Why can "Controlling Metal," "Controlling Wood," and "Controlling Water" be cast instantly? The fundamental reason is that the characteristics of spiritual power have not changed. The so-called "Controlling Metal" does not mean turning spiritual power into metal, but rather fully utilizing the sharp characteristics of spiritual power.
Similarly, "Controlling Wood" and "Controlling Water" respectively utilize the characteristics of spiritual energy generation and flexibility; they do not alter the nature of spiritual energy at the material level, which is why they can be easily used. However, "Controlling Fire" is different; spiritual energy needs to be transformed into fire, thus its nature is altered.
This change takes time, but chanting can greatly speed up the process. Chanting is similar to the shouts of ordinary people working or warriors fighting.
Like the work songs sung by boatmen pulling a boat, the vocalization helps to clear the airflow in the body and generate power; the lyrics and tune are not important.
Once Wang Yao understood this principle, everything that followed became predictable. He first needed to master how to transform spiritual energy into earth, and then find out what kind of chanting method could increase the speed of transforming spiritual energy into earth.
Although the process was difficult, Wang Yao already had experience in releasing spiritual energy from his body and transforming spiritual energy into fire. All he needed to master was time to transform spiritual energy into earth.
After pondering for an unknown period of time, Wang Yao finally mastered the "Earth Control" technique. He also devised seven or eight different chanting methods. After repeated comparisons, he finally chose the one that took the shortest time. With the experience of "Earth Control," he then successively solved the Five Elements Escape Technique.
This self-developed immortal technique is completely different from the feeling of directly calling immortal techniques through the Matchmaker System. Although developing immortal techniques is much more troublesome, once it is successfully developed, the caster's control over the immortal technique is much higher than that of cultivators who rely on the system.
They are even more skilled than those who master immortal arts by referring to reference books. The key is that whether relying on reference books or systems, practitioners inevitably know the "how" but not the "why". However, those who develop their own techniques have a deep understanding of the principles of immortal arts formation, so they can use them with ease and with endless variations.
Wang Yao also discovered that this self-developed immortal technique was truly addictive. As the saying goes, once you master one technique, you master all others. For example, after he mastered the Five Elements Escape Technique, his research into the immortal techniques of "summoning wind" and "summoning rain" was so smooth that it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he achieved it in one fell swoop.
Moreover, based on these two immortal arts, he deduced different forms of wind and rain, such as breeze, gale, whirlwind, tornado, as well as light rain, heavy rain, and showers. He could even combine wind and rain to create an immortal art effect that brought wind and rain together.
With this momentum, Wang Yao conquered "Frozen Ice", "Lightning Summoning", and "Electric Snakes". Next, he encountered another difficult magical challenge: "Paper Puppet".
In Wang Yao's view, "paper puppets" are a more advanced form of imbuing objects with spirit. The previous "wooden puppets" actually had the characteristic of imbuing objects with spirit, but they required external spiritual power to guide them. "Paper puppets," on the other hand, act directly on the object itself.
Although guiding external spiritual energy sounds simple, it is actually a very important step. First, a spiritual energy circulation mechanism that can exist independently in the outside must be established, and then this circulation mechanism is introduced into a physical object with corresponding circulation characteristics.
This is somewhat similar to tracing characters with a brush, but without the guidance of external spiritual energy, it's like writing directly on white paper without tracing. That would be a leap in ability, and the difficulty would increase exponentially.
However, now that he has "Yumu" as a reference and has done a lot of research on chanting, Wang Yao is not completely clueless about "paper puppets". His specific research direction is relatively clear. All that is needed next is time.
Just as Wang Yao was seriously pondering the "paper puppet", a voice suddenly rang in his ears. The voice was deep and mysterious, as if it came from his soul.
"Have you finished forging it yet?" It was a middle-aged woman's voice. Wang Yao was startled, and cold sweat began to seep out from his forehead. He was so engrossed in studying the immortal arts that he almost forgot that his life was still in the hands of a middle-aged goddess called Aunt Tian.
"Not yet." Wang Yao tried to calm himself down and answered Aunt Tian's question in his mind.
"You haven't come out yet after so long? The demons are currently launching a major attack on the God Realm. You need to hurry up and complete the task that the God Lord gave you." Aunt Tian's tone was quite dissatisfied.
"How many years has it been? How come that damn mission is still going on? I'm too busy to do this!" Wang Yao was both shocked and annoyed that his research on immortal arts had been interrupted. "Damn it, all these years have passed and nothing has changed for me. Why should I have to listen to your orders?"
However, before Wang Yao could finish speaking, a sharp pain suddenly shot through the depths of his brain, and that pain instantly spread throughout Wang Yao's entire body.
This pain was completely different from the physical and muscular pain Wang Yao had endured during the casting process. It was as if it came from the depths of his soul, as if it wanted to pulverize Wang Yao at the atomic level.
Wang Yao suddenly convulsed, curled up into a ball and rolled on the ground. He couldn't even utter a sound, and not a single meaningful word could pop into his mind.
"Don't forget, the God Lord spared you not because you're tough, but because you still have a use. If you're no longer useful, the God Lord wouldn't mind destroying this soul contract!"
“I’ll let you off this time, but if you try to use other things to fob off God’s decree next time, remember, the reason you still have the opportunity to do other things is entirely God’s grace!” Aunt Tian said coldly deep in Wang Yao’s soul.
Aunt Tian's voice fell silent for a long time before Wang Yao's body slowly relaxed. He gasped for breath, veins bulging on his forehead and neck. After struggling for a while, he finally collapsed to the ground, panting. "Damn it, I have to think of a way..." Wang Yao kept telling himself.
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