I Might As Well Quit This Lousy Wizard Profession

Chapter 61 - 61 060 Wardrobe

?Chapter 61: 060 Wardrobe Chapter 61: 060 Wardrobe “If you want to compensate me…” Lin An stared deeply into Chen Shuyun’s eyes, carefully sensing the presence of a squirrel as her “True Self” Spirituality, feeling the state of both the big snake and that squirrel, “teach me how to manage my emotions!”

Lin An didn’t know if this request violated the rules followed by wizards, but it was clearly a decision for Chen Shuyun to make on her own.

And Chen Shuyun’s decision…

Lin An could feel that the squirrel’s spirituality conveyed a sense of vulnerability, struggle, and panic.

“But… but…” Chen Shuyun hesitated, looked up at Lin An, and finally nodded emphatically, “Okay!”

She clearly made a significant decision and seemed to be finally letting out a sigh of relief when she suddenly heard Lin An speak again, “I have another request!”

“!!!” Chen Shuyun immediately puffed her cheeks and stared wide-eyed at Lin An.

However, Lin An calmly said, “Someone told me that you can learn proper Yoga Meditation Breathing Skills in a yoga studio. I don’t know if you witches know this since the yoga meditation methods described by that person are completely different from the meditation methods you talked about during the awakening ceremony.”

“Oh, that…,” Chen Shuyun finally exhaled in relief, nodding vigorously with her black hair tossing under her fisherman’s hat, “Yes, yes, we do.”

Really?

“Actually, the yoga meditation breathing method popular in our country is not the most authentic method from the birthplace of yoga; it’s been adapted by our people, following the path of ‘Liu Fengjuan’s Breath-Control Skill.'”
When talking about her area of expertise, Chen Shuyun lost her frailty and looked spirited.

“Modern people have far more distractions and temptations than those in ancient times. Therefore, to lower the difficulty of cultivation, we only ask our students to acknowledge these thoughts, to accept them, and to enter into a state of peace of body and mind. In that tranquility, they’ll naturally sort out these thoughts, eventually achieving a state of ego loss…”

“The modern approach to breathing techniques focuses more on conditioning rather than renunciation, emphasizing how to find clarity of body and mind amidst the complexities of the world…”

This detailed explanation finally confirmed to Lin An that Chen Shuyun and Yunjuan Yunshu were talking about the same thing.

Huh?

Chen Shuyun and Yunjuan Yunshu?

Lin An couldn’t help feeling that his associations were somewhat comical, finding it hard to associate the girl who was going on and on in front of him with the yoga blogger who watched edgy videos online under an alias every day.

Chen Shuyun apparently noticed Lin An’s expression and sighed deeply, “You’ve noticed the problem too, right? This meditation breathing method is indeed the opposite of the witch’s method of meditation.”

“Because of the presence of the Spirit World Aura, witches who want to become stronger must constantly integrate themselves with nature to achieve ego loss, not introspective tranquility.”

Lin An raised an eyebrow, recalling everything he had just seen when he had stepped into the space between the Spirit Realm and the real world. Witches’ souls were merging with nature and exiting the body, letting the body’s past traces merge more recklessly with the Spiritual Energy.

This…

Seemed indeed to be the path for witches to become more powerful.

Witches use emotions to perform spells, and this method of letting past emotions combine with Spiritual Energy while the self is detached from the body would naturally enable witches to wield greater power.

And the so-called integration with nature, could it be the integration into the Spirit Realm, and then combining with the Spirit World Aura to become ‘True Self’ Spirituality and ‘Transcendent’ Spirituality?

Wait, that’s not right either. The black cat said that ‘True Self’ Spirituality initially starts as an emotional flame that combines emotions with Spiritual Energy.

Lin An realized he still knew too little.

But he generally understood the method of wizard cultivation, a method towards power, but also towards self-destruction.

Tsk~
Chen Shuyun didn’t know what he was thinking, and continued to speak, “Modern Cultivators have always been drawing nourishment from ancient texts, and the witch’s meditation method can actually be traced back to ‘sitting and forgetting.'”
“It is described this way in ‘Zhuangzi: The Great Master’: ‘To let go of limbs and senses, to dismiss cleverness and intelligence, to part from form and knowledge, and to unite with the great passage, this is called sitting and forgetting’…”

“It means to forget one’s physical form, cast away the faculties of eyes and ears (which represent contact with the outside world), free oneself from the constraints of form and intellect, and merge as one with the Way. This is what is meant by sitting and forgetting.”

“…”

Chen Shuyun was excited in her explanation, and Lin An had to remind her that managing emotions was the main point.

“Actually, you should join the ‘Crazy Male Witch’s Tree Hole.’ Their method is very simple; just plant a pot of flowers.”

“Of course, you can learn my method if you want. I will teach you wholeheartedly,” Chen Shuyun said cautiously to Lin An, “but actually joining the ‘Crazy Male Witch’s Tree Hole’ doesn’t necessarily involve you in the witch’s troubles. Aside from your ‘guide,’ who will know your real identity, no one else will know who you are.”

Lin An paused, “Guide?”

Chen Shuyun nodded, “It’s that letter of recommendation I gave you. The person who comes to you after you burn it will teach you a unique ‘secret mask’ witchcraft from the ‘Mad Warlock’s Hollow’ Organization. Only after you successfully practice it will he take you into the organization.”

It sounded… still not so appealing.

Lin An shook his head, “No, thanks!”

He watched the puzzled squirrel that was Chen Shuyun, suspecting that Chen Xinmi hadn’t shared the details of the Male Witch Organization with this girl.

The ‘Crazy Male Witch’s Tree Hole’ Organization clearly seemed like a big pitfall, and what’s more, Mr. Liu, the familiar former programming team leader, turned out to be a member, which made Lin An very resistant.

