the side as he from time to time fiddled with his spear out of boredom.
Then he simply said "Can't you simply use the spear to make all of that?"
The five frowned at his words.
"You could, but that is not their fighting style. What they want is a technique that let's them freely exchange power, information and danger senses between the four of them."
"I'm talking about the technique itself. Absorb all of the surrounding Ki and use it as your weapon."
As he said that they were startled. It was indeed a great way of doing it as well, and it would even let them regain their Ki faster while in battle.
So they all got busy by exchanging ideas from time to time.