Alex stepped into his room and quietly shut the door behind him after finishing his discussion with Merlin. The air inside felt still, almost expectant, as if the space itself was aware that something significant was about to take place. He walked toward the center of the room and paused for a moment, recalling everything Merlin had told him.
Merlin himself had practiced a somewhat similar technique. However, that technique had only contained eight layers, and even with his vast experience and talent, Merlin had only managed to reach the seventh layer. That alone spoke volumes about the difficulty of such cultivation methods. Before this, Merlin had even considered passing that technique on to Alex if he had formally taken him as a disciple. Yet now, things had changed. The technique Alex possessed was clearly far superior.
