Bamboo Mound

"Since your style is about controlling objects, why not use something like a needle or a nail?"

He stared at Ning Chang and asked.

Ning Chang thought about the items her master had suggested, but ultimately shook her head and said, "They're not suitable for me either, and they won't achieve the effect I want."

Upon hearing this, the master nodded and sat back down in his chair.

Seeing his master sit back down, Ning Chang also put away the bamboo leaves.

"In my opinion, you are still lacking a spell to enhance items. Besides, that wasn't the true power of your move just now, was it?"

Upon hearing this, Ning Chang replied, "That's right, I'm just using this as a smokescreen for now."

"I happen to have a suitable cultivation technique. I will teach it to you after the Three Sects Competition ends."

"Thank you, Master." With the enhancement, Ning Chang's combat power will experience a qualitative leap!

"Alright, now show me your real attack technique, and I'll assess its power."

The master got up, put away the tables and chairs, removed his protective spiritual power, and stood in place waiting for Ning Chang's attack.

Seeing his master's attitude, Ning Chang did not refuse. He took a deep breath and threw out a handful of bamboo leaf fragments.

The leaf, under his control, spun around his master, constantly striking his face to distract him.

Although Ning Chang knew it was useless, she still had to put on a full performance.

A moment later, Ning Chang retrieved the swirling bamboo leaves and said in advance:

“Master, I have only done a small part. You should be able to understand the following movements.”

The master nodded approvingly.

"That's right. Using bamboo leaf fragments to obscure vision is a cover, but in reality, very tiny leaves are being placed into the enemy's ears little by little. By the time a certain number are placed, it will be too late for the enemy to notice."

He paused, then asked, "Why not put these fragments into the enemy's body through their nostrils?"

Upon hearing his master's question, Ning Chang thought for a moment and then shook his head. This was a method he had experimented with before.

"The inside of the nostrils is relatively sensitive; the slightest mistake will alert the other party, causing them to defend their entire body."

Following Ning Chang's suggestion, he also tried controlling the fragments, and to his surprise, it was indeed true!

Even though the leaf was already very small in his eyes, it still caused a strong itching sensation when it entered his nostrils.

Seeing that his master had nothing more to say, Ning Chang couldn't help but wonder. He had simultaneously performed a spiritual energy disguise action, so it was impossible for his master not to have sensed it.

"Master, anything else? Did you feel anything else from that move I just used?"

The master craftsman was also somewhat puzzled upon hearing this, "Besides these leaves, do you have any other techniques?"

Ning Chang was somewhat surprised. Sensing the spiritual energy that still connected with his master, he confirmed that even his master could fall for his move if he was careless!

So he controlled the spiritual energy belonging to him within his master's body, gathering it into clusters, and gave a prompt.

"Master, please examine your meridians internally."

Incidentally, when Ning Chang exhausted his spiritual energy in the last experiment, the spiritual energy he absorbed no longer had any attributes, which made Ning Chang's disguise of spiritual energy even more difficult to detect!

Master's expression changed drastically in an instant. He noticed something was wrong when some spiritual energy in his body gathered uncontrollably.

He only relaxed after hearing his disciple's reminder, but he was still deeply shocked.

"To send one's spiritual power into another person's meridians without their knowledge, and to control it completely..."

The master muttered to himself, "If it were a real battle, even I couldn't think of a way to break it for a moment."

Seeing his master's reaction, Ning Chang secretly mocked, "Old Deng, you're so ignorant."

After a moment of silence, the master's eyes flashed with admiration as he said, "This technique is wonderful. Once it is perfected, it will be unbeatable by anyone of the same level."

However, I must remind you that this method also has its flaws; you should use it with caution against those whose level of understanding is higher than yours!

As soon as he finished speaking, Ning Chang realized that the spiritual energy in his master's meridians had lost its sensation.

“Your spiritual power is not strong enough. Once the other party notices it, they can easily refine your spiritual power.”

Ning Chang nodded, "This disciple will remember."

Seeing that his disciple had not changed his mindset, he appreciated his talented disciple even more. Although he was curious, he believed that Ning Chang needed to have his own secrets, so he planned to find out for himself later.

Suddenly, he sensed something was wrong. His spiritual power was fire-attribute, while Ning Chang's water-attribute spiritual power appeared in his body, yet he felt no discomfort whatsoever.

"Ning Chang, your spiritual power has turned into fire attribute again?"

Ning Chang didn't know why his master suddenly asked this question, and scratched his head.

"No, I now have attribute-less spiritual power. The water attribute I had before was gone after I used it up."

"Oh? Since you no longer have any attributes, why not try the Fire Flame Heart Technique again?" Master was somewhat expectant; would Ning Chang succeed this time?

"Uh..." Ning Chang thought that he was already satisfied with just a little bit of the conversion needed.

"Forget it, Master. Have you forgotten? I only became water-attribute after I failed before. Besides, the increase in the strength of my attribute spiritual power doesn't really enhance my current fighting style."

Ning Chang's words made some sense to him, though something seemed off, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it, so he stopped pursuing the matter.

Seeing that his master was alright, Ning Chang did not forget the purpose of his visit.

The Three Sects Grand Competition turned from something I had planned to watch into something I was going to participate in, and the cultivation techniques that enhanced the items were an unexpected bonus.

Next, I will tell you about my murder yesterday.

He pulled out the black token he had seized and was about to speak.

The master's expression instantly turned serious, and he snatched the token away, demanding, "Where did you get this token?!"

Startled by his master's sudden outburst, Ning Chang rolled his eyes at him from the bottom of his heart.

“When I was returning to the sect yesterday, a masked man in black suddenly appeared on the road. He was at the fifth level of the Spirit Fusion Realm and said he wanted to borrow my identity. I was wearing the outer disciple's clothes at the time.”

"Then I found this thing on him, along with a few talismans and a plate."

As he spoke, he reached out to take the item out of his spatial bag.

However, when he was about to take out the talisman, he only grabbed a handful of ash.

"Huh?" The unexpected feel made him instinctively let out an "ah".

The master also tensed up for a moment, and asked with a hint of anxiety, "What's wrong?"

"Uh, the talisman has turned to ash."

After sensing the space inside the bag and confirming that the talisman was not hidden anywhere else, Ning Chang grabbed a handful of ash and held it in front of his master.

Ning often said that after the talisman turned to ash, the master had become somewhat accustomed to it.

"These are probably sound transmission talismans. They come in two, and can transmit sound between each other over thousands of miles. However, they will both turn to ash after use. It seems that the other party destroyed them one-way."

"Oh, but this talisman is quite magical; it can even transmit sound over long distances. Master, do you know why?"

As Ning Chang asked the question, he threw down the talisman ash in his hand, clapped his hands, and at the same time, took out the remaining ash from the bag and threw it together with the ash in the bag.