Fire Monster

Chapter 247 Level Spirit
"Fellow Daoist Chengfeng, do you really not need me to protect you?"

Yu Huan brought Zhao Guanshan here and chose a relatively spacious and quiet house for him. Of course, how could it not be quiet? The whole stronghold was like a den of ghosts. Forty witchers scattered here and disappeared one by one. If you didn't know, you would think they were a group of sleeping vampires.

"Daoyou Yu Huan has already helped a lot, how dare I be so ungrateful."

Zhao Guanshan said this with great fear and trepidation.

"Okay, I'll stay in the room next to you. The captain and the others are all nearby. Now you're also a member of our team, so don't be shy. If you need anything, just let me know."

Yu Huan said this before leaving.

Zhao Guanshan entered the house. It was obvious that the house had been renovated with materials from the ruins of the building. The restoration was quite careful and at least it was quite sturdy.

There are probably more than 300 houses like this in this stronghold, which means that at its peak, there were at least 300 witchers here.

Unfortunately, it is now inevitably declining.

Mortals need to be guided by interests, and the same goes for Qi Refiners. In a word, there is no profit, and this is the biggest problem.

Even if it was Zhao Guanshan, if he didn't want to obtain spirit stones from the spirit world, he wouldn't have entered the spirit world. Wouldn't it be better to practice in the real world?
Thinking of this, he sat cross-legged, slowly drawing spiritual power from the green leaf jade pendant on his chest, practicing and strengthening his spiritual body bit by bit.

This spirit is spiritual power and is related to the Dharma.

There are many mysteries involved. If Zhao Guanshan did not have the guidance of the statue space, he would actually be as clueless as Hei Xiazi.

At this time, as he gradually guided his mental power into the spiritual body, he once again reached the breakthrough limit.

At this moment, he could actually clearly sense his own statue, which was like a dual-in-one mark, a beacon, an anchor stone, and a lighthouse of return!
Enlightenment arose in his mind, naturally.

If the real body is the source of his life and the foundation of his practice.

Then the Dharmakāya is like creating a mirror image body, and its biggest function is that it will not really die.

As long as the Dharma image is there, one can withstand one death in the spiritual world within one year.

However, all spirit weapons will be dropped after death.

At the same time, the existence of this Dharmakāya spirit body also helps him to improve his cultivation speed and increase his understanding of the Taoist magical powers. His visualized world is actually an extension of the Dharmakāya.

It’s just that he has one more plug-in than other Qi Refiners.

Even raising the level of the Dharmadhatu spirit body can help prevent the real world from being infiltrated by evil spirits, such as being easily pulled into an illusion.

When the level of the Dharmakaya spirit body is raised to a certain level, one can even cultivate magical powers like the second shadow soul.

It can be said that there are still many benefits.

And it is just as important as cultivating the physical body.

"From this point of view, Cang Yunzi's approach is correct. We cannot regard cultivation in the spirit world as a burden. Thinking that it is unprofitable is the biggest joke in itself."

While he was thinking, Zhao Guanshan suddenly heard a loud thunder, and his whole consciousness seemed to be electrified, as if he had suddenly become aware of something.

But he successfully upgraded.

At this moment, within his statue space, his own statue suddenly broke through from its original normal height to two meters high, and his spiritual body also obviously improved significantly.

The simplest example is that he felt that the upper limit of his mental power had suddenly increased by one third. Originally, he could only control the spiritual soldiers to fight within three steps with his mind, but now he can break through to within five steps.

At the same time, he can carry more equipment, um, he can equip one more spiritual weapon.

This little elixir is really good stuff.

After upgrading the spirit body to the next level, half of it will remain.

At this time, Zhao Guanshan took the second Xiaohuandan without hesitation.

Because mental strength is equivalent to the health bar and blue bar. Increasing it by one third at a time will greatly increase your combat effectiveness.

The upgrading process was very smooth, or in other words, it was not as complicated as cultivating the physical body.

It took him more than ten minutes to reach the second level of spiritual body, and then it took him about an hour to reach the third level of spiritual body.

It only took one day to finally reach the third level of spirit body.

The three small pills have just been used up.

The feeling of a third-level spirit body is excellent. First of all, the perception becomes sharper, and the maximum range of the spirit weapon controlled by the mind has increased from five steps to ten steps in radius.

The second is the increase in the upper limit of mental power, which is really immediate.

If the initial mental power is 9, it will be 12 when it is upgraded to level 15, and now it will be when it is upgraded to level .

Zhao Guanshan estimated that he could now carry six spiritual weapons with a +10 enhancement.

"Fellow Daoist Chengfeng?"

Ding Daoren's voice suddenly sounded outside, which was quite strange. It felt like this old guy came on time.

"Congratulations, Brother Chengfeng is now at least a level three spirit body."

Ding Daoren went straight to the point.

"That's right. What advice do you have for me?"

Zhao Guanshan is quite strange.

"That's right. We won't beat around the bush. The commander-in-chief is gone, and our stronghold seems to be on the decline. But in fact, the Cangwu Taoist Palace is still willing to continue to support it. In the past, the Cangwu Taoist Palace would allocate a subsidy of 100 spirit stones to the demon hunters on duty in the spirit world every year. This amount is not bad for me."

