Chapter 106 - 105: Multiple Possible Accidents

Chapter 106: Chapter 105: Multiple Possible Accidents

’The Body Driving Technique is so powerful, yet it’s only a Basic Dark Spiritual Technique.’

From the looks of it, it could completely control another person’s body—including their five senses, movements, voice, and a whole host of other things.

Roughly speaking, it was like completely occupying someone else’s body, similar to a soul swap.

Besides controlling the body, he could also share his own Talents, Enhancements, and so on, allowing the Abilities of two people to stack and ultimately create a very powerful individual.

However, the Basic Attributes remained unchanged.

Whether he was driving Gu Qing or Tang Ruan, the Basic Attributes were based on their own body’s data.

All in all, this Skill was extremely useful for someone who was weaker than their powerful subordinates.

But...

There was another prerequisite.

The other person had to offer their complete trust and let their guard down entirely.

That’s why it was a Dark Spiritual Art—it was meant for controlling mindless creatures like Skeletons, Zombies, Puppets, and stone statues.

Controlling sentient beings was difficult.

The hardest part was still that one point: it required complete trust.

’What happens if they don’t trust me?’

Zhao Chi didn’t know for now. He figured he could ask Li Ruanyu about it when she arrived later.

In any case, the Body Driving Technique was very common. Many Lords whose Race was Skeleton or some other Undead Race knew it.

It was also covered in related specialized courses.

It wasn’t a secret Skill.

But now, thanks to this Skill, Zhao Chi could see the relevant data.

[Body Driving Technique]

[Driving Personnel] Zhao Chi

[Target Body] Tang Ruan

[Body Match] 100%

[Target Cooperation] 100%

[Current Control] 67%

As expected, Tang Ruan trusted Zhao Chi completely, resulting in a 100% cooperation level.

The Body Match had also reached 100%. This had nothing to do with gender, but with Race.

Although Tang Ruan and her people were of the Peach Blossom Human Race, they were fundamentally not much different from the ordinary Human Race, which explained the 100% match with Zhao Chi.

But Zhao Chi had some doubts about this.

’Even if the Peach Blossom Human Race and the Human Race are extremely close, there are still quite a few differences.’

’If the match were 99%, I could understand it.’

’But for it to be exactly 100%... doesn’t this data seem off?’

Zhao Chi couldn’t figure it out.

So he stopped thinking about it.

It wasn’t important anyway.

Zhao Chi now felt that his control over Tang Ruan’s body was very smooth, but it wasn’t his own body, after all, and he wasn’t completely used to it yet.

For now, his control level was only 67%.

Seeing this number, Zhao Chi was a little surprised.

He had thought he was at least at 90% by now. After all, he felt no resistance; it was almost no different from controlling his own body.

’So there’s still room for improvement.’

Now it was just a matter of time. He wondered what it would feel like when his control reached 85%, or even 90%.

Zhao Chi sat on the bed, lost in thought as he stared at Tang Ruan.

Tang Ruan thought he was just spacing out.

Because Tang Ruan also spaced out often.

Tang Ruan didn’t disturb him, sitting quietly beside him.

While Zhao Chi was thinking, a system notification arrived.

He opened it and saw it was from Li Ruanyu.

[Zhao Chi, I’m at the Exchange. What did you need? Swan Mushroom Juice and Moon Jelly, right?]

Zhao Chi: [That’s right. Thanks, Instructor Li. How much are they?]

Li Ruanyu: [Swan Mushroom Juice is 6 Silver Coins a portion, and Moon Jelly is 29 Silver Coins a portion. One portion of each would be enough to clean a large box of Spider Silk. These prices include tax.]

Zhao Chi: [Please get me two portions.]

Li Ruanyu: [Alright. Do you need any other materials?]

Zhao Chi: [Please get me some Cotton Thread and Unreturning Grass Juice. I need 30 portions of each.]

Li Ruanyu: [Are you planning to make an Improvement on Silk Stockings? Unreturning Grass Juice is very expensive, you know?]

Li Ruanyu was also a professional Tailor, so she was very knowledgeable about this kind of common fashion and its materials.

Zhao Chi knew it was expensive, but it was a necessary Rare Material. He had to buy it, no matter the cost.

Zhao Chi: [Yes, please buy them for me.]

Li Ruanyu: [Okay, no problem. When you’re working on the Silk Stocking Improvement, make sure you don’t cut corners. You haven’t forgotten the material ratios and steps for this kind of silk product, have you? I covered it all in my class.]

She was an instructor, after all. She couldn’t help but lecture him.

Zhao Chi: [I haven’t forgotten. You’re my Sewing instructor, too. Even if I forgot what my other instructors taught, I’d never forget your lessons.]

Li Ruanyu: [Haha, good to hear. What else do you need? A Female’s Fashion Blueprint, right? There’s a Silk Stocking Fashion Blueprint available, but the seller is asking a high price this time. With tax, it’s 8 Gold Coins. Want to wait?]

That price was indeed rather high.

Zhao Chi thought for a moment. ’It’s expensive, but not ridiculously so.’

Zhao Chi: [It’s fine, please buy it.]

