Searching for the best path, starting from Renjia Town

Chapter 159: Ghost Hunting Conference
The matter in Jiuquan Town came to a temporary end. The next morning, Li Kunshan took the Dragon Slayer and set off for Gezhao Mountain.

"I advise you to walk faster."

For the Dragon Slayer, this was like being executed. His legs felt like they were filled with lead and they dragged on. Li Kunshan didn't indulge him. Whenever he walked slower, he would insert silver needles directly into the most painful acupuncture points.

In this way, I can walk dozens of miles a day, and I estimate that I can reach Gezhao Mountain in more than half a month.

"I need to go to the toilet!"

In the evening, the dragon slayer shouted and suddenly stopped.

"There's no toilet in this remote place. We can just find a place to relieve ourselves."

Li Kunshan snorted and asked casually.

"Big and small."

"shit."

"Go further away."

Li Kunshan frowned with a look of disgust.

The dragon-slaying wizard immediately ran to the side, about twenty or thirty meters away, and squatted behind a bush.

However, Li Kunshan's paper man followed him.

The dragon-slaying wizard's face flushed red with suffocation, but Li Kunshan was too lazy to keep staring at him. He looked at the surrounding mountains, observing the direction of the dragon veins and practicing his feng shui skills.

Bang~!

Just as I was watching intently, the paper man's perspective suddenly disappeared.

"not good."

Li Kunshan exclaimed and rushed towards the dragon-slaying wizard.

In the blink of an eye, I got there and saw a pile of that thing and a few thin needles dropped from a broken paper figure next to it.

The silver needles used to seal the acupuncture points were forced out by the Dragon Slayer!

"Earth Movement Technique."

Looking more closely, I saw a shallow pit that had just been dug about one or two meters away. I didn't expect that he would have such a method.

The so-called earth-moving magic, as the name suggests, is a magic spell that allows you to move underground. Regardless of the speed, it is very useful for escaping.

At this moment, the Dragon Slayer was probably about one or two miles away.

Li Kunshan, who had been anxious just now, suddenly smiled.

Sealing acupuncture points with silver needles sounds intimidating, but it is just an ordinary folk remedy. Just imagine how it is possible to completely control Master Zhengyi?

From the very beginning, Li Kunshan wanted to let the Dragon Slayer escape!

It was like some kind of forbidden contract, and the dragon slayer could not reveal any information about his 'master'.

This kind of restrictive spell is often deeply bound to the soul. Once it is forcibly lifted, the soul will be scattered and nothing will be gained.

Therefore, even if the Dragon Slayer was brought to Mount Gezao, he probably wouldn't be able to break the restraints and learn about his "master".

Since we can’t tell you, let’s just let the dragon slayer take them there.

A frightened fawn will run towards its mother at the first opportunity. In fact, humans are similar.

After the dragon slayer escapes, he will definitely go find his 'master'!
night.

Deep in the barren mountains, Li Kunshan sat cross-legged.

"He ran pretty fast."

Looking towards the northwest, a slight smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, the dragon-slaying wizard was three hundred miles away in the northwest direction!

Last night, it seemed that he was checking the acupuncture points with silver needles, but in fact, Li Kunshan secretly intercepted a wisp of divine consciousness from the Dragon Slayer.

Based on the connection between divine consciousness and soul, even if the dragon-slaying wizard ran to the ends of the earth, Li Kunshan could still accurately determine his location.

"Humph."

With a light hum, Li Kunshan slowly closed his eyes.

The next moment, a phantom flew out from the sky, it was Li Kunshan's soul.

To allow the soul to leave the body, without the help of talismans, one generally needs to practice the seventh level of spirit.

This was only Li Kunshan's fourth time practicing the spirit, and he didn't know any related spells.

However, the magical power of the sixth level of Huangting Neijing Sutra, "Spiritual Travel", is exactly the method for the soul to leave the body.

Moreover, it can travel across the mountains and valleys in one day, and the flying speed is extremely fast.

It is not a method to quickly improve the realm of spiritual practice. Although it is a pity, it is also a pretty good magical power.

Huh~!

Riding the wind and controlling the air, he arrived in an instant, a distance of three hundred miles away.

"found it."

There was a small cave, and the dragon-slaying wizard was hiding inside.

There are talismans placed at the entrance of the cave, but unfortunately, they can protect against people and ghosts, but not against souls.

I think the Dragon Slayer Mage didn't expect that Li Kunshan had already refined his Qi into a spirit, and dared to leave his body to find him.

The Dragon Slayer Mage looked like he was asleep, but only lightly. He would wake up immediately at the slightest movement and then run away at the fastest speed.

This is what is meant by a frightened bird.

Li Kunshan floated in front of the dragon slayer and began to cast a spell.

A moment later, a ray of divine consciousness penetrated into the dragon slayer's consciousness and entered his dream.

Next, under Li Kunshan's weaving, the dragon-slaying wizard in the dream was hunted all over the world by Li Kunshan.

