I'm extremely interested in Nen abilities.

Yun Gu knocked on Zhen Yuanzi's door and, after hearing "Please come in" from inside, pushed the door open and entered.

Inside the house, Zhen Yuanzi and Xiao Di were sitting on two sofa chairs with their backs to the door.

"Aren't you going to eat? The restaurants here are pretty good."

Yun Gu smiled, but Jing Yang and Xiao Di did not react.

He was somewhat puzzled, but as he took his next step and landed on the carpet, his expression suddenly changed slightly, showing surprise.

"You stepped with your left foot, half of it on the carpet," Jingyang, who had his back to him, said then. "Right?"

Yun Gu looked down and said, "Yes."

He withdrew his left foot and asked, "'Circle'?"

"How much range?" Jing Yang asked, turning around on the sofa and smiling as he asked Yun Gu, "Can you tell?"

“‘Circle’ is hard to spot at first glance. Legend has it that the application technique ‘Hidden’ of ‘Absolute’ was initially inspired by ‘Circle’…” Yun Gu’s eyes instantly condensed into two orbs of energy. “‘Condensation’ is just an aid; the main thing is to feel it with your heart.” After a while, in his perception, a blurry outline appeared in front of him.

Centered on Zhen Yuanzi, who was smiling on the sofa, there was a field of aura that covered the floor like a dome, enclosing Zhen Yuanzi and Xiao Di, who was sitting on another sofa next to him with his back to them.

“Seven meters in diameter,” Yun Gu said, tapping his toes on the carpet. “This is the edge of your ‘circle’.”

"Could it be that he mastered the concept of 'circle' while climbing the mountain?" He stared intently at Jingyang.

"A seven-meter diameter range, which is about three and a half meters in all directions, seems to be my current limit," Jing Yang thought to himself. "It's too short, far too short. Aside from being useful for finding things on the ground, such a short distance is less useful than using 'Condensation' for observation..."

Xiao Di's "circle" was only about two meters in diameter, so small that Xiao Di's outstretched arms could cover most of it. Jing Yang's "circle" nested inside it, like a small bowl inside a large jar, so much so that Yun Gu didn't even notice that Xiao Di's "circle" was also inside.

"Where are you, Yun Gu?" Jing Yang asked.

Yun Gu shook his head and said, "I don't know how to 'round' (meaning to be 'round' or

He explained, "I'm an Enhancement type, which inherently lacks unconventional methods. To deal with unexpected situations, I'm not very willing to release my energy to form a 'circle.' Therefore, I think it's better to leverage the advantages of the Enhancement type by strengthening my five senses, or even my sixth sense, to compensate for this deficiency..."

Chapter 121 Thus Have I Heard (Part 1)

Why not just unleash the Seventh Sense? Are you some kind of Saint Seiya character?

Jing Yang was speechless. "You just answer when I ask you? You really are an enhancement type..."

Yun Gu looked puzzled, wondering what he meant by that.

Jingyang waved his hand and smiled, "We won't go to the restaurant. We've already asked the waiter to bring the food over later."

Yun Gu understood that Zhen Yuanzi wanted to continue his cultivation, so he said, "Then I won't disturb you any longer."

Throughout the entire process, Xiao Di sat motionless on the sofa chair with her back to the door, her eyes closed as she practiced her "circle".

Perhaps it was precisely because she was always so "single-minded" that she was able to learn the concept of "circle" so quickly under Jingyang's guidance... Jingyang stared at her face for a while longer. Xiaodi noticed his gaze, opened her eyes, and looked puzzled. Jingyang guessed that she probably didn't even realize that Yun Gu had just been there, and couldn't help but smile and say, "It's nothing, come on, let's continue."

……

Yun Gu brought Hart to the restaurant, where martial artists from various schools gathered together for a friendly meal and drinks. Upon seeing Yun Gu, they waved and invited him to take a seat.

Shingen-ryu holds an exceptionally high position in the martial arts world. After all, its leader, Netero, is universally recognized as the world's greatest martial artist.

