He Kao now fully understood, and he couldn’t help but smile as he hung up the phone. He hadn’t lied to Lin Qingshuang, but telling the truth required a certain artistry.
After hanging up, Lin Qingshuang’s expression was peculiar. She quickly contacted Wild Phoenix: "Senior Brother, are you still in Qi Yuan?"
Wild Phoenix: "After the Ancestral Hall released information about Hidden Moth, most people quieted down... I just left Qi Yuan, but Elder Gu is still over there."
Lin Qingshuang: "Last ti you told you saw He Kao at the hospital and had a good impression?"
From his tone, Wild Phoenix was clearly interested: "Yes, no wonder you take notice, that kid is indeed quite outstanding, I also like him a lot..."
Lin Qingshuang had to interrupt: "I just want to ask you one thing, have you secretly passed on the Observing Body Technique to that kid through so ans?"
Wild Phoenix was stunned: "Ah, of course not! Do you want to do such a thing? Being a Sect Law Hall Elder, it’s inappropriate, right? It would be like competing with Elder Jiang for treasure...
After all, Elder Jiang is a generation above , we should call him Uncle! Haven’t you noticed yet? It’s obvious Elder Jiang wants to train that kid as a secret disciple."
The so-called secret disciple not only has a hidden identity but also another layer of aning, which is being privately nurtured with care, and may beco a core disciple to eventually inherit the master’s teachings, with even a concept of "potential successor".
In the mundane world, an heir inherits nothing more than various assets. But sorcerers, especially high-tier sorcerers, have many things that are not suitable to be left to ordinary friends and family, only to be left to an heir.
Those belonging to the Magic Sect must certainly be left to the Magic Sect, but cultivators also have many private things which, if no suitable heir is found, can only be left to the Magic Sect. But who wouldn’t want these things to be passed on according to their wishes?
Therefore, since ancient tis, sorcerers with advanced cultivation often train secret disciples. The reason their identities aren’t publicly disclosed is both to prevent arrogance and to protect them from envy.
Secret disciples are also recorded in the heritage registry and sealed by the Ancestral Hall, to be announced at an appropriate ti. If this senior unexpectedly passes away, the Ancestral Hall will assist in making it public and carrying out their will.
Wild Phoenix guessed that Jiang Daozhen wanted to take He Kao as a secret disciple, but wondered if it was a misunderstanding. Because such matters would certainly not be publicly announced by Jiang Daozhen, only he would truly know the facts.
Lin Qingshuang frowned: "Is Elder Jiang that greedy? He already has such an outstanding disciple like Wei Luo, and he still plans to cultivate He Kao as a secret disciple?"
Wild Phoenix added fuel to the fire: "Who wouldn’t say so! No wonder he’s called Old Ghost Jiang, he’s calculating all day long... By the way, why did you ask that earlier, do you really want to do it?"
"Forget it, it’s nothing, I was just saying." Lin Qingshuang originally wanted to tell Wild Phoenix about the Technique but hesitated. Since the elders always played mysterious gas, she decided not to say anything this ti either.
Wild Phoenix got excited: "It’s nothing for you, but I have sothing. Next ti if you see He Kao and I’m there too, don’t tell him I’m your Senior Brother, just let him misunderstand..."
Lin Qingshuang’s expression beca indescribable, Wild Phoenix actually gave such instructions, why are they all so unsettling, not just He Kao, even her senior brother is like this?
He Kao, of course, wouldn’t know about all this. Today was the day he felt the most relaxed in many days, as he was adapting to and researching the newly acquired Invisibility Ability.
Who wouldn’t try various things upon suddenly acquiring such an ability? The fact that He Kao restrained himself until now before starting to rejoice shows remarkable willpower!
He stepped through the void and directly arrived at his rented apartnt on Sesa Street, which he hadn’t returned to for half a month. He tidied up the room, cleaned up a bit, and organized so everyday clothes and items to take ho.
