Chapter 106 Chapter 104 Standing Temporarily
Mallory's funeral made Zhuang Xuteng discover two things: Morgana had few friends in the PCPD, and no one went to talk to her during the entire funeral, as if she was an outsider; there was a lot of resentment in the cemetery, no wonder the necromancer liked to live near the grave.
Harvest a wave of resentment, and convert them into spell materials according to the method of the lich master, and finally you can start practicing the spell "Ghost Servant", which Zhuang Xuteng has been preparing for a long time.
From an apprentice to a real wizard, whether you can learn and master the "spell series" is a symbolic threshold. Bone Spear can only be regarded as a single spell. What you learn from Bone Spear can only be applied to other "bone" related spells. This is the learning efficiency that a qualified caster should have.
"Ghost" can be a series of spells, and Zhuang Xuteng also prepared according to the series of spells. All the spells in the Ghost series use the same foundation, so practicing any of them can strengthen this foundation, thereby also increasing the power of other spells in the series.
In this way, spells of the same series have the opportunity to be strengthened at the same time, and the learning efficiency will naturally increase exponentially.
The first step of the vengeful spirit series spells is to create a source of vengeance on the surface of the body. It is the common basis of the entire series of spells. Its function is like a wallet. The necromancer can take out the processed vengeance from it at any time and combine it with his own mana to form various spell effects.
"Grudge" is invisible and intangible. When it is transformed into a "vengeful spirit", it will gain a form. The vengeance of most people is light gray or pale mist, and some people's vengeance has the texture of grease. If it is the same as grease, then the "vengeance storage position" must be located on the exposed body part, otherwise it cannot be accessed. If it is mist, then woven clothing will not have an effect, but metal plates and sealed clothes can block the vengeance and prevent it from penetrating.
Most necromancers choose to store vengeance in the abdomen or buttocks. These two parts have relatively more fat, which can better isolate the influence of vengeance on the human body. In addition, crossing your hands in front of your body and letting your hands hang naturally on both sides of the body are the most commonly used postures for mages. At this time, the abdomen and buttocks are very close to the hands, which can reduce the necromancer's spell startup time.
Zhuang Xuteng will definitely wear hard protective equipment in the future, and the torso is the place where he focuses on protecting, so he can't arrange a storage position for resentment like ordinary necromancers. Although it is not equipped yet, it is very likely that arm guards and leg armor will be equipped in the future. In addition to things like full-body protective clothing, he doesn't have a particularly good storage position on his body.
The lich master thought for a long time and gave him an idea: "Install it in the palm of the left hand."
The closest position to the hand must be the hand itself, so this position is "worth a thousand gold" to the caster.
"Once the position of the vengeful spirit is determined, do not change it. If you change it, it is basically equivalent to starting over. The palm position is generally reserved for direct killing spells, but you have a more useful shadow firearm, so it is not impossible to use that position for the more functional vengeful spirit series spells."
The lich master still thinks about the problem from the perspective of spells, but Zhuang Xuteng thinks about something else: when the whole body is covered, it is the fastest and most convenient to take off and put on gloves; as the first vengeful spirit spell to learn, there is a lot of practice and high proficiency, and the long-term benefits of placing it in the palm are the greatest.
Once the position is determined, the plan can be designed. The lich master will do it himself and use the best one. Then it is the specific work. Zhuang Xuteng put his left hand flat, and the index finger of his right hand drew a circle on the palm, constantly visualizing runes and chanting spells, repeating it over and over again, just to let the body "think and adapt" that there should be vengeance stored there.
After two days of rotation, there was a sharp tingling in the left arm, and the adaptive shadow implants in both arms immediately intervened to relieve it. He poked it with his finger and dragged it outward according to the method of the lich master. Soon, a thread-like gray-white mist appeared. This is a vengeful spirit that can be used as a spell material, indicating that Zhuang Xuteng has completed the setting of the storage position of the vengeance.
The next step is to construct a spell to let the vengeful spirit know what he wants to do. The vengeful spirit itself is nothingness. Since nothingness cannot have any influence, the key to all vengeful spirit servant spells is to transform from virtual to real, so that the vengeful spirit can have actual physical properties such as volume, mass, and speed.
In the past when the gods did not ascend, such an effect could be achieved completely through divine magic. Nowadays, using shadow slaves and rune spells, there must be someone who can do similar things. Zhuang Xuteng can only be regarded as "returning to nature" at most. With the help of today's shadow slave implant technology, he is doing what the divine priests were familiar with back then.
From then on, Zhuang Xuteng had a "problem", which was to often fiddle with the palm of his left hand with his right fingers. This is actually adjusting the vengeful spirit and practicing spells, but it looks a bit weird to others. In addition, Zhuang Xuteng was holding an empty cigarette holder and occasionally throwing tennis balls for fun, which made him look even more weird.
Oh, by the way, he also had to use crutches.
