Chapter 3: Conquering the Spirits and Sending the Generals
"Brother Li, are you okay?" Chen Yang was a little worried when he saw Li Anran's expression changing several times.
"fine."
Li Anran quickly shook his head. Seeing the doubt on Chen Yang's face, he thought to himself, "Those soldiers and generals in the prison are unwilling to do anything. If I can find a reason to convince Chen Yang, I can take over the task of escorting the prisoners."
Li Anran thought about it for a moment and quickly came up with an idea.
He took the initiative to explain: "Brother Chen, I was actually just happy for myself."
"Be happy for yourself?" Chen Yang looked stunned.
Li Anran hummed, and a bitter smile appeared on his face: "Brother Chen, I don't have any other advantages, but I am self-aware."
"I knew very early on that I was not strong-willed and would become timid and retreat when faced with difficulties and dangers."
“So, when I encounter something that makes me afraid and want to retreat, I will set a goal for myself and force myself to face my fear.”
"When I entered the prison just now, I was so scared by these demons that I almost turned around and ran away. So, I set a goal for myself. I want to escort 10,000 demons into the prison to overcome my fear of these demons."
"That's why I will snatch that monster from you and put it in the cell myself. Please forgive me, Brother Chen!"
"Brother Li, you're welcome! You helped me put it in the cell, saving me the trouble. I want to thank you!"
Chen Yang praised again: "Brother Li, it is difficult to move forward courageously on the road of cultivation, and it is even more difficult to move forward despite the difficulties! If you have this kind of mentality, your future will definitely be limitless."
"Brother Chen is so strong-willed that he can face these monsters without changing his expression. He is much better than me!"
The two of them exchanged some compliments and then walked out of the stone chamber together.
…
The stone chamber and the cell are separated by only a door, but they seem like two different worlds.
As soon as one takes a step forward, the noisy and chaotic sound instantly drowns one out.
"Hahahaha, I'm so lucky today! I bet right again! Let's do it again!"
Gao Laosan had already taken off his silver helmet and silver armor, rolled up his sleeves, and looked excited.
Li Anran and Chen Yang waited for a while, and seeing that Gao Laosan had no intention of stopping, they had to squeeze over to report to him that they had locked the two monsters in the cell, and asked them what they were going to do next.
"You two, one of you will stand guard outside the door, and the other one..."
Gao Laosan thought for a long time, but couldn't find anything to do, so he simply said, "The other one can just stay anywhere! As long as you don't leave this prison and don't go to the A-type cell below the sixth floor, you can do whatever you want!"
Seeing Li Anran and Chen Yang open their mouths in surprise, he waved his hands impatiently and started to chase them away: "I told you to find a place to stay, aren't you happy? Get out of the way! Don't get in the way here!"
Li Anran and Chen Yang had no choice but to step aside.
"Brother Chen, let me go guard the door." Li Anran said proactively.
"Okay." Chen Yang thought of the goals and challenges Li Anran mentioned earlier, and readily agreed: "Then I'll take a look around here. If there's anything you need to pay attention to, I'll tell you later."
"Thank you, Brother Chen." Li Anran thanked him and turned to walk towards the entrance of the prison.
Not long after walking out, I heard a burst of sneers coming from behind me: "Hahahaha! These newcomers are so motivated! Guess how long they can last!"
"One month at most! I know how to enjoy life now!"
"One month? I bet on ten days!"
"I think they can last a while! A month and a half!"
…
"Why is it you? Where's Gao Lao San?"
At the gate of the prison.
The heavenly soldier who had stayed behind earlier saw that only Li Anran came back, and asked about Gao Laosan's situation.
When he learned that the two of them had become Gao Laosan's subordinates, his confusion instantly turned into regret.
"That bastard Gao Laosan, how could he be so lucky! If I had known, I would have gone in by myself! No, I have to talk to him!"
The heavenly soldier rushed into the heavenly prison without saying a word.
Only Li Anran was left disheveled in the wind.
Is this the prison of heaven?
Are these the heavenly soldiers and generals?
He didn't know how many times he had asked this question.
But, each time it refreshed his understanding of the lower limits of the heavenly soldiers and generals.
"Forget it! Love is what it wants!"
Li Anran simply leaned against the stone statue of Bi'an next to him and started to look through the book of punishing evildoers.
He kept his gaze on the image of the [Black Scale King of Wushui Mountain] for a few seconds, and suddenly a series of pictures emerged in his mind.
Xiniu Hezhou.
The banks of the Centipede River.
A confused little snake accidentally heard an immortal preaching, and thus gained intelligence and learned to absorb the essence of the sun and the moon.
Three hundred years passed in a flash. The small snake that was only half a meter long and as thick as a thumb had transformed into a giant python that was nearly as thick as a 100-meter bucket. It also learned how to change its shape.
By chance, it discovered that swallowing large amounts of the essence and blood of living beings could speed up its cultivation.
As a result, it was no longer satisfied with simply eating living creatures to fill its stomach, and began to slaughter living creatures in large numbers for cultivation, resulting in the death of all living creatures within dozens of miles of the Yuanyan River, leaving it deserted.
Until three days ago, General Yao, one of the Meishan brothers, led his troops to capture it, escorted it to the Tianlao, and was thrown into a cell by Li Anran.
Li Anran woke up from his trance and felt like he was watching an immersive movie.
"He really deserves to die... huh?"
Li Anran was halfway through expressing his feelings when he suddenly realized something.
He closed his eyes and recalled the scene he had just seen.
The immortal preaching that the snake demon heard when he was still not intelligent...
The half of the Taoist scroll that the snake demon got by chance...
The materials and methods used by the snake demon to refine the elixir...
The location of the thousand-year-old ginseng that the snake demon had hidden and had grown into a human form...
He not only saw the snake demons doing evil, but also saw everything about their lives!
He saw clearly all the skills, spells and cultivation processes that the snake demon had seen.
Li Anran became very excited.
This means that he can turn the criminals' opportunities into his own opportunities!
"It's a pity that I can't descend to the mortal world, otherwise that one thousand-year-old ginseng that has grown into a human form would be enough for me to break through to the realm of refining spirit and transforming into emptiness!"
Li Anran felt a little regretful, but he quickly cheered himself up and looked at the portrait of the snake demon again.
This time, he focused his attention on the immortal's sermon that the snake demon heard when he was a child!
This is the first and greatest opportunity in the snake demon’s life!
"…the one who is born with a thin stream of virtue and energy, so the coming of life is called essence, the collision of two essences is called spirit, the one that moves with the spirit is called soul, and the one that comes out of the human body with essence is called spirit…"
When the snake demon heard the immortal preaching, its intelligence was not yet awakened and its gains were limited.
Li Anran, however, can listen to the lectures repeatedly without any limit!
Once, twice, three times...
Although this sermon has no beginning or end, it only has a small part in the middle.
But Li Anran still gained a lot, and even comprehended a magic spell recognized by the system.
Arrest the spirits and send out the generals!
Sixth level spell!
Forcefully summon and use ghosts and evil spirits for your own purposes!
Current level: 1, proficiency required for upgrading: 0/100.
