Chapter 1347: Playing with Sand

"Silence!"

After Li Ang sat down cross-legged, the Archer Director scanned the cleanup agents who were shrinking back in the square, then his expression sank, and he pointed at Li Ang and shouted, "All come over and sit down! Sit right next to him!"

?!

Sit next to the Food God? This...

"Hurry up! Sit one by one, right next to him!"

Looking at the cleanup agents who were afraid of Li Ang like tigers, with none willing to get close, the Archer Director couldn't help but have his face turn black.

"I'll count to five. After counting, those who are still standing will be considered to have automatically given up on this Archer Palace secret art selection. Just get lost!"

Seeing that the Archer Director was angry, several cleanup agents who hadn't been eaten by Li Ang had to bite the bullet and come over, occupying the positions close to Li Ang.

The other cleanup agents, who had a "firewall" after the most dangerous places were occupied, felt as if they had been granted amnesty and scrambled to sit down next to these few cleanup agents, finally managing to sit down before the countdown ended.

And as the small female cleanup agent and Abigail sat down in the last row holding hands, the surrounding air suddenly became abnormally hot. The originally empty square was replaced by a boundless sea of sand, and bursts of dry, scorching hot wind, carrying large handfuls of coarse yellow sand, roared toward them, hitting everyone's faces with pain.

"Two hours later is the Pisces Palace selection, and two of you have gained recognition there. Time is limited, so I'll keep it short."

After finishing the opening remarks, the Archer Director sitting on the sand dune reached out and scooped a handful of broken sand from the wind, then said to the crowd who couldn't open their eyes because of the wind and sand, "Among the twelve palace secret arts, the Archer Palace's 【Anomalous Strengthening】 secret art has the lowest threshold and is also the easiest to get started with. But it also has the longest time of generational interruption. To summarize, it is easy to learn but difficult to master, with a very low floor but a very high ceiling. It is estimated that half of you can get started. However, your quality is the worst batch I have ever seen. With your will and talent, it is likely that not a single one of you will finally be able to learn the secret art and gain the recognition of the star palace."

After a "worst batch" PUA speech like all teachers in the world, the Archer Director shook off most of the sand in his hand, leaving only one grain, and then said with a straight face, "Now follow me and learn. Find a grain of sand from your hand... remember, you can only choose one!"

And after all the cleanup agents, braving the wind and sand, picked up a grain of sand according to his instructions, the Archer Director pinched the grain of sand with two fingers, began to twist it slightly, and then sat upright and closed his eyes.

"Next, mobilize all your senses to feel this grain of sand, understand this grain of sand, remember this grain of sand..."

Remember a grain of sand...

Hearing the Archer Director's quite abstract description, Li Ang couldn't help but shout that it was bad in his heart.

Looking at this meaning, after remembering this grain of sand, the Archer Director wouldn't ask us to throw the sand away and then find the sand in the entire desert, right?

What's helpless is that although the Archer secret art's cultivation process is abnormally abstract, there seems to be no other way. All the cleanup agents, including Li Ang, had to bite the bullet and follow the Archer Director's words, starting to rack their brains to ponder the sand in their hands.

If this sand had to have any characteristics, it was yellow, hard, a bit coarse, and if you pinched it with your hand, it could leave a small mark on the finger pad... and then it seemed there was nothing else.

"Have you all remembered it? If you have, then enter the next step."

Not caring about the progress of Li Ang and the others at all, the Archer Director didn't even open his eyes. Sitting directly in the sea of sand, he said expressionlessly, "Next, collect your soul, concentrate your will, mobilize your emotions... compress everything you have as a human being to the limit, and become the same size as this grain of sand..."

"Archer Excellency." At this moment, someone finally couldn't help it and asked cautiously, "I haven't fully remembered the sand just now. Can you give a little hint? For example..."

"Whoosh."

Accompanied by the sound of fine sand flowing, the cleanup agent who just asked the question turned into a piece of yellow sand strangely, scattered in the strong wind, and disappeared directly without a trace.

"One person exits."

After reporting a name lightly, the Archer Director didn't even mean to explain, and continued, "Compress everything you have to be the same size as the sand, and then imitate the real sand in your hand, constantly modifying everything inside you, letting the two move toward each other..."

