Is the little rascal's ability to steal a target's function? Last time it was my aunt's sense of smell and taste, and this time it's my uncle's ability to speak?
Zhang Yuanqing, pretending to cough, was pleasantly surprised. If he could steal certain abilities from ordinary people, could he also steal certain abilities from The Way of the Extraordinary?
If so, this little spirit servant would be extremely valuable.
At this moment, the uncle realized what was happening. Recalling his earlier behavior, the nightclub old man's face turned red, and he felt both lost and embarrassed.
Haha, so Uncle, you can be embarrassed too... Zhang Yuanqing gloated inwardly, seeing that the infant spirit riding on his uncle's neck seemed very tired and was falling asleep.
"This, this... I was just kidding with you guys. I suddenly remembered Yuanzi's childhood appearance and couldn't help imitating it."
Uncle, as an old rascal with decades of experience, has a face as thick as a city wall and quickly passed the buck to his nephew.
Zhang Yuanqing was caught off guard.
"You're such an old man, aren't you ashamed!" Grandma scolded angrily.
"Mom, I'm still a child." Uncle said with a smile, "I'll always be your child."
"Get out, get out..." Grandma looked disgusted.
After dinner, the uncle's family returned to the opposite door. Zhang Yuanqing went to the bathroom early to wash up. After instructing his aunt not to disturb him at night, he went into the bedroom.
He had to get up early tomorrow to go to the office to see Li Dongze and report on the infant spirit, so he had to go to bed early.
But before that, he wanted to try to subdue this little guy.
Zhang Yuanqing sat cross-legged on the bed. The little rascal curled up in his arms, sucking on his thumb. The power of Taiyin flowed like a thread, entering the infant spirit's body and nourishing it.
According to the description in the forum post, as long as he successfully refined a spirit servant, he only needed to maintain the nourishment of the power of Taiyin to allow the spirit servant to exist in the world for a long time.
Zhang Yuanqing had picked up a ready-made treasure.
"This little guy doesn't seem too smart right now. I wonder if his IQ will improve in the future..."
Zhang Yuanqing calmed his emotions, mobilized the power of Taiyin, and a rich, viscous black light surged from the depths of his eyes, gradually replacing the eyeballs and whites of his eyes, occupying the eye sockets.
"Huff..."
Zhang Yuanqing exhaled a faint black mist, enveloping the infant spirit, then opened his mouth and sucked it into his abdomen.
Instantly, Zhang Yuanqing felt an additional consciousness in his body, a weak, inactive consciousness.
Then, according to the method in the forum post, he urged the power of Taiyin, repeatedly washing this consciousness, imprinting it with his own mark, making it accept his power and become his spirit servant.
This process lasted for more than ten seconds. Suddenly, his mental power sank into a dark, empty space.
It was very warm and comfortable, like sleeping in his mother's arms.
His mental power sank into the infant spirit's "body," briefly merging with it.
"What the forum post said is true. The master can control the spirit servant's consciousness and abilities, briefly dominating their 'body.'"
After initially adapting to this "body," a brand-new talent naturally emerged in his mind.
It was as if it were innate.
This talent was called "Exchange," using something of one's own to exchange for something of the target's.
For example, using one's own sense of taste to exchange for the other person's sense of taste, using one's own language to exchange for the other person's language. The exchange time was three seconds.
So his aunt lost her sense of taste, and so his uncle uttered infant babble.
But this exchange didn't necessarily have to be equivalent. One could also use some of one's own garbage abilities to exchange for other people's valuable abilities. However, the infant spirit was too young and had limited intelligence, so it couldn't perform such precise operations. It could only perform equivalent exchanges and randomly activate skills.
The skill release condition was touching the other person.
If Zhang Yuanqing were to operate it, he could achieve the micro-operation of exchanging garbage for god-tier skills.
In addition, the exchanges that the infant spirit could currently perform were limited to physical abilities. It couldn't exchange skills, at least not at this stage.
Finally, as the master, Zhang Yuanqing could also transfer the negative states he received, such as damage and control, to the spirit servant, allowing the spirit servant to share the damage.
"I finally understand why Night Watchers are one of the top-tier professions. It's indeed ridiculously strong," Zhang Yuanqing said silently.
He allowed his consciousness to return to his body.
"Ee... ee..."
The infant spirit moved its little short legs, crawled to his side, and its sparsely haired head nudged Zhang Yuanqing's hand, wanting to suck on his thumb.
This thing was edible.
"No, this is where you get your food." Zhang Yuanqing pointed to his chest.
The infant spirit tilted its head and looked at him blankly for a moment, seeming to finally understand his meaning. It obediently crawled towards his chest.
"Get out."
Zhang Yuanqing swallowed it into his abdomen, taking it into his body.
..........
The next morning, Zhang Yuanqing got up and went to the bathroom to wash up.
Just as he picked up his toothbrush, he thought for a moment, opened his mouth and exhaled a wisp of Yin energy, and the infant spirit's small body appeared on the sink.
With the nourishment of the power of Taiyin, it looked quite energetic. Its dark, round eyes looked at Zhang Yuanqing with pure innocence.
"I'll teach you some common sense. This is a toothbrush. Your master is going to brush his teeth now. Come on, repeat after me, toothbrush, brush teeth, use a toothbrush to brush teeth..."
Since the little thing wasn't a mindless spirit, then it would eventually grow up. During the growth process, it would need him, the master, to shape the correct values.
