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

Chapter 54: Demon-Slaying Flying Sword
Lian Mingkuan was not clear about Li Yan's specific strength.

In his heart, he didn't think that Li Yan could reach Master Ji's level.

After all, Master Ji single-handedly killed a thousand-year-old monster. Such strength is second to none even in the Six Souls Realm.

Li Yan had no reputation in Liang State before, but he was suddenly appointed as the chief of the Demon-Subduing Department of Heyang Prefecture.

He naturally thought that Li Yan had just broken through the Six Souls Realm not long ago.

But no matter what, Li Yan is a Taoist in the Six Souls Realm.

With such strength, he is already able to fight against those old monsters in Heyang Prefecture.

Now the old monster in Heyang Prefecture is still unaware that Taoist Ji has left.

By the time they react and learn of Master Ji's departure, there is a high probability that chaos will break out in Heyang Prefecture.

And now that Li Yan has arrived, even if they find out that Taoist Ji has left, they will not be too reckless with Li Yan, a Taoist of the Six Souls Realm whose depth is unknown, in charge.

So Lian Mingkuan was still very welcome to Li Yan's arrival.

"Master Yan, this is your share of the Life Qi Pill."

Seeing that the introduction was almost complete, Lian Mingkuan respectfully handed a palm-sized storage bag to Li Yan.

Li Yan reached out to take it and found that there were ten jade bottles and thirty-six porcelain bottles inside.

He took out a jade bottle, opened it, and a strong aroma of elixir wafted into his nose.

He took out a pill and placed it in his palm, looking surprised.

This pill is crystal clear and has a light red color. Li Yan can feel the pure life energy contained in the pill.

Lian Mingkuan looked at the pill in Li Yan's hand with envy.

This is a top-grade life energy pill.

It is refined in the magic-grade alchemy furnace of the Demon-Subduing Division of Heyang Prefecture, and can produce nearly one hundred pills a year.

As the chief of Heyang Prefecture, Li Yan’s annual salary is thirty top-grade Life Qi Pills.

The remaining high-quality life energy pills will be distributed based on contributions.

Some high-level independent cultivators also have a chance to obtain top-grade Life Energy Pills by completing tasks.

A medium to low-grade Life Qi Pill that can be used by people with less than five spirits.

But once one reaches the Five Spirits Realm, these two grades of Life Energy Pills will have basically no effect.

Only top-grade Life Energy Pills can significantly improve one's cultivation level.

Lian Mingkuan’s annual salary included a lot of mid- and low-grade Life Qi Pills, but only three high-grade Life Qi Pills.

If he had thirty Life Energy Pills, refining them could at least improve his Taoism by six or seven years.

Li Yan was quite satisfied.

He felt that this top-grade Life Qi Pill could improve his cultivation level even for him.

Although it may not be too much, it is also a way to improve your Taoism.

"Where is the library of the Demon-Subduing Department?"

Li Yan put all the pills in the storage bag into the Golden Order Space, then looked up and asked Lian Mingkuan.

The main reason why he rushed to the Demon-Subduing Bureau so quickly was to learn magic.

"Master Yan, please follow me."

Lian Mingkuan hurriedly led Li Yan to an attic.

"This is the library of the Demon-Subduing Department of Heyang Prefecture. It contains thousands of low-level spells, hundreds of mid-level spells, and more than thirty high-level spells. In addition, there are other Liang Kingdom gossips, secret stories about demons and ghosts, Taoist priests' and immortals' notes, etc."

Li Yan's eyes lit up when he heard this. The intermediate spells he had learned before were only the small teleportation spell, the flying sword spell, and the wind control spell.

Moreover, these three spells were common among the mid-level spells. However, the library of the Demon-Subduing Department contained over a hundred mid-level spells and over thirty high-level spells.

As the chief of the Demon-Subduing Department of Heyang Prefecture, Li Yan naturally does not need to consume contributions like other people in the Demon-Subduing Department to obtain spells.

He can learn all the spells here.

Once he selects a few high-level spells from the library and practices them to perfection, his own strength will definitely be greatly enhanced!

The one guarding the library is a high-level wizard with four souls in his seventies named Ding Rong.

After Lian Mingkuan's introduction, Ding Rong hurriedly bowed respectfully to Li Yan.

"I don't know what kind of magic Master Yan wants to learn. I have worked in the library for many years, so maybe I can help you."

Facing Li Yan, who was at the Six Souls Realm, Ding Rong was extremely enthusiastic.

Li Yan's idea moved, and he asked Ding Rong to introduce him to the powerful high-level spells in the library.

Upon hearing this, Ding Rong quickly said to Li Yan: "Among the high-level spells, the most powerful ones are the Three Yang Fire, the Demon Slayer Flying Sword, and the Palm Thunder."

"Master Ji's main magic is the Three Yang Fire. He can even summon the Six Yang Fire with a single stretch of his hand, as if the sun had descended upon the earth, burning rivers and boiling seas. However, he has already cultivated the Three Yang Fire to a level that goes beyond the magic itself, which is not something that ordinary people can do."

"In addition, there is a Five Elements Escape Technique that is also very good."

"For defense, there is also a golden shield to protect the body, which is also a powerful spell."

"Bring them all here!"

Li Yan was not polite and prepared to take a good look at these spells and make a choice from them.

Ding Rong found all these spells, and then Li Yan collected them all.

Afterwards, Lian Mingkuan brought Li Yan to the courtyard prepared for him.

It is called a courtyard, but to Li Yan it looks more like a manor, covering an area of three hundred feet in radius and surrounded by a small hill.

Various flowers, plants and trees are planted around the courtyard, and the leaves never wither. There is also a river running through the middle of the courtyard, and you can see fish swimming happily in the water.

At the foot of the hill is a three-story attic, where Li Yan will live in the Demon-Subduing Bureau in the future.

Looking at the scene in the yard, he nodded slightly.

The scenery here is quite nice and it is relatively quiet, making it a good place for cultivation.

After he sent Lian Mingkuan away, he went into the attic, found a room and settled down.

Then he took out several spells he had just obtained from the library and began to read them one by one.

"To refine the Three Yang Fire, one needs to refine many fire-related rare items, mainly the essence of the fire. If one can refine the spiritual fire of heaven and earth, the power of the Three Yang Fire can be greatly increased. The more one refines, the more powerful the Three Yang Fire will be. In the end, it will even be enough to rival top-level spells."

Li Yan first looked at Sanyang Lihuo, then frowned slightly.

The power of the Three Yang Li Fire is certainly not weak, but in order to practice it, one needs fire-related wonders such as the Essence of Li Fire.

Naturally, he doesn't have these things on him, so if he wants to practice, he needs to find them.

Moreover, if one wants to cultivate to the level of Master Ji, one needs to refine the spiritual fire of heaven and earth.

It is obvious that the Spiritual Fire of Heaven and Earth is not something that is easy to obtain, and it is probably even more difficult for him to obtain it.

"Pity."

Li Yan sighed and put down the spell of Sanyang Lihuo.

Then he turned and opened the demon-slaying flying sword.

"To slay demons with a flying sword, you need to use a magic weapon-level flying sword as the foundation. The resentment of the demons and ghosts that died is used to refine the sword's energy. The stronger the demon and ghost are, the purer the sword's energy will be. If you can refine the sword's energy with the resentment of the demon king, it can be comparable to a top-level spell. Once the flying sword is out, the demon and ghost will be beheaded."

When Li Yan saw this, his eyes suddenly lit up.

(End of this chapter)