Chapter 23: Three Arts of the Strange Arts Chapter, Safe and Sound

It was just that this time it was a bit different.

The pages didn't stop flipping, but went straight to the back. The *Civil Code* itself was also emitting strands of faint light.

Immediately after, three lines of words actually floated in the air.

Strange Arts Chapter: Fire Art, Dog Art, Hidden Art

Fire Art: Full name Fire-Taming Art, a strange art currently mainly circulating in the Xiangxi area. It actually originated from the Taoist technique—Fire-Manipulation Art. Tracing the source, it was even related to the Taoist supernatural power of Sitting in Fire. And Fire-Taming Art was a degraded version of Fire-Manipulation Art modified by later generations. In modern times, it had even become a juggling act, a trick that relied purely on skills and some secret medicine to pretend to be a god or ghost, with no power in it.

Therefore, this Fire-Taming Art was actually divided into three levels: entry-level trickery, proficient Fire-Taming Art, and mastery-level Fire-Manipulation Art.

Dog Art: Divided into three major categories: Mountain-Driving Dog, Exorcism Dog, Wolf-Pack Dog.

A special secret art researched by generations of hunters in ancient times. Hunters had three treasures: one dog, two bows, three traps. The one ranked first was this dog. Since ancient times, there had been the saying of Mountain-Driving Dogs. There were also ways to do it. The strongest could even train special Mountain-Driving Dogs that were powerful, invulnerable to swords and guns, loyal and fierce, and could kill tigers. The source was said to be from the myth of Erlang Shen searching the mountains to subdue demons in the ancient Shu region.

Exorcism Dog was related to the legend of black dog blood exorcising evil that had been circulating among the people since ancient times. This was a Taoist technique, later flowed into the people and Left Path by fake Maoshan. First choice: five-black dog, second choice: black earth dog, last choice: fierce dog, then use secret arts to train, and you could get an Exorcism Dog that had great restraint on ghosts, yin energy, etc.

Wolf-Pack Dog was a product of the collision between Eastern and Western forces during the Ming and Qing dynasties. It contained part of the Great Heavenly Dog Art from the Neon region. Training it could result in an army like a wolf pack that could cooperate precisely, understand human speech, and be loyal, and at the same time, there was a lead dog that could act as a commander in both combat power and wisdom.

The last art, Hidden Art.

It was the simplest of these three arts, with no such variety and level division. All it had was one function: hide.

Hide tracks, hide soul.

It could eliminate traces in complex environments, making ghosts unable to find oneself. Of course, if it was on a realistic level, even if the traces were eliminated, the places to hide were only so many, so being found was also possible. After all, this was not an invisibility technique or a teleportation technique.

Fire Art, Dog Art, Hidden Art.

This was the three inherited techniques obtained this time.

"The techniques in the Strange Arts Chapter... sure enough, they are not comparable to the previous folk methods!"

Louis looked at these three complex techniques and sighed.

These three techniques, if placed in ancient times, could completely make a person a famous strange person among the people, especially that Hidden Art, which gave him the confidence to save his life when facing Mary Shaw.

However, why did the *Civil Code* suddenly open the Strange Arts Chapter?

After a brief thought, Louis understood. It seemed that his identity as an inheritor was still a bit useful.

However, was this permanently opened, or just this time?

No matter what, the appearance of these three techniques was a good thing for Louis. For a long time to come, he was afraid he would have to study the things on this.

The sky was bright.

The moment the white sunlight shone into the room through the window, Louis finally relaxed a bit.

Although Mary Shaw, as well as many American evil spirits, seemed to be able to travel during the day, the warmth of the sunlight was enough to soothe people's hearts, especially in the sunlight, his Yang Qi would receive a certain increase.

"It's fine. It seems it's thanks to Godfather."

Louis first bowed to the Kitchen God statue, frowning at the cracks on it.

After a night, the cracks on it had recovered a little, but there was still a long way to go before complete recovery.

"I don't know what the method is to speed up healing and make spirituality stronger. Now I can only let time heal naturally."

Taking a deep breath, Louis washed his face with cold water to wake up, and walked out of the room.

He met David, who had just woken up and was preparing to call them to get up.

"Uncle."

David was stunned: "Louis, up so early? Did you not sleep well? If not, go back to sleep first. It's okay to skip breakfast occasionally."

Looking at the obvious dark circles under Louis's eyes, David was a bit worried.

Louis rubbed his eyes: "It's fine. I had a nightmare yesterday. I always feel that this place is not very good. Uncle, you know, in our traditional customs, encountering a funeral of a sudden death is usually considered unlucky."

David frowned and nodded: "Alright, then let's leave immediately after breakfast. You can have a good sleep in the car."

Louis felt relieved. Fortunately, David was not one of those classic idiots in horror movies. He had just said that deliberately, just to get David to take everyone away immediately.

And David was indeed concerned about him. After knowing this reason, he decided to leave immediately without saying much.

"Thank you, Uncle."

After saying that, he went downstairs to prepare for breakfast.

He didn't see David's expression of wanting to speak but stopping.

Although Louis was a foster child, David had actually treated this well-behaved, sensible, smart, and filial child as his own. But after so long, this child still called him Uncle. Was there something he didn't do well?

"I hope this trip to the Klana camp and what Angela said will go smoothly. If there is a mother, it should be better to let them feel the warmth of the family."

That's right, this trip was not just to see the scenery, but also to make friends—well, female friends.

He had been single for eight years for Emma. Although he occasionally went to clubs and the like to solve his physiological needs, this was not a long-term solution. And a home couldn't just have a father; it also needed a mother figure.

Recently, Angela had been introducing him to dating objects, and Emma knew it. And this time, the person she introduced was said to be of high quality, and there were many of them, many of whom were foreign immigrants. The only problem was that the current settlement location was in the neighboring state, so he needed to go there. I hope this time it will be successful.

David shook his head and knocked on his daughter's door.

Emma's expression was as usual, but she opened the door with her fists clenched tightly. After asking where Louis was, she went downstairs.

And Esther was a bit wrong. She knocked for a long time but didn't open the door.

In the room.

Esther, who was woken up, looked panicked. Last night, what exactly happened?

Why did she inexplicably return to the bed?

Wasn't she talking to that kid Louis?

No, she had to put on makeup first!

Esther hurriedly applied various makeup items in front of the mirror in the room, skillfully and quickly.

At the same time, she responded to David: "Sorry, Dad, I just woke up, I'll be down immediately."

"Oh, that's good, breakfast is ready, hurry up."

"Okay."

In the mirror.

On Esther's eyebrows, black powder was applied, revealing the slightly aged face inside. Combined with that petite body, a strange awkwardness made people feel uncomfortable all over.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 24 =====