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

Chapter 18: Warding off evil spirits
There is no moon in the courtyard.

Before you know it, late autumn has arrived.

Li Yan stood in the stone pavilion in the courtyard with his hands behind his back.

The weeping willows by the pond were swayed by the wind, and dead leaves fell one by one, floating into the pond and creating ripples on the calm water surface.

"Third Young Master, another demon ghost was found by the Demon Subduing Division today. It is said that this is the thirteenth demon ghost found by the Demon Subduing Division."

The little maid Cuizhu chattered to Li Yan about the latest news happening outside.

"The magic mirror of the Demon-Subduing Bureau is really good. It found so many demons and ghosts so quickly."

Li Yan was quite envious, he also wanted to have a magic mirror.

The reason why these people from the Demon-Subduing Bureau can quickly find hidden demons and ghosts is all thanks to this magic mirror.

Just by using the life energy, you can sense whether there are any monsters in an area of ten miles.

It can also sense the specific location.

In addition, as long as the demons and ghosts are illuminated by the clear light of the magic mirror, their true form will be revealed no matter how well they are disguised.

Although the magic mirror has no offensive capabilities, its auxiliary capabilities are quite powerful, enough to cover up this shortcoming.

Ever since the people from the Demon-Subduing Bureau arrived in Hengjiang Prefecture three days ago, they have been searching everywhere for hidden monsters.

The results are quite encouraging.

Those rampant demons and ghosts had already been cleared out by the magicians after the palace god sacrifice.

The demons and ghosts that are still alive today all have extremely strong hiding abilities.

But even so, he was still found out by the magic mirror.

This shows how powerful the magic mirror is.

Now, a month has passed since the end of the Palace God Festival.

Li Yan has also achieved half of the goal he set for himself.

After he used all the fifty life energies he had cultivated to light up his corpse dog soul, his corpse dog soul also underwent tremendous changes.

Originally it was just a light red shadow, but as the life energy continued to blend in, the color changed from light to dark, and finally became deep red.

Until yesterday, after integrating the fiftieth life energy, it turned into black and red.

Moreover, the light red shadow of the corpse dog soul was almost turning into a black and red entity.

The life energy that Li Yan cultivated has become several times more pure.

This is a huge transformation.

Li Yan didn't know if there was anyone like him who used fifty life energies to light up the first soul.

He only knew that he had really reached the true limit of the first soul.

In the eyes of practitioners, the number of seventy-seven is the limit of the fusion of the seven souls and the life energy.

This is true no matter which soul you are cultivating.

However, Li Yan broke this limit.

There are fifty avenues, four or nine in the sky, and one of them escapes.

After integrating fifty life energies, Li Yan grabbed the escaping "one".

The benefit is that he ignited the magical powers contained in the corpse dog soul.

"War off evil spirits!"

Even when thinking back on it today, Li Yan is still very excited.

He mastered the functions of the corpse dog soul.

In other words, even if he didn't use any magic, he could cause considerable damage to the monsters and ghosts with just his fists and feet.

Because warding off evil spirits is no longer just the function of Li Yan's corpse dog soul, it has also become his innate magical power.

Even if his Taoism is completely lost, his innate magical powers will not be taken away.

If he uses magic, any spell will double the damage to demons and ghosts due to his ability to ward off evil spirits.

According to Liu Yingying, a corpse dog soul practitioner with twenty to thirty years of cultivation can compete with a powerful demon or evil ghost with five hundred years of cultivation.

And now Li Yan not only has fifty years of experience in corpse dog soul cultivation, but has also unlocked the magical power to ward off evil spirits.

With all kinds of blessings, the damage that Li Yan can inflict on demons and ghosts has now reached an extremely terrifying level.

He even felt that even if he encountered a thousand-year-old monster, he would be able to touch it.

Of course, he was just thinking about it. The thousand-year-old demon was already comparable to a Taoist at the Six Souls level, and its terrifying strength was beyond his current imagination.