Hart loved to join in the fun, and soon he was all smiles as the other martial artists chimed in, making him eat with a gust of wind.

After boasting about their respective schools' unique skills and the strange tales they had heard, the group discussed the upcoming Immortal Water Mountain Gathering that would begin the next day. Since it would be a competition of three things—strength, martial arts, and perseverance—everyone was putting in their best effort for the first event tomorrow: strength. No one wanted to be outdone in a simple contest of brute force...

"Strength, strength... Ki itself is strength, but Master Sky says we won't be comparing Nen abilities." Cloud Valley thought to himself as he ate, "Can Nen ability be separated from Ki? Can Ki be separated from strength? I wonder how tomorrow's competition will be conducted, to see if it's just a simple contest of brute force..."

Unless the Sky Master wants everyone to consciously or passively enter the state of 'absolute', but that's not something everyone is willing to do.

Of the more than thirty martial artists who had awakened their Nen, many naturally thought of this point.

Zhehao had also considered this, and his desire grew even stronger. Regardless of Nen abilities, what could be more to his liking than martial arts?

"Where is Zhen Yuanzi?" He suddenly noticed that he couldn't find Zhen Yuanzi and his duo anywhere in the restaurant.

Yun Gu glanced around at the crowd of people engaged in lively conversation, opened his mouth as if to speak, but ultimately picked up a piece of food and ate it, without uttering a word.

Zhehao, however, understood.

The martial artists present are too weak; given Zhen Yuanzi's personality, he might not be willing to join in the fun...

……

"The stars are so bright."

As night fell, Jingyang and Xiaodi strolled through the villa's garden.

The air at the summit is exceptionally crisp, the night sky seems so low it feels almost within reach, and the entire cosmos seems within arm's reach.

Jing Yang couldn't help but wonder what the universe and outer space of the Hunter world would be like. Did the planet beneath his feet also have sunrise and sunset, and thus also have an Earth-Moon system, revolving in a star system similar to his solar system?

"It's a contest of a fighter's strength, skill, and willpower, without involving Nen abilities..."

Jingyang and Xiaodi found a pavilion in the middle of the lake and sat down. Jingyang casually complained, "How are we supposed to compete? Rely on self-awareness, without using Nen abilities, or without using ki? Or should that Sky Master simply seal everyone's ki and enter 'Absolute'?" He looked at Xiaodi.

Xiao Di said, "Then I'll abstain."

"Absolute" is a state with absolutely no defensive capabilities. It is generally only used in a few specific situations, either to eliminate one's own aura to lie in wait—provided that one is not swept by "Circle" (within "Circle" one's reach, "Absolute" is useless); or to enter "Absolute" in order to speed up recovery.

Xiao Di would never allow herself and Jing Yang to be put in such a dangerous situation for the sake of a strange martial arts tournament.

"Let's see how things go tomorrow. We'll see what the competition is all about. At worst, we can just go to the art exhibition in Qianshan."

As Jingyang spoke, he rubbed the nail ring on his index finger.

Through the vast darkness, in the direction of the front mountain, lighted airships occasionally hovered and landed in the night sky.

"Has Suzaku arrived?" Xiao Di asked, following his gaze.

"No," Jingyang said. "I don't know what's going on his end..."

What is certain at the very least is that the location of the moon mark on Kurapika's C-ring is not currently within the complex of buildings on the front of Sensui Mountain.

It was already night, and Jingyang's lunar signature signal was very strong; he couldn't be mistaken.

As for why Jingyang wasn't very clear about Kurapika's situation, it was simply because they hadn't been contacting each other via the ring much lately. And why rarely via the ring… Kurapika wasn't the type to actively seek help from others, and was probably used to handling situations alone; while Jingyang, accustomed to communicating telepathically with Shizuku via the ring, was actually a little resistant to using this method to privately chat with Kurapika when he had nothing better to do…

Anyway, with Kurapika's current strength and the star mark he carries, nothing should go wrong.

