Ascending to Immortality by Slaying Spirits

Chapter 127 - Entering the Demon Slayer Division
Nine years in a single thought. All three spells are very basic spells that can be practiced by those in the Qi Refining stage. However, to achieve proficiency and perfection, divine sense is required, which means that only those in the Foundation Establishment stage have the possibility of perfection.

A moment later, Lin Le exhaled. The simplest of the three spells was the Divine Speed ​​Technique, which he mastered within three years.

Next was the Earth Escape Technique, which took three years to master.

As for the Bagua Steps, Lin Le only achieved a minor level of mastery over three years.

‘Come again! ’

Another thousand points of human merit were consumed. In the span of nine years, Lin Le finally mastered the remaining two spells to perfection.

Lin Le sorted out the thoughts from the Shrinking Earth technique, and then used another thousand points of human merit.

This time it was an epiphany; the secret of shrinking the distance to an inch flowed through his mind, and Lin Le's body began to walk unconsciously.

Qingli watched this scene intently; it was an experience for her as well.

With his feet planted on the Big Dipper, Lin Le felt his brain rapidly calculating his location like a computer, deciding on his next step, how to use the Earth Escape Technique, and how to activate the Divine Speed ​​Technique.

Suddenly, as Lin Le took a step, he covered a distance of one zhang in one step, then two zhang, three zhang, four zhang... and finally stopped at ten zhang in one step.

Lin Le stopped in his tracks, realizing that he had truly mastered the art of shrinking the distance to an inch.

He didn't try to understand it any further because it wasn't worth it.

Even with the blessing of sudden enlightenment, Lin Le still felt the difficulty of what followed. Clearly, his relatively good comprehension was not enough to quickly advance his understanding of the Shrinking Earth into an Inch technique.

Moreover, his magical power was somewhat insufficient. For every additional zhang (approximately 3.3 meters) that the Shrinking Earth technique could achieve, the consumption of magical power would increase exponentially. Even with a step of ten zhang, his magical power was only enough to take twenty or thirty steps.

If your foundation isn't strong enough, continuing to learn will be a waste.

'You should quickly improve your cultivation level.'

Lin Le sat cross-legged in meditation. With his spiritual experience, he opened the gates of the Yellow Court and the Heavenly Gate.

Two gentle breezes blew in succession, thoroughly cleaning Lin Le's body of impurities.

Lin Le looked inward and saw that he was already in the most perfect, flawless state.

His spiritual sense had also grown further, and could now extend twelve feet outwards.

He extended his divine sense into the storage bag, shattered the spirit stones, and extracted the spiritual energy into Lin Le's body.

Within the three secret realms, the three large pillars began to thicken, expanding outwards inch by inch from their original width of one zhang (approximately 3.3 meters).

A rumbling sound echoed from the edge of the secret realm, and the three secret realms began to expand at a visible speed.

It was a day later when Lin Le finished consuming all the remaining resources.

The three secret realms within the inner vision have all expanded to a range of ninety feet, only ten feet away from the limit.

'What an astonishing expenditure! Over 20,000 spirit stones worth of supplies still haven't been enough to breach the second city gate.'

Lin Le looked at the empty storage bag and sighed.

With all three paths cultivated simultaneously, and the foundation being at its most advanced, Lin Le wasn't surprised by the resulting depletion; after all, there are gains and losses.

Lin Le stood up, and Qing Li, who was resting quietly beside him, also opened her eyes: "Are you getting ready to leave?"

"Yes, it's time to go to the county town," Lin Le said.

Once we reach the county seat, we should be able to uncover some of the truth, such as who came up with the beastly idea of ​​disrupting the earth's veins and weakening the imperial aura.

After tidying up their storage bags, Lin Le and Qing Li left Chunsun County.

A day later, Lin Le and Qing Li appeared in Bitter Bamboo City.

Upon arriving at a large gate, two imposing stone statues of the mythical beast Xie Zhi stood guard on either side, and the plaque above the gate bore three large characters—Demon Slayer Division.

Lin Le and Qing Li both used transformation magic to change their appearances. They were both tall and thin, with ordinary appearances, and even looked about five-tenths similar.

