In February, Jinhua weather warmed, spring returned to the earth, vegetation donned green once more, and the peach tree in the courtyard sprouted flower buds.
In the courtyard, Jiang Hao and Zhiqiuyiye were exchanging techniques.
"Brother Jiang, I'll teach you the Immobilization Technique first. Also called the Body-Fixing Spell, it involves drawing the Edict Incantation in your palm, then striking outward with your palm while saying the word 'freeze.' Your opponent will immediately be bound as though clamped in steel hoops, unable to move."
"Of course, there are ways to break it. One is to use the Body-Fixing Spell and say 'release,' which will undo it. The other is to possess sufficiently profound magical power and break free by force."
Zhiqiuyiye flicked a handful of cinnabar onto his palm and swiftly drew a talisman. Then he thrust his palm toward Jiang Hao.
"Freeze!"
Jiang Hao immediately felt as if the air around his body had solidified, leaving him utterly unable to move. He had experienced this feeling before. In the Deadpool world, Ebony Maw had seized him and used magic to immobilize his body. It had felt exactly like this.
Daoist arts and magic had much in common.
Jiang Hao realized that his soul and magical power had not been sealed. His eyes could still move, and he could still blink. It seemed to have been the same in the movie. When Ning Caichen fought the giant corpse, the two men and the corpse had all been immobilized. Zhiqiuyiye had been so anxious that his eyes rolled wildly and sweat covered his face, creating quite a farce.
He then recalled the records of the Immobilization Technique in Journey to the West. It was one of Sun Wukong's specialties. When he immobilized the Seven Fairies in the Peach Garden, it seemed