The Weird Way of Immortality: My Taoism Progress in One Day a Year

Chapter 11 Incense
"Of course the Hengjiang Palace God exists."

Liu Yingying nodded as a matter of course and said, "Originally, your Hengjiang Prefecture was in the divine domain of the Hengjiang Prefecture God, and it was difficult for demons and ghosts to invade. It was just that the Black Sun disaster some time ago caused the divine domain of the Hengjiang Prefecture God to crash, so demons and ghosts took advantage of the situation and caused chaos."

"The reason for holding the Palace God Ceremony is to allow the Hengjiang Palace God to collect the power of incense and rebuild the divine domain. Otherwise, it will be difficult to completely resolve the invasion of demons and ghosts."

"I came here to accept the sect's mission to ensure that the Palace God Ceremony can proceed smoothly."

"The same goes for those wizards, but they should have been commissioned by the Demon-Subduing Department."

"So that's it."

Li Yan was in awe. It seemed that the God of Hengjiang Prefecture was a good god who was dedicated to his job.

No wonder so many people believe in it.

"What is the Demon-Subduing Division?"

"The Demon Subduing Division is the official agency of the Liang Kingdom's practitioners. It protects the peace of all parts of Liang Kingdom. We, the sect practitioners, sometimes join the Demon Subduing Division for training."

"The head of the Demon Subduing Department, Zhao Changsheng, the number one cultivator in Liang State, is a spiritual master with two souls. He is extremely powerful, and even my master respects him very much."

When talking about his master, Li Yan saw that Liu Yingying's eyes were full of admiration.

After hearing Liu Yingying's story, Li Yan finally saw a glimpse of the true face of this world.

The Demon-Subduing Department, the sect, the palace god, the four evil gods, evil cultivators, demons and ghosts, disasters, and practitioners.

Below this are the ordinary people who are ignorant of everything.

Li Yan's carriage went all the way to the gate of Yuehua Temple before stopping.

He and Liu Yingying got off the carriage. There were a large number of pilgrims coming in and out of the magnificent temple gate.

Li Yan and his companions were led by the monks in the temple towards the main hall.

The statue of Hengjiang Dragon King is placed in the center of the main hall. There is a lot of incense burning below. The young monk in the hall is taking out the ashes from the cauldron and giving them to the people who come to burn incense.

Next to the statue of Hengjiang Dragon King are various gods and Buddhas. Compared with the statue of Dragon King, there are very few incense sticks.

Li Yan saw a large amount of fresh air produced by the incense, which flowed into the nose of the Dragon King statue along with the people's chanting and was swallowed up.

Li Yan and others also lit three incense sticks before turning around and leaving the hall.

"Yingying, are you going to stay here for ten days?"

Li Yan knew that Liu Yingying came here to protect the smooth progress of the Palace God Ceremony, so she must stay here, so he asked.

"Almost. The God of Hengjiang Prefecture needs a lot of incense to restore the divine domain. There may be demons and ghosts coming to cause trouble, so I will patrol the area and drive away those demons and ghosts that want to cause trouble."

"Then I won't keep you here. If you need anything, you can always come to me."

Liu Yingying replied with a smile: "I understand, Li Yan, you are my only friend here. If there is any need, I will use the paper crane to notify you."

Li Yan nodded, said goodbye to Liu Yingying, and turned to leave.

He came here not just to burn incense, but to find practitioners to buy spells from.

As a disciple of a sect, Liu Yingying cannot teach the magic she has learned at will.

Li Yan could only find those independent cultivators to trade spells with.

Liu Yingying also had a mission to complete, so the two of them had to separate here.

……

Li Yan walked around Yuehua Temple, trying to find a practitioner to exchange spells.

Li's father had left long ago to look for Li Ze.

Although he learned from the evil cultivator that Li Ze was not his son, he was still a little unsure.

So he planned to ask Li Ze to do a blood test and then make a decision.

After walking around Yuehua Temple for a few times, Li Yan still didn't find the practitioner.

