"...There shouldn’t be any big issues, Ji Xin and Xia Yue are at the top floor."

Underground, seventh level.

Upon hearing Tang Language’s question about whether the Celestial Strategy Mansion Headquarters had been struck by lightning.

Chen Lusi was silent for a long time until the shaking subsided before responding with this sentence.

"But you can’t just strike the Celestial Strategy Mansion Headquarters with lightning! The headquarters got struck by lightning! Those who don’t know might think I, Tang Language, did something wicked... No, wait! Those people will definitely say that! You can’t experiment with those chaotic techniques on the underground seventh level anymore! The Celestial Thunder Talisman! Just think a little, this thing can only descend from the sky!"

Tang Language lightly waved her pale arm, complaining, "Everything you mess with causes a big commotion, especially attack techniques, those who don’t know might think the Russian Orthodox Church is attacking again! All the face you’ve managed to regain will be lost!"

"..."

Chen Lusi once again chose silence.

Tang Language saw Chen Lusi standing there silently, slowly exhaled, finally feeling like an elder sister.

Even though thinking about the recent tremor still made her a bit anxious...

She still maintained an authoritative expression, showing she wasn’t scared in the least, then seemed to feel that just standing couldn’t highlight her authority, so she slowly crouched down to comfort the cat, intending to once again demonstrate her composure.

"Meow!" But the white cat suddenly arched its back, baring its teeth at her, and let out a loud cry.

"!!!"

Tang Language jumped on the spot, frightened, standing up with a swish, and then flailed her arms wildly in front of her, almost getting into a fight with the cat.

Instantly, the authority was completely gone.

Chen Lusi: "..."

"Are you insane or what!"

About thirty seconds later.

Tang Language finally came to her senses, glaring at the leisurely tail-wagging white cat on the ground, and shouted daintily.

The white cat raised its head to glance at her, then circled around her feet and came up behind her, suddenly meowing again: "Meow!"

"Do you take me for a fool? The same trick won’t scare me twice?"

Tang Language, fuming, abruptly turned around to question.

But just as she turned her head, she saw a white cat leaping towards her.

She widened her beautiful eyes, jumping in place again, and with a swish, leapt backwards, flailing her arms wildly in front of her once more... this time, actually getting into a fight with the cat.

"Are you insane or what!!!"

"Meow."

"..."

Chen Lusi sighed, finding it unbearable to watch.

Anyway, the cat and the dog... no, the fox looked delighted, so let them play.

But she did have a point, the noise from the attack techniques was really too much, especially after his tier advancement.

Being underground isn’t really a good place for practice.

And it seems the Celestial Strategy Trading’s gourd isn’t too reliable either, last time when testing the Celestial Punishment Weapon, the gourd ended up rolling underground.

If the Celestial Thunder Talisman were released inside the gourd, the outcome would probably be more severe.

After all, Celestial Strategy Trading isn’t like the Celestial Strategy Mansion Headquarters, the entire building doesn’t belong to Celestial Strategy, there are many ordinary companies in that building...

At this stage, anywhere indoors doesn’t feel suitable.

And outdoor has quite a few restrictions as well, the area needs to be expansive, and there shouldn’t be many people... it’d be best if there’s no one around.

Better to ask Xia Yue later where he usually goes for practice.

As for now, offensive techniques definitely can’t be tested, to prevent any accidents from happening.

And since Tang Language was unwilling to cooperate, the old techniques couldn’t be released either.

So, it seems trying out some idealistic abilities is the only option left.

Chen Lusi remembered, Xia Yue and the others seemed to be able to see many things he couldn’t... Si Yujie also mentioned that after a Stone holds a soul, the most profound change isn’t the enhancement of combat ability, but breaking through innate shackles and certain limitations.

But he hadn’t yet attempted to understand what exactly that entailed...

Upon thinking about this.

Chen Lusi hesitated for a moment, slowly closed his eyes, and gradually slowed his breathing.

The moment he closed his eyes.

Changes within his body began to occur quietly.

He slowly inhaled a breath.

And as the air traveled along the respiratory tract, following the expansion of lung volume, it entered his lungs.

Then, after oxygen was inhaled from the lungs, it entered the bloodstream through the capillaries.

And besides oxygen, blue light-like Spirits were also drawn in, eventually dissolving into his blood, traveling with the flowing blood to his heart.

Thud—

Soon.

Chen Lusi could see his beating heart, and he also saw the Stone parasitically enveloped by the heart.

As the heart beat, a vast amount of Spirit was pumped to various parts of the body, ready to strike.

And with his breathing, the external Spirit was also replenished into the Stone through the blood.

Though the speeds were unequal during battle, it was indeed a complete cycle.

... No wonder it was called a Stone.

Chen Lusi ’looked’ at the Stone symbiotically existing with the heart, and sighed slightly, then hesitated for a moment, trying to reach out to touch.

Though theoretically, an impossible hand shouldn’t exist... a hand suddenly appeared at the heart, smoothly touching the Stone enveloped by the heart.

And the moment contact was made.

Chen Lusi suddenly understood why the soul had to be placed in the Stone.

Because the hand that couldn’t possibly exist was the materialization of his soul... It was drawn to the other half of the soul placed in the Stone, and upon contact, the soul became whole.

A wave of energy, using Chen Lusi as a focal point, instantly spread out, sweeping over Tang Language standing not far away, and the cat seemingly playing around with him, then continued upwards, sweeping across the whole building.