Frigatebird

"Zhang Ping, you can't say things like that so casually. What if your training advice gets Cheng Xuejie hurt?"

Zhang Shouzhong gripped Zhang Ping's shoulder with a chubby hand and leaned in to whisper in his ear.

He glanced at Cheng Xuejie, then pulled Zhang Ping around to the other side of the tortoise shell. "You have to be careful when it comes to abilities. About twenty years ago, an Awakened with the Appraisal Technique opened an ability-consulting shop in Mingzhu City. He helped other Awakened plan how to develop their abilities. Do you know how he died? An enraged Awakened tore him to pieces."

"Oh? Why did someone tear him to pieces?" Zhang Ping asked, curious.

"Why? Because he talked nonsense," Zhang Shouzhong muttered. "One customer's ability was only Practical Tier, but he swore his training methods could raise it to Combat Tier. He even convinced City Guardian Tier Awakened that he could make them Nation Guardian Tier. A lot of people trained his way, and their abilities ended up a mess."

Those Awakened had probably ended up much like Zhong Xiaoyu. She had started with a perfectly good spatial ability, only for its advancement to become Soy Sauce Transfer.

How could the Awakened he had ruined not be furious?

So the man with the Appraisal Technique had met a terrible end.

"Fatty, do you think there's anything wrong with the advice I gave you?" Zhang Ping asked with a smile.

Zhang Shouzhong shook his head. "No. The grenade exploded, so your advice was right."

"Exactly. I'm not that Awakened. I wouldn't make claims I couldn't back up. My suggestions come from my understanding of abilities. That's completely different from what he did," Zhang Ping said.

He dared to offer advice because the Appraisal Technique presented the information it