If you were asked to identify an item, would you choose to extract magical powers?

Chapter 93 New Divine Power Level 3, Sacrifice
After the smoke condensed into words and appeared, Shen Bai felt that he had made the right trip.

At first, Shen Bai just thought that this trip would at most bring him some evil spirits, but now he didn't expect that there would be such a good thing as a weirdo.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang were also very surprised. They didn't expect that there would be strange creatures in such a small closed village.

Village Chief Feng asked doubtfully, "What is this strange thing?"

Shen Bai came back to his senses and said, "Don't worry about these things. Are you sure that Taoist priest has gone far away?"

Village Chief Feng quickly replied, "He has gone far away, and we can't find him."

Shen Bai fell into deep thought.

Huang Guang walked closer and asked in a low voice: "Brother Shen, what are you going to do now?"

He and Kong Fang were both considered experts in their respective county offices, but when they arrived at the Jiantian Division of Fenglin Prefecture, they instantly became mediocre.

After all, every member of the Tianjiansi is a skilled fighter recruited from the county government. In other words, they are all geniuses who have fought their way up from the bottom.

But Shen Bai is different, Shen Bai was specially recruited.

There are only three of them in the entire Ding Twenty-Three Divisions.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang subconsciously centered their attention on Shen Bai.

Shen Bai touched his chin and said, "Let's stay here for one night first."

It would be difficult to find out whether there was anything wrong here with just this one trip. Shen Bai thought that the best thing to do now was to stay here for one night to see if there were any new discoveries.

This is the most common way of dealing with it, and Huang Guang and the others had no objection.

After hearing what they said, Village Chief Feng quickly said, "Then I will go and arrange accommodation for the three adults."

Shen Bai nodded and said, "You go first."

Huang Guang asked: "Brother Shen, do you have any clues?"

Shen Bai shook his head and said, "I'll take a look and come back later."

Although the two didn't know why Shen Bai stayed here, they both knew that Shen Bai was special, so they didn't suspect anything.

Village chief Feng started calling people and took Huang Guang and the other two away from the dead tree.

After a while, Shen Bai was the only one left in front of the dead tree.

Shen Bai looked around.

The surroundings were as dark as ink.

There was nothing but pitch black.

The resentment was still there, but it was the same as at the beginning, like a poisonous snake coiling over the entire village.

Shen Bai withdrew his gaze and looked at the huge dead tree, then walked closer to the dead tree with Han Yue on his arm.

The closer Shen Bai got to the dead tree, the more he could feel the cold and eerie aura from it.

There was still no one around.

Shen Bai raised his hand and placed it on the dead tree.

The next moment, one of the ten remaining evil spirits of Shen Bai disappeared.

Then, the dead tree began to become ordinary.

The smoke in front of me was distorted and gradually changing.

After a while, the smoke disappeared and reappeared, twisting like a snake, forming new words.

[Obtained magical power: Rejuvenation]

[Rejuvenation Level 1 (Healing +1): 0/100]

After the smoke turned into words, it immediately entered Shen Bai's mind.

A shadow appeared in Shen Bai's mind.

This time, the state of the phantom changed significantly.

There were densely packed wounds on the phantom's body, crisscrossing like canine teeth.

Each wound was so deep that the bone was visible, which made people shudder at the sight.

Blood covered the phantom's entire body, but the phantom seemed to not care at all.

The next moment, a green light emerged from the shadow.

In just a moment, the green light covered the entire body of the phantom.

As a jade-like green light emerged, the wounds on the phantom's body began to heal at a speed visible to the naked eye.

In just a blink of an eye, all the wounds recovered as if they had never appeared.

After a moment, the shadow gradually disappeared.

Shen Bai opened his eyes and absorbed all the information.

“Spring comes when a dead tree returns, marking the beginning of all things.”

A glimmer of excitement flashed across Shen Bai's eyes.

"This magical power is like sending a pillow when you are sleepy. This time, it makes up for my shortcomings." Shen Bai thought to himself.

Before, Shen Bai had the Blood Sword Dance and Vajra Demon Subduing Fist for attack, and the Hao Yu Evil Body and Mysterious Heart Curse for defense.

In terms of concealing one's breath, there is Shadow Walking, and as for physical skills, there is Divine Travel of a Hundred Miles.

