If someone manages the first point but fails the second, like being too ugly, even if the target has the corresponding physiological and psychological reactions, they can't be used as a projection object of infatuation illusion, it's still a waste of effort.
What Hilary casts is certainly not these ordinary means, the most important feature of sympathetic magic is that it can indirectly cast through a medium to avoid self-exposure as much as possible.
After collecting footprint water, it needs to be processed and refined using the method of love spell, and Gao Xue'e unknowingly consumes it through a specific ritual, he himself can also follow suit.
At the same time, he finds an opportunity to have an encounter with Gao Xue'e... can it make both fall in love? Actually, not necessarily!
Gao Xue'e is not an ordinary person either, she is a Tier Two Assassin of the Hidden Moth Sect, known for her keen spiritual sense, and she is expert in poison detection skill, may discover the oddity in the water or food she consumes, and may not take it.
Even if she accidentally takes the love Gu, she could perceive the anomaly in her emotion and cognition, as long as she is aware and unwilling, her own reason could possibly negate the effect of the technique.
If it were someone else, like Wei Luo, a Tier Five Wanderer from the Lingxi Sect, if she found someone had concocted a love Gu using footprint water, she might immediately trace its origin, then track down the caster.
Nonetheless, He Kao is determined not to let Hilary actually get the chance to cast any technique. As part of the Hidden Moth, not only can he engage in Yin Spirit Travel, he retrieves his Yin Spirit, instantly appearing in the pavilion where Hilary just was.
Hilary moves his bare feet, puts on his shoes and socks, takes out a small bottle with his left hand, and makes a drawing gesture with his right hand. A line of water rises from the footprints, and flows into the bottle...
Right at that moment, he suddenly senses a great danger approaching, even his hair stands on end, regardless of the bottle in his hand, he pulls out a handkerchief from his pocket and throws it into the sky.
The rain keeps falling, the rain threads swirling in the sky suddenly gather in a sharp edge, slashing towards Hilary, like a lightning bolt with countless fine branches, yet without a sound.
Sword Rain of the Sword Control Divine Technique, passed by Mei Guyu, wielded using the Rainfall Divine Sword, particularly sharp in such weather conditions.
Initially, He Kao shouldn't have cast such powerful technique here, it's a residential area, any mistake could disturb the nearby ordinary people or even harm innocents.
The wise choice was to track Hilary to a secluded place to make a move, but He Kao is truly enraged now, and he mustn't let Hilary successfully collect footprint water, so he directly summons the Rainfall Divine Sword.
It's a rainy day, there's no one around, even if someone in the nearby apartment buildings sees it, they would just think that some unlucky fellow got struck by lightning.
The handkerchief is also a magical treasure, it expands into a canopy shape to block the descending Sword Rain. But Hilary's response is too hasty, or the Rainfall Divine Sword too potent, it doesn't completely block.
The canopy gets torn in several places, the sword light slashes to the ground, the small plastic bottle collecting footprint water flies off, instantly turns to nothing, the footprint marks in the mud vanish, several nearby paving stones shatter.
The Sword Rain's power is of course more than just this, it's controlled by He Kao during the casting, locking only Hilary's form and spirit as much as possible without impacting the surroundings.
This is the basic skill of cultivators in casting divine techniques, everyone strives to master it, to achieve the greatest effect with the smallest cost, and not to attract undue attention or harm the innocent.
Today He Kao's opponent is likewise a seasoned Tier Five Cultivator, possessing magical treasures of formidable utility, thus the technique's power is somewhat scattered and overflowing, but it's not a big issue.
The invisible canopy reverts to a handkerchief shape and falls, Hilary doesn't even reclaim it, his sole focus now is to flee, the attack came too suddenly, in panic he even thought it was Mei Guyu's strike.
From He Kao's viewpoint, unleashing Sword Rain with the Rainfall Divine Sword, appears to slash open an invisible canopy, a handkerchief falls, amidst distorted light and shadow Hilary is gone...
Once He Kao takes action, Hilary notices his presence, as a Tier Five Heart Stealer, he can keenly sense He Kao's killing intent, but Hilary does not opt to confront directly, instead casting illusion, twisting perception to escape.
He Kao actually has another move, which is to expand the range of technique, enveloping the whole area with countless rain threads, even though the power of Sword Rain would weaken, it should force Hilary out.
But He Kao did not do that, after a furious strike, he has reverted to calm, indeed this location is unsuitable for action, nor for casting large-scale techniques.
He merely takes back the handkerchief, instantly transferring his true form to another safe place, then engages in Yin Spirit Travel, floating above the community, exactly where Hilary might escape.
Hilary is hidden by illusion, but such technique consumes heavily, hard to maintain on a large scale or for long periods. When he thinks he has escaped to safety, he will surely reveal a flaw.
He Kao's Yin Spirit floats in the air, overlooking the area, almost a minute passes without spotting Hilary's trace, while a minute is enough for Hilary to flee far.
Under the state of illusion concealment, Yin Spirit Tracking is also unable to find him. If he took the chance to run beyond the range of Divine Sense, it would mean the tracking being cut off.
He Kao begins to think from a different perspective, if he were Hilary, what would he do now?
Hilary has not dealt with the Hidden Moth before, much less understands Yin Spirit Tracking Technique, suddenly attacked and fleeing concealed, now warily guarding against cultivators' conventional tracking method—Divine Sense.
He Kao, under the state of Yin Spirit, has great limitations in observing from above, if Hilary randomly hides in any nearby building, Yin Spirit cannot see.
But Hilary probably wouldn't do that, hiding in the nearby community buildings could easily be discovered by a master's Divine Sense search, he must find a place that can shield and disturb Divine Sense.
Then He Kao finds such a place, several hundred meters outside the community's west wall, is a metro station entrance.
Divine Sense would be obstructed by various barriers, greatly shortening its extension distance, and receive interference from the chaotic human atmosphere, making it difficult to precisely lock onto the target.
A metro station deeply buried underground with a bustling crowd is undoubtedly a perfect location, and in such a place, Magic Sect Disciples are even less able to cast high-powered offensive magic.
If one could board an appropriately passing metro, the carriage filled with people swiftly moving deep underground would be the best chance for Hilary to escape.
Upon realizing this, He Kao immediately returns his Yin Spirit, then instantaneously moves to a corner near the metro station entrance unnoticed. Within this brief time, he also went home to change coats and shoes, stashed the handkerchief, and altered his appearance.
At this moment he does not appear in his true form, nor his usual Feng Zilong persona, but as an inconspicuous ordinary person, specifically a restaurant waiter he saw while on a business trip, whose physique is similar to his.
The marvelous use of Hidden Moth Gauze is that it can transform appearance, theoretically, the better one knows and understands the disguise target, the fewer flaws there will be.
He Kao clearly is not familiar with that waiter, but it doesn't matter, Hilary couldn't possibly be familiar with that person either, thus the disguise suffices.
He Kao enters the metro station, happens upon a metro's arrival, the crowd intermingling creates some chaos, within half a second he makes a decision—to board.
Qi Yuan is a hot tourist city, it's peak tourist season now, the metro at the middle stations already crowded with passengers. He Kao grabs a pole and closes his eyes, quietly sets his Yin Spirit to travel atop the carriage, secretly inspecting each compartment.
He Kao's judgment is correct, Hilary indeed boarded this metro too, now released from illusion concealment, standing in the most crowded corner of a carriage, with restrained Divine Qi almost imperceptible.
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