In order to restore leg function as soon as possible, in addition to taking good care of himself, changing the dressings on time, and doing a good job of rehabilitation, the ghost servants can also play a certain role. The ghosts that Zhuang Xuteng himself prepared can shuttle freely in his body, unless he requires the ghosts to become entities at a specific location. Using this feature, Zhuang Xuteng added a layer of support from the ghost servants to the fragile parts of the leg bones, sharing the pressure of the leg bones and avoiding damage to them caused by daily activities.
Relying on this crutch in his body, Zhuang Xuteng can completely do simple walking and jogging, but any strenuous activities, including all vertical jumps, are still dangerous for him.
If necessary, he could throw away his crutches and move faster than jumping on one leg, which was already a good improvement, not to mention that he could finally go back to the apartment to see his sister. If he went back with crutches, Zhuang Feifei would definitely be worried when she saw him, and she would always worry about her brother's safety in the future. Mercenaries are indeed dangerous, but his sister's worries will not reduce the actual risk, but will affect her studies, so it is unnecessary.
After changing his clothes, covering his head and face, putting down his crutches, and taking a taxi, Zhuang Xuteng circled the city twice, making sure there was no tail behind him, and then returned to the apartment he rented before. The Shadow Eye checked and found no new peeping equipment, at least this satisfied him.
His sister hasn't come back yet, and the apartment is not cleaned, so let his brother do this job. Obviously, Zhuang Feifei has finished processing clothes, shoes and hats for her classmates, and there will be no large and small bags of cloth and balls of thread in the apartment. An 80% new "Qiaojiang" enhanced pedal sewing machine is placed in a corner of the apartment, which has become Zhuang Feifei's personal studio.
Judging from the drawings on the table next to her and the pieces of fabric on the mannequin, she was obviously busy designing a long skirt. Zhuang Xuteng flipped through it casually and found some body data, which looked good, but he didn't know how good it was.
From batch to customization, Zhuang Feifei's business seemed to have upgraded? Zhuang Xuteng didn't quite understand, but he hoped so. On the dining table at the other end of the room and on the windowsill next to the toilet, Zhuang Feifei placed some magazines, all talking about fashion trends, advertising design, and celebrity gossip.
"Finally, I have some relaxing activities." Zhuang Xuteng was very relieved. He didn't want Zhuang Feifei to be particularly hard.
After cleaning up the house, he prepared dinner. The semi-finished food downstairs in the apartment was the only thing that Zhuang Xuteng could get that looked like a formal meal. At six o'clock in the evening, Zhuang Feifei pushed the door open and ran over when she saw her brother at the dinner table and hugged him tightly.
"Be gentle, let go, I'm dying!" Zhuang Xuteng screamed. He wasn't just pretending. The impact of Zhuang Feifei's attack made his injured leg start to hurt. This girl must have become heavier!
"I thought you died outside." Zhuang Feifei finally let go of her hand and said, "Except for some news I heard from my eldest brother a few weeks ago, you have completely disappeared! Can't you call me?"
"Do we have a phone installed at home?" Zhuang Xuteng rolled his eyes and said.
"You can leave me a message through the school! If you contacted me earlier, you would know that I already have a phone!" Zhuang Feifei took out a mobile phone slightly larger than the palm of her hand from her schoolbag and shook it in front of Zhuang Xuteng. "I got a cell phone earlier than you, hehe."
Zhuang Xuteng looked at Zhuang Feifei's clothes, then at the layout of the apartment, and said, "You didn't buy it, did you?"
"Oh, you are awesome. It's really not bought by me. It's so expensive, I can't bear to part with it. This is for my internship project!" Zhuang Feifei held her head high, with a proud look, and said in a long voice: "Guess what my internship project is?"
"No, I don't know anything. If you want to say it, just say it. If not, let's eat first."
"Actually, you can't guess it. I am following the image of Bai Moji now. team, designing costumes for her. As long as I can do it well, I will have a stable foothold in this industry! Come on, praise me!"
"You have always been great, and now you are even better. Now that I have praised you, can we eat?"
Zhuang Feifei blinked, stared at Zhuang Xuteng with a strange look, and said, "Did you not hear clearly? I am designing costumes for Bai Moji!"
"What Bai Moji and Hong Moji, even if it is Baiji Mo, she has two hands, two legs and a head."
Zhuang Feifei covered her face with both hands, and gave Zhuang Xuteng a resentful look through her fingers. "Brother, you really don't know who Bai Moji is, right?"
"I don't know." Zhuang Xuteng shook his head and said, "You mentioned the performance clothes, so is she a star?"
"One of the most powerful self-composed singers now, she is also beautiful and kind. Except for her poor dancing, she can be said to have no shortcomings."
Zhuang Xuteng curled his lips and said, "I don't believe it. She has no shortcomings? Then can she be a world boxing champion? Don't believe in publicity and advertisements, they are all lies. Besides, I have been listening to the radio, why haven't I heard of her?"
"Because she has her own radio station and bought out all the broadcasting rights... Haven't you heard of 891213 radio station?"
Zhuang Xuteng thought about it and he did hear it. But that station is always singing, and he didn't have any complaints, so he skipped it.
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