Fantasy: Immortality Begins with Absorbing Demons

Chapter Sixty-Three: Thousand is the Thousand Snow

Upon hearing this, Bai Sanren laughed a few times and called out, "Little Qianxue, let's go, let's go get the mission."

"Where are you going? What mission are you taking? I haven't even said anything yet!"

Qianxue still seemed angry about what had just happened.

"Is there anything else, Miss?" Han Yi smiled slightly, feeling particularly happy to see Qianxue's puffed-up face.

"Don't call me 'girl,' I have a name!"

Han Yi's silence only fueled Qianxue's anger, making her even angrier.

"May I ask for Miss Qianxue's name?"

"You, you..." Qianxue pointed at Han Yi, her arm trembling, clearly very angry with Han Yi.

After holding it in for a while, she finally blurted out, "Qian is the Qian of Qianxue, and Xue is the Xue of Qianxue. Don't get them wrong!"

"Ha ha ha ha!!!"

Han Yi and Bai Sanren burst into laughter again, and for a moment, the air was filled with joyful laughter.

"Hey Han, come check out the mission!"

"Five li west of An'yan City, in Dazhuang Village, wild dogs are seen crying at graves during the day, emanating an extremely heavy yin energy. It's suspected that the dogs have mutated due to the yin energy's influence. So far, there have been no casualties. Requirements: Kill the wild dogs. Minimum skill level is mid-stage Bone Refinement. Three people are required. Reward: Grade C, Medium Skill. Additionally, if the cause of the dogs' mutation is discovered, there will be another reward!"

"Wild dogs?" Han Yi asked Bai Sanren in a strange tone, "Senior, does a pack of wild dogs need to make such a big fuss?"

"Hmph, Han boy, you seem much more mature than Qianxue, how come you're so ignorant?" Bai Sanren stroked his beard. "Although we have the 'Heavenly Mirror' to detect Yin energy and roughly estimate the strength of Yin entities."

"But the tasks of the Extraordinary Affairs Bureau are often fraught with unexpected events during execution... In my experience, you have to exceed the requirements of the task by a whole level to be considered absolutely certain of success..."

"For example, clearing out this pack of wild dogs requires the mid-stage of Bone Refinement, but it would be safer to deal with it in the early stage of Blood Refinement."

"Although you and Qianxue are both at the late stage of Bone Refinement, with me backing you up, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Han Yi had only mentioned that he was in the late stage of Bone Refinement, but even so, it still surprised Bai Sanren and Qianxue.

After all, Qianxue started practicing martial arts at a young age, and with her good talent and abundant tonics, she was able to break through to the late stage of Bone Refinement at the age of fourteen.

Bai Sanren sighed again, as if he had thought of something: "Besides, this is your first time in the Extraordinary Affairs Room, so let me show you around first. The credit for the Extraordinary Affairs Room isn't so easy to come by..."

After receiving their mission, the three went to the counter to report to the officer.

After the officials took the three men's white jade pendants and manipulated them, the task was considered successfully completed and temporarily suspended. Once the three men had cleared out the wild dogs and returned to have the 'Heavenly Mirror' check their yin energy reduced, they could claim their reward.

The whole process took only a few minutes, which showed that the official was very skilled.

It's starting to feel more and more like accepting a quest and fighting mobs... Han Yi thought to himself.

"Let's go get some gear ready." Bai Sanren took the lead and headed towards the exchange counter.

"Old man Bai, what are we still preparing? Can't we just go?" Qianxue rubbed her hands together, looking eager to try.

"To do a good job, one must first have the right tools..." Bai Sanren strode over. How can an ordinary martial artist deal with a Yin entity?

Han Yi was also somewhat curious, as he had always dealt with evil spirits through the system.

"It can't be garlic, boy's urine, or black dog's blood or something like that," he thought with a wicked grin.

"Bring three 'Yin-Breaking Talismans' and three 'Evil-Revealing Talismans'," Bai Sanren shouted to the officials.

“A ‘Yin-Breaking Talisman’ costs fifty taels of silver, and a ‘Evil-Revealing Talisman’ costs fifteen taels of silver. Two ‘Yin-Breaking Talismans’ and two ‘Evil-Revealing Talismans’ can be exchanged for two Grade C low-level merit points.”

The official, holding an abacus, rattled off a price.

"'Yin-breaking Talisman', 'Evil-revealing Talisman'?"

Han Yi was a little confused when he heard this unfamiliar term; he just felt that the price was too expensive!

Bai Sanren skillfully handed over the white jade pendant, giving off an air of "I have money, swipe my card." Afterwards, the official took out six talisman papers.

At the entrance of the Strange Affairs Room, Han Yi carefully examined the yellowish talisman in his hand, which had several tadpole-like characters on it, but didn't seem to have anything unusual about it.

He couldn't help but ask, "Senior, what are the uses of these 'Yin-Breaking Talismans' and 'Evil-Revealing Talismans'...?"

“Some powerful Yin creatures are protected by a layer of Yin energy. As long as this Yin energy is present, no matter how we attack, the Yin creature cannot be harmed.”

Suddenly, Han Yi remembered the black aura on his body that resembled a blood-locking curse when he encountered the 'giant human-faced spider' in the cave.

Is that the protection of Yin energy...?

"The 'Yin-Breaking Talisman' can break the layer of Yin energy on Yin creatures, allowing us ordinary martial artists to also harm them!"

"As the name suggests, the 'Manifestation Talisman' can be used to detect the movement of Yin energy in the surrounding area, to track Yin entities, and to determine whether a Yin entity is truly dead after it has been killed."

Bai Sanren said slowly and deliberately.

"However, don't worry, it's rare to find a yin creature protected by yin energy. It only appears on yin creatures that are extremely tainted by yin energy. Buying the 'yin-breaking talisman' is just to be on the safe side."

"Is there any other way to deal with yin entities protected by yin energy besides the 'yin-breaking talisman'?"

"Young Han, remember this: everything in the universe has its counterpart, and Yin energy naturally has something to counter it, but..."

At this point, Bai Sanren sighed, his tone wistful: "The food that Yin creatures and demons love most is the blood and qi of martial artists, but blood and qi can also suppress Yin energy. The blood of martial artists, especially the blood on the tip of their tongue, can penetrate Yin energy and harm their true form!"

"Running water never stagnates, and a door hinge never rusts."

"Invigorating blood refers to the qi and blood flowing within a martial artist's body. Once a martial artist loses their life, the qi and blood cease to flow and become dead blood. At this point, the qi and blood lose their ability to restrain yin qi."

“Talismans like the ‘Yin-breaking Talisman’ and ‘Evil-revealing Talisman’ that we have also need to invigorate blood circulation to activate them and then take effect.”

"Han Yi, Qian Xue, you two must remember this: although a martial artist's lifeblood is precious and losing it may cause their cultivation to regress, you must fight when it's time to fight. Only by living can there be hope!"

When Bai Sanren spoke his last words, his voice was stern and full of authority.

Han Yi and his companion nodded obediently, like chicks chasing after rice.

Seeing the two's performance, Bai Sanren's expression softened slightly, and he said again: "Actually, using the body's blood circulation to target Yin objects is only a helpless method for martial artists below the Meridian Opening stage."