While in Hollywood, I used Taoist magic to quell American terrorism.

A few minutes later, Cao Kun surfaced, having found nothing.

He went ashore and changed into clean clothes.

Because his divine power was exhausted, his body had begun to show signs of soreness as a side effect.

Cao Kun had no intention of going down again, nor did he intend to drive back overnight.

"I can't dive. Even with magical powers, I can only stay underwater for a few minutes. I can't stay underwater for long."

"It seems I should either try again with my diving gear, or wait until my cultivation level is higher before making a move."

"There might really be something underwater."

Cao Kun did not give up, still feeling that there should be something in the lake.

He took out some food and drinks and had dinner by the lake.

He then entered the system.

Merit points: 58800

With these 58800 merit points, several of Cao Kun's upgrade buttons lit up again.

Cao Kun didn't hesitate and clicked directly.

"Cultivation level up!"

The familiar pain returned, exacerbating the already severe aftereffects of the ritual and doubling the pain.

Cao Kun's clothes, which he had just changed into, were quickly soaked with sweat again.

But Cao Kun forced himself to keep from crying out.

About ten minutes later.

Cultivation level: Ninth-rank Human Teacher

Merit points: 33200

Finally, the upgrade was successful, and Cao Kun felt as if his body had been injected with new energy, and he had come back to life.

Even the aftereffects of invoking the gods have improved a lot, and my body feels much lighter.

"So it turns out that leveling up your cultivation can also alleviate the aftereffects of summoning gods."

Cao Kun looked again, and the upgrade button had turned gray again.

The next upgrade will require 51200 merit points, which he currently lacks.

He lowered his gaze to the spell bar.

Except for "Talisman Techniques", all others can be upgraded.

Cao Kun didn't stand on ceremony and first upgraded his weapon crafting skill.

Weapon Forging Technique: Level Two

Merit points: 33100

"continue!"

Weapon Forging Technique: Triple

Merit points: 32100

Currently, the Taiqing Sword Technique, the Qi Observation Technique, the Divine Invocation Technique, and the Qi Refining Technique are all tripled.

To continue leveling up, you'll need 1 merit points.

Cao Kun thought about it and decided not to upgrade for the time being.

Anyway, upgrading spells is different from upgrading cultivation.

Upgrading one's cultivation level takes about ten minutes, but spells only require a very short time.

We can upgrade when needed.

If you leave these merit points behind, you can upgrade your cultivation level if you earn a large sum of money again.

Host: Cao Kun

Constitution: Innate Thunder Spirit Body

Cultivation level: Ninth-rank Human Teacher

Cultivation Technique: Taiqing Shenxiao Jue

Skills (Spells):

Taiqing Sword Technique: Triple

Talisman Technique: Fourfold

Qi Observation Technique: Triple

Summoning Divine Art: Triple

Weapon Forging Technique: Triple

Purification Mantra

Purification Mantra

Merit points: 32100

After exiting the system, Cao Kun walked to the Escalade, folded down the back seats, and prepared to spend the night in the car.

"We need to prepare a few tents in the system space in the future, so that they can be used outdoors."

He had seen some tents in the cabin before, which must have been brought by someone like Bella.

Then Jason took him to the cabin.

However, all the tents smelled of the cabins, and Cao Kun didn't want to sleep in them.

As for the cars, Cao Kun saw several in the lake just now.

Silent all night.

After Jason was dealt with, nothing else happened.

Cao Kun walked to the lake again and couldn't resist taking off his clothes and going into the water to search again.

But he can only hold his breath for a limited time now, and he still hasn't found anything.

"Never mind, let's come back another time."

Cao Kun could only put it aside for the time being and leave it for later.

It was past 1 p.m. when Logan got back to his house.

Upon seeing Bella's body in the garage, Logan rushed over and couldn't help but burst into tears.

His wife, Jenna, kept comforting him, which gradually calmed him down.

Cao Kun wasn't sure if he was seeing things, but he noticed that Jenna visibly relaxed when she saw Bella's body.

Cao Kun didn't take it to heart; these wealthy families were always full of trivial matters.

