Technique Within the Clouds

In Hongku's black-stone compound, Zhang Xuezhou and Wu Chao had received his lessons only in the courtyard and a study. They had not entered the other rooms.

As Zhang Xuezhou flew low past one room, Lü Yaya's piercing scream suddenly rang out in his mind.

The green-headed duck had been only moderately vigilant in life, but its Demon Power had performed unexpectedly well after death.

The green-headed duck excelled at keeping watch. The slightest stir of wind or rustle of grass would wake it, and it was extraordinarily sensitive to impending danger.

Rather than saying the green-headed duck was sounding a warning, it would be more accurate to say that, after taking its Demon Power into his body, Zhang Xuezhou had gained an extraordinary ability to sense danger.

He had failed to take flight with his flying technique, but his sense for danger was evidently quite good.

His scalp tingling, Zhang Xuezhou quickly beat his wings and moved away from the room built of massive black stones.

"Senior brother, what does Teacher use that room for?"

After getting away from the building, Zhang Xuezhou looked around for several seconds.

Seeing that Hongku had not returned, Zhang Xuezhou quietly asked Wu Chao.

"That room?"

Wu Chao opened his eyes wide.

His gaze swept over the place Zhang Xuezhou was pointing at, then quickly withdrew.

Wu Chao had been in the sacred land far longer than Zhang Xuezhou, but he knew little about Hongku and rarely visited him.

To Wu Chao, Hongku seemed more like someone carrying out a teaching assignment for the sacred land. Wu Chao was not even as close to him as he was to Dharma Master Hongyi.

Hongku had the fate of a lone star and usually disliked socializing.

Whenever Wu Chao passed Hongku's black-stone compound, its gates