Fire Monster

Chapter 285 The unintentional person
"Ten times the training speed, I can't handle it at all!"

After the exercise was over, Zhao Guanshan was stunned. This was a result he had never expected.

Because this tenfold practice is not equivalent to ten power runes.

With his, Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun's current strength, each of them can condense five to eight power runes each time, and a maximum of ten power runes to help with cultivation.

However, he used the soul realm and the statue to practice together, which was almost equivalent to condensing a full one hundred power runes.

A spiritual stone, so precious, was obtained in just over an hour.

Of course, this is a good thing.

Zhao Guanshan calculated it himself and found that under normal circumstances, one spirit stone could condense nine mouthfuls of innate pure yang energy.

If one's aptitude is worse, one can only condense eight or even seven. If one's aptitude is better, one may be able to condense ten.

His initial qualifications were above average, similar to those of Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun.

After advancing to the fifth-level Qi Refiner, he overcame his personal tribulation and cultivated an innate pure yang body, and his aptitude had successfully broken through to the superior level.

Therefore, each spirit stone can condense ten breaths of innate pure yang energy each time.

But this time, he was able to condense eleven breaths of innate pure yang energy.

Apparently this was the benefit of practicing with the statue.

This is equivalent to thirty spirit stones, which can bring him the equivalent of thirty-three spirit stones in profit.

"This should be considered a major benefit, because what I lack most now is time."

Zhao Guanshan thought, under normal circumstances, thirty-three spirit stones would be enough for him to practice for ten years, but now, even with the mastery of the magical runes, it would take at most one year to accomplish it.

Even if all the spirit stones from Liu Yuwei and Xiao Chengyun were taken, it would take at most three to five years to complete the practice.

Of course, he couldn't do that. If the three of them joined forces, their advantage could be greater than three, or even equal to five.

After that, Zhao Guanshan did not practice anymore, mainly because he was not used to the ten-fold practice speed, and his mood was fluctuating too much, so he had to slow down and not rush.

He then put the ugly statue into the ash bag and kept it close to his body. He also put away the imperial oil lamp, stood up and walked out of the imperial bunker, and strolled freely along the street outside.

That's the benefit of having plenty of time.

Originally, he planned to use half a month to absorb and cultivate this spirit stone, but it turned out to save him fourteen days.

It actually gave him a feeling of experiencing the joy of being an immortal cultivator.

Along the way, looking at the bustling streets, abundant supplies, orderly order, and some familiar faces he occasionally saw, Zhao Guanshan was still very pleased.

Until he saw an expressionless acquaintance head on.

This seems to be a martial arts apprentice under Xu Ming, named Liu Yuan.

Now that he has successfully cultivated to the level of a three-seal martial artist, he is driving a level three imperial seal chariot that has obviously been greatly modified for civilian use slowly along the road.

Because cars have lanes and people have sidewalks, pedestrians have to use overpasses to cross the street. This was a planning habit made by the Linjiang Prefecture Governor from the very beginning.

The purpose is to enable rapid passage and also to be used for wartime assembly. After all, the public has a large number of retired tanks, which is actually a very powerful force.

It’s like in the East China Sea on Earth, every family has a retired tank.

It can be said that he had good intentions and his martial virtues flourished.

But at this moment, Liu Yuan was driving a level three chariot while chatting cordially with pedestrians outside the driveway, looking very excited.

Although such behavior would not block the lane, it did cause some passing imperial chariots to honk their horns frequently. Where did this popular stuff come from?

When the pedestrian realized that something was wrong, he waved goodbye to Liu Yuan. Liu Yuan also said goodbye warmly and then he hurried away.

The whole process seemed like nothing happened, it was just a common scene.

But Zhao Guanshan's expression suddenly became solemn.

Because he saw that after Liu Yuan sped away, his face instantly became calm, but it was not the normal calmness, but the kind of calmness that was as calm as a still pond, with a negative perception, just like a human being.

If this still cannot prove anything, then Zhao Guanshan’s memory can.

More than ten years ago, Liu Yuan was just a 17-year-old boy of the same age as Zhao Guanshan. He was a somewhat introverted and shy person, but he was serious and studious, meticulous in his work, and extremely disciplined.

How come after more than ten years, he has become such an unruly guy?

In a lane where you need to travel at high speed, would you slow down and chat enthusiastically just because you see an acquaintance?
Completely ignoring the fact that this scene would inevitably be recorded in the Chief Secretary's photo album and result in points being deducted and a fine?
Although Liu Yuan's acquaintance was very excited, enthusiastic, and shouting, this further proved that Liu Yuan had become a bit like Mo Lao Er. He would actively follow the main emotions of the crowd, but when there were special, sharp, and high-pitched individual emotions that affected them, Mo Lao Er would also react immediately.

It feels a bit like emotional mimicry.

If it were in the past, Zhao Guanshan would not have thought too much about it, but since he couldn't help but think of Mo Laoer twice in the spiritual world, he knew that things were not that simple.

