This humble Taoist priest, Qianhe, begins his quest for immortality by slaying demons and monsters.

Chapter 97 The Ninth Level of Qi Refining, Samadhi True Fire Formed

The little girl is very stubborn. Her father has told her since she was little that she should not accept gifts from others casually.

However, in a moment unnoticed by everyone, a glint of light flashed in Shuang'er's eyes as she looked at Zhong Bai.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Bai was immediately delighted.

"Alright, alright, little sister, I'll do as you say. I'll just kill that willow tree spirit!"

After saying that, Zhong Bai looked at the three burly men and said, "The three of you should leave the inn now and inform the other people in the town. I will slay the demon for you tomorrow."

"This……"

The three hesitated. Although they knew a little about Zhong Bai's methods, what if he was just talking big and ran away overnight? Wouldn't it be the people of Willow Town who would suffer?

Having no hope is terrible, but having hope and then falling into despair is the real abyss.

Zhong Bai gave a faint smile.

"You three don't think that I'm just talking big and that I won't help your town kill the willow tree spirit tomorrow, do you?"

You can rest assured, I am Qianhe, a Taoist priest from Maoshan!

My position forbids me from breaking my word, so you may leave without worry.”

Having said all that, how could the three burly men possibly stay any longer?

Whether Zhong Bai's words are true or false, we'll find out tomorrow.

"Master Qianhe, the three of us will take our leave now. By the way, we will personally come to repair the shopkeeper's door in a couple of days."

I'm so sorry, shopkeeper..."

The three arrived quickly and left just as quickly. After they left, the shopkeeper finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhong Bai, and said with tears of gratitude, "Daoist Qianhe, if you hadn't happened to stay at my little shop, I'm afraid... I'm afraid... In short, Daoist, our family will never forget your great kindness and virtue for the rest of our lives!"
"Yong'er, come and kowtow to the Taoist priest to express your gratitude, and Shuang'er too!"

Zhong Bai shook his head, "No need. Good and evil are fundamentally opposed, and the struggle continues throughout our lives. Slaying demons and eliminating evil is the bounden duty of us cultivators. You three should get some rest..."

After saying that, Zhong Bai got up and went upstairs, leaving the family of three still in a daze.

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Upon entering the room, Zhong Bai sat cross-legged on the bed.

Looking at the demon-slaying panel in front of him, he saw exactly 10,000 demon-slaying points. No more, no less, just right. Along the way, Zhong Bai hadn't used any of his demon-slaying points for cultivation, but now he felt it was time to break through the bottleneck of the ninth level of Qi Refining.

"The ninth level of Qi Refining is already within my grasp; all I lack is the accumulation of true essence. Using Demon Extermination Points to accelerate this process should consume very little energy..."

Zhong Bai muttered to himself, having come up with an idea, and decided to launch his attack!

[Consume 2000 Demon Extermination Points to exchange for 2000 days of Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique cultivation]

[On the 52nd day, you are confident that you can break through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, but your true essence accumulation is still lacking, so you plan to forcibly refine the spiritual energy of the surrounding world.]

[On the 456th day, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth has allowed your true essence in your dantian to reach its peak, and you have begun your attempt to break through the ninth level of Qi Refining.]

On the 457th day, you successfully entered the ninth level of Qi Refining. This was not surprising to you at all; it was an easy and natural progression.

On the 2000th day, after breaking through to the ninth level of Qi Refining, you spent a period of arduous training to solidify your foundation.

[All demon-slaying points have been used up]

Current Demon Extermination Points: 8000

Centered on Zhong Bai, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth within a ten-mile radius of Willow Town surged towards him in an instant. The impact of the spiritual energy made Zhong Bai feel refreshed. As his true essence began to accumulate to its limit, unsurprisingly, the threshold of the ninth level of Qi Refining was broken. Rolling true essence washed through his meridians, and the thunder seal, glowing with purple light, continuously emitted thunder from his dantian.

After finishing his cultivation and getting up, Zhong Bai felt much better, but...

This is far from over. Although Zhong Bai has learned quite a few supernatural powers and techniques, his current identity is, after all, that of a Taoist disciple of Maoshan.

Therefore, Zhong Bai needs to quickly learn the great supernatural power of Samadhi Fire.

Besides, if we encounter the willow tree spirit tomorrow, we can also test the power of the Samadhi Fire.

"Sigh, I'm still too poor. Oh well, I'll put the Golden Light Divine Mantra and the Upper Clarity Dragon Elephant Technique aside for now and try out the Samadhi True Fire..."

Several days have passed since Zhong Bai descended the mountain. The reason he hasn't improved his physical body or the Golden Light Divine Mantra is because he needs to study the Samadhi True Fire.

This great divine power is definitely no weaker than the Golden Light Divine Mantra and the Divine Firmament Five Thunder Technique. The Samadhi True Fire and the Upper Clarity Dragon Elephant Technique are somewhat different. The Samadhi True Fire divine power only has six levels, and the third level can draw heavenly fire down to the mortal world. As for the sixth level... Zhong Bai dared not even think about how terrifying it was!
"let's start……"

[Consume 5000 Demon Extermination Points to exchange for 5000 days of Samadhi True Fire cultivation]

[Day 1: You know that the fuel for the Samadhi Fire is the Qi and Blood in your body, but knowing this is one thing, truly igniting the Samadhi Fire is not easy.]

[Day 1111, three years have passed. After three full years of trying, you have finally managed to ignite the Samadhi Fire within your Qi and Blood. However, the flame is still too small, and you cannot utilize your Qi and Blood on a large scale.]

[On the 3333rd day, after the passage of time, your Samadhi Fire can now ignite half of the Qi and blood in your body. You have basically entered the first level of Samadhi Fire.]

