Borrowing the Brush

"What is going on?" Bai Jiyun, Liu Fushu, and Kong Ran were all startled, their three pairs of eyes seeming glued to the Golden Core in Ning Zhuo's hand.

With difficulty, their gazes shifted from the Golden Core to Ning Zhuo himself. The way they looked at him was now different from before.

Ning Zhuo had displayed his strength!

After all, this was their first meeting. First respect the fine clothes, then respect the person.

Ning Zhuo took in the changes in their expressions, knowing his strategy had succeeded.

"I won first place in this Xingyun Minor Trial and obtained the Meaningful Brush, yet I am not a Confucian cultivator, but an outsider."

"This situation can easily stir all kinds of jealousy, envy, and hatred in the Confucian cultivators toward me."

"So I must display strength that surpasses others, making them feel that even though I am an outsider, I am a strong cultivator. It is only natural, not strange, that I should emerge victorious."

That was Ning Zhuo's calculation.

Of course, he had genuinely intended to make a trade as well.

Aptitude spellcasting!

It meant using an aptitude as the source, supplemented by certain methods, to pry loose greater or more profound power.

Casting spells did not rely solely on mana. Many Treasure Materials could be used as well.

Ning Zhuo's Weather Orb - Ice Crystal Snow could consume souls and turn them into a biting storm of ice and snow.

When Ning Zhuo had participated in Chu Xuangui's Xingyun Minor Trial, he had personally witnessed Kong Ran using the Early Wisdom aptitude to cast spells.

All along, he had only used the Early Wisdom aptitude in the simplest ways.

Ning Zhuo had always wanted to develop the Early Wisdom aptitude. If developed well, this Early Wisdom aptitude could