Ghost Immortal

Li Feng reached out to check his breath, but he was already dead.

On the table, he saw a thin booklet, which was obviously left behind by the other party.

The booklet's cover was covered with blue cloth, with no writing on it except for a vermilion stamp in the lower right corner.

Li Feng turned to the first page, where a scripture was copied in neat small regular script.

The Secret of Righteous Qi

There are also notes below.

"This is the basic practice of cultivating qi in Confucianism, which leads to the same goal as the qi cultivation method in Taoism."

"But the Righteous Qi Technique has a unique feature: it can enhance the power of words. The words written by Confucian scholars can carry righteous energy and suppress evil spirits."

"This book, 'The Book of Righteous Qi,' is something I compiled over seven years. It contains all my insights into Confucian cultivation methods."

"Throughout my life, I have used my tongue to distort the truth and to clear others' names. Now both the sins and the merits of my tongue have been removed."

"That's fine too. Without a tongue, I'm free. If I can use this crippled body to bring Wu Youde to justice and expose Gu Zhenren's conspiracy, then my tongue won't have been wasted."

Just then, Yan Songde's eyelids suddenly widened.

His pupils were dilated, and the whites of his eyes were covered with fine black dots, like ink splattered on rice paper.

The black dots were still moving slowly. Only upon closer inspection could one see that they were not ink dots, but rather thin black worms, as fine as hair, crawling in and out of the whites of his eyes.

This is a Gu worm devouring the body!

Li Feng took a step back, and lightning instantly lit up his right palm.

Suddenly, a faint buzzing sound came from Yan Songde's corpse, and then a large number of black insects crawled out from the seven orifices of the corpse, swarming towards Li Feng in dense numbers.

These black insects are as thin as hair, completely black, and only the size of a sesame seed.

They swarmed together, forming a black swarm that gnawed at the surface of the rosewood table, leaving it pitted and uneven.

The Xuan paper on the table was overwhelmed by the swarm of insects and turned to dust in the blink of an eye.

Li Feng unleashed a palm-shaped lightning bolt at the swarm of insects.

Lightning exploded, and the blinding electric light tore the black swarm of insects to pieces.

Lightning is extremely yang and powerful, and it is especially effective against these yin and evil insects.

Tiny black insects writhe and convulse in the lightning, making hissing sounds, and are instantly burned to ashes, falling onto the blue brick ground like a layer of fine black sand.

But more worms emerged from the corpse and spread along the walls and the ground.

Don't stay here for long.

Li Feng gritted his teeth, stuffed the Righteous Qi Manual into his pocket, and turned to rush out the door.

He had just stepped out of the door when a loud crash came from behind him.

The beams of the entire lawyer's shop were eaten away by Gu worms, and the roof collapsed, burying Yan Songde's body and the Gu worms all over the house in the ruins.

Pedestrians on the street were terrified by the loud noise and scattered in all directions, some screaming that the building had collapsed.

Li Feng stood across the street, watching helplessly as the shop turned into a pile of broken bricks and tiles.

Yan Songde is dead.

He risked his life to reveal the truth, giving Li Feng another new clue.

Renhetang, Wu Youde.

The account book is still in the bookshelf compartment in the backyard of the shop, but the shop has already collapsed.

Even if it hadn't collapsed, the Gu worms probably wouldn't have let go of any evidence that was detrimental to the Gu Master.

Li Feng gasped for breath, forcing himself to calm down.

Only by bringing down Wu Youde can we follow the clues and find the Gu Master.

Things haven't reached a point of despair yet.

The yamen runners arrived quickly.

As Constable Sun and his men were cleaning up the scene, they saw Li Feng standing across the street, which made them feel quite unlucky.

This new night watchman has appeared at the crime scene for the third time.

Could it be that the other party is a soul-reaping messenger from hell, causing death wherever they go?

This time, Li Feng didn't wait for Constable Sun to ask a question and took the initiative to go over and answer.

He made no mention of what Yan Songde had written.

