In the blink of an eye, several months passed.
A cloud of black mist suddenly rose from the ground, swirling around Chen Changsheng as it floated, with faint wails of vengeful spirits echoing within.
A thick, eerie chill permeated the courtyard, and dense masses of Yin spirits broke free from the black mist, resembling vengeful ghosts crawling out of hell, emitting heart-wrenching screams.
It was none other than Yu Niang's ghost cultivation technique!
However, the caster was not Yu Niang herself, but Chen Changsheng!
Vast amounts of True Qi gathered and condensed before him, forming crystalline threads that floated like zither strings.
Chen Changsheng's aura underwent a subtle change, and he reached out to gently pluck the strings, causing a familiar, graceful melody to resonate within the courtyard, spreading out in circles of sonic ripples.
This scene caused Miao Miao's red lips to part slightly as she stared blankly at Chen Changsheng, who was playing the tune.
Both his control over the music and his demeanor while playing were exactly the same as when she used her own sonic techniques.
Clang ~
The melody did not reach its conclusion; the music abruptly stopped midway, and the True Qi strings before Chen Changsheng slowly vanished, restoring tranquility to the courtyard.
"Master is so amazing, he even understands sonic techniques," Miao Miao said with admiration in her eyes.
"Young Master actually mastered ghost cultivation techniques; how did he do it?" Yu Niang's voluptuous figure gracefully approached, her beautiful eyes filled with astonishment.
The ghost cultivation and sonic techniques that Chen Changsheng had just displayed were completely identical to those of the two women, as if they were being performed by themselves, leaving them utterly amazed.
Miao Miao and Yu Niang had been following Chen Changsheng for hundreds of years, knowing each other inside and out, yet they had never seen Chen Changsheng cultivate sonic or ghost arts.
This was quite bizarre.
"A new technique, still in the exploratory stage," Chen Changsheng replied with a smile.
He was in a very good mood; the derivation of the Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects technique had achieved great success, directly reducing the steps required to imitate the appearance of others.
However, the technique was not yet perfected; the imitated techniques were merely superficial, not reaching the level of Yu Niang and Miao Miao themselves.
It was only because the two women had a somewhat blind admiration for him that they failed to notice the problem.
"Imitate the techniques of others? Can you directly imitate them just by seeing them?" Yu Niang asked in surprise.
Chen Changsheng shook his head with a wry smile: "It's not that exaggerated yet; it still requires the analysis of the Heavenly Eye Divine Power to achieve this."
If it were a cultivator without the Heavenly Eye Divine Power who cultivated this modified Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects technique, they would definitely not be able to imitate as quickly as he could.
They would need to exchange blows extensively before being able to imitate it勉强.
Simply put, for most cultivators, this technique would be useless, not even as good as the unmodified Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects, which could at least imitate the appearance and figure of the other person first.
"Then, once this technique is perfected, wouldn't it mean that any technique could be learned at a glance?" Miao Miao asked curiously.
Chen Changsheng nodded: "The focus of Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects is imitation; its most terrifying aspect is imitating everything about the other person. Once cultivated to completion, you only need to look at the other person to transform into their appearance and master all the techniques they have learned in their life, even if that person has never fought in front of the imitator!"
"However, the limitations of the technique are also very obvious."
"Once the Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects technique ends, you can no longer use the other person's techniques."
Only in the imitated state can one use the other person's techniques.
It was precisely because of this limitation that the Thousand Faces Sect stopped at the level of an upper-class sect and failed to become a sacred land of cultivation.
If one could take the other person's techniques for their own use, that would be truly terrifying!
"And the Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects that I have tampered with only saves the step of imitating the appearance; the core of the technique has not changed."
After cultivating the new Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects to completion, you would still only need to look at the other person to master all the techniques they have learned in their life.
But it would also still be impossible to take the imitator's techniques for one's own use.
It might sound like it's not as good as the original Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects, but the imitation efficiency is greatly improved, saving meaningless appearance imitation.
However, Chen Changsheng would continue to improve Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects, striving to turn the imitated techniques into his own.
"To know the techniques that the other person has mastered with just one glance, how is this possible?"
Miao Miao listened with a dizzy head, unable to understand the principle of this technique; was it too powerful?
"This is the terror of face-reading techniques!"
Chen Changsheng said solemnly: "In the early stages of Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects, you still need to observe the other person's techniques before you can imitate them."
"But when Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects is cultivated to completion, you only need to observe the other person's face to be able to discern and imitate their appearance, figure, personality, habits, temperament, techniques, and so on."
"It is precisely for this reason that it is named Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects!"
Yu Niang and Miao Miao were stunned in place after hearing this, finally understanding how face-reading techniques could steal everything from the other person.
To be able to discern everything about the other person just by relying on their face was simply a fantasy.
"Then, wouldn't it be possible to directly imitate the techniques of great powers through paintings?"
Miao Miao suddenly displayed a burst of imaginative thinking, excitedly saying: "After Master imitates the great powers through paintings and teaches the techniques to me, and then I teach the techniques back to Master himself, wouldn't that perfectly solve the problem of technique inheritance?"
"You are very clever; paintings can indeed directly imitate great powers, but this path of technique inheritance is also blocked. Do you think only you would think of this? Wouldn't the Thousand Faces Sect think of it too?"
Chen Changsheng smiled and put his arm around Miao Miao's waist.
The Thousand Faces Sect must have also tried this method, but unfortunately, it simply didn't work. The imitated techniques are, after all, just imitations, without the inheritance of the mental cultivation incantations.
Suddenly, Chen Changsheng's body shook, and a very bold idea suddenly popped into his mind.
If he saw the portraits of immortals and gods, would he also be able to imitate the techniques of immortals and gods?
But then he immediately realized that it was not even known whether immortals and gods existed in the cultivation world, so where would the portraits of immortals and gods come from?
"No, it's not right. No one in the cultivation world has ever seen immortals and gods, but in my previous world, there were many portraits of immortals and gods, and the appearance of each immortal and god was described vividly…"
Chen Changsheng suddenly widened his eyes, and his heart couldn't help but beat faster.
Numerous names of immortals and gods immediately appeared in his mind: Fuxi, Zhurong, Nuwa, Houyi, Yuanshi Tianzun, Tongtian Jiaozhu, Nezha, Yang Jian, and so on.
What Three Pure Ones, Six Imperials, Four Saints of the North Pole, Five Thunder Kings, Five Ghost Emperors, Six Heavens of Luofeng, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva…
It could be said that there were countless!
He didn't know whether these immortals and gods were real or fictional, but trying wouldn't get him pregnant.
After all, the appearance, form, and spells mastered by these immortals and gods were all described in detail by the people, and Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects only needed to discern their faces to capture their techniques.
What if it really worked?
Chen Changsheng immediately acted on his thoughts, immediately trying to derive Myriad Faces, Thousand Aspects to completion, preparing to imitate immortals and gods!
