Longevity from Liao Zhai

Chapter 66: Powerful Spiritual Technique

Rouge shop.

Zhou Ping opened a scroll.

This scroll contains a spell called "Strengthening Spirit".

The master of the spell is Wang Cheng.

Wang Cheng was grateful to Uncle Bo for saving him, so he gave this spell to Uncle Bo.

But Uncle Lame immediately gave the spell to Zhou Ping.

Uncle Lame doesn't like this kind of magic.

Uncle Lame traveled around the world when he was young and had several unique skills.

Zhou Ping opened the scroll.

The scroll describes what this spell does.

The effect of the powerful spiritual technique is to instantly increase the combat effectiveness of the warrior, and it can be increased several times.

For example, your combat power is 100, but using spells can instantly increase your combat power to three times or even more.

"This spell is very important to me, but its shortcomings are also obvious."

Zhou Ping read the introduction of the spell.

Spells can increase combat power, but they require casting time, which is five breaths.

Five breaths doesn’t seem long.

But on the battlefield, you might be killed in a breath.

"The moment you cast a spell, half of your body's spiritual energy will be consumed."

"It consumes too much mana."

“But for me, that’s not a problem.”

Zhou Ping has no shortage of mana. He carries an inner elixir magic bottle with him, so he can quickly replenish his mana when he runs out.

"This spell may be useless to some people, but it is very useful to me."

Zhou Ping made up his mind and began to practice.

The practice of the spell is very simple, requiring Zhou Ping to control the spiritual energy in his body and infuse it into his two arms.

The spiritual energy flows through the arms in a special pattern and is finally released.

"This spell is a bit like drawing talismans."

“Use your aura as a pen and your body as paper.”

Zhou Ping seemed to be thinking about something. He tried to control the spiritual energy flowing in his body.

When spiritual energy enters water, people are like water bottles.

Zhou Ping controlled a wisp of spiritual energy to enter his arms, and then controlled the spiritual energy to draw talismans on his arms.

Soon, the spiritual energy drew talismans on Zhou Ping's arm according to his control.

However, the spiritual energy disappeared before it could completely flow as required by the spell.

"The amount of spiritual energy should be larger."

Zhou Ping nodded.

Zhou Ping once again controlled a larger amount of spiritual energy and began it to flow within his body.

This time, the amount of spiritual energy is sufficient, and it should be possible to draw the entire rune.

The spiritual energy flowed through his arms according to his thoughts, but Zhou Ping did not feel any changes in his arms.

"My magic is not good, it's not even as good as the Qilin Arm."

The Qilin Arm can also make the arm thicker, but the spell did not cause any changes to Zhou Ping's arm.

"Perhaps the rune was not drawn well, and the spiritual energy is not flowing in the right direction."

Zhou Ping carefully read the description of the spell again and studied the route of the spiritual energy in detail.

"try again!"

Zhou Ping once again controlled the spiritual energy to flow in his arms.

This time, I finally felt the change.

Zhou Ping's arms became noticeably stronger.

"Just as I thought, the movement of spiritual energy is like drawing a talisman. You have to draw it correctly."

Zhou Ping breathed a sigh of relief.

The feeling of strength coming from his arms made Zhou Ping feel that his strength had at least doubled.

As the spiritual energy drew talismans in his arms, the spiritual energy in Zhou Ping's body instantly surged to his arms.

Half of the spiritual energy was consumed.

Zhou Ping immediately used the inner elixir in his body to replenish his spiritual energy.

Immediately afterwards, Zhou Ping tried again.

This time, Zhou Ping's movements in controlling the spiritual energy were more skillful.

After drawing the talisman with spiritual energy, Zhou Ping felt a strong sense of power in his arms.

"This time, the power should be three times my current strength."

Half of Zhou Ping's spiritual energy was drained again.

"This spell is the final word in battle!"

"If I can't defeat the opponent in one go, I will probably run out of energy and be killed by the opponent."

Zhou Ping tried it several times and has figured out the effect of the powerful spiritual technique.

This is not a problem for Zhou Ping, who has inner elixir to replenish his spiritual energy.

The only problem is that the casting time is a bit long, and it is easy to be killed instantly on a long battlefield.

"Hands are fine, legs should be fine, too."

Zhou Ping tried to accumulate strength in his legs.

Again, this spell works.

After using the powerful spiritual technique on his legs, Zhou Ping's leg strength increased two or three times.

"It's OK on the legs, but can it be OK there?"

"Turn the golden gun into a diamond drill."

Zhou Ping just thought about this and immediately shook his head.

It’s better not to try it randomly, in case something breaks you won’t have a spare.

"But, this should be possible."

"Zhou Ping, it's time to eat."

"Try my chicken and mushroom stew."