He had no intention of meddling in other people's business, and after receiving the final payment from Logan, he prepared to leave.

"Oh, by the way, I also saw the bodies of Bella's other three classmates. If you want to go there, the address is..."

After giving Logan the address of Crystal Lake, Cao Kun took his leave.

Back home, Cao Kun gave the moth monster some more rats, and the aftereffects of the summoning of the god were completely eliminated.

"Weapon crafting technique".

Cao Kun flipped through his memories, reviewing various pieces of knowledge about weapon crafting.

It's really not right that he only has a peach wood sword to use right now.

"I do need to forge a batch of magical artifacts to use, which can directly enhance my strength."

"Also, I need a greatsword."

In his close-quarters combat with Jason, Cao Kun saw his own shortcomings.

The peach wood sword is a magical artifact, effective against ghosts and monsters, but not so effective against someone like Jason.

While chainsaws are very useful, they are also easily damaged when used against those wielding weapons.

Moreover, once he invites a deity to possess him, he is prone to unleashing lightning.

A chainsaw struck by lightning is reduced to scrap metal in no time.

As for chainsaws... they're not much better.

It was still early, so Cao Kun quickly packed up and went to Chinatown.

Taoist ritual implements are mostly old objects.

New basics are scarce, not because they are useless, but because few people know how to make them.

Cao Kun wanted to buy a piece of peach wood struck by lightning, or jujube wood struck by lightning.

However, after asking around Chinatown, I still couldn't find it.

I want to buy some copper coins to make a copper coin sword.

There were quite a few copper coins, but not many.

A copper coin sword can be made with ordinary copper coins, but the effect is not very good.

The best copper coin swords are made with five-emperor coins, especially the large five-emperor coins.

These refer to five types of coins: Qin Banliang, Han Wuzhu, Tang Kaiyuan, Song Yuantongbao, and Yongle Tongbao.

These five types of coins represent the most powerful dynasties of their time, embodying both national fortune and destiny, making them truly extraordinary.

If an ordinary person gets a string of five Emperor coins and puts it in their home, it can ward off evil spirits and suppress malevolent forces.

In the hands of Taoists, it can be made into a copper coin sword, which can then be used to drive away ghosts and ward off evil spirits.

However, the Five Emperors Coins must be heirloom coins, not coins dug out of graves.

Money that has entered the grave has been tainted by evil spirits, such as yin, evil, and malevolent energy. Its original power has been destroyed, so it is naturally useless.

Only coins passed down through generations can have this effect.

Making a copper coin sword using the Five Emperors Coins is difficult even in China, let alone abroad.

Cao Kun didn't even dare to think about it.

Perhaps the small five emperor coins can be found.

Moreover, due to certain reasons in modern times, it may be easier to collect all the heirloom Five Emperors Coins abroad than in China.

"None of these will work, but these few will."

In an antique shop called "Yu Chen Xuan", Cao Kun picked out several genuine copper coins.

Moreover, these are all heirloom coins.

This antique shop is very small, only a few square meters, and the items it sells are not very good, except for a few genuine heirloom coins.

The boss was a middle-aged man in his fifties, dressed plainly, and wearing round-framed glasses.

At this moment, he looked at Cao Kun with considerable surprise and said in accented Chinese, "Young man, you have a good eye for quality. My apologies for my disrespect."

Cao Kun didn't waste any words: "Name your price."

Shop owner: "Seven in total, $500, pretty reasonable, right?"

Cao Kun curled his lip: "This thing costs 5 yuan each in China, and people would think twice about selling it to me. You're selling it to me for 500 US dollars, and you call that fair?"

The boss smiled broadly: "Young man, you said it's in China, but this is abroad, the situation is different."

Cao Kun: "Up to 100 US dollars."

"Young man, you've cut way too hard..."

Before the boss could finish speaking, Cao Kun turned and left.

"Hey, young man, wait a minute..."

Cao Kun placed the $100 on the counter and took the seven copper coins.

These seven copper coins can be combined to form a set of five small emperor coins.

Seeing that Cao Kun was about to leave, the shopkeeper said again, "Young man, you seem very interested in ancient coins. I have a batch of top-quality ones here, would you like them?"