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

Chapter 12 Demonic Disaster
"You have just started practicing, and your cultivation is still in its infancy. Even if I sell you the spells, you will not be able to practice."

The old Taoist was naturally willing to sell his magic spells. After all, he was short of money right now.

He was just worried that Li Yan would not be able to practice magic due to his lack of Taoism and would blame him.

So it’s still important to make it clear in advance.

"It doesn't matter, as long as the Taoist priest is willing to sell it."

Li Yan had a smile on his face.

"Okay, I can teach you three spells, each for two thousand gold, how about that?"

"no problem."

Li Yan nodded without hesitation.

Although six thousand gold is a considerable fortune for the Li family, Li Yan obviously doesn't care about it.

Since he chose to become a practitioner, he was destined to become a prodigal.

"As expected of the Hengjiang Li family, they are indeed wealthy and powerful."

When the old Taoist saw that Li Yan agreed without blinking, he felt a little regretful, thinking that he had said too little.

However, the three spells he was going to teach were only relatively simple spells, and two thousand gold was already a bit high.

If he went any further, he would feel his conscience hurt.

"The three spells I'm going to sell you are Sprint, Fire Snake, and Psychic Vision."

"You can only start practicing these three spells after you have cultivated at least one life energy. Otherwise, it may damage your cultivation."

When Li Yan heard the names of the three spells, which were different from the spells he obtained from the evil cultivator, he nodded directly.

He reached his right hand into his sleeve and took out five large-denomination silver bills, a total of six silver bills worth ten thousand taels, and handed them to the old Taoist.

The old Taoist took the silver note and put it away without even looking at it.

Then he readily took out three books of spells from his storage bag and handed them to Li Yan.

"Thank you, Master Jiang, for your help."

Li Yan carefully put away the three volumes of magic spells, then bowed to the old Taoist priest with a smile on his face to express his gratitude.

"It's just a deal, there's no need to thank me, Third Young Master. Hengjiang Prefecture may be a little unsafe in the next few days, Third Young Master, you should go back early after you've worshipped the Prefecture God! If you encounter any demons or ghosts, you can send someone to find me at Muyang Mountain on the south bank of Hengjiang River."

The old Taoist waved his hand and reminded Li Yan again. He made some finger gestures without chanting any spell. In an instant, a stream of clear air appeared under his feet and then walked away into the distance. After just a few breaths, it disappeared.

"A demon?"

Li Yan looked at the direction the old Taoist left, and his heart sank.

He had already learned from Liu Yingying that the divine domain of Hengjiang Prefecture had crashed.

We must at least wait until the divine realm of Hengjiang Prefecture is restored before we can completely prevent demons and ghosts from entering Hengjiang Prefecture.

During this period, without the protection of the gods, demons and ghosts can enter and leave Hengjiang Prefecture at will, so Hengjiang Prefecture is much more dangerous than usual.

If you are unlucky and encounter a demon or ghost, you can only leave it to fate.

"It seems that I should continue to use the life energy I cultivate to light up the first soul."

Li Yan made a decision in his heart.

The first soul is the corpse dog soul, which has the function of warding off evil spirits.

After an ordinary person's seven life energies light up the corpse dog soul, the life energy that is condensed again will choose to break through and light up the second soul.

However, Li Yan's eleven life energies were all used to light up the corpse dog soul, which made his corpse dog soul's ability to ward off evil spirits much more powerful than that of ordinary practitioners.

If you continue to use your life energy to light up the corpse dog soul, its ability to ward off evil will become even stronger.

It can also cause greater damage to demons and ghosts.

The human race is the most intelligent creature in the world, possessing three souls and seven spirits that other races do not have.

The Taoism cultivated with the three souls and seven spirits is more refined and powerful than that of demons and ghosts.

A cultivator with ten years of Taoist practice can hold his own against a demon with a hundred years of Taoist practice as long as he has the right spells and magical tools.

However, if a cultivator who has practiced the Taoism of Corpse Dog Soul for ten years has such a strong power to ward off evil spirits, any ordinary demon or ghost that has practiced the Taoism for a hundred years will die if they encounter it.

The reason why the evil cultivator was killed by Li Yan's backlash may be that Li Yan used eleven life energies to light up the corpse dog soul. The reason why few people specialize in one soul is because they are worried about wasting their Taoism and not being able to enter a higher realm.

Li Yan doesn't have this worry. He improves his Taoism day by day and year by year, so he doesn't have to worry about wasting it.

He had made up his mind and decided not to stay in Yueyin Mountain any longer. He planned to go home immediately to cultivate his life energy and learn magic.

During this trip he acquired six spells, which was enough for him to study for a while.

The next step is to thoroughly digest the gains of this trip.

This way his strength will be greatly improved.

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Li family residence.

"Go and deliver these talismans to my second sister."

After Li Yan returned home, he only kept three of the talismans bought by the Taoist priest for Li's father to protect himself, and asked his servants to deliver the remaining twenty or so to Li Ke.

Now that there are evil spirits wreaking havoc in the city, he can rest assured that his second sister has these talismans to protect her.

This is not because he is partial, but because Li's father is also in the Li Mansion now.

If the Li family encounters evil spirits, he can take action at any time.

But the second sister lived in the prefect's residence, which was some distance away from the Li family, and she needed talismans to protect herself even more.

Li Yan gave the remaining three talismans to Li's father for protection, and asked him to go out as little as possible in the next few days.

Then he returned to his own yard, asked the servants around him to leave, and planned to retreat for a while.

After the Mansion God Ceremony, Father Li knew that his son had already started practicing and became a magician, so naturally he would take Li Yan's words to heart.

Moreover, according to the blood test conducted at Yuehua Temple, although he was very reluctant to admit it, it was true that Li Ze had no blood relationship with him.

Li Yan is his only son now, so he values Li Yan's opinion even more.

The Li family remained peaceful for the next few days.

Although there were reports of demons and ghosts eating people in the city, they were quickly driven out and killed by the wizards who arrived.

The Zhao family where Zhao Xueyan lived unfortunately encountered a demon.

Finally, a wizard arrived and killed the wolf demon.

But the Zhao family also suffered heavy losses. More than a dozen direct descendants of the family were eaten, and the entire family was almost wiped out. Dozens of guards were directly killed by the wolf monster.

Today, the Zhao family of Hengjiang is only in name only.

In front of a powerful demon, even if you are rich, you will only become a meal.

After receiving the news, Li's father immediately ordered the house to be closed and no one was allowed to enter or leave.

The direct descendants of the Li family also knew the seriousness of the situation. At this critical moment, they dared not go out to indulge in wine and women, but hid in their respective courtyards, trembling with fear.

Time passed day by day, and soon it was the ninth day of the Palace God Festival.

The government and magicians have informed the people that as long as the prefectural god ceremony can be successfully concluded, the prefectural god of Hengjiang will be able to protect the people again and they will no longer be threatened by demons and ghosts.

Many people are looking forward to the smooth completion of the Fushen Festival.

Just on this day, when Li Yan was practicing in the room, he suddenly felt a cold breath invading the Li family mansion.

He woke up from his training with a startled look in his eyes. A thin golden line seemed to flash across his dark pupils.

"There's something evil about it."

Li Yan said softly.

After several days of practice, he has already acquired twenty years of skills, and used them all to light up the first soul.

This made his corpse dog soul's ability to ward off evil spirits extremely strong.

As soon as the evil ghost entered the Li family, his corpse dog soul issued a warning.

It was as if someone blew a breath of cold air on his neck, waking him up from his practice.

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