"……what!"

With a cry of surprise, the dragon slayer woke up from his dream.

He looked around frantically, but found nothing unusual. He swallowed hard and finally calmed down a little.

I just felt a chill on my back. I was so frightened in the dream just now that my back was already wet with cold sweat.

"No, we have to go!"

After a moment, the dragon-slaying wizard stood up and quickly put away the talisman.

After coming out of the cave, he continued to run towards the northwest.

at the same time.

Li Kunshan opened his eyes and couldn't help but smile.

Nightmare magic is also a sorcery from Yue Qiluo's secret manual. It not only allows one to infiltrate another's dreams, but also manipulate them. Through dreams, one can give hints and lead others to do certain things without them even noticing.

If mastered, it could even cause a person to lose the ability to distinguish between reality and dreams, thus completely controlling them. Furthermore, compared to the Bewitching Spell, this method did not directly affect the soul or spirit, leaving no trace.

Li Kunshan further stimulated the dragon slayer through nightmare magic, just to make him go find his master as soon as possible.

Now it seems that the effect is good.

Of course, to be on the safe side, Li Kunshan would use the nightmare spell on the dragon slayer every few nights.

A few days later, Li Kunshan returned to Renjia Town.

"Isn't it clear?"

The reason why we went to Renjia Town first instead of going directly to Hehuan Town was to investigate the Western zombies.

Li Kunshan came to the Shangshui Village Church to see if he could find any clues.

Unfortunately, apart from the three Western zombies mentioned above, there is no trace of other vampires.

In addition, Li Kunshan asked the nun who is currently in charge of this place, but unfortunately, she was unable to provide any useful clues, and her knowledge of vampires was limited to some legends.

"Ok."

There was no gain, but that was expected.

These Western zombies seem to be organized, but relatively independent, and it is difficult to lead one to another.

Li Kunshan shook his head and stopped thinking about it, and went back to the charity cemetery to see his uncle.

After the meeting, Li Kunshan told Uncle Jiu in detail about the dragon slayer and the Western zombies.

It has been just over a month since the Yin-Yang Dharma King was sealed, and I didn't expect something like this to happen.

"This matter is indeed of great significance."

Uncle Jiu's expression was serious. After a moment's thought, he said, "I'll report this to Master as soon as possible and ask him to contact Gezhao Mountain to see how to deal with Tulong. Also, regarding the people of Jiuquan Town, I hope there's a way to detoxify them."

"This is best."

"As for the two evil arts you learned privately, there are reasons for them. I don't think your master will blame you."

"That's good."

Li Kunshan smiled and suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Next, Li Kunshan stayed in the charity cemetery for two days.

Qiu Sheng has already completed his apprenticeship, and now only Wencai is here. Li Kunshan wants to fulfill his filial duty as a disciple, and secondly, ask Uncle Jiu some questions about cultivation.

"The disciple has returned."

After that, he bid farewell to Uncle Jiu and returned to Hehuan Town.

After returning home, Li Kunshan took a short rest and went to visit Zhuge Kongping first.

Calculating the time, this time I have been away for almost a year.

Li Kunshan is now much calmer and more thoughtful than when he first started. He respects Zhuge Kongping as a senior, and Zhuge Kongping's attitude towards him has also improved a lot.

Speaking of which, it happened that Zhuge Kongping was the only one at home. According to Zhuge Kongping, his wife Wang Hui took Zhuge Xiaoming and Zhuge Xiaohua back to her parents' home to visit relatives.

Wang Hui’s mother’s family is the Ma Yi faction.

"Master, you should have a good rest. Leave all the housework to me."

In the following days, daily life was taken care of by the female ghost Xiaoli, and Li Kunshan just had to concentrate on his cultivation.

The main body plus the three Blood God Sons is equivalent to four times the cultivation speed.

More than a month has passed, and it is the end of the year again without us realizing it.

"Finally, it's almost here."

Li Kunshan sensed that at this rate, it would take another year for him to break through to the fifth level of Shen Lian.

In addition to his intensified practice, he also gained a lot during those days at Tongzhenjing.

In addition, Li Kunshan has also made certain progress in other methods.

Compared to the great battle with the Yin and Yang Realm, the strength has been greatly improved.

The one that made the most progress was the Thunder Art, which had already broken through the eighth level! Another level up would allow him to develop another magical power.

However, to reach the ninth level, one needs 30000 experience points, which is not something that can be achieved overnight.

In addition, the puppet talisman was upgraded to the seventh level, the soul-calling spell was upgraded to the seventh level, the fire bell spell was upgraded to the fifth level, the shrinking talisman was upgraded to the third level, and the plum blossom fortune-telling was upgraded to the second level.

Among them, the third level of the Shrinking Earth Talisman generates magical powers.

[Get straight to the point: If the mountain doesn't come to me, I'll come to the mountain. Even if I can shrink the land to an inch, I can get straight to the point.]

