The Dao dies but I live on, the spiritual energy dries up but I remain evergreen

Li Tianyu was very angry.

As soon as he arrived in Qingxiu City, he heard the local county magistrate tell him that his Lianmin Pawnshop had been smashed!

He also lost thousands of taels of silver.

Naturally, he looked down upon this money.

What he really couldn't stand was...

You've lost face!

"Brother Tianyu, didn't you say that this Lianmin Pawnshop benefits the people and is deeply loved by the local people? Why is it still being..."

Next to Li Tianyu, an elegant man wearing a light yellow robe with a sparrow pattern and green boots with a cloud pattern asked.

"Haha." Li Tianyu smiled, "Brother Jingyang, you don't know."

"These gangsters are the most vicious. They rob houses and fight in groups from time to time."

"My Lianmin Pawnshop has a lot of treasures, so it's normal for it to be targeted by a few evil bandits."

Li Tianyu changed the subject, "By the way, Brother Jingyang, what do you think about what I told you before?"

The elegant man called Jingyang opened his folding fan and fanned it gently. The breeze brushed across his cheeks and blew his hair.

He said, "There is no rush for this matter."

“Hahaha.” Li Tianyu laughed. “It’s okay. Brother Jingyang, as long as you are willing, the door of Li Tianyu will always be open to you.”

"However, I still want to talk to Brother Jingyang."

"The general trend of the world is like this, the depletion of spiritual energy is inevitable."

"Look at those great spiritual families. Some of them have carved out their own land to build their own temples, while others have chosen to attach themselves to the imperial court."

"They are not fools. On the contrary, they are very smart. They understand that only in this way can they make the most of the resources that are least lacking now..."

"mortal!"

At this point, Li Tianyu paused and said with a smile, "Brother Jingyang, it is because you are so talented and I value you that I tell you this."

"Oh, let's not talk about it anymore. I'm reminded of the days when we were learning skills in the Fuyao Holy Land."

……

Suddenly, water splashed in the river nearby, and seven figures jumped out from the water.

It was obvious at first glance that these seven were practitioners of internal cultivation, and when they leaped into the air they were like rocs spreading their wings.

Bang.

Land safely.

The seven people used their internal energy to dry the moisture off their bodies.

I was just about to shout out the slogan about robbing people on the road.

But come back to your senses.

There was nothing in front of me.

The man in white carrying a bag full of silver had long disappeared.

How would the seven of them know?

In fact, when they were still lurking in the water, they had already been discovered by the swordsman in white.

The ghosts directly blinded their eyes.

"Big brother..."

"We're not going to encounter ghosts, are we?"

One person felt a chill entering his body and began to shiver.

How could this person suddenly disappear out of nowhere?

"Second brother, stop... stop joking."

"I am a martial artist. If I kill someone and see blood, even ghosts will have to avoid me."

The speaker had just finished speaking.

A terrifying Rakshasa ghost suddenly appeared before his eyes.

The Rakshasa ghost grinned and said, "The master told me that he originally just wanted to teach you a lesson, but later realized that you were notorious bandits in the area and had killed many people."

"He changed his mind and let me play with it."

"So, I'm sorry..."

Since Yu Luosha followed Li Changxiao, she has become much calmer, but when it comes to killing people, she is not ambiguous at all.

She was an unrivaled master during her lifetime, and a murderous ghost after her death.

For a while.

The screams continued.

The two men who had already left the river path and were riding on white horses could still be heard from afar.

"I didn't expect you knew something about souls." Zhao Qing turned over, mounted his horse, and looked at Li Changxiao.

That's when.

Jade Rakshasa returned from the revenge mission and went back to the soul bead to rest, using the special feature of the soul bead to make up for the loss of her soul.

"I can't say I understand." Li Changxiao squeezed the horse's belly with his legs, driving the horse forward slowly, "I can only say I know a little bit."

"As far as I know, in this world, ghosts cannot exist forever between heaven and earth. You should have a soul bead, right?" Zhao Qing drove the horse and walked side by side with Li Changxiao.

"Indeed." Li Changxiao nodded, "As expected of a great cultivator, this knowledge is indeed impressive."

As he spoke, he took out the crystal clear soul bead and handed it to Zhao Qing.

"Aren't you worried that I might get greedy because of my wealth?" Zhao Qing was stunned.

"Don't worry." Li Changxiao smiled brightly, "After all, your life meridian is still with me."

Zhao Qing rolled her eyes. She took the soul bead and looked at it carefully, her attention entirely focused on it.

Li Changxiao helped her hold the reins.

About an incense stick later, Zhao Qing returned the soul bead and told him that this soul bead had many flaws.

Li Chang laughed and said "oh", then quickly asked what the defect was.

Zhao Qing told him that this soul bead was not pure and had many cracks inside. Li Changxiao could not see them with his own eyes, but they were very obvious to her.

She also told Li Changxiao that he could go to the western part of Lingtian Dynasty, where there used to be a force called "Hunqing Sect".

There is a soul-washing pool in the Hunqing Sect. If you find the soul-washing pool, you can wash away all the flaws of the soul beads.

Li Changxiao kept it in mind silently.

"Are you practicing the Hundred Ghost Technique?" Zhao Qing suddenly asked as he took the reins from Li Changxiao.

Li Changxiao was surprised and asked her how she knew that.

She said that she had practiced some kind of pupil technique with her eyes, and her perception of souls was extremely sharp. In addition, in Lingtian Territory, the only well-known technique in the field of souls was the Hundred Ghost Technique.

I guessed it right at the first guess.

Zhao Qing smiled slightly and couldn't help but feel a little curious. His spiritual energy was obviously exhausted, so why should he spend time and energy learning magic?

Li Changxiao took a sip of wine and told Zhao Qing that he had never had the opportunity to come into contact with high-level magic before. Until the foundation-building stage, he still only knew low-level spells such as "fireball" and "water ball".

Later, I learned some sword moves and have been using the sword ever since, without much contact with magic.

Now that there is an opportunity, no one wants that magic that was once so powerful anymore.

He wants to learn more and see more.

Zhao Qing asked again, what about the loss of spiritual energy? Even if you save as much as possible and try to avoid using spiritual energy, you can't avoid some loss during the practice of magic, right?

Moreover, if you don't use spiritual energy to practice magic, it will be impossible to succeed.

Li Chang smiled but did not answer. After taking a sip of peach blossom wine, he asked in return, "Who said I have to practice it?"

There are some secrets he won't tell, but these are his true thoughts.

Zhao Qing was speechless for a moment, but then he thought about it and understood. That's right, this is Li Changxiao. He cares more about the journey than the destination.

She couldn't help but look at the other person deeply.

Suddenly I realized that Li Changxiao is not a genius. He has no resources, no talent, and no background. He has reached where he is today by trying step by step.

Thinking of this, her understanding of Li Changxiao inevitably deepened.

Zhao Qing said that he had some insights into magic and cultivation, and if Li Changxiao was interested, he could teach him.

Li Changxiao accepted it gladly. He had even had this idea in mind for a long time and had been thinking about how to start the conversation. Now when he saw Zhao Qing bring it up himself, he immediately took out the Baiyou Technique and told him about his recent doubts one by one.

After hearing this, Zhao Qing frowned immediately and shook his head helplessly, saying that Li Changxiao was a wild person and had misunderstood some things.

This discussion on horseback lasted until dawn.

Li Changxiao benefited a lot, but when the sunlight shone on his face and he found that he had stayed up late, he felt very upset and murmured that he needed at least three days of sleep to make up for it.