Chapter 46

Finally, another contract was signed! I'm sorting out the contract and other things, so it will probably be next week before I can send it to Shanghai! So, I can definitely finish the book steadily, so all the readers, rest assured! =============== Main Text Begins ===============

Zhu Lingwu still sat cross-legged on the藤垫 (cushion) of the training platform, staring blankly at his hands. Then, between his hands, a thin thread of electricity slowly condensed.

Soon, another bolt of lightning was condensed, but its power was much weaker than before. However, Zhu Lingwu immediately realized that this was not spontaneously generated; it was the lightning he had just released to strike the small wandering soul, which had not completely dissipated and was now being re-condensed.

Zhu Lingwu thought for a moment and once again activated the Nine Turn Lightning Body Technique, transforming the small bolt of lightning in his hands into threads of electricity, which then merged into his body.

Under Zhu Lingwu's mental control, these threads of electricity actively merged into his bloodstream, which was much faster than relying on his hands to introduce the electricity. Moreover, Zhu Lingwu found that his body's ability to absorb and digest this electricity had also increased.

After thoroughly digesting all the electricity, Zhu Lingwu began to condense electricity in his hands again. Unfortunately, after losing the electricity stored in the Baghdad battery, Zhu Lingwu found that although some electricity still condensed in his hands, it was quite weak, and some of it was actually condensed from within his own body.

This made Zhu Lingwu somewhat disappointed. It seemed that to fully utilize this ability, he still needed a stable power source.

Or perhaps he needed to accumulate strong electricity within his body. In that case, should he continue practicing the Nine Turn Lightning Body Technique?

"Wait, could this ability be an innate divine skill, a power brought by this body? The divine skills of the ancient witch gods? Hiss, according to my current understanding, these so-called witch gods are like the Norse gods and Greek gods in my world. I remember that the so-called king of the gods, Zeus, and the thunder god Thor, both seemed to possess such divine skills. However, according to legend, Zeus needed a lightning artifact, and Thor needed his thunder hammer! So, if I want to fully utilize this innate divine skill, I would need to be in a thunderstorm or possess some kind of lightning artifact!"

Zhu Lingwu pondered slightly, which made him a bit regretful. Where could he find a lightning artifact now? He couldn't possibly carry the Baghdad battery with him, and the electricity in the Baghdad battery was too weak.

This made Zhu Lingwu worry again. Suddenly, he had a thought, stood up, and with a push of his foot, he reached a corner of the training room.

"Fortunately, it wasn't completely destroyed. Hmm, it seems I was still inexperienced with lightning. But that's good; otherwise, I might have completely obliterated it!"

Zhu Lingwu, having discovered the weakness of his new ability, immediately realized that the wandering soul sent by Meng Yishi still had some use. Perhaps through this wandering soul, he could learn more about Meng Yishi's abilities.

However, he had instinctively used lightning to strike the wandering soul just now. Now, he hurriedly searched for any remaining consciousness of the wandering soul, worried that it might be too late.

Fortunately, it was his first time using lightning, and he didn't aim too accurately. The wandering soul also didn't stand still and escape, so the lightning only grazed it, leaving it half-dead and half-alive, with most of its soul power dissipated but not completely obliterated.

So, Zhu Lingwu casually grabbed the wandering soul into his palm.

Of course, it's not easy to catch a wandering soul. Zhu Lingwu relied on a surge of soul power from his hand to envelop the wandering soul.

This is a common method used by witch spirits to capture wandering souls. The soul power then enveloped the wandering soul and entered Zhu Lingwu's body.

During this process, Zhu Lingwu had already absorbed most of the soul power the wandering soul used to protect itself, leaving only a tiny bit to maintain its core consciousness.

Then, Zhu Lingwu's soul consciousness forcibly penetrated the wandering soul, easily entering its self-awareness and erasing its characteristics.

After that, the wandering soul became a shell without self-awareness. Zhu Lingwu then sent a thread of his soul consciousness into this shell, and a copy of his consciousness took over the wandering soul, making it a subordinate soul under his control.

Of course, Zhu Lingwu could also use this subordinate soul to search and scan the soul memories recorded in the wandering soul's body.

"This wandering soul's body is incomplete. It seems this is how Meng Yishi controls it. Hmm, there seems to be a method for solidifying the soul and concentrating the spirit. This is probably why the wandering soul can hover here to monitor me! This method is quite good. In the future, my subordinate souls can also use this method to condense their soul power, saving me the trouble!"

Zhu Lingwu quickly realized that the wandering soul's body was somewhat incomplete, and it didn't have many soul memories.

After all, the wandering soul had been away from its original body for too long and didn't carry much of its original memories. In its body, it only retained some memories of being enslaved and the method for condensing the ghost body.

According to the terminology of this world, such a wandering soul should be called an impermanent little ghost, with weak ghost power, only able to freely wander in the world.

Before Zhu Lingwu could get more information, a concerned voice suddenly came from outside the training room, "Little Five, what are you up to again!"

Then, Zhu Junyan's figure appeared, clearly using some magic to fly directly from the county office to the courtyard where the training room was located. He now stood at the door of the training room.

Zhu Lingwu could feel a mental detection wave sweep through the room, which was likely his stepfather's divine sense. Fortunately, the wandering soul he had captured was already inside his body, so there was no fear of being detected by Zhu Junyan.

"Father, I greet you. I wasn't up to anything! By the way, Father, my Nine Turn Lightning Body Technique has finally broken through to the first level! Now I don't carry any electricity anymore!"

Zhu Lingwu quickly changed his expression, showing excitement as he greeted Zhu Junyan.

"Hmm, Little Five, come over here, let Father take a look. It's good, it's good! Sigh, you foolish child, were you up to something again? Liangcai thought something happened to you, and it really scared me!"

Zhu Junyan looked Zhu Lingwu up and down, releasing his divine sense to scan him. Seeing that Zhu Lingwu was indeed unharmed, he finally felt relieved.

"Father, don't worry. Liangcai misunderstood and reported to you carelessly. I'm fine, feeling great. Father, look, my hair isn't standing up anymore, so I don't have to worry about being laughed at! Hehe!"

Zhu Lingwu felt Zhu Junyan's concern and couldn't help but feel warm inside. Honestly, he felt somewhat guilty towards Zhu Junyan, after all, he had taken over his child's body...