As more onlookers gathered, Lu You and the others could no longer linger.
By the time Lu Jin arrived, they had already dispersed.
Each left the scarred clearing with something on their mind, leaving behind the poor, wretched locust tree, its surface covered in scorch marks.
Lu You did not appear at the venue again for the remaining rounds of the Luotian Grand Ceremony. Wang Bing was too badly injured to compete, so Zhang Lingyu advanced straight to the finals.
Zhang Chulan and Feng Baobao staged a match, leaving the audience shouting, "Fuck you! Give us our money back!" and chasing Zhang Chulan down to beat him.
Lu You continued staying at a hotel in the Mount Longhu tourist area.
The room was not large, and its window faced Mount Longhu's main peak. Every morning, he could see clouds and mist curling among the mountains.
Three booklets lay open on the table.
The Feng family's Spirit Summoning and Sending, the Wang Family's Spirit Summoning and Sending, and the Wang Family's inherited art, Divine Painting.
The Spirit Summoning and Sending that Feng Zhenghao had sent was the most complete version, even more detailed than the Wang Family's copy, because it included much of his own understanding.
The Wang Family's copy, however, included the additional forbidden technique of "Spirit Consumption."
By comparing the two, Lu You soon pieced together a complete picture of Spirit Summoning and Sending in his mind.
Spirit Summoning and Sending had two effects: binding spirits and commanding them. Binding meant controlling spirit entities, while commanding meant putting them to use.
The true essence of Spirit Summoning and Sending lay in finding a spirit's weakness, forcibly taking control of it, and drawing out two hundred percent of its power. As for how that power was drawn out, the art