"In what way are you familiar with it? Do you feel like you've seen this scene before?" Qi Yu was about to add that she often had similar dreams.
But Si Qing shook her head and then looked at Jing Xiu's finger-biting action: "I feel like someone in my memory used to do this, but I'm not sure if I'm misremembering."
"It's just a personal habit, forget it, don't dwell on it." Qi Yu got off Si Qing's head, returned to her human form, and sat beside him, practicing the spells by forming hand seals as she had just memorized.
"Dark Dragon Palm is one of the most powerful spells of the Dragon race," Yan Hua explained from the side. "With one to two layers of power, it can cause mountains to collapse and the earth to split. As your magic power increases, its effects will grow, and this set of cultivation techniques wastes very little magic power."
Qi Yu didn't quite understand why the last point was so important.
Chen Xi explained: "It's like you're riding a horse to the capital, and you've only prepared enough fodder for three days. Other horses would have to eat all their fodder in three days to barely reach the outskirts of the capital."
"But the Dark Dragon Palm is like a thousand-mile steed. Not only can it reach the capital, but it only needs one day's worth of fodder at most."
Qi Yu's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Oh, so you mean this move is also a top-tier technique, but compared to other top-tier techniques that waste magic power, the Dark Dragon Palm not only doesn't consume much but also leaves more magic power in reserve."
Yan Hua nodded: "If it's a fight to the death, the Dark Dragon Palm can even save your life."
Si Qing's expression became more serious.
Indeed.
If they were facing the Blood Demon Fiend with only a small amount of magic power left, other spells wouldn't last long. But with the Dark Dragon Palm, they could at least hold on for a few more rounds.
"The deeper your cultivation, the faster you'll comprehend, and the better you'll cultivate the Dark Dragon Palm," Yan Hua said, looking at Qi Yu and Si Qing. "Although I am the Ancestral Dragon, I haven't fully grasped the ten layers of essence of the Dark Dragon Palm. So, you two can often find some open spaces to practice."
Qi Yu nodded.
After completing the hand seals, she felt her palm heat up, and finally, with a bang, she slammed it onto the table.
Crack.
A crack appeared on the table, and then a small five-fingered imprint was left.
Si Qing saw this and immediately chuckled, adding a palm strike on the other side.
Immediately after, with a rumble, the thousand-year-old dark wood table was smashed into two halves.
Qi Yu looked at Shao Feng with a well-behaved expression.
Si Qing looked at An Nuo with an equally well-behaved expression.
An Nuo's forehead veins bulged: "Didn't Lord Yan Hua say for you two to try it outside? What's going on? Why are you trying it inside the house?!"
Qi Yu and Si Qing huddled together pitifully.
Si Qing felt wronged: "Who could have imagined that it would succeed on the first try."
Qi Yu also nodded: "Yeah, who could have imagined..."
Shao Feng twitched his lips and pinched Si Qing's cheek: "It's one thing that Qi Yu didn't expect it to succeed on the first try, but why did you have to add another palm strike?"
Si Qing blinked his eyes.
Innocent, but not entirely.
Chen Xi had been trying to suppress his laughter since the table collapsed.
Now, seeing Qi Yu and Si Qing's expressions after causing trouble again, he couldn't hold it in any longer, covering his face and slapping his thigh.
Jin Yan, still holding his teacup, calmly took a sip and said with a hint of excitement: "Come on, come on, quickly try the Sky Shifting Illusion."
"Sky Shifting Illusion is so much fun," Chen Xi said to Qi Yu and Si Qing. "Before casting this spell, you two need to find two animals or spiritual artifacts to experiment with, and then..."
Chen Xi whispered a lot into Qi Yu and Si Qing's ears, looking eager as he spoke.
Qi Yu thought for a moment, then went to the land and caught a cat and a dog.
Then she set up a protective barrier and began to cast Sky Shifting Illusion.
