This is not the martial arts that Miles Foster taught the original body, but rather the Guiding Technique from the Santai Divine Palace, dating back two thousand five hundred years.

You should know that the palace sorcerers were not only responsible for worshipping the gods, but also bore the duty of slaying demons and exorcising evil.

Therefore, every palace sorcerer had to master various secret arts, and also possess a strong physique.

The Guiding Technique is the fundamental method for all cultivation.

Santai has nine divine palaces, each with its own exclusive Guiding Technique. However, the nine divine Guiding Techniques are interconnected; it’s not that disciples of the Grand Siming Divine Palace can only practice the Grand Siming’s Guiding Technique—they can also practice the Guiding Techniques of other palaces.

Chris is currently practicing the Guiding Technique of the Taiyi Divine Palace.

The Taiyi God is the supreme deity among the nine gods of Chu. The Taiyi Guiding Technique, also known as the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique, is also the strongest Guiding Technique in Santai.

Wesley Brown did not practice this Guiding Technique back then, but instead practiced the exclusive Guiding Technique of the Grand Siming Divine Palace.

Later, while reading the secret tomes in the archive room, he discovered that the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique could subtly enhance one’s innate foundation. However, by then he was already a junior priest, and it was too late to start over, so he could only keep this Guiding Technique in mind as a form of consolation.

The Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique consists of three hundred and sixty-five forms, each representing a movement. One must practice them in sequence, and only when all three hundred and sixty-five forms can be cycled through does one achieve true perfection.

Of course, this Guiding Technique is very difficult to master—even many sorcerers of the Taiyi Divine Palace struggle to perfect it.

Chris has suffered from a lack of innate foundation before.

Now, starting over, he chose the Golden Crow Rainbow Transformation Technique without hesitation, determined to master it no matter how difficult it may be.

After all, this concerns his future.

It’s just that this body is really a bit lacking.

Whether it’s due to the era or the original body’s own reasons, Chris feels that his physique is even worse than when he first began his cultivation journey. After completing just three forms, he was already gasping for breath.

As expected, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth is extremely thin—he can’t sense it at all.

You should know, spiritual energy is the foundation of a sorcerer’s cultivation.

Without spiritual energy, many of Chris’s techniques cannot be performed.

He had already noticed this before he was discharged from the hospital.

On the other hand, the very reason he was able to awaken and seize this new life was precisely because spiritual energy exists.

Aduma?

Chris sat on the lawn, resting while pondering.

Because at the moment of awakening, he had definitely sensed the presence of spiritual energy.

A vague answer began to form in Chris’s mind!

……

“Chai ni si kong fu, hey, were you just practicing chai ni si kong fu?”

A voice interrupted Chris’s thoughts.

He looked in the direction of the voice and saw a small head poking out from behind a white wooden fence nearby.

“Hey, hello!”

“I know you. A few days ago, the police carried you out from inside. Are you okay?”

“Uh, I’m fine, thank you.”

It was a little girl, looking about five or six years old, with golden hair, as cute as a Barbie doll.

“Annie, who are you talking to?”

A voice came from the house next door.

A tall, blonde woman in her early thirties walked over.

When she saw Chris, she froze for a moment, quickly picked up the little girl, and took two steps back.

“Chris, when did you get out of the hospital?”

“And you are...?”

Chris looked at the woman in confusion, because he saw a trace of fear in her eyes.

“My name is Maria. I just moved here last year, and I live next door.”

She hesitated, then said softly, “That day, Annie ran to your backyard and saw you and Thomas through the basement window... I’m really sorry about what happened. I never expected Thomas... He was a good man. You know, we’ve been neighbors for a year. Even though you didn’t live here, Thomas often mentioned you. He must have been tempted by the devil.”

Chris fell silent.

He looked at Maria, then at Annie in her arms, not knowing how to respond.

“I know he was a good man. I don’t blame him.”

“That’s good!”

Maria didn’t know how to continue either, and the atmosphere grew a bit awkward.

Fortunately, Annie spoke up: “Were you just practicing chai ni si kong fu?”

“Sort of.”

“Can you teach me?”

Chris was about to answer when suddenly a man’s voice came from the house next door.

“Mary, who are you talking to?”

“It’s the neighbor next door.”

“Neighbor? Weren’t those two ChingChong dead?”

A burly, muscular man walked out.

The moment he saw Chris, his expression changed instantly.

Maria’s face looked terrible, with a mix of apology and embarrassment. She said angrily, “Damn it, Mike, what nonsense are you spouting?”

Then she quickly looked at Chris and said, “I’m so sorry, Mike didn’t mean it, he has no ill intent.”

But Chris’s face remained dark.