Zhao Mu slowly raised his palm, as if holding a fragile treasure that would break at a touch, carefully lifting it to show Bu Yanhuan.
"I did it!"
Zhao Mu panted heavily. Although it was only micro-controlling Spiritual Power, he was so exhausted that fine beads of sweat covered his forehead.
Bu Yanhuan said with a smile, "Can you be this careful when fighting others?"
She walked over, picked up an egg from the basket, enveloped it in Spiritual Power, and then suddenly tossed it high into the air.
The egg flew more than ten meters high, then, under Zhao Mu's gaze, fell back into Bu Yanhuan's palm.
The egg landed steadily, showing no signs of breaking.
"This..."
Zhao Mu was somewhat speechless. It was already difficult enough for him to simply wrap an egg in Spiritual Power without breaking it.
Throwing it up and down would be too hard.
"You don't need to reach my level! After all, the target you need to 'entangle' with Spiritual Power is a weapon: flying daggers, stones, let alone handheld weapons."
"However, if you can control the most fragile egg well, then controlling weapons will be even more powerful!"
"Because unnecessary waste, the Spiritual Power dissipated into the air will be reduced."
Only then did Zhao Mu understand Bu Yanhuan's intention.
He took a deep breath, said no more, and tried to slowly toss the egg in his hand.
Once, twice, thrice... The subsequent process became more difficult, but with the demon clown, Zhao Mu's proficiency increased at a visible rate.
After a morning, two baskets of eggs were gone just like that.
Zhao Mu was finally able to toss the egg up and steadily catch it in his palm.
However, he couldn't do it like Bu Yanhuan, throwing it over ten meters high before catching it; he could only throw it one or two meters.
But seeing this, Bu Yanhuan had already cursed him as a Prodigy countless times in her heart.
With the ability of the demon clown, no matter what Zhao Mu Cultivated, even if he was clumsy and slow at first, his proficiency would always increase at a visible rate.
A bold idea also formed in her mind.
"If I let him do that thing, wouldn't he be the chosen one?"
She had a plan in mind; she could take advantage of sending Zhao Mu to Qingfeng Camp to meet that person.
"Alright, your current level of Spiritual Power Control is already sufficient for the current stage."
Bu Yanhuan told Zhao Mu to put down the eggs and switch to using stones.
Zhao Mu did as he was told. Indeed, when Spiritual Power spread from his fingertips and covered the surface of the stone, it felt incredibly easy and natural!
Stones had much stronger load-bearing capacity than eggs.
"The next step is to throw the stone!"
As Bu Yanhuan spoke, Zhao Mu already smiled slightly and, mimicking Bu Yanhuan's previous movement, flicked his wrist!
His movements were extremely sharp; the Seven Kills Battle Method also included methods for using hidden weapons.
Zhao Mu could now use flying needles to injure people from ten meters away.
Switching to stones was even easier.
But this time, the Spiritual Power on the stone slowly dissipated before it even flew halfway.
"Thump!"
The stone hit the thick tree trunk, leaving an indentation but not embedding itself.
Zhao Mu took a deep breath. "It's not simple after all! My 'Condensation' practice isn't enough, right?"
Bu Yanhuan smiled and nodded, "Smart, you learn with one lesson!"
Zhao Mu picked up another stone. At this point, his Spiritual Power Control proficiency had reached 48.
Under the scorching sun, Zhao Mu diligently continued to practice.
After watching for a moment, Bu Yanhuan knew that this kid only needed continuous practice to master it. She then picked up the large iron basin of broken eggs and went to the kitchen to stir-fry two dishes.
One was scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
The other was also scrambled eggs with tomatoes.
Too many eggs were broken; one basin wasn't enough.
After quickly eating his lunch, Zhao Mu immediately resumed his intense practice.
The skill of Spiritual Power Control was very difficult to learn, and this was the slowest Zhao Mu's proficiency had increased since his Awakening.
Even if his proficiency only increased by about 0.1 each time, Zhao Mu's willpower was firm.
When his internal Spiritual Power was depleted, Zhao Mu immediately Meditated, using Spiritual Energy Rotation to quickly recover Spiritual Power, and then continued practicing.
After a full day of practice, Zhao Mu could finally, from ten meters away, accurately embed a Spiritual Power-wrapped stone into a large tree to a depth of 5 centimeters!
Zhao Mu was drenched in sweat, but seeing the results of his training, he was still not quite satisfied.
"Only a ten-meter effective attack range isn't considered long-range; it's only suitable for mid-range sneak attacks."
"Would it be better if I replaced the stone with a more durable flying dagger?"
Thinking this, Zhao Mu immediately returned to his room.
There were flying daggers at home, which Bu Yanhuan usually used when teaching him hidden weapons and when hunting in the mountains.
These things were made of fine steel and were not cheap, so Bu Yanhuan always collected them back.
Zhao Mu opened the cabinet, pulled out a bundle of flying daggers, and went to the courtyard.
He picked up a flying dagger between two fingers, a faint blue light flashed in his eyes, and the Spiritual Power from his fingers had already permeated the entire dagger.
"Whoosh!"
His strike (strike) was extremely fast, so fast that one only saw a flash of light and shadow. Hidden weapons emphasize surprise attacks, so the strike speed must be fast!
This time, he heard a "bang!" from the large tree in the courtyard. The tree trunk shook, and leaves fell all over the ground.
A small hole, transparent from front to back, appeared on the tree trunk.
Seeing this, Zhao Mu excitedly clenched his fists.
The tree's diameter was over ten centimeters; even ordinary gun bullets couldn't penetrate it.
But his flying dagger did!
Zhao Mu's Breathing was somewhat rapid. This strike consumed a lot of Spiritual Power, but its power truly thrilled him.
"Although beyond a ten-meter range, my Spiritual Power cannot solidify, and its power greatly diminishes. But if used well, this flying dagger will become a trump card for me."
Bu Yanhuan sat cross-legged under the eaves, lazily watching Zhao Mu practice while munching on watermelon.
She was already somewhat numb.
Because normally, even a Spirit Energy User with good talent would need at least a year and a half of hard training to achieve this level of lethality.
But how long did Zhao Mu take?
One day, just one day!
Yet, looking at Zhao Mu's expression at this moment, his brows were slightly furrowed, seemingly still not very satisfied.
Bu Yanhuan even wanted to say: Just destroy it already!
"The attack range is still too short. It seems I'll have to combine it with a bow and arrow in the future. If I infuse Spiritual Power into an arrow and use the strong elastic force of the bow, then the effective attack range of this move will be further increased!"
One method understood, all methods understood.
After learning Spiritual Entanglement, Zhao Mu had already imagined countless Combat Technique methods.
"With this killing move, I am determined to take first place in the Entrance Trial!"
His eyes were like daggers, and he said, clenching his fists.
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