Chapter 868: Chapter 868: Mosquito-Swatting Palm Technique
Chen Guan knew this was just a sensation; the giant hand didn’t actually exist, but was a feeling he had from observing those hand seals.
He was shocked—just a few hand seals could give one such a feeling, which was in itself an incredible thing.
Chen Guan wanted to study those small hand seals closely, but the image projected by Tianmu Evil Ghost’s eyes disappeared.
Chen Guan asked Tianmu Evil Ghost to step aside, and he moved closer to the telescope. Sure enough, the woman had entered the pool, closed her eyes, and started cultivating.
Fortunately, Tianmu Evil Ghost’s talent ability was quite practical. Chen Guan asked Tianmu Evil Ghost to project what it had seen just now again.
Tianmu Evil Ghost closed one eye, while from the other eye, light shone out onto the mountain wall, and the image of the mountain with the jade sword embedded in it reappeared before Chen Guan.
When the image of the jade sword was clearest, Chen Guan asked Tianmu Evil Ghost to freeze the frame, and then he looked carefully at the jade sword and the hand seals on it.
"Can you enlarge the image?" Chen Guan asked Tianmu Evil Ghost.
Tianmu Evil Ghost nodded, the light in its eyes changed, and the image of the jade sword was continuously enlarged until the hand seals were about the size of a normal human hand, or perhaps larger, and Chen Guan called for a stop.
Because any closer and the image would start to blur, this was already the limit of Tianmu Evil Ghost’s capabilities.
After having Tianmu Evil Ghost adjust the image a bit smaller, Chen Guan observed the hand seals intently, and the feeling of being crushed by a giant hand became even stronger.
"These aren’t carvings but were actually imprinted by someone’s hand?" Chen Guan realized these were not carved patterns, as the hand seals even bore palm lines and fingerprints.
It was clear these hand seals all belonged to the same person, as the palm lines and fingerprints were identical.
"These hand seals are so small that even an infant’s hands wouldn’t be this tiny, and a human infant wouldn’t have the power to imprint their hands on a jade sword, let alone leave an indentation on it."
"This must have been done by some tiny Secret Spirit, right? Then why did it leave its hand seals on the jade sword? And why is this jade sword embedded on the mountain peak? The woman comes to see this sword every time; why doesn’t she pull the sword out and take it back? Is it unwillingness, or inability?"
Chen Guan speculated to himself, "The woman could part a mountain invisibly, not to mention pulling out a sword; even splitting the peak in two probably wouldn’t be difficult for her. If she can’t pull the sword, then this is indeed intriguing."
Of course, Chen Guan still couldn’t determine why the woman didn’t pull the sword; it was all just idle speculation.
But one thing was certain: the woman was looking at this sword, and she was focused on the small hand seals on the sword.
Because the image projected by Tianmu Evil Ghost was what the woman saw, and her focus was clearly on these small hand seals.
"This suggests that the woman has been observing and comprehending these hand seals all along. Hand seals that even she takes so seriously must be extraordinary in nature," Chen Guan pondered to himself, and then he scrutinized the hand seals, trying to decipher something.
He tried to mimic the actions of those hand seals, and after mimicking them all, he still couldn’t detect any profound mysteries in these simple action changes.
Chen Guan thought it was due to a lack of understanding, so he allowed Ming Fei to possess him, using her Prajna Wisdom to strengthen himself in hopes of grasping the mysteries of the hand seals.
Yet the result was still unsatisfactory; he couldn’t grasp any useful information from the actions of these hand seals.
Chen Guan thought for a while and let Ming Fei examine the hand seals herself.
After looking at the hand seals, Ming Fei was somewhat surprised and said, "The hand seals on this jade sword seem to be a kind of divine power that can strike an opponent on both mental and physical levels. Just looking at these hand seals makes me feel immense pressure; if facing this palm directly, the psyche might collapse even before the hand strikes."
"Take a closer look, can you deduce anything useful from these hand seals?" Chen Guan said to Ming Fei.
Ming Fei gazed for a while, shook her head, and said, "The person who left the hand seals is on a realm far beyond ours, and these hand seals contain some highly unique power. Even using Prajna Wisdom, I can’t deduce the mysteries of this palm technique."
Chen Guan nodded in agreement and said no more, letting Ming Fei continue her cultivation. With the aid of the cave’s primordial energy, she believed it wouldn’t take long to reach level 80.
Chen Guan studying those hand seals wasn’t stubbornness; he simply had nothing else to do.
For him to level up was exceedingly difficult, and even with the cave’s cloud-like primordial energy support, it would take three to five years to upgrade.
Killing a couple of Secret Spirits, even top-tier Secret Spirits, held little significance for Chen Guan.
The best way to level up now was to go to the mountain across and absorb the liquid elemental energy there for his own use.
But the woman opposite was too powerful, and Chen Guan didn’t know much about her or any other creatures that might exist there, so he dared not rush over.
Since that woman showed such interest in the jade sword’s hand seals and seemingly hadn’t figured them out, Chen Guan decided to study them too.
In case he was blocked by the woman or her allies when he went to take the liquid elemental energy later, maybe it would come in handy.
The hand seals were inscrutable even to Ming Fei’s wisdom, and Chen Guan didn’t think he was smarter than Ming Fei, so he chose a foolish method.
The so-called practice makes perfect, Chen Guan kept mimicking the actions of those hand seals repeatedly, hoping to glean some insight.
But reality proved that Chen Guan was too idealistic.
Despite imitating them thousands upon thousands of times, he derived no profound mysteries from the hand seals nor gained the terrifying power to crush everything with a single strike.
"How exactly should the Palm Technique for Swatting Mosquitoes be practiced? Does it require a Secret Skill Core? If so, there’s no reason for the woman to come and look every time. There must be some secret in these hand seals," Chen Guan named the palm technique that left hand seals while he studied and cultivated simultaneously out of idleness.
While the foolish approach continued, Chen Guan realized that it might not be effective, and he needed to come up with other techniques.
"Since I can’t deduce anything myself, I’ll amend the Secret Law then." Chen Guan revised his Secret Law.
"Possessing the ability to reverse-parse through hand seals," Chen Guan altered his Secret Law and then viewed the hand seals again, immediately sensing something different.
