Chen Ming had been watching from the side for quite a while.
Thanks to the fact that Zhao Wuji had basically acted as a fixed target in this fight, Chen Ming had been able to clearly observe the set of skills Tang San showed in battle.
Mysterious Jade Hand.
Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
Hidden weapon techniques.
And to a certain degree, Purple Demon Eye and Mysterious Heaven Skill.
With Chen Ming's current computing power and knowledge, it was very easy for him to break down this part of the knowledge, sort it, and turn it into a new set of skills.
In Chen Ming's view, Mysterious Jade Hand was a special inner-power method that relied on deep internal skill to achieve an effect similar to Iron Sand Palm.
It was a clever shortcut, and also a special version of Iron Sand Palm that focused more on one specific use.
One should not assume that because Iron Sand Palm was a widely popular, commonplace skill, it must be weak. On the contrary, the gap between its upper and lower limits was extremely vast.
In truth, Iron Sand Palm was a profound technique that cultivated both internally and externally, possessing a great many different variants.
There existed basic versions without inner energy support that anyone could learn, as well as special versions of Iron Sand Palm that relied on inner energy cultivation and special medicinal assistance to train various attributes.
Things like Poison Sand Palm, Vermilion Sand Palm, and Black Sand Palm were all essentially Iron Sand Palm at their core.
To put it simply, it was like the Golden Bell Cover: the Golden Bell Cover of Patriarch Bodhidharma and the Golden Bell Cover practiced by some random martial artist by the roadside were existences from completely different dimensions.
Mysterious Jade Hand was also a variant of Iron Sand Palm, yet this variant had almost entirely abandoned shaping the palms through external force. Instead, it purely used one's own inner energy cultivation to temporarily enhance both hands in a short period.
The advantage was that when not in use, it almost had no effect on the hands. The disadvantage was also that when not in use, it almost had no effect on the hands.
If one did not actively enter this state with inner energy, Mysterious Jade Hand provided almost zero enhancement to grip strength and palm power. It also could not be used casually like a normal Iron Sand Palm to receive attacks. Once inner energywas exhausted, Mysterious Jade Hand would become unusable.
Strictly speaking, this thing was definitely inferior to a fully cultivated Iron Sand Palm technique that could be activated and deactivated at will. However, below the level of full mastery, almost no Iron Sand Palm technique possessed the numerical advantages that Mysterious Jade Hand did.
Ultimately, the Tang Sect was an explosive assassin organization, not warriors who fought head-on. The purpose of Mysterious Jade Hand was to activate it when needed to enhance hand strength and isolate toxins, rather than using Mysterious Jade Hand directly like Iron Sand Palm to strike people.
Chen Ming could not understand the complete internal pathways of Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill, nor the internal meridian circulation method of Mysterious Jade Hand.
But he could make up for it by using external stimulation on the hands, indirectly creating an improved version of Mysterious Jade Hand training.
As for a footwork technique like Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, with Chen Ming's current computing power, it was already very simple.
He almost easily worked backward from Tang San's steps and recreated Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track.
Tang San definitely recognized me just now.
And he not only has no goodwill toward me, he also carries deep malice.
Although I don't know how he got out of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon clan, he clearly wasn't released by them.
There's most likely something else going on behind this.
"Hmm…"
Chen Ming rubbed his chin and made a decision in his heart.
Since that's the case, I'll modify Mysterious Jade Hand into Iron Sand Palm and release it.
Then I'll weaken Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track a little, change its name to Small Perplexing Step, and release that too.
Anyway, once it's published, the one who suffers won't be me…
Chen Ming planned to further dilute Tang San's value.
Once Iron Sand Palm and Small Perplexing Step were released, the Spirit Masters on the continent would definitely go and learn them.
Even if these were only weakened versions of the real Mysterious Jade Hand and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track, they could still greatly strengthen Spirit Masters and help them understand and deal with such techniques.
Since Tang San had already shown malice toward him, Chen Ming did not mind targeting him a little.
In any case, Chen Ming could create better versions of both skills.
And once the weakened versions spread, people in the world would not think Chen Ming had released such deep self-created Spirit Abilities just to target Tang San.
They would only think he cared for the world and wished to benefit all living beings. Even if Tang San jumped out to complain, no one would stand on his side.
...
The emo Tang San on the ground lay there for a long while before slowly standing up, yet his eyes remained lifeless, as if they had been violently played with and broken. Zhu Zhuqing rubbed her lower abdomen and took quite some time before slowly standing up as well.
Zhao Wuji thought for a moment and felt he might have struck a bit too hard. So he gave the two of them a few instructions, then apologized to Chen Ming and Ning Rongrong before leaving the area.
When he came back, he was holding two sausages and two sugar beans.
"Here, eat these. They're food made by the food-system Spirit Masters in our academy. They can heal injuries."
Zhao Wuji handed the sausages and sugar beans to the two of them.
Zhu Zhuqing ate them without any hesitation.
Feeling the sausage burst in her mouth and begin healing her body, Zhu Zhuqing's expression changed slightly.
After eating the sugar bean and feeling the powerful Spirit Power inside it, Zhu Zhuqing froze even more.
She had seen plenty before.
She had met powerful food-system Spirit Masters in the Star Luo Empire, and had even managed to eat something made by one of them.
But even the food made by that important Spirit Saint-level food-system Spirit Master in the Star Luo Empire was not as effective as this sugar bean.
Tang San, still stuck in despair, only ate the two things casually.
The recovery of his Spirit Power did not pull him out of that state.
Seeing that the two had recovered enough, Zhao Wuji nodded.
"You both showed your strength and talent. You can join Shrek Academy."
"From today on, you are students of Shrek Academy."
"Teacher Zhao, I want to ask. Are those two also students of our academy?"
Tang San raised his head. Only now did he finally think about Chen Ming.
He was about to raise his hand and point at Chen Ming, but Zhao Wuji immediately stepped closer and stopped him from pointing.
"Those two are guests of our dean. They're important people from Heaven Dou Imperial Academy. They only came here to take a look."
Zhao Wuji was afraid Tang San would say something unpleasant, so he immediately cut off his question.
"Does our academy have some connection with Heaven Dou Imperial Academy?"
"Could it be that students who graduate from here can move up to Heaven Dou Imperial Academy?"
Zhu Zhuqing asked with some caution.
"Not exactly."
Zhao Wuji had traveled the continent for many years, so of course he knew which family the Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul belonged to.
Looking at the cautious Zhu Zhuqing, he shook his head.
"Shrek is Shrek. You can't directly enter the imperial academy from here."
"But if someone really wants to join Heaven Dou Imperial Academy after graduation, it's not as if we have no way."
After all, Shrek Academy had many high-level Spirit Masters above Spirit Emperor.
Even if Zhao Wuji's own identity counted as half-illegal, if they really wanted to, they still had the channels to send someone into Heaven Dou Imperial Academy.
"But Shrek Academy's graduation requirement is Level 40 Spirit Ancestor."
"At that level, even in Heaven Dou Imperial Academy, you would already count as a graduate."