Chapter 5: Boost, Boost Me
Lin Fan, who left the pancake stall, was unable to calm down for a long time, so he found an inn and prepared to rest.
Afterlife Inn.
This name is interesting.
After checking in, I came to the door.
When I opened the door, a musty smell hit me in the face. I didn't expect the environment to be so bad. It's not even comparable to a Taoist temple. But never mind. When you're away from home, there's no need to have such high requirements. It's enough to be able to shelter from the wind and rain.
When he walked into the house and saw the situation on the ground, he frowned suddenly and squatted down to check.
The ground was covered with some solidified liquid.
There are yellow, black, and other colors.
Like thick phlegm.
There were even some blackened blood stains.
“It’s too dirty.”
As he prefers cleanliness, he couldn't stand it at first.
I came to the bed and saw the bedding was bunched up together. It was very dirty, yellow and black. I brought it to my nose and sniffed it, and immediately a fishy smell rushed into my nose.
Without a second thought, he turned and left.
downstairs.
"Master, you want to check out?" The shopkeeper looked at Lin Fan unhappily. He just booked a room for you and you want to check out? Are you kidding me? "Your room is too dirty. What's on the floor? It's disgusting." Lin Fan said.
"The ground must be dirty. Besides, you're not sleeping on the ground, so why do you care whether it's dirty or not?"
"Yes, you have a point, but the bedding is even dirtier and smells fishy. How can people sleep like this?"
The shopkeeper who heard this laughed and said, "What fishy smell? That's a fragrance. The previous guest brought two beautiful young ladies in. It would be wonderful for you to be covered with that blanket and smell that fragrance."
Lin Fan was too lazy to talk nonsense with the shopkeeper.
“Return the money.”
The shopkeeper, who was originally smiling, suddenly froze when he heard the words "return the money" and pointed to a palm-sized wooden sign beside him.
Lin Fan looked towards the wooden sign.
It says 'No refunds as long as you book a room'.
Lin Fan took a deep breath slowly. As a cultivator, he was naturally very reasonable. He was indeed careless. Without saying a word, he turned around and walked out of the inn.
The shopkeeper looked at Lin Fan's departing back, chuckled twice, and let go of the knife under the counter. If the other party continued to pester him, he wouldn't mind drawing the knife and having a good fight with him.
Do you really think that the innkeeper doesn't know how to use a knife?
Outside the door.
Lin Fan, who was just about to find a new inn, heard a timid voice.
"Master."
Lin Fan turned his head and saw a girl with a dirty face and pigtails looking at him nervously.
"Kid, what's up?"
Lin Fan spoke gently, remembering that the other person was one of the children from before, but he was very confused. He bought a lot of pancakes for them, which should be enough for a while.
"Master, I heard you talking to the shopkeeper. If you don't mind, you can come to my house. My house is very clean."
The girl didn't know whether the Taoist priest would go, so she sent the pancakes home. Her bedridden mother asked her if she had thanked the Taoist priest. She said no, so her mother asked her to come out and find the Taoist priest to say thank you properly.
Lin Fan looked back at the Next Life Inn. The environment here was so dirty, and other inns might not be much better.
"Okay, then we'll go to your house, but don't worry, I'll pay for the room."
"No, no, my mother asked me to come and thank the Taoist priest. Those pancakes are enough for my mother and me to eat for a long time." The little girl waved her hands hurriedly.
"Haha, no problem, you're welcome." Lin Fan waved his hand. Hearing that the child was happy to have his mother by his side, it seemed that the world might not be that bad.
"Master, I'll lead the way."
"Okay, what's your name, girl?"
"Bunny."
"Oh, that's a nice nickname, nice, nice."
Not long after, after going around in circles, they arrived at the little rabbit's home.
It was a simple and dilapidated mud house with cracks on the walls and tiles on the roof that could fall off at any time. The living conditions were very poor and I didn't know what the conditions were like inside.
Even if the internal environment was really not satisfactory, he never thought of leaving. If it really didn't work, he would clean it himself and live there, and he could also leave some rent money for the child's family.
He hated the suffering of the world the most.
"Mom, I'm back with the Taoist priest." Little Rabbit shouted, pushed open the door and rushed into the house.
Lin Fan, who was following behind, was surprised to see the situation inside the house. The outside looked shabby, but the inside of the house was extremely clean and pleasing to the eye.
A haggard-looking woman was lying on the wooden bed, holding up her body and stroking the little rabbit's head lovingly. When she saw Lin Fan, she wanted to get out of bed to greet him.
Lin Fan hurried over and stopped the other person from getting up. "No need to get up. I'm at Xuan Dian Temple in Chaotian Dao Temple. I've been down the mountain for a few days and passed by this town. I'm sorry to bother you for a while."
"It is an honor for our family that the Taoist priest lives here. How can we say that we are disturbing him?" The woman looked at her child and said, "Hurry up and clean up the house for the Taoist priest."
