These burly ghost soldiers quickly flew back, their chains laden with ghostly creatures. In less than the time it takes to brew a cup of tea, all the ghosts were captured, demonstrating the vast difference in strength between these ghosts and the underworld soldiers.
The ghostly soldiers flew in neat rows in the air, expressionless and extremely cold. On the ground, the entire city's inhabitants were already kneeling on the ground with utmost piety, while many more were filled with fear and unease. They couldn't believe that the underworld really existed, and with these ghostly creatures seeking revenge in recent days, many were terrified that their misdeeds would be discovered by the gods.
"Immortal, we take our leave." Black and White Impermanence bowed to Li Daoyi and said.
"Please take care, Your Excellencies." Li Dao nodded.
“Return…”
Black Impermanence let out a long shout.
The ghost soldiers immediately turned around and flew into the black crack.
After the Black and White Impermanence entered, the crack disappeared instantly.
"Disperse..."
Li Daoyi shouted towards the sky.
The dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and the oppressive feeling slowly disappeared from people's bodies until the sun shone down. Everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
At this moment, people looked curiously at Li Daoyi in the air, wondering about his identity and why he could control ghosts and gods.
"bite…"
"bite…"
"bite…"
At this moment, the system notification sounds kept coming in, so Li Daoyi had no choice but to mute it.
"There are gods watching over us, and good and evil will eventually be rewarded. You should all behave yourselves."
After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.
On the rooftop, Hong Qigong's eyes darted around, and he quickly leaped towards the direction of the inn where Li Daoyi was staying.
"You stay here." Chen Ting said to his men, then leaped onto the roof and used his lightness skill to leap towards the inn.
Hong Qigong arrived at the courtyard first, only to find that Li Daoyi and the others had already disappeared.
"Sigh, did they run away?" Hong Qigong's eyes showed a hint of disappointment.
Then a figure flew down from the sky; it was Chen Ting.
“Kid, he’s long gone,” Hong Qi said.
Chen Ting was slightly taken aback.
"Where did they go? The city gates are all closed now."
"Pshaw, city gate? Are you stupid?" Hong Qi scoffed and then leaped away.
Chen Ting slapped his forehead, realizing how foolish he had been. This person was a celestial being, able to fly around freely; how could a mere city gate possibly stop him?
"Alas, how am I supposed to explain this to His Majesty?" Chen Ting sighed. Ghosts and gods had appeared in the world at the same time. And there was this impending great calamity; he truly didn't know what to do. It was as if the whole world had changed overnight, to the point that he himself couldn't recognize it.
Outside Lin'an city, on the official road, an oxcart was slowly traveling north.
"Wow, Master, you were amazing just now! Those two were terrifying; you managed to summon them!" Yang Guo exclaimed excitedly. Apart from Yue Fei, he had never seen any underworld deities.
"Why are we in such a hurry to leave?" Dongfang Bubai asked, puzzled.
"I need to find a quiet place to cultivate for a while," Li Daoyi said.
Dongfang Bubai nodded.
"Then where do we go?" he then asked.
“Zhongnan Mountain, Quanzhen Sect.”
"Quanzhen..." Mu Nianci couldn't help but fall into memories upon hearing this. She thought of Yang Kang's master, Qiu Chuji. Back then, Qiu Chuji was probably the person who was most disappointed in Yang Kang besides herself.
"Master, the Quanzhen Sect is quite xenophobic. I hope you won't hold it against them," Mu Nianci pleaded.
She had contact with the Quanzhen Taoists, and they all liked to get stuck on trivial details, making it easy to offend them.
Li Daoyi smiled but didn't say anything more.
"Open the panel."
"Host: Li Daoyi".
“Cultivation level: Late Foundation Establishment stage”
"Cultivation Technique: Five Elements Daoist Arts,..."
"Magic weapons: Qinggang Sword, Ghost Seal..."
"Amazing Value/Points: 280,000"
Li Daoyi couldn't help but smile as he looked at the points data. Lin'an City had contributed more than 200,000 points in total.
Then open the shop and find the inventory.
"Hmm? Two hundred thousand." Li Daoyi saw the Golden Condensation Pill behind the Foundation Establishment Pill, priced at two hundred thousand points.
I then clicked "buy" but nothing happened. Just as I was about to ask, the system spoke up.
"The host's conditions do not allow it. Please select a breakthrough technique. You can only purchase it after learning the technique."
Li Dao was stunned for a moment. Cultivation technique? Couldn't he have broken through simply by relying on points?
"System, what does this mean? Can't we break through directly?"
"Host, once you reach the Golden Core stage, you will officially embark on the path of cultivation. Naturally, you will need corresponding cultivation techniques. These techniques will help you improve your cultivation level and strength; otherwise, you will only be at the lowest level of combat power within your cultivation realm," the system explained.
Li Daoyi had no choice but to open the cultivation technique section and start browsing, but the more he looked, the darker his face became.
