I Can See Your Combat Power
Chapter 1678 - 117: Complexity and Incomprehension

Chapter 1678: Chapter 117: Complexity and Incomprehension

Meeting his match and engaging in a deep conversation, Chen Menglu, who rarely encounters a kindred spirit, chatted with great enthusiasm. Although the Formation Eye shone constantly as if it were day, the time calculated by Tang Luo had already passed a full day and night.

Despite the pressing tasks and limited time, he did not mind Chen Menglu’s continued interest in the conversation.

A so-called master’s teachings are nothing more than conveying one’s personal insights in an organized manner. This process is not only beneficial to the listener, but if the listener is insightful enough, the teacher can also refine their understanding a second time.

In situations where one is greatly inspired to converse, if one can organize and tame the emerging ideas, it may lead to a breakthrough in one’s cultivation realm.

At their level of proficiency, each minor breakthrough in realm is akin to a complete transformation, which will surely benefit the development of new techniques afterwards.

With this in mind, even if it is difficult to keep up, Tang Luo still tries his best to respond, not wanting to dampen Chen Menglu’s spirits.

Thus, from the theory of illusion techniques, to practical application, to different schools of thought, to the Four Imperial Dominion World, the Illusionary Master conducted a thorough review.

By the time the last sentence was uttered, there were significant changes in Chen Menglu’s aura; after two full days and nights of preaching, the realm of this master of illusion had ascended another level.

Tang Luo also gained immensely from this. Many times, helplessness against an enemy arises from a lack of understanding.

Although he has not yet encountered any formidable illusionists, the fact that he hasn’t met them now doesn’t mean he won’t in the future.

Ordinary illusions are naturally transparent in his eyes, but he fears those opponents who employ spiritual revelation and Illusion Arrays, as even the mighty warriors from Martial Saint Mountain, when caught off guard and trapped in an array, have no choice but to surrender.

Although Tang Luo believes he certainly is not weaker than any opponent, he still must remember this lesson.

"Thank you, young friend, for being willing to listen to Chen’s ramblings on the Illusion Dream technique."

Having organized his thoughts, Chen Menglu sincerely expressed his gratitude to Tang Luo. With a wave of his hand, two books appeared: "Here are the Illusory Spirit Technique and the Illusory Spirit Array. According to your request, these two sets of illusions have all the attacking techniques removed that involve illusionary and real changes, only keeping and strengthening the illusionary images, in hopes of assisting you."

Tang Luo thought that their conversation would only be preliminary to the work that awaited, yet the results were already manifesting.

Tang Luo took the two books from Chen Menglu and remarked with admiration: "When I witnessed the Illusory Spirit Body at Martial Saint Mountain, I thought this technique was extraordinary, and indeed it is so. To be able to transform into countless forms, each with its own actions, is truly admirable."

"Magic has its limits, and it is Chen Menglu who has failed the Heaven-level Bloodline."

Chen Menglu seemed not to want to dwell on that subject: "Both of these illusion techniques are in their nascent stages, so if you find any issues, young friend, feel free to point them out, and I can modify them immediately."

This was, after all, Tang Luo’s main mission for coming to Min Mountain, so naturally, he would not stand on ceremony.

He promptly sat down at another corner of the Formation Eye, where there was a writing desk, and began to study illusion techniques.

As initially presumed, the Illusory Spirit Technique, which seemed like a common item in its rank and simple name, is indeed a top-grade secret tome of the Mysterious State.

In order to create lifelike images of divine beasts without harming the tender Sea of Consciousness of the youth, Chen Menglu indeed took great pains.

However, there is no such thing as a free lunch in this world, so the care for the recipient of the technique must be compensated for by the user.

Merely to conjure life-like models of the divine beasts requires perfect control at the level of Martial Ancestor or higher, and one must also have a deep understanding of these five divine beasts.

This alone has utterly dashed Tang Luo’s ambition for widespread dissemination of the technique. As a simple example.

The current teaching of the Foundation Building methods universally follows the standards of shedding the mortal coil, yet such completely immersive illusion techniques are equivalent to forcibly elevating the realm of the instructors by an entire major boundary. Where can so many Martial Ancestor-level powerhouses be found?

Even if one were to find such warriors of that level willing to teach, sensing the sacred beasts is yet another hurdle.

After all, these Martial Ancestors did not grow up cultivating the Five Elements Holy Spirit Foundation Building Method; to say they have an understanding of the sacred spirit form is nonsense. Therefore, one can only seek understanding from the sacred beasts themselves. But where can one find sacred beasts now, at most finding descendants with a touch of sacred beast bloodline.

Even with the background of the Xu Clan from Yuanzhou, they could only provide spiritual paintings. If students were to observe these paintings, there is no guarantee that their understanding of the sacred beasts would be the same as Tang Luo’s.

Wanting to lessen the difficulty for students, to reduce their burden - why is it so difficult!

Rubbing his sore cheeks, Tang Luo put aside the Illusory Spirit Technique, took out a blank sheet of paper, and rapidly began to write down a simplification scheme.

It wasn’t long before the paper was filled. He glanced back over it to make sure nothing was omitted, then set it aside.

On the other side of the Formation Eye, Chen Menglu, who was sitting cross-legged, studying two Zen meditation techniques, would occasionally shift his attention to Tang Luo.

Originally, as an Illusion Technique Master with a Heaven-level Bloodline, he was quite pleased with his design and felt it perfectly met the request of his young friend.

The reason he looked over from time to time was not that he expected any mistakes, but rather to see the admiring expressions on the other’s face.

After all, being able to create such exquisite techniques within just two days was, he assumed, beyond anyone else’s capability.

What he did not expect was that, after Tang Luo casually flipped through the Illusory Spirit Technique, he began to list directions for rectification.

If it had been just one or two points, that would be one thing, but counting the densely packed tiny characters, line by line on the white paper, there were no fewer than seventy to eighty points needing rectification just for the Illusory Spirit Technique.

Can’t be!

How could it be possible?

After reading the listed issues on the paper, Chen Menglu fell into profound self-doubt.

Impossible, how could the illusions designed by Chen be so, so flawed?

Not far away, Tang Luo pressed the Illusory Spirit Technique underneath the paper filled with writing, then opened the booklet containing the Illusory Spirit Array.

After flipping through a few pages, his brows furrowed slightly, causing Chen Menglu, who was attentively observing from a distance, to miss a heartbeat.

With the last book, the Illusory Spirit Technique, the young friend could maintain a calm demeanor from beginning to end. So, why did his brows furrow after flipping just a couple of pages of the Illusory Spirit Array?

Could it be that this book has even more mistakes than the last?

Chen Menglu couldn’t help but worry; not only had the young friend pointed out the way forward in the Four Imperial Dominion World but also provided a great number of talented disciples each year, and this time he had even resolved his greatest concern.

Yet here he was, as an Illusionary Master, not even able to fulfill the young friend’s simple request without numerous errors, how could one not feel ashamed?

Suddenly feeling the meditation techniques in his hands burning hot, the Illusionary Master was about to step forward to take back the secret tomes and make a second revision, when he saw Tang Luo turn around, raise the Illusory Spirit Array in his hand, and apologize, "Master Chen, I’m sorry, this junior has no expertise in the ways of array techniques. This Illusory Spirit Array is too profound, some of it... I can’t understand!"