I Fabricated the Techniques, but my disciple really mastered them?

The moment Li Xuan entered the small stone hut, he saw what was within the purple glow at the depths of the hut's subterranean space.

The faint purple light was misty, enclosing a tiny chamber that resembled a small room. Originally, this space should have contained other items, but they were all gone now, leaving only a bed.

Moreover, the bed was somewhat battered, as if it had been violently smashed by someone.

A teenager in a purple robe was lying on the bed, seemingly asleep.

"Kid, stop pretending to sleep. Come, have some tea and a chat with me. You never know, I might just let you out if I'm in a good mood," Li Xuan said with a radiant smile.

But inwardly, he was secretly shocked; the teenager in the purple robe was somewhat inscrutable. The other party didn't seem to be a Martial Artist but some kind of special being.

It was impossible to see through the extent of his strength, yet he was restrained, his true powers completely unexercised unless the restraints were removed.

Since he couldn't exercise his strength, Li Xuan naturally didn't need to worry.

The teenager in the purple robe lay quietly, unmoving, without a hint of response, as if he were already dead.

"Pretend to be dead, pretend to be dead. He can't see me; he can't come in, surely he can't. Don't panic, just pretend to be dead!"

The teenager in the purple robe constantly hypnotized himself inwardly.

"I am already dead, yes, I've died!"

Upon hearing Li Xuan's voice, he didn't respond at all. In his heart, he even sneered contemptuously, "This kind of trick, trying to deceive me to come out? Really thinks I'm a three-year-old child."

"However, who is this person? Why does he give me a feeling of being unfathomable? Even Taicang has never given me this impression.

"The only one that gave me this feeling was that pair of eyes, and those eyes were terrifying. It's possible that Taicang might have died at their hands.

"But this person is completely different from those eyes; surely he can't be the same person. But where does he come from? How can he possess such terrifying strength?

"One thing is certain, he isn't a Martial Artist of Taicang. If he's a foreigner, why didn't I notice?

"Even though I am confined here, if a foreign powerhouse were to enter the Taicang Domain, I should be able to sense it."

The more the teenager in the purple robe thought about it, the more puzzled he became.

This person was unfathomable; within the Taicang Domain, there shouldn't be such a terrifyingly powerful entity present, no one could surpass that of Taicang.

If he was an outsider, why hadn't he noticed?

Could it be that this person's strength was so immense that when he entered the Taicang Domain, even he couldn't detect it?

If that was truly the case, wasn't his strength far greater than the owner of that pair of eyes?

The more he thought about it, the less composed the teenager in the purple robe felt.

"He couldn't have really seen me, could he? He won't come in, right? Pretend to be dead!

"Right, pretend to be dead! As long as I am dead, he won't be interested. Surely he can't be interested in a dead person, can he?

"He's not some Netherworld old ghost; how could he possibly be interested in the dead?"

The teenager in the purple robe began to hypnotize himself again.

"I'm dead, I have already died..."

Suddenly, it seemed as if he had thought of something else.

"No, I must look uglier. Surely he can't be interested in an ugly corpse, can he?"

With that thought, the teenager in the purple robe, lying motionlessly on the bed, started to change slowly. If one could see his face, they would find it wrinkling up, becoming old and ugly.

Li Xuan's mouth twitched. What was up with the teenager in the purple robe? Why did it feel like his thoughts weren't quite like a normal person's?

Self-hypnosis?

Pretending to be dead?

He couldn't think that Li Xuan had neither seen him nor could enter his little chamber, could he?

After examining the small space where the teenager in the purple robe lay, including the violently smashed bed, he became thoughtful.

The other items in the small chamber, he surmised, had probably been destroyed by the teenager in the purple robe; the bed was smashed by him too. Perhaps considering that without a bed, he wouldn't be able to lie down and sleep, he had stopped smashing it halfway.

Lifting his foot, Li Xuan stomped on the ground, sending a surge of force downwards, causing a vibration within the small chamber.

"Kid, stop pretending to be dead. Come keep this old man company for a chat. Aren't you bored? Don't worry, I mean no harm," he said.

The small chamber shuddered slightly.

The teenager in the purple robe pretending to be dead panicked inwardly, "He's found me, what do I do? Continue pretending to be dead?"n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

"No, if I keep pretending to be dead and he gets angry and smashes my little house, won't I be exposed? Forget it, let's just go up and meet him.

"Don't think you can get any information out of me. Playing dumb, that I'm quite good at!"

With these thoughts in mind, he muttered, "Disturbing someone's sleep is an unethical act!"

As he spoke, he stretched lazily, yawned, and wore an expression like he was just awoken and annoyed.

With a flash of purple light, the teenager in the purple robe appeared inside the stone hut.

He could only appear within the stone hut, unable to leave it, for if the hut were gone, he would be confined to that small chamber only.

Seeing his face wrinkled and aged, making him look old and ugly, Li Xuan's expression darkened as he said, "Kid, stop pretending to be ugly!"

"Who are you calling kid? I am as old as the Domain itself!"

The teenager in the purple robe became haughty. Stay connected with empire

He restored his true appearance, a handsome face and the look of a fifteen- or sixteen-year-old, even somewhat feminine.

"As old as the Domain? Then how old is the Domain?" Li Xuan asked cheerfully.

It seemed as if he was just casually continuing the conversation, posing this question.

"As old as the Domain, this guy is a bit strange, not like any creature I know of."