I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"You dare to show off your mere tricks?"

Lin Hezhen took out another talisman, smeared it on his eyes, and opened his "Heavenly Eye". He was now free from the influence of the cat demon's sonic attack, his five senses returned to normal, and he could see normally.

After opening the "Sky Eye", the scenery in front of you is completely different in an instant. In addition to the outlines of mountains, rivers, and plants, you can also see various "auras" with a faint glow.

This is the "art of looking at qi".

Everything has qi. From the perspective of the "Sky Eye", dead objects emit black qi, inorganic matter such as soil and rocks emit gray qi, plants such as grass and trees emit green qi, insects, birds, etc. emit white qi, and cities in the distance emit red qi.

The purple evil aura emitted by the cat demon was also very obvious. He followed the evil aura and looked towards the huge fir tree where the cat demon was hiding.

The cat demon sensed that he was exposed, so he decisively stuck his head out and opened his mouth to spit out a ball of concentrated demonic power.

It was a ball of demonic energy that was concentrated to the extreme, carrying ominous meanings and extremely corrosive properties, and it came at them at a rapid speed like a cannonball.

Chapter 29: Cat Demon

Lin Hezhen didn't want to be hit by the demonic power shell, so he used the "Shrinking the Earth Technique" to teleport to thirty meters away and avoided the shell.

The magic shell fell to the ground, creating a large pit with a diameter of about 6 meters and a depth of about 2 meters. With the landing point of the shell as the center, there was flying sand and rocks within a range of 20 meters, and no grass grew.

Since it was a cannonball condensed from demonic power rather than a real bomb, there was no loud explosion or billowing smoke at the scene. In addition, this was a suburb and there were relatively few residential buildings around, so the sleeping citizens of Dongdu were not alarmed.

However, due to the influence of the evil spirit, this area will be unsuitable for living things for a long period of time in the future. The nearby animals and plants will easily mutate, which will cause damage to the ecological environment and is not conducive to sustainable development.

When the cat demon saw him dodge, it spit out demon power shells one after another, determined to use a full-coverage saturation attack to deal with Lin Hezhen.

The monsters on this island country are just like the people on the island. They always like to destroy the environment and their quality is very poor.

Lin Hezhen was moving around while thinking to himself that he had to make a quick decision and not let it continue to pollute the environment, otherwise it would be troublesome to clean up later.

Lin Hezhen activated his Nascent Soul, and an overwhelming force rushed straight to his forehead. He snorted, and several flames spewed out from his eyes, nose, and mouth, and pounced towards the cat demon.

This fire does not harm ordinary objects, but when it encounters evil spirits it is like falling into oil and instantly burns up. It is the famous Samadhi True Fire.

The cat demon let out an earth-shattering howl, rolled on the ground, ran and jumped, and even shrunk its body to the size of an ordinary cat, and jumped into a nearby stream.

Unfortunately, the Samadhi True Fire was not an ordinary fire, so how could it be extinguished by ordinary water? Instead, it burned more and more vigorously, gradually devouring the demon power of the cat demon and even burning its soul.

The soul is the foundation of the demon's cultivation. If it is injured, it may be difficult to recover even after decades of hard practice.

The cat demon was finally scared. It endured the pain and lay on the ground. It knelt down and kowtowed to Lin Hezhen, saying in human language: "Sir, please spare my life, sir, please spare my life! I will never dare to do that again. Please let me go!"

"You are finally willing to talk. Weren't you very arrogant before?" Lin Hezhen stood in the air, controlling the Samadhi True Fire so as not to harm its soul for the time being.

The cat demon transformed into a fat orange cat weighing about ten kilograms, with Samadhi True Fire burning on its body. It said to Lin Hezhen in a squatting position, "You little demon are blind and don't know the real reason. You thought that the Yin-Yang masters were here to cause trouble again."

"Onmyoji? Does this country have a legacy of supernatural powers?" Lin Hezhen suddenly became interested.