But no matter what, Li Yan now has enough power to protect himself.

……

"These people from the Demon-Subduing Department are too difficult to deal with."

A middle-aged man in coarse cloth, carrying a shoulder pole with two baskets of fruit hanging on both sides, followed the others into the city, then found an empty alley and put down the shoulder pole.

His face looked somewhat gloomy.

This man was the wolf demon that was injured by Liu Yingying's flying sword.

Originally, he thought that the plan was successful and that the divine domain of Hengjiang Prefecture could not be re-condensed, so he hid in the territory of Hengjiang Prefecture to recuperate from his injuries.

But it didn't expect that bad news would come soon. The divine domain of Hengjiang Mansion was restored and it was trapped.

This immediately stunned the wolf demon.

After the restoration of the divine domain of the Palace God, no demons or ghosts are allowed to enter or leave.

Of course, with the wolf demon's level of skill, it is not difficult to open a gap in the divine realm.

But the problem is that it participated in destroying the Palace God Ceremony, and its aura has been remembered by the Hengjiang Palace God.

Once the God of Hengjiang Prefecture discovered its trace, it had no doubt that the God of Hengjiang Prefecture would come in person to suppress it.

During the Palace God Ceremony, the Palace God of Hengjiang was unable to take action in order to condense the divine realm.

Now that the divine realm has been restored, this restriction no longer exists.

The wolf demon didn't want to face the Hengjiang Dragon King, who had practiced Taoism for a thousand years and had been conferred the title by the imperial court for a hundred years.

Even without using its divine power, the old dragon could easily kill it.

The wolf demon had no choice but to continue hiding in Hengjiang Prefecture, but he did not expect that the practitioners from the Demon Subduing Bureau would arrive, holding a magic mirror, and find his hiding place.

Moreover, the captain of the Demon-Subduing Division who is in the lead is a practitioner who specializes in cultivating corpse dog spirits and has practiced Taoism for twenty to thirty years.

Together with the other four three-soul practitioners who are activating magical instruments, their strength should not be underestimated.

The wolf demon's back wound had not yet healed, so after desperately injuring two practitioners, it hurriedly fled.

"I am hiding in Hengjiang Prefecture now. They will never be able to guess it."

The most dangerous place is the safest place.

The demons and ghosts are also familiar with the excellent knowledge of the human race.

As the first stop for the Demon Exorcist Bureau to search for and eliminate demons and ghosts, Hengjiang City can easily become a dark place and be ignored by the people of the Demon Exorcist Bureau.

"I just hope that the boss's plan can be implemented sooner..."

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"Another demonic aura?"

Li Yan frowned, he could sense the presence of a demon near the Li Mansion.

After the corpse dog soul was completely lit up, the distance and accuracy of his perception ability were also improved.

Just now, he sensed the presence of a demonic presence in an alley not far from Li's mansion.

It was just a fleeting breath, as if it was just an illusion.

"There must be a monster near the Li Mansion, and the aura of this monster is extremely well hidden. In just a moment, the aura completely disappeared."

"This kind of concealment ability is definitely not something that ordinary monsters can achieve. Could it be that the big monster is coming here?"

Li Yan thought in his heart.

It's not impossible.

Today, the Demon-Subduing Division is searching for monsters all over Hengjiang Prefecture, but there has been no news of finding any big monster.

"No matter if it is or not, let's have the people from the Demon Subduing Division come and search for it first."

Li Yan did not plan to look for it himself, but was going to ask someone from the Demon Subduing Bureau to take a look.

Because he felt that even if he went there, it would be difficult to find the hidden monster, and it would instead alert the enemy.

It is better to let professionals do professional things.

He sent someone to inform his second brother-in-law, and asked him to tell the people in the Demon-Subduing Bureau that there was a demonic aura appearing near the Li family.

(End of this chapter)