Chapter 62: Zhu Zhuqing: Cold on the Outside, Warm on the Inside
"Is the Zhu family's daughter Zhu Zhuqing? Or Zhu Zhuyun?" Qi Tian wondered.
He was hiding in a cave, and the roar of the beast was coming from not far outside the cave.
Judging from the roar, it should be a tiger-type spirit beast.
"What kind of start is this?" Qi Tian quickly moved his hands and feet to familiarize himself with his body, in order to prevent himself from dying in the mouth of a soul beast later.
However, Qi Tian did not leave the cave rashly, in case no soul beasts discovered him.
"Who are you? Don't stay silent!" Qi Tian used his soul power to communicate with the owner of this body.
Zhu Zhuqing stared blankly as her body was taken over, and the other person even turned around and asked her who she was? Is there no law anymore?
"Who are you?" Zhu Zhuqing asked coldly.
Spiritual communication can convey emotions.
Qi Tian naturally sensed her emotions and automatically transformed her words into a cold tone in his mind.
"You're not going to talk, are you? Do you want to be discovered by the soul beasts and die here?" Qi Tian asked.
After a while, Zhu Zhuqing still didn't answer, so Qi Tian had no choice but to ask her.
"Your spirit is the Netherworld Cat of the Zhu family in Star Luo? Soul power level 20, bone age 10 years old, which young lady of the Zhu family are you?"
Zhu Zhuqing, upon hearing that he had guessed her identity, did not linger any longer.
"My name is Zhu Zhuqing! Who are you?"
As soon as Zhu Zhuqing finished speaking, Qi Tian's system notification appeared.
[Current Mission: Change Zhu Zhuqing's fate and let her live for herself!]
[Stage Reward: Cultivating Through a False Body: Cultivate using Zhu Zhuqing's body; soul power can be fed back to the original body.]
[Final Reward: The Method of Soul Contract! This method allows you to contract soul beasts as soul spirits.]
[Mission Details: 1. Defeat Zhu Zhuyun; 2. Discover Dai Mubai's true colors and defeat him; 3. Instill in Zhu Zhuqing the belief to break free from the shackles of fate.]
"The Soul Contract Technique? Isn't that something Huo Yuhao and Electrolux invented ten thousand years later?"
"Could it be that Zhu Zhuqing is Huo Yuhao's ancestor that he received this reward?"
Qi Tian tried to guess the pattern of the system's rewards, but this Soul Contract method was not bad, as it could improve the strength of a Soul Master.
"Zhu Zhuqing? You're here to hunt soul beasts, right? Don't you know where this is?" Qi Tian asked.
"This is the White Tiger Forest! The place where the Star Luo Royal Family keeps their soul beasts!"
White Tiger Forest? Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief. Since it was a place for raising soul beasts, the soul beasts here were at most a few hundred years old.
There's absolutely nothing to be afraid of.
"Since I've taken over your body, I'll lend you a hand. What kind of spirit beast's spirit ring do you want?" Qi Tian asked.
Zhu Zhuqing remained wary of Qi Tian and refused, saying, "I don't need your help. Get out of my body!"
"Leave your body? Sure, but you'll have to wait a day!" Qi Tian thought to himself, "This is beyond my control."
Zhu Zhuqing has bodily awareness, but she cannot control her body. It's like being paralyzed by a ghost. She has no choice but to watch helplessly.
"Fine, your spirit is the Netherworld Cat, let me find you a cat-type soul beast!" Qi Tian said.
He wanted to try and see if he could absorb the soul ring using Zhu Zhuqing's body and bring one level of soul power back to his own body.
If possible, he would be making a huge profit; this level of soul power could save him several months of arduous training.
If this were before his spirit evolved, it would have taken him a year of arduous training to break through to this level of soul power.
"Don't do anything rash!" Zhu Zhuqing panicked a little.
The Zhu family has a tradition of using the same spirit rings; their first few spirit rings were all fixed.
This forest is also home to many such spirit beasts.
Seeing Qi Tian heading towards the cave exit, she quickly said, "Our Netherworld Cat Spirit's second Soul Skill is the Netherworld Hundred Claws!"
"The Netherworld Hundred Claws Soul Skill requires the Soul Ring of the Ghost Claw Tanuki Soul Beast!" Zhu Zhuqing said.
Qi Tian thought about it and realized that this soul beast was indeed a good match for Zhu Zhuqing, so he did not object and prepared to help her hunt the soul beast according to her request.
When they emerged from the cave, it was still late at night. Fortunately, the moonlight was like frost, and the cat's night vision was quite good, so it wasn't affected.
The tiger-type soul beast had already left, and Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't want to cause any more trouble.
"Little girl, do you know where the ghost claw tanuki gathers?" Qi Tian asked.
They should know this forest, which is used to raise spirit beasts, inside and out. They must know exactly where the spirit beasts they need are.
Zhu Zhuqing was afraid that Qi Tian would absorb soul rings indiscriminately, so she could only guide him.
Only then did Zhu Zhuqing notice that Qi Tian was using his body to move quickly through the forest with great skill.
Moreover, Qi Tian didn't seem to be using his spirit or even his soul power, yet his speed was by no means slow.
"How did he do that?" Zhu Zhuqing focused her mind and carefully sensed Qi Tian's method of exerting force.
"You can actually exert force like that?" Zhu Zhuqing exclaimed in amazement.
Unbeknownst to her, Qi Tian possessed a physical spirit, which allowed him to control and perceive every part of his body.
After more than a year of training, Qi Tian had a thorough understanding of his body and muscles.
He has his own experience on how to exert force quickly and how to exert force with great power.
If he wanted to, he could even research the power generation method and cultivation method of the Chaotic Cloak Hammer Technique of the Clear Sky Sect.
Possessing Zhu Zhuqing's body, he unconsciously adopted this method of exertion.
If it were his own body, he could be even faster and stronger, because he could mobilize the blood and qi power of the 'True Dragon Physique' talent.
With the support of his vital energy, his physical strength was no weaker than when he fought with his soul power.
In just a short while, Zhu Zhuqing became less resistant to Qi Tian's possession, because she felt she could learn a lot from it.
After a long while, the moon shone in the west, and the east gradually turned white.
This is when the tanuki are most relaxed. After a night of hunting, they will begin to enter their dens to rest.
Although Qi Tian's soul power and physical strength were significantly weakened after using Zhu Zhuqing's body, he still managed to use her body.
But he brought his soul power with him. He used his soul to sense that a soul beast was hiding in an old tree hole not far away.
The spirit beast was the Ghost Claw Tanuki that Zhu Zhuqing was looking for. It was grooming its fur and cleaning up the bloodstains from its prey.
Zhu Zhuqing followed Qi Tian's gaze and saw the exposed half of the soul beast's body.
"The ghost claw is two and a half inches long; it's from a five-hundred-year-old soul beast!" Zhu Zhuqing reminded her.
Qi Tian nodded. Zhu Zhuqing had done her homework; this soul beast was just right for her.
She hadn't consumed whale glue, nor had she specifically trained her physique; being able to absorb a five-hundred-year-old spirit ring was already quite impressive.
"Tell me its weaknesses!" Qi Tian instructed.
Zhu Zhuqing thought for a moment and said, "Its speed is very fast, and the Ghost Claw has extremely strong penetrating power."
"However, it likes to sleep during the day and is very afraid of getting dirty, so I prepared a bucket of sewage in the soul tool!" Zhu Zhuqing said.
Qi Tian nodded: "Alright, let's make our move at daybreak!"
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