The cat demon replied respectfully, "I have been practicing for almost a hundred years, and except for you, sir, I have never seen a human with magical powers. Those guys who call themselves Yin-Yang masters are nothing more than liars who use strange objects and some tricks to deceive people in human society."

Lin Hezhen nodded. It seemed that there was indeed no true Dharma passed down in this world. This might be related to the long period of low spiritual energy.

It is originally more difficult for humans to sense spiritual energy than monsters. In addition, the cultivation environment has deteriorated, the human lifespan is short, wars and disasters are frequent, and there is an industrial revolution and the rise of science and technology... In modern times, the inheritance and classics of various supernatural powers have disappeared.

Of course, with the revival of spiritual energy, some lucky people might accidentally awaken extraordinary powers, and then explore a new power system on the ruins of the old system.

For example, hasn't this cat demon in front of us just touched the threshold of the incense and gods' path?

"It's a pity that you took the wrong path. The most taboo thing for Shinto is to interfere with reality on a large scale. You will bear the consequences and bear the punishment from heaven in order to gather the power of faith. However, in order to gather the power of faith, you forcibly changed the ordinary human's cognition of Sakurajima Mai, causing her to be unable to be observed and her existence will soon disappear. This behavior has violated the laws of the world, and you are going to be in great trouble!"

The cat demon was stunned when he heard this. No wonder he had been feeling uneasy these days. He thought it was being targeted by some other big demon. It turned out that it was on the list of heaven's punishment.

It instantly felt cold and regretful, and asked for help: "What should I do?"

"You should immediately return the things you took from her to their original owner, and then use the power of faith you have collected to restore people's understanding of her. This should be able to offset your mistake."

"But," the cat demon said in embarrassment, "I have already transferred her things to another person. Unless that person voluntarily gives them up, I can't take them away by force."

Lin Hezhen frowned and asked: "What's going on?"

The cat demon said embarrassedly: "How can I have the ability to fulfill her wish? In fact, even I don't know what's going on."

So the cat demon began to explain how he did all this.

It turns out that the cat demon discovered this thousand-year-old cedar tree decades ago. The cedar tree unconsciously absorbed the essence of the sun and the moon, causing this place to be filled with rich spiritual energy. In order to practice, it turned into a wooden cat statue and took root here.

This cedar tree is very old and tall, and people have always come to worship it, but the cedar tree has only lived for a long time and has not become a spirit, so all the power of faith has gone to the cat demon.

The cat demon tried to absorb the power of faith to practice, and unknowingly embarked on the path of becoming a god.

At the same time, it also touches upon those human desires wrapped in the power of faith.

Over the years, it gradually understood that if people's wishes were fulfilled, they would become more pious, their fame would become greater, and more people would come to pray.

So, the cat demon began to pay attention to the wishes of humans, but unfortunately its intelligence was only equivalent to that of a seven or eight-year-old human child, and it could not fully understand those wishes. Its own abilities were also limited, and it could not fulfill other people's wishes out of thin air.

So it came up with a tricky way, which was to let some people voluntarily give up certain things, and then transfer them to those in need, realizing their wishes through the form of "intermediary".

As for Mai Sakurajima, it can only be said to be a coincidence.

Originally, the cat demon only intended to use the power of faith to give her something like invisibility, but the girl had some unknown secret and actually absorbed its power of faith crazily, not only stripping away her own sense of existence, but also changing reality on a large scale, which really scared it.

Fortunately, her wish came true. Even though the cat demon felt sad about losing the power of faith, she could do nothing about it.

As for Sakurajima Mai's presence, there was no point in keeping it, so it was given to another girl who came to pray for "the hope of becoming conspicuous."

After knowing the whole story, Lin Hezhen finally had a clear understanding of the whole matter.

He asked the cat demon in detail about the physical features of the girl who had sensed Sakurajima Mai's presence, and the more he listened, the more he felt that she matched a certain person.

It was already dawn at this time. He collected the Samadhi True Fire, used his spiritual power to clear the evil spirit of the cat demon, filled the huge hole caused by the explosion, cleaned up the battlefield hastily, and then left here and walked down the mountain.

