Choose a Method
The flying boat stopped in front of a stream.
Wei Ni put away the flying boat and explained, "The mountain gate is just ahead. Someone will be here to register you shortly. Once you've received your new jade token, you can go up the mountain."
"Thank you, Wei Ni."
As the child spoke, he handed the primer back to Wei Ni.
"Done reading?" Wei Ni asked.
The child explained earnestly, "Yes. Of the things in this book, the Dragon Curse suits me best, but it takes too much strength. After using it once, I have to rest for dozens of breaths. I'd be completely unable to fight during that time. I'd better wait until I'm a little older to learn it."
Wei Ni thought for a moment, then patted his Storage Bag and took out another booklet.
"Other than incantations, our sect actually has methods in almost every discipline," he said.
The child took the booklet. Inside were the orthodox and reversed Five Elements, swords, spears, staffs, true-word hand seals, divination tools, formations, talismans, divine abilities, transformations, and nearly everything else.
"Each category has one or two beginner techniques. See if anything interests you. You can start practicing it," Wei Ni said.
The child looked through it with great interest. "If you had something this good, why didn't you bring it out sooner?"
Wei Ni laughed. "At first, I didn't know you were a peerless genius. Take a look. Any other questions?"
"Give me some more dried fish."
The child stared intently at the booklet, not even looking up as he held out his hand.
Wei Ni was speechless. "Xia Sheng, how can you eat so much? Didn't you just have a meal?"
"I want more," the child said.
"Here—huh? This is strange. Why haven't the senior