Chapter 5

It felt as if he had placed his hand into roiling molten lava, yet there was not a hint of pain; the sensation was very strange and contradictory.

According to the tactile perception, this was heat that could easily melt the palm, but no pain was generated. Therefore, Luo Lie did not cry out in shock when the heat was produced.

His heart rate involuntarily quickened...

Luo Lie carefully spread his hand. Under the faint moonlight that shone through the window, he saw no change on the surface of the jade, but he could feel the special life energy fluctuations emanating from the jade, which were transmitted into his body through his palm.

If he had mastered the 'Condensation' technique of the Nen ability, he could have gathered the energy in his eyes to see the large amount of aura wrapped around the surface of the jade.

However, he was still a novice and naturally could not see the aura floating on the surface of the jade.

Although he could not see the aura, Luo Lie could sense that the aura emitted by the jade and the life energy in his body shared the same origin.

As more and more life energy from the jade entered his body, the white smoke-like text floating in his consciousness changed.

The numbers representing the awakening levels of the six major categories changed. Except for the Trait category, the awakening levels of the other categories changed from 0% to 0.1%, then stopped. The awakening level of the Trait category jumped from 0.5% to 0.6%, and continued to jump until it reached 3% before stopping.

After the numbers stopped, the strange burning sensation emitted by the jade gradually disappeared, and the aura fluctuations could no longer be felt, as if a living thing had turned into a dead one.

Faced with this sudden change, Luo Lie was completely baffled. However, he knew he had gained significant benefits. Not only had the awakening level of the Trait category reached 3%, but the life energy in his body had also grown significantly, from the size of a thumb to the size of a ping-pong ball, and it began to leak out in thin threads from various parts of his body.

"This jade..."

Luo Lie held the jade and could clearly feel the life energy emanating from his body.

If a Nen user saw this scene, they would likely be astounded. An ordinary person who had not undergone systematic training and had not used their body to withstand the attacks formed by 'energy' had opened the spirit holes in a short time.

This should be classified as... a natural Nen user!

In fact, at this moment, Luo Lie had become a unique and special Nen user in this world. The data displayed in the white smoke-like text contained the essence that could drive every Nen user to madness and greed, and it also gave Luo Lie infinite possibilities.

This was equivalent to him possessing a treasure of immeasurable value, but he himself was not aware of this. Before the treasure was unearthed, no one would realize Luo Lie's special nature and talent.

"Trait category, I wonder what my Nen ability is." The awakening level of the Trait category displayed by the white smoke-like text had changed to 3%, and a glimmer of light flashed in Luo Lie's eyes. He ignored the 0.1% of the other categories.

Following his will, the thin threads of energy leaking from the spirit holes in his right palm were retained on his right palm.

Without systematic training, relying solely on the residual memory and consciousness from his previous life of watching anime, he completed one of the four basic techniques of Nen, 'Wrapping,' albeit only in the palm area. This was indeed the 'Wrapping' technique.

To know what his Nen ability was, he needed to master the 'Emission' technique, which Luo Lie had not yet mastered, but he had the concept.

In the room bathed in the faint moonlight, a gentle white light slowly brightened.

Luo Lie retained the energy on his right palm, which lasted for about thirty seconds. As the amount of energy increased, it condensed into a white light sphere in his palm, with a gentle brightness, looking like a transparent small ball.

"Is this my ability, or just pure energy?"

Luo Lie's understanding of Nen was incomplete, and he could not distinguish whether this was his Trait category ability or the form of energy.

He had a desire to see what his Nen ability was, so without mastering 'Enhancement,' he tried to use 'Emission' to manifest his Nen ability.

At this moment, perhaps due to his vague and uncertain thoughts, the white sphere, which had been stable, suddenly began to tremble without warning.

"Huh?"

Luo Lie was startled. Before he could react, the originally calm sphere in his palm suddenly became like a wild horse.

"Whoosh!"

The white sphere, like a spring compressed to the extreme, suddenly shot out from Luo Lie's palm. However, it exhibited a very contradictory phenomenon: its flight speed was very slow, about the speed of an adult walking.

The sphere, as if it had a grudge, flew toward Machi, who was lying on a hammock.

"Oh no!" Luo Lie's heart rate suddenly increased, but he could not stop it in time because his control over the energy was extremely weak.

The white sphere landed on Machi's body and suddenly turned into a thin layer of light covering her body, with a very faint glow, like a transparent silk curtain.

In the next second, the pajamas and underwear Machi was wearing suddenly separated and fell to the ground, and the light curtain disappeared.

"..." Seeing this, Luo Lie's mouth twitched.

Could this be my Nen ability? To strip a little girl's clothes at the speed of light? This must be fake, yes, I must have used a fake Nen ability!

A painful guess surfaced in his mind. Even with strong self-hypnosis, the harsh reality still brought a sigh of autumn wind.

Luo Lie, who had a shallow understanding of Nen, did not consider that his mastery of Nen was still at the novice level. Moreover, the characteristics of Nen were influenced by personal will and needs, which could be divided into potential needs and explicit needs.

Potential needs were those that a person was not aware of, while explicit needs were those with clear awareness.

Clearly, without realizing it, Luo Lie had derived the ability to separate clothes based on his potential needs. In other words, this ability to separate clothes... seemed to cruelly label Luo Lie as a 'pervert.'

Fortunately, Luo Lie was not aware of this; otherwise, he would absolutely deny it to the death.

In fact, the ability to instantly separate clothes from a person's body was indeed weak. However, if what was separated was not clothes but... any part of the body?

Moreover, a beginner who had just crossed the threshold used 'Wrapping' instead of 'Enhancement' to manifest his own 'Nen,' which was completely against common sense. If this were said, no Nen user would believe it.

At this moment, Luo Lie did not think so deeply. While sighing, his gaze was involuntarily drawn to Machi's naked body.

A normal person, regardless of whether their motives were pure or impure, would reflexively look at the naked body of the opposite sex.

Bathed in the faint moonlight, Luo Lie barely managed to see Machi's body. Her skin was very white, her chest was flat, and her thin body showed a row of bones.

"Beast!"

Luo Lie suddenly realized that Machi was only a ten-year-old little girl, so he forcibly turned his head and rolled over, pretending nothing had happened.

After a moment, perhaps feeling the cold without her clothes, Machi slowly opened her eyes. As her consciousness shifted from sleep to clarity, she immediately noticed that her clothes, including her underwear, had vanished.

"Ch!"

Machi's expression turned cold, and her hands moved quickly, pulling out a thin thread. The moonlight shone on the thread, which glinted with a faint luster and emitted a chill.

She glanced at Luo Lie, who was lying on the bed with his back to her, and her long, thin eyebrows slightly furrowed. Despite the disappearance of her clothes, her expression was more calm and puzzled.

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