"I didn't do anything."
Chen Changqing explained casually.
"I read through it once, thought it wasn't difficult, and practiced it while I was at it."
Xuanyuan Xiaoyu opened her mouth, but no words came out for a long while.
Practiced it while he was at it?
This was the Human King Heaven-Suppressing Seal, not some Qi Nourishing technique from a roadside stall!
Liu Ruyan, on the other hand, remained perfectly calm.
Something like this would have been absurd if it happened to anyone else.
But happening to Chen Changqing, it seemed perfectly normal.
Chen Changqing raised his right hand and circulated his spiritual power according to the cultivation method in his mind.
A golden seal slowly took shape in his palm.
At first, the golden seal was only the size of a fingernail.
A few breaths later, a vast expanse of golden light suddenly appeared above the entire Listening Snow Lodge.
Everyone in the courtyard felt their cultivation suppressed at the same time.
The spiritual power within Liu Ruyan's body stalled for a moment.
The imperial Jade Pendant at Xuanyuan Xiaoyu's waist lit up on its own, blocking the suppression.
"Retract!"
Chen Changqing closed his five fingers, and the golden light in the air swiftly dispersed.
The nearby snow bamboo straightened again.
Yet all the tea on the stone table had already spilled out.
Chen Changqing looked at the drenched tabletop, somewhat embarrassed.
"It was my first time practicing it. I didn't control it well."
Xuanyuan Xiaoyu sat back down and remained silent for a long time.
When Father had mastered the first level of the Human King Heaven-Suppressing Seal, it had taken him a full seven months.
Yet this guy, on his first circulation, had actually managed to affect the surrounding heavens and earth.
The gap between people was