This filled him with a sense of grave danger.
He was hidden in Qingshan Village, yet he still felt as if he were being spied upon—was he noticed by some formidable figure?
Logically speaking, the only identity by which he might be noticed was as the one who had dealt with the Evil Flood Dragon troubling the three counties.
“Could it be that someone is trying to find me?”
Of course, he soon realized the abnormality of this sensation of surveillance, for it seemed he could directly interrupt it.
Humph!
With a cold snort, he mobilized his Qi Blood Power, and his body shook. As expected, the feeling of being watched vanished instantly.
It seemed the sensation was only momentary.
“Could it be the Calculation Technique?”
If it were before today, Wang Sheng might have had difficulty guessing the nature of this surveillance sensation, perhaps thinking someone had discovered his current location.
But after meeting Yue, he had come to a new conclusion.
Most likely, someone was using a technique similar to the Stargazing Skill to calculate and spy on his secrets, or it might even be the Stargazing Skill itself, considering Yue had a fellow disciple named Star!
Thus, Wang Sheng sought out Yue, who was in the midst of cultivation. As it happened, Yue had just come out, intending to look for him.
Before he could speak, Yue apologized first, “I am terribly sorry, sir, because of my presence, my fellow disciple Star conceived the idea to spy on you, using me as a springboard to locate you—I am truly sorry!”
If not for him, Star would actually have had a hard time finding Wang Sheng.
The relationship between him and Star was too close, impossible to shield entirely.
“Was it really him?” Wang Sheng had never imagined such a method of surveillance, using someone close as a springboard to spy on him.
Although the surveillance had no effect, it was still risky.
“I know it is hard to express my apologies, so I have brought this for you. Though it is not the core legacy of Stargazing Valley, it is one of the most important inheritances, and it can shield oneself, preventing various calculations from being made against one.”
Yue directly took out a piece of paper, the ink on it not yet dry.
This was what he had been copying just now; he had intended to give it to Wang Sheng after finishing but Star had started spying directly, not giving any time for reaction, thus his preparation was not complete before the spying occurred.
“…”
Wang Sheng could naturally tell that it had just been copied and saw Yue’s helplessness.
“Forget it!” Without Star, there would be others. After all, he himself had not truly been spied upon.
“Thank you so much!”
Even though it was not his doing, after all, it involved his fellow disciple, and moreover, it was because of him that the spying occurred, so he still felt very apologetic.
In the end, Wang Sheng took the paper Yue had given him back to his room to study the content.
After all, having just discovered a vulnerability, he also hoped to patch it up as soon as possible.
Otherwise, even without Star, others might still be able to spy on him.
The content on the paper was not much and did not bear a name. Clearly, Yue was in a hurry before, his handwriting growing increasingly sloppy.
Besides a little introduction, the rest was a mnemonic chant.
The introduction was essentially a description of the function, and the purpose of the mnemonic was as Yue said: to shield oneself, preventing others from spying.
“Hidden Weapon, wait for the right moment…”
Without hesitation, Wang Sheng recited the content from the paper, and with the existence of a progress bar, he was not afraid of any tricks in the various Cultivation Techniques and martial arts.
Time passed, and soon a new progress bar appeared.
“Hidden Star Skill: 1 (1%)”
“So it’s called the Hidden Star Skill?”
Wang Sheng felt as if he was “covered” by something elusive, like a droplet joining the sea; it might all be you, yet at the same time, not.
Yue, who was silently copying other matters, suddenly looked up.
He could no longer sense Wang Sheng’s presence. In the Stargazing Skill, it seemed like such a person no longer existed.
“Have I mastered it already? It seems like I’m quite good at it!”
Yue was astonished. Not more than half an hour had passed since he gave Wang Sheng the Hidden Star Skill, yet Wang Sheng had not only learned it but was also applying it effectively.
He had instantly lost the sensation.
If asked to find Wang Sheng now, it might take him a lifetime to locate him again.
After a long while, Yue calmed down.
“Perhaps he is the person I needed to find.”
With that, he continued the copying of some knowledge in his heart.
He was thankful for the existence of paper in this place; otherwise, he would have had to resort to carving on bamboo slips.
Although Wang Sheng had not asked for this knowledge, Yue felt it was necessary to copy it down for Wang Sheng. After all, these were the words he had said when he first met Wang Sheng on the outside, and he couldn’t just go back on them now.
Upon seeing that he had entered the beginning stages of the Hidden Star Skill and then practicing it for a while, Wang Sheng stopped practicing.
It felt as if he had already gone into hiding, and for now, that was sufficient; he just needed to improve gradually, without the need to keep practicing.
His current desire was to make something else, which was the iron ore transported from Yongfeng County.
To smelt the iron ore into metal, Wang Sheng used methods from the “Mechanical Technique: Azure Dragon Chapter.” Apart from the common smelting requirements, another important aspect was the powerful Qi Blood Power.
Infusing his Qi Blood Power into the metal using a special method, he would ultimately forge a very unique steel, Blood-forged Steel!
Even within the Mechanical Technique, this type of Blood-forged Steel was considered a fine metal of medium-high, even high, quality, suitable for many applications.