Free Web NovelChapter 820: Chapter 509: Spirit Dance and Rewards
The cold moonlight penetrates the dark air, Wang Zhifan walks alone in the Land of the Dead Soul at night, feeling a bit lost in his goal. ƒrēewebnovel.com
Since he entered, he swung a blade casually to push back numerous ghosts, and half an hour has passed.
During this half hour, he covered quite a distance, but saw only large expanses of barren ground, without encountering any ghosts daring to approach him, nor any other NPCs or players. The broken temple he was searching for was nowhere in sight.
"Seems like another boring quest... Xiaohong, play a song for me."
Feeling bored, Wang Zhifan then raised his left arm and spoke to the super smart watch on his left wrist, which he specially brought from the urban planet, containing his exclusive AI helper, Xiaohong.
"Master Captain, I am glad you finally remembered me, now playing the classic song ’Girl Flying the Spaceship,’ you can switch tracks anytime if not satisfied."
The smart watch he was wearing immediately projected a very small red-clothed little girl image, responding to him, and then a song with urban planet entertainment characteristics began playing its emotionally rich prelude.
"Sorry, Xiaohong, I indeed forgot about you earlier, from now on you can freely explore the surroundings and conduct statistical analysis, inform me immediately if there are notable discoveries."
Feeling a bit embarrassed by Xiaohong’s teasing, Wang Zhifan realized he had almost forgotten about this AI running on the smart watch, as his heart probably wasn’t ready for an AI companion at all times.
"No need to apologize, Master Captain, fulfilling your instructions is my highest duty."
AI Xiaohong’s light image immediately responded, then the image vanished, and the smart watch ceased emitting any light, yet faint rhythmic vibrations suggested it’s entered a high-power scanning mode.
Wang Zhifan knew this meant Xiaohong started utilizing the smart watch’s detection function to scout the surroundings.
As his exclusive AI, Xiaohong would never act on its own unless he was in mortal danger, which was why Xiaohong had shown no reaction to the outside world during the previous time.
"Girl! Beautiful girl! You are the angel roaming the Star Sea..."
"I want to fly the spaceship with you... Fly across the hottest stars... Fly across the widest voids..."
"Even if falling into a black hole, we will never part..."
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Accompanied by the continuous songs from the urban planet singer, Wang Zhifan continues to walk in the moonlit Land of the Dead Soul.
Even though this song doesn’t quite match the current scene, he hasn’t requested to change it, since he just wanted some sound to alleviate his boredom.
He continued walking for about ten minutes like this, and AI Xiaohong played the fourth song for him, but he still found nothing interesting around, and a thought sprang up in his mind.
"Shall I just perform a ritual to divine the powerful ghost’s location and head straight over?"
As someone with always clear objectives, he planned to switch to active mode since the free search mode wasn’t leading him to any target, as continuing to waste time, he might as well stop and cultivate.
Then, he proceeded to take out the incense, candles, and Blood Wood Sword from the Space Ring, preparing to practice the ritual granted by his mage identity for the first time.
The most basic version of this ritual requires sticking an incense into the ground, smearing ash on the mage’s face, then the mage sings and dances in a frenzied performance, communicating with the spirit world to divine information on ghosts.
But Wang Zhifan currently has not only incense but also candles and the Blood Wood Sword, so he can skip the most basic version and opt for the advanced ritual.
The advanced ritual requires at least three incenses stuck into the ground, and the mage holds a Dharma Artifact in one hand and a lit candle in the other while dancing.
During the dance, there are higher technical demands, such as continuously tossing the Dharma Artifact and candle without them touching the ground, achieving divination through concentrated spirit and exquisite artistry.
What Wang Zhifan likes most about this advanced ritual is not needing to smear ash on his face, holding a sword and a candle while dancing is more akin to a normal person, not really like a lunatic.
Taking three sticks from the purchased bundle of incense, he used the Mage Power Treasure Box’s Fireball Technique to light them, then stuck them around himself, forming an equilateral triangle.
Standing in the center of the triangle formed by the three incenses, he first takes out a candle and lights it, then holding the Blood Wood Sword in one hand and the candle in the other, starts jumping and dancing in place, while chanting vaguely difficult-to-understand tunes, and instructs AI Xiaohong to stop the music playback before starting to sing.
This bizarre divination ritual initially felt a bit awkward to him, but with no one around to witness, he gradually relaxed, not only dancing more smoothly but also self-taught how to balance the candle on the sword tip, flip and catch the candle accurately, gradually getting into the groove.
Being able to do these wasn’t because he learned it before, but his agility attribute is now far beyond ordinary, whether in reaction speed or coordination and precision of movement, comparable to precise machinery. What might not be achievable for regular people even after practice, to him, it’s effortlessly easy, without a hint of difficulty.
Thus, after dancing around the three insences for about two minutes, Wang Zhifan started sensing something marvelous. ƒree𝑤ebnσvel.com
It was a very obscure and peculiar perspective, akin to suddenly gaining a third eye, allowing him to see the location of the nearest powerful ghost.
