I just passed the imperial examination, what the heck is this "Celestial Official System"?

Seven days have passed in the blink of an eye.

late at night.

Song Li sat cross-legged on the bed, closing his eyes to cultivate.

"Phew~"

He let out a long breath.

"Changchun Gong is indeed mysterious."

Even after reaching the highest level, the effects of Changchun Gong remain strong.

He has a good chance of becoming an eighth-rank official.

They could even dream of reaching the seventh rank!

In the past, Song Lixiang wouldn't have dared to even think about it.

Don't be fooled by the saying that a seventh-rank official is a sesame seed. In reality, a county magistrate is often referred to as a "marquis of a hundred miles" in folklore. It's no exaggeration to say that he holds the power of life and death over ten thousand people. For a poor family with no background to become a county magistrate is already an incredibly lucky thing, like their ancestors' graves emitting auspicious smoke.

Thinking about it.

Song Li glanced down at the panel.

Name: Song Li

[Realm Level: Ninth Rank (Gathering Yuan Realm)]

[Exercise: Everlasting Spring Exercise]

[Spells: Sharp Metal Spell, Sweet Rain Spell]

[Fortune: 27/100]

"Once the matter at the Rong'an Marquis's residence is settled, I will ask Huo Zhun to take me to the ceremonial office to exchange it for half a minor merit."

"I just don't know how much luck it will increase."

Half a small achievement.

This is the limit for most agricultural officials in rural houses.

For more than ten years, no one in the farmhouse has made any real contribution. Even if there are assessments, only the top one or two people have the opportunity.

thump.

thump.

There was a soft knock on the door.

Song Li got up from the bed and walked towards the courtyard gate.

As the year drew to a close and it was the off-season for farming, most of the local farmers and officials had returned to the city to live, leaving the surrounding area quiet and dark, making the knocking sound particularly loud.

With a creak.

The door was pushed open.

Under the cool moonlight, a woman in a light white dress with flawless features stood at the door, especially her large, bright eyes, which seemed to speak volumes.

She wrapped her right arm around her left arm, looking somewhat timid, like a frightened fawn in the forest.

"Young lady, who are you?"

Song Liwen.

The woman spoke timidly: "My lord, I am a servant in Lord Chen Gong's household. I originally intended to serve my master well."

"But Lord Chen, Lord Chen, he... has a hidden illness."

"You torment me for half an hour every time; I simply cannot bear it."

"If you are willing to take me in, I will... I will do as you please."

A perfectly balanced blush.

Song Li was taken aback.

Was Chen Gong not very successful in that area, which led to his psychological abnormality?

However, the woman in front of him was indeed the most beautiful he had ever seen.

Song Li suddenly asked, "Does Chen Gong know you've come here?"

"Of course I don't know."

The woman nodded firmly: "He went into the city; he's not home."

Upon hearing Song Li's question, the woman understood that the matter was largely settled, but then she heard Song Li sigh for no apparent reason.

"That's good."

"What a pity."

"What a pity?"

Before the woman could even show a look of confusion...

A white light flashed before my eyes, followed by a piercing whistling sound.

"???"

......

......

Strictly speaking, this was Song Li's first murder in both his past and present lives.

This feeling is not pleasant.

Especially since it involved killing a beautiful woman.

The flying leaf pierced the woman's forehead completely, killing her beyond any hope of survival.

I didn't feel much emotional turmoil, nor did I experience the nausea, vomiting, or dizziness described in the storybook.

"Or am I just a born freak?"

Song Li stared at the corpse on the ground.

He even had the mind to consider whether to use this woman to gain credit.

"The remnants of the Rong'an Marquis's mansion deserve at least half a small merit."

In this way, together with the half of the minor skill he already had, they could be combined to form a complete minor skill.

At the county government office.

A complete miniature version can be quite valuable.

Not bad.

He had long suspected that the woman who suddenly showed up at his door was suspicious.

First of all.

Stories of alluring women taking the initiative to approach you are either honey traps or ghost stories.

He has lived to be over seventy years old in both his past and present lives, so he shouldn't be so naive and childish.

Second.

No woman who has mastered the illusion array is still just a maid.

At last.

Shi Ying of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion is a very famous woman.

Song Li glanced at the corpse on the ground.

In fact, this woman was very strong, with strength close to the fifth level of Qi Gathering. In addition, she had a skill in using illusion arrays to bewitch people. If he hadn't cultivated the Everlasting Spring Technique and his willpower was far stronger than that of other cultivators of the same level, he probably would have fallen for her long ago.

Like agricultural cultivators, array cultivators are not good at combat.

Or perhaps they are not good at fighting when they are unprepared.

An array master without the protection of an array is not much better than an ordinary person.

exactly.

Song Li was able to kill Shi Ying using the Flying Leaf Technique.

As for why Song Li was able to recognize the woman in front of him, it was because of a habit from his previous life.

In my previous life, I worked in human resources and am very sensitive to information.

Back when the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion was in trouble, he had gone to the library to look up records about the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion because he was used to it. Among them, Shi Ying was recorded in the book because she was one of the more outstanding disciples of the Rong'an Marquis's Mansion in this generation.

"Born with exceptional intelligence, and possessing remarkable skill in illusion arrays."

Furthermore, he is associated with Chen Gong.

So it's not hard to guess.

Killing government officials has endless consequences, but killing someone who is already on the wanted list has few concerns.

Song Li squatted down.

He groped the woman's body for a while.

Killing someone and not touching the body is the same as killing them in vain.

"nice one!"

He actually found five spirit stones on Shi Ying's body. You should know that his annual salary was only six spirit stones.

"Sure enough, the fastest way to make money is by poaching people."

Song Li began to understand the feelings of those demonic cultivators.

It was really awesome.

However, he would absolutely refuse to become a demonic cultivator.

"What is this?"

Song Li took out a piece of crystal-clear jade, about the size of a thumb, that looked somewhat similar to a spirit stone from the woman's body.

But the next moment.

The jade transformed into a stream of light that shot out of his body.

Then.

The panel has subtly changed.

Name: Song Li

[Realm Level: Ninth Rank (Gathering Yuan Realm)]

[Exercise: Everlasting Spring Exercise]

[Spells: Sharp Metal Spell, Sweet Rain Spell]

[Fortune: 37/100]

Song Li was taken aback.

Just now, my luck increased by a full ten points!

"This is... a transport stone?!"

Spiritual energy is energy, and so is fortune.

There are spiritual stones in the world, and of course there are also stones that bring good fortune.

However, compared to spirit stones, luck stones are much rarer, and the fortune of the Great Zhou Dynasty belongs to the Great Zhou. To privately condense luck stones is equivalent to stealing food from the Great Zhou's bowl.

Shi Ying, a noble lady of the Rong'an Marquis's mansion, actually carried a luck stone on her person.

"The Rong'an Marquis's family only executed three generations... The Great Zhou is still too kind-hearted."

Shi Ying fled to Shannan County.

Naturally, one cannot carry too much on their person.

There was nothing else besides spirit stones and luck stones.

Song Li finished doing all of this.

Only after dragging the corpse into the yard did he cast the Rain of Life spell in the corner where flowers were planted.

The ground softened at a visible rate and then turned into a swamp.

The body gradually sank and was eventually completely submerged in the mud.

Another quarter of an hour passed.

The swamp returned to normal, with no trace of the spell remaining.

It's likely that even the predecessors who created the Ganlin Technique never imagined it could be used to bury corpses.

Song Li returned to his room, pondering one of the three great illusions of life.

Why would she be interested in me?