The Shrinking Earth Talisman shortens the distance by shortening one's own distance, making oneself appear in the distance instantly.

After learning this magical power, you can shorten the distance to the opponent and make the opponent appear in front of you instantly.

For example, there is a tree a hundred meters away. Li Kunshan stands still and uses "Straight to the Point" and the tree will appear in front of him.

Movement is relative. It seems that there is no difference between you walking to a tree or the tree walking to you, but in fact there is a big difference because the surrounding environment is different.

Pulling the target into a certain situation, such as a trap, can also have good effects in actual combat.

Of course, the distance between objects that Li Kunshan can bring closer varies depending on their volume, mass, etc.

In short, the deeper Li Kunshan's cultivation, the heavier the objects he can pull and the farther they can be.

"continue."

It was just a small improvement, not something Li Kunshan should be proud of, so he continued to refine it.

The main focus is on refining Qi and transforming it into spirit, with emphasis on the Thunder Art, and cultivating the Thunder Art to the ninth level as quickly as possible.

Even within the Zhengyi sect, those who knew thunder magic were few in number, and even fewer who could reach the ninth level. By then, Li Kunshan would be the undisputed leader of the Three Mountains simply by relying on the thunder technique.

Moreover, a magical power is derived from every three levels, such as 'falling thunder' and 'transforming thunder'. The magical power of the ninth level must be even more powerful.

However, with 30,000 experience points, the task is arduous.

Then comes the practice of spells. As a disciple of Zhengyi, spells are a necessary means.

It has to be said that there is too much to practice. Li Kunshan couldn't help but think that it would be great if there were a few more Blood God Sons.

If you want to create more Blood God Sons, you need a lot of tonics to improve your qi and blood, which means you need money.

How to make money has always been a problem.

Li Kunshan was thinking about going out for a walk after the New Year. One reason was to see if he could make some money, at least to get another Blood God Son, and the other was to kill evil spirits and accumulate entries.

"Mr. Zhuge."

That afternoon, Li Kunshan was practicing when Zhuge Kongping suddenly came to his door.

Although the two had reconciled, this was the first time Zhuge Kongping visited him.

"Wow, you copied me."

After sitting down, Zhuge Kongping frowned when he saw Xiaoli serving tea.

"I even found a young and beautiful female ghost."

"Mr. Zhuge, you're joking. For some reason, she's just staying with me temporarily and helping with the housework."

"Just do the housework, don't do anything else. We are practicing, you should understand that it consumes a lot of Yang energy."

"What are you thinking, Mr. Zhuge? I'm not that kind of person."

"Not the best."

Zhuge Kongping nodded, took a sip of tea, and spoke directly.

"I came here this time to ask you if you are interested in the ghost hunting convention."

"Ghost Hunting Convention?"

Li Kunshan was stunned and looked at Zhuge Kongping with some curiosity. It was the first time he heard of it.

"I knew you hadn't heard of it."

Zhuge Kongping acted as if he had known this would happen, and then he gave Li Kunshan a general explanation.

The so-called ghost-hunting conference, according to Zhuge Kongping, is a grand event in the spiritual world!
A large number of ghost-catching experts will gather at the meeting, and everyone will compete with each other in catching ghosts and treating corpses.

"Just a quick note, I was 13th last time!"

"Thirteen?"

With Zhuge Kongping's ability, he was not even ranked in the top ten, which really surprised Li Kunshan.

"Thirteen is pretty good, okay? Do you think it's easy? It's very difficult!"

Zhuge Kongping snorted coldly and explained in detail.

According to him, it is a national event after all, and ranking 13th in the country is really very good.

Of course, as an unofficial gathering, the ghost hunting convention cannot represent the national level.

But there is one thing Li Kunshan is very interested in, and that is the prize!

Zhuge Kongping ranked 13th last year and received a bonus of one thousand dollars!

"Don't think I don't have much business normally. I can live off it for three years if I don't open for business for three years. The bonus from last time alone is enough to keep me going for several years."

"really."

Li Kunshan nodded. If he got thirteenth place, he would get one thousand dollars. If he got first place, how much would he get?
I was still thinking about how to make money before, but now it’s here.

In addition to competitions, the ghost hunting convention is also a grand event for peer exchanges, where people can buy and sell goods and exchange what they have.

In addition to making money to buy tonics, Li Kunshan can also get some refining materials so that the No. 1 Blood God can refine some more magical weapons.

"The ghost hunting convention has an uncertain time and location. Only in the early stages will the people who attended the previous convention be notified."

After the introduction, Zhuge Kongping added.

"Since you respect me as a senior, I will naturally support you as a junior, so I plan to bring you along this time."

"Thank you, Mr. Zhuge! Please take me with you!"

Li Kunshan's face was full of excitement and he quickly expressed his gratitude.

In this way, the ghost hunting convention is similar to a membership system. Without the introduction of predecessors, others cannot participate at all.

For a moment, Li Kunshan became more and more interested in this conference.

(End of this chapter)