The young Taoist saw Brian Smith staring straight at him and couldn't help but wipe his face. "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"No, no."

Brian Smith snapped back to his senses and, seeing the young Taoist about to leave with his bowl and chopsticks, hurriedly called out to him:

"Little Taoist, I still don't know your name."

"My secular name is Eric Carter..."

As soon as Eric Carter spoke, Brian Smith's heart trembled, and the line of runes at the corner of his eye twisted slightly.

It suddenly changed from [???] to [Eric Carter]!

"Layman?"

Feeling uneasy under Brian Smith's gaze, the young Taoist couldn't help but speak up:

"Is there something you need?"

"Little Taoist, is your name really Eric Carter?"

Brian Smith's eyes shone with a frightening brightness.

"I... I..."

The young Taoist's hand trembled, and he was tongue-tied, not knowing what Brian Smith wanted.

"Don't be nervous."

Brian Smith forced a smile.

After a moment, the young Taoist hurried out of the guest room as if fleeing.

What appeared at the corner of Brian Smith's eye was now a panel displaying the young Taoist's name, age, and other information.

"This panel presents everything I see as data before my eyes, based on my own understanding?"

"But what's the use of this?"

Brian Smith's gaze swept over everything in the room.

Sure enough, as his gaze shifted, the data for every item in the room was listed before his eyes.

Recognized items showed their names; unrecognized ones were all question marks.

Brian Smith held his forehead and let out a long sigh:

"What the hell is the use of this..."

Boom!

Just as Brian Smith sighed, the panel recording the young Taoist's name, height, and weight shattered before his eyes.

Immediately, beams of light and shadow flashed before his eyes like a slideshow.

Time began to flow backward before his eyes once again!

The difference was, this time the reversal was limited to the young Taoist named Eric Carter alone!

He saw the young Taoist lighting a fire to prepare medicinal food, saw him keeping watch by his bedside, saw him sweeping away snow, doing morning lessons, cleaning the guest room, greeting guests, practicing boxing...

It seemed to last only a moment, but everything the young Taoist had experienced in the past month was now seen by Brian Smith.

"Is this... the young Taoist's past?!"

After a fleeting glimpse, Brian Smith decisively closed his eyes. In just that instant, he already felt a bit exhausted.

Although part of it was because he was already tired, it was clear that this ability to view another's past was extremely draining.

And that was just for a moment—if he watched for too long, wouldn't he drop dead on the spot?

"As long as I know someone's detailed information, I can see their past? What about the future, can I see that?"

Brian Smith rubbed his brow. After a brief moment of surprise, he gave a wry smile:

"What can I even do with this ability? Tell fortunes?"

As long as he knew the information, he could observe a person's past—this was undeniably a powerful ability.

But for someone on the verge of death, no matter how powerful the ability, its appeal was greatly diminished.

"I just want to live a few more years..."

Brian Smith sighed, recalling the young Taoist's past that he had just witnessed.

All the scenes from the young Taoist's past month surfaced one by one.

Morning lessons, practicing boxing, greeting guests, lighting fires to cook, cleaning rooms, and even some unspeakable stirrings of youthful desire...

Countless scenes densely filled Brian Smith's field of vision, making him dizzy.

It was a very strange feeling, as if his perspective had been split into countless fragments, each corresponding to a different scene.

All these scenes together formed the young Taoist's memories of the past month.

"It seems that's not all I can do..."

A thought stirred in Brian Smith's mind, and one of the many scenes suddenly zoomed in, quickly occupying all the space and becoming the only thing in his view.

Buzz~

In the next instant, Brian Smith felt a moment of disorientation, as if his consciousness had entered that scene—into the young Taoist's body!

"This is possible too?"

Brian Smith was a bit surprised. He could clearly feel this healthy body, free of any pain, could even sense the movement of its muscles and the beating of its heart.

However, he could only feel it; he couldn't control the young Taoist's actions.

He could only "watch helplessly" as the young Taoist practiced that set of boxing techniques.

"Daoist Qingyuan, I'm not learning this on purpose..."

After experiencing it for a moment, Brian Smith exited this state, but the boxing techniques he had just comprehended were not forgotten.

Every move and technique of this profound Daoist boxing art, down to the details of how to exert force, was deeply imprinted in his mind in just that brief instant!

"This ability..."

Brian Smith was a bit shocked.

Learning boxing was never a simple process. Even for someone with his martial arts background, learning a new set of techniques would take at least several months, if not years.

But he, without even meaning to, had mastered this Daoist boxing art—which included nurturing, practicing, fighting, and killing methods—all in just a few moments!

Moreover, with a reference, he could now master this boxing art even more quickly and proficiently.