But there has always been a weakness that Shen Bai never possessed, and that is the ability to recover.

Although Shen Bai has strong defense, he often walks around in the world and is bound to get his feet wet.

If one day he fails to defend himself and gets seriously injured, Shen Bai will have a headache.

But that's different now.

With the rejuvenation technique, Shen Bai made up for his shortcomings in treatment.

If you are injured, you can heal it with just one rejuvenation spell.

"I really want to try it, but unfortunately, I don't have that inclination."

If you want to try rejuvenation, you must at least be injured.

It's impossible for Shen Bai to stab himself first and then use the rejuvenation technique. That would be pure insanity.

"Tonight, I'll have a good time." Shen Bai thought to himself and walked towards the village.

He stayed here just to identify the strange object. Now that the strange object has been obtained, it is time to go back.

As for why this dead tree suddenly became ordinary, you can just make up a reason later.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai walked back the way he came.

……

The village is sealed off, inside the room.

Village chief Feng took the three people's identities into consideration and arranged a large house for them to live in.

After Shen Bai returned to his residence, he started talking with Huang Guang and the others.

"In my opinion, exploring the village at night, the feeling this village gave me is not that simple."

"But if they really want to hide, investigating them will be useless. After all, the intelligence informants of the Tianjian Division haven't found any relevant clues."

"So what? Are we just going to wait like this?"

"I don't know either. This is my first time on a mission. What do you think, Brother Shen?"

Huang Guang and Kong Fang kept talking, but neither of them got any results, so they turned their attention to Shen Bai.

After coming back, Shen Bai has been circulating the Qi in his body. There is a ball of green light in his hand, which is like a fun thing that Shen Bai is playing with.

The green light exudes a warmth that makes people feel relaxed and happy.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang didn't know what it was, but they both came from the bottom and understood human nature. They knew that they couldn't inquire about other people's news at will.

Since it was useless for the two of them to discuss it now, they still asked.

Shen Bai stopped what he was doing and said, "In fact, you have always forgotten the ultimate goal of the Tianjian Division."

Huang Guang was slightly stunned, then asked: "What is the purpose?"

Shen Bai said: "Solving the weirdness is the ultimate goal."

"Since something strange has happened here, let's just wait a little longer and solve it."

"Anyone with a discerning eye in this village can see the difference. While we're dealing with this strange situation, we might find some clues, so there's no need to rush for now."

"As long as we're here, that's all."

As Shen Bai spoke, the two of them looked as if they had suddenly understood.

It is indeed as Shen Bai said, solving the weirdness is the top priority.

There is a problem in the village. After the strange appearance, there may be new clues. After all, the root of all this is not only the Kitchen God Festival, but also the strange appearance.

With Shen Bai's answer, the two of them stopped talking and went into their respective rooms.

Shen Bai also returned to the house and continued to improve his proficiency in rejuvenation techniques.

The night passed slowly.

……

Nothing unusual happened that night.

When the next day came, Shen Bai put away the green light in his hand, took out a Qi and Blood Pill from his arms and swallowed it.

A line of smoke appeared before my eyes and eventually condensed into words.

【回春术lv.2（治疗+2，恢复+2）：1000/1000】

[A wisp of evil spirit can cause qualitative change]

After a night of hard work, Shen Bai has already mastered the Rejuvenation Technique to the pinnacle of level two. He only needs a wisp of evil spirit to achieve a qualitative change.

After reaching the second level, Shen Bai's rejuvenation technique gained an additional recovery attribute.

The ability of this attribute is to enhance the recovery effect of one's own injuries. Combined with the healing attribute, it can produce double the effect.

"To put it another way, even if I don't need treatment, my recovery ability is already very good." Shen Bai thought to himself.

Now, he planned to consume a wisp of evil energy to achieve the first qualitative change of the rejuvenation technique.

Now that he's here and there's evil spirit, Shen Bai certainly won't waste it.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai activated the evil energy in his body.

As a wisp of evil spirit disappeared, the smoke in front of Shen Bai began to distort.

