Chapter 7: Ignis Skill (1/2)

Chapter 7: Ignis Skill

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”Slow down, be careful... You won't starve... Don't eat with your hands, use chopsticks!”

Zhou Hua, six or seven months pregnant, was sitting across from Little Shiba and watched him gobble down his meal. She was angry and laughing at the same time. She wondered what had happened to him recently. He was very amenable to previous encounters but became very disobedient in recent months. He aimlessly ran over mountains whenever he had spare time. He came back every time stinking and sweaty. When she asked where he had gone to, his excuse was practicing martial arts, which was absolutely incredible due to his young age. When he went out, he did not even come home for a meal. Alas, what he had done made his mother mad. She told him as long as he was late to come home, food would not be supplied. This way worked at first, but later Little Shiba became so smart that he had meals in his sister's home when his mother did not supply any food.

”Yummy! It's really yummy. Sister, you're really good at cooking, even better than our mother!” While Little Shiba was eating, he flattered Zhou Hua through muttering. Because of these flatteries, Zhou Hua was very happy and concerned about him all the time, even though she was pregnant.

”You boy. You're so young, but smart! Eat your meal and stop saying such beautiful words!” Wang Tianlei sat nearby, holding a thread-bound book and displaying dissatisfaction for the youngest brother.

”Hey brother, what are you reading?”

From the first time that he came to his sister's home to bum meals, he found the book that Wang Tianlei held was titled Ignis Skill .

Judging strictly from the title, he was certain it was a secret tome of martial arts skill. Compared with his initial elation over the book, he was a lot calmer now.

It was all because that he had already recited the whole book.

When he first glanced at the two characters, Little Shiba scurried off with the book. By the characters and pictures on it, he identified it as a secret of Internal Strength. Moreover, it was more abstruse than Unusual Strength Qigong that was taught by Wang Tianlei.

From then on, he often had dinner away from home. He took eating at his sister's home as an excuse for reciting and remembering the secrets.

Although Wang Tianlei deemed it as a treasure and saved it cautiously, he had a habit that after dinner he must pull it out and have a look at it every time, which naturally gave Little Shiba an opportunity to achieve his purpose.

Naturally, Wang Tianlei could not protect it from him.

It did not matter if he saw it, for a three-year-old child did not know anything. Because Wang Tianlei was so lax in thinking, Little Shiba recited the pithy formulas of Ignis Skill within a month. The book was thin, with about 20 pages. What was more, this book was written in Chinese characters. Compared to English words that Little Shiba had learned in his previous lifetime, this book was much easier. Little Shiba, however, did not dare to practice, because figures in the book were only partially memorized.

After practicing Unusual Strength Qigong, naturally he knew that there should be no mistakes in the working flow of Internal Qi. Once there was a deviation, the person would be possessed by the devil, or would die immediately. Little Shiba had the ability to recite texts but did not have the experience to remember figures. He remembered all of the characters little by little but did not dare to ensure that his memory was completely correct.

Therefore, he seized every chance to have a look, to ensure whether the pictures he remembered were right.

As for the question, he asked repeatedly, ”What are you reading?” His brother-in-law gave the same answer with three words every time.

”I don't know!”

Previously, after hearing that reply, Little Shiba would say, ”Oh,” and keep silent.

It was different today, however, because he only had one picture to worry about. Hence, he required a reason to obtain an opportunity to ensure the final process.

Finishing the last mouthful of his meal, he scooted to Wang Tianlei's side and stretched his neck to be in front of the book with a pair of sparkling eyes. ”Brother-in-law, what's this? Why do you read it every day?”

”I'm f*cking illiterate!” Little Shiba's questions rubbed him raw. He put the book on his knee and said in obvious anger, ”If I was educated, I wouldn't need to read it repeatedly!”

”What do these pictures mean?” Little Shiba inadvertently took the book which had gotten reversed. When he opened it, it just turned to the last page. Of course, the pictures on the last page came into his sight.