Demon Taming: Start by synthesizing a Lantern Ghost with Divine and Demonic Talents

Chapter 35: Invisibility of Thought
The little black tiger that Fu Shi Po manifested left the monk completely baffled.

It had probably just woken up when its unscrupulous owner roughly moved its nest.

It was a little unaccustomed to being in the small inner scenic area for the first time. It looked around and occasionally tried to scoop up the moonlight from the Heavenly Pool with its paws and splash it on its forehead, but it missed. It was immediately enraged and roared, splashing ripples, and then it started jumping and frolicking wildly among the mountains and water.

When it got tired of playing, it crawled into a black lotus bud, yawned widely, and fell asleep immediately.

Among the dense clusters of black lotuses in Tianchi Lake, two enormous black lotuses in the very center stand out.

At this point, the cultivation barrier has been broken.

From then on, Li Chunfeng was a proper cultivator at the third level of the Divine Realm.

The enhancement of his spiritual realm also greatly reduced the pressure on his spiritual soul, allowing his spiritual power to grow rapidly once again.

【Black Lotus Sutra of a Turbid World - Level 65: 3 (1/3000)】

When a Soul Refining cultivator enters the Divine Realm, each additional soul they capture represents a qualitative leap.

Especially when the first spiritual soul is completely refined, the basic perception range of the divine soul will increase dramatically. This increase range has been thoroughly demonstrated in the Earthly Realm, and it is approximately between three and six times.

At this moment, Li Chunfeng's range of divine perception had expanded to a radius of thirty-six zhang.

Compared to the second level of the Divine Realm, it has increased sixfold to the limit.

Perception is one aspect, but he cares more about the "power output".
The power of the mental energy derived from the "Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World" increases due to the nature of the technique itself, the purity of the spiritual energy, and is also related to the depth of the spiritual energy.

At this moment, Black Lotus's mental power could easily grasp objects weighing over 100 kilograms.

It was more than ten times better than when he was at the second level of the Divine Realm.

This is clearly due to the unusual phenomena that have begun to appear in the "Black Lotus Sutra of the Turbid World".

This is also somewhat related to his ability to maintain the power of thousands of divine souls without collapsing, after all, quantitative change leads to qualitative change.

Li Chunfeng continued to consolidate his cultivation before his time in the blessed land was over.

Previously, in order to break through to the next realm, I hadn't observed much. Now, after careful calculation, I discovered that cultivating in the third level of the Dark Abyss had indeed increased my progress in cultivation very rapidly, by more than five times compared to the first level.

However, even Li Chunfeng couldn't afford to spend a thousand Heavenly Dao Coins every day.

Furthermore, cultivating in the third level of the Dark Abyss for an extended period of time places an immense burden on one's mental well-being. Generally, doing this once or twice a week is already the limit.

Li Chunfeng did not covet a rapid improvement in his cultivation level.

Advancing one level in three months is actually quite fast.

After emerging from the blessed land, he suddenly noticed that the atmosphere in Yuan City was a little different today.

The key in his palm was throbbing wildly; someone was calling his name.

This is also one of the minor functions of Boundary Key.

He only had one friend added to his key, so with this chain of deaths, there were no other people left.

Without even looking, I know where to look for people.

Arriving at the dueling platform, Lu Yun'er was dressed in a bright red robe, looking like a happy red cloud drifting by. She spotted his faceless, demon-masked black robe from afar, waved high, and ran towards him, raising her fist.

"doing what?"

"Let's bump fists! Hurry up and bump fists!"

Li Chunfeng awkwardly punched her, and the next moment, the fiery girl flipped her fist over, opened her palm, and in her palm was a red heart-shaped candy pill.

"Ding ding ding, Happy New Year!"

Li Chunfeng was somewhat dazed.

That's right. He left the Mountain and Sea Academy in the winter month. Counting the time, the New Year in the Earthly Realm is about to begin in the next few days. No wonder there is so much festive red in Yuan City today, and even the Sword Debate Platform is much less lively.

Lu Yun'er chuckled, her doe eyes particularly mischievous: "I'll kowtow to you, and you'll get a big red envelope from me."

"..."

Li Chunfeng turned and left without expression.

"Come on, come on, give me a New Year's greeting. You don't need to kowtow, but you have to perform a grand ceremony, otherwise it won't count."

"Hurry up, my red envelope is huge."

Unlike Li Chunfeng, who habitually headed to the Dao Fa Ge and Fu Di every day upon entering Yuan City, Lu Yun'er's main goal upon entering Yuan City was the Sword Debate Platform, where she would fight more than a dozen matches every day.

In the first two months, Li Chunfeng only appeared on the Sword Debate Platform a handful of times, a minimum of ten times per month.

Although he won all his victories, his ranking on the jackpot list didn't rise much.

Lu Yun'er's record is mixed, but she has played a lot of matches, and her accumulated victories have propelled her ranking to within the top 5,000, showing a very strong upward trend.

The two have completely opposite personalities, much like a combination of two socially anxious individuals, or an "i" person and an "e" person.

Li Chunfeng was annoyed by Lu Yun'er the whole way, so he reluctantly clasped his hands in a deep bow and said, "Happy New Year!"

"Haha, here's a New Year's red envelope from Sister Lu."

Li Chunfeng, after a quick assessment, was immediately impressed.

It is a basic seed of the divine soul and mental power system, and its intent is invisible.

