Chapter 564

The most typical example is the ultimate secret technique in the complete version of the "Restraining Spirits and Commanding Generals" that Feng Tianyang gifted to the Wang family—"Spirit Consumption."

The core mechanism of Spirit Consumption is that the user devours spirits (including ghosts, animal spirits,

and the residual souls of human cultivators), directly converting the energy and skills of the spirits into their own power.

Although the power boost obtained through "Spirit Consumption" is far less powerful than the orthodox "Inviting Spirits to Possess,"

(letting a spirit possess the body), the improvement brought by "Spirit Consumption" is permanent.

The more spirits one eats, the stronger the user's base strength becomes.

However, "Spirit Consumption" is an evil path that appears to be a shortcut, accompanied by extreme side effects and risks.

First of all, this method of killing the goose to get the golden egg will cause extreme hatred from the spirits,

and once the user stops the forced restraint, they will basically be countered by the spirits.

Most seriously, every time a spirit is devoured, the user is forced to inherit part of that spirit's thoughts, emotions, and memories from when they were alive.

Long-term abuse will lead to multiple personalities, a temperament that becomes extremely cruel, and even a gradual loss of empathy.

The special case of the Wang family is Wang Bing, the eldest young master of the Wang family, who is doted on excessively by the Wang family head, Wang Ai, and regarded as the apple of his eye.

It could be said that this guy is arrogant and thinks highly of himself, which is typical for a child of a large family,

living in luxury and looking down on those with lesser backgrounds;

but that kind of inability to recognize the situation, daring to act recklessly even at Long Hu Shan, and not taking the lives of others

or spirits to heart, is truly something to talk about.

After all, so what if the Wang family is one of the four great families of the extraordinary world and his great-grandfather is one of the Ten Elders?

The Long Hu Shan Heavenly Master Mansion has been passed down for a thousand years, holds the reins of the Daoist Zhengyi Sect,

and is implicitly the number one orthodox sect in the extraordinary world; the Old Heavenly Master is also the undisputed "Number One,"

and slapping his great-grandfather Wang Ai would just be a matter of one palm.

Not to mention, there is also the Company, a behemoth that represents the state in monitoring and balancing the extraordinary world.

To behave so cruelly in front of all the extraordinary individuals in the world and the Company,

with no humanity—besides being out of his mind, Zhang Jie can't think of any other explanation.

As the number of devoured spirits increases, the user's physical body will gradually transform toward the spirit form,

and eventually, they may completely lose their human form and self-awareness, becoming a pure "spirit."

Zhang Jie strongly suspects that the "Generals" in "Restraining Spirits and Commanding Generals" are very likely pure spirits born in this way, possessing powerful abilities

but having their self-awareness erased, and can be wantonly driven and depicted by the ability user.

Besides the Wang family, or rather the "Spirit Consumption" secret technique in "Restraining Spirits and Commanding Generals,"

the one in the extraordinary world who can seize others' True Qi for their own use is Shen Chong, the "Root of Disaster" among the Four Madmen of Quansheng.

Like Xia He, who innately awakened the ability to manipulate lust, Shen Chong is also an innate extraordinary individual,

and his ability is known as "Usury" due to its characteristics.

He can lend his "Qi" to others, and the contractor absorbs the Qi of the dead by killing others, thereby increasing their strength in a short period of time.

As a price, the Qi that the contractor obtains every time they kill someone

must be transferred to Shen Chong as "interest" at a certain ratio.

As the number of killings increases, this ratio will gradually increase, becoming usury.

When the contractor kills more and more people and obtains less and less Qi, their sanity will gradually be lost,

and they will eventually become a crazy thug dominated by the intent to kill, becoming Shen Chong's "debt-ridden tool."

Even with debt-ridden tools as filters, Shen Chong does not dare to wantonly absorb others' Qi,

otherwise, the today of those completely crazy debt-ridden tools will be his tomorrow.

The "Northern Dark Divine Art" is the foundation of the Zhang Jies' strength in their early years,

and although their cultivation level has long since surpassed low-to-mid-martial worlds like Tianlong,

Zhang Jie has not abandoned it; instead, after adding the Swallow-Swallow Fruit

and the Black Hole Meditation Method, he has further elevated its level,

allowing it to become a divine skill even if placed in a high-martial world like Fengyun.

In other words, if Zhang Jie were willing, he could also seize the True Qi of other extraordinary individuals for his own use, just like the Wang family

and Shen Chong.

And because his realm is high and his abilities are powerful, he can completely erase the spiritual imprint in an extraordinary individual's True Qi,

without the side effects of the "Spirit Consumption" secret technique or the "Usury" ability that lead to gradual madness, loss of humanity, and becoming cruel and merciless.

However, for the current Zhang Jie, the True Qi of ordinary extraordinary individuals is completely a kind of impurity that needs to be excluded;

absorbing others' True Qi would instead destroy the purity of his own True Qi, so there is absolutely no need.

It is the unique Qi of individuals like Xia He, who manipulates lust, or Feng Shayan, who controls space, that can attract his attention.

Right now, he has a mass of Xia He's Qi in his hand, collected from the water monkeys who were charmed by her,

preparing to use it as material for research.

Sending Zhang Chulan off to cultivate, Zhang Jie flipped his palm, and the mass of pink True Qi obtained from Xia He,

which exuded seductive sounds, appeared in his hand.

Under his control, this mass of True Qi slowly merged into his body.

"Hee hee!"

"My dear, come and chase me!"

The moment the pink True Qi merged into his body, countless beauties—some plump, some slender,

some dressed in formal attire, some draped in thin gauze, and even some completely naked—flashed before Zhang Jie's eyes.

These beauties were all waiting for Zhang Jie to pick them; as long as he relaxed his mind, he could embrace them all and enjoy the blessings of a harem.

"Breathe, breathe!"

Zhang Jie's breathing became a bit hurried, and a flush appeared on his face,

as if he were about to follow in the footsteps of the earth monkeys, but from beginning to end, his eyes remained very clear.

"A mere trifle!"

Zhang Jie snorted coldly in his heart, and the seductive scene before him transformed into boundless thunderous sounds,

among which the plump and slender beauties all looked as if they had been frightened, their faces pale,

all casting tearful, pitiful glances at Zhang Jie, as if wanting to receive his pity.

Zhang Jie remained unmoved, and the thunderous sounds grew three times stronger, causing the seductive scene before him to disappear completely.

At this moment, he was still sitting cross-legged in the same spot; where were there any beauties?

They were all just layers of illusions triggered by Xia He's Qi.

"This True Qi has quite a few merits."

Zhang Jie closed his eyes slightly and thought to himself.

Although just now, if he hadn't opened his mind's defenses and let this Qi take effect,

let alone triggering hallucinations, it wouldn't have even been able to make him slightly distracted.

But how many people in the world have his level of mental state and cultivation?

When ordinary extraordinary individuals face Xia He with her abilities fully unleashed, a moment of carelessness leads to the rise of lustful demons, sinking into lust,

becoming slaves to boundless desire, and turning into lust-beasts that only pursue physical desires.

It can be said that it is fortunate Xia He has no intention of doing evil; otherwise, the extraordinary world would inevitably be several times more chaotic than it is now.

Yes, just as Xia He is actually a fan of pure love,

although she manipulates lust and is regarded as a demoness, she is still not an unforgivable villain.

All of this must start from the ability she innately awakened as an innate extraordinary individual...