Then let the witch offer her loyalty

But if it's him, it doesn't seem like it's impossible.

Mature women like Liu Lan, even without experience in romantic relationships, are already quite mature in their interactions and are not as passive as younger girls.

Driven by impulse, she wrapped her arms around Chen Moxin's neck, closed her eyes, and prepared to offer him a kiss.

However, she soon felt a finger pressed against her lips, stopping her from getting any closer.

When she opened her eyes again, she saw the strange patterns deep in Chen Moxin's pupils.

"Liu Lan, form a spiritual pact with me."

Liu Lan's pupils were illuminated by some kind of power, and crescent-shaped curse marks appeared, silently rotating like chains of the soul.

Mind Interference - Absolute: The witch will regard her host as her supreme master, obeying in all things and never betraying her.

Liu Lan didn't consider the possible consequences of privately establishing a spiritual contract at all, and nodded without hesitation, a black curse mark appearing between her brows.

Chen Moxin felt a heat between his eyebrows, as if a scorching force was trying to enter his body. He did not resist and relaxed his body, letting the heat flow in.

Immediately afterwards, it was as if a barrier had been broken through, and the heat flowed down from top to bottom like a tide, surging along the meridians and into Chen Moxin's entire body.

Before long, the same black curse mark formed on his brow, and it began to shine in sync with the curse mark on Liu Lan's brow, before slowly disappearing without a trace.

This signifies the completion of the spiritual contract, with Chen Moxin becoming Liu Lan's "proxy".

At the same time, the system panel automatically popped up in front of Chen Moxin, displaying several lines of prompts.

[A spiritual contract has been successfully established with the witch]

[Since the host has completed all of the witch's tasks, the reward is as follows:]

[Gain an additional 1 "Divine Sense Point"]

[Related psionic ability "Third-Tier Awakening", gaining advanced power]

Upon seeing these prompts, a subtle smile appeared on Chen Moxin's lips.

Just as he had guessed.

When he completed the tasks related to Liu Lan, he was thinking about a question.

Normally, a proxy obtains power from a witch through a spiritual contract.

He obtained it through the system, without relying on a spirit contract.

So, if you obtain the witch's spiritual energy through the system and then form a spiritual contract with her, will there be any magical effects?

It seems that it does exist now.

That is to further awaken psychic energy.

You will also receive an additional 1 point of spiritual insight.

It's just unknown whether there are fourth-order or even higher-order awakenings after psionic energy.

What conditions are required if so?

The system does not provide any information on this.

"Liu Lan, I have a question for you. If you want to leave a phase imprint on an object, do you need to make contact with it by hand?"

"Yes."

"Is it possible to create an invisible domain and mark objects remotely?"

"Um...no way."

"In other words, if you want to leave a mark on an object, you have to touch it with your hand, and the ability can only be applied to objects of similar value?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Okay, I know."

Liu Lan doesn't even know how to use the "phase space" of the second-order awakening, which means that her spiritual energy is still in its initial stage, and she has overtaken others by taking a shortcut through the system.

She certainly wouldn't know if a higher level of awakening existed.

It seems I'll have to explore this on my own in the future.

Chen Moxin temporarily put this question out of her mind and browsed through the abilities she had gained after awakening to the third stage.

[Psionic Level 3 Awakening Effect: Psionicists can apply a "Phase Imprint" to themselves and perform a "Phase Shift" with any object that has been imprinted.]

Chapter 50 The Pleasure Beloved

Upon seeing the effects of the third-tier spiritual energy awakening, Chen Moxin's heart stirred.

Previously, the phase transfer mark could only be applied to non-living entities. To successfully activate it, the condition of "approximate value" also needed to be met.

Now, he can use himself as a target and swap positions with any marked object, which is essentially equivalent to teleportation.

Combined with the ability to remotely apply marks using "Phase Space"...

Holy crap, Flying Thunder God?

After thinking for a moment, Chen Mo gave Liu Lan a second order: "Rescind the spiritual contract with me."

Liu Lan didn't understand what was going on. Chen Moxin had just made a spiritual contract with her, so why did he suddenly want to break it?

However, under the influence of "Mind Interference - Absolute", even though she felt it was strange, she did it without hesitation.

With a thought from Liu Lan, the curse marks reappeared between the two people's brows, then shattered simultaneously, returning to nothingness.

Sure enough, the third-tier awakening effect disappeared from the system panel.

It seems that a spirit contract is a necessary prerequisite for maintaining the effects of the third-tier awakening.

If the spiritual contract breaks for any reason, the "initial spiritual energy" and the "second-tier awakening" effects obtained through system tasks will still remain, but the "third-tier awakening" effect will be lost.

Therefore, even for Chen Moxin, who has a systematic approach, maintaining the spiritual bond with the witch is very important.

Of course, this is the last thing he needs to worry about.

With the existence of "Mind Interference - Absolute", unless the witch herself dies or Chen Moxin actively requests to dissolve the spirit contract, the other party will absolutely not betray her.

Chen Moxin tried several more times, and after establishing a spirit contract again, the effects of the third-stage awakening would reappear.

However, you will not gain any additional spiritual points.

Obviously, the system does not allow exploiting bugs in this way.

After testing the spirit contract, Chen Moxin continued to look at the system panel, where there were some noteworthy prompts.

