Chapter 355 - 49: Unleashing Ultimate Potential, Knowledge Blessing, the First Mo Ning Formula

Chapter 355: Chapter 49: Unleashing Ultimate Potential, Knowledge Blessing, the First Mo Ning Formula

The Artificial Soul’s guess was as precise as mind-reading. "Did you comprehend a new Soul Witchcraft during the battle just now?"

Mo Ning took out the [Pen of Contemplation] and smiled faintly. "Yes. The moment my Spiritual Power touched the [Thunder Crystal Stone], many things suddenly flooded my mind."

His comprehension of the [Thunder Blade Technique] was one of the products of that storm of inspiration.

He was now almost completely certain—the [Thunder Crystal Stone] gifted to him by Lord Martin was no ordinary object. It surely concealed some profound secret he had yet to fully grasp.

Translating the sensations of Soul Witchcraft into precise Divination Witchcraft had never been an easy task.

This was especially true for something as absurdly difficult as the Thunder Blade Technique. An ordinary Apprentice would struggle just to understand it, let alone deduce its principles.

But Mo Ning had a peculiar intuition—after executing those two strikes, his understanding of Thunder Power seemed to have suddenly leaped to a new level.

Only now did he truly realize that the Crystal Stone was far more precious than he had previously anticipated.

A layer of surprise colored Flower’s voice. "Your speed at comprehending Soul Witchcraft is truly rare."

Mo Ning focused his thoughts, and the tip of the [Pen of Contemplation] steadily touched the surface of the scale pattern paper, beginning to work as tirelessly as an old ox plowing a field.

In the same instant the pen tip landed, he became completely immersed in the world of Secret Techniques and Divination.

The Ink Tube Pen became an extension of his thoughts, converting the flashes of Spiritual Light in his mind one by one into dense Divination symbols on the paper, interpreting the principles of Witchcraft by which Thunder Power operated on the level of Magic Power.

Flower did not make a sound to disturb him.

She first attentively offered him a drink, then quietly retreated to the side, observing as usual how her master used the light of wisdom to illuminate the unknown path, inch by inch.

The Artificial Soul watched quietly for a while, then suddenly shifted her gaze to the [Pen of Contemplation]. A deep sense of astonishment surged through her stream of consciousness. ℴℴ𝗺

She keenly sensed that the Knowledge Resentful Spirit sealed within the Ink Tube Pen was actually showing a faint sign of transformation.

’How very interesting.’

Flower recited joyfully in her mind.

She naturally understood the reason. The Knowledge Resentful Spirit’s thirst for knowledge reached a nearly pathological level of greed, one that an ordinary Wizard could hardly satisfy in a lifetime.

But her master was different.

His speed at digesting knowledge was astonishing, his ability to create new knowledge was equally astonishing, and most astonishing of all, he had actually managed to satisfy the Resentful Spirit’s craving.

’Everything around Master seems to undergo changes beyond imagination,’ Flower’s stream of consciousness murmured again.

The [Pen of Contemplation] was one example, and Miss Anya was another.

When she observed Anya today, she was shocked to discover that the Qi and Blood Power within the young noblewoman’s body was beginning to show signs of fusing with a small amount of Magic Power.

Without a doubt, the Qi and Blood Witchcraft creatively proposed by Mr. Mo Ning was welcoming its first truly significant breakthrough.

Flower genuinely felt that in the few short months she had been with Mo Ning, she had witnessed more new things than in the previous ten years of her existence combined.

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Two full hours flowed by, washed away in a storm of Divination.

The [Pen of Contemplation] suddenly stopped.

The next second.

A few faint scuff marks remained on the pen’s body, like pencil marks being erased. They faded bit by bit until they vanished completely.

Before, it looked like an old pen that had been used for decades. Now, it had become a brand-new Ink Tube Pen, its body even faintly revealing several simple yet elegant decorative patterns.

"WHOA—WHOA—!"

Flower’s emotions erupted inelegantly in her stream of consciousness.

’It transformed! It really transformed! It even knows how to add patterns to itself! Heavens, this Resentful Spirit is even more particular than I imagined!’

Several seconds passed.

Only then did Mo Ning break free from the world of Divination.

He looked down at the stopped pen, startled. ’Huh? Why did the pen stop?’

A subconscious alarm shot through him like an electric current. ’The Knowledge Resentful Spirit... could it have gone out of control?’

He had read related records; cases of items with sealed Resentful Spirits suddenly turning on their masters were simply countless.

Those Resentful Spirits, having been imprisoned and driven for long periods, had long since accumulated a flood of resentment. The moment they found an opportunity, they would retaliate in the cruelest ways. Not a few people had died from such a backlash.

Flower saw through his thoughts and reminded him with a hint of a smile in her voice, "Mr. Mo Ning, the pen has not gone out of control. It stopped simply because it wishes for you to pay it some attention."

Mo Ning paused, startled, and sent a wisp of Spiritual Power into the pen. His eyes flashed with utter astonishment.

The descriptive text of the pen’s Spirit Seal had actually changed—it had actively rewritten its own definition of existence.

[Pen of Contemplation: A Knowledge Resentful Spirit is sealed within this item. The Knowledge Resentful Spirit will never betray the esteemed Master Mo Ning and will do its utmost to serve Master Mo Ning. This item can cast the "Curse of Knowledge."]

The three words "will never betray" almost made Mo Ning think he was seeing things. ’Was such a thing even possible?’

[Curse of Knowledge: When the cursed individual’s Spiritual Strength is below 20, they will be forced to ponder a Divination problem. When their Spiritual Strength is below 40, there is a certain probability they will ponder a Divination problem. The Curse of Knowledge can be cast three times per day (Master Mo Ning only), and the difficulty of the Divination problem will increase as the Resentful Spirit’s knowledge grows.]