CHAPTER 547: CHAPTER 233 DEFEATED_3

The Trial Takers on the street looked at these Magic Armor Masters with eyes that seemed somewhat different from usual.

Sha Chu heard a knock at the door, opened it, and found Li Xiu standing outside, with another person standing behind him.

Upon seeing who it was, Sha Chu was slightly taken aback. The person following Li Xiu was Jing Li.

"Is the meal ready?" Li Xiu asked with a smile.

"It’s ready." Sha Chu replied, a bit dazed.

"Is there enough for three people?" Li Xiu asked as he walked into the courtyard.

"It should be... enough..." Sha Chu’s expression grew more complex.

It was then she realized why Li Xiu told her to prepare more food before he left. So, this was the reason—he had planned to bring Jing Li back all along?

Sha Chu found it hard to imagine what Li Xiu had done to make Jing Li appear so dejected, like a little wife who had been wronged.

"Then let’s eat. After moving around for so long, I’m quite hungry." Li Xiu said with a smile.

Sha Chu closed the door and rushed to the kitchen to bring out the food.

Jing Li said nothing, sat down, picked up a bowl, and began eating, shoveling large mouthfuls into his mouth without lifting his head once.

"Xiao Li, take your time, there’s no need to rush." Li Xiu said with a smile.

"Xiao Li!" Sha Chu’s expression was strange; she couldn’t quite associate the fiercely notorious Jing Li with the word ’Xiao Li’.

Jing Li’s eye twitched, but he said nothing, just paused slightly before quickly continuing to shovel food into his mouth, as though he hadn’t heard Li Xiu speaking.

"Go ahead and eat more, once you’re full, you can serve as my experiment subject." Li Xiu was not at all heartbroken seeing how much Jing Li could eat; in fact, he was quite pleased.

Even though food was expensive in Longevity City, Li Xiu didn’t mind at all.

"Tell me, what do you want me to do?" Jing Li couldn’t stand Li Xiu staring at him with that constant smile, so he put down his bowl and chopsticks and frowned.

"Wasn’t it agreed that if you lost, you’d join the technician team?" Li Xiu continued with a smile, "In fact, you could be considered the first to be personally recruited by me into my technician team, and from now on, you’re the number one technician."

Jing Li’s eye couldn’t help but twitch again. He stared at Li Xiu for a long moment before saying, "Just say who you want me to kill, no need for so much talk."

"Killing is such a simple task, no need for you to handle it. You have more important work to do." Li Xiu said with a grin.

Jing Li’s expression was strange; it was the first time someone sought him out not to kill.

But thinking about it, Li Xiu indeed didn’t need him to kill.

"What exactly do you want me to do?" Jing Li asked for the third time, clearly showing some unease.

"Your task is quite simple. I have a Light Condensation Technique for you, just take it and practice it." As Li Xiu spoke, he took out a handwritten Light Condensation Technique.

This was his modified "Unspoken Monster Technique," and he needed Jing Li to help test whether his concept was correct.

"I’m not yet at the Light Base level, and I can’t practice the Light Condensation Technique. Even if I were Light Base level, I already have a Light Condensation Technique and don’t need yours." Jing Li frowned.

"My Light Condensation Technique is different; you can practice it without being at the Light Base level." Li Xiu said.

"Impossible." Jing Li couldn’t believe Li Xiu’s nonsense. He had previously heard from the Commander about the principles of the Light Condensation Technique, and the Commander had even recited the "Jueli Scripture" to him. The Jueli Scripture was already in his mind; he only needed to advance to Light Base level to practice it.

Based on his understanding of the Light Condensation Technique, humans couldn’t possibly master it without reaching the Light Base level.

"Why not give it a try? You’ll know if it’s real or not. If it’s fake, you certainly won’t succeed in practicing now; you can try your own Light Condensation Technique once you reach the Light Base level." Li Xiu squinted his eyes and said.

Jing Li hesitated; though he didn’t believe in practicing the Light Condensation Technique before reaching the Light Base level, Li Xiu was unpredictable, and if such a thing did exist, he feared he’d have to forgo his mentor’s dying wish to practice the "Jueli Scripture" after reaching Light Base level.

"What? You can’t even manage such a small task?" Li Xiu frowned at Jing Li’s hesitation.

He had gone to great lengths to bring Jing Li over, even risking damage to the Furnace Guardian’s Magic Armor, not just to keep an idle person around.

"I understand, I will practice it." Jing Li said no more, picking up the "Unspoken Monster Technique" Li Xiu wrote and prepared to leave.

"Stop, you’ll live here from now on, I need to supervise your practice progress." Li Xiu stated.

"What I’ve agreed to, I’ll definitely do." Jing Li’s expression was slightly unpleasant.

"It’s not about whether you can do it, but I need to observe your practice condition. If you can master it, it means those Trial Takers not yet at the Light Base level can practice it too. If there are any issues during your practice, you must promptly report them to me so I can make appropriate modifications. After all, this Light Condensation Technique is meant for all Trial Takers to practice. It has to be simple enough for everyone." Li Xiu explained.

Jing Li stared blankly at Li Xiu, looking at him as if he were a madman. Suddenly, he felt that Li Xiu and his mentor seemed very similar.

Although their thinking methods and pursuits seemed to be polar opposites, the sense of madness felt very familiar to Jing Li.

Making the Light Condensation Technique accessible for all Trial Takers is such a mad idea. No one in Longevity Heaven ever dared to think of this before, and notably, the one doing it was a Magic Armor Master.

"So, I’m your experiment subject?" Jing Li asked, clutching the "Unspoken Monster Technique" as he looked at Li Xiu.

"Yes." Li Xiu was frank.

"This is your own research, unrelated to Longevity Heaven?"

"Yes."

"If it’s indeed successful, will you make it public?"

"Yes."

"Alright... this Light Condensation Technique... I will practice it..." Jing Li said calmly.