Chapter 363 Awakening
Chi Xuan's godless eyes suddenly became bright.
He doubled over and vomited violently, almost vomiting out all the food he had eaten the night before.
The tossing and turning of the body is really not something that ordinary people can bear.
The most important thing is that his body is not strong.
The pain all over my body came like a flood.
Not only were his muscles sore, he was sure that his bones were broken a lot.
Using martial arts to deal with the tiger demon is simply unimaginable.
The most surprised person was the flag officer of Jiangmo Yamen.
His eyes were full of disbelief. The tiger demon that he couldn't win after all the hard work would actually die because of a spiritual talisman: "Is it the Taoist priest's secret treasure? I heard that the Taoist priest comes from the Red Sheep Palace."
In fact, the Red Sheep Palace is just a small Taoist temple that is so dilapidated that it needs to be patched from time to time.
Chi Xuan also doesn’t have any magical talisman or secret treasure.
In fact, Chi Xuan himself saw it very clearly.
When his body was controlled by something unknown and he was fighting the tiger demon, every time he hit the tiger demon's wound, a talisman was inserted into it.
It was precisely because of so many talismans as foreshadowing and the flag officer's fatal sword that the tiger demon's life was ended.
This fighting method opened the door to a new world for Chi Xuan. He never thought that magic and martial arts could be combined and used in this way, and he finally made the final decision.
It fulfilled all his fantasies about fighting.
Thinking about it makes my stomach churn again.
He retched without spitting anything out, he just felt uncomfortable.
When everyone was attracted by the fire, the evil energy squeezing around them also burst out.
But none of them noticed the disappearance of a soul.
However, as the person closest to him, Chi Xuan certainly knew that something was absorbed by the soul flag, but he didn't know what it was. It looked a lot like the spirit of a tiger demon.
"My Majesty, Chang Xun, the little flag officer of the Jiangmo Yamen, I'm sorry." The limping flag officer recalled his magical weapon, the flying sword, and just roughly wiped the blood on his face and body, then directed it at Chi Xuan. Yi Yi.
Chi Xuan didn't dare to trust him, he was an orthodox qi practitioner of the imperial court. He was a half-hearted person, and now he felt very guilty. How dare he bear such courtesy? He hurriedly replied: "General, you are really disrespectful."
"Without the Taoist Priest, this time the tiger demon would definitely be wreaking havoc."
"The first winner is Taoist Priest Chi Xuan. I believe everyone else thinks the same way." As he spoke, Chang Xun glanced at the two people still standing, one of whom was Elder Dan.
The old guy is so afraid of death that he won't fight at close range.
The other is a scholar, and his witchcraft and ghost skills seem to have merit, but his skills are too shallow and not very powerful.
As for the rest, a knight died, a warrior went crazy, the butcher who fell out first was probably more likely to be in trouble, and the swordsman who was open-minded had the inner energy of an innate warrior, but he had no way to transform it, so he couldn't do it.
Only Taoist priest Chi Xuan.
Chang Xun looked up and down, amazed. He really didn't see that Taoist Chi Xuan's martial arts was so strong that he might not be able to get a good deal even if he was against him.
A fire magic talisman adds a bit of mystery to Chi Xuan.
What a surprise.
Chang Xun said so forcefully that the remaining two people did not dare to refute.
Elder Dan was terribly afraid of death, and he didn't care much about the gain or loss of a spiritual stone. He is an alchemist. Although a spiritual stone is tempting, it would not be good if he loses his own life.
Elder Dan smiled, cupped his hands and said, "You are well-deserved. Congratulations to Taoist Priest Chi Xuan."
The scholar hesitated to speak, but finally let out a long sigh and cupped his hands rather unnaturally.
No matter what, Taoist Chi Xuan saved his life, and he saw the credit for it and couldn't argue with it.
The butcher was dug out of the ruins, but he was still alive and breathing.
The swordsman's injuries were relatively minor, and since he was an innate warrior, he only had six or seven broken ribs, and his right hand holding the sword was broken. The other injuries were not serious.
The work of appeasing the county government is done by the county clerk.
If the county magistrate dies, the court will react.
These people don't need to worry about this.
Chang Xun approached the tiger demon's body.
He took out the token and stamped it on the head of the tiger demon, holding the magic formula and chanting the words.
After a long moment, he frowned and said, "Weird."
The token cannot collect the soul of the tiger demon.
