Though he was cursing the fox lady inwardly, Wu Chu still maintained an elegant, composed manner on the surface and listened attentively.
If he had been sitting on a sofa, he might even have leaned back strategically.
After all, even though he clearly had no idea what the other party was saying, he still had to keep up appearances so he would not be seen through at once.
But as he listened, Wu Chu gradually grew puzzled. He could not understand most of it, yet he realized he actually understood the final few sentences.
From those last words, Wu Chu gathered that this old fox was asking how to make his spells more powerful, aside from increasing his cultivation.
Instinctively, Wu Chu felt that the old fox was asking the blind for directions.
But he quickly shook his head without thinking. The moment he did, he noticed the old fox staring at him with shining eyes.
Damn it! Too many little movements. This old fox had definitely misunderstood!
The corner of Wu Chu's lips twitched slightly. He loosely curled a hand into a fist and coughed softly into it, his mind racing as he considered how to deal with this problem.
In the end, he came up with a method. He would use a certain speaking tactic: first deny the other party's premise, then give him a little hope, and finally offer a vague but profound-sounding pointer.
After considering it, he said, "Illusion Techniques are ultimately illusions. They are not the Creation Dao and cannot truly turn illusion into reality. No matter how thoroughly you have studied the Five Elements Origin, fellow Daoist, without understanding the method of creation, everything remains an illusion."
At first glance, those words sounded rather reasonable. In truth, though, they were merely a catch-all, nothing