On the way back to Balak City, whenever she had time, Xiao Wu would seriously read the cultivation insights of the Hundred Thousand Year Spirit Beast transformed into a human Spirit Emperor that Yu Yan had bought.
The one who wrote these cultivation insights was a Hundred Thousand Year Icefield Giant Bear from the Extreme North Land who had transformed into a human Spirit Emperor; he had stayed in human society for decades and wrote many techniques for hiding one's identity, as well as some Cultivate techniques.
Due to his strong physical constitution, the age of the spirit rings this Spirit Emperor condensed himself was higher than those of ordinary humans; his second spirit ring, which had a hint of purple, made him a subject of great attention in human society.
To solve this problem, he spent several years successfully creating a self-created Spirit Ability that could hide the true age of a spirit ring, successfully changing the color of his spirit rings to match the humans around him.
The appraiser at the auction house naturally saw this self-created Spirit Ability as well. His attitude toward this seemingly useless self-created Spirit Ability was, 'Heh, hiding the color of spirit rings? This is a piece of trash self-created Spirit Ability! Not only does it waste time to learn, but what help can it provide once learned?'
Another's trash, my treasure.
Yu Yan, who originally didn't plan to read these cultivation insights at all, felt as if he saw a completely new path after learning about this self-created Spirit Ability from Xiao Wu.
Having a thousand-year second spirit ring would definitely cause quite a stir in this era.
To address this problem, Yu Yan had thought of three plans and selected two powers he could cooperate with.
But the self-created Spirit Ability recorded in these cultivation insights provided Yu Yan with a brand new direction.
As long as he learned this self-created Spirit Ability, he could disguise the thousand-year second spirit ring he would obtain as a normal hundred-year spirit ring.
He wouldn't need to inform other major powers of the Whale Dragon's benefits; he could completely keep the secret of the Whale Dragon to himself in this era.
Besides the Spirit Ring Color Change self-created Spirit Ability, Xiao Wu discovered something even more surprising at the end of the cultivation insights.
Building on the foundation of hiding spirit ring colors, the Icefield Giant Bear who had transformed into a human had also developed a method to hide his own Spirit Beast aura.
The principle of Spirit Ring Color Change was to use spirit power to condense a thin film on the surface of the spirit ring, hiding its true color.
And the method for hiding one's Spirit Beast aura was to use spirit power to condense an invisible, special spirit power film on the surface of the body, simulating spirit power fluctuations to hide one's Spirit Beast aura.
The principles of both were connected. The Icefield Giant Bear who had transformed into a human also wrote in the cultivation insights that as long as one cultivated to the level of Spirit Ancestor, they could hide their aura using this method.
If you asked how he knew, he had tried it personally.
Yes, you read that right, he tried it personally.
After creating the Spirit Ability to hide a Spirit Beast's aura, while he was still only a Spirit Ancestor, he went to participate in the All-Continent Elite Soul Master Tournament and wandered around in front of several Titled Douluos a few times, proving that they really couldn't see through his identity as a Spirit Beast.
After reading the confident and proud words of this fellow in the cultivation insights, both Xiao Wu and Yu Yan didn't know how to evaluate him.
He was indeed a Genius, but he was also indeed reckless.
However, considering the atmosphere on the Douluo Continent where people generally didn't like to study, Yu Yan felt it was quite normal.
Yu Yan remembered that when Zhou Qingyun introduced these cultivation insights, he said that these Spirit Emperor cultivation insights were found in the long-fallen Spirit Douluo's Immortal Cave.
Presumably, that exceptionally talented Hundred Thousand Year Icefield Giant Bear who transformed into a human Spirit Emperor had been killed by that fallen Spirit Douluo.
He truly thanked the Icefield Giant Bear; the Spirit Ring Color Change Spirit Ability he created brought great help to Yu Yan, and the Spirit Ability to hide Spirit Beast aura he created brought great help to Xiao Wu.
May he live happily in the other World... "Yu Yan, how is your progress with the Spirit Ring Color Change?"
Walking through the mountains, Xiao Wu, who felt much more relaxed because the moonlight was dissipating her Spirit Beast aura and because of the Icefield Giant Bear's self-created Spirit Ability, was chatting with Yu Yan, asking about his Cultivate progress.
"It's a bit difficult. Spirit Ring Color Change is really a test of spirit power control techniques. My progress is stuck on distributing spirit power evenly across the spirit ring. How is your learning going?"
Yu Yan shared his progress and asked Xiao Wu about hers in return.
The Icefield Giant Bear had a talent for perfectly hiding its own aura; the Spirit Beast Encyclopedia introduced this talent as being for better hunting.
It was precisely because of this talent that after transforming into a human, he was able to create Spirit Abilities to hide spirit ring colors and hide his own aura.
Yu Yan didn't have this talent, and the Icefield Giant Bear hadn't specified in the cultivation insights how to achieve precise spirit power control. Therefore, all Yu Yan could do was keep practicing until he mastered the technique.
"I'm doing okay. I can already perfectly cover the spirit ring with spirit power; I'm currently practicing the color-changing technique."
Xiao Wu's ability in spirit power control was quite a bit stronger than Yu Yan's, so her Cultivate progress was naturally much faster.
"How are you so fast?"
Being able to perfectly cover a spirit ring with spirit power meant that Xiao Wu's progress in learning the self-created Spirit Ability was eighty percent complete, and she was just a little bit away from fully mastering it.
The two had started learning together, and Yu Yan had always thought their progress was about the same.
Who would have thought that Xiao Wu's progress would actually be so fast?
Xiao Wu tilted her head proudly: "I am a Genius, after all. Isn't it normal to be a bit faster?"
"Stop bragging and hurry up and share your tips with me."
Yu Yan gave Xiao Wu a gentle flick on the forehead and urged her to share her learning tips.
Indignant, Xiao Wu raised her hand and gave Yu Yan's head a light tap before she began sharing her tips with him.
Through Xiao Wu's not-so-professional explanation, Yu Yan started trying again with a half-formed understanding.
Realizing that Xiao Wu had a talent for learning Spirit Ring Color Change, Yu Yan often discussed with her how to master this Spirit Ability faster.
Yu Yan learned many tips from Xiao Wu, and Xiao Wu also learned some things from Yu Yan.
By verifying and learning from each other, the two made rapid progress in learning the self-created Spirit Ability, Spirit Ring Color Change; this was the benefit of two Geniuses discussing together.
Besides discussing the Spirit Ability, Yu Yan also complained to Xiao Wu about the name of this self-created Spirit Ability—Spirit Ring Color Change—it was truly a simple and direct name with no information.
Having read many books, Xiao Wu agreed with Yu Yan's statement; she also felt that the name of this self-created Spirit Ability didn't sound very good.
While traveling, the two began a heated, back-and-forth discussion regarding the name of this Spirit Ability.
Ultimately, the name of this self-created Spirit Ability was changed to the Cang Feng Secret Art, meaning a secret art for hiding one's sharpness.
The name was Yu Yan's idea. Although it was also easy to understand, it sounded like something impressive despite being hard to fathom.
Xiao Wu agreed with the name Yu Yan came up with, feeling that it had some depth.