Maybe it was blown up by the red talisman, or strangled by the sword energy.
Chang Xun didn't think any more and put the tiger demon's body into the talisman.
You have to take these back.
The corpse of the monster is a good material and a proof of his achievements.
Next came the time for merit-based rewards. Chi Xuandao received a spiritual stone and the qualification to enter the Demon-Conquering Yamen.
The Jiangmo Yamen is the imperial court's institution for cultivating orthodox Qi practitioners, and its job is to monitor the world.
Although it is not guaranteed to become a Qi practitioner just by entering, a monk with magic power like Chi Xuan should have a great chance.
Chi Xuan was originally very excited, but it was a pity that he had to change his skills and have to travel around.
He doesn't have that big of an ambition.
He just wanted to guard the Red Sheep Palace and his family's inheritance.
He would take some time to deal with the little troubles around him, and then recruit one or two qualified apprentices, so that the popularity of Red Sheep Palace would not be cut off in his generation.
The flag officer pondered slightly and said: "The Taoist priest can also sell the inheritance of Red Yang Palace to the Jiangmo Yamen. At that time, not only will he get an estimated spiritual stone, but the Yamen will also select a suitable person to inherit it."
Chi Xuan slightly cupped his hands and said, "General, it's really hard for me to reach the level of elegance with this humble skill."
Chang Xun heard the implication of Chi Xuan's words, and he knew that his thoughts were too natural.
Inheritance is a secret to everyone. It is the ability to settle down in this world. If you have inheritance, you will always have food to eat.
He did not insist, and finally exchanged the quota for a spiritual stone to supply Chi Xuan.
Chi Xuandao had received a total of two spirit stones. He was absent-minded, so he did not stay at the county government office for too long. Moreover, because his stomach was churning, he did not even eat the celebration banquet prepared by the county government office.
The delicious food that made him salivate in the past, but today he has no appetite.
Now he just wants to rush back to the Taoist temple.
On the road, Chi Xuan was walking in a hurry, but he tripped over something. When he lowered his head, he saw a skinny young man sleeping on the side of the road.
The young man seemed to be awakened. He opened his eyes, looked at Chi Xuan, and begged weakly: "Master Tao, please be kind and give him something to stutter."
Chi Xuan touched his money bag and was about to take out the broken silver when he saw pairs of bright eyes focusing on his sleeves. It reminded Chi Xuan of the hungry green-eyed wolves he had seen before.
"You just stay here and wait for me."
Chi Xuan turned around and ran into Fang Street, bought two steamed buns, and stuffed them into the hands of the skinny boy.
He knew not to take the money.
Whether it was copper coins or silver, this powerless young man couldn't keep it. Even if it was food, he had to eat it under his nose before finally getting it into his stomach, otherwise there would be a risk of being robbed.
"Master Dao, please do it."
"Master Tao..."
"You always do well."
"Master Dao, you are such a good person."
There are more and more beggars gathering, most of them are old, weak, sick and disabled. Chi Xuan was like a life-saving straw, and they couldn't help but gather around to grab it, praying for something.
Whether it's money or food.
Until Chi Xuan spent the last copper in his wallet.
They just dispersed.
Chi Xuan couldn't help but look at the empty cloth bag in his hand. It used to contain twenty taels and twenty-three copper coins, but now there was nothing left.
Fortunately, the fifty taels were banknotes and he put them inside the lining. Otherwise, he might have had to put the money he originally planned to pack into the Taoist temple.
"The world is so difficult." Chi Xuan couldn't help but sigh.
There is no idle land in the world, and many people starve to death.
Coupled with natural and man-made disasters and the court's excessive taxation, more and more homeless people became homeless. However, the Great Cang Dynasty has been standing for thousands of years, so these things are probably already accustomed to it, and they all have experience in dealing with these things.
After his kindness, Chi Xuan left Jicheng and returned to his mountain.
He named it Chishan because it gave him a sense of home, just like when he talked about that place, he knew it was home.
Chishan is actually a branch of the Jishan Mountain Range. It didn’t even have its own name before.
At the foot of the mountain lies the village.
Streams intersect with dirt roads, and there are houses in each area. Near evening, you can still see the smoke from cooking fires.
He likes this kind of fireworks.
It is true that Taoist priests should be pure-minded, but they cannot practice cultivation all the time. People still need to absorb the smoke of fireworks to relieve their fatigue and loneliness, at least to make themselves feel that they are still alive and healthy.