It wasn't that they didn't trust Constable Sun, but rather that Yan Songde had said before his death that the Gu worms could sense relevant information.

Before learning to imbue one's words with righteous spirit, speaking them aloud is harmful to others.

After hearing this, Constable Sun was skeptical, but Yan Songde's body was indeed dug out of the ruins.

The black spots in the whites of the corpse's eyes matched what Li Feng had said, leaving him no choice but to believe it.

He waved for Li Feng to go back first, saying that he would report the matter to Constable Zhao and the county magistrate.

He touched the booklet in his arms, feeling a surge of excitement.

Yan Songde, thank you for your "Guide to Righteousness and Integrity".

This cultivation method is the orthodox Confucian school; if you want to buy it, it will cost at least a dozen low-grade spirit stones.

Li Feng really struck gold while walking around.

For the next two days, Li Feng locked himself in the courtyard and did not leave the house except to keep watch.

He studied the "Authorization of Righteous Qi" during the day and practiced according to the methods in the booklet at night.

The cultivation system of Confucianism is completely different from that of Taoism.

Taoism emphasizes the absorption of spiritual energy from heaven and earth, using the dantian as a furnace to refine spiritual power.

Confucianism emphasizes cultivating one's inner energy, using the righteous spirit within to communicate with the righteous energy of heaven and earth, using words to carry one's cultivation, and using the pen to vanquish demons and monsters.

The introductory skill of the Righteous Qi Technique is called Concentrating the Mind and Gathering Qi.

It requires complete concentration when writing, infusing the brush with righteous spirit, so that the characters carry the writer's will and cultivation.

There is only one standard for beginners: the characters they write must be imbued with a righteous spirit and appear to float in the air.

Li Feng initially couldn't grasp the concept.

He mixed cinnabar with ink and wrote repeatedly on yellow paper.

A thick stack of papers was filled with writing.

The characters that can be written have no special effects other than neat ink marks.

He tried to infuse the Taoist spiritual energy into the tip of his brush, and the characters he wrote were indeed imbued with spiritual energy.

However, it is not righteous energy, but rather the magical power of Taoism, which may not be effective against Gu worms.

Li Feng wondered if he had been away from school for too long and couldn't find the feeling of being a scholar.

So he found a tailor and had a high school uniform made for himself.

Once you put on the school uniform, you'll see a dozen books piled up on the table, and a slogan on the wall that reads, "Strive for 100 days, I want to be a prime minister!"

Li Feng immediately felt like a high school student and became addicted to reading.

Three days later, he finally wrote his first piece of writing filled with righteous indignation.

This character "正" is different from all the characters I wrote before.

The strokes are not particularly neat, and the ink is not full.

But the moment the writing touched the paper, a very faint milky white halo appeared on the paper.

The halo was very faint, and Li Feng held the written character "正" up to the candlelight to examine it closely.

There is a fine white halo around the edge of the writing, as if the paper itself is glowing.

He touched it gently with his fingers, feeling a warm sensation at his fingertips, completely different from the coolness of the Taoist spiritual energy.

It worked!

It's true that only the urgency of the college entrance exam can motivate people to study!

Li Feng suppressed his excitement and turned to the last page of the Righteous Qi Manual.

Yan Songde recorded the method of affixing the seal of the Confucian school here.

Instead of using a real seal, the seal is formed by the characters themselves, which embody a noble and righteous spirit.

The specific method involves concentrating one's righteous energy at one's fingertips and then clicking on one's own "natal character" below the text that needs blessing.

This "natal character" is equivalent to the signature and seal of a Confucian scholar.

He tried to add a dot below the character "正" that he had just written, which is the character "锋".

The superposition of two layers of righteous energy makes the milky white halo on the paper even stronger.

The entire character appears to float on the paper, exuding a reassuring aura of righteousness.

Li Feng knew that this word already possessed the power to combat the Gu worms.

But before he could write down Yan Songde's experiences, a fourth bizarre murder case occurred.