"Damn, this is robbery! The cheapest one costs 100,000. If I buy one, I won't have enough to buy a Golden Core Pill," Li Daoyi said.
The Great Crimson Treasure Book has 100,000 points, the Celestial Jade Slip has 100,000 points, the Earthly Immortal Golden Scroll has 100,000 points, the Cave Mystery Heavenly Scripture has 100,000 points, and so on. There are hundreds of cultivation techniques in the cultivation technique section, each worth 100,000 points.
Li Daoyi shook his head and started flipping through the cultivation techniques section. He quickly found the techniques starting with 200,000, and one of them immediately caught his attention.
"Two hundred thousand copies of the Hunyuan Xuan Gong".
"Hunyuan, what an awesome name."
Li Dao then opened the details of the cultivation technique to take a look.
Hunyuan refers to the undifferentiated primordial energy, a state of chaos and unity, the very beginning of primordial energy...
The cultivation method directly displayed some introductions, which Li Daoyi skipped and flipped to the end. It finally showed that this cultivation method was only the basic chapter of the "Hun Yuan Immortal Scripture". The Hun Yuan Profound Technique could be cultivated to the Mahayana stage, and after reaching the True Immortal stage, one must cultivate the Hun Yuan Immortal Scripture. These two cultivation methods are top-level immortal cultivation methods.
"It's just the basics?" Li Daoyi asked in surprise.
"System, give me some feedback, what do you think of this cultivation technique?"
"Host, you can change your cultivation technique anytime as long as you have enough points. In addition, you can also use points to improve your proficiency in cultivation techniques." The system started its marketing, which made Li Dao roll his eyes.
Too lazy to discuss the system theory, Li Daoyi looked at the basic introduction of Hunyuan Xuan Gong again. It turned out that this technique was all-encompassing, and its greatest function was to purify the energy in the body and transform it into chaotic power. The function of chaotic power was to increase the power of immortal techniques several times over, which was equivalent to adding a buff.
"Very good, no wonder it dares to be called Hunyuan." Li Daoyi was quite satisfied.
But the thought that learning this technique would prevent me from buying Condensing Gold Pills gave me a headache. I should have known better than to leave Lin'an and try to make a few more profits.
"Oh well, plans can't keep up with changes." Helpless, Li Dao made the purchase, instantly losing 200,000 points, and a golden book appeared in his backpack.
I only have 80,000 points left, and I'm still 120,000 short.
"Host, this system reminds you that because the spiritual energy in this world is scarce, the progress of cultivating techniques will be very slow. You need to successfully cultivate the first level of the technique before you can take the Condensing Gold Pill. You can consider using points to directly upgrade the technique. Each level only requires 50,000 points."
"Holy crap..."
Li Daoyi was so startled that he jumped up from the oxcart.
The commotion startled the three of them.
"Master, what's wrong?"
"Dao Yi, what's wrong?"
"Taoist Master?"
The three asked with concern.
"Ah, it's nothing, it's nothing. I was just thinking about something, and I got a little excited about something fun," Li Daoyi quickly said. However, the three of them were still somewhat suspicious of him, given his constipated appearance.
As the saying goes, "When you think you've reached the end of the road, a new path opens up." For the next few days, Li Daoyi kept receiving system notifications. His points were increasing at a visible rate, and the notifications were filled with messages of astonishment from martial arts practitioners, indicating that news of the events in Lin'an had spread.
"Beautiful, beautiful, that's 100,000 already." Li Daoyi was delighted to see his points increase by 20,000. And the points were still rising steadily; at this rate, he would reach 200,000 again in just a few days.
By this time, the oxcart had arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture. In the early Southern Song Dynasty, Xi'an was under the control of the Jin Dynasty and was called Jingzhao Prefecture. Along the way, the group saw many foreigners dressed in Jin Dynasty clothing.
"Daoist Master, there are more and more Jurchens," Mu Nianci whispered. At this moment, both she and Dongfang Bubai had their faces covered with veils.
"Dao Yi, how about we don't go into the city?" Dongfang Bubai said.
"It's alright, let's go in and take a look," Li Daoyi said, a wicked plan brewing in his mind.
"If I remember correctly, in another year, the Song and Yuan dynasties will join forces, and the Jin dynasty will be destroyed."
"Da da da..."
Just then, a group of people ran up behind them. Looking back, they saw that they were all dressed as Mongols. The leader caught Li Daoyi's attention. He was about forty years old and very tall. He was dressed as a Tantric monk, and what was most striking was that he had two golden wheels hanging on his arms.
"The Golden Wheel Monk," Li Daoyi thought to himself.
The Golden Wheel Monk and his entourage passed the oxcart, but at this moment, the Golden Wheel Monk on horseback seemed to sense something, turned around and glanced at the oxcart, and made eye contact with Li Daoyi.
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