There was no time to go home, so he used the "dust removal technique" to remove the traces of the fight from his body, found his bicycle, and rode directly to school.

Chapter 30 Sakurajima Mai is gradually forgotten

Lin Hezhen came to school, like an April spring breeze blowing into the classroom, and no one showed the slightest concern about his arrival.

The previous turmoil has subsided, and these people have found a consensus on how to get along with him, which is to ignore him.

Students in this country will rush to pursue the fashionable, will be afraid and run away from the bad, will laugh at and bully the weak, and will choose to play ostrich and pretend not to see those who cannot fit in but cannot be bullied.

It has to be said that this is the same character as their fathers and grandfathers.

In fact, Lin Hezhen quite likes this undisturbed state.

However, there was an oddball in this class, and that was Yoshihiko Kamigo.

For some reason, he particularly likes to get close to Lin Hezhen, to the point that he sometimes even wonders if there's something wrong with this guy's sexual orientation.

Speak of the devil, and here he is. Uego Yoshihiko came over excitedly, patted his shoulder, leaned close to his ear, and said mysteriously: "Kazuma, the voting for 'Miss Academy' has begun. Who are you going to vote for?"

"Not interested." Lin Hezhen said without raising his head.

Yoshihiko Kamigo was already used to his cold attitude, so he took out his cell phone and clicked on a voting page with the names and photos of the participating girls on it.

"In order to prevent vote manipulation, the voting page has been redesigned by the software company this year. Each IP address can only cast one vote. You see, the top three vote-getters are Kato Megumi, Yukinoshita Yukino, and Kasumigaoka Utaha. Kato Megumi is far ahead in the number of votes. She is indeed the strongest dark horse this year..."

Lin Hezhen interrupted his endless speech and asked, "Isn't there Mai Sakurajima?"

"Sakurajima Mai, who is that?" Yoshihiko Kamigo looked confused.

Now it was Lin Hezhen's turn to be confused. Could it be that Sakurajima Mai's condition had deteriorated to the point that even her classmates at school had forgotten about her?

Uego Yoshihiko thought hard for a while, and finally vaguely remembered this person: "Third-year senior Sakurajima Mai seems to be very beautiful too, and was once a celebrity. It's strange, why is she not among the candidates?"

Yoshihiko Kamigo finally remembered Mai Sakurajima, and Hayashi Kazuma breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that things had not yet collapsed to the point where they could not be salvaged.

"Xiyan, do you still remember her? What impression did she give you at school? Tell me everything."

"You finally agree to call me by my name." He patted Lin Hezhen's shoulder happily.

Perhaps he was excited to be called by his name directly by Hayashi Kazuma, and Uego Yoshihiko racked his brains to recall information about Sakurajima Mai.

"I remember that senior Sakurajima Mai was always alone. I never saw her hanging out with anyone at school. She didn't seem to have many friends. I heard from a senior from the basketball team that she didn't come to school at the beginning of her freshman year because she was busy with work."

"She only started going to school every day after the summer vacation. At that time, after a year of getting along with each other, the classmates had already established their relationships and small groups. Senior Mai Sakurajima was unable to fit into the school atmosphere and became an unpopular person. She was ignored by everyone."

"As expected..." Lin Kazuma finally understood Sakurajima Mai's situation in school.

People in this country attach great importance to other people's opinions, interpersonal relationships, atmosphere and other intangible things. When they arrive in a new environment, the first thing they do is to integrate into the collective and build their own small group.

Once a relationship is formed, it is not easily changed, and everyone feels secure that they have a place to stay.

Although people say things like "It's so boring, is there nothing new?", no one is really pursuing change.

They are content to stick to their own place and are tired of maintaining their status in the class.

Sakurajima Mai, who only started school in the second semester, was therefore considered a difficult person to deal with.

She is a star, so her classmates will certainly care about her, but they dare not approach her casually. If they actively talk to her, they will attract attention, and people will gossip about her behind her back, which may lead to her being isolated in the class.