This is an extremely rare type of Dharma.

The spell's effect is to conjure an invisibility talisman, concealing one's mental fluctuations so that they cannot be perceived or detected by others, and reducing one's presence. With advanced cultivation, true invisibility may be achieved, even rendering someone right in front of you completely undetectable.

The effect of reducing his presence, in particular, perfectly matched his fighting style; it was a perfect fit. "Thank you."

Lu Yun'er smiled smugly, "I knew you'd like it. Where's my New Year's present?"

"What gift? No, I don't celebrate the New Year."

He then realized that it was Chinese New Year and he wouldn't be preparing any gifts.

Li Chunfeng's nonchalant and shameless act made the girl pout.

"Ugh, you're such a jerk. But whatever, Sister Lu is so generous, she gives gifts without expecting anything in return."

Upon hearing this, Li Chunfeng suddenly paused and threw an item behind him.

Lu Yun'er almost missed it, "What?"

"It's actually a Xuan-rank spell advancement stone?! You actually have such a good thing. Haha, I've hit the jackpot this time." This idiot, I haven't even wished him a Happy New Year yet, and he's already taken the gift. I won't even remind him. Hehe, I've made a huge profit.

Just then, a commotion arose ahead.

"Look, Tie Chenzhou's ranking has risen again. Is he trying to reach the top before the end of the month?"

"Wow, how many matches has Boss Tie fought in a row? He's just one match away from dethroning the demon Sha Lai Ru from the top spot."

"I doubt it. Although the big shots in the Earthly Realm haven't been making much of a push for the rankings, the demon race and the ghost race won't let us reach the top. It's still a long way from the end-of-month settlement, and they will definitely come out to snipe us at the last minute."

The two were also drawn to the attention, with Li Chunfeng looking at his ranking.

Nine thousand eight hundred and eighty-eight, he said calmly.

Lu Yun'er slammed her fist down, both excited and worried. "These people are too ambitious. They're really hindering my climb to the top. I heard there's a special reward for the top spot. Actually, I don't care about the reward; I just really want the top spot. But with these ranking maniacs around, when will I, Lu Yun'er, ever be able to reach the top?"

Li Chunfeng glanced at her sideways, seeing her matter-of-fact manner, she probably really thought she could reach the top of the list.

While enjoying the melon, he casually refined the magic seed.

Another line of information appeared on the damaged jade disc:
[Mind Concealment: Human-level spell, Level 1 (1/1000)]

Upgrading these basic spells requires relentless hard work, and he put it to use right then and there.

Soon after, the rankings were refreshed again, and the top spot changed hands several times. Sha Lairu's name was replaced by the battle maniac Tie Chenzhou.

"Hahaha~"

A burst of laughter attracted the attention of many people, and sure enough, it was that familiar, towering figure.

"Since we have briefly reached the summit today and it is a festive day, let me give everyone a red envelope. All living beings in our mortal realm will receive one."

As he spoke, he threw a spherical prop into the air, and the spherical prop immediately sprayed Easter eggs in all directions.

Li Chunfeng casually scooped one up.

[You have received 3 Heavenly Dao Coins as a gift from Tie Chenzhou!]

The scene was lively and bustling, with people expressing their gratitude to the railway boss for his targeted poverty alleviation efforts.

"Thanks, boss. Working for you, I get to eat nine meals a day."

"Thanks to the railway company, I've experienced what it feels like to become rich overnight."

Lu Yun'er let out a crisp laugh, "I grabbed 18, Li Chunfeng, how many did you grab?"

"3 pieces."

"Then I have more than you. Thanks, Boss Tie, I'm just riding on your luck. Sooner or later I'll climb to the top and have some fun too."

Amidst a chorus of compliments, her resounding shout caught Tie Chenzhou's attention. He laughed and gave her a thumbs up, "Girl, you've got guts! I'm waiting for you."

Although Tie Chenzhou had only been at the top for a short time, he was overtaken by Sha Lairu, who had come upon hearing the news.

He has at least reached the summit, so he has no regrets.

Lu Yun'er excitedly went to match and fight, while Li Chunfeng also said goodbye and left.

Instead of heading to the canyon immediately, he went to the canyon city mission hall, inquired about the market situation, and then posted a commissioned acquisition mission.

This is a long-term acquisition task: 10 non-ranked Lantern Ghosts can be exchanged for 1 Skill Point, and each ranked Lantern Ghost can be exchanged for 1 Skill Point.

The acquisition price is not high, but the task is simple and safe enough, since lantern ghosts are synonymous with weakness.

Anyone looking to earn some extra money would likely be interested in this task.

Li Chunfeng ultimately opened the door to evil.

Once this path was opened, he seemed to see his Daoist power flowing out of his pocket like water, unstoppable.

But he had no choice but to do it.

The 'Devour' skill needs to be upgraded to the Yellow Rank High Grade. It's only a matter of 10,000 to 20,000 coins, which I can easily collect in my spare time during my training.

To upgrade to the lower-grade Xuan rank, you will need another 531441 Lantern Ghosts.

It would take him forever to catch it on his own.

Moreover, the time for the second tribulation is not far off, and I always feel unsafe if my strength has not improved before undergoing the tribulation.

Consider it a sacrifice to ensure safety.

Having done all this, Li Chunfeng once again walked into the depths of the canyon mist, feeling the cool night breeze.

(End of this chapter)