Just when he was about to leave and came back the next day, he suddenly saw an acquaintance.

"Master Jiang!"

Li Yan looked surprised.

Li Yan remembered very clearly the benefactor who gave him the method to sustain his life and enabled him to embark on the journey of spiritual practice.

If it weren't for the old Taoist's life-preserving methods and reminders, he would have been cursed to death by the evil cultivator long ago.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the Taoist priest is his savior. "Hey, Mr. Li San."

When the old Taoist was selling the talismans he drew to a passerby, he suddenly heard a shout from the side. He turned around and recognized Li Yan.

"Why is the Taoist priest selling talismans here? Are you short of money?"

Li Yan joked.

He saw his second sister give two thousand gold to the Taoist priest.

It's only been a few days since he started selling talismans on the roadside.

"Hey, it costs a lot of money for me to make the elixir. The money I got that day has long been used up."

The old Taoist shook his head in pain. Two thousand gold, which was equivalent to twenty thousand taels of silver notes, was spent on buying medicine in just a few days.

However, the expense was well worth it, as it allowed him to enter the Four Souls realm several months earlier.

"I'll take care of all these spells."

Li Yan took out a silver note and handed it to the old Taoist priest, and asked his guards to pack up dozens of talismans.

With his vision, he could see that the life energy contained in this talisman was more than the one his second brother-in-law had given him before.

The old Taoist is indeed a cultivator, and his level may be quite high.

Li Yan guessed secretly in his heart.

Although he has no use for these talismans, he can give them to his family members.

Right now, the demons and ghosts in Hengjiang Prefecture are wreaking havoc. With the talisman to protect him, his family will be safer.

The old Taoist took the banknote and smiled happily: "Thank you very much for your patronage, Third Young Master."

He was short of money to buy medicinal herbs. As long as he had enough of them, he could refine the Qingling Pill and increase his cultivation speed dramatically.

He also has a good impression of Li Yan.

Because he derived the Qingling Pill from the remaining recipe of a medicinal pill, Li Yan could be considered one of his drug testers.

Of course, there was nothing wrong with the pill itself, but the old Taoist asked someone to test it out of caution.

It turned out that the efficacy of Qingling Pill was quite strong. A patient who had been demented for several years was instantly cured because of Qingling Pill.

As a cultivator, after taking the Qingling Pill, he also felt that his soul was nourished by the medicinal power in a short period of time, and his cultivation speed increased tenfold.

The effect of Qingling Pill is comparable to that of mid-grade Mingqi Pill.

Just because he was worried about his own safety, the old Taoist didn't dare to sell the Qingling Pill to others and could only take it himself.

Otherwise, he wouldn't be so short of money that he would have to sell talismans.

"Master, I have an unreasonable request. I wonder if you are willing to do it."

Li Yan took out another silver note and said to the old Taoist.

The old Taoist's eyes lit up, he coughed lightly, sat up straight and said, "Third Young Master, what do you want to say? Just tell me."

"I wonder if you have any magic skills. Are you willing to sell them? I'm willing to pay a lot of money for them!"

Li Yan looked at the old Taoist with burning eyes.

"Spell?"

The old Taoist looked at Li Yan seriously.

"You have survived the catastrophe and cultivated yourself into a Taoist priest, okay?"

Li Yan nodded and said, "That's right, thank you for the reminder, Taoist Priest."

“Tsk tsk, I didn’t expect that you, Third Young Master, have such a strong talent for cultivation. You have actually survived the catastrophe and achieved great cultivation in such a short time.”

The old Taoist was amazed.

Although he couldn't see Li Yan's level of cultivation, he was already quite shocked that he had survived the life-threatening calamity and refined the life energy in such a short time.

Unless a practitioner shows his or her own level of cultivation, few people can tell the specific level of cultivation a practitioner has.

It was because Liu Yingying saw Li Yan using his own Taoism to resist the evil magic that she concluded that Li Yan had at least seven or eight years of Taoism experience.

(End of this chapter)