Su Li found Chen Zhuo quite interesting. Just as he was about to answer him, Yuan's voice sounded in his mind:
"Master, thanks to the ample emotional energy obtained today, I detected what seems to be an evolution in the Eye of Emotion. I suggest you check it when you return."
It evolved? No wonder I felt a burst of searing heat on my back at one point today.
"All right, I understand." He also found Yuan's little ulterior motive rather cute.
Weariness appeared in his eyes as he told Chen Zhuo, "Sorry, Zhuo. To be honest, this is my first time on such a popular variety show. I might have been too tense, and with so many unexpected things happening today, I'm feeling a little unwell now."
"Ah, are you okay? Should we call a doctor?" Chen Zhuo immediately grew anxious. Su Li's complexion really did look poor.
"It's nothing. I should be fine after a good night's sleep. I'll come find you when I have time, okay?"
"It's okay, Brother Su. Your health comes first. You're welcome anytime! Your first priority is getting some proper rest!" He all but helped Su Li upstairs himself.
Chen Zhuo disliked Zhao Yuhao and Meng Chichi even more now. Those two were the reason Brother Su was so tense, especially Meng Chichi!!
Cheng Sirong and An Hui agreed as well. They both thought Su Li was a poor little thing-a newcomer on a major variety show, getting targeted instead of thanked for helping someone.
After Su Li returned to his room, the two Witchcraft Dolls flew over and burrowed into his arms, radiating feelings of attachment.
"Good little ones." He stroked both dolls' heads.
Holding the dolls, he first went to see the hanged ghost and the Under-Table Ghost. The shadow servant had also captured the box ghost and brought him over.
He first looked at the hanged ghost. "Well done. Here's your reward. Take your time refining it later." As he spoke, he flicked over a small object resembling a black crystal. It was a Soul Crystal he had refined, capable of increasing a ghost's strength.
The moment the Soul Crystal touched the hanged ghost, it seemed to melt into him. He immediately felt an enormous increase in his power, and his soul body was different, too. He seemed to be much less afraid of sunlight!
What was more, he had yet to fully refine the Soul Crystal's power. Once he refined it all, he would probably be even stronger!
The Under-Table Ghost and the box ghost were stunned. They had assumed the hanged ghost had been captured as well, never expecting him to be this person's subordinate.
What shattered their understanding of the world even further was that he had increased the hanged ghost's strength with a mere wave of his hand! Just who was he?
The hanged ghost was so excited he wanted to drop to his knees before Su Li. "Thank you, Boss! Thank you, Boss!"
"By the way, what's your name?" he heard Su Li ask.
"My name is Zheng Xing. Just call me Zheng. Boss, if you have any more tasks, please give me your orders! I'll complete them even if my soul has to shatter!" He was beside himself with excitement. The boss asking his name meant that from now on, he was truly one of his subordinates!
"All right. You may go."
"Yes!"
The Under-Table Ghost and the box ghost watched Zheng Xing leave with envy in their eyes.
"Tell me, what abilities do you have?" Su Li's pleasant voice suddenly rang out. Though it was gentle, it filled them with inexplicable fear.
The Under-Table Ghost immediately spoke. "Sir... I... my ability is detection, and I have a low presence. I can do lots of things for you!"
"Oh? Detection? What can you detect?" Su Li looked at him.
"I can detect everything within a certain range around me, such as what objects there are, how many people there are, and what they look like. I can also record what people say! I can control objects within that range, too! And my intuition is very strong, so I can avoid many dangers!"
He explained in great detail, terrified that Su Li would think he was useless and crush him with a twitch of his fingers. He thought this young man was the most terrifying person he had ever met.
Listening to him, Su Li thought, Isn't that just a mobile camera, one that can record audio and has no spatial restrictions? "Interesting. What's your current detection range?"
"A-about eighty square meters. But I can gradually grow stronger, and the range can increase!"
