Chapter 566: Zhang Family Object Manipulation Art

"Hiccup—"

Having eaten and drunk to her heart's content, Feng Baobao let out a satisfied hiccup.

Zhang Jie skeptically eyed her still-flat, only slightly rounded belly,

suspecting that she had a four-dimensional stomach installed inside.

He had only tasted the food, and Zhang Chulan had eaten a normal portion; these three dishes and one soup,

along with the rice in the electric cooker, had mostly ended up in her stomach.

Zhang Jie seriously suspected that if Sister Baoer were to manage her figure, it would have to be military-style management:

A *jianbing guozi* (savory crepe) and a fried chicken leg for breakfast;

the Korean-style army stew—the most beloved traditional delicacy of the last half-century—plus a cup of Mixue Bingcheng for lunch;

veteran-style barbecue and American-style snacks for dinner; and late-night snacks like Colonel chicken nuggets, ice cream, and egg tarts...

Well, all of this was just Zhang Jie's malicious belly-aching.

As the perfect creation of the Eight Miraculous Skills working in unison, Sister Baoer's digestive system must involve the Six-Storey Thief.

Even without a specific technique to activate it, just by relying on its passive effects,

these mere calorie bombs were not enough to turn her from a long-haired, beautiful girl into a fat couch potato.

After the meal, Zhang Chulan conscientiously cleaned up the mess, preparing to wash the dishes.

Zhang Jie didn't feel right just sitting there enjoying the fruits of others' labor while only eating, so with a wave of his right hand,

all the tableware acted like well-trained soldiers;

one by one, they lined up and jumped into the water with detergent to wash away the grease,

then went under the faucet to rinse off the remaining detergent with the flowing water,

and finally jumped into the cabinet, lying down quietly to wait for their next use.

"Brother Jie..."

Zhang Chulan stared dumbfounded at this fantastical scene, suddenly having the illusion

that he had accidentally wandered into a fairy tale he had watched as a child.

His next thought was that he really wanted this, really wanted to learn it; he wanted to be able to do this too,

so he wouldn't have to work so hard to handle the prep work and chores in the future.

Anyone who has cooked personally knows that the truly hard and time-consuming parts are often not the cooking itself,

but rather the preparation before cooking and the cleanup afterward.

That is why in hotel kitchens, besides the head chef who handles the wok,

there are several "cutting board" staff (responsible for cutting ingredients into specified shapes—shreds, slices, dices, chunks, etc.,

and also responsible for marinating, coating, and rehydrating dried goods),

and "prep" staff (responsible for assisting the stove chef, passing plates, plating, and simple marinating).

"This is a simple Object Manipulation Art. If you want to learn, I can teach you."

Zhang Jie said with a smile.

In the world of the Extraordinary, there has always been a technique for manipulating objects with Qi, and various sects

and families are famous for their Object Manipulation Arts, such as the Northwest Jia Village, home to Jia Zhengliang,

who was almost scammed by Feng Shayan and earned the reputation of "Five Hundred a Night."

When Object Manipulation Art is cultivated to a high level, the person and the weapon become one, enough to take a head from a mile away;

it was once considered by the ancients to be the method of a Sword Immortal. The descriptions of Sword Immortals in *xianxia* works in the world of *Under One Person*

likely developed from these legends.

Although Zhang Jie had not specifically studied Object Manipulation Art, the Long Hu Mountain he had previously attended

was also famous for its Jin Guang Spell and Five Thunders Method. But at his level,

not to mention the saying that mastering one method leads to mastering all, manipulating objects with Qi was not difficult for him.

After all, Object Manipulation Art, when stripped down, is just nourishing objects with Qi, eventually reaching the realm of Qi-Object Unity and Person-Object Unity.

Zhang Jie's thick and vibrant True Qi covered the objects,

and even without prior nourishment with True Qi, it was enough to reach the level of temporary object manipulation.

This is perhaps what is praised by countless sages in the classics: once the realm is reached, the divine ability forms naturally.

Since returning from the Shared Space, Zhang Jie had applied this art of object manipulation to his daily life.

Superpowers aren't just for fighting and killing; making life more convenient is also a golden path, right?

For this reason, he had gained some insight and realized a technique specifically for object manipulation,

in which the secrets of nourishing objects with Qi, Qi-Object Unity, and manipulating objects with Qi were all present.

When practiced to completion, although he couldn't be like the Ancestor Lu who "occasionally plays with a flying divine sword,

destroying the first peak of Zhongnan," taking a head with a flying sword from ten or a hundred miles away would not be a difficult task.

If Zhang Jie were to perform it, injecting a wisp of divine sense into the manipulated object, taking a head from a thousand miles away would not be difficult.

Following the general naming rules of the Extraordinary world, perhaps this Object Manipulation Art could be called "Zhang Family Object Manipulation Art"?

It was just a small technique obtained by chance, not involving his own foundation,

and since he found Zhang Chulan quite agreeable, Zhang Jie didn't mind teaching it to him.

Perhaps, with Zhang Chulan, this little lab rat bearing the protagonist's luck,

this "Zhang Family Object Manipulation Art" might have the possibility of going even further?

By then, even Zhang Jie might benefit from it.

"This... let's forget it."

Zhang Chulan thought for a moment and still painfully rejected Zhang Jie's tempting proposal.

He admitted that he was very interested in this technique of manipulating objects with Qi,

but the cultivation of any technique requires an investment of time and energy.

With the Luo Tian Luotian Da Jiao imminent, learning another Object Manipulation Art would not only fail to significantly increase his combat power but would instead distract him.

He had to put his time and energy into the Jin Guang Spell and Thunder Method, which he had mastered more deeply.

Knowing everything but mastering nothing won't work.

While being inclusive and embracing all rivers is very strong and has a broader future,

that is generally a path only for geniuses, like this unfathomable Brother Jie in front of him.

If an ordinary Extraordinary person has too big a heart, is curious about everything, wants to learn everything, and invests time and energy in everything,

this will undoubtedly disperse their time and energy, resulting in the consequence of knowing everything but mastering nothing.

"It's good that you have your own decision."

Zhang Jie expressed his support for Zhang Chulan's idea of concentrating his energy and specializing in one area.

"Jie... Brother Jie..."

After finishing the chores, Zhang Chulan found Zhang Jie again.

"If you have something to say, just say it. You're a man, what's with this hesitant, motherly behavior?"

Seeing Zhang Chulan's hesitant appearance, Zhang Jie frowned slightly.

"Brother Jie, I want to ask you to help me win the championship of the Luo Tian Luotian Da Jiao!"

Zhang Chulan gathered his courage and spoke his true thoughts.

These days, he had been tossing and turning at night, unable to sleep.

He knew that with his strength, wanting to defeat the young elites of the Extraordinary world by himself

and reach the top of the Luo Tian Luotian Da Jiao was completely a daydream, unrealistic.

His only hope was to have the unfathomably strong Zhang Jie escort him.

As long as he wasn't unlucky enough to be eliminated in the first or second round, this idea was very feasible.

"Then what conditions are you prepared to use to move me, kid?"

Zhang Jie looked at Zhang Chulan playfully: "I did say,

if you want me to help you, you can, but you have to come up with conditions that move me."

"And according to the news from Long Hu Mountain, this time at the Luo Tian Luotian Da Jiao,

the head of the Lu family, one of the Four Great Families, 'Flawless in a Lifetime' Old Master Lu Jin, has intervened;

he has brought out the Tongtian Talisman, one of the Eight Miraculous Skills, as the prize for the champion."

"Could it be that you, kid, still have something on you comparable in value to the Tongtian Talisman?" ===== CHAPTER 567 =====