"Thank you, Senior."
After thanking him loudly, Chen Shi'an asked, "Senior, could you teach me a few ways to use Mind Power?"
What he lacked now was not a method for cultivating Mind Power, but ways to use it.
Guan Wentian gave an "Oh." "I have many ways of using Mind Power, but my techniques require Mind Power cultivated through the Confucian path.
"It is still hard to say whether you can grasp the essence of the Confucian School's cultivation. Aren't you reaching a little too high by already wanting techniques for using Mind Power?"
Chen Shi'an replied, "To be honest, Senior, what I cultivate is indeed a Daoist method.
"However, that method records very few techniques for using Mind Power.
"That is why I wanted to ask you to teach me a technique or two.
"Even if I cannot comprehend your cultivation method, the Confucian and Daoist paths have similarities and points of connection. If you teach me ways to use Mind Power, perhaps I can draw on them and gain some insight."
Guan Tianfang hesitated briefly, then said quietly, "Very well. I have quite a few Mind Power techniques. Which particular kind do you want to learn? I can consider teaching you two or three."
Overjoyed, Chen Shi'an hurriedly said, "Preferably techniques for manipulating souls, such as soul searching and soul control."
Guan Wentian snorted softly. "You little rascal are no good egg. In the eyes of us in the Confucian School, those techniques are excessively sinister and vicious. They are forbidden arts..."
Chen Shi'an replied, "Could it be that you don't know them, Senior?"
Guan Wentian was instantly displeased. "Ridiculous! I am a distinguished Mind Cultivator of the Upper Three Realms. How could I not know those techniques?"
Chen Shi'an quickly said, "Please teach me a little,