"Oh, I see." The little rabbit ran out of the house happily.
"This child is very polite." Lin Fan said with a smile.
Hearing the Taoist priest praising her child, the woman smiled, but looked at the empty door with worry in her eyes, which was the mother's worry about her child's future.
Ahem…
The woman coughed.
"How is your health?" Lin Fan knew from the other person's face that he must be ill, and there was even a trace of deathly aura entangled between his eyebrows. He could only be said to be terminally ill. "I know a little about medicine, let me take your pulse."
"It's useless. A traveling doctor examined me before and he said I have an incurable disease and I won't live long." He said this but still stretched out his skinny arms. It was obvious that he didn't want to die. He wanted to live and take care of his children.
Lin Fan put his hand on the other person's wrist, feeling his beating pulse.
Once when he had nothing to do in Chaotian Taoist Temple, he saw some medical skills. Although his medical skills were not very good, he still knew a little bit.
After a moment, let go.
That traveling doctor is indeed capable. This is indeed an incurable disease and the patient will not live long.
The woman wanted to see hope on the Taoist priest's face, but when she saw him frowning, she knew that there was no hope for her illness. "Master, it's okay. Just leave it to fate. I'll live one day at a time."
Lin Fan didn't say anything, thinking that it was indeed difficult to treat with ordinary means.
But the methods he knows are not ordinary methods.
"Mom, Taoist priest, I have cleaned the house." The little rabbit came back.
The woman looked at Lin Fan with a smile and shook her head. Her meaning was very clear, that is, not to mention her illness in front of the child.
Alas, it turns out that parents don’t want their children to have any worries. They hope that their children can grow up happily.
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night.
Inside the house, oil lamps emitted light.
Lin Fan sat on the edge of the bed, touching the soft, patched quilt, thinking about something.
"The only way to save her is to use the Gu Poison Technique, but I have only just mastered the basics of this technique, so the effect is minimal. If I want to completely cure her, I must practice to a high level."
The thought came to me and I looked at the panel.
There are 3 merit points, and the effects are clearly stated.
"Give it a try."
Take off your shoes, get on the bed, sit cross-legged, and start using merit points to improve your spells.
One point of merit is equivalent to practicing magic for a year.
With his talent in cultivation, it would be easy for him to practice a spell.
Don’t think too much about it and just use up a little merit.
As he practiced the poison technique, an inexplicable feeling suddenly appeared, and his body seemed to be in an illusory flow of space. He could clearly feel that his control over the poison technique was becoming more and more proficient and sophisticated.
Soon, the blessing ended.
Can't wait to see the results.
[Spell: Poison (Minor Success 5/300)]
“This effect is indeed quite powerful.”
He really wanted to wave his fists and shout...cool.
But he has to keep a low profile. With a firm heart in Taoism, he will never get excited over trivial matters.
I take back my previous comment on the golden finger. It's not just icing on the cake, it's just a complete mess.
He quacks.
Goldfinger kills randomly.
"The minor success level is not enough, we need to continue to improve."
If one wants to use poison to save people, one must at least reach the great mastery realm.
The master had told him that it was enough to have a basic understanding of the art of poison and not to practice it too deeply, as this magic was of little use. If he really wanted to fight, he would have to practice the blood-eye technique and kill his opponent with a glare.
When he thought about it carefully, the master was right. He and his senior brother glared at the master so hard that he almost died.
Improve, give me an improvement.
Consume a little merit.
Once again, I felt the rapid progress of the poison technique.
Even when practicing, it seems that a flash of inspiration suddenly appears, which actually speeds up the practice.
This thing makes sense and is very humane.
Why does it feel like time is speeding up?
A day underground is a year in heaven.
Done.
With the completion of the training, the poison technique successfully reached the state of perfection, and there were still some merit points left, which naturally were not wasted and were directly invested in the Blood Eyes Technique.
This spell is extremely powerful. It can kill people and monsters, and it can also deter villains.
After a moment.
[Name: Lin Fan]
【Daoist name: Xuan Dian】
【Mountain Gate: Chaotian Taoist Temple】
【Exercise Method: Eating Qi to Nourish the Heart】
[Realm: Qi Refining Level 3]
[Spells: Blood Eyes (Perfect 0/400), Sore Spell (Entry 23/100), Poison Spell (Great 3/400)]
[Skill: Flesh Spirit Fragrance]
[Merit: 0 (Merit is consumed to practice spells. One point of merit is equivalent to one year of hard practice. When the spell reaches perfection, merit can be consumed to advance the spell or even advance it to a magical power)]
[Innate magical power: Eye of Merit (break through delusion and see the truth)]
Feel the cool feeling brought by the magic upgrade.
He knew that from now on he would be more and more stable in caring about the people and slaying demons and monsters.
(End of this chapter)