Chapter 285 (1/2)
A chibi version of Zhang Dong with a somewhat bobble head was floating around the room. This form used up almost no mana as it was small and without much density. The design he went with was one that would make him seem cuter. His face looked quite cartoonish with enlarged eyes but still had some of his old face structure.
The people in the room looked at this 'Lightning Emperor' with mixed expressions. Most of them were baffled by the strange look that was inspired by animated movies from his old world. He wasn't sure if this was the right choice for the occasion but at least he was garnering some attention.
”Honorable Lightning Emperor Leigong?”
After a moment of silence, the dark elf Principal decided to speak up first. Her words were preceded by a cough that caused the Vice Principal to also straighten up.
”I see that your associate has mentioned our encounter.”
Zhang Dong looked at the old man that was standing to the side. The moment he did he could see the Vice Principal's face twitching a bit.
”Yes, he did inform me about it. I would like to apologize on his behalf.”
The dark elf looked to the side, where the old man was standing. She started wiggling her eyebrows a bit to make him aware of something. This made the Vice Principal move forward and perform a small bow before Zhang Dong and Beatrice that was behind him.
The young girl started flailing her hands awkwardly as she didn't know how to react to something like this. This was quite the normal response by someone on the lower end of the social ladder like a Baron's daughter. The person in front of her was akin to a Count and far above her status. Her summoned spirit on the other handheld his nose up high while nodding.
”I'm glad that you understand, I will let this transgression slide but only this once!”
Zhang Dong replied while slowly floating toward the old man. He had scared the old man into submission and he could clearly see the fear in his eyes. Even though he looked like a cute anime character now the man probably saw him as some kind of ferocious creature. He had given him the stick but now it was time for the carrot.
The people in the room could see Beatrice's spirit moving and reaching out towards the old man's chest with his tiny hand. Before they could ask what he was doing a strange magical pattern was felt by the two strong magicians.
”T-this… how unique… What kind of magical energy is this?”
The Principal called out from the side with awe. She could feel a small amount of energy moving from that small hand. There wasn't much power in what this tiny spirit was doing but the mana was different. Soon the purpose of this magical spell was clear as the Vice Principal let out a sigh of relief, the mark that was on him had been dispelled.
”T-thank you, great spirit!”
”I'm glad you understand my magnanimity!”
Zhang Dong laughed out loud while swishing his long sleeves around. He had made a more wavy robe variant with this form which made him look more like a traditional cultivator.
”Vice Principal Elobarin, is the mark gone?”
”Yes, Principal.”
Both of the mages in this room looked at the small floating cultivator. It looked like a big weight was removed from their shoulders. They were probably glad that this strange Spirit Emperor could be reasoned with.
”This was the reason that you called us here right? Or was there something else?”
Zhang Dong asked while floating to the side. There were a lot of books in this room so he started giving them little pokes. While being here gathering more information was paramount.
He also wanted to make these two mages work for him, they were on the top of the totem pole here. They would be able to speed things up, he wouldn't need to go through the usual child games that would be happening in the classrooms if he did it the normal way.
”Yes, if the honorable spirit is willing to talk with us, we would like to give him some questions…”
Zhang Dong could see that there was a little glint in the dark elf's eyes. It appeared since he removed that soul binding technique from the man named Elobarin. It was clear that his unique cultivator Qi was different from mana.
After reading up on some of the spells he figured out a way to make it work in this world as well. The conversion rate wasn't as good as in his old world but there was a way to transform mana into Qi.
With this cultivation would also be possible here but it would take a lot more time. The people cultivating would also find it harder to recharge their energies after performing their Qi dependant techniques. The whole process was akin to emulation and a lot of energy was lost during it. That's why he was trying to come up with new ways of using his own Qi here, without the need of emulation. Learning magical spells wouldn't be that easy though so he needed a lot of research material.
”A few questions?”
Zhang Dong started rubbing his chin that was part of his new bobblehead. The two mages started looking to each other with some concern in their eyes.
”I guess I could answer a few questions, are they about those demons that you spoke about?”
Zhang Dong looked to Elobarin. The old man had previously mentioned that there were some shape-shifting demons running around this school here. Maybe if he took care of that problem he would have something to leverage for.
He didn't want to waste too much time but Beatrice wasn't strong enough. That attack that he performed with the help of his soul beast didn't even reach up to the nascent soul level. It was the most he could do at this point in time. From what he could tell this Principal lady was at about the middle or late stage of core formation.
She was apparently the strongest mage in the whole academy while also making her one of the strongest mages in the entire world. How strong was the strongest he didn't know but it looked like these people haven't yet taken a step into the nascent soul level of power. Which was good for him as if he recovered all of his strength he could easily flatten anyone here.