Chapter 511 To Slice Water with a Knife (1/2)

”Sir, I have another question to ask you.” Lei Jing displayed a slight uneasiness as she looked at this man that was made of starlight. The good thing was that Shen Lian did not come in the flesh and thus the mood was much more relaxed. Lei Jing looked at him and felt just slightly braver.

”Speak.” Shen Lian emphatically and succinctly replied.

Lei Jing took a deep breath and straightened her body. Her beautiful swanlike neck was showing, and her eyes were like water from a cold spring night. She faintly asked him, ”Sir, do you treat me this well because you want me to help you, or because you like me?”

Shen Lian replied, ”In the end you still managed to ask that question. Let me tell you this. Since you are my student, as long as I have not chased you out of the martial sect, my duty is to teach you. You are not the first person to feel this way towards me.”

Shen Lian spoke of Zhang Ruoxu, who used the last days of his life to teach his Dao practitioner. It enabled Shen Lian to understand that there was something so heart-warming as to transcend life and death.

Even though the cultivation experience was no different between now and before Zhang Ruoxu's birth, but regardless of how time passed, Shen Lian could never get rid of the reverence given to him.

Lei Jing felt disappointed, but at the same time she was happy. She was disappointed because Shen Lian neither had important plans for her nor had feelings towards her. She was happy because at the very least she could receive his sincere concern.

She firmly nodded, ”I will not let you down.”

Shen Lian smiled, ”As a matter of fact, it cannot be said that I have no plans for you. There is much that I can gain from you. Do not be touched as a result of assuming that I am selflessly investing in you.”

Lei Jing looked at him in earnest, ”Sir that is not important anymore. Please continue to teach me.”

She gave him a slight and sincere bow.

Shen Lian nodded, ”Have you not always wanted to learn spells? Now I will teach you.”

Lei Jing was elated. She had always been curious with spells, but not many amongst the Xia clan could practice and cultivate spells. The problem was that they had no mana, and their spirit could not be compared a Qi cultivator.

Shen Lian contently said, ”In essence, spells are just a method of using strength. At the start of ancient times and before the birth of civilisation, there were thunderstorms, thunder, and lightning. This was the nature's mighty power. The small, weaker beings trembled in fear. But some of them were brave and they pondered the hows and whys as well as the origins of the rain and storm.”

”They succeeded then?” Lei Jing was curious.

”Who knows? But you must always bear this in mind. The steps to become something from nothing is the hardest. Even if they succeeded, they would surely have spent an immense amount of time to do so. That is the reason we are lucky. From the very start we need not fumble over things. The spell I am going to pass on to you is called 'Summoning of Wind and Rain'. Once you have mastered it, the wind and rain of heaven and earth will become your friends,” Shen Lian leisurely answered.

Lei Jing pouted, ”That sounds so unsophisticated.”

Shen Lian smiled, ”If you do not wish to learn the spell, then so be it.”

”No. I will learn it.” Her face immediately changed.

Even if Shen Lian taught her the most ridiculously easy spell, she still would be willing to learn. At this point she could care less about what she gained from the whole exercise as long as she could spend some time with Shen Lian.

As unsophisticated as it sounds, the Summoning of Wind and Rain was actually an incredible supernatural power. It originated from the Tiangang Thirty-Six Transformations of ancient times. For thousands of years, only a few people of Qing Xuan managed to cultivate this branch of supernatural power.

Yanxu was one of them. So was Shen Lian.

The key to practicing 'Summoning of Wind and Rain' was to feel about the reasons behind the formation of wind and rain. Naturally this was connected to lightning and thunder. Wind and rain were like the dark, and the dark was a consequence of dark clouds. Dark clouds produce lightning and thunder. A flash of lightning and thunder would immediately result in wind and rain, and the mighty power of this kind of wind and rain is extremely high.