I slay evil in the Department of the Supernatural

Chapter 115, Section 114: Environmental Protection Relies on Evil Spirits and Cultivation Secret Techniques

Late at night, Xu Lindong reported that the evil old woman had appeared near the entrance of the residential area the day before yesterday.

Before the ghost could be released in the dead of night, the extraordinary phone suddenly "dinged" and issued an emergency alert.

He swiped to read it, and the message read: "An evil old sweeping woman appeared on the Jiangcheng Second Bridge, and has taken away six men and three women. All of them were young men who raced cars at night, triggering a pattern of killings, and all of them were eliminated."

"Good heavens, that old woman sent nine people away in one go? Were these people throwing trash at her feet?"

Xu Lindong stared at the screen, somewhat surprised.

Scrolling down, I was surprised to find Liang Qizheng's name on the list of survivors.

"Was Uncle Liang there too?"

Xu Lindong quickly clicked on the details and confirmed that it wasn't a case of the same name; it really was Uncle Liang, the sheriff he knew.

According to Uncle Liang's description, those naughty kids were incredibly reckless: not only did they litter, but they threw trash twice, directly at the feet of the old lady sweeping the floor.

This move was a direct, high-risk, high-reward maneuver that triggered the evil's killing rules, dragging even the "onlookers" who hadn't actually participated into the fray, causing them to all go offline.

"Judging from the information, these people seem to have quite a background—but unfortunately, evil spirits don't care about household registration, and they won't tolerate anyone."

Xu Lindong shook his head secretly.

Just then, another ordinary phone vibrated, displaying a notice jointly issued by the municipal government and the Department of the Supernatural: "Recently, all citizens are requested to strictly abide by hygiene regulations and not litter. Attention should be paid both indoors and outdoors. This is related to supernatural events, and violators may encounter danger."

"The reaction was pretty quick, but I guess some people still won't take it seriously."

Xu Lindong casually flipped through the records.

It was discovered that the municipal government had actually issued a similar notice two days prior.

Clearly, no one takes those generic "Please do not litter" signs seriously.

However, they didn't collaborate with the Department of the Supernatural at the time, probably to avoid causing panic.

Besides, at that time it was impossible to be sure whether the "old sweeping lady" had really gone to the city; it was just a precaution.

After all, in a megacity with tens of millions of people, stability is more important than anything else.

Now that the incident is confirmed, both parties immediately joined forces to issue a serious statement, even directly stating that littering could lead to involvement in extraordinary events and endanger lives.

"After this commotion, the environmental protection and urban appearance of Jiangcheng might improve significantly."

Xu Lindong tried to comfort himself from a different perspective.

Just then, the door banged loudly, even the dartboard on the door shook.

Xunjie's voice came from outside: "Adong! Did you see the message on your phone?"

Xu Lindong pushed open the door and went out. Yi Qianxun, Uncle Yi, and Aunt Zhou were all standing in the living room, holding their phones, their expressions full of surprise and uncertainty.

"You saw it all? Then we'll just be more careful. Anyway, we're all well-mannered, so it'll be fine."

Xu Lindong smiled reassuringly, then turned to Yi Guoqiang and said, "Uncle Yi, why don't you call Uncle Liang during the day? He was there last night and is the only survivor."

"Old Liang?!" Yi Guoqiang was startled. He grabbed his phone to dial, but then glanced at the dark sky outside the window and quickly put it down.

"Dad, Mom, now you should believe me, right?"

Yi Qianxun seized the opportunity to continue, "The city isn't peaceful anymore either; who knows where those filthy things will come from?"

Let's listen to A-Dong and stay at the Shenyi Division's family compound for a while until the situation stabilizes, then we can move back.

Yi Guoqiang and Zhou Hui exchanged a glance, Zhou Hui's face showing confusion.

Yi Guoqiang looked worried, as his long-standing smoking addiction began to resurface.

The unpleasant memory of Xu Tian and Sister Qiu dying before his eyes involuntarily surfaced in his mind.

He pondered for a moment, then his expression turned serious as he looked at Xu Lindong. "Adong, move to the family compound first thing tomorrow morning."

"Okay, let's move there together tomorrow."

Xu Lindong smiled and said, "But it's getting late, so let's all get some rest. The department will handle this."

