In the southeastern part of Zhuqi County, a secluded little courtyard stood. Along the wall, forty wooden stakes of varying heights had been driven into the ground, each spaced anywhere from one to five or six zhang apart, forming a complete ring around the courtyard.
At dawn that day, a nimble figure in blue raced around the courtyard at astonishing speed, darting from stake to stake. His toes touched each stake—high or low, near or far—only lightly before he sprang several zhang through the air. His speed and agility rivaled those of any top-tier lightness expert in the martial world.
In just a dozen or so breaths, the blue figure had raced around the courtyard once.
After practicing for a full half hour and making nearly a thousand circuits around the courtyard, the figure in blue abruptly stopped. He stood with his hands behind his back atop a wooden stake, his sleeves fluttering in the breeze. He was perfectly still, while the wind stirred around him. The transition from blinding speed to complete stillness had taken only an instant.
"This Wind Control Technique really is worthy of being an immortal's spell. As long as my magic power holds out, I can keep using it for a long time, and it doesn't take much out of me physically. It couldn't be more suited to long-distance travel."
Ye Qin praised it inwardly. Aside from using up some magic power, he felt almost no physical fatigue. He suspected he could use Wind Control Technique for several days before exhausting all the magic power in his body.
Now that he had finished practicing Wind Control Technique, it was time to practice Wind Binding Technique.
Nan Tianba had taught him seven basic spells: "Wind Control Technique, Wind Binding Technique, Quicksand Technique, Entanglement Technique, Earth Escape