Hidden Moth-Chapter 481 - 271: No Path in the Temple, No Salvation from Buddha
The effect of the Spirit Awakening Skill is somewhat like hypnosis, guiding and releasing the subconscious, especially emotions. First, President Wei himself must have such desires, truly driven by his will, before the caster can utilize and influence his behavior.
What does this mean? For example, there are some things that Zhang San doesn’t not want to do, but because of lack of ability, immature conditions, fear of potential consequences, and other concerns, he does not do them.
If he had the ability, the conditions were mature, or he could avoid the consequences, Zhang San would indeed do them. Such things aren’t necessarily bad, like acts of bravery where many want to act but are concerned about the consequences.
Take He Kao, for example, who cursed President Wei in Qian Guran’s office. If it were an ordinary employee, they might want to curse too but wouldn’t do so to his face.
The Spirit Awakening Skill can precisely make people do such things.
There are also things Zhang San might think of but internally feels shouldn’t be done, and these are usually not guided by the Mind and Spirit Skill.
Once the casting is completed, either the affected person realizes it, or the technique’s effects last for a while, so from an observer’s perspective, it is often very hard to notice any traces.
Unless the caster is caught in the act, even someone as skilled as Mei Guyu would find it hard to judge. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎
Why did He Kao think of this possibility? Because of something Qian Guran said. After Old Qian let him curse, he mentioned that his emotions seemed off and he should control them.
The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. He Kao had once Transferred to President Wei and felt something was wrong with his emotions at that time... and He Kao himself had been hit with Zhang Jin Kui’s Flower Picking Skill, so it came to mind.
Regardless of who, using the Spirit Awakening Skill directly against Mei Guyu or Qian Guran is not a great choice, as the other party could likely detect it and expose oneself.
But choosing an ordinary person like Wei Digao, casting the spell when no one is paying attention, the method becomes very covert. As long as you grasp the person’s disposition and subtly guide their behavior, it is practically unavoidable.
Will Wei Digao surely go to trouble Mei Guyu? Not necessarily! If someone casts a spell, they are betting on a probability. And President Wei, upon seeing Mei Guyu, indeed becomes tempted and then starts acting recklessly.
He Kao continued: "If someone indeed employed the Spirit Awakening Skill and none of us noticed, the timing, the choice of target, the method of the casting were all very clever, it is absolutely a master, you should be careful."
Mei Guyu: "You are the one who needs to be careful."
He Kao sighed: "Regardless of if that’s the case or not, this person is a trouble. I warned him in President Qian’s office, but it didn’t work, and after he returned to the hotel, he got even more aggressive..."
Mei Guyu: "He believes in the workplace rules he holds, but I’d like to ask you, as a more experienced person in the workplace, what should be done in such situations?"
Mei Guyu came to Qi Yuan to work, experiencing the ups and downs with the identity of an ordinary employee. As for other matters, they are not her own intention, but arrangements smoothly made by the Magic Sect’s Hall of Sect Rules,
She made things clear to He Kao when she reported on her first day.
The problems she is encountering now, others might face in the workplace too. Divine Techniques like using a Flying Sword to take a head are definitely not an option.
Hearing this, He Kao laughed, and Mei Guyu asked: "Is there something particularly funny about that?"
He Kao laughed: "In another context, if it wasn’t you, but another colleague in the department, just an ordinary office worker, wouldn’t she have the right to act?
This is just a matter of a kick, as long as one dares to go for it, there’s no need for any Divine Power."
Mei Guyu: "Many of the sect rules of the Magic Sect seem to bind oneself hand and foot, but they are actually taboos in cultivation, and if you recklessly break the rules, it will surely backlash on yourself, yet many people cannot thoroughly comprehend this.
Even without using Divine Power, it would be easy for me to deal with him. But anything done must have its cause, so if action were really taken, what would be the cause?"
He Kao answered: "The things he is doing! He was just in the hotel gathering allies and discussing plans, I heard it, and I believe you know it too... That is the beginning cause."
The so-called beginning cause is not the usual cause we talk about.
Even if you have done nothing wrong, if someone inexplicably waves a knife at you, the cause could be a mental disorder, robbery, social revenge, or a criminal trying to lure out an undercover police officer... none of these are important at the moment.
Those are other causes leading to the result of waving the knife.
And you must only protect yourself, if you can’t escape, you have to counterattack. The "beginning cause" that leads you to counterattack is merely the act of the other party waving a knife, not why they waved it.
That is a subject matter for judicial workers, doctors, sociologists, to study from a third-party perspective afterward, and you are the victimized party, not a third party.
Attacking Wei Digao might seem unnecessary or baseless in others’ eyes, but He Kao and Mei Guyu are clear about the inside story, they know what Wei Digao intends to do, has done, and will do.
Mei Guyu then asked: "Every action also has its consequence, I haven’t ventured deeply, and you know more about many things than I do, I want to ask what the price of doing this is?"
He Kao: "There is definitely a price, like if you hit him with a sucker punch trapped in a sack, the price you pay is risking being discovered by the police.
