Chapter 87: Evaluating the Pros and Cons (2/2)

The technique was best used during the nighttime when everything was in the shadows. He could teleport to walls, trees, or even the shadow on some things underside, and would always appear to the side or upon it depending on which was closer without harming the cultivator.

The next thing was that the teleportation was pretty much instantaneous. He threw a rock towards the pond and waited for the rock to just touch the surface. He then instantly teleported to the rock and managed to graze it with a few fingers before it sank to the bottom.

While his aim was still a little off, he did learn that there was no time between moving from one spot to another.

Another thing he learned was that there was almost no downtime between his teleports. He could teleport to one spot and immediately teleport to another spot. Theoretically, he could go around the entire city and return to this spot within a dozen seconds.

However, life wasn't always so easy. Along with those incredible abilities, the technique also came with a lot of limitations that stopped him from doing what he wanted to do.

The first and most obvious thing was that his mental ability wasn't strong enough to process where he was and where he needed to go fast enough for him to teleport without stops.

The second most obvious problem was that the ability was useless during the day, in an open ground like the training areas or desserts, or other flat surfaces where there were not a lot of shadows in general.

The more he thought about this problem, the more he found how annoying the problem was. If he were to someday fight while flying, the technique was pretty much useless as there would be no shadows in the sky.

Also, while the amount of Qi used during the teleports wasn't substantial, it would still accumulate after a while to become a moderately big factor for getting low on Qi.

Another thing that bugged him was that while it was called a 'movement technique', it more so focused on dodging and getting surprise attacks on the enemies. It would also help him to get out of traps or another enclosing.

'They should have instead called it an escaping technique, instead of movement technique. I should probably get an actual movement technique when I go to the Tiger sect.'

Still, despite all its flaws, it was an amazing technique befitting of its immortal grade. The next day, he split his day between practicing the Veiled Light technique, the Flickering Shadows technique, and making some pills to register.

His master had messaged him and explicitly mentioned that he should only find an elder in the core disciple section of the disciple hall if he wanted to register the pills.

His night went similarly as well. He started his evening going down the mountain to complete his job in the alchemy garden. Then he went to the disciple hall's second floor amongst the confused and curious eyes to register the 4 new pills he had made, each above 30% in harmony.

Then he went back to his residence to practice the Flickering Shadows technique once more. He had made massive progression in it with just days worth of practice. He couldn't wait to see how good it would be when he used it to its fullest potential.