Lan Ting's Growth

Lan Ting had deep doubts about her teaching abilities. She had heard that Lu Yang had entered the Ask Dao Sect as the top student, and his Law Technique talent was absolutely first-rate.

For example, the previous example of the Pictographic Boxing proved this point; it was a Law Technique talent that was so advanced that it could turn the mundane into the miraculous.

How did it turn out like this when I taught it myself?

Did I teach it wrong?

That shouldn't be the case. That's how my senior taught me, and that's how I taught Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu, and there were no problems.

Could it be that I underestimated Lu Yang's Law Technique talent, and that such a genius, surpassing ordinary geniuses, requires special teaching methods?

While doubting herself, she also felt guilty.

Lu Yang, oblivious to the fact that a talisman prodigy was struggling with self-doubt because he couldn't teach him, asked, "Do you think there's a talisman that can make other talismans invisible? That way, my invisibility talisman will disappear."

Meng Jingzhou considered for a moment before saying, "I find it hard to imagine what their purpose was in developing this kind of talisman."

Lu Yang dejectedly put on his clothes and continued practicing drawing invisibility talismans. The result was the same as before: his body remained invisible, but his clothes did not.

In contrast, Man Gu's paintings became more and more standardized with each iteration, which gave Lan Ting a great sense of accomplishment.

Meng Jingzhou gloated and mocked Lu Yang: "Haha, give up, you can't possibly draw a genuine invisibility talisman."

Lu Yang flew into a rage, pinched an invisibility talisman between two fingers, and stuck it to Meng Jingzhou's forehead. "Hey, you monster, take this talisman!"

Meng Jingzhou's body disappeared, but his clothes remained.

Not to be outdone, he also pulled out an invisibility talisman and threw it at Lu Yang: "Daoist, don't think you're the only one who can draw talismans!"

An invisibility talisman was also placed on Lu Yang's forehead, and his body and clothes completely disappeared.

The two attacked each other using invisibility talismans, fighting evenly without any real aggression.

Man Gu stood between the two, concentrating on drawing talismans, undisturbed by their presence.

"Done." Man Gu picked up a stack of successful invisibility talismans with satisfaction. Through continuous practice, his success rate in drawing invisibility talismans had reached nearly 100%.

Meng Jingzhou and Man Gu successfully completed their training.

Lu Yang successfully completed his apprenticeship with the invisibility talisman drawn by Lan Ting.

"By the way, Lanting, do you know how the Reverse Lifespan Formation is set up?" Lu Yang asked, wondering if the person in the shadows was indeed using the Reverse Lifespan Talisman to set up the Reverse Lifespan Formation, but hadn't finished yet.

If that's the case, then once we find a dozen or so Reverse Lifespan Talismans, we can easily deduce the locations of the other talismans based on their positions.

Lan Ting nodded, using his own spiritual power as a guide to draw an extremely intricate array in the air, with over a thousand nodes. "The Reverse Lifespan Array is large in scale and has many nodes. If there are only a few people in the shadows, considering the need to place talismans in hidden locations, they cannot complete the setup in a short time."

"Okay, then I'll leave the shop to you. The three of us will go out for a bit and see if we can be of any help," Lu Yang said.

"Ah? A young lady is in charge of the shop?" Lan Ting was a little uneasy. In the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace, she always followed her senior sister's arrangements and didn't have much of her own opinion. Now that she was being asked to manage such a large shop, she felt somewhat uncertain.

"It's alright, nothing will happen. You can make your own decision if anything happens." Lu Yang didn't think there was anything wrong with it, and left after saying that.

After Lu Yang and the other two left, Lan Ting felt uneasy, thinking about how she had temporarily taken over such a large shop.

"Let me set up a Spirit Gathering Formation," Lan Ting muttered to himself, trying to find something to do.

The Spirit Gathering Formation is a basic array for cultivators. She discovered that the barbecue restaurant didn't have Spirit Gathering Formation, and she didn't know how Lu Yang and the other two cultivated.

"Since everyone lives on the second floor, let's decorate on the second floor."

The Spirit Gathering Formation is the most basic array, and Lan Ting set it up with ease. She took out Spirit Stone from her identity jade token and set it up step by step according to what she had been taught in class.

"Let's set up another concentration array; it will allow us to quickly enter a meditative state."

"There's also a soundproof barrier; it'll be quieter then."

Lan Ting was meticulous in his work. Considering that the Spirit Gathering Formation was too effective and might attract the attention of other cultivators, he set up another array to isolate the fluctuations of Spiritual Qi.

"That way, there won't be any problems." Lanting was quite satisfied with his meticulousness.

"Hello, is anyone home?" A voice came from downstairs, startling Lanting. It sounded like a woman.

As Lanting descended the stairs, she saw a fair-skinned woman standing at the door, contemplating whether to step inside.

Hello, may I ask who you are...?

"I run a tofu shop on Qianmen Street. My name is Wen Xiangyu. Is Mr. Lu here?" Wen Xiangyu's voice was gentle, sending a shiver down one's spine.

"He's gone out. Is there anything you need?" Lan Ting remembered that Lu Yang had mentioned it briefly when he was explaining how he found the Life Reversal Talisman.

"Oh, it's like this, since the Spring Festival is coming soon, I'd like to collaborate with your barbecue restaurant on an event."

Lanting invited Wen Xiangyu in, serving her tea and water. "What activity is it?"

"I'm not bragging, but my tofu shop is always busy, and during the Spring Festival, it gets even busier."

"I was thinking, could we set up a promotion where customers who buy tofu at my tofu shop get a 10% discount on their barbecue, and vice versa?"

"There's also a lucky wheel, masks, and stuff like that."

"Mask?"

Wen Xiangyu took out several masks. The masks were square and looked white and tender, like a piece of tofu.

"These masks are based on the mascot of my family's tofu shop, and they sell very well."

Lan Ting thought about it and felt that Wen Xiangyu's suggestion was good and would be beneficial to the barbecue restaurant's business. She also remembered that Lu Yang had said that he would have full authority over the business while she was managing the store, so she agreed.

Wen Xiangyu was delighted to see that Lanting agreed with her idea, and the two women chatted about various details of the event, from what the prizes of the spinning wheel were to what gravity is.

"There is an invisible force that pulls together all things in the world. Lu Yang agrees with my view and names this force universal gravitation..."

"However, Lu Yang believes this invisible force is naturally generated, while I think someone has set up a huge array to attract us."

"Oh right, you don't know about formations? Let me tell you, formations are very interesting. This book, <The True Explanation of Formations>, describes formations in a profound yet simple and easy-to-understand way..."

When Wen Xiangyu arrived, she was filled with gratitude for Lu Yang; when she left, her mind was filled with the principles of formations.

After seeing Wen Xiangyu off, Lanting noticed the cunning ghosts flitting about in the corner, and an idea popped into her mind.

Lu Yang's ideas are wildly imaginative; if you want to teach him well, do you have to learn his way of thinking?

For example, could you design an automatic barbecue formation based on formations like levitation formations or fire-gathering formations?

Hmm, that seems like a pretty good idea.