My Ability Pool is Superior-Chapter 142 - 141: Emergency Contact

Perhaps because he had been busy for too long, the next day Lv Bai woke up to find the sun high in the sky.

Opening the door to the side room, he found that Master Tao had already gone to the countryside.

He poured a cup of leftover tea to refresh himself and then headed to the backyard to fetch water and wash up.

...

Whoosh～

The stone table weighing hundreds of pounds was lifted by Lv Bai as if it were a dump truck, moving back and forth in the yard.

After controlling the stone table to spin twice in the air, he finally set it back in its original position.

After messing around for a while, Lv Bai felt only a bit tired, it seemed quite effortless.

According to Master Bai the Fourteenth, he doesn’t need to rush to do readings for people; he should practice those methods more during this time, otherwise, he might be rusty when really needed.

Lv Bai had no objections to this. He was quite idle anyway until the Death Fighter’s positioning information was released, so it wasn’t a problem to take time to practice.

Besides, all those incense burning methods had already been imparted to him by Master Bai the Fourteenth and Chang Shengtian after they completed the Open Top for him.

In reality, it’s not that the Immortal deliberately withholds knowledge; it’s purely a matter of aptitude. Even if most Incense Masters learn the incense burning methods, they can’t use them.

Teaching them would be a waste.

But Lv Bai’s astonishing aptitude gave those two Immortals enough confidence to just give whatever they had, without caring if Lv Bai could learn it all.

To put it bluntly, these so-called incense burning methods are somewhat similar to shamanic trance techniques.

Especially when the top incense serves as confused incense.

No need to practice any martial arts, just adhere to a rule—a rule of communication with the Immortals.

This is very strict, even if the relationship between Immortals and Incense Masters is harmonious, the Divine Communication process must be strictly adhered to.

Lv Bai doesn’t like giving up control of his body.

So he mainly familiarized himself with some techniques of observing incense.

Most of them weren’t difficult for him, he learned immediately. The only thing left to practice was how to effectively use the borrowed mana from the Immortals.

By the way, he thought that the Immortals seemed more like "jinchuuriki" from some anime.

Immortals and Incense Masters are in an employment relationship, not a master-servant one.

Since borrowing mana is a two-way street, once an Incense Master enters the sect, as long as the rule is correct, he can use mana independently without the Immortal’s permission.

There are rumors that Grandma Wang San, a top-notch Incense Master, could use the Immortal’s mana even more effectively than the Immortal themselves.

This means, if Lv Bai doesn’t burn confused incense, he wouldn’t necessarily have to heed those two Immortals anymore.

Of course, that’s all well and good.

But since Master Bai the Fourteenth was so friendly, Lv Bai naturally wouldn’t carelessly offend them; he remembered to offer incense to Master Bai the Fourteenth and Chang Shengtian regularly every day.

Having stayed for several days, with no events happening during this period, he familiarized himself with these methods of borrowing mana through incense.

Although he wasn’t completely adept, he could at least ensure no errors would occur when using them.

...

Squeak～

Lv Bai walked out from Master Tao’s house, the street was still bustling.

"Lv Xiangtou, same as usual?"

A hearty man with an apron noticed Lv Bai and shouted loudly.

The man ran a restaurant at the corner, and since Lv Bai was too lazy to cook for himself, plus it was close by, he often came to eat there at mealtimes.

Through frequent visits, he naturally became familiar.

"Yeah."

Lv Bai nodded and went inside, taking a seat.

The hearty man followed and sat opposite him, asking, "Lv Xiangtou, do you have any inside information? I heard there are disturbances outside of town, won’t they come inside the town someday?"

"The town is guarded by Master Bai the Fourteenth, what kind of reckless spirit would dare to intrude?"

Before Lv Bai could speak, a voice retorted from outside the shop.

A middle-aged man dressed like a Master came into the shop, followed by two young men.

"Yo, Shi Xiangtou, it’s been a while!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶

The hearty man greeted enthusiastically, "Busy with something?"

Shi Xiangtou glanced at him, "Busy with readings outside of town."

"Yes, yes."

The hearty man lifted the corner of his apron to wipe the table, "A basket of beef buns and some burnt liquor, on me, how about it?"

Shi Xiangtou’s expression improved slightly, "Loose talk leads to trouble, don’t say such things in the future."

After a casual reminder, he turned to Lv Bai, and bowed.

"Are you Lv Xiangtou?"

His attitude towards Lv Bai was entirely different from that toward the hearty man, perhaps he thought only those with equal status could converse with him on equal terms.

"That’s me."

Lv Bai’s attention wasn’t on Shi Xiangtou at all, but rather on the two apprentices behind him.

"Haven’t they graduated yet?"

Most Incense Masters have apprentices, usually aged ten to sixteen, just like Master Tao.

But this Shi Xiangtou, his two apprentices behind him were clearly adults.

"Oh, Ah Niu, Ah Ma, come meet Lv Xiangtou."

Shi Xiangtou casually waved and continued, "I found them at Tao Family Mountain, nice prospects, just took them on days ago, they’re far from graduating."

Lv Bai looked at the two apprentices with interest, a subtly playful smile on his face.

Even though he hadn’t said anything, Ah Niu and Ah Ma were already sweating profusely.

Because Lv Bai had an "Innocent Smile" shining green atop his head, obviously indicating he was a Death Fighter.

Aware it’s a world with supernatural powers, any smart Death Fighter would find ways to wield such powers.

It was understandable,

but what they couldn’t fathom was why Lv Bai’s progress was so fast?

How could he already become an Incense Master just days after the deadlock duel started?!

Logically, shouldn’t one first ingratiate themselves with an Incense Master, be accepted as an apprentice, then find ways to learn the skills?

They initially presumed their progress was fairly swift, but upon meeting Lv Bai, they inexplicably felt their flattery towards Shi Xiangtou seemed foolish.

"These two apprentices are nice, full of spirit."

Lv Bai chuckled, "They’re sure to be a great help to you in the future."

Shi Xiangtou waved his fan, "I’m not counting on that, just hoping they don’t give me away if they cause trouble someday."

Buzz～

Lv Bai was contemplating how to find an opportunity to deal with this pair when he suddenly felt notable warmth in his right palm.

Not only him, Shi Xiangtou also showed signs of anomaly, clearly experiencing the same sensation.

It was Master Bai the Fourteenth contacting his Incense Masters; actually, by rule, Incense Masters offer incense to Immortals daily, that’s the set time for communication.

Unless it’s extremely urgent, Immortals generally don’t opt for such urgent contact.

Shi Xiangtou opened his palm, murmuring, "A big deal?"