It had to be an upright ghost, abide by the law, and reject gambling and drugs.
The infant spirit tilted its head, looking at him blankly.
"Toothbrush, brush teeth, use a toothbrush to brush teeth, quickly repeat after me..."
"???"
Zhang Yuanqing persisted for a moment, then suddenly deflated, temporarily dispelling the teaching idea, because he couldn't tell whether he or the little rascal was more mentally challenged when doing this.
After washing up, the phone rang. It was Li Dongze calling.
"Hello, Chief?"
"Yuanshi, come over in the morning. There's something I need you to cooperate with."
"What is it?"
"A Night Watcher from the Taiyi Sect has something to ask you. Come over and I'll tell you the details."
What does the Night Watcher from the Taiyi Sect want from me? Have they taken a fancy to my peerless genius and want to recruit me? If that's the case, they should contact me privately.
"Okay, Chief." Zhang Yuanqing hung up the phone.
He was just about to go to the office to report the infant spirit incident.
After eating breakfast, he pretended to go to school with his backpack, left the residential complex, hailed a taxi, and went straight to the Public Security Bureau, entering the double-layered glass building.
Just as he arrived at the door of Li Dongze's office, he heard hearty laughter coming from inside:
"Oh, God, that's the funniest joke I've ever heard."
"Let me tell you another interesting thing. Do you know Captain Zhao? Yes, the guy who always goes into the women's restroom by mistake. When he first became a Night Watcher, he devoured seven female spirits in one go and has since developed the habit of squatting to pee. He hasn't been able to change it for many years."
"Hahaha, God, that's the funniest joke I've ever heard. Never mind the last one."
"It's okay. I know a lot of Night Watchers' secrets. I'll tell you in detail later, but you have to promise not to spread them. After all, neither of us are gossipy people, right?"
Knock knock! Zhang Yuanqing knocked on the glass door.
The laughter inside stopped instantly, and Li Dongze's steady voice came: "Come in."
Zhang Yuanqing opened the door and saw Li Dongze drinking with a man in a black suit and black shirt on the reception sofa.
The man in black had decent features, slightly pale skin, a slender build, and a faint sense of nobility.
"Our excellent newcomer is here," Li Dongze said with a smile, gesturing with his eyes. "There's Coke in the refrigerator, get it yourself."
After Zhang Yuanqing twisted open the Coke bottle and took a sip, Li Dongze introduced him:
"Yuan Ting, the team leader of the Taiyi Sect stationed in Kangyang District, a level 3 Night Watcher, is the elite among our official organization's elites."
As a top-tier profession in terms of combat power, a level 3 Night Watcher was an outstanding existence in the Extraordinary Realm.
"He's indeed a talented person. Elder Sun is confused~"
Yuan Ting sighed and shook hands with Zhang Yuanqing.
Zhang Yuanqing, however, put on an eager smile:
"As soon as I saw Captain Yuan, I felt like I was seeing family, a sense of inexplicable kinship. Could this be the sense of belonging between Night Watchers?"
With outsiders present, Zhang Yuanqing temporarily suppressed the matter of the infant spirit.
Yuan Ting was stunned. "There shouldn't be such a sense of belonging between Night Watchers."
Zhang Yuanqing suddenly understood: "So it was Captain Yuan who gave me a sense of kinship. This is Captain Yuan's personal charm."
Hearing this, Yuan Ting couldn't help but smile. This kid knew how to talk.
On second thought, this was Li Dongze's subordinate. He immediately felt a pang of regret: "Elder Sun is confused~"
Seeing the two of them flirting, Li Dongze coughed and said seriously:
"Captain Yuan is here on official business today."
He turned to ask Yuan Ting: "Is it in my office, or in the conference room across the hall?"
Yuan Ting said: "Let's go to the conference room."
With that, he picked up his briefcase from the glass coffee table, nodded to Zhang Yuanqing, and said with a smile:
"Let's talk in private."
He wants to talk to me alone? Judging by Chief's attitude, it doesn't seem like he's trying to poach me. What exactly is it?
"Okay!" Zhang Yuanqing didn't refuse and said, "I'd like to go to the restroom first."
Yuan Ting nodded and left the office first.
Zhang Yuanqing turned his head and went to the office area, glanced around, took the initiative to ignore Wang Tai, who was writing an academic paper with his head down, walked to Guan Ya's desk, and said in a joking tone:
"I didn't get a honey trap, but a Night Watcher from the Taiyi Sect came instead."
Guan Ya held a water cup and said with a smile: "That means it wasn't a honey trap. Hmm, Scorpio's luck is good today, but you need to be extra careful when talking to colleagues and superiors, otherwise it might backfire."
She was wearing a white shirt and a short skirt, her slightly curly long hair had just been styled, exquisite and fashionable. Her oval face was bright and charming, and she was wearing light makeup, plus the charm of her mixed-race appearance...
Zhang Yuanqing joked: "For example, when you try to seduce me, I righteously refuse, which will cause our friendship to end?"
"No, you won't refuse, because you're a Scorpio." Guan Ya said seriously.
Enough, if you keep slandering Scorpio, I'm going to hit you with a stick!
However, he got the hint he wanted, and immediately turned around, quickly walked to the conference room door, and gently knocked on the glass door.
"Come in!"
Yuan Ting replied from inside.
.....
ps: I have a cold. I've been dizzy and listless all day. I feel dizzy even when sitting in front of the computer.