Soon, the smoke, twisting like a snake, gradually condensed into new characters, floating in the air. [Poison Avoidance and Rejuvenation Level 3 (Healing +4, Recovery +4, Poison Avoidance +4): 0/5000]

When the rejuvenation technique was transformed into the poison-avoiding rejuvenation technique, a shadow appeared in Shen Bai's mind again.

At this time, the phantom was sitting cross-legged on the cliff, and the wind on the cliff was like a sharp blade, blowing continuously.

A terrifying green light appeared on the phantom.

Green light shot up into the sky, like a pillar of light connecting the sky and the earth, shattering the clouds in the sky.

From the clouds, streams of smoke of various colors emerged, carrying terrifying toxicity, and swept towards the phantom.

But when the colorful smoke came into contact with the green light on the phantom, it disappeared completely in an instant.

Under the green light, no poison can touch your body.

Gradually, the green light disappeared.

The shadow went from clear to blurry and finally disappeared.

Shen Bai opened his eyes and had already mastered the magical power of avoiding poison and rejuvenation.

"All poisons retreat, and all things return to spring."

"Although this magical power does not improve combat effectiveness, it even surpasses Shadow Walk in terms of assistance."

Shen Bai thought to himself.

In addition to treatment and recovery, the additional poison avoidance attribute is simply a godsend.

What people fear most when walking around in the underworld is all kinds of despicable means.

The world of martial arts is not a fighting arena, it is impossible to be fair and just.

In order to kill the enemy, various methods will emerge one after another, the most common of which is poison.

Poison can be put in food or water.

What’s worse, it can be accompanied by a gust of wind, mixing the poison into the wind, making it impossible to guard against.

Now that he had the poison-avoiding and rejuvenation technique, Shen Bai felt that he had made great progress in poison resistance.

"So, now I'm getting closer and closer to the hexagonal warrior."

"Am I still a human being?"

Shen Bai touched his chin, thought for a while, and then put the idea behind him.

"Who's a human being these days? Isn't it better to be strong?"

Shen Bai felt relieved after gaining new magical powers and making up for his weaknesses.

He stretched and then walked out of the room.

Outside the room, Huang Guang and Kong Fang were already waiting.

"Brother Shen, do you want to go out and take a look?" Huang Guang asked.

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Since we're here, it's quite fun to see how the villagers in the sealed village live."

Kong Fang clenched his fists and said, "Brother Shen's way of thinking is different from ours. He is really good at taking a break from his busy schedule, hahahaha."

As they were talking, they walked out the door.

The air in the mountains naturally has a unique flavor.

When morning came, the villagers began to get busy. Many villagers were carrying farm tools and rushing to the fields.

Shen Bai and his companions were wearing the black uniforms of the Tianshi Division, which made them look out of place here.

This is the style of Feng Village. It has always been common for men to farm and women to weave.

Shen Bai looked around and found that the resentment from yesterday had increased.

"In the past, I've heard of important events turning into strange legends."

Huang Guang said, "It is said that on New Year's Day, something called Nian turns into something strange."

"There's also the annual tomb-sweeping day. When resentment grows, strange things happen."

This was the first time Shen Bai had heard such a statement, so he asked, "Tell me in detail."

Kong Fang continued, "In this world, some people live well, and naturally some people live poorly."

"Especially during festivals, seeing others having a good time while those who are not will breed resentment. Over time, the resentment will solidify and the festival will turn into something strange."

"The same is true on tomb-sweeping days. During tomb-sweeping days, some people who have had a bad life will blame their ancestors for not blessing them. The resentment condenses in the graves, and strange things grow."

Shen Bai listened and nodded secretly: "This Feng Village may be the same, but the people here live a prosperous life, so why is there something strange about the Kitchen God Festival?"

Huang Guang and the other two shook their heads, indicating that they didn't know either.

While they were talking, they stopped in front of a house.

In front of the house, a middle-aged woman was holding a swaddled baby, coaxing and rocking the baby with her arms, trying to coax the baby to sleep.

Shen Bai stopped.

Huang Guang and the other two felt strange and stopped as well.

They saw Shen Bai staring at the woman, and strange thoughts arose in their minds.

Before the two of them could speak, Shen Bai walked straight towards the woman.

The woman who was coaxing her child saw three officials coming and subconsciously panicked and prepared to go back to the house.

Shen Bai stopped the woman and asked, "Why are you so flustered?"

