Chapter 1 The Sword on Shili Slope [New book, please collect it! ]
"Level 71..."
Li Chu murmured and swung his sword casually.
A lantern that was flickering with a ghostly light a few feet in front of him suddenly went out, and then broke into two halves and fell to the ground. It turned out that it was cut in half by his casual sword!
It was already the middle of the night, but there was a young Taoist priest wearing a water and fire robe wandering in the wilderness. The scene was quite strange.
From a distance, one can see that he is tall and handsome; when one gets closer, one can see his clear eyebrows and facial features. His eyes are bright when he looks around, and he has a good-looking appearance that is not tainted by the world.
As he strolled around, from time to time a ghost lantern would be drawn out from the darkness, trying to get close to him. Unfortunately, with the sword light rising and falling, no lantern could get past him.
Every time a lantern was chopped down, some white spots of light invisible to ordinary people would rise from the remains of the lantern and merge into the Taoist's body.
"Alas..." Li Chu sighed and said to himself, "As I level up, the experience points provided by the lantern monsters are getting less and less. At first, one lantern monster could level up, but this time it took a full two months. If this continues, I don't know when I will be able to level up again."
"But," he changed the subject and continued, "Although this upgrade is slow, it is... safe!"
His eyes looked towards a distant direction, as if he could see through the endless darkness and those vicious beings that chose to devour people.
"This world is too dangerous. Demons, devils, ghosts, monsters... evil things fill the whole world. It can be said that there is danger at every step! If you want to find monsters with high experience, you will inevitably take greater risks. Although I don't know how strong I am now, I am definitely not strong. To be safe, I'd better stay in Shilipo for a while."
"A man must be able to endure loneliness, resist temptation... and kill the lantern monster!"
While he was talking to himself, he had already killed five or six lantern monsters with ease. His movements were so skillful and precise that he had reached perfection.
…
It has been almost a year since Li Chu came into this world.
A year ago, he was a graduate who had just finished the college entrance examination. He was depressed because he made a fatal mistake and only ranked second in the province.
On a boring afternoon, he opened an ancient Xianxia game, but he never expected that he would open the door to sin.
When he woke up, he found himself in a strange world.
There is a Shilipu outside Yuhang Town, and on Shilipu there is a Deyun Temple. He became a small Taoist priest in Deyun Temple.
Of course, it doesn't matter who he is.
The important thing is that in this world, the gods, the ways of the gods, the demons, the ghosts, and the monsters... all these settings in the game have become real! And Li Chu, who originally controlled the virtual character, has also become a flesh and blood body that can feel pain and death!
His mentality suddenly collapsed.
Anyone can kill everyone across the screen, but when a real person comes to this world, there is only one thought left in his mind - to live with a smile.
The west side of Shilipo is adjacent to a mass grave. The wilderness with withered graves and abundant spiritual energy inevitably gives rise to some ghosts and monsters, and the lantern monster is the most common one.
The power of the lantern monster is quite weak. In essence, it is some weak spirit ghosts attached to phosphorescent light, showing the appearance of lanterns. Once passers-by get close, their souls will be hit.
A man with a little bit of Yang energy could ward off a ghost of this level. Even if he was successfully hit by it, he would only suffer a minor illness and nothing serious would happen.
Therefore, for so many years, no cultivators came to clean up the place because no one was too lazy to do anything. And the people near Yuhang Town also knew not to pass through Shilipo at night, so no one was harmed.
Until Li Chu appeared.
When he discovered that he could improve his strength by gaining experience by killing monsters, the lantern monsters in Shilipu were faced with an unprecedented catastrophe...
After all, they are the weakest ghosts within a hundred miles, and they can be generated continuously, making them a perfect choice for upgrading.
It’s halfway through the night.
Li Chu put away his sword, turned around and walked back.
He knew that he couldn't kill all the lantern monsters, so he wouldn't kill them all. Every time he killed the lantern monsters, he would give them three or four days to recuperate.
During these few days, he would go to the forest in the east to fight ghost bees, go to the wasteland in the south to find wine jar monsters, and go to the foot of the mountain in the north to brush black hair balls.
If there is one thing that these various little ghosts have in common, it is that they are weak...
In this dangerous world, the weak and helpless Li Chu relies on these even weaker ghosts to grow stronger little by little.
…
Under the moonlight, with his clothes fluttering in the mountain breeze, the young Taoist priest with a sword on his back strode forward and soon saw an ancient Taoist temple.
The outer wall of the Taoist temple clearly shows the traces of time, and half of the wall is covered with ivy. The gold paint on the plaque above has fallen off, leaving only the three empty characters "Deyun Temple".
Li Chu pushed the door open and entered. The spacious front yard was paved with blue bricks. In the center was a large bronze tripod with three thick thousand-year-old incense sticks inserted into it. After passing the front yard, it was the main hall of the Three Pure Ones.
The golden bodies of the Three Pure Ones were enshrined on the altar in the hall. Li Chu casually nodded towards the altar as a greeting, and then walked straight through.
As a modern soul, even if I come to a world of supernatural powers, I cannot show too much respect to these gods.
Li Chu's thoughts are very simple. If believing in you can really realize my wish, then I will definitely believe in you. If not, then sorry, we will go our separate ways.
On his first day, he made a wish to go home, but it obviously didn't come true...
The backyard was much smaller and messier, with yellow earth on the ground, an old locust tree with lush branches and leaves in the corner, a well covered with a stone cover under the locust tree, and a stone table and stone bench next to the well. Even in the hottest days of summer, the area around the well was icy cold, and sitting next to it was like facing an open refrigerator door, so the master and apprentice often chatted here to enjoy the cool air.
There are three small rooms in the courtyard. One belongs to Yu Qian'an, one belongs to Li Chu, and the other is the kitchen - which also belongs to Li Chu.
Li Chu tiptoed into the courtyard and quietly returned to his bedroom, fearing to disturb his master.
His master, Yu Qian'an, the abbot of Deyun Temple, is a true master of Taoism - at least that's what he said himself.
Taoist Priest Yu claimed that he had committed many murders in his early years of chivalry, fighting demons and defending the Way, so he came to this small Taoist temple to live in seclusion and vowed never to kill again.
When he was in high spirits, he would often tell Li Chu some stories from his youth, such as the time when he slew the demon in Chaoge with a cup of wine, the time when he slew the dragon in the East China Sea, and the time when Kunlun opened the gate of heaven under the moon... There were so many mysterious and grand scenes that it was breathtaking!
So much so that Li Chu's ultimate hope of working hard to kill monsters and level up every day is to become as powerful as his master.
After a simple wash, he ended a tiring but fulfilling day, took off his clothes and went to bed, ready to sleep. In an era without mobile phones and the Internet, his sleep was much more peaceful.
Thinking of his weak self, and how he had taken a step closer to his powerful master, Li Chu couldn't help but reveal a satisfied smile on his face...
(End of this chapter)
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