Li Ruanyu: [Alright. I got a list of the available Female’s Fashion Blueprints. I’ll send it over for you to look at.]

Zhao Chi: [That would be great. Thank you, Instructor Li.]

Li Ruanyu: [No problem.]

Soon, the list arrived.

There weren’t many types of fashion blueprints.

This was just a Town Level Exchange, after all. Supplies of all kinds were scarce.

The cheapest one happened to be that Silk Stocking Fashion Blueprint.

The others were nice too, but they were too expensive. Even if Zhao Chi wanted to buy them, he didn’t have the money right now.

Zhao Chi: [Instructor Li, there’s nothing else I want to buy. Thank you.]

Li Ruanyu: [Don’t mention it. Let me check the price... Including tax and the Service Fee, the total is 1698.73 Silver Coins. Are you sure you want to confirm?]

This was a significant amount.

It was almost 17 Gold Coins.

But even if it was expensive, Zhao Chi had to buy it.

If he succeeded, he could start selling the silk produced by Gu Qing for a profit.

However, the market demand for raw Spider Silk was low, and it didn’t fetch a high price.

But if he could weave it into Silk Stocking Fashion, he could sell it for several times, dozens of times, or even scores of times the price.

If the Spider Silk really did improve the performance, the price would be even higher.

Selling Basic fashion items was a common way to make money and wouldn’t attract too much attention.

The quality of fashion items varied.

The quality of the raw materials also varied.

The combination of these factors caused the fashion’s Attributes to fluctuate within a certain range.

The performance of the Spider Silk was so good that even with Zhao Chi’s low Sewing Level, he could rely on the material to boost the final quality.

’This might really be a path to making money.’

Zhao Chi only thought for a moment before replying immediately.

Zhao Chi: [I’m sure. Thank you, Instructor Li.]

Li Ruanyu: [You’re welcome. I’ll be there in about ten minutes or so. I’ll call you when I arrive.]

Zhao Chi: [Understood, thanks.]

He closed the system window.

Tang Ruan was still beside him, gazing at him quietly.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"

Tang Ruan smiled. "What else should I look at? Does my Lord not like me looking at you?"

"I like it. Go ahead and look."

"Mm."

"Let me have two more tries."

"Mm, okay."

Another 10 minutes passed, and his control over Tang Ruan’s body rose by another 2%, reaching 69%.

Before the second 10-minute period was over, his total control level broke through 70%.

The rate of improvement was fast at the beginning; after all, going from immobile to mobile was a tangible effect.

But now, he couldn’t perceive where the improvement was happening at all.

’It’s probably in some of the minor details,’ he guessed.

Just then, Li Ruanyu made a voice call:

Li Ruanyu: [Zhao Chi, I’m at your door. Come out and get your stuff.]

He checked the time; it had indeed been ten-odd minutes.

Zhao Chi said to Tang Ruan, [Tang Ruan, I’m stepping out for a moment. I’ll be right back.]

Tang Ruan: [Okay, my Lord.]

Zhao Chi tapped ’Return’.

The scene before his eyes shifted.

He was back in the cluttered little Wooden House.

But Zhao Chi no longer cared about its state. As long as he could live in his territory, this was just a Teleport Point.

The moment he pushed the door open, Zhao Chi froze.

"Holy shit..."

He saw that the one pushing the door was a small, delicate white hand—a woman’s hand, not his own.

For a split second, Zhao Chi felt his blood run cold.

He had driven Tang Ruan’s body into the Great World.

’Privately summoning a subordinate is a punishable offense.’

Tang Ruan hadn’t expected to be brought out by Zhao Chi either.

The two of them were now one; Zhao Chi could feel Tang Ruan’s inner emotions.

Likewise, Tang Ruan could also feel Zhao Chi’s inner emotions.

Tang Ruan quickly asked, [My Lord, what’s wrong? Why are you so panicked inside?]

Zhao Chi didn’t answer.

He had already teleported back to his territory in an instant.

He quickly opened the system.

The message box was empty.

There were no warning notifications.

’No warning?’

’Why?’

Zhao Chi was confused.

Normally, the system would issue a warning when a subordinate was summoned privately.

After successfully summoning a subordinate, he should have received a fine and an arrest warrant from the system.

But now, there was no reaction from the system at all.

’Could it be... when Tang Ruan and I are one, the system doesn’t recognize her?’

’Does it just recognize me, Zhao Chi?’

’That’s not right either. All the various Attributes are Tang Ruan’s.’

’Could it be that the system identified Tang Ruan as the Lord?’

’That’s very possible!’

’Does this mean there are no obstacles to entering and exiting the two worlds?’

’Besides Tang Ruan, when I’m in Gu Qing’s body, I should be able to bring her out too.’

’What about my other subordinates?’

’It should work for them too.’

This wasn’t some incredible Ability, because you were originally supposed to be able to summon subordinates at any time.

It was just that now, this action was artificially restricted and monitored.

All Zhao Chi had done was bypass this rule, but that opened up a lot of possibilities.

Zhao Chi couldn’t think of what he could do with this for the time being, but he knew it would be useful eventually.