Liu Ruyan came to bring food to Zhou Ping, and Xiaobai hid in Liu Ruyan's chest.

As a bodyguard, Zhou Ping should have the right to be provided with food and lodging.

But the food is too good.

Whatever Liu Ruyan and He Yunqing, mother and daughter, eat, Zhou Ping can also eat.

Of course, Zhou Ping ate fresh meals, not leftovers.

Who wouldn’t want to work for an employer like this for a long time?
"Thanks, Aunt Liu."

Zhou Ping was not polite either.

During the days when the city was closed, Zhou Ping was able to enjoy both beautiful sights and delicious meals.

Liu Ruyan is wearing a white coat today.

White makes you look fat.

The white coat makes Liu Ruyan's chest look rounder and more upright.

Liu Ruyan sat at the table, put her valuables on the table, and allowed herself to relax.

Xiaobai jumped onto the table, then smelled the chicken soup and licked it.

Zhou Ping didn't dislike it and just picked it up and drank it.

"Zhou Ping, how is it? I made it myself."

Liu Ruyan asked expectantly.

"it is good."

Zhou Ping praised in the simplest language.

Liu Ruyan covered her face and chuckled, her face slightly red.

Liu Ruyan's face was always slightly red.

Zhou Ping had noticed this a long time ago. He thought to himself: Born with a holy body of tide rhyme.

Liu Ruyan watched Zhou Ping eat, hesitating and stammering.

"Aunt Liu, if you have anything to say, just say it."

Zhou Ping said.

"In that case, I'll say it."

Liu Ruyan smoothed the long hair by her ears and then sighed.

"Zhou Ping, you've seen it too. The world is in chaos."

"Another thing is that Yunqing and I are the only ones guarding this shop, and there is no man in the shop."

"If you are willing, you can stay and protect us."

"I can trust your character."

"As for money, just tell me how much you want, and Yun Qing will give it to you."

Liu Ruyan looked at Zhou Ping and said.

"Aunt Liu, Miss He told me about this."

"It's just that I'm devoted to martial arts, and I still need to practice in the secular world."

"As a warrior, you can't improve your skills without experiencing battles and dangers."

Zhou Ping said with difficulty.

Being a bodyguard for a mother and daughter is a good job that many people want to do but cannot.

Zhou Ping would have agreed if there was no panel.

But Zhou Ping still had to escort the convoy to earn life, so he could not agree to this request.

"That's fine."

"Then come visit Aunt Liu more often and tell her about the interesting things you've encountered, okay?" Liu Ruyan runs the rouge shop and seldom goes out.

When the men on the street saw her, they all pointed and talked, wishing to be closer to her.

At the beginning, Liu Ruyan was still dating several women.

But these women gradually changed.

They started matchmaking for her.

As soon as he entered the door, he had to matchmake for Liu Ruyan.

Liu Ruyan didn't expect that she would be so popular.

"Aunt Liu doesn't even have anyone to talk to on weekdays. She's so bored."

There was some pleading in Liu Ruyan's tone.

Zhou Ping scratched his head, feeling embarrassed to refuse this request.

"Don't worry, Aunt Liu. I'll come here often."

Zhou Ping said.

Liu Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief and her face flushed slightly.

Perhaps Xiaobai felt that it was cold, so he dived into Liu Ruyan's chest again.

Zhou Ping glanced at him and felt a little hot. He hated himself!

"Zhou Ping, what do you think of Yun Qing?"

"I can't grasp it."

Qingyuan County.

Yuan Yuanniang looked tired.

Yuanyuan has been missing for half a month.

For the past half month, Yuan Yuan's mother has been searching for her desperately.

Yuan Yuanniang asked almost everyone in Qingyuan County.

No one has ever seen Yuanyuan.

Some people said that Yuanyuan accidentally fell into the water.

After all, it's such a big lake.

Not only children, but some adults also fall into the water.

Yuan Yuan's mother never believed that the clever Yuan Yuan would fall into the lake.

Yuan Yuan's mother believed that Yuan Yuan must have been abducted by human traffickers.

Because she also found a family that was almost similar.

The children in these families were also lost.

"Brother Chen, let's go report it to the police. Your daughter is missing too. Yuanyuan and her must have been abducted by human traffickers."

"Mrs. Yuan Yuan, forget it. It's been half a month. Don't look for him anymore."

"Brother Chen, let's go report to the police."

"Mrs. Yuan Yuan, in this world, what good will it do to find it back?"

Yuan Yuan's mother wanted to persuade the parents who lost their child to report to the police with her.

But after asking several companies, no one had this intention.

The disaster has killed many people, so everyone has become accustomed to death.

Moreover, the whole county was in the midst of famine, and there was not enough food at home.

In troubled times, human life is cheap, and a daughter's life is even cheaper.

