A sallow-faced youth sitting cross-legged in the corridor, brow furrowed in deep thought, was quite an eye-catching sight in this place. Everyone who passed glanced at Chen Mu in surprise. The Card Crafters and Card Adepts here were powerful and thus enjoyed considerable social standing. In such surroundings, suddenly encountering someone as "uninhibited" as Chen Mu naturally earned him a few odd looks.
Chen Mu paid those looks no mind. Back when he had been mistaken for a beggar at East Guard Academy, he had grown thoroughly accustomed to such stares. Besides, he had no time to concern himself with them now. He was racking his brains to figure out what had sparked his inspiration.
With a sudden flash of inspiration like this, if he failed to grasp it, the longer he waited, the less likely he was to recall it. So he dared not move, not even a fraction. Until he figured it out, he would stay right where he was.
What had I been looking at when that feeling came to me?
Chen Mu carefully recalled every detail of that moment.
Now that he thought about it, Marco Witt's Coiling Bramble had extended and contracted rhythmically, giving the impression that it was breathing.
Huh, breathing! Yes, that was it! Suddenly, he remembered. That was the feeling that had caught his attention.
But why had it caught my attention?
He kept replaying the scene in his mind, recalling the rhythmic extension and contraction of the energy brambles.
Wait!
Rhythm... extension and contraction...
What was that? A term suddenly leaped out from the depths of his mind: Vibration frequency!
Chen Mu's eyes abruptly lit up. He knew what he had hit upon. The Breath-Concealing Method-the Breath-Concealing Method for which he had been unable to find a breakthrough-had suddenly offered him