Zhuge Cang’s mouth twitched as he glanced at Tong Yunshu.
This girl would inquire about this boy’s opinion before paying her respects to me as a master just now, clearly prioritizing this boy above all else.
Once I pass on the skills I know to Tong Yunshu, this boy will certainly know them as well.
He looked at Tong Yunshu, opened his mouth, but ultimately did not ask her to swear not to reveal what I taught her to anyone else.
What if this girl refuses and regrets not acknowledging me as her master?
This boy can be considered a talent in the field of rune Taoism arrays. Even if he learns from the Zhuge family’s things, it would still mean the continuation of my Zhuge family’s legacy.
With this in mind, he snorted coldly and said, "No need to avoid it pretentiously. Whatever you want to know about me, you will eventually find out sooner or later."
Yang Fei chuckled, shamelessly saying, "Then many thanks to the senior. I would be honored to accept."
Zhuge Cang snorted and no longer paid attention to Yang Fei, turning instead to Tong Yunshu, "I will perform a void talisman. See if you can recognize it."
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Zhuge Cang immediately began gesturing.
He didn’t gesture the runes earlier recognized by Tong Yunshu but rather something she hadn’t seen before.
Tong Yunshu observed carefully and nodded, "I recognize this one."
Zhuge Cang nodded and asked, "Can you read it?"
Tong Yunshu was taken aback and looked at Yang Fei, "Do these characters have pronunciations?"
Yang Fei was also stunned, looking at Zhuge Cang in surprise, "Senior, is it true that these things have pronunciations?"
Zhuge Cang wore a proud look and boasted, "Nonsense, runes are still text, so naturally they have their own pronunciations. This rune is read as ’bing’, with the fourth tone accentuated."
As he spoke, Zhuge Cang intended to awe Yang Fei, "If you guide it with state of mind and pronounce the rune’s sound with divine thought, you can invoke the power of rune Taoism. Watch closely."
Zhuge Cang focused his mind, earnestly uttering four or five bizarre and difficult pronunciations.
As those strange pronunciations were uttered, several explosions suddenly resounded in the room’s void, with the turbulent airflow faintly spreading fierce shockwaves around.
Tong Yunshu was unaffected, but Yang Fei, having not fully restored his physical body realm, was pushed back a step by the shockwave.
Of course, he realized that this shockwave wasn’t significantly powerful, so he didn’t utilize the heaven and earth power to counter it.
Yang Fei took a deep breath, astonished, "Runes can be used ?"
Tong Yunshu, seeing Yang Fei unharmed, relaxed, and showed an amazed expression, "Combining the runes and using divine thought to pronounce them seems to communicate with the power of rune Taoism."
Zhuge Cang nodded, "Exactly, this is the true essence of rune Taoism."
After Yang Fei’s initial shock, he calmed down, shook his head and said, "Although it’s impressive, the power isn’t much. It’s enough to scare some ordinary people but poses no threat to martial artists."
Zhuge Cang snorted, "That’s because I didn’t release the power of this rune just now, otherwise... something could still threaten martial artists below the Energy Transformation Seventh Rank."
Yang Fei and Tong Yunshu were shocked again, and the latter asked, "Is it really that powerful?"
Zhuge Cang nodded, "Yes. And this is just the power I can wield. Your talent in rune Taoism exceeds mine greatly, and once you have mastered it, the power might be even greater. Especially if you can craft better talismans, the power will be unimaginably large."
Yang Fei’s eyes lit up, immediately recalling the Thunder Talismans Zhuge Cang cast back then and the talismans used during his escape, eagerly asking, "Senior, can you teach me how to make talismans too?"
Seeing the admiration in Yang Fei’s eyes, Zhuge Cang felt secretly pleased, but said, "I’ve already been kind not to avoid teaching my disciple in front of you, as for personally teaching you rune Taoism, keep dreaming."
Tong Yunshu immediately said to Yang Fei, "Don’t worry, once I learn it, I’ll teach you."
Zhuge Cang’s mouth twitched, nearly angered to death.
Although I tacitly allow you to do so, isn’t this favoritism a bit too much?
Can’t you say these things behind my back?
Zhuge Cang felt silently distressed, but having already accepted this disciple, he could only endure it even if he was angry.
Yang Fei chuckled and seeing Zhuge Cang struggling to keep his composure, he refrained from pushing further, fearing to provoke him.
Currently, his physical body realm has no hope of recovery temporarily, and although his divine thought has been enhanced several times, in the secure environment of Yunwu Mountain’s Base, he felt invincible yet still dissatisfied with being trapped here.
Furthermore, the marvelousness of rune Taoism piqued his curiosity, so he decided to stay for now.
Though Tong Yunshu could teach him later, it would be too time-consuming that way.
Zhuge Cang ignored Yang Fei and continued to teach Tong Yunshu the runes.
Whenever she didn’t recognize a rune, Tong Yunshu would speak up, prompting Zhuge Cang to demonstrate more times.
He would then ask Tong Yunshu if she remembered.
Once she nodded, saying she mostly remembered, he would proceed to the next one.
Yang Fei observed silently beside them, unable to remember those obscure runes even after Zhuge Cang repeated them several times.
But he could still retain some impressions in his mind.
Each time Zhuge Cang asked if Tong Yunshu remembered, he would quietly observe Yang Fei, and seeing his confused expression, he felt secretly satisfied, while also amazed at Tong Yunshu’s talent for memorizing runes.
In the following three days, Yang Fei and Tong Yunshu spent most of their time with Zhuge Cang.
Zhuge Cang, having just accepted a disciple, was utterly amazed and gratified by Tong Yunshu’s talent, so he aimed to impart all of his knowledge to her, hoping she would quickly grow and assist the Zhuge family, hence teaching without reserve.
Tong Yunshu’s talent in rune Taoism was exceptional, and her learning ability was astonishingly strong, often able to understand by analogy.
After three days, she had memorized all the runes known by Zhuge Cang.
In the end, it turned out there were a total of seventeen unique runes between what Zhuge Cang and Yang Fei knew.
Combined with the forty-nine runes Zhuge Cang originally knew more than Yang Fei, the three now recognized a total of one hundred seventy-four runes.
When Tong Yunshu painstakingly wrote the sixty-six new runes she learned on a piece of paper for Yang Fei to review, and after Zhuge Cang confirmed there weren’t any mistakes, he was utterly stupefied.
In three days, he couldn’t even memorize those extra seventeen runes, yet this girl memorized sixty-six new runes and could even write them.
What’s more, she was a beginner, and I have been studying rune Taoism for over a hundred years; by some measure, I should be learning faster.
Where can I find reason for this?
Yet seeing Yang Fei earnestly memorizing the runes Tong Yunshu had written, he felt much better.
However, he still resisted asking Yang Fei how many runes he had memorized these past few days.
This boy’s talent in rune Taoism isn’t weak either; if he remembered more than I did in these past three days, wouldn’t I just be hit with another blow?
Better not to make things difficult for myself.