As the two men were about to enter, two guards with knives at their waists immediately stopped them: "Halt! This is a restricted area of ​​the government office. Unauthorized personnel are not allowed to enter!"

Lin Le glanced at the two of them: "Is Commander Guan here? I'm looking for him."

“A token,” the gatekeeper said. “Tell him it’s someone from Black Ridge County,” Lin Le said.

"A token." The gatekeeper still held out his hand, even rubbing his fingers together, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Lin Le raised his hand and slapped it down.

Snapped!
The gatekeeper spun three times in mid-air before landing.

Lin Le looked at him indifferently, his tone as calm as ice: "This is the token."

"Fuck you!" The gatekeeper struggled to his feet; used to being arrogant and domineering, he couldn't stand such an insult.

Enraged, the gatekeeper drew his sword and slashed at Lin Le.

Clang! Snap!
Lin Le slapped the guard's knife away, then covered the guard's face with one hand.

My consciousness invaded, rummaging through my memories.

The Soul Searching Technique, one of the minor spells associated with the Soul Slaughtering Sect, was something Lin Le knew was useful, so he learned it as well.

boom!
After reviewing the memories, Lin Le exerted force with his palm, and the guard's head exploded.

The headless corpse fell to the ground, and another guard stared in disbelief at the scene.

He never expected that someone would dare to commit violence in front of the Demon Slayer's gate.

Although the Demon Slayer Division is not as powerful as the Prefect or Commandant in the county, it is a department directly under the Imperial Family and is a completely different system from local officials.

"How dare you kill someone!" the gatekeeper roared, as if trying to bolster his fear.

"Why can't I kill him?" Lin Le took out a token from his storage bag. "According to the law, attacking an official warrants the confiscation of his property. Do you have any objections?"

Lin Le's voice carried a hint of murderous intent as he coldly stared at the gatekeeper, as if he would kill him on the spot if he dared to utter a word of dissent!

The gatekeeper looked at the centurion's badge, knelt down with a thud, and kowtowed, saying, "Your subordinate dares not!"

"Hmph! Collect this scum's corpse, and while you're at it, throw his whole family into the dungeon and execute them on a chosen day!" Lin Le snorted coldly and flicked his sleeve.

"Yes." The gatekeeper dared not be presumptuous.

Lin Le led Qing Li inside. With the memories of the gatekeeper, he was quite familiar with the internal structure of the Demon Slayer Division.

As Lin Le approached a secluded courtyard, he was about to go inside when he was stopped by two people, one fat and one thin.

"Who are you?" Li Zheng asked, blocking Lin Le's way.

Lin Le sized up Li Zheng. He hadn't seen Guan Wenzhong's men much last time, but this time he unexpectedly ran into someone he had met once before.

"Long time no see. I didn't expect you two to leave the Xiang family and end up here." Lin Le looked at the two of them with amusement.

Li Zheng and Li Qi were puzzled. It wasn't a secret that they had worked for the Xiang family before, so they weren't puzzled. But Lin Le's tone suggested that he seemed to know them, which was what puzzled them. They didn't know Lin Le at all.

However, Li Qi, the quickest-witted one, suddenly realized something, his expression changed, and he exclaimed in surprise, "It's you?!"

He knew who the person in front of him was.

"It's me." Lin Le nodded slightly. "Move aside, I have something to discuss with Guan Wenzhong."

Li Zheng was puzzled, but Li Qi pushed him aside with his buttocks, saying with a fawning expression, "Please come in, Boss Guan is inside."

"Okay." Lin Le nodded and went inside.

Watching Lin Le's retreating figure, Li Zheng asked in a low voice, "Who is that?"

"Idiot!" Li Qi slapped Li Zheng on the head. "That killer star!"

Killer Star?! Li Zheng also realized what was happening and looked at Lin Le in surprise. Wasn't Yan Xuandong chasing after him? How dare he come here?

Li Qi's eyes were filled with deep apprehension. He felt that given that Killer Star's temper, Yan Xuan Cave was most likely doomed.

(End of this chapter)