"Mystic Grimoire" Water: Water-Traveling Art

Spell name: Water-Traveling Art

Basic attributes: Intermediate water spell

Spell category: Support spell

Affiliated faction: Four Rivers Dragon Palace

Brief description: A water escape art, an advanced form of the Water-Repelling Spell. This spell places exceptionally high demands on the caster's innate affinity for water and can generally be mastered only by aquatic beings. When casting it, the caster need not repel the water, but instead becomes one with the surrounding water, moving like a fish and truly traveling through it without obstruction. A caster with sufficiently powerful magic can traverse a thousand li through rivers and seas in an instant, leaving no trace. In this respect, the Water-Repelling Spell can be called a "water-parting art," while the Water-Traveling Art is a water escape art through and through.

Spell weaknesses: Although this spell automatically avoids foreign objects in the water, the caster must remain utterly focused while traveling through it at high speed. If the caster's control of the spell falters, or their magical power proves insufficient and runs dry midway, a tragedy akin to a ship striking an iceberg may well unfold.

Recorded appearance: In Chapter 23 of Volume Three, "Dream of Three Lifetimes Beneath the Moon," Zhang Xingyan learned this spell under the tentative instruction of Dragon Palace Princess Ling Yier. He successfully cast it in Poyang Lake, gliding and roaming at ease with Lingyi through that expanse of autumn water.