[Day 4444: You can now freely ignite the Samadhi Fire and control its size using your Qi and Blood. You have successfully entered the first level of the Samadhi Fire!] [All Demon Extermination Points used for this session have been consumed.]

Zhong Bai, who had been keeping his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, his eyes seemingly flickering with flames.

Raise your right palm, and as your Qi and blood surge forth from it, guided by your spirit, the Qi and blood instantly transform into a three-colored flame that condenses in your palm. The temperature in the room rises rapidly because of this small Samadhi True Fire!
"As expected, the Samadhi True Fire is indeed a great supernatural power. It took a full five thousand demon-slaying points to make a sound, but the harvest is also good. My current blood and qi strength is more than enough to support the Samadhi True Fire in killing a willow tree spirit."

After a faint smile, Zhong Bai stretched his limbs, and his bones cracked and popped.

In the darkness, in the room next to Zhong Bai's, Shuang'er blinked, her eyes shining with a faint light that appeared somewhat hazy in the darkness.

In the blink of an eye, Shuang'er's eyes sharpened!

"Is it Master Qianhe from Maoshan?"
A Qi Refining Stage 9 cultivator at around twenty years old is truly terrifying, but we have already formed a karmic connection.

That said, when did Maoshan establish any Daoist masters? Haven't they had no Daoist masters walking among the common people for hundreds of years?

Shaking her head, Yue Qiluo decided it was best not to overthink things. What could she possibly know after being sealed away for a hundred years?

"Hehe, never mind, I, Yue Qiluo, am not the kind of person who doesn't know how to repay kindness. It's just that this girl's life is really hard."

Yue Qiluo sighed. Shuang'er had actually died more than half a year ago while fleeing famine. At that time, Yue Qiluo had just escaped the seal and no longer had a physical body, so she had no choice but to possess Shuang'er's body.

Having just taken over a physical body, Yue Qiluo was undoubtedly weak.

Aside from her powerful soul retaining some of its power, she was unable to condense true essence within her body to unleash her unique skill, the Paper Doll Divine Power.

Over the past six months, Yue Qiluo has only now been able to nurture and recover her soul somewhat, and her physical body is now more compatible with Shuang'er's. However, at this time, misfortune never comes singly.

The willow tree spirit in the town was so powerful that Yue Qiluo was prepared to risk serious injury to her soul to defeat it, but unexpectedly, Zhong Bai ended up in Willow Tree Town by chance.

"Luckily, I haven't started cultivating yet, otherwise, if that Taoist priest from Maoshan finds out, it's hard to say whether he'll attack me..."

Fortunately, Yue Qiluo understood that her identity was somewhat awkward for the Taoist sect, as she herself was considered a branch of the sect.

However, given her reputation for betraying her master and ancestors, if Zhong Bai were to truly harbor murderous intent, he could easily treat her as an evil cultivator.

Zhong Bai, of course, had no idea of ​​Yue Qiluo's secret joy.

But even if Zhong Bai knew, so what?

Time passed slowly. Zhong Bai sat cross-legged, concentrating his energy, while Yue Qiluo tossed and turned, unable to sleep. She was genuinely worried that a bolt of lightning would fly from next door, and Zhong Bai would lift her up, shout "Evil spirits are causing trouble!" and send her to the underworld or even back to Maoshan.

Filled with tension and anxiety, Yue Qiluo couldn't sleep at all when it was dawn the next day. Shuang'er's physical body was, after all, just an eight or nine-year-old girl, and Yue Qiluo had not yet begun to cultivate. Therefore, when it was dawn, her dark circles under her eyes were particularly obvious.

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As Zhong Bai pushed open the door and was about to go downstairs, he saw Yue Qiluo, who was also pushing open the door, yawning with two big dark circles under her eyes.

"Little sister, it seems you didn't sleep well last night. Are you worried that you'll be sent to be a sacrifice?"

Zhong Bai tried to keep his tone gentle. At least based on Zhong Bai's current guess, Shuang'er was worried that she would not be able to successfully kill the willow tree spirit and would end up with the same result, which was why she couldn't sleep.

Yue Qiluo almost rolled her eyes at Zhong Bai, but at the last moment she still showed a sweet smile.

"Master Qianhe, your guess was absolutely right!"

Shuang'er is still worried... but Shuang'er trusts you, Daoist Qianhe. After all, you said you are a Daoist disciple of Maoshan. Shuang'er doesn't know what a Daoist disciple of Maoshan is, but she imagines that anyone from Maoshan must be very powerful!

Zhong Bai felt that Shuang'er was a bit too clever, but he didn't think that she was an old monster.

After all, it would be hard for anyone who saw Shuang'er's sweet smile to imagine that she had been possessed.

"Shuang'er, you are very clever, but you should still have faith in me. It's just a willow tree spirit; I have plenty of ways to eliminate it!"

After saying that, Zhong Bai stopped teasing Shuang'er. As soon as he went downstairs, he saw the waiter, who was also Shuang'er's brother Yong'er, waving at him.

"Master Qianhe, you've gotten up. Quickly, Master Qianhe, please sit down."

My father told me to go to the market early this morning to buy some fresh ingredients—chicken, duck, fish, and meat—all good stuff. Master, I neglected you last night; you must be well-fed today!

Yong'er was very enthusiastic, perhaps because he understood that Zhong Bai was the only person who could pull his sister out of the abyss. So both he and the shopkeeper were extremely careful, afraid of displeasing Zhong Bai in any way.

Faced with such enthusiasm, Zhong Bai did not refuse. Although eating these things in the morning seemed a bit greasy, it was the other person's good intention.

"You've worked hard, young man."

After Zhong Bai finished speaking, he took his seat, and the waiter chuckled upon hearing this.

"Taoist Master, you can just call me Xiaoyong. It's all just what I should do. Please eat first!"

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