A Filial Daughter's Suggestion

"Women are willing to pay a price for beauty, so I used a beauty strategy on Mom. She agreed to take the beauty medicine Shengteng Academy just developed!"

"I used a Fake Technique to trick Dad into selling books!"

When they spoke again, Zhang Manqian and Zhang Xuezhou shared their respective experiences to avoid giving themselves away too soon in the future.

"What Fake Technique?"

"A little thing called the Thread-Control Incantation. It's specifically for training finger dexterity. I also have a Disguise Technique for applying makeup quickly, but I need to test some materials before I can mix the disguise medicine."

Zhang Xuezhou casually sent over the short video titled "Shocking! He actually did this to a pair of pants!"

"That's some skill you've got!"

Watching Zhang Xuezhou twirl a strand of hair in his hand, Zhang Manqian thought it looked a little like how she had twirled pencils for fun in elementary school.

But twirling hair was obviously harder than twirling a pencil. The strand between Zhang Xuezhou's fingers didn't just straighten out; it bent, coiled, and even made stabbing motions.

If Zhang Xuezhou had a steel wire in his hand, Zhang Manqian thought he could easily use it to pierce flesh and inflict tremendous damage.

"Is it easy to learn?" Zhang Manqian asked.

"Very easy. You get started in three days, get the hang of it in ten, master it in half a year, and in three years you can pierce cowhide with a strand of hair!"

Zhang Xuezhou thought back to Jin Chang's exact words, then passed them on to Zhang Manqian.

"A hair can pierce cowhide? You're really not blowing a cowhide of your own?"

"You just insert it into an opening in the cowhide, and you have to punch a hole in it beforehand,"