Union
Compared with the young wizards by Crescent Lake, the elders on Lishan Mountain saw further ahead.
"Too fast."
The old wizard leading the O'Brien Family frowned slightly, his gaze falling on Zheng Qing's sleeve. A glimmer of faint light flashed in his eyes, and his brow furrowed even more deeply.
"What was too fast?" The attendant standing behind him did not understand what the old wizard meant.
"That young man cast his spell too quickly."
Another family elder beside him offered a simple explanation. "Using a Transformation Incantation to decipher talismans is no simple matter. When he demonstrated magic onstage earlier, he had to calm himself, prepare the talisman, open his spellbook, and recite the incantation... Even under very favorable conditions, the whole process took more than five seconds."
"But in the blink of an eye, that Silence Bird came out of his sleeve." A look of realization appeared on the attendant's face, though his gaze at Zheng Qing also gained a measure of confusion. "...How did he do it?"
"He didn't cheat."
The Three-eyed Tribe's adviser toyed with the jade-studded headband around his forehead. Sharp light flickered in his third eye as he spoke with certainty. "Though I don't know what technique he used, I can be certain that he didn't tamper with anything in his sleeves..."
"When he demonstrated magic onstage earlier, he was clearly still unfamiliar with it. He must have only just encountered the technique of combining talismans and incantations." The Duo Po Tribe's representative rubbed the auxiliary brain on the other side of his cheek, his tone somewhat hesitant. "But only a few minutes passed... His second fusion spell could practically be considered instantaneous!"
"In other words, he completely mastered some profound magical technique he had just comprehended in an incredibly short