Soon, the cat started meowing like a dog, and the dog started barking like a cat.
Si Qing's face showed surprise, and he immediately leaned in curiously: "Hey, what's going on? Is this a soul swap? But I don't feel any soul fluctuations."
Qi Yu cast Sky Shifting Illusion in reverse once.
The cat and dog returned to normal.
Chen Xi, standing by, didn't explain but just laughed heartily.
Jin Yan spoke before Yan Hua could: "Sky Shifting Illusion is not a soul-transferring technique. It doesn't swap the souls of cats and dogs. This spell, as its name suggests, can change many things and belongs to the assassin class of spells."
"For example, swapping the habits of cats and dogs, or in a group battle, hiding to the side and secretly replacing a weapon that has already recognized its master with your own."
Qi Yu couldn't believe it: "Whoa, that's defying the heavens."
"That's right. The deeper your cultivation and the stronger your magic power, the greater the ability of what you change. From swapping the habits of cats and dogs, or the abilities of spiritual and magical artifacts, to eventually even changing human spiritual roots and altering weapon ownership."
"But there's a prerequisite. Unlike the Dark Dragon Palm, using Sky Shifting Illusion consumes a lot of magic power." Yan Hua waved his hand, restoring the broken wooden table on the ground, and then produced a teacup and an empty cup: "This empty teacup represents the magic power needed for Sky Shifting Illusion, and this cup of water is your magic power."
Yan Hua poured more than half of the water into the empty teacup: "Using Sky Shifting Illusion once consumes about eighty percent of your magic power. This means this move should be used only when absolutely necessary, or preferably when you can protect yourself. Don't use it directly, otherwise, even if you have extra magic power or have accomplished something, you won't have the strength to use it or retaliate."
Qi Yu nodded: "But when I cast it just now, I didn't feel like I wasted a lot of magic power."
"Me neither," Si Qing shook his head.
Chen Xi blinked at them with an understanding look: "Don't worry, your current cultivation level isn't that strong yet, so you don't feel it as much. You'll know tomorrow morning."
Tomorrow morning?
Qi Yu and Si Qing were confused.
Magic power depletion isn't felt immediately, but only has a delayed reaction the next day?
Qi Yu couldn't figure it out no matter how hard she thought.
Si Qing also couldn't figure it out, so he didn't take it too seriously.
The two of them practiced these two sets of cultivation techniques back and forth for the entire afternoon.
When the next morning arrived.
An Nuo anxiously held Qi Yu and Si Qing, who were curled up and sleeping soundly, and found Yan Hua and Chen Xi: "What should we do? They haven't woken up all day, and no amount of calling works."
Jin Yan didn't pay much attention and continued to make Jing Xiu recite.
"It's fine, don't worry about them, let them sleep," Yan Hua soothed An Nuo. "They've just overused their magic power. Their previous magic power depletion was just using it up to the limit, but this time they've gone too far. They'll wake up after they recover."
An Nuo breathed a sigh of relief.
Shao Feng pouted at Yan Hua: "Then why didn't you remind them yesterday not to cultivate too much?"
He and An Nuo hadn't learned these two cultivation techniques and didn't know how taxing they were.
"Tsk, dragons. Life should be full of experiences," Yan Hua calmly took the sleeping Qi Yu and Si Qing, placing the two cubs on his lap and playing with them. "The more they experience, the more they'll understand in the future. Besides, when magic power is depleted to this extent, their magic power capacity will increase by two to three times later, so this is a good thing."
"Hmph, nonsense," Chen Xi pursed his lips and exposed him: "An Nuo, Shao Feng, I'm telling you, Yan Hua did it on purpose. He just wanted to cuddle the two cubs! That's why he deliberately made them deplete their magic power so they could recover by sleeping!"
An Nuo: "..."
Shao Feng: "..."
The two of them looked at Yan Hua with suspicion.
Yan Hua beckoned Chen Xi: "Come here."