"No matter what, I've already accepted the task of gathering information about Drillhead Mountain, so I'll seek out the Jade Fox Clan first. But before that, I still need to learn this White Crane Transformation Technique," Shen Luo murmured thoughtfully after a long silence.
With that, he turned his hand over and took out the jade slip again, sent his divine sense into it, and examined it carefully.
Finding nothing particularly difficult to understand, he held his breath and focused. As he recited the incantation, he simultaneously activated his divine sense and magic power according to the method recorded in the jade slip.
Transformation techniques differed from illusions. They were not empty tricks meant to deceive the eyes and ears, but genuinely altered one's form, vital essence, aura, and divine soul. Thus, they required perfect coordination between the power of the divine soul, magic power, aura, and physical strength.
This should have been an exceedingly difficult undertaking. However, Shen Luo already possessed the body of a True Immortal, with ample magic power and considerable divine soul strength. Coupled with his cultivation of the Huangting Scripture, his practice proceeded with extraordinary ease.
After only an hour, Shen Luo rose from where he sat and spread his arms to either side, moving them up and down like a bird flapping its wings. He softly recited the transformation incantation, then suddenly drew a deep breath.
His body instantly grew lighter. Snow-white feathers sprouted along his arms, and his form rapidly shrank and changed, transforming directly into a graceful red-crowned white crane with lustrous plumage.
He lifted a foot and stepped forward, only to find his footing unsteady, as though he could not plant his feet firmly. His arms involuntarily began flapping along with his movements, and he broke into a little run toward