NOVEL WEB Chapter 357 Thank You Too!
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Lying on the sofa, with an electric heater turned on beneath the side table, the area around the sofa was warm and cozy.
Yan Junze lay with his eyes open, while Ke'er was sprawled on top of him, motionless as if in deep sleep.
He was still pondering why he could still interfere with the strangeness magnetic field.
Zhang Xiaomo had once told him that some people in this world can draw close to strangenesses, and these individuals' physiques differed from ordinary people.
Now, Yan Junze knew, for he had met quite a few, like Lv Xin whom he first encountered, followed by Cheng Jingting, and then Yan Long, Jingting's teacher.
As for the most recent, that was his newly recruited underling—Ku Zai.
Actually, sometimes Yan Junze thought, if Yan Long or Cheng Jingting had a body like Ku Zai's, which naturally attracted strangenesses, they would probably wake from their dreams laughing.
On the other hand, if a Spirit Cultivator had a physique like Ku Zai's, it would be an undeniable disaster for all ordinary people, even for Exorcists.
Ku Zai's special physique could attract strangenesses, but were there others with even more unique physiques?
Or perhaps those with normal physiques who, after experiencing certain things, having contacted certain strangenesses, or encountering certain events, transformed into a kind of unique physique beyond imagination.
For example, controlling the strangeness magnetic field, having the ability to interact deeply with strangenesses?
Yan Junze lay on the sofa, raising his hands with fingers outstretched, staring incredulously at his ten digits.
Having just pinched Ke'er's cheek to test, reality had proven to him that he could, if he wished, engage in bare-handed combat with strangenesses. In other words, he could cause harm to strangenesses.
Of course, the prerequisite was that it had to be a fight he could win.
Against a Back-faced Woman who used her hair as a weapon, it was likely he would be sent to heaven to pedal a tricycle before he got close to her.
Even now, with his physique changed and being able to fight strangenesses with bare hands, he could only handle the lesser ones; the real strangenesses could not be defeated with his bare hands.
At this moment, another idea popped into Yan Junze's head, what if he paired this with his dedicated weapon—the Black Spirit Mallet?
Hands that could inflict damage on strangenesses, together with a mallet that could cause even more harm, might be a good combination.
"If only the mallet could be refashioned into something, like a huge metal umbrella that could both fight strangenesses and block out the moonlight," Yan Junze muttered to himself.
He sat up straight, found some paper and a pen, leaned on the side table, and began to sketch vigorously.
In his previous life, he may not have been an artist, but he had learned from a young age and had a certain foundation in drawing. In this life, though he never had the chance to show it off, the basics were still there. With just a few simple strokes, a sketch of a large metal umbrella appeared on the white paper.
Yan Junze pondered while chewing on his pen, occasionally adding a stroke here and there.
When Li Man and Xiang Er came home with groceries, he was already immersed in his work and completely unaware of their return.
If he could transform the Black Spirit Mallet into an umbrella, not only could it be used to block the moonlight, but it could also serve as a weapon to counter strangenesses, killing two birds with one stone.
Most importantly, Yan Junze felt that standing in front of an enemy with a mallet versus with an umbrella gave a completely different impression. He actually preferred the latter.
Under the moonlight, a man with an umbrella walked alone out of the night, the umbrella made of black special fabric with a metal handle, adorned with three Black Spirit Pearls, and with his cold, elusive face, the silent man pointed the tip of the umbrella at the strangeness.
"Sorry, actually I am an... exorcist!"
Utterly imposing and formidable!
At this moment, overcome by his adolescent fantasies, Yan Junze's mind brimmed with visions.
His pen moved across the paper, drawing and crumpling sheets into balls to be discarded, then seizing fresh sheets to sketch fervently, his face alternating between smiles, furrowed brows, and booming laughter, clapping in approval.
Everyone at home had no idea what Yan Junze was up to, and if it weren't for Xiang Er's interference, Li Man almost called the psychiatric hospital.
He kept modifying and pondering the design, spending the last twenty days of his vacation on this project.
Even on New Year's Day, when everyone else was celebrating, he carried out a big bag of discarded papers to burn.
After all his experiences, Yan Junze himself noticed he was becoming more cautious. With the return of his Semi-Spirit Body, the potential risk was gone, but so was a necessary form of protection.
Therefore, Yan Junze became even more cautious.
At present, the one who could pose a constant threat to him was the shadow under the moonlight—Fang Ning.
The rest, like Ning Ji, the Lantern Woman from his dreams, and her husband Jia Sheng, had reached an understanding with him and would not only refrain from harming Yan Junze in dreams but could also defend against certain special strangenesses that could invade dreams.
The hazards of his Semi-Spirit Body were gone, along with its unique skill as a trump card.
However, he now had a new Special Skill—silhouette.
Yan Junze believed his "Silhouette" skill would be of great use in the future.
Only after dealing with the current shadow killer, Fang Ning, could he truly rest easy.
After the New Year, having had the reunion dinner, school was to start in the second week.
Yan Junze had a restful time during this period, not caring about anything. There was, however, a call from a high school classmate asking for help to check out a strangeness event that a friend had asked to be dealt with.
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