Volume 1: Rebellion in Chang'an Chapter 9: Ghost in the Village
Having temporarily escaped from danger, Lu Qingshan had time to count his gains.
Si Xuesong, as the second senior brother of the Corpse Refining Cave, has only one defensive magic weapon on him, which is a crystal clear, snow-white bracelet.
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【Golden Ring】
Level: Medium-grade common weapon
Description: This is a magical tool made of golden stone.
Magical weapon effect: When receiving damage, it can automatically trigger the first-grade magic golden shield (it takes 11 hours to complete the charging).
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As a mid-grade mortal weapon, it is indeed much stronger than the Earth Spirit Pendant. First of all, the spell is automatically triggered and does not need to be actively activated for use.
Magical weapons that automatically trigger defensive spells are very practical in battles. Another thing is the time it takes to charge the spells. The Earth Spirit Pendant takes three days, while the Golden Spirit Ring only takes one day.
Lu Qingshan put the golden ring on his hand very neatly.
The next step is to take inventory of Si Xuesong’s storage bag.
The items in Si Xuesong's storage bag were obviously much richer than those of his two junior brothers.
But this is only compared with his two junior brothers. In Lu Qingshan's opinion, this corpse refining cave is a poor den of ghosts.
Fortunately, we are all poor guys who don’t have any offensive weapons, so I was able to make it out.
In Si Xuesong's storage bag, there were more than sixty first-grade spirit stones, which was more than three times the total assets of his two unlucky junior brothers.
In addition, there are several jade slips containing Qi-inducing techniques and spells. These are items for magic practitioners, and a sword practitioner like Lu Qingshan has no use for them at all.
As for pills, in addition to the same bottle of Qigong Pills, there is also a bottle of Qi Condensation Pills. This should be the biggest gain today.
A bottle of Qi Condensation Pills (12 pills ) is worth 120 first-grade spirit stones. Qi Condensation Pills are only suitable for Qi Refining cultivators. Once the cultivation level exceeds Qi Refining, the efficacy of Qi Condensation Pills will be greatly weakened.
Lu Qingshan opened the bottle stopper and took a look. There were still eight round Qi Condensation Pills left in the bottle.
The Qi Condensation Pill can assist cultivators in their practice and speed up their practice. It is also a good thing for players.
Because in "Jiu Tian", players can also gain experience points (hang up) by meditating and practicing techniques like NPCs.
The effect of Qi Condensation Pill in speeding up the cultivation speed is transformed into increasing the experience points gained by hanging up for players.
Lu Qingshan estimated that based on the aptitude of his body, if he practiced for four hours a day, it would take about two days for him to gain 1 experience point.
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【Qi Condensation Pill】
Level: First-grade elixir
Note: After taking the pill, practice the skills to absorb the spiritual power contained in the pill, which can quickly improve your cultivation. If you take more than 10 pills, the effect will be halved, and if you take more than 20 pills, it will no longer have any effect.
Pill Effect: Experience Points +10
Note: As long as you take enough medicine, mortals can become immortals.
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The Qi Condensing Pill does not take effect immediately after taking it. It takes time to practice the technique and absorb the spiritual power contained in the Qi Condensing Pill before you can gain experience points.
But compared with the dry practice of pure meditation, it is definitely more efficient than just a little bit.
Lu Qingshan put the pills back into the storage bag and tied the storage bag to the inside of his robe. At this moment, there were already three storage bags inside his robe.
This reminded him of a widely circulated saying among players.
A storage bag is only the lowest-level storage device with very small storage space. However, in the early stages of the game, players cannot afford advanced storage devices, so in order to meet their storage needs, they can only choose to carry multiple storage bags.
Players who are known for their Ah Q spirit self-deprecatingly call themselves members of the Beggars' Sect, and their seniority is ranked by the number of storage bags they have.
Lu Qingshan’s current situation is that of the Three Bags Elder.
What impressed Lu Qingshan deeply was that in his previous life, there was a ruthless player from the country of India who made use of his racial talent to carry a hundred storage bags on his body and called himself the "Elder of a Hundred Bags" and the "Leader of the Beggars' Sect".
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Following the flow of the river, Lu Qingshan walked for a few more hours. Finally, when his legs became a little weak, he saw a few village women washing clothes by the river in front of him.
The village women put the clothes on the stones, used crushed soap nuts into balls as cleaning agents, and kept hitting the clothes with mallets. Their hands were busy with the work and their mouths were always busy, gossiping about family matters.
