Chen Xuan watched Master Bugong successfully catch a fish with a straight hook. While he was somewhat surprised, he was far from being in awe like the others, nor was he inclined to bow down and worship the master.
Granted, Master Bugong had attained a high level of spiritual practice; the fact that he could attract fish to the hook showed that he had begun to enter the realm of spiritual communion. At such a level, one could attract the closeness of all living things in nature and even communicate telepathically with animals.
However, the reason Chen Xuan was not that shocked was that he knew what methods Master Bugong was using, and those methods had not yet reached the point of true mastery. Master Bugong’s way of attracting the fish still relied on tools, rather than a natural resonance achieved solely through spiritual discipline.
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