Confucian and Taoist Cultivation Starting from the Equipment Slot

"Of course not. The world is so vast, and the types of demons in the long night are countless. What I'm talking about now are just the demons we can encounter."

"The demons of the Long Night are also divided into regions, and the types of demons differ in different regions."

Song Zhiyuan paused for a moment, then looked up into the distance.

"All we can do is learn as much as possible about them, which is why we organized this operation."

After leaving Master Song, Chen Zhuo couldn't wait to take out the two talismans that his senior sister had given him.

[Rune: Crimson Flame (Activated by infusing with spiritual energy, unleashing a large-scale burst of crimson flames within the target area), cannot be equipped.]

[Rune: Shield (Activated by infusing rune energy, forming a defensive shield around the wearer), cannot be equipped.]

"Cannot be equipped?"

This was the first time Chen Zhuo had ever seen this word.

However, he wasn't surprised, since it was just a talisman that could be replicated.

Then he took out the "Marching Diary".

The above is a record of a campaign by the Shengtianfu army against the demon race.

Chen Zhuo flipped through it several times, but still couldn't glean any literary insights from it.

"So, individual talent is indeed limited?"

Since that's the case, then...

Chen Zhuo turned his attention to the equipment slots.

After a day of rest, both pieces of equipment are ready to be removed at any time.

Wen Yu cannot be easily removed now, since it can accelerate the efficiency of acquiring literary energy.

The only book that can be replaced is "The Long Night Chronicles".

[《Marching Log (Green)》: A record of the Shengtianfu Army's expeditions.]

[Equipment Effect: Increases movement speed by 10% when equipped. (The content can be automatically analyzed.)]

[Introduction: This is a diary of a campaign by the Shengtian Prefecture army, recorded by a senior practitioner of literature and Taoism.]

"It's safe!"

This time, he saw the effect of the automatic content parsing again.

It seems his skill in traveling quickly is just around the corner!

Back home, Qingluo was still playing with the group of cats her father had brought over.

Chen An was sleeping in an unknown place, surrounded by several cats.

When Qingluo saw Chen Zhuo return, she quickly ran over and whispered:

"Young master, the master said that you need to go to his place after you return."

"Did you say what happened?"

"The master didn't say."

Chen Zhuo nodded, "Don't play with the cat yet. Go to the study to prepare the ink. Use the inkstone and ink stick I brought earlier."

The inkstone was naturally the Qingshan inkstone I got last time, and the ink stick was a gift from my junior sister yesterday.

We are about to face the demons of the long night; the ink and pen of a scholar are like the weapons of a warrior.

It can enhance literary skills.

"Father, you wanted to see me?"

Upon entering his father's study, Chen Zhuo looked at Chen Tiansheng, who was playing with a cat, and said...

He couldn't understand it. Did this cat really have such great magic? Everyone in the Chen family was playing with it.

"Yes, I've made a major discovery!"

Chen Tiansheng said mysteriously.

"Look at this cat, and this one too. Do these two cats have anything in common?"

Chen Zhuo observed it carefully.

"The only similarity is that they are both cats?"

"Nonsense, I'm asking about the aura!"

"Their auras are the same, but what's so strange about that?"

He didn't think there was anything noteworthy about the two cats having the same scent.

"It's not surprising that two cats have the same scent, but what if all cats had the same scent? Even with the greatest coincidences, there are no two things in the world that are exactly the same, let alone so many."

As soon as Chen Tiansheng finished speaking, Chen Zhuo was startled.

Then I checked it carefully.

It turns out that this is indeed the case.

The cats' breathing and frequency were perfectly synchronized, without the slightest discord.

They look like they were made from the same mold.

These cats are something else; they actually helped my father figure something out!

"That's not even the weirdest part. What's even weirder is that after I killed one cat, the aura on the other cats slightly increased!"

Chen Tiansheng continued to reveal more information, and handed over a cat that he had been playing with.

Without hesitation, Chen Zhuo ended its life. Then he saw something faintly emanating from the dead cat.

Chen Zhuo reacted quickly and reached out to grab it.

【A wisp of essence (blue/white): Qi collected from heaven and earth by some kind of artifact; its function is unknown, but it can be contained.】

"Storable?" is yet another new term.

Chen Zhuo tried hard to recall the game settings he had played in his previous life.

Storage means temporarily storing specific items in the panel so they can be accessed at any time.

It's like a warehouse.

Blue/white represents that one strand is of white quality, and when ten strands are collected and combined into one strand, it becomes of blue quality.

In the instant he was pondering, the wisp of essence before him vanished from his fingertips and merged into the other cats.

He really felt the change!

"How's it going? You can feel it too, right? You've read a lot of books, are you starting to understand things?"

Chen Zhuo shook his head and said:

"This might be some kind of energy between heaven and earth, but I don't know the specifics."

"gas?"

Chen Tiansheng stroked his chin thoughtfully.

Seeing his reaction, Chen Zhuo became curious. "Father, you know how to get angry?"

"Yes, Qi is the medium needed for a martial artist to advance. The requirements for Qi are different for martial arts practitioners at different levels."

"Moreover, 'qi' is very difficult to capture; it requires specific methods and containers. I just don't know why these cats have 'qi' present, and why it's so strange."

Having understood the function of Qi, Chen Zhuo stopped worrying about it.

Anyway, Qi is completely useless to him now. He's not a real genius, and he shouldn't even think about cultivating martial arts until the panel develops the relevant functions.

Since he couldn't share the energy he had collected with others, he stopped worrying about it.

"So the most urgent task now is to find out why the demon race wanted to get this batch of cats, and how the cats contain gas."

"I've already asked your older brother to handle this; we should have the results soon."

Seeing his father say this, Chen Zhuo felt relieved.

Back in his study, Chen Zhuo's mind was still filled with thoughts about cats.

All I can say is that the cat her father got was truly extraordinary.

He'd never seen anything of blue quality before.

It's just completely useless to him now.

"Young Master, are you going to grind the ink yourself this time?" Qingluo's voice pulled him back to the present.

"Yes, I want to grind the ink myself."

For a practitioner of literature and Taoism, ink is like their own weapon; only by developing it themselves can they use it with ease.

"The inkstone is for grinding ink, to make it smooth and moist." The process of grinding ink is simple in some ways, but difficult in others.

It involves holding the ink stick in your hand and grinding it directly on the inkstone with water.

Having some basic skills, Chen Zhuo quickly became proficient after a few tries.

The ink stick slowly rotated on the inkstone, making a soft rustling sound.

As the ink gradually thickened, Chen Zhuo felt a faint scholarly aura seeping from the inkstone into his fingertips.

This is how he and Mo got to know each other.