Chapter 123 I'm a Little Genius

The moon hangs above the green hills, and a man stands in front of a solitary grave.

This time, Lin Du spent a lot of money to buy fifteen coffins, and reburied the body. He even replaced the simple wooden boards with new stones, but they were so plain without any patterns or decorations. The words on them were also carved by Mo Lin with his sword.

"So... how do you draw a talisman for eliminating karma and transcending the dead?"

Lin Du held the talisman pen that Feng Yi had handed her, her hands trembling slightly.

Ju Yuan was shocked, "Didn't your uncle teach you?"

Feng Yi knew what was going on. "What do you expect Yan Ye to teach her? He doesn't even bury the bodies he kills."

Good bamboo shoots come from bad bamboo, this is exactly what Lin Du is all about.

Ju Yuan touched his chin and said, "That's right."

Lin Du was also shocked, "My master didn't even bury the people he killed?"

"Oh, he wanted to bury the Demon Lord." Ju Yuan replied, "Unfortunately, when he was halfway through burying him, he found that the Demon Lord was not dead, and he just burrowed into the ground."

Lin Du was silent for a moment. So, the Demon Lord entering their Supreme Sect under a pseudonym was all Yan Ye's fault, right?

She finally understood why one had to reason and resolve the cause and effect before killing someone.

"Come, I'll teach you. To draw a talisman, you need to form it in one stroke and concentrate your mind to infuse it with spiritual energy." Feng Yi held Lin Du's right hand, but was pushed away by Lin Du.

"Wait a minute, Senior Sister, let me use my left hand. My left hand is more stable than my right hand."

As Lin Du spoke, he switched to his left hand and carefully followed Feng Yi's instructions to condense his consciousness and spiritual power and pour them into the talisman pen.

The vermilion handwriting fell on the yellow talisman paper. It was not easy to complete it in one breath without making any mistakes.

After all, Lin Du couldn't understand this symbol.

I don't understand it, and I've only seen it once. Even Feng Yi didn't expect Lin Du to draw it well in one go.

So after the talisman that looked like a ghost's painting was finished, Feng Yi comforted him, "It's okay, let's try again."

Who would have thought that at this moment, the talisman that Lin Du had just poured spiritual power into and was about to destroy, suddenly began to slowly light up with fire, and then burned along the young man's slender knuckles.

Lin Du's pupils trembled slightly, "The talisman paper couldn't stand being tainted by me, so it burned itself?"

Feng Yi: ...That’s not the case.

She is a talisman practitioner and couldn't understand what that means better.

"The talisman you just drew...is done. It has been sent to the underworld."

Lin Du's hands were really shaking this time. "If Lord Yan saw the awful talisman I drew, would he be able to send Tao Xian to a new life? How about you, Senior Sister, come and rewrite it to apologize?"

"It's too late," Feng Yi paused, "but you can practice again."

Lin Du continued to draw one obediently. This time it was better, although the strokes were strange and hard rather than soft. It looked more like a centipede than a snake.

Feng Yi pondered the words for a moment, "Ordinary disciples rarely succeed in one stroke. They usually practice hundreds of times on ordinary paper beforehand, and only use talisman paper after they are familiar with the strokes. And there are very few who can evenly pour spiritual power into one stroke and succeed. Even if they practice well, not every stroke can be completed."

Lin Du put away his pen and said, "I understand. I understand everything. What Senior Sister meant is that I am really a little genius."

"So after you go back today, draw it a hundred times on paper and give it to me for review." Feng Yi looked kindly.

Lin Du suddenly felt that his life after returning to the sect was a bit hopeless, with twenty large characters to practice every day, plus so many characters.

"Seventh Senior Sister, you want to go back to the sect with us too?"

"Yes, Senior Sister sent a message." Feng Yi thought of Feng Chao's tone in the message and suddenly had a headache. "She said that spring has arrived... the bamboo shoots in the back mountain can no longer be dug, so she asked me to go back and help educate you new bamboo shoots."

Lin Du: Reasonable, very reasonable.

The mountain breeze blew past the coffin, blowing the scattered paper ashes to the grave.

Mo Lin took out a pot of wine from his storage ring and poured it on the grave. He splashed it fifteen times with great care, and that was the end of the sacrifice.

"Brother Tao Xian, I salute you."

"When did he buy the wine?" Ju Yuan stroked his chin, "Didn't he go to the coffin shop and buy yellow paper and coffin boards?"

"Have you forgotten? That is the guide to immortality of our sect." Feng Yi recognized it.

"…Spendthrift!" Ju Yuan almost jumped up, "That's the best spirit wine."

Everyone in Dingjiu City loves wine, and they drink by the pound. Various kinds of good wine are also Dingjiu City's specialties.

Lin Du stood in front of Tao Xian's tomb and paused for a long time. "You are not a coward, nor a mediocre person, nor a vulgar person."

Never.

It is human nature to seek profit and avoid harm. People will do anything to survive. How can those who dare to go against the flow and face death be mediocre?

She stood there for a long time, not knowing what she was thinking.

Lin Du didn't come back to his senses until a familiar figure emerged in his consciousness.

[Current Mo Lin mission progress line: 100%, reward: 1 Tian Xin Lotus, which can calm the mind, connect the heart and lungs, stop bleeding and dispel heat. It is extremely cold. Except for the host's heavenly ice spirit root, anyone who refines it directly will be frozen by the cold air. It is of great benefit to the host's heart disease.]