Returned to Taoist Temple.
It's a familiar look.
Chixuan closed the door and took out the soul flag.
The soul flag is still the same as before, without any change.
Even the miracles that once appeared in the Zhou family did not appear.
Chi Xuan couldn't help but wonder if he had a hallucination at Zhou's house, and his eyes were covered by a ghost, so he was so fascinated that he picked up the soul flag.
Of course, the fight with the tiger demon is even weirder.
However, these are all real events.
No matter how much he denies it, he has to admit it.
Chi Xuan was determined to channel his little mana.
"Bata."
A bead the size of an egg emerged from the slightly open surface of the soul flag and rolled down. It rolled to the side along the damaged floor tiles, swayed a few times, and finally stopped.
Chi Xuan's eyes widened and his mouth opened wide, looking at what was happening in front of him in disbelief.
He reached out his hand uncertainly and picked up the dark bead.
I looked left and right, but I couldn't see what this thing was.
"What on earth is this? Why don't you ask Mr. Dan to have a look..." Chi Xuan strangled him to death as soon as the thought came to his mind. You must not have the intention of harming others, and you must not have the intention of guarding against others.
…
Fast forward three years.
This day was as ordinary as ever.
Chi Xuan went down the mountain and picked up a newborn little ghost, and Hun Ban gave him a black elixir. Now his cultivation has reached the second level of Qi training. A real practitioner, he is no longer the half-baked warlock he was before.
Three years ago, he experimented for a long time, even cutting black pill beads with a jade knife and feeding them to snakes, insects, rats, ants, and large livestock...
The smaller ones will die if eaten.
The bigger ones didn't react much, but instead became stronger.
He plucked up the courage to eat a small piece. His cultivation did fluctuate, but not significantly.
Later, no matter how much mana he channeled, no black pill appeared until the villagers at the foot of the mountain asked him to catch the kid. After the kid entered the banner, he got another black pill.
This time he didn't cut it open, but took it whole.
The medicine was very powerful but extremely effective. It opened up his previously blocked meridians and increased his cultivation a lot.
Only then did he realize that he had to catch ghosts and throw them into the magic weapon to get the elixir.
…
Chi Xuan took out the elixir and prepared to take it.
Suddenly, I felt something strange in the objects in my arms.
Take it out quickly.
Now the soul flag is his lifeblood.
Catching ghosts can provide elixirs for improving cultivation, which is simply unheard of, and it is not an exaggeration to say it is a magical weapon. If he could keep catching ghosts, wouldn't he be able to keep improving his cultivation level?
When the time comes, you might have the opportunity to hit the foundation-building realm in the Taoist book and become a great monk who can fly into the sky and escape from the earth.
The strange movement of the soul flag did not last for a long time, as if it only lasted for a moment.
He didn't think much about it.
But what he didn't know was that a person woke up in the soul flag.
"How long have I been asleep?"
A long and confused voice sounded.
With his cultivation at the peak of the Golden Pill, it would take a huge amount of evil energy to help him wake up, which would cost thousands of Yinhun Pills. Based on this calculation, he must have been asleep for a long time.
However, it cannot be ruled out that the banner master who obtained the soul banner absorbed a lot of evil energy, allowing him to wake up early.
"he……"
"Second level of Qi training?" The voice was full of surprise and confusion.
Looking at the Yinhun Dan in the monk's hand, he was stunned for a moment and then came to his senses. He has indeed reserved such a back-up plan. Banner Masters with low cultivation levels can exchange their souls for Yinhun Dan of the same level as their souls.
Of course, this backhand is limited to Qi practitioners.
It also benefited from the later upgrade of the Soul Banner, which enabled him to create Yin Soul Pills of different stages, not all of them at the same level as him.
It's just that he didn't expect that the backup plan he left to other Yin gods would actually come true.
The Yin spirit in the Banner Bardo has extraordinary wisdom, and they will not go against what he has planned in advance.
"What is this place?"
"Could it be that we have returned to a place similar to Xiaolingzhou?"
The doubts about the voice seemed not to be answered, but instead became more and more numerous. He felt that the concentration of spiritual energy around him was not high, and there were no spirit gathering arrays or spiritual veins.
On the contrary, there is a power that he is very familiar with.
"Looks like I need to have a good talk with him."
The owner of the voice looked outside.
The banner master in Taoist robes was raising his head and taking the Yinhun Pill, using his own mana to refine the power of the pill.