The woman lowered her head and said, "I have lived in a remote place for a long time. It is natural for me to be afraid when I suddenly see someone in a high position."

Shen Bai smiled, looked at the baby in the woman's arms, and said, "This child is quite handsome, but at your age, you only have this one baby?"

The woman's eyes flashed with panic: "The man in the family is incompetent. He only got such a child in his middle age."

While the two were talking, Huang Guang and Kong Fang also followed. When they saw the baby in the woman's arms, they were surprised.

"This baby... has such a strong grudge."

The two looked at each other and had the same thought in their minds.

"This woman is lying."

The baby was shrouded in a dense mass of resentment, far more than the surrounding houses.

It was clear that something was wrong with this baby.

Shen Bai raised his head, looked directly into the woman's eyes, and said, "If you have any news, you can report to me. You know that the Tianjiansi is responsible for resolving these matters."

The woman shook her head quickly to indicate that nothing happened.

Huang Guang knew that the woman had something to say and wanted to step forward to speak, but was stopped by Shen Bai.

"let's go."

Huang Guang was slightly stunned.

Shen Bai looked towards the corner of the street, where several villagers were looking over there.

"Go back to the Tianshi Division and look for more information."

Huang Guang couldn't understand it even more.

Now that this woman has a problem, why not interrogate her carefully?

But looking at Shen Bai's expression, Huang Guang didn't say anything else, just nodded.

Kong Fang looked at the villagers, thoughtfully.

With Shen Bai's plan in mind, Huang Guangxian and Kong Fang said goodbye to Village Chief Feng and soon arrived at Shen Bai's place.

Shen Bai seemed to be really planning to leave, and he took the two of them out of the closed village and came to a secluded place.

After arriving at this point, Huang Guang couldn't help but ask.

"Brother Shen, there's clearly something wrong with that woman. Asking her again might help."

Before Shen Bai could say anything, Kong Fang spoke up, "In that situation, the woman was in a panic. Asking more questions wouldn't get you anywhere, and it would only alert the enemy."

Huang Guang thought about the woman's appearance at that time and felt that it was indeed the case, but he still had a doubt: "Should we go back?"

Having investigated to this point, Huang Guang was unsure of Shen Bai's thoughts when suddenly asking to go back.

Shen Bai turned around and said, "It's impossible to go back."

"When we questioned the woman this time, some villagers saw us and alerted the snake. The snake was startled, and we left again. The snake will always come out."

Huang Guang thought for a moment and said, "Brother Shen, do you mean that we should launch a counterattack?"

Shen Bai nodded and said, "Of course."

"If one day doesn't work, then two days. If two days don't work, then three days. They will eventually make a move."

"When night falls, just go back quietly."

Huang Guang's eyes lit up and he thought this plan was feasible.

After scaring the snake, if the person who caught it is present, the snake may not come out. But if he is gone, the situation will be different.

Even if the other party is cautious, if they don't come for a long time, the snake will definitely appear.

"Now, follow me and guard outside the village."

Shen Bai placed his hand on Han Yue's hilt and turned back towards Feng Village.

Huang Guang and Kong Fang looked at each other, followed Shen Bai, and left this secluded place.

……

Night gradually falls.

The atmosphere in the deserted village became even more gloomy, and the terrifying resentment was as thick as ink, enveloping the entire village.

In the village, a woman holding a child was standing in an open space, crying, with a humble look on her face.

Village Chief Feng, leaning on his cane, said, "You, woman, almost delayed something important. If the people from the Heavenly Monitoring Department find out something wrong, who will be able to afford food in this deserted village?"

The woman hugged the child tightly and said nothing.

Village Chief Feng continued, "It seems this sacrifice cannot be completed. The Taoist priest is trapped in the sacrificial cave and probably can't get out. Now, we can only see how the people in the Heavenly Supervisor will deal with it."

"Remember this, don't say a word about the sacrifice. Only the sacrifice can bring us good weather and good harvests."

"Speak with one voice. Once the Heavenly Supervisor has resolved this strange situation, we will continue the sacrifice."

As he spoke, Village Chief Feng looked at the baby in the woman's arms.

"Feed it well. After all, it is an important offering for the sacrifice."

(End of this chapter)