The Senior Sister's Smugness

"You promised you wouldn't cause trouble, didn't you?"

Gu Ziyi looked at Bibi Dong calmly.

Bibi Dong was of a higher level than him and faster as well. If she snatched something from his hands, there was nothing Gu Ziyi could do about it.

"I'm not causing trouble. I'm helping you!"

"As the Senior Sister, shouldn't I be helping my Junior Brother?"

Bibi Dong tilted her chin up and replied with a smug smile.

"Alright, give me your hand already!"

After explaining—or rather, making excuses—Bibi Dong hurriedly urged Gu Ziyi.

Gu Ziyi said nothing more, knowing that anything he said would be useless. He could only place his right hand in Bibi Dong's outstretched left hand.

Once he grasped Bibi Dong's little hand, Gu Ziyi began transferring his Soul Power into her.

Only his Soul Power could pass through the Spirit Bone and inscribe the blank talismans. No one else's Soul Power could do it, so if Bibi Dong wanted to play around with it, Gu Ziyi had to transfer his Soul Power to her.

Bibi Dong's small hand was soft and tender in his grasp, very comfortable to hold, but Gu Ziyi had no improper thoughts. He wasn't a pervert.

After receiving Gu Ziyi's Soul Power, Bibi Dong used her right hand to hold the Spirit Bone and began inscribing the blank talisman, imitating what Gu Ziyi had done earlier.

Bibi Dong completed the first two-thirds perfectly, but gradually slowed down toward the end.

At that moment, Bibi Dong jabbed Gu Ziyi with her left elbow.

The signal was obvious—she wanted him to hurry up and guide her.

"Here..."

Under the effects of the Purifying Heart Mantra, Gu Ziyi felt little emotion. Knowing that cooperating with Bibi Dong was the best choice at this point, he began instructing her from the side.

With Gu Ziyi's guidance, Bibi Dong's inscription did not break off toward the end, though her speed still slowed.

Gu Ziyi had already prepared himself for Bibi Dong to fail, leaving the two of them covered in dust and grime together.

Yet to Gu Ziyi's surprise, Bibi Dong was exceptionally steady this time. Little by little, she caught up to the pace he had achieved before, leaving only the final stroke.

"I pressed too lightly when I made the final stroke..."

For the last stroke, Gu Ziyi merely mentioned the reason for his own failure and did not continue guiding her.

After hearing Gu Ziyi's words, Bibi Dong directly finished with a heavy stroke.

Buzz—

As Bibi Dong completed the final stroke, the blank talisman immediately glowed with a cyan light before settling down.

A talisman had fully taken shape. The inscription on it was nearly identical to the Windwalk Talisman beside it, which Gu Ziyi had made directly with the Spirit Bone's soul skill.

"Yay! I did it!"

Bibi Dong immediately jumped up in excitement.

She was thrilled beyond measure. She had not expected to truly succeed—and to do so before Gu Ziyi.

"See? I told you Senior Sister was helping!"

"Now that it worked, shouldn't you hurry up and thank Senior Sister?"

Bibi Dong then held up the Windwalk Talisman she had made and smugly showed it off to Gu Ziyi.

"Yes, thank you for your help, Senior Sister."

Gu Ziyi thanked her helplessly, then took the Spirit Bone back from Bibi Dong's hand. "I'll try again myself!"

This time, Bibi Dong did not interfere. She was still too excited! Gu Ziyi then began inscribing again. He was just as steady this time, quickly reaching the final stroke.

Following the way Bibi Dong had made her stroke earlier, he completed it in one go.

Buzz—

The cyan light flashed and vanished, and another Windwalk Talisman was created.

"Not bad, not bad. With Senior Sister's demonstration, Junior Brother finally succeeded." Seeing that Gu Ziyi had succeeded as well, Bibi Dong was happy for him, though she did not forget to claim the credit for herself.

"Yes, it was all thanks to Senior Sister's demonstration!"

Gu Ziyi was utterly speechless. He had already voluntarily dispelled the Purifying Heart Mantra when he succeeded just now.

Now that the research had succeeded, he still had to be happy about it.

Gu Ziyi could actually understand why Bibi Dong disliked the Purifying Heart Mantra. Under normal circumstances, he did not like it either.

"We succeeded, right?"

Bibi Dong still found it a little hard to believe that something Gu Ziyi had researched for so long had succeeded after she messed around with it.

"Of course we succeeded. But we'll need to test it to know the exact effect."

Gu Ziyi answered with certainty.

Afterward, Gu Ziyi picked up the talisman he had inscribed and examined it.

Windwalk Talisman: Increases speed by 15% after use.

Gu Ziyi quickly figured out the effect of the Windwalk Talisman he had inscribed. Compared to the effect directly replicated with a Soul Bone soul skill, it was much weaker.

Still, success was success.

"My Windwalk Talisman only increases speed by 5%. Isn't that way too weak?"

At that moment, Bibi Dong checked the Windwalk Talisman she had inscribed as well, her voice full of disdain.

"It's normal for the effect to be weaker at the beginning. It'd be abnormal if it were identical to the original effect right away!" Gu Ziyi commented.

"I see. Then what's your effect, Junior Brother? It's the same as mine, right?" Bibi Dong finally accepted it, then pressed Gu Ziyi for his result.

"Mine is 15%!"

The corner of Gu Ziyi's lips curled up slightly. Serves you right for showing off just now.

"Ah, what? The difference is that huge?"

"I don't care. It must be because you gave me too little Soul Power earlier."

"I want to try again!"

When Bibi Dong heard Gu Ziyi's answer, her expression immediately fell, and she protested indignantly.

"It'll be the same no matter how many times you try. After all, it's my Soul Power. It's normal for me to make better use of it!"

"Stop messing around, Senior Sister. I need to summarize things first."

Gu Ziyi waved his hand, no longer intending to indulge Bibi Dong.

After finally succeeding in his research, of course he needed to review his experience.

"Hmph, then I'll go find Teacher and tell him I made this!"

Bibi Dong gave a soft snort, then skipped away with the Windwalk Talisman she had made.

She was going to show off to Qian Xunji.

Gu Ziyi smiled helplessly at Bibi Dong's retreating figure. After shaking his head, he stopped paying attention to her.

Buzz—

Gu Ziyi then summoned another blank Talisman and continued inscribing it.

This was the advantage of successfully developing self-inscription. Using the Soul Bone as a brush for making Talismans, Gu Ziyi could keep producing them as long as he had enough Soul Power.

If he used the Soul Bone to activate its soul skill and inscribe it onto a Talisman, he could only activate that Soul Bone three times before needing to nourish it with Soul Power to restore it.

That would take at least a day.

In short, before Gu Ziyi's research succeeded, he could only make three Windwalk Talismans a day. Now, there was no such limit.

However, Gu Ziyi still could not completely break free from the Soul Bone's restriction. He had to carry the Soul Bone with him to make his self-made Windwalk Talismans.

Gu Ziyi inscribed one self-made Windwalk Talisman after another, only stopping once more than half of his Soul Power had been consumed.

After checking them, Gu Ziyi found that the Windwalk Talismans he made all provided a boost between 15% and 20%.

It seemed he still needed more practice.

Bang—

The door was pushed open.

"Junior Brother, I brought Teacher!"