To comprehend all laws and attain immortality

Under Gu Fan's observation, Meng Wei made two moves.

Lightning Spear and Lightning Net should be two lightning-based spells, so why did Long Ying say they were one move?

Gu Fan turned to look at Meng Wei, his eyes filled with doubt.

Meng Wei coughed lightly, turned his head and muttered, "One trick is all you need; what does it matter how many spells you have!"

Seeing Gu Fan's expression, Meng Wei explained helplessly, "The spells I used may seem different, but they are actually the same spell, which is the palm lightning I mentioned before."

At this point, Meng Wei simply began to demonstrate.

As he extended his palm, bolts of lightning gathered in his hand, transforming into a three-foot-long lightning spear. The lightning illuminated Meng Wei's face, making it appear pale, and the air vibrated with a hissing sound.

Meng Wei threw the Thunder Spear into the distance, and it pierced through the seabed with a loud bang, stirring up a wave three zhang high.

Then, Meng Wei stretched out his palm again, and the lightning transformed into soft, fine threads that intertwined to form a dense lightning net. After he released his hand, it covered the sea surface within a ten-foot radius like a fishing net, spreading into a pool of lightning.

Next, Meng Wei demonstrated lightning balls, lightning shields, and even plasma flowing like water. Lightning that others could not avoid moved and transformed in his palms without any resistance.

Gu Fan frowned as he stared at Meng Wei's actions, his pupils reflecting the lightning. He finally understood that although these spells seemed to have different forms and powers, they were all condensed lightning, and were indeed variations of the same spell.

In fact, he could also achieve a similar effect with flames, even transforming them into lifelike flame beasts, but that was merely manipulating the form of flames with fire control techniques, while Meng Wei seemed to have even altered the nature of lightning.

The explosive power of the lightning spear, the smoothness of the lightning net, the agility of the lightning ball, the solidity of the lightning shield... the nature of lightning was changing wildly at this moment according to Meng Wei's will!

After demonstrating, Meng Wei looked at the lively lightning dancing at his fingertips and said in a deep voice, "Junior Brother also cultivates high-grade techniques, so his understanding of their difficulty is also..."

At this point, Meng Wei suddenly remembered that Gu Fan had reached the fifth level of Qi Refining in less than five years, far surpassing his own cultivation speed, and he suddenly couldn't continue speaking.

After choking back tears for a moment, he shook his head and said, "In short, comprehending spells takes a lot of time, so I came up with a method: to only cultivate one spell. The essence of Palm Lightning is simply releasing lightning from the palm. As long as this one spell is cultivated to a high level, it can be transformed in countless ways."

Upon hearing this, Gu Fan's gaze turned solemn, and he nodded silently.

Based on the Palm Lightning technique, Meng Wei developed many applications. No matter what kind of opponent he faced, he could deal with them with just one Palm Lightning, which indeed saved him a lot of time in comprehending the spell.

But how many people can persevere through countless trials and tribulations to perfect a spell?

A flash of lightning seemed to pass through Gu Fan's mind, and a sudden inspiration arose in his heart, as if he had gained a better understanding of the "forgetting" technique in the art of fire control.

Just then, a neighing sound suddenly came from afar.

Gu Fan came to his senses, got up and looked around. He saw that several sea monsters had surrounded the island at the same time.

A sea breeze blew by, and a rich fragrance filled the air. The tightly closed flower buds trembled twice, and the fragrance became even stronger.

Upon hearing the siren's commotion, everyone immediately stood up, and after seeing the siren's face clearly, they all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Just five sea centipedes, I'll go take care of them," Song Chibo said casually, stepping out onto the waves.

The sea centipede is a slender sea creature with a purplish-black body and more than a dozen pairs of fins growing on its flattened sides, somewhat resembling a centipede on land, hence its name.

Unlike centipedes, this demon has a pair of fleshy wings on its back, which not only accelerate its movement but also allow it to glide briefly on the wind, making it quite swift and agile.

Sensing Song Chibo's approach, the five sea centipedes hissed in unison, spitting out jets of water that crashed down on his location.

Song Chibo smiled contemptuously, waved his hand and grasped a long whip interwoven with blue and gold. With a light flick, he created a whip shadow, shattering the incoming water arrows into countless fragments. Then, without stopping, he lashed out at the nearest sea centipede.

The sea centipede was struck by the whip, its back torn open and one of its wings ripped off. It thrashed wildly as it burrowed into the sea.

The remaining sea centipedes immediately scattered, trying to avoid the long whip.

"You beast, trying to escape?"

A cold glint flashed in Song Chibo's eyes, and the long whip in his hand shone brightly, drawing up the seawater beneath his feet and instantly transforming it into several whip shadows, enveloping all the sea centipedes within the whip shadow range.

The whip flashed several times, tearing the skin of the five sea centipedes with each blow. They writhed and dodged wildly, then circled around Song Chibo, spitting water arrows until they realized they could not break through Song Chibo's whip defense, at which point they retreated.

Song Chibo naturally refused to let these sea monsters retreat safely, and with a flash of blue light beneath his feet, he disappeared into the sea.

In the blink of an eye, a wave rose up beside a sea centipede, and Song Chibo revealed himself, actually using a water escape technique!

The whip shadow enveloped the sea centipede once more, until its tattered body, dripping with foul-smelling demonic blood, slowly sank to the bottom of the sea. Only then did Song Chibo stop and use his water escape technique to chase after another sea centipede.

In the end, Song Chibo left behind three sea centipedes, with only two managing to escape because they were positioned further back.

Song Chibo did not give chase, after all, the purpose of this trip was not to hunt demons, and there would definitely be sea monsters attracted by the fragrance of flowers later, so he should use his magic power sparingly.

So, Song Chibo retrieved the remains of the sea centipede that had not yet sunk to the bottom, put them into his storage bag, then put away his long whip, put one hand behind his back, and rode the waves back.

"Thank you for your hard work, Senior Brother." Gu Fan nodded in praise.

Upon hearing this, Song Chibo immediately laughed: "If it weren't for the magical artifact forged by my junior brother, I wouldn't have been able to deal with these sea monsters so easily."

"Something's not right." Meng Wei frowned slightly and said softly as he watched the fleeing sea centipede.

Song Chibo immediately suppressed his smile and asked, "What's wrong?"

He knew very well that Meng Wei was the most experienced demon hunter among everyone present and had the clearest understanding of the habits of various sea monsters. If Meng Wei noticed anything unusual, he would certainly not make a pointless statement.

Meng Wei lowered his eyes, glanced around, and pointed in the direction the sea centipedes had fled, saying slowly, "You didn't conceal your aura just now. Normally, these sea centipedes are weak and should have run away immediately upon sensing your presence. But these sea centipedes not only dared to attack you, but they didn't even flee immediately when one of their kind was injured."

At this point, Meng Wei turned to Long Ying and asked, "Is the fragrance of Fleeting Beauty really that attractive to siren?"

Long Ying was slightly taken aback. After pondering for a moment, she hesitated and replied, "The Fleeting Beauty is, after all, a rare celestial treasure. The records in the pharmacopoeia are not very detailed, so it's possible that its effects are stronger."

Meng Wei nodded upon hearing this, but his expression remained unrelieved: "I hope I'm overthinking it."