In addition, the abnormal behavior of Liu Yuan seen at this moment is enough to prove the seriousness of the situation.

There’s an old Earth saying that when you see one cockroach, there’s a good chance the whole house is full of them.

Zhao Guanshan did not track Liu Yuan again to confirm whether he had sensed the negative?
He went directly to Mo Laoer's house. He needed to see Mo Laoer again.

However, when he was only halfway there, he ran into two people with similar signs of negative perception. Although they were strangers, walking among the crowd, he could clearly see the abrupt changes in their emotions.

So don’t go there anymore, something big has happened.

Something definitely happened.

Zhao Guanshan felt a tingling sensation on his scalp. He realized that if there was something wrong with Mo Lao Er, then this might be the result of an evil demon lurking in at some point in time.

It just never had a chance to ferment.

In the past, there were five statues of immortals suppressing people, with the help of Taoist priests, suppressing destiny and people's livelihood. Mortals were as humble as ants, and they only wanted to fill their stomachs and survive.

Although the entire Linjiang Prefecture was in a state of depression at that time, it was actually the easiest to supervise because it was too quiet. Any movement would not be hidden from those high-level Qi Refiners.

But now it is different. People’s wisdom has been awakened, people’s livelihood is boiling, people’s hearts are as hot as fire, and ordinary people are warmly welcoming a bright future every day.

More trade, more exchanges, more popularity, forming an invisible aura, noisy above.

This would make it impossible for some high-level Qi Refiners to see clearly or hear some unusual movements.

The popularity, the smell of fireworks, and the atmosphere of the world are hard to disbelieve. It is easy for evil spirits to take advantage of the opportunity to sneak in and cause trouble.

What's worse is that now that the forbidden art of conferring gods has been fully released in the Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace, and the industrial revolution of cultivating immortals has been promoted, it seems to be prosperous, but in fact it is the weakest time. The destiny has not yet awakened, and the industrial revolution of cultivating immortals has not accumulated enough advantages. If one is not careful, the result will be very bad, and the entire Linjiang Prefecture Taoist Palace will be destroyed.

After all, if the three major Taoist palaces are planning, then the evil demons won’t be planning too, right?
Will the evil demons just watch you accelerate your destiny awakening and do nothing?

Zhao Guanshan’s first thought was to hand the matter over to the higher-ups of the Taoist Palace for investigation, but then he changed his mind and sighed slightly. How could he stay out of it?

Even worse, if Mo Lao Er was really the evil demon who had been lurking in for a long time, how could he have hidden his true identity?

Maybe this time it's aimed at him.

Thinking of this, Zhao Guanshan couldn't help but feel fortunate that he chose to fake his death and hide eleven years ago, but could he really avoid it?
How many of his secrets have been leaked?
With a long sigh, Zhao Guanshan stood still. He had no choice but to intervene. Cheng Muye suggested that it would be best to cut it off, but could it be done?

Unless a hundred years later, when Deng Jiu, Wang Chen, Yu Che, Sun Zei and others have all passed away, he can truly cut them apart. Before that, as long as he touches them, there is no way he can cut them apart.

Then there is nothing to hesitate about.

Let’s see whether the Tao is one foot higher than the devil, or the devil is one foot higher than the Tao?

The next second, Zhao Guanshan took out his ugly statue, which was integrated with Mei Xun's imperial oil lamp, so he could activate the rune of enhanced perception anytime and anywhere.

With a thought, his perception exploded on the spot, increasing by fifteen times. Even if he did nothing, he could hear and sense all sounds, all conversations, all heartbeats, and all emotional fluctuations of people within a radius of one kilometer in an instant.

At the same time, his four soul armor pieces also started to operate automatically. The blue snow brought coldness, the wild fire brought heat, and the vortex of cold and heat protected his soul, preventing him from collapsing and becoming confused due to receiving so much information at once. Thus, he could carefully identify the results he wanted.

To put it bluntly, he is now the person with the highest perception in the Taoist Palace of Linjiang Prefecture. Even if the former strongest Qin Wuyuan is resurrected, his perception is less than one fiftieth of Zhao Guanshan's.

This is the comprehensive advantage brought about by Zhao Guanshan's training and development in the spiritual world.

So at this moment, he looked at the two people again, and with his super high perception, he could see through everything.

Yes, they have problems because they have no heart.

Yet, they have heartbeats, and what resides in their chests is not a human heart.

Is it the same for Mo Laoer?
Zhao Guanshan quickly sensed the crowd, but after a quick investigation, the result was even worse.

Among these less than a thousand people, there were as many as five careless people.

But when he was about to continue investigating, a suppressed cry came from somewhere, which made him a little upset.

The next second, he was startled and felt something was wrong. What kind of crying could make him so upset?
But at this moment, the suppressed crying disappeared and could no longer be heard.

(End of this chapter)