"We are starving to death, why do we need a daughter? It's just to give us one more mouth to feed."

The Chen family rejected Yuan Yuanniang's proposal.

Yuan Yuanniang did not give up and found a few more families.

"Brother Wang, your daughter is also missing, let's go to the police together, we can find her if we report it."

"Mother Yuanyuan, forget it. If our daughter had really been abducted by human traffickers, she might have had a better life. If she had been sold to a wealthy family, she would have had food and drink, which would be better than starving to death now."

"Brother Zhang, we..."

"Mother Yuanyuan, please don't come again. We are almost starving to death. How can we have the time to care about our daughter? Just throw it away. It's worthless anyway."

Yuan Yuanniang dragged her tired body from house to house, but no one was willing to follow her to report to the police.

The family who lost their daughter was not willing to look for her at all.

The two families who lost their boys did have this idea, but they were unwilling to go through the trouble.

Although the disaster situation in Qingyuan County has stabilized, people are still dying of starvation and disease every day.

Everyone is already busy with their own affairs.

Not to mention finding a lost child.

Even Yuan Yuan's father had given up, but he still advised Yuan Yuan's mother to give up.

It has been more than ten days and they have already reported it to the authorities.

But the officials are too busy and they have no time to care about things like losing children.

More than 10,000 people died in Qingyuan County.

What's the big deal about losing a child?

"Yuan Yuan, my daughter, where are you?"

Yuan Yuan's mother was in excruciating pain.

"Everyone, this is the situation."

"The human trafficker is in the city. We have rescued the child she abducted and sold to a brothel."

"If you want to save your children, it's within reach."

Wang Cheng is mobilizing ten parents who have lost their children.

Mr. Yuan was also inside.

"Master Yuan, is it true as you said? Are the children still in the city?"

"Yes, yes, won't the children be eaten by the tiger monster?"

The parents who lost their children asked one after another.

"For details, you can ask Escort Yuan Gong. His daughter was also abducted by human traffickers."

"Everyone, those of you who have money can contribute, and those who don't can lend money!"

"I promise to do my best to defeat the tiger demon and rescue the children."

"I'm not afraid to tell you that I didn't do this to save anyone. I just wanted to rescue the county magistrate's son so that I can become the head of the police!"

Wang Cheng was quite honest and told him his real purpose.

Wang Cheng gathered these parents who lost their children in order to get some support.

Of course, except for Mr. Yuan who can help, the rest are ordinary people.

However, some of these people are wealthy and have some money at home.

Wang Cheng and Yuan Gong were both injured and needed help from elixirs.

So Wang Cheng wanted parents to exchange the money.

Finally, three wealthy families contributed twenty taels of silver each.

The remaining few people collected another ten taels.

There are two families who have no money at all.

Wang Cheng took dozens of taels of silver to the pharmacy to buy pills.

The pills were divided between him and Yuan Gong.

"Master Yuan Gong, after thinking it over, the only one who can help us is Zhou Ping!"

"What is Zhou Ping's cultivation level?"

"I heard that he is a tenth-grade cultivator, and he has even dealt with a seventh-grade rat demon."

Wang Cheng asked. He had full confidence in Zhou Ping and felt that Zhou Ping was the key to turning the tide of the battle.
The tiger demon has the strength of the ninth level.

Two tenth-grade ones are not enough, but one more tenth-grade one might be feasible.

"Zhou Ping did fight a seventh-rank rat demon, but that was the power of the relic lent to him by Fan Shiyi."

"Furthermore, Zhou Ping is indeed a tenth-grade cultivator, but his cultivation was obtained through initiation."

Engineer Yuan told Wang Cheng what happened in the tunnel.

"By borrowing the power of the relic, I was able to fight the rat demon to a draw."

"And it is the power of Buddhist initiation."

Wang Cheng was a little disappointed.

Buddhists can give initiations.

However, this kind of cultivation that relies on external forces is the weakest.

"Is there really no other way?"

Wang Cheng felt a little uneasy. Would the tenth level of initiation be enough?
"It would be great if the person who uses the object control technique in the dark could take action."

"That person is at least a tenth-rank Taoist priest, maybe even a ninth-rank one."

Wang Cheng thought again of the man who controlled the stone lion to force Captain Leng to take action during the battle with the tiger monster.

Wang Cheng didn't know that this person was Zhou Ping.

Mr. Yuan nodded and agreed with it.

"Maybe, it's possible."

Mr. Yuan suddenly said.

"What's possible?"

Wang Cheng asked with his eyes lighting up.

"Forget it, it's nothing. Let's go find Zhou Ping and see if he's willing to help."

Mr. Yuan shook his head and said.

At this moment, Mr. Yuan suddenly thought of the ghost bride.

During the grain transportation mission, Zhou Ping was troubled by Captain Leng and his men.