By the time Jiang Hao returned to the academy, it was already evening. As he entered through the courtyard gate, a teacher happened to be coming out. Seeing Jiang Hao, he paused and said, "Teacher Xu, your brother-in-law, Constable Li, came looking for you at the academy this morning, but you weren't here."
His brother-in-law was looking for him?
Jiang Hao's heart stirred. He could roughly guess why Li Gongfu had come looking for him.
It had to be because of those two talismans.
Jiang Hao had naturally heard about what happened yesterday. Li Gongfu had become famous overnight. He had slain three demon cultivators with three strokes, frightened the last one into dropping to his knees, and used a Dao Talisman to save dozens of constables. He had become Hangzhou's foremost constable.
Back in his room, he took out the several manuals he had just bought, broke the restrictions on them, and began reading the Water Evasion Spell, Fire Evasion Spell, and Disguise Spell.
As the names suggested, the Water Evasion Spell was Kung Fu for going underwater, like the bubble Li Lin had made for him. The Fire Evasion Art worked on the same principle, forming an Energy Shield around the body to block blazing flames.
The Disguise Spell used spiritual power to alter one's appearance, build, and so on, though only within certain limits. It could make someone ten centimeters taller or shorter, adjust facial features and muscles, and the like. It was not true Shapeshifting.
Jiang Hao read while pondering the spells, quickly committing them to memory. These were all the most basic spells, learnable even at the Foundation Establishment stage. They posed no difficulty whatsoever for him.
He silently recited the incantation, and a bubble formed around his body.
Water Evasion Spell.
Heh, now he