Seeing the clothes he brought back, he suddenly rembered the day he helped Gao Xue’e fetch so things, it was a bit hurried, and he only grabbed three sets of inner and outer garnts.
It’s already mid-October, and the weather is about to turn cooler. The clothes he took last ti are definitely not enough. So he walked over to Bishu Renjia District, building number twelve, room 2004, which Gao Xue’e bought only last year.
Gao Xue’e was suddenly kidnapped in her sleep last ti, leaving the house in quite a ss, and He Kao rushed in and took a few sets of clothes, making it even more chaotic.
He found a suitcase, packed in it by his own judgnt, including a lot of toiletries by the bathroom sink.
After finishing with the suitcase, he looked around the room, sighed, tidied and cleaned it, restored its neatness, even folding the ssy blankets on the bed like a diligent little bee.
He suddenly recalled his middle school fantasies, like if he had teleportation, he could live in the spacious countryside ho but work in the crowded big city.
Thinking back now, it feels a bit ridiculous. Is that all I ever aspired to? In such a vast world, there’s nowhere I can’t go!
He Kao grew up in Qi Yuan and also went to college locally, rarely leaving the area. The farthest place he had been was his uncle’s house in Kuan Chun City in the Northeast, where his grandpa took him as a child.
He rembered there was a huge park built around the water, and his uncle had taken him boating, which was incredibly fun at the ti!
Carrying a box full of items, he returned ho, eager to go to that park. Yet despite several attempts, he all failed. Either soone spotted the virtual gate’s position, or the scene had changed.
Regarding ’places I have visited and can rember,’ He Kao realized it was a part of the Observation thod. If the scene there had changed significantly, his visualized spatial markers ceased to exist, and Observation thod positioning failed.
This is actually a good thing, preventing accidents.
Every successful ’traverse’, at the mont of opening a portal, he could sense the approximate landing conditions.
Carefully recalling, he rembered once urinating behind a big tree in the park, a very secluded spot, and a deep impression. He opened the portal... and finally succeeded in arriving!
The tree was still the sa, a towering giant that two people could encircle, almost unchanged after more than a decade. But He Kao shivered, imdiately feeling the eyes watching him.
The sunlight in Qi Yuan City was perfect, with the temperature close to twenty degrees, and He Kao had just been working, only wearing a light long-sleeve T-shirt on top.
Though Kuan Chun City wasn’t raining, it was cloudy with a breeze, with an instant temperature of only four degrees, feeling even colder! The locals in the park didn’t seem to feel cold, but they were dressed warmly.
Despite it being a weekday during work hours, there were people in the park, either strolling or exercising. He Kao appeared facing an open space across a big flower bed, where the governnt-installed fitness equipnt stood.
Many were exercising there, mostly older folks, all of whom turned to look. No one had noticed earlier, but He Kao popping out in such attire was indeed striking, even the Stealth Skill couldn’t help him here.
He Kao felt a chill running down his spine. It used to be all bushes here, now it was a big flower bed, completely unobstructed!
In this situation, he couldn’t open a portal to return right there.
He moved to the other side of the tree, adjacent to the park’s walkway. Across the path was a vendor stand with a pot over a stove, selling hot boiled corn and tea eggs.
The vendor lady greeted him with a smile: "Young man, are you with the winter swimming team? Haven’t seen you before."
"Ah, I’m new here!"
Of course, the lady wouldn’t have seen him; there wasn’t anyone as young as He Kao in the local winter swimming team. He hurriedly replied and ran to the nearby public bathroom.
The public bathroom was newly built and well-kept, warr than outside, though ducking in made him far less noticeable. He traveled far in haste and brought nothing, not even his phone, stuck with no return!
The dignified Hidden Moth, trapped by the cold winds more than four thousand miles away.
He Kao kept sensing and observing through various ans, and finally, when it seed right, he swiftly used the Stealth Skill to slip out of the bathroom, turn behind the tree when the vendor wasn’t looking... successfully returning ho.
Fortunately, he had achieved Tier Two cultivation, while not completely immune to the cold, he could handle it.
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