Zhou Yu’s voice gradually grew louder, indicating she was relaxing, no longer caring about speaking in front of the five thousand spectators.
"Very good, excellent. I can feel it, it has already co here," Jiang Shu said with a gentle smile, "Now, close your eyes and follow my words."
"Relax... Relax." He turned around, his voice deepening as he looked at the woman with her eyes closed, "You can take a few deep breaths to relax yourself. Inhale... Exhale, inhale... Exhale. Very good. You will feel that each breath you take relaxes you even more. Inhale... Exhale... You can feel your head relaxing, then your neck, shoulders, waist, and legs. Very good, you are safe now, there is nothing to fear, you will feel very comfortable."
As Jiang Shu guided her, Zhou Yu’s head slightly drooped, gradually relaxing her body.
"Next you will feel that a cute little beast appears in your mind, it will guide you, a special energy will erge from your heart, this energy gradually moves upward, entering your mind, very warm, very comfortable," Jiang Shu’s words gradually beca distant in Zhou Yu’s ears, "Very good, now in your mind, these five things have appeared, you can use this energy to wrap them up and then lt them."
"From now on you will no longer be afraid of them," he continued, "Now, open your eyes."
Zhou Yu slowly opened her eyes to see a ceramic ball in front of her, clearly inscribed with the words "Failure."
"It tells that this is what you fear the most," Jiang Shu said with a smile as he handed her a small hamr, "Now, smash your fear!"
"Hmm!" Zhou Yu nodded forcefully, her eyes staring with determination at the ceramic ball inscribed with "Failure."
She smashed the ceramic ball.
It was as if her spirit had been cleansed, and she beca completely transparent.
How...
How did he know that this was what she feared the most?
Could it be...
She looked around her, but eventually, she did not find the so-called spirit monster.
However, Zhou Yu was certain that she had just been helped by this cute little beast.
"Lastly, I think you still need a gift," Jiang Shu said with a smile as he looked at her.
"What?"
"The gift is... that energy, or rather, the feeling you have now. Whenever you are anxious, think about today, rember that energy, it can ease all your anxieties," he said with a smile, watching Zhou Yu thoughtfully.
The audience below did not erupt with much applause as usual; although most people understood what Jiang Shu had done, they did not feel that the scene before them was particularly shocking.
Compared to the previous acts of invisibility and flas, this seed far less spectacular.
Except for Zhou Yu.
When she returned to her seat, she still felt an unreal sensation, as if the magic had happened on her, and she was surprisingly delighted.
The audience’s reaction was also within Jiang Shu’s expectations.
He had not originally planned this, the magic had been changed to this spontaneously after he cold-read the woman’s anxiety, and without any hesitation, he decided to perform this and even used the ceramic ball that was ant for a later act.
This was an improvised magic, which he felt is what made spirit magic so special compared to other types of magic.
Often, the process of spirit magic more closely resembled a session of psychological therapy, this kind of magic was gentle and intriguing.
It was just as he had said a long ti ago, a simple truth, a complex process, telling a story.
This was the story he wanted to tell.
The magic... continued.
He knew he needed to do sothing to stimulate the audience’s senses next.
"Next, I still need the assistance of an audience mber," Jiang Shu continued, "This ti, please let the audience mber who catches the frisbee co on stage."
Soon, a lucky audience mber ca on stage, a strong man with a confident smile on his face.
"You really look robust," Jiang Shu said with a smile as he looked at the man in front of him, "May I ask how to address you?"
"Keith, just call Keith," Keith said excitedly as he rubbed his hands; he had intercepted the frisbee in mid-air relying on his excellent physical strength and had been waiting for this opportunity to co on stage for a long ti, "What do you need to do now?"
"Well, next I will display a list on the big screen, it will contain an adjective, I need you to quickly choose one from it, um, quickly, do not hesitate," Jiang Shu followed up, "because this list will only appear for three seconds, after making a choice, keep it in your mind, and do not say it out loud."
"I understand, you’re going to perform mind reading, aren’t you?" Keith, straightforward, blurted it out.
"Haha, maybe," Jiang Shu laughed and then suddenly beca serious, "Never guess what a magician wants to do until the last mont."
With that, a list appeared on the screen:
Cute
Dangerous
Fuzzy
tallic
Brown
Bloody
Soon, the list disappeared after three seconds.
"Next, I will list another set of items, and they will also appear for a very short ti," Jiang Shu continued, seriously instructing the man in front of him, "Please associate one of the items with the adjective you just chose. Be quick, and rember, do not speak it out loud."
"I understand," Keith responded solemnly.
Then, another list appeared on the screen:
Desk lamp
Teddy bear
Book
Pistol
Leaf
Dice
"Good," Jiang Shu put away the list and walked to the back of the table, "Similarly, Mr. Keith, close your eyes."
"Okay," Keith stood in front of the table and closed his eyes.
"Now, you can imagine this object in your mind, slowly sketching out its appearance; the Spirit Monster can capture the brainwaves you emit," Jiang Shu spoke slowly, then suddenly asked, "Um... is that object hard?"
"Ah?" Keith paused, but before he could respond, Jiang Shu interrupted him.
"No need to say it out loud; I just have a vague sense of it," he waved his hand, "Now, turn around, face the audience, and continue imagining the item with your eyes closed."
Keith nodded, closed his eyes again, and as Jiang Shu spoke, the object in his mind beca clearer.
"Now... turn around and open your eyes." Suddenly, Jiang Shu issued the command, his tone quick and urgent.
The mont Keith turned around and opened his eyes, he saw a flash of fire.
A blaze shooting into the sky, accompanied by dazzling colored specks.
After the fire died down, a teddy bear appeared in Jiang Shu’s hands.
"What!" Keith looked at the teddy bear in shock, stuttering as the sudden blend of reality and fantasy rendered him speechless, "This... this is! How did you know! Wait..."
"It’s this, it turned the thing in your mind into reality," Jiang Shu spoke blandly, "Or rather, this is called ’Manifestation.’"
"This is what was in your mind, right?" He smiled confidently.
"Yes, exactly," Keith was still imrsed in amazent; one second, the teddy bear was just an image in his mind, and the next, it had beco a reality...
This Manifestation...
It was truly magical!
"This teddy bear is for you," Jiang Shu said nonchalantly, as if what he’d just done was a trivial matter, "A gift, for the soft-hearted you."
"Ha ha." Keith took the teddy bear, his hands involuntarily stroking the bear’s body, seemingly touched by Jiang Shu’s words.
anwhile, the audience erupted instantaneously.
To manifest one’s thoughts into physical objects, such magic!
"Is this really legitimate?"
"It looks like... it really turned what he was thinking into reality, it’s just too..."
"I know! This is Manifestation Magic!"
"I want a frisbee too!"
And Jiang Shu stood on the stage, his face revealing a mysterious smile:
"Next, I have a question. Does anyone here have a relative or friend who plays cards? Well, they can’t be at the venue."
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