I Killed Gods and Demons in Song Dynasty

Chapter 3: Rank Up
Paji...

His boots stepped into the sticky wet mud, splashing dirty water all over Li Qingyun's trouser legs.

A few mice were frightened and ran past him quickly.

The narrow alley was filled with the pungent smell of leftover food, rotten meat and strong sweat.

Li Qingyun stood in front of two moss-covered stone lions, squinting at the dusty golden plaque.

The headquarters of the Changle Gang has a resounding name, called the Hero Building.

Once upon a time, this was a well-known treasure land in the underground world of Bianliang City, but in just forty or fifty years, it has become so dilapidated, truly proving the saying "wealth does not last for more than three generations."

Li Qingyun entered through the side door with ease, passed through the hanging flower gate, walked through the four courtyards, and arrived at his residence at the innermost part.

He casually opened the door and frowned.

Wine jars and cups were scattered on the floor, mahjong pieces and dice were thrown messily on the desk, and there were a few cockroaches in the corner, carrying leftovers. The whole room exuded a strong musty smell, so sour and stinky that it was suffocating.

Li Qingyun picked up the woman's bellyband hanging on the head of the bed, and his eyes couldn't help but twitch.

He is really a gangster who likes to eat, drink, gamble and whore.

The dirtiness of the room was a perfect illustration of the Changle Gang's decline. As the leader of a gang, he didn't even have servants to clean the room, which showed how poor he was.

But Li Qingyun didn't have the energy to take care of this messy room for the time being. Relying on his memory, he crawled under the bed, lifted a wooden board, revealing an inconspicuous secret compartment inside.

There was a three-inch long wooden doll lying in the secret compartment, with its limbs twisted into a weird angle, which was quite strange.

He took the puppet out and held it in his hand. Sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at it carefully, he found that this little thing was carved very delicately. Even the wrinkles of the clothes and the texture of the skin were depicted in detail. It was indeed very exquisite.

But when you turn it over, you will see that there is nothing underneath the puppet's exquisite hat.

Its face had no facial features and was painted with pale oil paint, revealing an indescribable weirdness.

Li Qingyun looked at the little thing with a frown on his face. He finally recalled the whole story and understood why the one-eyed man came to Yihonglou to claim his life.

This puppet was extorted by my predecessor from a shabby old man in a nearby alley. Seeing its exquisite workmanship, I thought it was a good item, so I prepared to take it to the pawn shop to exchange it for some silver.

On the way to pawn, he met his friend Liu Saner, who took a liking to the doll at first sight and told him that someone in the city was paying a high price to buy it, and if it was a set, the price would be even higher.

As a result, these two like-minded friends actually found a skilled craftsman to imitate five identical dolls, and with Liu San as the middleman, they sold them for a full one hundred taels of silver. The two of them divided the money equally and each took fifty taels of silver.

No wonder his previous life was so poor, but he could still spend money lavishly and live a happy life in Yihongyuan.

Not only that, this brainless idiot also kept the real puppet with him, intending to carve a few more based on it and turn it into a way to make money.

Li Qingyun felt the coldness hidden in the doll and couldn't help but sneer. He also naturally understood why his blood and essence were depleted and he was surrounded by foul air after he traveled through time.

That guy put this weird thing of unknown origin under the bed and slept with it every day. He was really asking for death.

Now that everything about his past and present life had come to light, Li Qingyun no longer hesitated and used his "Soul Swallowing" magical power to sweep away all the foul air hidden in the doll.

【Remaining Qi and Blood: 20 Souls.】

Looking at the words in front of him, he felt slightly surprised.

A tiny puppet actually contains the foul energy of twelve souls. Where does it come from?
But this question only flashed through his mind and was temporarily put aside.

Now that he has enough Qi and blood, Li Qingyun is ready to upgrade his rank and become a "God-favored One". He is a very decisive person. Once he makes a choice, he will go all out and leave no room for hesitation. Even in the face of unknown difficulties and risks, he will not easily change his original intention.

Now that you have accepted the gift from the mysterious gods, it means that you cannot escape the fate of being the gods' agents. Instead of hesitating, you might as well forge ahead and see what the results are.

Although there was no turning back, he did not regret his decision at all.

When faced with the choice between life and death, hesitating for even a second longer would be a disrespect for your own life.

What's more, the Song Dynasty he is in now is far more dangerous than what he has learned in history textbooks.

Although this world has immortals, Buddhas, the Three Heroes and Five Gallants who can fly and hide in the ground, and the Dragon Tiger Mountain Heavenly Master who can move mountains and fill the sea.

But in the Eastern Divine Land where powerful people abound, there are also equally terrifying evil spirits and evil gods, as well as their brutal followers.

The one-eyed man who almost ate himself was obviously practicing a terrible evil method.

Recalling the patches of corpse spots on the other person's face and the maggots crawling in his eye sockets, Li Qingyun felt nauseous and helplessly exhaled a breath of foul air in his chest.

If you want to survive and live a decent life, you can only rely on the power of gods to become stronger and stronger, until you are strong enough to defeat all demons and evil spirits.

As for what purpose that unspeakable secret existence had and what intentions it had towards him, these were not issues he could consider at the moment.

Thinking of this, Li Qingyun closed his eyes, silently chanted the name of the god "Ji", and expressed his desire to sacrifice his qi and blood from the bottom of his heart.

boom!
The mysterious and majestic palace appeared again. Li Qingyun was sitting on the throne, with endless fog under his feet and dense starry sky around him, which seemed to hide countless secrets.

[The agent sacrifices the blood and energy of ten souls to increase his rank! ]

[Current rank: First-rank ‘God-favored One’. ]

[Sacrifice the blood and energy of a hundred souls to be promoted to the second-level 'Insighter'. ]

[Remaining Qi and Blood: Ten Souls]

[Those favored by the gods gain supernatural powers—“initiation”]

【When the wisdom is revealed, the mind is enlightened and the sun is shining. When the truth is realized, the mountains are light, and the clouds of doubt are swept away. The agent sacrifices his qi and blood, and is favored by the gods, and is initiating the Holy Spirit, which improves the cultivation of the skills.】

In an instant, a large amount of qi and blood were sacrificed, causing Li Qingyun's face to turn slightly pale, but it soon returned to normal.

He carefully comprehended everything he had gained, and immediately understood that this so-called "initiation" magical power was actually using the wisdom of the gods to practice various techniques and martial arts.

The more blood and energy you sacrifice, the more profound your practice will be. The only requirement is that the skills you practice must be ones you already understand and master.

With his current status and ability as a first-level agent, he is not yet able to create his own skills out of nothing.

In other words, once too much knowledge of the Holy Spirit is absorbed into his mind, his current life level will be unable to bear it. He will surely fall into madness and lose control, and become a monster without reason.

However, even with such limitations, Li Qingyun was quite satisfied with his newly acquired magical powers.

He was able to kill the one-eyed man before because of the natural suppression of foul air by the "Soul Devouring" magic and the temporary physical strengthening obtained by the "Burning Blood" magic. If it comes to real ability, he is simply vulnerable in front of the other party.

If you want to become stronger, you must learn powerful martial arts.

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(End of this chapter)