Good guy, does it mean that as long as you ask a question, you will be directly regarded as having no talent and forcibly eliminated from this secret art selection?

After seeing the fate of the bird that stuck its head out, the cleanup agents couldn't help but have their expressions tighten, and then no one dared to speak again.

In the whistling wind, everyone started to remember the sand in their hands while, according to the Archer Director's words, frantically compressing their souls, wills... and other messy "inner things," and letting their inner things move toward the sand.

And this time, the Archer Director's patience became much better. He didn't urge them, but closed his eyes and waited.

After about an hour, the Archer Director, who opened his eyes again, clapped his hands. More than a dozen figures with chaotic auras turned into yellow sand and scattered, directly exiting this selection.

"Alright, those whose will is not tough enough and cannot concentrate everything they have have all exited. You remaining people should all be able to barely get started."

Looking at the cleanup agents who still had more than half left, the Archer Director's face, which had been tight, finally showed a little smile. And after observing the crowd who were "pressing" extremely hard, he lowered his voice and said, "The reason I chose to teach you Archer secret arts here is to tell you a truth: even the most ordinary and common sand in this world, every grain is unique... for example, this grain of mine."

When he reached this point, the Archer Director threw the sand in his hand. And after leaving his palm, the tiny grain of sand suddenly expanded countless times, directly becoming the size of a basketball. And after being magnified countless times, the sand that originally had no characteristics actually became special.

"This is a grain of sand that collapsed from gneiss. Because of the wind's erosion, the surface is smooth and sharp, the particle size is relatively uniform, and it seems to have collided with mica rock. There are some extremely subtle scratches here..."

After explaining the characteristics of the sand he chose in extreme detail while slowing down his speech, the Archer Director shrank it back to its original size and continued, "And the first step of the Archer Palace's anomalous strengthening secret art is to create our inner self into another grain of sand that is as identical as possible, according to our 'understanding' of this grain of sand. Next, what we need to do is to overlap the 'anomalous sand' we just created with this real grain of sand, and use our inner self to strengthen its 'existence'. If you can complete this step, without destroying the original structure of this grain of sand, and strengthen all its characteristics, making it a grain of sand that is more 'sandy' than the original one, then your anomalous strengthening secret art can be considered to have thoroughly started."

"..."

Let the sand become a sand that is more sandy... then what should I do if I don't have sand?

After listening to the Archer Director's explanation, looking at his inner self that was pitch black no matter how he pressed it, and even occasionally made two dog barks, Li Ang's mouth couldn't help but twitch violently.

This extremely abstract learning method... it's really not as good as letting me find sand in the desert!

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 1348 =====

When he said this, the Sagittarius Director threw the sand in his hand. After leaving his palm, that tiny grain of sand suddenly expanded countless times, directly becoming the size of a basketball. And after being magnified countless times, the sand, which originally had no characteristics, actually became special.

"This is a grain of sand that crumbled off a gneiss. Because of wind erosion, the surface is smooth and sharp, the grain size is relatively uniform, and it seems to have collided with mica rock. There are some extremely subtle scratch marks here..."

After slowing down his speech to explain the characteristics of the sand he had chosen in extreme detail, the Sagittarius Director shrank it back to its original size and continued to explain:

"And the first step of the Sagittarius Palace's anomalous strengthening secret technique is to create another grain of sand that is as identical as possible, based on our 'understanding' of this grain of sand.

Next, what we need to do is to overlap the 'anomalous sand' we just created with this real grain of sand, and use our inner self to strengthen its 'existence'.

If you can complete this step, and without destroying the original structure of this grain of sand, strengthen all its characteristics so that it becomes a grain of sand that is more 'sandy' than the original, then your anomalous strengthening secret technique can be considered to have truly entered the door."

"..."

Make the sand a sandier sand... then what should I do if I don't have sand?

After listening to the Sagittarius Director's explanation, Leon looked at his inner self, which remained pitch black no matter how he pressed it, and even occasionally emitted two barks of a dog. The corners of his mouth couldn't help but twitch violently.

This extremely abstract way of learning... damn it, it would be better to let me find sand in the desert!

(End of chapter)