81 A Forgotten Technique Revived! (1/2)
”Whew~” Jam finished reaching Dao Infusion with the last Dao on his list, the Dao of Metal, after dedicating the rest of the day to training in new Daos. With techniques on hand, and his experience of already having several other Daos at the Dao Infusion and even the Dao Domain level, Jam practically flew threw the list of Daos he could learn at the moment.
Jam began with the Dao of Ice, starting off from scratch, he completed it in one hour. The Dao of Yin was next, and given its similarity to Ice and its relationshipto Yang, Jam took fifty minutes to reach acceptable levels of comprehension. Thereon, the time Jam needed to learn a Dao kept decreasing, until just now, where he developed his Dao of Metal to the Dao Infusion level after a short twenty minutes of nonstop practice.
Now it was night time, and Jam returned to his previous work; restocking his pills and talismans. He had already taken a couple days working on his pills, so after the first rays of sunshine began crossing over the horizon, Jam was done with with pill concoction. It was quite the coincidence that when he was done, more of his peers had arrived.
Cynthia and Rina had both come to see what Jam wanted; opposite to Kirin, they had no clue what Jam would want with them. Jam welcomed them in and made a couple quick snacks to entertain his guest; an idea that definitely came from Tzatziki. First, he worked on Cynthia's armor, leaving her outside of his workspace to continue talking to Rina.
Since Cynthia shredded her armor to pieces when she went berserk, Jam had to create an new set from scratch. Because he had the Dao of Wind mastered to the Dao Infusion level, Cynthia's armor and Halberd turned out stronger than the equipment Kirin received; Jam made plans to go fix his equipment again when he had the chance…
When he returned her the equipment, Cynthia who hadn't experienced the transcendent work Jam constantly put out, stood there in shock. When she came back to her sense, she excused herself before Jam could even say anything, leaving Rina and Jam alone. Cynthia was dying to try out the effects that her upgraded armor and halberd.
Jam, stood before Rina for a moment before awkwardly saying ”Uh... I guess I can work on your equipment now.” He stretched out his hands, waiting for Rina to give him her equipment.
Rina put on a fake frown and gave Jam her armor and sword, she said ”Hmph, now I'll be bored and alone in the living room...” This was a random attempt at being cute, she didn't at all expect anything out of Jam, but that didn't stop him from saying ”Well, you could just watch me while I work on your armor.” The use of True Soul would would impossible for Rina to pick up on as it would only affect Jam's soul. Furthermore, he didn't really care if his friends watched him work on their things.
”Are you serious?” Rina put away her false frown and became serious. As a Pill Master herself, she knew how private cultivators became when they worked on their secondary occupations. Rarely if ever, would one come across a cultivator as eccentric as Jam who wouldn't care if his work was watched.
Jam just nodded his head and began walking to his work room. After he noticed that Rina had yet to start moving, he gestured with his head and said ”I don't really mind. Really...” It was only after that interaction, that Rina started following him.
Once in the room, Rina became completely silent so as to not distract Jam. Jam found it odd, but he appreciated the gesture and got to work immediately. Since he had a guest watching him, Purification Flames were a big no-no especially since Rina was a Pill Master. Instead, Jam used Yang Flames which were rated a grade higher than his previous Stellar Flames and after all the practice he had done these days, he was confident that he could accomplish similar results.
Jam completed upgrading Rina's equipment just as fast has he had for Cynthia. Though he only used Fire and Yin Dao Runes to enhance the Runes that were previously engraved in Rina's sword and armor, the density of Runes made up for the lack of a third Dao.
As Jam was finishing up his work and letting the equipment cool off, an ominous voice pervaded his soul. Tzatziki said ”JAM! Now is your chance to practice the Sinuous Hands Of The Devil! Practice that godly skill on Rina!”
”What? Why? Didn't we already established that this is a forbidden technique from an evil god? Why would I use it on my friend?” This was odd, especially coming from Tzatziki; the man who made Jam start valuing friendships.
”You fool! That technique is more than just evil! It can be used for good! It's a godly support skill if used correctly!”
”Mhmm… Well, whatever. I guess it can't be that bad if it's just a massaging technique.” Jam mused to himself. He ignored Tzatziki's constant cursing and ramblings about the technique being more than just a massage, and went up to Rina.
”Hey, Kirin recently gave me a jade slip for a Blood Dao technique, but I need a partner to cultivate it. Would you mind if...” Jam couldn't even finished before Rina screaming at him ”WHAT?! You need a partner to cultivate a Blood Dao skill?! Why are you asking me! Go find Evangeline for that!” Her face was the reddest Jam had ever seen, and her words made no sense.
”Chill! Chill… its just a massage. What are you going off about?” Jam hurriedly said. He even tossed her the jade slip containing the 81 Hands To Submission, as nothing he did would calm her down.