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"I suspect there's something wrong with your cultivation technique."
Chen Mo's voice came from the Shadow Puppet, his suspicion utterly undisguised. "Otherwise, how could I possibly fail to learn it?"
"There's something wrong with my cultivation technique?"
The chains around the Corpse Charm swayed several times, clattering loudly.
"Three hundred years ago, the Profound Ice Splitting Light Needles were the most popular introductory technique among Rogue Cultivators. Eight out of every ten Rogue Cultivators had practiced them."
Its voice rose several notches. "You're the one who's stupid, yet you dare claim there's something wrong with my technique?"
"Popular doesn't mean it's useful." Chen Mo said. "Besides, it's something from three hundred years ago. Who knows whether it can still be used now? What if you remembered it wrong?"
"You've been locked up for so long. It'd be normal for your memories to get muddled."
"My memories got muddled?"
"Yeah. Three hundred years—ordinary people would've gotten senile long ago. You may have turned into a Corpse Charm, but who knows whether a brain can degenerate?"
"..."
Even though the Corpse Charm no longer needed to breathe, its chest still heaved violently.
The runes on the iron chains flickered, and the entire rock wall trembled faintly.
"Good. Good. Good."
It said "good" three times in a row, yet its voice instead became calm. "You say there's something wrong with my technique? Then let's change to another one. Do you want an escape technique?"
"Aren't you afraid of dying? If you can't win, run. That's the most practical means of preserving your life."
"What escape technique?"
"Earth Escape Art," the Corpse Charm said. "Use true qi to communicate with the earth's qi and burrow into the