Chapter 293 - 'Fade'
Lin Mu couldn’t tell why the hunter had reacted like this and had run away, but he wasn’t worried about that much. What he was the most worried about was the fourth skill ’Fade’. The effect that it had was much different than he had expected and not only that, but he had also somehow left his courtyard and appeared here.
From looking around, Lin Mu could tell that he was about two streets away from his house.
"Looks like the fourth skill ’Fade’ is much more powerful than your other skills." Xukong suddenly said.
"Oh? Senior, you have a guess of what it is?" Lin Mu questioned.
"I do, indeed. The space that you saw which was grey in color was the parallels void that exists along with this world. Your fourth skill allows you to enter that space and move around in there. And finally, when the effect of that skill ends, you will reappear in the real world at the location that would match with that of the parallel void." Xukong answered.
Lin Mu thought over Senior Xukong’s words and correlated them with his own findings and found them to be correct. Then in the next moment, numerous possibilities popped up in his mind. The Fourth skill was quite powerful, but Lin Mu still did not know what its limitations exactly were.
A smaller disadvantage was the amount of spirit qi that it consumed for a single use was rather large, being at ten drops of liquid spirit qi and not even wisps, that too for only a duration of one minute. Though Lin Mu guessed that there might be a way to extend the duration for which he could use the skill oft.
~Sigh~
"So many things to consider, this will take me a while to figure it out." Li Mu muttered to himself as he made his way back to his home.
Lin Mu entered his bedroom and sat down to meditate on the skill. After a few minutes later, he came upon a potential solution to the flaw of the skill.
’I can perhaps use the spatial perception to navigate better in the parallels void. Spatial perception depends on space itself along with the spatial qi, which was also present in the parallel void. If I can learn to use it better, I should have no problem using the skill and its flaw may even become an advantage itself.’ Lin Mu analyzed.
While Lin Mu was thinking this, Xukong was also taking a look at his memories and thoughts. Seeing that Lin Mu had actually come close to finding a potential solution only made Xukong feel proud of his disciple. He had a good head on his shoulders and although he was disadvantaged from his peers due to his starting circumstances, Xukong had no doubt the boy was a hidden genius.
His comprehension ability was rather astounding for someone of his age. He didn’t know whether to attribute it to his curiosity or his incessant thirst for knowledge, but whatever it was; it had made him smarter and smarter.
Xukong had a bit more idea of how the fourth skill worked, but he had not told Lin Mu and wanted for him to figure it out himself. As he knew that the things that he learned on his own would be better for him than the ones that he taught him.