You have completed all the tasks of a witch for the first time and successfully established a spiritual contract with her.

[The Witch Lord's "Trait" is about to awaken]

[Personality and behavioral pattern analysis in progress...]

[Gained Trait: Joyful Companion]

[The witches under the command of the "Pleasure Favorite" do not need to undergo arduous training; their spiritual energy will automatically inherit the host's level of awakening.]

[If the witch's own level of psychic awakening is higher than that of the host, this trait will not be effective.]

Chen Moxin had thought about a question before: he was a transmigrator with a system, and his spiritual awakening was achieved by completing system tasks.

Do those "purely natural" psychics without a system possess the concept of "advanced awakening" of their psychic abilities? If so, what conditions are required?

With this question in mind, Chen Moxin checked the Bureau's database and discovered some information that was publicly available internally.

Witches' psychic powers do indeed have an "advanced awakening," and this is achieved through "cultivation."

While it's called cultivation, it's not as mysterious as depicted in cultivation novels. It's simply about releasing spiritual energy and continuously accumulating control over one's abilities.

Just like athletes, through continuous training, they can run faster and jump higher.

When a witch's mastery of psychic energy reaches a certain level, she will undergo a transformation and gain advanced power.

Witches in the Bureau who have made spiritual pacts with hunters will use their spiritual energy regularly and in fixed quantities under the supervision of the judges in order to achieve the effect of "cultivation".

As for the process of psychic awakening, it is related to two aspects: one is the cultivation mentioned earlier, and the other is one's own talent.

Some witches are particularly diligent, practicing to the point of exhaustion, but they may still not reach the level of second-tier awakening.

Some witches, upon awakening, may directly reach the second tier or even a higher level of awakening.

There's nothing we can do about it; it's simply a difference in individual talent among witches.

Just like the "geniuses" and "mediocrities" often mentioned in novels, God is just unfair.

It is also worth mentioning that the concepts of talent and cultivation only apply to witches.

The concepts of "proxy" and "substitute" do not exist.

The level of spiritual power awakened by the witch is the same as the level of spiritual power obtained by the proxy; it will not be higher or lower, nor will it be changed according to the proxy's subjective will.

To reiterate, the witch is the master of psychic power and holds absolute control.

Acting on behalf of others is simply another form of Star Wrath.

But in Chen Moxin's case, the situation is reversed.

The trait "Pleasure Beloved" can bring witches with lower awakening levels to the same level as oneself.

Take Liu Lan for example. She originally had neither "phase space" nor the ability to mark herself. Her psychic abilities were only at the lowest level of "initial awakening".

Now, thanks to the "Joyful Favorite," she directly inherited the effects of the second and third-tier awakenings from Chen Moxin without needing to undergo any cultivation.

Chen Moxin was naturally very happy to see this.

If he becomes a witch hunter and the psychic energy he can use is more advanced than Liu Lan's, others will definitely find it strange, as it doesn't conform to common sense.

Now, by using "Pleasure Beloved" to bring Liu Lan's psychic energy to a certain level, this situation will not occur.

It makes Liu Lan stronger, and it also provides cover for me; it's a win-win situation.

After reading all the system prompts, Chen Moxin realized there was nothing else she needed to pay attention to.

He once again commanded Liu Lan to form a spiritual contract with him, granting her the third-tier awakening effect, and then slowly said, "Liu Lan, I have something to tell you. Your spiritual energy has advanced to the awakening stage."

"You can now create a domain, sense and mark all non-living things within it, and you can mark yourself as a target."

"Don't ask yourself why you suddenly became stronger, and don't ask me why I know about you. Just know that this happened."

"Keep these things to yourself for now, don't tell anyone, and don't try to use psychic powers on your own."

"When you get back, act like nothing happened. If the supervisors ask, just say we were just chatting casually."

The crescent moon curse mark, symbolizing "Mind Interference - Absolute," swirled in Liu Lan's eyes. Without hesitation, she nodded emphatically: "Understood."

Looking at Liu Lan's bright eyes, Chen Moxin couldn't help but smile.

It's so obedient, just like a golden retriever.

I'm in a good mood, so let's give her a small reward.

Chen Moxin touched her lips with two fingers, then pressed them against Liu Lan's full red lips.

"I have something to do, so I'll be going now. See you next time."

After Chen Moxin left, Liu Lan went to the activity room and reunited with her companions who had been chatting earlier.

The witches, with wicked smiles on their faces, surrounded Liu Lan and began to chatter and gossip.

"Lanlan, how was your date with the handsome young man?"

"pretty good."

"Is it good? Tell me the details! I'd love to hear them!"

"I've already decided on a name for the baby."

"...Huh? Isn't this a little too fast again?"

Chapter 51 Old Chen got fooled again~

Three days after the court's recommendation letter was submitted, a square-faced man approached Chen Moxin and took him to a small conference room for a private talk.

The man looked at the document in his hand and said, "Hello comrade, I am the head of the 'Ninth Division of Witch Hunting.' We have received your application to participate in the witch hunter selection."

"The review process is fine. I'm here to inform you that next Friday is the deadline for the preliminary selection. We will take all the shortlisted candidates to a base in the suburbs for secret training and further elimination selection. The whole process will take about 4 months."

"This four-month special training and selection process is completely closed. You cannot bring anything with you, leave the base, or contact the outside world."