After calming the family down, Xu Lindong went to the bathroom to urinate and cleaned up the surrounding area before returning to his room.

He walked to the window and looked out at the dimly lit streets outside the residential area.

His spiritual senses swept around, but he didn't detect any evil aura.

With a slight twitch of the ear, the intermittent chatter from the neighboring buildings drifted in: "—In the middle of the night, the municipal government and the Department of the Supernatural jointly issued a message just to remind people not to litter? They even care whether you litter at home or not? That's ridiculous."

"Since we've gotten involved with the Department of the Supernatural, we'd better be careful—the supernatural events these past few years have been getting weirder and weirder, although we haven't actually encountered any ourselves."

"Could this be an excuse to improve the city's appearance? They used to make a fuss about garbage sorting, and now they're even using supernatural events as a pretext?"

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After listening to a few words, Xu Lindong couldn't help but marvel at his neighbors' wild imaginations.

Even now, there are still people who are skeptical.

However, people can't teach you everything, but you can teach someone something once.

He also abandoned the idea of ​​sending ghosts out at night to investigate the situation, lest he get himself into trouble.

Moreover, now that the old woman sweeping the floor has caused a stir, the higher-ups will definitely take it seriously.

Those young people who were cleansed by the evil old woman probably all came from unusual family backgrounds, and there must have been someone in their family who intervened or put pressure on them.

It's best to let those people handle it.

"It's not difficult to lure out the old cleaning lady. All we need to do is gather some sequence-based superhumans in the isolated areas of each district, creating a superhuman aggregation effect, and then start littering..."

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Xu Lindong stood by the window, stroking his slightly long stubble as he pondered, "This plan has a high probability of succeeding. The key is to have a top expert leading the team, to plan meticulously, and to minimize casualties."

Thinking about it this way, he figured the old woman sweeping the floor would probably be locked up again in a couple of days.

If the powerful figures of Jiangcheng were able to imprison and seal away these evil spirits and strange creatures back then, they can certainly do so now as well.

After all, cars with hazard lights have been banned again.

If the old-fashioned bicycle hadn't ended up in Ta Ye's stomach, it probably would have been banned long ago.

"This is none of my business. Let's begin our cultivation."

Xu Lindong turned around, sat down at the table, turned on his computer, entered the internal network of the Divine Bureau, and began to browse the two secret techniques he had previously exchanged, "Flame Spit" and "Fire Lotus".

These kinds of secret techniques are only kept on the internal network to prevent leakage.

The page has been protected against screenshots, so it can only be remembered by the naked eye.

Of course, it's also possible for someone to write it down and sell it.

But once caught, the consequences are severe.

Xu Lindong quickly memorized all the key points and cultivation methods of the two secret techniques.

He then sat back on the bed, grabbed a cushion to support his lower back, and put it behind him to protect his old waist.

With eyes closed and mind focused, consciousness had already entered the Tower of Babel.

There is no risk of any backlash from supernatural substances when practicing secret techniques in the Tower of Babel.

Although he has now digested the Stove God's charcoal, there is no longer any risk of backlash when he uses the Stove God's abilities.

But he still prefers to cultivate in the tower.

Because the tower has enough space, he can try to use his secret techniques at will without fear of damaging things, and the energy inside the tower is also abundant, making it easy to recover his losses.

Xu Lindong first entered the tunnel room, took out one of the two condensed corpse hearts, and fed it to the zombie Agan who had been craving it for a long time.

He was somewhat looking forward to seeing what changes would occur after Forrest Gump finished eating.

The image of the zombie Forrest Gump eating a corpse heart is truly too gory.

Xu Lindong looked at it for a moment, then sealed and put away the other corpse heart, and turned to leave the tunnel room.

Next, he went up to the Heavenly Dao Room on the ninth floor, sat cross-legged on the cold floor painted with door god totems, and began to cultivate according to the method recorded in the secret technique.

"Once I master these two secret techniques, and then gradually familiarize myself with the abilities of the gatekeepers and zombies—my combat power will definitely reach a new level!"

Xu Lindong activated the extraordinary energy belonging to the "Stove God" within his body, and the digested Stove God's carbon power was awakened, transforming into a warm and misty fire in his lungs.