“Alright then.”

Chen Shuyun nodded, “Our ‘Witches’ Gathering’ organization’s method of managing emotions is the ‘Chen-style Flexibility Skill,’ which emphasizes using the body’s extreme burden to affect, accommodate, and absorb the vibrations of emotions.”

“Body burden?” Lin An asked in confusion; this clearly wasn’t a very auspicious term.

“Yes,” Chen Shuyun tilted her head and thought for a moment, “how should I put it, there are five emotional systems within the human body, which are joy, anger, sorrow, thought, and fear. These five systems suppress each other, yet they also derive from one another.”

“We use the Soft Body Skill to excessively influence the body, thereby strengthening or weakening a system, aiming to disrupt the balance among the five systems. This helps to counter the restlessness of a wizard’s emotions.”

Lin An smacked his lips, “This sounds very complicated.”

Chen Shuyun smiled slightly, “Actually, it’s quite easy to understand. I will explain the relationship between the five emotional systems to you in detail later.”

“For example, when someone dies and their body is displayed in a memorial hall, the family isn’t afraid of the deceased because the ‘thought’ system suppresses the ‘fear’ system.”

“Or when someone is bullied by their boss but cannot feel angry because the fear of losing their job and the subsequent consequences suppress the ‘anger’ system with ‘sorrow’.”

These examples…

They’re really awful.

Lin An couldn’t help but tap into his spirituality to assist his brainpower, making sure to carefully note down every word Chen Shuyun said.

“At the beginning, when you learn the ‘Chen Family Soft Body Skill,’ you don’t need to understand these principles. The ‘Five Systems Theory of Joy, Anger, Sorrow, Thought, and Fear’ actually came from further research by the ‘Witches’ Gathering’ on the basis of the Soft Body Skill, to analyze the attributes of witchcraft power.”

“However, since you don’t want to join the Witch Organization, I will intermittently discuss some of these during your learning of the ‘Chen Family Soft Body Skill,’ and I will go through them again in full once you’ve mastered it.”

Lin An nodded, looking at Chen Shuyun with a sense of appreciation.

If this person really was Yunjuan Yunshu, then she truly helped him a great deal.

“So we’ve agreed…” Chen Shuyun looked at Lin An somewhat anxiously, “I’ll teach you the ‘Chen Family Soft Body Skill’ to compensate for turning you into a wizard and taking your paintings from your home…”

Towards the end, she herself seemed a bit embarrassed.

It didn’t seem like a fair trade.

But Lin An just watched her with a slight smile, “Okay.”

As long as she sincerely taught him how to manage his emotions, to no longer let the wild fire within his heart grow uncontrollably, he was already very satisfied; he was never one for many demands.

“I will definitely teach you seriously!” Chen Shuyun’s expression was especially grave.

But she whispered a tip, “There’s something I have to tell you—I don’t know what exactly happened between you and my sister on the ground earlier… ah, what I mean is, I’m not sure about the relationship between you and my sister, but the stronger the wizard, the crazier they become. You shouldn’t draw any more portraits that might make people think of her, or she might kill when she goes mad.”

Lin An nodded and replied once more, “Okay.”

Afterward, Chen Shuyun and Lin An exchanged phone numbers and added each other as friends on the BB social network. Lin An noticed that Chen Shuyun’s BB social account was not Yunjuan Yunshu’s account, and he wasn’t sure if they were the same person.

“Come to my yoga studio tonight; I’ll send you the address. You and Zhou Xiaoxiao will learn together,” Chen Shuyun explained in detail. Suddenly, her expression changed, and she nervously turned to look toward the direction of the door.

Before Lin An could wonder, she quickly waved her hand, and the door slammed shut and automatically locked with a metallic clink.

After doing this, Chen Shuyun looked anxiously at Lin An, “Why is Lu Dexian coming to find you again? You being around him is very dangerous, don’t you know? He has his father Lu Tingyu’s Lu Jiao, which reacts to the aura of Sorcerer Zombies!”

The young boss is coming again?

Lin An blinked, “He is my boss; there’s nothing I can do.”

After all, he might be the only boss in his career who could appreciate him and give him a chance.

Some things, even knowing the danger, are difficult to let go.

Lin An was aware of the danger and his greed, but fleeing the city? Besides, which city didn’t have Witch-hunting Knights… Sigh…

Ding~
The faint sound of the elevator reaching the floor echoed from outside the door. Chen Shuyun quickly said, “Don’t use any witchcraft around him other than your innate witchcraft, or you’ll easily expose yourself. Even with innate witchcraft, don’t perform it within his sight, because human vision holds power.”

After delivering this most important piece of information, Chen Shuyun looked around anxiously, “Does your home have a back door to leave through? I’ve been feeling a bit strange lately, and I’m scared to appear before him, in case it triggers the Lu Jiao’s awareness.”

A back door?

This is a 32-story apartment building!

Lin An pointed outside the window, “Could you fly out the window like your sister? You did that the last time.”

“No!” Chen Shuyun’s brow furrowed, “You can only use innate witchcraft near him, don’t you remember what I told you? Last time I left using innate witchcraft, but my spellcasting ability has become very strange recently, and now I’m not sure I can do it again.”

Ah, this…

Lin An thought for a moment, then walked directly to the wardrobe, gently opened the wardrobe door, and made a welcoming gesture.

“!!!” Chen Shuyun’s expression suddenly became a bit weird.

Lin An also made a weird face but still spread his hands in a welcoming gesture.

“Ding Dong~” The doorbell rang, and the young boss’s noisy voice carried through, “An, open the door fast, I’ve come to drink with you again!”

Chen Shuyun rolled her eyes, sighed, and had no choice but to crawl into the wardrobe.

Click.

The wardrobe door shut.