Lin Du exclaimed, "The coldest thing? How come it looks like even after using it, my heart can't be completely cured?"

[It’s true, honey. After all, a broken heart can’t be mended with just a needle.]

Lin Du took the rare opportunity to reminisce with this "system". "Hey, who is this? And he can even reply?"

System: ...Speak nicely and don’t be so sarcastic.

[Yan Ye is next to your divine palace. Your consciousness is too volatile and it might poke him. That's not good.]

"How come we are having an affair? And we can't let my master find out?"

【What I mean is that it is not nice to disturb the elderly in their confinement. 】

"That's right." Lin Du folded his hands and looked down at the stone tablet. "You knew it wasn't that simple, right?"

[…How could that be? I’m just an ordinary intelligent system.]

"Okay then, Xiaodu Xiaodu."

【……I am here.】

"Do you know that solving a case takes more effort than persuading someone to fall in love? Have you seen my gray hair?"

【I can't see it.】

"I mean, it's going to cost more."

【Cannot add.】

"Then I won't do it." Lin Du calmly checked the extra jade box in his storage ring.

[To completely heal your heart, you need three kinds of natural treasures, all of which are unique in the world. In the Dongming Realm, you can't find a second one except what I have.]

Lin Du sneered, "Threatening me?"

[…Not really, but because you progressed so quickly, I do have a small reward.]

"Hmm?" Lin Du remained unmoved.

[Side Quest: Catch ghosts, kill the evil spirits from the outside world that have entered the Dongming Realm. Each time you kill one, you will be rewarded with a bottle of random spirit fluid.]

"Are you playing the cultivation world version of Werewolf with me? I'm in the book world catching ghosts?"

[Those medicines will be very beneficial to your body and spell training~ Didn’t you once boast that you could win first place in the Zhongzhou competition without practicing swordsmanship? ]

Lin Du suddenly felt a little reluctant to do this. "There will be a Zhongzhou competition in eight years. I will be trapped in the mountain for the next nine years. You should find someone else. I think Mo Lin is a good person. Let's arrange the rebirth and revenge plot."

[I understand. You can't do it. It doesn't matter. You should know that you are in the youth version of the Zhongzhou competition, and there is also a master version. Your master won the master version of the Zhongzhou competition.]

"? Who do you think can't do it?" Lin Du gritted his teeth, "I will both take first place, just wait for me."

As soon as she finished speaking, the system quickly stuffed two bottles of spiritual liquid into her storage ring as if it was afraid that she would change her mind.

[Side quest progress: +2, reward: 1 Herba Helichrysum Liquid, which will strengthen the host's body and increase his strength after taking it. ]

Lin Du pondered as he looked at the bottle of medicine. "Isn't this... a Buddhist medicine? Your business scope is quite broad?"

She was fighting wits and courage with the system in her mind. The people behind her looked at Lin Du's numb face and couldn't help but want to persuade him.

"Uncle Junior Master, don't be too sad."

Lin Du had just finished defrauding the system and gained some benefits. He collected his thoughts and turned to smile at them, "It's okay."

"I was just wondering if Tao Xian has caught up with his fellow apprentice on the road to the underworld."

Tao Xian naturally caught up with them. Not only that, he hesitated for a long time before telling the fourteen confused fellow apprentices the truth. In the end, he still did not tell them the truth.

The truth is too cruel, it's better to leave it unclear.

"Big Brother...what's wrong with you?"

Tao Xian looked at his fellow apprentice, patted his head, and no longer had the courage to question his master in the Golden Palace. "I'll see you off."

"That doesn't mean you'll be sent to hell!"

It takes forty-nine days to be reincarnated, and the defects of their souls are visible at a glance.

The ghosts waiting to be reincarnated looked from a distance and saw that the long line of ghosts was not enough. They couldn't help but exclaimed, "Where did such a group of idiots come from?"

Among the three souls and seven spirits, the Shuang Ling dominates thinking, feelings and memory. The Shuang Lings of fifteen people were all damaged, which is a rare spectacle.

If the soul is damaged, it will be difficult to reincarnate.

Unexpectedly, the ghost came over with a complicated expression, "Who is Tao Xian?"

Tao Xian looked up in confusion, and fourteen ghosts pointed at him in unison.

"You are Tao Xian, right? Let's go this way, the second way, the human way. Let's go."

Tao Xian turned around and glanced at his fourteen fellow apprentices, "I still have fellow apprentices..."

"Your brotherhood is over."

He had no choice but to wave goodbye to his fourteen fellow apprentices and follow the ghost messenger's path.

"My Lord, I would like to ask you a question..."

"If you know it's presumptuous, don't ask."

"but……"

The ghost stopped and looked at Tao Xian, "Someone burned a talisman for you to eliminate your karma and transcend your soul, and it went straight to King Yan's desk."

It was the first time that Tao Xian felt that there was someone above him. "Could it be Taoist Priest Lin? But she said she couldn't draw talismans. There are still many good people in the Supreme Sect."

The ghost shook his head. "Anyway, the person who saved you must have done a great deed, or... Forget it, I can't guess what's going on. Let's go."

Tao Xian was happy. It couldn't be Lin Du at all. He followed the man and suddenly felt a little reluctant to leave.

He seemed to remember... at the end of his consciousness, Taoist Lin Xiao promised him that she would pay for his marriage in the next life?

I just hope he can be smarter in his next life... That little Taoist priest was just playing a joke for no apparent reason. What if he gets so scared after losing his memory that he dares not accept it?