Both start in hell: but their talents are multiplied a hundredfold.

Master Pu invited Monk Huiming into the house and poured him a bowl of coarse tea.

Huiming didn't stand on ceremony. He sat down cross-legged, took out a yellowed book from his robes, and gently placed it on the table.

The book wasn't thick, and five characters were written in neat regular script on the cover: "The Way of Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth".

"This is not a Buddhist scripture." Master Pu flipped through a few pages, looked up at Faming, and his eyes were full of confusion.

"Did I say this was a Buddhist scripture?" Huiming smiled, a smile playing at the corners of his eyes.

"This was passed down by the abbot of Jinshan Temple."

"The abbot once said, how could he possibly kill all the demons in the world by himself?"

"Therefore, only by gathering the strength of hundreds of millions of people can this chaotic and turbulent world be changed."

Master Pu seemed to understand but not quite, yet he could only repeatedly express his gratitude.

Huiming stood up and straightened his monk's robe: "Everything this humble monk can teach is already written in there."

"Even ordinary people who are not skilled in martial arts and do not know how to cultivate can use this method to embark on the path of cultivation as demons."

"Master," Master Pu asked in bewilderment, "why did you choose me?"

Huiming turned around and his gaze lingered on Master Pu's face for a moment.

This young teacher was not particularly handsome, but he possessed a rare air of integrity and uprightness in his features, like a piece of uncut jade.

"It's not a choice; the 'Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi Method' is being spread all over the world."

"This place is remote, which is why I made this trip."

"I hope that you will pass on this technique to the villagers so that they may ward off evil spirits."

Master Pu stood at the school gate, holding the scroll of "The Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth" in his hand, watching the monk walk further and further away until his figure completely disappeared into the end of the morning mist.

He lowered his head and turned to the first page.

The opening ten characters are written with immense force, the ink still fresh.

"Heaven and earth possess righteous energy, which manifests in various forms."

As he continued reading, Master Pu became completely engrossed, and upon reaching the last page, a strange blush crept onto his face.

"This...this...this is truly an insult to civility!"

"How can there be such a wondrous and miraculous method in this world?!"

"Could it be a message passed down by celestial beings?"

Master Pu hurriedly closed the door and tightly gripped the scroll of "The Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth" in his hand.

His face was still red, and the incredible methods in the book were still churning in his mind.

A mortal, without martial arts skills or elixirs, can enter the path of cultivation simply by using himself as a guide to refine the energy of demons, or by using a special method to sense the heavens and earth.

Both the internal energy and magical power described in the book can be cultivated using the righteous energy of heaven and earth.

This is simply unheard of.

He was about to study the entire text by lamplight, but the moment he turned around, he froze on the spot.

A white fox lay on the windowsill.

The white fox was pure white, without a single blemish, and its fur shimmered with a soft sheen in the dim candlelight.

But its condition was clearly not good; there was a shocking wound on one of its hind legs, and the blood had stained its snow-white fur dark red.

The white fox looked at him with its dark eyes.

Master Pu subconsciously took a step back, his back hitting the door panel.

Although he was a scholar, he knew that there were many spirits and monsters in the mountains and fields. Moreover, he had just finished reading a book about how to slay demons and monsters. How could he not be afraid when a white fox suddenly appeared?

However, before he could speak, the white fox spoke first.

"Master..." the white fox's voice was soft and weak, "Did you ever save a white fox on the mountain?"

Master Pu was stunned.

He didn't save him.

He was too busy studying to have any leisure time to go crazy and go into the mountains to pick up foxes.

However, Master Pu nodded.

"You are..." Master Pu deliberately widened his eyes, "You are that white fox?"

The white fox nodded slightly, the movement aggravating the wound on its leg, causing it to shudder in pain.

Its voice softened further: "I am deeply grateful for your help, Master. I will always remember it."

"Now that I have attained human form, I intended to repay the great kindness of my teacher, but unexpectedly I encountered a demon in the mountains and was severely injured..."

At this point, the white fox's body was suddenly enveloped in a soft white light.

In the light, the white fox's figure gradually lengthened and changed, its limbs transforming into slender hands and feet, and its fur into a snow-white robe.

When the light faded, Master Pu stopped breathing completely.

A stunningly beautiful woman was sitting by the window.

She raised her head, her clear, watery eyes looking at Master Pu, filled with guilt and gratitude, and a touch of indescribable tenderness.

"My name is Susu." Her voice was clearer than before, but it still sounded weak.

"I have nowhere to go now that I am injured. I would like to recuperate at your place for a few days and then repay your kindness once I have recovered."

"Would my benefactor be willing to take me in?"

Seeing the fox demon's behavior, Master Pu felt a pang of anxiety, but nodded with a pleased expression and said, "Of course it's feasible!"

"The young lady can stay as long as she wants!"

