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

Chapter 25 Missing
"The Li family isn't a cultivation family, how could this Third Young Master Li have such a high level of cultivation?"

Cui Xiaotang had a puzzled look on his face.

The black cat squatted on the table, wagging its tail gently, and guessed, "Who knows? Maybe this Third Master Li has joined a large sect."

"Maybe. I'll ask my dad later."

Cui Xiaotang seemed to be thinking about something, and then asked Black Cat, "Xiao Cai, how long do you think it will take me to catch up with Mr. Li San's level of cultivation?"

She had just started practicing and it was her first time meeting a practitioner of the same age, so she couldn't help but compare them.

The black cat jumped onto Cui Xiaotang's lap, glanced at her, and said, "If you practice step by step, I'm afraid you will never be able to beat him."

"But who made you meet me?"

Black Cat had a proud look on his face: "Once you have mastered the Nine Lives Soul-Refining Technique, you can refine the Life Pearl with me. By then, our cultivation will be improved, and even those peerless geniuses will not be able to compare with us. It won't be long before we can surpass this Third Young Master Li."

The life bead in its body contains a large amount of pure Taoism. If it were not unable to refine it by itself and had to make a contract with others and practice together to refine the life bead, it would have become a thousand-year-old monster long ago.

"Well, don't worry, Xiao Cai. In a few days, I will be able to practice the basics."

Cui Xiaotang nodded slightly, feeling a little expectant.

She reached out and held the black cat in her arms, stroking it gently with her delicate hands.

……

After Li Yan chatted with the head of the Cui family, Song Xing also came to him and called him aside.

He found a quiet room on the second floor and took Li Yan in.

"Brother-in-law, what's the matter with you?"

Li Yan followed Song Xing to the tea table in the room. Just as he was about to sit down, he saw Song Xing standing beside him with a serious expression. He bowed to him and said, "Xiao Yan, I have something I didn't want to say, but since it concerns the lives of the people in Hengjiang Prefecture, I decided to speak up and ask you for advice."

"Brother-in-law, what are you talking about? We are a family, there is nothing wrong with talking about it."

Li Yan hurriedly held Song Xing's hand.

"If you have anything to say, just tell me."

Song Xing nodded and said, "If that's the case, I won't waste any more words."

"In recent days, many counties in Hengjiang Prefecture have reported a number of missing persons cases. These cases have occurred in recent months. I sent people to search for clues and found that these cases are very strange and do not seem to be simple human trafficking."

"The soldiers at the city gate said that those people did not leave the city at all. They disappeared directly in the city. We dug three feet into the ground but could not find them."

"Although these cases don't seem to be committed by demons, I feel they are unusual, so I would like to ask for your opinion."

"Missing people?"

Li Yan pondered for a moment.

After listening to what Song Xing said, he also felt that this case was unusual.

"Could it be an evil cultivator?"

Li Yan had a guess in his mind.

He himself had encountered evil cultivators, so it was not surprising that there were other evil cultivators in Hengjiang Prefecture.

He told Song Xing his guess.

"Evil cultivator?"

"What should we do? If the disappearances were caused by evil practitioners, it would be difficult for us to find out the truth with our manpower."

Song Xing was a little anxious.

Li Yan asked in confusion: "Then why don't you ask the Demon Subduing Division to come?"

Song Xing sighed and said, "It's not that easy. The Demon Subduing Department is short of manpower. Unless there is a large-scale chaos caused by demons and ghosts, and it is a major incident that is completely out of control, they will urgently arrange for people to take action."

"For a missing person case like this, by the time the people they sent to the scene arrive, I'm afraid the evil cultivators will have already run off to who knows where."

Li Yan thought about it and realized that it was true.

Even for such a major event as the crash of the divine realm, the Demon-Subduing Division would only arrange for personnel to arrive when the Palace God Ceremony began.

The official members arrived at Hengjiang Prefecture only after the prefecture god ceremony was completed.

The efficiency is shockingly low.

"In my opinion, you can ask Daoist Master Jiang about this matter, brother-in-law."

Li Yan didn't know much about evil cultivators, and he mostly heard about them from Liu Yingying. He thought the old Taoist was knowledgeable and might know some inside information.

"Master Jiang?"

Song Xing's heart moved.

He almost forgot that besides Li Yan, there was also such a true cultivator in Hengjiang Prefecture.

"That's right, Daoist Master Jiang is very powerful. If there really is an evil cultivator, he will surely be able to destroy him if he takes action."

Li Yan still has great confidence in the old Taoist's strength.

According to his guess, he is at least a high-level magician who has condensed three souls, or even a high-level magician with four souls.

With such strength, ordinary evil cultivators are no match for him.

"it is good."

Song Xing nodded, excitement showing on his face.

"I will go and invite Daoist Master Jiang tomorrow. If Daoist Master Jiang can destroy the evil cultivator, I will write to the Demon Subduing Department to ask for credit for him."

He knew very well that if he wanted to invite such a cultivator to take action, only the merits of the Demon-Subduing Bureau could attract him.

……

The temple is not as high as the banished immortal from heaven.

Lingya Mountain in Zhongzhou is a fairyland, a magical cave, and is surrounded by clouds and mist. All kinds of rare and precious animals roam the mountain streams.

A colorful auspicious cloud flew in from the sky and finally landed on the top of the main peak of Lingya Mountain, in front of a cave with reversed light.

A middle-aged man in a brown robe fell from the cloud.

The man stood carefully in front of the cave, bowed and said, "Spirit Lord, the spirit cat is in Hengjiang Prefecture and has already made a contract with a rich lady named Cui Xiaotang."

"Then never mind it."

"This civet cat clan is born to choose people with great luck as their master."

"Perhaps, my human race can give birth to another True Lord Dinghun."

A faint sound came from the cave, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a man or a woman, and the sound was very moving.

"My subordinates know."

The man showed envy on his face.

It is not so easy to stabilize the soul. There are countless seven-spirit immortals born in this world from ancient times to the present.

However, there are only a few True Lords who can cross the chasm and enter the realm of soul-fixing.

Moreover, all of them are people with great luck and extraordinary talents.

The fact that the young lady from a wealthy family was considered by Lingjun to have the potential to become a True Lord really made Lingjun extremely envious.

"You also have to go and beat up those who want to catch civet cats."

"The Nine-Life Demon King has fought for our human race for many years. How can these villains touch his offspring?"

"My subordinate understands."

The man nodded.

"And one more thing."

The ethereal voice coming from the cave slowly said: "The Demon Subduing Division will begin to recruit more people starting today."

"I obey my orders."

The man's heart sank. Although Ling Jun did not explain the reason to him, he could guess that the current situation in the world might not be very good.

"You go ahead."

Upon hearing this, the man hurriedly bowed and said goodbye, stretched out his hand to summon auspicious clouds, sat cross-legged on the clouds, and slowly flew down the mountain.

After the man left, a sigh was heard from the cave.

"Hengjiang Prefecture has been here for over a hundred years..."

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