This celestial master cultivates both physical and magical arts; why did you provoke him?

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Ma Xiaoling has been very upset recently.

It wasn't because my training wasn't going well, nor because I couldn't beat my senior brother.

She had long since accepted the fact that her senior brother was a prodigy.

The reason she was so upset was that her senior, Xia En, handled cases in a way that was completely different from what she had imagined.

In the Ma family education she received from a young age, exorcising demons and monsters relied on magic power, talismans, experience, and a fearless heart.

But my senior brother is different; he relies on calculations.

The story begins three days ago.

That day, Chen Guodong called and said that there were abnormal energy fluctuations in an abandoned building in the eastern suburbs, which were suspected to be inhabited by evil spirits.

Xia En arrived at the scene with Ma Xiaoling, but instead of rushing in as usual, he did not.

He stood at the building entrance, took out a small, square device, and began scanning the building.

Ma Xiaoling leaned closer to look. "Senior brother, what's this?"

"A thermal imager. Chen Guodong lent it to me."

"A thermal imager? Isn't that for detecting body temperature? What does it have to do with evil spirits?"

Shane explained as he scanned.

"No matter how well evil entities hide, their energy fluctuations will generate a thermal effect. Ordinary thermal imagers cannot detect evil energy, but this one is modified and can detect both heat sources and sources of yin energy simultaneously."

He turned the screen to show Ma Xiaoling.

"Xiaoling, look, there are three heat sources on the third, fifth, and seventh floors. The concentration of yin energy is different; the third floor has the weakest, and the seventh floor has the strongest."

Ma Xiaoling stared blankly at the red and green blocks on the screen and asked:

"So... shall we go straight to the seventh floor?"

"No. Let's go to the third floor first, and take them out one by one, from the weakest to the strongest. That way we won't alert the strongest one."

Shane put away the thermal imaging camera and went into the building.

The evil creature on the third floor was very weak; Ma Xiaoling dealt with it with a single palm strike.

The one on the fifth floor was stronger, but Xia En only used one move, Overwhelming Force, to defeat it.

When they reached the seventh floor, Ma Xiaoling became nervous.

Because she could sense that the thing behind the door was stronger than the previous two combined.

Xia En did not rush to break down the door.

He pasted three talismans on the door, forming an equilateral triangle.

Then he took out a small laser rangefinder from his pocket and measured the distance from the door to the window.

He muttered to himself the distance from the window to the building opposite, and the distance from the building opposite to the ground.

"Senior brother, what are you calculating?"

"trajectory."

Shane put away the rangefinder and drew a few marks on the door with chalk. "The frequency of this evil entity's yin energy fluctuation is 2.8 Hz, which is exactly the resonant frequency of the concrete structure."

"If I punch the door with all my might, the entire wall will collapse, but the evil entity won't be hurt. That's because it will separate from its body the moment the wall collapses."

"So you can't just punch through the wall?"

"Yes. So I need to first use a rune array to fix its body, and then use lightning magic to blast it out of the window. There's an open space outside the window, so it won't harm any innocent bystanders."

Ma Xiaoling was stunned. "You...how do you know the frequency of its yin energy fluctuations?"

"I took a look at it while using the thermal imager just now."

Ma Xiaoling fell silent.

She watched as Xia En set up a talisman array on the door.

The position of each talisman was precisely calculated, with the spacing accurate to the millimeter.

She suddenly realized that her senior brother wasn't exorcising demons; he was conducting a physics experiment.

Xia En finished setting up the rune array, took a few steps back, and formed a hand seal. "Rune Array - Stabilize".

The three talismans lit up simultaneously, their golden rays forming a triangle that embedded itself in the wall.

A sharp scream came from behind the door, and the entire floor trembled.

Without hesitation, Xia En walked to the window, placed his right palm against the window, and spread his five fingers.

"Five Thunder Orthodox Method - Directional Lightning Strike"

A bolt of lightning, as thin as a hair, shot out from the palm of his hand.

It flew through the window, made a turn in the air, and slammed straight into the evil creature behind the door.

The roar abruptly stopped.

Everything returned to calm.

Xia En withdrew his hand and dusted himself off.

"Done."

Ma Xiaoling ran to the door and pushed it open.

