Chapter 04. Guest

According to the book he reads, Zen knows that Magic has 4 basic Elements, namely: Fire, Water, Wind, and Earth.

These four Magic elements could be combined to form advanced magic, such as Lightning Magic, Mud Magic, Lava Magic, Crystal Magic, Mist Magic, and so on.

In addition to these four basic elements, there are also 4 Special Elements, such as Light, Darkness, Space, and Time.

These 4 special elements are rare and usually very dangerous because a Magician's attack that can use any of these four Elements will be very difficult to predict.

And to check a Magician's affinity for an element, one could enlist the help of a Magician who was skilled in Light Magic, or with the help of an Item called an Affinity Orb.

"Affinity Orb, huh?"

Zen glanced at the image of a clear crystal ball in the book before turning his head towards the Zombie library clerk.

"Do you have an Affinity Orb, man?"

The Zombie just groaned randomly. The round glasses are slightly tilted.

"Damn..."

As expected, everything will get difficult if you're the only one sane.

Zen indeed could have directly tried all kinds of basic Magic of all the Elements to find his Magic Affinity, but it was dangerous because the counterattack received by the body when trying a Magic that didn't match would be extremely risky.

One could have accidentally set themselves on fire to dust if they tried Fire magic without having any affinity for it.

Should I search the whole Town alone? Zen thought.

This library only contains books, so there can't be any valuable Items like Affinity orb here. After 2 months of living here, Zen became very familiar with all sides of the Library.

But if he is told to search the whole Town...

"That's too much trouble."

If only Zen could at least form his Spirit body, he could extend his consciousness to sense the surrounding area to increase his effectiveness in searching.

Unfortunately, the Spiritual energy in this world was so thin that it wasn't enough to even convert Zen's Blood energy into Blood qi. Which means, he would not be able to maintain the Spirit body.

And if he insists, then surely only death awaits him.

After pondering for a moment, Zen opened his palm.

He took a knife, then sliced through his palm.

Since he was a Zombie, no blood came out. Only black-red flesh can be seen from the split skin.

After a while, the wound began to heal on its own. If Zen focused his Blood energy, this healing process would be even more accelerated.

"Well, it looks like this will be fine."

Zen decided to trust his body and took a small risk of the Magic getting out of control.

***

-30 Minutes later.

"Alright, you stand there and don't move, okay?"

Zen took a male Zombie to the middle of the road and then tied him with a rope to a pole.

The Zombie tried to break free, but the bond was too strong, so he could only squirm and growl.

Zen took out one of the Magic books from the pile of books he was carrying.

"To use Wind magic... Hm..."

Zen skips the opening and introduction pages then reads the main instructions right away.

There it reads: [In order to use Wind magic, one must first convert their neutral-element Magic energy by adding Wind elemental Magic energy. Feel the airflow touching the skin. Manipulate Magic energy to touch the air and recognize what the Wind element is. And...]

After reading for a while, Zen concluded, "So the point is that I have to sense the Wind element and change my Magic energy according to the Wind element that I will later feel?"

Zen put the book aside and nodded.

"This should be pretty easy!"

With the Zombie's body using Magic energy instead of Oxygen, Zen could easily control the Magic energy within his body as long as he focused.

And with the help of his Mind strength that had been strengthened with the help of [Water Flowing Crystal Technique], Zen had a clearly much stronger Mind strength that will instantly help him while controlling Magic energy.

He could coat his body with Magic energy in an instant after he manipulated it.

Zen stood still for a few moments and continuously inserted and expelled Magic energy from his body.

He first familiarized himself with the manipulation of Magic energy, before finally, completely releasing his Magic energy around to feel the so-called 'Wind element'.

"Huh? Isn't this it..."

After he released his Magic energy, Zen suddenly realized that he could now feel and see anything that his Magic energy touched.

The air, the stone streets, the walking Zombies, the walls of buildings, the grass, even the soil and insects that were down there.

Zen see and feel all of them.

"Isn't this similar to the ability of Spirit body?"

Zen instantly retracted his Magic energy afterwards. Since the control was still poor, some of the Magic energy that Zen released dissolved among the Magic energy in the air. This leaves a feeling of loss in Zen.

After his control became stronger and flexible, Zen was confident that he could draw and unleash Magic energy in a large scope without losing even slightest Magic energy.

But Zen's mind wasn't focused on it at this moment.

Spirit body.

This was a synchronization condition between Body and Mind that a Martial Realm Cultivator could achieve.

The Spirit Body is able to enhance the five senses of humans, allowing them to sense the Spiritual energy that exists around them and plays an important role when one will draw a small portion of Spiritual energy and convert their Blood energy into Blood Qi.

But in addition, Spirit Body also had many other uses.

Spirit body made the Martial Realm cultivator have 360° vision without blind spots and was even able to extend their consciousness along several meters to hundreds of meters.

Although it wasn't as effective as seeing it in person, with a Spirit Body, the chances of a Martial Realm Cultivator's life would greatly increase.

This condition could even be maintained indefinitely after a Martial Realm Cultivator had completely transformed their Blood energy into Blood Qi.

But after Zen released his Magic energy around, he suddenly gained abilities similar to Spirit Body.

"Magic energy... Hm, it seems like my path in cultivation is not really deadlocked yet!"

Zen suddenly got an inspiration.

What if he changed the main resource of cultivation, which was Spiritual energy, into Magic energy?

It may not be as easy as it sounds, but Zen is sure that he has found a new path!

"Hahahaha! The path of immortality has not left me yet!"

Right at that moment, when Zen laughed towards the sky, the sky suddenly darkened.

"Huh?"

Zen stopped laughing and stared at the shadow.

"A Ship?"

The shadow turned out to be from an Flying ship across the Town.

Zen immediately realized, "Live humans?"

Zen became excited and looked in the direction the Ship was going.

The Ship seemed to be heading towards the center of the Town. Going straight for a large white building that Zen suspected was the residence of the Town's Mayor, who was likely to be... also become a Zombie.

Without thinking about it again, Zen immediately pushed the pile of books he had brought into a nearby store.

The Female zombie standing in front of the store looked at him with a puzzled face, but Zen ignored her and immediately ran to the Town center after storing the books carefully.

'Human! Real human!'

Zen was really very excited.