Chapter 103: Ascend the Celestial Ladder, Each by Their Fate
"This is the array set up by the Elder of the Earth Master Valley, and he specifically gave me the array core to activate it in case of danger, to avoid harassment and protect me as much as possible..."
This appeared in He Kao's mind, or rather it was a piece of information... Saying that He Kao received this information, it naturally translated into Jiang Daozhen speaking to him.
In the shadows of the trees, unchanged were the bamboo chairs and stools they sat on, and the small table and chessboard placed in front.
To outsiders, in front of the entrance to the farmers' market, the old and the young were still sitting there playing chess, with nothing unusual.
And people passing by would unconsciously ignore them, even if someone walked directly towards them staring at a phone, they would inexplicably bypass them.
If someone with decent cultivation could resist this invisible influence, locking onto the two and charging towards them, they would suddenly find themselves in the tree shadows, wandering without seeing a trace of them, eventually wandering away.
He Kao was somewhat surprised, Old Man Jiang was also a Sect Hall Elder, why would he need another elder to set up an array for protection?
Jiang Daozhen seemed to know what he was thinking. This time, he didn't use divine thought but spoke: "Twenty-three years ago, the moment I handed that pendant to your grandfather, I was no longer able to apply any techniques externally.
I also cannot use Lingxi Skill cultivation to actively spy on anyone's secrets, let alone intervene to promote or change anything.
So, I am just an ordinary old man from the countryside, often setting up a chess stall here, what I know won't exceed yours. Fortunately, later I learned how to use a smartphone, to maintain contact with the Sect's Hall online.
Two elders also regularly came to see me, informing me of recent events.
When your father had an accident, I wasn't at Qi Yuan, even if I was here, I'm afraid I could do nothing. I know you are a good child, you wouldn't blame, but I still want to make things clear..."
He Kao was increasingly puzzled: "You are... what happened?"
Jiang Daozhen: "Have you heard of the technique progression ritual?"
He Kao: "I've heard a little, initially Wu Yanjun from the Micro Realm Sect mentioned it to me, but he hesitated and didn't speak clearly, I suspect it's the secret transmission of each Magic Sect.
Later, I accidentally obtained a technique, it was the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Observing Body Skill and Tier One content, but it didn't mention how to break through Tier Two rituals."
Jiang Daozhen was slightly stunned: "Observing Body Technique? Lin Qingshuang ultimately..."
He Kao quickly interrupted him: "It wasn't Elder Lin who privately gave it to me, it was found using the Invisibility Ability, could it be that you don't know?"
He Kao always worried about being seen through by Magic Sect disciples regarding the Hidden Moth identity, but when he sat before the chess stall, he openly admitted this because the person opposite was different.
Old Man Jiang from Xiaowan Village knew him since childhood, an Elder from the Sect's Law Hall, supposedly already a Tier Seven Grand Calculator cultivation, had given him a personal treasure twenty-three years ago, and now a Hidden E Technique.
If he's to keep his identity as a Hidden Moth, he can hide it from others, but trying to hide it from Jiang Daozhen is simply wishful thinking, it's better to admit it outright... How did he admit it?
Elder Jiang entrusted Lin Qingshuang to annotate the technique for him, it didn't make clear that it was Hidden E Technique. The Tier Two of Hidden E Technique was known as Assassin, not mentioned in the technique.
Upon sitting down, He Kao directly admitted he practiced Hidden E Technique and was already a Tier Two Assassin of the Hidden Moth Sect, which was crucial information.
It indicated that He Kao had become Hidden Moth, and received genuine Hidden Moth Sect's transmission, unlike Zhou Du, Huang Xiaopang who merely achieved invisibility abilities through Hidden Moth objects.
Who is Jiang Daozhen? Of course he immediately understood! That's why the old man laughed heartily and actively operated the array set by Gu Chun—he seemed able to use technique cultivation.
He Kao further explained how he obtained the Observing Body Skill technique, using Invisibility Ability to enter Peng Xian's office, and found it in Peng Xian's private notebook.
As for why he entered Peng Xian's office for the search, and what happened that night, He Kao didn't elaborate. He felt there was no need to explain since Jiang Daozhen showed no interest, not even wanting to know.
Jiang Daozhen said nothing more, he just sighed: "You don't need to test me, such things, I really don't know, and can't possibly know."
Stating Jiang Daozhen is just an ordinary rural old man, is certainly inaccurate, what ordinary person can possess Tier Six Peak cultivation? Even without divine techniques, based on limited information, he could still deduce many things.
But what he focused on were major matters related to the Magic Sect, if he could grasp details like He Kao's infiltration into Peng Xian's office, then he would not be a quasi grand calculator bound by cultivation, he would truly be an immortal.
He Kao had to follow the conversation and ask: "What is a progression ritual?"
Jiang Daozhen: "Just a cheap method, honestly, it's nothing, seems to make progression easier, but actually complicates things deliberately."
This truth He Kao understood, just like climbing a mountain, the path suitable for more people, easier to ascend, inevitably takes a longer detour.
Jiang Daozhen paused for a moment, then continued: "Almost forgot, Hidden E Technique doesn't have a progression ritual because it was discontinued twelve hundred years ago. Whereas other seven techniques have greatly improved over the centuries.
Do you know, the progression ritual for a Tier Six Calculator advancing to Tier Seven is?"
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