The feeling was like the first embers of a furnace, spreading slowly and steadily.

This scorching heat rises steadily along the meridians.

The force gathers and compresses in the throat.

He felt a scorching pressure coalescing there.

It felt like holding a mouthful of molten lava about to erupt, scalding hot.

I just have to get this off my chest!

The next moment, he opened his mouth and spat.

"boom!"

A burst of intense orange-red flame erupted from his throat.

Like a fire dragon bursting from its gate, the flames solidified and did not dissipate, burning in the air for several seconds before slowly extinguishing.

This is just the opening move of "Breath of Flames".

The key is to compress the body's energy into the throat.

By using "exhalation" instead of "drawing," the flames are released outward with the breath, achieving the effect of instantly injuring the enemy.

For someone like him who has grasped the essence of the Kitchen God's descent, mastering this skill is not difficult.

The key is to practice repeatedly until you can complete the accumulation and release of power in an instant.

After a short rest, he began to try cultivating the "Fire Lotus" technique again.

This technique is much more complex, requiring the repeated condensation and shaping of flame energy in the palm of the hand.

He raised his right hand, palm up, and quickly formed a hand seal.

Strands of intense, extraordinary power were drawn from his body, intertwining and swirling between his palms as he formed hand seals.

The flames started as just random sparks, crackling and popping in my palm.

"Um?"

Xu Lindong's eyes were bright, and he was highly focused.

The flames began to rotate and converge along a specific trajectory, gradually forming the initial shape of lotus petals.

The condensation of the Fire Lotus is exceptionally difficult, requiring precise energy control and stable mental guidance for each petal.

Xu Lindong felt his spirit rapidly depleting, the flames in his palms flickering erratically, and he nearly collapsed several times.

But he remained calm and composed.

With over eight thousand merits accumulated, his extraordinary energy recovers extremely quickly, with the loss almost outpacing the replenishment.

Each failure quickly replenished his extraordinary energy, allowing him to try again immediately.

A dozen minutes later.

A palm-sized, layered fire lotus slowly rotated and took shape in his palm.

The lotus petals had dark golden patterns along their edges, and the central flame flickered faintly, radiating a scorching yet stable energy fluctuation that exuded a sense of danger.

This fire lotus can ward off evil spirits and suppress demons, combining offense and defense. It can be launched and explode, or it can hover around the body to form a protective fire barrier, making it more terrifying than the simple protection of the Kitchen God.

"good!"

Xu Lindong let the fiery lotus swirl around him, making him appear like a door god sitting within the fiery lotus, and continued to cultivate his essence, energy, and spirit with his eyes closed.

He continued practicing until the next morning, and his energy and spirit improved by more than 4 points.

The overall energy and spirit level has reached 106.2!

It's important to understand that the higher you go in terms of spirit, energy, and vitality, the more difficult it becomes. This isn't a game of quantitative change, but rather a qualitative leap.

Therefore, the higher one's spirit, energy, and vitality are raised, the slower one's cultivation speed may actually be.

This is also why many people with mediocre talent can only cultivate to Sequence Nine or even stop at Sequence Ten.

However, Xu Lindong's current cultivation speed is no slower than before his ascension.

This is all due to the increase in merit, which makes the cultivation effect in the Tower of Babel double.

His consciousness returned to his body, and his spiritual senses were awakened, instantly capturing the bright sunlight streaming in from outside.

I could hear Uncle Yi and Aunt Zhou moving things next door. I could also faintly hear Sister Xun's movements from the bathroom — uh.

Xu Lindong quickly withdrew his slightly "overstepping" hearing, pulled away the pillow behind him, reached for the extraordinary phone on the bedside table, and sent a message to the logistics department of the Department of Supernatural Affairs: "I'm moving. Please arrange for a few people to come to Mingjiang Community."

As a first-level executive, it is within the basic authority to dispatch logistics personnel to handle reasonable and compliant personal matters.

Moreover, he is currently serving as the acting captain of the third team, which has given him an additional level of authority to transfer personnel.

Moving is a small matter that he doesn't need to worry about.

What he cared more about was how the "old cleaning lady" incident from last night had been handled.

With a swipe of his finger, he entered the internal messaging group and began scrolling through the messages to check the progress...