"Let me rest for a while and I'll recover."

"That's good."

Tiancang Xiao nodded.

"Then let's rest for three incense sticks. After three incense sticks, I will take you to the practice location for the next training."

"Next training?"

The moment Tiancang Xiao finished speaking, Qingden's expression was dominated by strong surprise.

Qingden was so surprised that he temporarily forgot about the pain in his waist.

He hurriedly sat up from the floor and said quickly:

"What are you going to practice next?"

Tiancang Xiao replied calmly:

"Mr. Orange, today I will give you a rough experience of the three major techniques of Yunliu: 'Footwork', 'Indoor Fighting Technique', and 'Special Technique'. So next, Sha Zhong will teach you

'Magic'."

"Sasaki?"

That cute little face, which was often expressionless and could be compared to Saito in terms of facial paralysis, appeared in Qingto's mind.

"Sasushige is the person who practices the 'strange skills' best in our new imperial court series."

"If I remember correctly, the 'strange skill' I want to teach you today is lock picking."

…

…

After about 4 sticks of incense——

Tsukinomiya Shrine, a certain room in the shrine——

"Mr. Orange, we meet again."

Shazhong, who was sitting on his knees directly opposite Qingdeng, bent down and saluted Qingdeng.

"Well, yes...Long time no see."

Qingdeng made a boring little joke that he didn't even find funny.

As expected by Qingdeng, Shazhong remained indifferent and showed no reaction.

But Yae, who was standing next to Sae, smiled happily.

"Pfft...pfft!"

Loli tried her best to cover her lips, but still let her laughter escape. Finally, she seemed to be unable to bear it anymore and giggled.

"What's 'long time no see'? The time we parted was only a little over an hour, right?"

"..." Qingden glanced at Yae silently.

Isn't the person responsible for teaching me "strange skills" Saege? Why are you here, senior? Aomori accurately conveyed this message to Yae with his eyes.

Yae, who understood the meaning of Qingto's eyes, put his hands on his hips:

"I'm here to assist my sister in supervising you! Don't get distracted or be lazy during practice!"

After saying that, Yae raised his ten hands in his right palm, showing a arrogant and mighty posture.

Qingden lowered his eyes, glanced at the tips of his ten hands waving in front of his nose, and laughed dumbly:

"Then there may not be a chance for you, senior, to appear later."

"Okay, Yae, stop playing around. Let's stop chatting here."

Sae's cold voice, without any emotion, intervened in the conversation between Qingto and Yae.

"Mr. Tachibana, time is precious. In order not to waste time, I will go straight to the point."

"Yunliu's 'strange skills' are all skills related to 'infiltration and search' and 'gathering information'. There are many types, including many unappreciated skills such as lock picking and pickpocketing."

"The first thing I want to teach you is the most useful and important of all 'wonder skills', 'picking locks'."

After saying this, Sazhong pushed a medium-sized wooden box beside him in front of Qingdeng.

A huge brass lock hung on the door of the wooden box.

"This brass lock is the most common lock on the market and is also the easiest to crack. It is very suitable to be used as our initial practice prop."

As Saizhong spoke, he put his hands into his lapels and took out several iron toothpick-shaped objects.

"Okay, without further ado, let's start today's practice."

…

…

Qing Nobomoto hopes that the training of "Special Skills" will also trigger the "Master of Forbearance".

The result... is a pity - after the lock-picking training officially started, Qingden specifically opened the system interface and took a look at his talent list: the entry for "Master of Ninja" has not changed, and there is no golden light...

It seems that in the system's judgment, skills such as lock picking are not considered ninjutsu.

Without the blessing of the "Master of Forbearance", Qingden's current learning speed, compared with when he practiced "footwork" and "indoor fighting method", although it cannot be said to be a huge difference, it can also be said to be extremely different.

Far.

But fortunately, his all-purpose god-level talent: "Ghost Heart" is still functioning normally.

Moreover, Qingden's other talent also helped a lot.

The lock-picking method taught by Shazhong...or Yunliu's lock-picking method requires the use of two iron needles about 20 cm long and 1 mm thick.

Insert two needles into the keyhole and use a special technique to pry the lock open.

The movement and force of the needle need to be very precise...it tests the strength and dexterity of the fingers.

Isn't this a coincidence?

Qingdeng happens to have a talent that enhances the strength and dexterity of his fingers: "Skillful Hands"!

This talent can be said to have helped Qingdeng a lot, allowing Qingdeng to quickly master the control of the iron needle.

"Ghost's Heart" + "Skillful Hands"... Although the efficiency is not as good as "Ghost's Heart" + "Expert of Forbearance", it is enough to make the "double" sisters once again talk about their differences.

The practice of picking locks was far more interesting than Qingden had expected.

This feeling of carefully carrying out delicate work made Qingden couldn't help but recall the time in his previous life when he took apart the computer and studied how to install a new graphics card and water cooling for the computer.

Qingdeng's lips curled up slightly as he recalled the nostalgic past, and he devoted himself even more to the study in front of him.

"Gathering God" is activated.

With the blessing of "Ju Shen", Qingdeng was so focused that he almost forgot himself.

Saege and Yae sitting on his left and right respectively, the tatami under his buttocks, the ceiling above his head, the window not far away, and the setting sun shining into the room through the window... Everything in the outside world seemed to be far away.

In Qingdeng's world, gradually only the two iron needles in his hand and the huge brass lock in front of him...

…

Qingdeng, who was so focused that he forgot about time, repeatedly performed the lock-picking action.

Suddenly, Qingdeng was shocked to find that the light at his hand dimmed.

Qingdeng, who gradually came back to his senses under the influence of this, looked up - it turned out to be dark.

The setting sun has long since sunk into the end of the sky, leaving only a small patch of sky close to the horizon still emitting some light.

The afterglow reflected the marshmallow-like clouds into vermilion, and the color changed at a speed visible to the naked eye.

The vermilion turned to ocher, then to dark red.

Gradually, it became a bit more purple.

The purple gradually expanded, and the red clouds turned into purple clouds one after another.

Finally, dusk came over and swallowed up all the purple clouds.

The dim yellow light feebly penetrated through the window and entered the room. Only the area near the window was still shrouded in a layer of pale golden light, and the rest was hidden in the gloom.

I stayed in this Moon Palace Shrine for nearly a full day today...

Thinking of this, the expression on Qingdeng's face became weird uncontrollably.

"...what an admirable concentration."

A cold voice without sadness or joy suddenly sounded, drawing Qingden's eyes from the window to Shazhong's body.

"Because you are too focused, Yae and I can't bear to disturb you."

After saying that, Shazhong raised his eyebrows and looked at where Yae was sitting.

Qingden followed Yae's line of sight and looked over - Yae fell asleep at some point.

Before the lock-picking practice began, the girl said aggressively, "I will supervise you carefully." She closed her eyes tightly. Although she still maintained a kneeling posture, her little head was lowered as if it would hit her knees at any time.
To be continued...