When Kurapika enters Scarlet Eyes mode, his Nen power multiplies, even surpassing Shizuku's by a significant margin. This advantage is immense. It's important to note that when Kurapika enters Scarlet Eyes mode, he becomes a Specialist, possessing an ability called "Absolute Time." This Specialist ability, "Absolute Time," allows Kurapika to utilize all six Nen systems to their full potential.

It does not include the increase in thought volume.

In other words, the surge in Nen during Scarlet Eyes mode is not Kurapika's Special Ability, but rather a racial trait.

After all, the concept of "qi" is influenced by a person's mental state. Extreme sadness, despair, determination, anger, excitement, etc., can all cause fluctuations in qi.

So essentially, it wasn't the Scarlet Eyes that caused Kurapika's Nen power to surge, but rather the boundless rage that caused his Scarlet Eyes to manifest that caused his Nen power to surge.

"Let's contact him tomorrow," Jingyang said finally. "If he doesn't arrive by tomorrow, have Yanque sneak him up the mountain."

……

In another city, Kurapika stared expressionlessly at his dissolute employer.

"Don't worry about it, artists are like that, it happens all the time." A fellow hired hunter, with a full head of silver hair and a square face, chuckled nonchalantly. "Kurapika, once you take on a few more of these kinds of missions and meet more people, you'll realize that what you're seeing now is just a very basic level..."

"Don't talk to me," Kurapika said without looking up. "It's disgusting."

The square-faced, silver-haired hunter choked, a hint of displeasure flashing in his eyes, but he said nothing more.

After getting to know him over the past few days, they have fully recognized the strength of this novice civilian hunter. It's really strange. Even if this kid named Kurapika started learning Nen right after being weaned, there's no way he could develop such remarkable strength at such a young age, right?

You should know that it took these people several years just to take the very first and most basic step of opening up all the pores in their bodies and unlocking the foundation for learning Nen abilities!

"tomorrow……"

Kurapika thought to himself, "Tomorrow I can go to Sensui Mountain to attend the art exhibition and see the painter who bought the fiery-eyed painting."

……

On the vast plains and grasslands, a peach tree stands quietly under the moonlight.

Countless peach petals drifted in the night breeze.

On the plains and grasslands, shadowy figures appeared like will-o'-the-wisps...

But upon closer inspection, one could see that these were neither ghostly figures nor will-o'-the-wisps, but rather the outlines of walking corpses. And among these densely packed figures, some of the faces resembled those of the thirty-odd martial artists from various schools who had previously climbed the mountain…

Jing Yang was among them. He had been wandering around like a soulless ghost, but suddenly he came to his senses and turned his head to see Xiao Di, whose eyes were lifeless, in a similar state, wandering around like a walking corpse.

Chapter 122 Thus Have I Heard (Part 2)

Jingyang's eyes darted left and right, observing his surroundings.

So what's going on with this numbness?

The little droplet looked very strange. Its body was in a semi-floating, transparent state and very unstable. If Jingyang had to describe it, the little droplet in front of him seemed to be somewhere between a gaseous state and a fleshy state.

The little droplet's eyes were lifeless, and it wandered aimlessly.

Suddenly, a strange... "image" appeared within her translucent body. That was the only word Jing Yang could think of.

Empty yet orderly streets...

People wearing protective suits wander through mountains of garbage...

A child who fought so hard his head bled over a broken toy he found...

Little Di, sitting alone in a corner of the garbage mountain, reading a book...

She sat on a makeshift vacuum cleaner made from a folded cardboard box, with several thugs lying next to her, their heads bleeding and their eyes almost bulging out...

The color scheme is monotonous black, white and gray, and many images are sometimes distorted and deformed, flashing and passing by the little droplet.

"Is this Xiaodi's memory? Or is it her dream?"

Jingyang tried his best to observe discreetly.

Looking around, the "ghosts" gathered nearby, all in a similar situation to Xiao Di, were wandering aimlessly, like zombies in The Walking Dead who hadn't yet encountered any living people... Similarly to Xiao Di, some of them also had various bizarre and fantastical images appearing on their semi-transparent bodies...

Jingyang tried to recall what had happened.

The first thing that popped into my head was a meme of Leonardo DiCaprio from Inception...