There was nothing behind the door.

There were no evil spirits, no yin energy, not even ash.

It was spotless, as if nothing had ever existed there.

"Where...where did it go?"

"It evaporated."

Xia En peeled the talisman off the door, folded it, and put it in his pocket.

"The directional lightning strikes of the Five Thunder Orthodox Method can reach a temperature one-fifth that of the sun's surface. Any yin energy will be instantly evaporated."

He paused for a moment, then said, "That's why I say, top students have their own way of exorcising demons."

Ma Xiaoling looked at him and suddenly laughed. "Senior brother, you're too perverted."

"Is this a compliment or an insult?"

"I'm praising you."

Similar scenes played out repeatedly over the next few days.

Every time Xia En handles a case, he first performs a series of actions that Ma Xiaoling cannot understand.

Use instruments to measure, formulas to calculate, and software to simulate before taking action.

Moreover, his methods are becoming increasingly academic.

The impact point is accurately calculated using the lightning method.

Make the lightning bounce between buildings and accurately strike the evil creatures hiding behind cover;

By combining talisman arrays with the building structure, the entire building is transformed into a giant sealing array, leaving evil spirits nowhere to escape.

Ma Xiaoling wrote all of this down in her notebook.

But she found that the more detailed her notes were, the more she felt she knew nothing.

My senior's method of exorcising demons requires physics, mathematics, architecture, mechanics of materials...

She hadn't learned any of them.

She was a little frustrated.

That evening, she sat in the courtyard, holding her laptop and lost in thought.

Xia En lay on the wicker chair, a lollipop dangling from his mouth, and glanced at her.

"What's wrong?"

"Senior, I feel so useless. When you're handling cases, I can't help at all. I can only watch you calculate this and test that, and then solve it in one fell swoop. I'm like your sidekick, not your partner."

Xia En paused for a moment.

Do you know why I brought you out?

Ma Xiaoling shook her head.

"I'm not asking you for help. I'm asking you to learn. You can't learn my methods because you have your own path."

Shane took the lollipop out of his mouth. "You don't need to learn my method; you need to find your own."

Ma Xiaoling looked at him.

"My own method?"

"Yes. You are a descendant of the Ma family of the Exorcist Dragon Clan. The Ma family's exorcism techniques have been passed down for hundreds of years. You don't need to become a second Xia En; you just need to be the first Ma Xiaoling."

Ma Xiaoling was stunned, her eyes reddening slightly.

"Senior brother..."

"Don't cry. I won't comfort you if you cry."

Ma Xiaoling chuckled.

"Who needs you to coax them?"

Xia En put the lollipop back in her mouth and closed her eyes.

"Alright, go to sleep. We have a case tomorrow."

That evening, Fang Zijian posted a message on his WeChat Moments:

"The way Shane handles cases makes me wonder if he's a shaman or a scientist. He uses thermal imagers to detect evil spirits, laser rangefinders to calculate trajectories, and physical formulas to calculate resonant frequencies."

"He said that top students have their own ways of exorcising demons. Ma Xiaoling said she was very discouraged and felt like she couldn't do anything. Xia En said, 'You don't need to become a second Xia En, you just need to be the first Ma Xiaoling.' I cried."

The comments section exploded.

"A top student's method of exorcising demons? Using physics formulas to fight ghosts? No wonder he graduated from a 985 university!"

"Xia En said, 'You just need to be the first Ma Xiaoling.' That was such a heartwarming sentence."

"Ma Xiaoling doesn't need to become Xia En; she just needs to be herself. The bond between the senior and junior brothers is truly wonderful."

When the news reached Longhu Mountain, Zhang Jingxuan was drinking tea in the back hall.

Zhang Jingqing walked in with her phone and read the post on her WeChat Moments to him.

After listening, Zhang Jingxuan put down her teacup and smiled.

"This kid is starting to resemble a senior brother more and more."

Zhang Jingqing sighed.

"Master, my junior brother is really devoted to his junior sister."

"Because he knows that Xiaoling is the inheritor of Taoist arts."

Zhang Jingxuan looked at the moon outside the window, "His path is one that others cannot follow. But Xiaoling can forge her own path."

"He doesn't need her to follow in his footsteps; he just needs her to walk steadily and go far."

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