Telecommunication Gu, Law of Lightning

The change in his Golden Finger caught Lei Lin off guard for a moment! But he quickly suppressed the various doubts in his heart and began to study the insect inside his body.

A moment later.

"Hahaha, I knew it! As a transmigrator, how could I possibly have such a trashy Golden Finger!"

"A Gu, this is actually a Gu from the Gu World!"

Parsing information about redeemed items must be an innate ability of his Golden Finger, because from the moment he saw the Gu, information related to it kept emerging in his mind.

However, just as he finished understanding the information about the Gu, it suddenly vanished from his body as if erased by an eraser.

"Huh? Where did the Gu go? Why didn't it..."

Before Lei Lin could react, another inexplicable epiphany appeared in his mind.

A moment later, Lei Lin opened his eyes.

He raised his hand, and wisps of blue-purple lightning, resembling a spiderweb, appeared in his palm. At the same time, Lei Lin himself seemed to have changed.

Although his height, weight, and clothes remained exactly the same, one could clearly feel that he was different from just a moment ago.

In fact, if one didn't look directly at him, one would inadvertently overlook the fact that he was even in the room!

Bang!

The door was kicked open, and two guards in tight-fitting armor rushed in. They only relaxed when they saw Lei Lin standing still in the room, staring blankly at his palm.

Seeing the guards suddenly burst in, Lei Lin frowned slightly. The strangeness about him vanished, and in an instant, he was no different from his usual self.

The two guards cupped their fists simultaneously and said, "We sensed something unusual in the room just now and broke in, startling the young master. Please punish us!"

Lei Lin took a deep breath, relaxed his mind, and said calmly, "You did nothing wrong; in fact, you did well. Continue to be vigilant in the future; if you sense something is wrong, you must immediately confirm my safety!"

"As for just now..., it was merely an epiphany from my first time practicing. No need to make a fuss in the future!"

"Dismissed!"

Watching the two leave the room, Lei Lin turned his focus back to his own changes and pondered the information about that Gu from earlier.

Gu, Telecommunication Gu, can be used to communicate with other Gu Masters.

Gradually, a smile appeared on Lei Lin's face.

In the Gu World, humans are the spirits of heaven and earth, and Gu are the essence of all things. Every Gu, even the lowest Rank 1 Gu, is a manifestation of the laws.

Relying on this Telecommunication Gu, Lei Lin directly grasped the Law of Lightning represented by the insect.

Although the sliver of the law he grasped was extremely faint, merely a superficial understanding.

But a law is a law; even this slight bit of understanding had infinite wonders.

Moreover, this was a breakthrough from zero to one, an essential improvement!

If it weren't for the fact that his mental energy was still too weak—he had nearly exhausted it just by contemplating and stimulating the power of the law for a short while—he felt he could even refine magic power and break through from a beginner to the Saint Realm in one go!

Time flew by, and nine years passed in the blink of an eye.

Lei Lin was now fifteen years old, handsome and full of vigor.

His long, flowing hair, which had turned purple due to years of practicing Lightning Battle Qi, fluttered in the wind, adding a touch of dashing heroism to his appearance.

Casually pulling his long blade from the neck of the Velociraptor he had just hunted, Lei Lin murmured to himself, "It's about time."

"Although my influence as a little butterfly has caused many changes in the Fenlai Kingdom compared to the original story, at least as far as Linley and his Wushan Town are concerned."

"There haven't been any major changes!"

"Linley's strength and encounters are also much the same as in the original story!"

Lei Lin felt conflicted, "The moves I made over the past few years to test the butterfly effect, while not significant, should have had some impact on Linley."

"But as of now, Linley is still developing just like in the original story, with little change."

"Is this because Linley's talent only allows him to reach this level of strength at this age, or is it the so-called..."

"Plot correction force!?"

After realizing his Golden Finger wasn't that useless, Lei Lin silently extinguished his original plan to befriend Linley to make it easier to ride his coattails later.

After all, with a Golden Finger that allowed him to grasp laws before reaching the Saint Realm, and one that could redeem new knowledge every year, he wanted to see if he could achieve the Supreme Realm on his own!

But apart from the Telecommunication Gu he received at age six, which allowed him to grasp a sliver of the Law of Lightning, the things he received in the following years gradually made his heart go cold!

The items he redeemed over the years were Thunder Palm, Single Character Lightning Sword, Divine Sword Lightning Control Art, Lightning Robe Crafting Method, ..., Electromagnetic Gun Manufacturing Process, Electromagnetic Wave skills, and so on.

"Sigh~, I thought my Golden Finger had improved, but I didn't expect that after a brief rise, it would go back to being trash!"

"Skills like Divine Sword Lightning Control Art and Electromagnetic Wave are fine as they increase my repertoire, but what's with internal energy techniques from martial arts worlds like Thunder Palm and Single Character Lightning Sword?"

"This is the Coiling Dragon World!"

"A top-tier fantasy world!"

"A world where the limit is to become a Controller of Hongmeng!"

"And you, my Golden Finger, actually redeem palm techniques and sword arts from a martial arts world for me!"

"You might as well have given me a recipe for glowing cuisine so I could satisfy my appetite!"

After instinctively grumbling about his Golden Finger, Lei Lin muttered to himself, "I can't keep putting all my focus on the Golden Finger. Relying on it to increase my comprehension of the laws is too unreliable; after all, worlds like the Gu World where laws are explicitly manifested are far too rare."

"Although the items I can exchange for with the Golden Finger have improved by a level since I stepped onto the path of the extraordinary, even the best one, the Divine Sword Lightning Control Art, is just average for me. There isn't a single thing that can directly increase my comprehension of the laws."

"For the sake of a better future, I have to take the initiative!"

"Anyway, Beibei has grown up now, unlike when he was just born, when he could have been killed by any powerful Magic Beast or warrior he happened to run into. If I appear by Beibei's side, it shouldn't trigger Beirut's overprotective stress response!"

Zi'ao Family

The current Zi'ao Family has not only halted its decline but has surpassed its former peak. Although they cannot yet be considered high nobility, they are already one of the top noble families just below that rank.

After all, as a transmigrator, even without a Golden Finger, one can rely on the knowledge from a past life to rapidly increase family wealth, provided one isn't too greedy.

Since ancient times, fame and fortune have gone hand in hand; once there is profit, fame follows.

If Lei Lin himself lacked talent and strength, he would have been cautious and afraid to help the family develop, lest they become a piece of fat in the eyes of others.