Chapter 102: Spells

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Mo Hua thought to himself, I specifically made the book title so big, you can see it from several zhang away, and you still ask what book it is? This pretense, can it be any faker?

"No need, I'm just looking," Mo Hua said.

The more Mo Hua disagreed, the more curious Zhang Lan became. He moved closer and took a look, then pretended he had just seen the book title and said:

"《Lian Qi Fa Shu Hui Bian》 (Collection of Qi Refining Spells), not bad, you want to learn spells? Up to Lian Qi level five?"

"Just to level five, I'll just look first, no rush," Mo Hua said, pretending to be calm.

"How about it? Want me to teach you?" Zhang Lan raised an eyebrow.

"Uncle Zhang, you're a spirit cultivator?"

"Hmm, sort of."

"Sort of... what does that mean? Oh, half-baked?" Mo Hua said.

Zhang Lan's face darkened. "What half-baked? At such a young age, where did you learn these messy words?"

"I see your blood essence isn't weak either, but I don't detect how strong your spiritual power is. Is it that I can't see it?" Mo Hua asked.

Zhang Lan said proudly: "I used spells to cover my aura, of course you can't see it. If even a kid like you could see it, wouldn't my cultivation be in vain?"

"Oh, oh, then you're considered both spirit and body cultivated?" Mo Hua said curiously.

"Cultivating both spirit and body is not that easy. I just refined my physical body a bit to avoid suffering losses when fighting with body cultivators up close. My main focus is still on spells. Cultivators who cultivate both spirit and body need both heavenly talent and inherited techniques from famous sects, as well as a wealthy family background. You might not encounter one in your lifetime," Zhang Lan sighed and said.

Mo Hua clicked his tongue. It requires talent, inheritance, and family background. These three conditions are all as distant as a natural chasm for Mo Hua. Even if he were to reincarnate ten thousand times, he might not hit all of them once.

"Then, Uncle Zhang, are your spells powerful?"

Zhang Lan said proudly: "They're alright, just so-so."

"Then they're not very powerful, are they?"

Zhang Lan was extremely angry and knocked Mo Hua on the head. "This is me being humble, understand? Humble!"

Mo Hua rubbed his little head and asked: "Then between you and Aunt Xue, who is a bit more powerful?"

"This..." Zhang Lan hesitated. "We haven't sparred before, how would I know?"

"Then do you know illusion techniques?"

"Of course... not."

Mo Hua said: "Aunt Xue knows illusion techniques, but you don't. Then you're definitely not as powerful as Aunt Xue! I'll ask Aunt Xue later to see what spells are good to learn."

Zhang Lan said unconvinced: "I just don't know illusion techniques, my other spells might not be weaker than hers."

"Really?" Mo Hua looked at Zhang Lan doubtfully.

"For spells in the Lian Qi period, you can ask me any questions."

"Okay, then I want to learn spells now. Which one should I learn?"

"What do you want to learn?" Zhang Lan asked.

Mo Hua handed the 《Lian Qi Fa Shu Hui Bian》 to Zhang Lan. "I've picked a few spells, you see which one is better to learn first."

Zhang Lan took the book, flipped through a few pages, and saw that there were a few spells circled with a pen.

Huo Qiu Shu (Fireball Technique), Shui Jian Shu (Water Arrow Technique), Jin Ren Shu (Gold Blade Technique), Tu Shi Shu (Earth Stone Technique)...

They were all spells that could be learned in the middle stage of Lian Qi. The spells were not difficult, and the spiritual power required to cast them was not much.

Zhang Lan nodded. Starting with basic spells and not aiming too high, Mo Hua's judgment was still pretty good.

Many cultivators, when they first learn spells, just want to learn those with high ranks, high power, or very rare spells. They don't know that high-ranked spells require more spiritual power, powerful spells take a long time to cast, and rarer spells have too harsh conditions for learning.

Moreover, even if they could learn them, casting one spell would exhaust most of their spiritual power. If they didn't hit their target, they would basically just have to sit and wait for death.