"Moreover, saving a life is more meritorious than building a seven-story pagoda, and the same goes for saving a fox."

After saying that, he put the "Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi Method" into his bosom, hurriedly rummaged through his chest and cabinets, found his only clean cotton quilt, and also found some wound medicine, piling them all in front of Susu's noodles.

Watching him bustling about, Su Su smiled faintly at the corners of her pale lips and said softly, "Master is indeed a good person."

Master Pu simply pushed the quilt towards Su Su, pointed to the wound medicine on the table, and mumbled, "Miss, please make yourself at home." Then he grabbed the scroll of "The Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth" and dashed into the inner room.

He closed the door tightly, leaned against it, and felt his heart pounding in his throat.

The "Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi Method" in his hand was still emitting a faint fragrance of ink, but his mind was filled with extreme fear!

As a teacher living in a world of demons and monsters, Master Pu never believed in erotic tales about scholars and fox spirits!

The demons of this world! Cannibalism is just the norm for them!

The fox demon was seriously injured, and was probably afraid of being discovered by the thing that injured it!

That's why I had no choice but to hide in the home of Master Pu, a scholar!

Master Pu had a clear understanding of himself; once the fox demon recovered, he would most likely be the first one to eat him as a snack!

Touching the "Method of Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth" in his arms, Master Pu felt a glimmer of hope rise in his heart.

The white fox on the window saw Master Pu enter the inner room, and a look of disgust and malice flashed across its face.

The white fox dispersed its remaining magical power, silently moved to the bed, licked its wounds, and didn't even glance at the wound medicine.

Because ordinary people's wound medicine is completely useless against it.

If it weren't for the fact that during this period, human cultivators, whether martial artists or sorcerers, were frantically searching for demons everywhere, how could a dignified fox demon have fallen to such a state?

Even eating a mortal requires careful planning; they dare not use too much demonic power, only daring to employ a few bewitching illusions.

This human scholar looks incredibly foolish; his house would be a perfect hiding place.

Once its injuries have healed slightly, we will properly "repay its kindness".

Let this benefactor of the white fox go and enjoy happiness inside its belly.

It was already late at night.

The white fox was in a light sleep, easily awakened by the slightest rustling of the wind.

Just then, a creaking sound came from inside, and the white fox instantly woke up. It looked at Master Pu, who came out of the inner room, and cursed inwardly that this scholar was a lecherous and impatient man.

They couldn't even endure such a short time, so they decided to attack the fox.

Thinking of this, the white fox forcibly suppressed his anxiety and decided to use some persuasion to send Master Pu back to his inner room.

"Go! Embrace the righteous spirit of heaven and earth!"

hum!

After a sound!

The scroll of "The Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth" in Master Pu's arms suddenly emitted a golden-red light!

The scroll flashed! And appeared above the white fox!

A golden-red glow entered the white fox's body!

The white fox let out a miserable cry, and the last bit of demonic power in its body completely disappeared. Even its originally powerful physique, which could tear tigers and leopards apart, was now weakened!

It has reached a point where it can no longer defeat even ordinary small wild animals!

"Ha!" Master Pu exclaimed with ecstasy!

"Master Shen Jue in the book really didn't lie to me!"

It turns out that this "Heaven and Earth Righteous Qi Method" not only contains the content of cultivation techniques, but also introductions to some of the most common demons in the world.

At the end of the scroll, it is also stated that the scroll itself, "The Law of Righteous Qi of Heaven and Earth," was a ritual implement deliberately made by Shen Jue, the abbot of Jinshan Temple.

This scroll-shaped magical artifact is a special artifact that mortals can use by chanting incantations. It can seal the demonic power within a demon's body and weaken the demon's physique so that cultivators can use it.

Upon seeing the white fox in its beast form, it let out a delicate voice.

Master Pu took a deep breath, suppressing the elation in his heart.

"The book says that one must enter the threshold of cultivation by absorbing the bodies, consciousness, and demonic power of demons in two ways while under the seal."

"While the first method of direct inhalation is equally effective, it is far less powerful than the second method."

Master Pu muttered to himself, as if he were forcing himself to use methods that he considered inappropriate.

"Abbot Shen Jue said in the book that the second method, even if it is achieved with the help of props, also counts."

Master Pu forced down a mouthful of saliva and said, "Master, old man."

"Please forgive the student this time."

"This is one of the few opportunities students have to embark on a spiritual journey!"

"If we're going to do it, we must thoroughly drain that monster!"

Having said that, Master Pu took out from his robes...

It was an extremely wide and thick rolling pin!

Master Pu compared the size of the white fox with that of the rolling pin and murmured, "It should be fine, right?"

"After all, it's a demon."

Upon seeing the rolling pin, the white fox was unable to utter a sound and could only look at Master Pu with fear in its eyes.