"Have you seen the Taoist priest that the village chief invited into the city a few days ago? He has a pointed face and monkey cheeks. I don't think he has the temperament of a Taoist priest at all ."
"Hey, you can't judge a person by his appearance. Taoist Master Bai Piao is a well-known Taoist even in Yuanshan City. A few years ago, the neighboring village got into trouble for some evil spirit and several people were possessed by evil spirits. They invited Taoist Master Bai Piao to perform a ritual, and after the ritual , the villagers who were possessed that day were said to have returned to normal!"
"If that's the case, then this Taoist priest will definitely be able to get rid of the evil spirit in our village. That's great. My child has been frightened by this evil spirit and hasn't had a good night's sleep for several days. It's really frustrating."
"Hush, that's hard to say. I heard from my wife that the evil creature that appeared in our village this time is very likely to be a big one. When Li Laoer woke up that night, he saw a ghost in his backyard. It was threatening and called itself the King of Western Chu. It scared him to death."
The oldest-looking woman among the women suddenly interrupted, causing several exclamations.
"HT?!"
"Yes, our village is most likely the place where the Overlord of Western Chu died. The Overlord died before he could achieve his goal, so he was naturally unwilling and resentful. Over the years, he became a resentful spirit and is now causing trouble!"
"hiss--"
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Of course Lu Qingshan didn't believe what the village girl said. A ghost with the name of King of Western Chu could cause great suffering to all the people in an entire prefecture.
If he was really the King of Western Chu, you village girls would have died long ago. How could you still be washing clothes here?
However, there is no smoke without fire, and the appearance of ghosts is most likely true.
Moreover, he can call himself the King of Western Chu, which means he has intelligence. He should be a ghost, not a resentful spirit.
The vengeful soul is a fierce ghost created by a person who holds a grudge before death and refuses to enter the six realms of reincarnation, so he stays in the human world. He has lost his mind and only has the killing instinct like a wild beast, so he is a very evil creature.
However, vengeful souls are excellent materials for evil monks to use in refining magical instruments. If a vengeful soul is refined as the instrument soul in a magical instrument, the power of the instrument can be increased by at least 30%.
Therefore, if most cultivators encounter vengeful spirits causing trouble, they are still willing to subdue them. Not only can they eliminate harm to the people, but the subdued vengeful spirits can also be sold to evil cultivators, which can bring in a huge amount of profit.
If the resentful soul is valuable, then the ghost is a great treasure.
Ghosts are different from resentful souls. Ghosts are spiritual creatures with awakened intelligence. If they have suitable skills, they can practice like human cultivators and continuously improve their strength. After building the foundation, they can even condense their bodies again.
If one could tame such a ghost as one's own ghost pet and train it well, it would undoubtedly become a powerful fighter for the cultivator, and it would be the kind that could be continuously upgraded.
A ghost appeared in a small village, and even the villagers who saw it were still alive. This shows that the ghost is most likely a newborn, and has not yet acquired the skills suitable for ghost cultivation. It can only rely on some innate abilities to perform some tricks.
Lu Qingshan's heart moved.
"Auntie, I just heard you talking about the King of Western Chu and Taoist Bai Piao. I wonder what the specific situation is?" Lu Qingshan walked forward and asked with a shy smile.
Seeing that the visitor was a harmless-looking boy, the village girls were very enthusiastic and didn't hide much. They chattered, "We used to live a good life, but half a month ago, poultry began to disappear frequently in the village. We didn't think much of it at first, thinking that it was just some thief who stole chickens and ducks to eat meat. So we sent a few people to lurk outside the chicken coop, hoping to catch this thief. But who knew that we didn't see a single person, but there were still two fewer chickens in the chicken coop, and this happened for several nights in a row. We began to suspect that it was haunted, until a few days ago, when Li Laoer saw the ghost with his own eyes, and we were sure that there was really a ghost in the village, so we quickly asked the village chief to go to the city to invite a Taoist priest to perform a ritual to exorcise the ghost."
The ghost of a chicken thief?
Lu Qingshan vaguely felt that something was wrong.
"I wonder when the master will perform a ritual to exorcise ghosts. I am very interested in these Taoist methods of exorcising ghosts. I wonder if I can go and watch?"
The oldest village girl looked at Lu Qingshan in surprise and said, "You are quite brave, young man. The Taoist priest said that he would start a ritual at the hour of You. If you are interested, wait here for a while until we finish washing the clothes and then come back to the village with us."
Lu Qingshan cupped his hands and said, "Okay, I'll thank you first."