Zhang Lan stared at Mo Hua for a while, then suddenly realized a problem. "The ones you picked are all offensive spells?"

Mo Hua was stunned for a moment. "If I don't learn offensive spells, what should I learn?"

"Don't you consider how to protect your life?"

"Right, oh," Mo Hua suddenly realized, "I should first be able to protect my life. If I can't even protect my life, who am I going to attack?"

The incident with Qian Xing also made him understand that cultivators must have means to protect themselves. Otherwise, if they suddenly encounter danger and have no power to protect themselves, they will fall into a passive and helpless situation.

"What protective spells are there? Jin Zhong Zhao (Golden Bell Cover)?" Mo Hua asked humbly.

"Jin Zhong Zhao is indeed not bad, but it's not of much use to you."

"Why?" Mo Hua didn't understand.

Zhang Lan looked at Mo Hua with a somewhat disdainful gaze. "Haven't you realized that your spiritual power is actually not strong?"

"That's because my cultivation is low," Mo Hua argued.

"Partly because your cultivation is low, but your spirit root quality itself is just average. If I'm not mistaken, the cultivation method you learned doesn't add much to spiritual power either. So your spiritual power within your Qi Sea will definitely be weaker than others at the same realm."

Although Mo Hua didn't want to admit it, it seemed this was indeed the truth.

Zhang Lan looked at Mo Hua and thought to himself, it's a good thing your spirit root talent is average. If your spirit root talent was the same as your array talent, what would happen in the future?

Indeed, the way of heaven is still relatively fair.

Zhang Lan continued to explain: "If your spiritual power is weak, even if you cast a defensive spell like Jin Zhong Zhao, it won't last long. When your spiritual power is depleted, you can only sit and wait for death."

"Moreover, Jin Zhong Zhao must foresee danger beforehand and activate spiritual power in advance to cast it. If you suffer a sneak attack and don't have time to cast it, then this spell is the same as not learning it."

Mo Hua worried, "Then what should I learn?"

You also have a time to worry, don't you? I told you not to ask me!

Zhang Lan secretly felt proud in his heart for a while.

All problems in the Lian Qi period are small problems... as long as they don't involve arrays.

Zhang Lan put on a slight posture for a while, then said to Mo Hua: "You can learn body techniques."

"Body techniques?"

"If you learn a defensive spell like Jin Zhong Zhao, when you encounter an attack, you can only take it head-on..." Zhang Lan glanced at Mo Hua, "But with your physical body and spiritual power, you can't withstand much."

Mo Hua nodded in deep agreement.

"So, ah, you learn body techniques. You can attack in advance, dodge when retreating, and even run if things really don't work out," Zhang Lan said.

"What drawbacks will there be?"

"There will definitely be drawbacks. If you use defensive spells, before your spiritual power is exhausted, you can at least take a few hits. But if you use body techniques to dodge, either your footwork is clever and you are unharmed, or if not, as long as you are not careful for a moment and are caught by someone, it will basically be more ominous than auspicious."

"That means, in a completely defenseless situation, you take the other person's attack, is that right?"

"Not bad."

Mo Hua hesitated for a moment and said: "With defensive spells, once spiritual power is exhausted, you're at the mercy of others. With body techniques, once you're caught by someone, you're also like fish on a chopping block. But body techniques can at least advance or retreat. If I learn a Jin Zhong Zhao, I really can't block it and can't run away either..."

"Have you thought it through?"

"Hmm, I'll learn body techniques."

Zhang Lan nodded. "You're still quite smart. Since it can't be perfect, then you can only play to your strengths and avoid weaknesses."

Zhang Lan picked up the 《Lian Qi Fa Shu Hui Bian》 and flipped through it a bit, then picked up the pen on the table and circled a few body techniques. He was about to let Mo Hua choose one to practice when he suddenly realized something was wrong.

These few body techniques were common body techniques in the Lian Qi period. It was indeed no problem for Mo Hua to learn them, but since they were common body techniques, he could teach them, and others could teach them too. How would this show that he was one step ahead in skill?

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