"So, I want to compete for the position of the Grand Commander of the Demon Suppression Tower, but I am afraid that I cannot do it by myself, so I want to ask Brother Chengfeng to join me."

"If you are willing, I would like to offer you five spirit stones."

"What do you need me to do?" Zhao Guanshan asked immediately. Five spirit stones were worth a trip on the wind.

"Haha, it's not that we need Brother Chengfeng to do anything, but our team needs to do something big. For this purpose, I have contacted the other two teams. We have thirteen witchers in total. If this is accomplished, the position of the commander-in-chief will belong to me."

"Okay, but can you give me the spirit stone first?"

"Great! These two spirit stones are a deposit. After the matter is completed, the remaining three spirit stones will be paid immediately."

Ding Daoren didn't expect that this poor relative from the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace was so poor. If he had known this, he would have quoted a lower price.

"Okay, when you leave, just let me know."

Zhao Guanshan didn't ask what the matter was, and Ding Daoren didn't explain in detail.

Anyway, he thinks it's worth it.

After dying once, the spirit will certainly suffer great damage, but with the Dharma image, it can be fully recovered after a year.

The only thing he lost was the spiritual weapon he carried with him...

It seems like I'm at a disadvantage. Should I send the spiritual soldier back to the statue space now?

Zhao Guanshan didn't care. He just did it when he thought of it. He sent back the three items, the Spirit Ash Shield, the Spirit Ash Javelin and the Purple Fire Dagger, plus two spirit stones, and he would make a profit. Although it was quite despicable to do so, his position was originally that of a rookie.

If Ding Daoren fails to plan before taking action, it is not his fault if the team is wiped out.

If Ding Daoren could act with careful planning, it wouldn't really matter whether he had a +10 enhanced spiritual weapon or not.

He is now a third-level spirit body, and his combat power has been greatly improved.

You can't expect me to be a male protagonist who plays the pig and eats the tiger.

The next second, Zhao Guanshan really returned to the statue space and put down the two spirit stones, the spirit ash javelin, the purple fire dagger, and the spirit ash shield. At this time, he still had the green leaf jade pendant in his hand, as well as a total of eight broken spirit weapons that he had previously looted from the spirit demon's body.

It looks quite luxurious.

Without stopping at all, Zhao Guanshan re-entered the spiritual world from the statue space.

At this moment, he felt different. He was truly fearless and had no weaknesses. He was truly daring enough to brave mountains of swords and seas of fire.

A hidden talent called Player is being generated.

Wa hahaha!

Why are you so excited?

Zhao Guanshan felt like he almost didn’t recognize himself anymore.

In the past two years, he had lived too cautiously in the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace. He felt like a mountain was pressing down on him and he couldn't breathe.

He was really worried that he would be overwhelmed at any time.

But now, it feels so damn good to be free and unrestrained!
It’s so cool!
Ride the wind and let yourself fly.

In just this short moment, Zhao Guanshan hummed a little tune as he repaired the eight broken spiritual weapons one by one. He did it smoothly and absorbedly throughout the process.

It was not until this moment that he suddenly realized that he had repaired these eight broken spiritual weapons. This was originally a huge project. Normally speaking, if 3 points of mental power were required to repair each piece, this would be a full 24 points of mental power.

But where did he get 24 points of mental strength?

He didn't activate the green leaf jade pendant just now. What happened? Is this a ghost?

Zhao Guanshan stood there in a daze, and suddenly felt that he seemed to have discovered an incredible secret.

"Did I just have an epiphany? No, there is no such epiphany!"

"Does being happy increase your mental strength? Not really. Being happy does make you happy, but it definitely doesn't increase your mental strength."

"so--"

Zhao Guanshan closed his eyes and thought carefully. After a long time, he showed a surprised expression. He had just accidentally killed a trace of evil thought that had been lurking in his spiritual memory for who knows how long.

This evil thought did not even invade from outside, but was formed within himself.

It has existed since he woke up in this world.

This evil thought was the pressure brought by survival and the pressure brought by worry about the future. It may have been small and insignificant at first, but later as his strength increased, as he formed his own power, and as he got to know Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun.

This pressure changes.

He was worried that Xiao Chengyun would discover the truth, and this worry gradually took shape because of his several entries into the spirit world.

So it was slowly and gradually affecting him, making him more impatient and more utilitarian, and even making him make the stupid decision just now without realizing it.

When did he become so selfish and indifferent?

What's the difference between him and those irresponsible demon hunters and those Qi cultivators who are gradually becoming indifferent and ignoring the suffering of all people?
He will eventually become the person he once hated the most.

But this evil thought never expected that after throwing everything away, Zhao Guanshan really felt the freedom without any restraint or constraints.

If he was a person from this broken world of immortal cultivation, and had never felt true happiness and freedom since childhood, then he probably wouldn't feel this strongly at this moment.

But that’s not the case with Zhao Guanshan. It was precisely because he once enjoyed true freedom that he had such a drastic change in his mood.

Because I have seen the sun and the sea, because I have walked through valleys and grasslands, because I have seen the beauty of the world.

Therefore, his state of mind completed a round of sublimation, and during this sublimation process, he crushed the evil thought without realizing it.

(End of this chapter)