Everyone was aware of this, so no one dared to take the risk of approaching her.

The atmosphere of a class affects the atmosphere of the entire school, so Sakurajima Mai is treated like air by the students.

Although it was a blessing in disguise that she was not bullied, this kind of "ignoring" was also a kind of different treatment. One of the reasons why Mai Sakurajima left the entertainment industry was that she wanted to live an ordinary life, and it is obvious that her wish did not come true.

Contrary to her expectations, she accidentally learned the rumor about the Unsmiling Cat, and a series of events happened afterwards.

It can be said that those students who cater to the atmosphere and act hypocritically are all accomplices in causing Sakurajima Mai's current predicament.

Lin Hezhen was not interested in studying the evil of human nature. He asked Uehara Yoshihiko about the class Sakurajima Mai was in, and then hurriedly left the classroom.

After I went to the third grade classroom, I didn't see Mai Sakurajima. I asked her classmates and found out that she had taken a leave of absence that day.

I don’t know if it has something to do with the unpleasant farewell between the two of them yesterday, but Lin Hezhen somehow felt that she was deliberately avoiding him.

Although it would only take a small spell to find Sakurajima Mai, there was no need to do that. Lin Kazuma decisively returned to his class and prepared to find another party to solve the problem.

During lunch break, Lin Hezhen took the lunch box he had prepared last night and went straight to Kato Megumi's seat.

"Mr. Kato, could you please come out for a moment? I have something to say to you." He ignored everyone's gaze and whispered to Kato Megumi.

"Huh? Okay, of course."

Lin Hezhen nodded and walked out of the classroom door first.

Kato Megumi was busy dealing with the girls who were eager to talk to her. Lin Hezhen's invitation rescued her from the encirclement, but she soon found herself in an even more embarrassing situation.

The girls around her had gossipy eyes and chattered, "That's Lin Hezhen. What is he looking for Hui for? Is he confessing his love to her?"

"Hahaha, Hui is so popular. How many people have been here since the start of the school year?"

"Actually, Mr. Lin is quite handsome."

"He is very handsome, but he got into a fight before and sent four boys to the hospital."

"No way, so violent? If Hui refuses him, won't it be bad?"

They looked at Kato Megumi worriedly, and then cast fearful and curious glances at Lin Hezhen.

Women are really contradictory creatures. They say they like mature and steady men, but in their hearts they yearn for mysterious and dangerous handsome guys.

Enduring all kinds of gazes, Kato Megumi still maintained a calm face and followed Lin Hezhen to the rooftop.

This is not the first time that Lin Hezhen has come to the rooftop, where Makoto once fought. After he regained his memory, his first meeting with Kato Megumi was also in this place with special significance.

However, Lin Hezhen did not intend to repeat the mistakes of his predecessors. He closed the door to the rooftop, pasted a talisman to drive away idlers on the door, and turned to face the girl.

"Kato Megumi, your incident has been exposed!"

Chapter 31 Kato Megumi, you want the real thing?

"Kato Megumi, your incident has been exposed!"

Kato Megumi: “Hmm?”

Although she guessed that Lin Hezhen did not approach her to confess his love, she did not expect such a development.

"You want me to tell some funny jokes? I'm not bragging, but as long as I tell a joke, everyone will fall asleep."

"...Is that so?" After hearing such a tragic statement, Lin Hezhen didn't know how to comfort the other party.

However, he quickly remembered why he came, so he took out his mobile phone and clicked on the link sent to him by Kiyako Kamigo.

When you open the voting page for "Miss Academy", the first thing that catches your eye is the girl who currently has the most votes. Her daily photo is placed in the most conspicuous position in the middle.

The girl had a cute short bob haircut with a rabbit hairpin on her bangs and a white beret on her head. She was wearing a white dress with a red sweater on the outside. There were bows on her neckline and waist. She looked like a girl next door.

Her clean hair, pretty face, clear eyes, and the fresh and natural aura that emanates from her inside out, create a beautiful picture, making her look even more pure, lovely, and charming.