Wang Chong was a man of action. Once the thought occurred to him, he set about carrying it out. Finding an opportunity, he slipped out of the Gaoju Tribe's camp and circled the Shangtuo Tribe's camp. With a slight sense of regret, he thought, What a pity. If I knew the Six Qi Skin-Aspect Method, I could easily slip inside.
After killing the Demon Infant Helian Wanli, Wang Chong had naturally accepted all his "stolen goods" with pleasure. When he searched the corpse, he had found only two things: a scroll of the Six Qi Skin-Aspect Method, the sinister martial art Helian Wanli practiced, and a martial arts manual stolen from somewhere unknown, which Wang Chong had handed to Wei Zhiying at the time. There was no longer any way to know where Helian Wanli had hidden the other martial arts manuals he had stolen. Wang Chong did not care, and though Wei Zhiying regretted it, there was nothing she could do.
The Six Qi Skin-Aspect Method stressed blending the six kinds of Qi into one, refining the body to be like a skin, and giving one person ten thousand appearances. Its initial training was extremely arduous: every bone and joint had to be trained to bend and turn at will, and the muscles and fascia trained to become hard or soft as desired. At full mastery, one could alter any part of one's bones, flesh, and sinews. Helian Wanli had been born a dwarf, so there was no way he could successfully train all his bones, joints, muscles, and fascia. Instead, he had blazed a different trail, training his face to look like a child's and using it to deceive people.
Though Wang Chong had obtained this sinister art, he knew he could no longer practice it. Training had