Eighty square meters? Neither particularly big nor small. Su Li considered it, then told him, "Go stay in the next room. I'll give you orders if anything comes up." The next room was unoccupied.
"Yes. Yes, sir." This person put him under far too much pressure. Even though he was already a ghost, he still felt cold sweat pouring down his back.
When the Under-Table Ghost went out, he saw Zheng Xing hanging by the door. Thinking that he must be one of Su Li's trusted subordinates, he could not help asking:
"Senior, may I ask if there's anything that offends our lord? What's his personality like? I'd like to learn a little so I don't anger him in the future."
He had always been cautious and prudent, both in life and after death.
Zheng Xing glanced at him. Judging by how he addressed the boss, he would probably have to wait a while before the boss acknowledged him. Still, this Under-Table Ghost seemed quite polite, so he did not mind giving him a few pointers:
"Actually, I've only been with the boss for a few days. Just remember to be loyal and obedient, and work diligently for him, and you'll be rewarded. A few days ago, the boss saw that I'd done a good job and casually increased my strength. Today was the second time."
"Really?!" The Under-Table Ghost was utterly stunned. He had thought Zheng Xing was already much stronger than him before today, but he had never imagined that their lord had helped increase his strength then, too. Was their lord that generous?
"What would I lie to you for? Do more work for our lord. If you do well, you'll get to call him Boss like I do, and he'll even learn your name!" Zheng Xing was very proud now.
The Under-Table Ghost felt there was hope for his ghostly existence. "Thank you, Senior! I'll definitely work hard for our lord!"
Inside the room, Su Li knew nothing of the friendly exchange between Zheng Xing and the Under-Table Ghost. Looking at the box ghost, he asked the same question:
"What about you? What abilities do you have?"
Until just now, the box ghost had still been completely bewildered. He had been minding his own business in his box when he suddenly heard someone calling him ugly. Then he saw someone lift the lid of his box.
He had thought it was the person who had called him ugly. Yet after scaring him off, he had inexplicably been seized by a dark shadow and brought here, box and all, without being able to resist at all!
He had been wondering who could command such a powerful shadow as a subordinate. Only after seeing him casually increase Zheng Xing's strength did he understand that this beautiful, delicate-looking young man was the real big boss!!
Having figured that out, he trembled as he spoke. "I can slip into any container, even very cramped spaces. And I have a very low presence..."
"Any container? Even cups and teapots?"
"Y-yes..." He felt a little uneasy. Compared with the Under-Table Ghost, his ability really did seem somewhat useless.
"All right. Go to the next room, too."
The box ghost nodded repeatedly and left in apprehension.
Su Li, however, thought that if he used these two ghosts well, they might produce unexpected results. Regardless of how strong or weak their abilities were, there would always be a use for them.
He went into the bathroom, took off his clothes, and looked at the Eye of Emotion on his back. On the eye-shaped design formed from eerie patterns, flower-bud designs had appeared, blood-red with black markings. Energy seemed to flow through them, making them look strikingly magnificent.
He had absorbed ample emotional energy today, and the magical power within him had also increased rapidly. He had already recovered the strength of a Level Four Wizard.
Yuan then told him, "Master, you can now combine Emotional Power with the Nightmare Illusion spell to create illusions and nightmares that the target cannot escape."
The Nightmare Illusion spell was a basic witchcraft spell he had created back on the Rod Continent. Its effects merely made the target occasionally hallucinate, suffer insomnia and frequent dreams at night, and gradually become mentally unstable.
He had never expected it to become so powerful when combined with Emotional Power. Then, if he slowly studied how to combine it with curses, would that not make his curses even more powerful as well?
Su Li was in a very good mood. Increasing his strength made him feel delighted.
So he planned to enjoy a comfortable bath, then some delicious food. Ever since transmigrating here, eating good food had been his favorite thing besides increasing his strength.
"Yuan, what should we eat to celebrate in a bit~?" His tone was light.
"Master, what would you like to eat?"
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