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Elder Huan Kong sneered coldly and ceased his secretive communication with Lin Xuefeng, instead, turning to the others and saying, "Fellow Peak Masters, it has been quite some time since I last left my sect. I am not very knowledgeable about the outside world. May I ask what areas of expertise the two Peak Masters possess?"
Areas of expertise?
Cao Zhen felt somewhat puzzled. Why are you asking what I'm good at? Although he found it strange, he couldn't very well not respond, given the other party's enthusiasm.
After some thought, he listed his skills: "My skills are quite varied, and I can't say I excel in them, but I know a little bit of everything, such as alchemy, talisman making, mechanical techniques, formations, and the Six Arts of [Agriculture]... military law, poetry, lyrics, songs, prose, and the dao of calligraphy and painting."
