Volume 2: The Demonic World Chapter 99: Rigid Rules
After saving the two ghosts, Lin Qianxing went to the City God Temple in Kancheng.
He came here to ask about Xu Zongru.
Every city has a City God, whose duty is to supervise and protect the local people from being harmed by ghosts and evil spirits. He is considered the patron saint of the city.
Generally, they are held by local respected monks or powerful elders, and the City God of Kancheng is the latter.
His name was Zhou Yan. He was a famous philanthropist in Kancheng more than two hundred years ago. He had no children in his life, so he used his savings to repair bridges and roads and build the city. After his death, he made a will to spend all his wealth to help the orphans and widows.
So after entering the underworld, he was made a ghost god and enjoyed incense.
Arriving at the City God Temple, Lin Qianxing lit three incense sticks, then made a hand gesture to summon the god and asked, "Is the City God of Kancheng here? I am a disciple of the Sanbao Temple and have something to ask you."
Swish!
A ray of spiritual light appeared and transformed into an old man in red official uniform beside Lin Qianxing.
"My friend, are you here to ask about Xu Zongru? I have already reported his evil deeds to the underworld, and shortened his life span by twenty years. He has less than two years left to live." Zhou Yan said.
"Let's not talk about this for now. If I hadn't come, wouldn't he have colluded with that evil sorcerer and successfully killed a good boy, causing dozens of boys and girls to be taken away by the evil sorcerer to practice evil magic?" Lin Qianxing said sternly: "As the local city god, I want to charge you with a crime of failing to supervise!"
"Calm down, my friend. This is not my fault!" Zhou Yan quickly explained, "The underworld has its own rules. We only deal with ghosts. As for the affairs of the living in the world, you can only deal with them yourselves."
Lin Qianxing frowned and said, "But it's obvious that the evil sorcerer has been causing trouble for many years. How come he is still at large in this world?"
"His destiny has already been lost. We can't find the correct destiny. It's useless to shorten his life span in this life. Instead, it will force him to change his destiny again and bring disaster to another person." Zhou Yan replied.
"He is so disruptive to the order of yin and yang, wouldn't it be better to let the Yin God kill him directly?" Lin Qianxing said.
"It's not that easy. The Yin God cannot easily interfere in the human world. Even if we know that he is doing evil, the most we can do is to check the report. If anyone transcends Yin and Yang, it will be a small matter to be dismissed and sent to reincarnation..." Zhou Yan said.
Zhou Yan didn't say the rest of the words, but Lin Qianxing could roughly guess that if he crossed the line of yin and yang, the punishment would probably be the destruction of his soul.
Lin Qianxing was somewhat dissatisfied with the rigid rules of the underworld, but he guessed that there might be some story behind it, which is why the underworld set such strict rules and forcibly separated the boundary between yin and yang.
"So, no matter what sins that evil sorcerer commits, the underworld can't do anything about it?" Lin Qianxing asked puzzled.
"Don't we have cultivators like you, my friends?" Zhou Yan said, "The order of the Yang world is naturally managed by the cultivators of the Yang world. As Yin gods, we only need to take care of the underworld."
After a conversation, Lin Qianxing could only sigh and no longer thought of pursuing responsibility.
This is the rule of this world. Without knowing the details, it is best for him not to interfere without authorization.
After bidding farewell to Zhou Yan, Lin Qianxing left Kancheng and once again embarked on the road of killing monsters and leveling up.
On the way, Lin Qianxing did not encounter any hundred-year-old evil ghosts, but he also dealt with quite a few wandering ghosts and gained hundreds of spell points.
There are many wandering ghosts in this world, and it seems that the gods in the underworld are unable to manage them all. Only with the cooperation of monks in the world of the living can order be maintained to prevent the world of the living from turning into a ghost realm.
Lin Qianxing thought of the situation before the three Yama Kings established the underworld. At that time, there was probably real chaos between heaven and earth.
Monks, mortals, ghosts and all kinds of messy things are wreaking havoc in the world of the living. It is no exaggeration to say that it is a riot of demons.
Lin Qianxing couldn't help but shake his head just thinking about it.
In that kind of environment, creatures without strength would probably even have trouble staying alive.
A month and a half after leaving Yushan Sect, Lin Qianxing finally returned to Sanbao Temple.
The Taoist temple was still the same as before. Lin Qianxing returned the bottle of nectar to the statue of the founder and then found Gongsun Zhan to report.
Gongsun Zhan did not mention much about the fact that Lin Qianxing took so long to come back, but directly said to Lin Qianxing: "Let me see your body spell."
Lin Qianxing nodded, and with a thought, the spells around his body were instantly activated. Then layers of light flashed on his body, and dozens of spells were cast on him in an instant.
At this time, Lin Qianxing, just in terms of physical strength, already had strength comparable to that of a peak innate being.
Seeing this, Gongsun Zhan nodded and said, "It seems that you have gained a lot. Now I can let you go down the mountain to gain experience without any worries."
"Master, I just returned to the mountain..." Lin Qianxing said with a surprised expression.
"You are still too inexperienced and need more experience. Pack up and go down the mountain. You can go anywhere. Come back in three years." Gongsun Zhan said .
In fact, even if Gongsun Zhan didn't say it, Lin Qianxing also had the idea of going down the mountain to kill monsters and level up. After all, there are no spell .
Since Gongsun Zhan was willing to let him gain experience, he was naturally happy to accept it.
So Lin Qianxing politely said, "Yes, Master."
Then Lin Qianxing turned around and left to pack his things.
Watching Lin Qianxing's departing figure, Gongsun Zhan fell into self-doubt again. He murmured, "Could it be that I really restricted him? I was away for such a short time, but he has already cultivated the [Soul Gathering Mantra] to the third level, and the [Small Vajra Mantra] and [Protective Mantra] to such a proficient level..."
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Lin Qianxing didn’t know what Gongsun Zhan was thinking. Anyway, he packed up his things, said hello to Gongsun Zhan, and went down the mountain.
His purpose this time was simple, which was to kill more ghosts and monsters and gain some spell points.
If possible, it would be best to complete the achievement of [Ghost-Seeing] and kill ten thousand evil ghosts.
That way he can get a +100 bonus to all basic attributes at the start.
It will also be much easier to play.
After coming down the mountain, half a year had passed quickly.
At this time, Lin Qianxing had already upgraded the [Soul Gathering Mantra] to the fourth level, reaching the pinnacle.
His cursed power limit also rose to 100,000.
This upgrade speed is mainly due to Lin Qianxing's diligence in killing monsters. He specifically goes to the places where ghost incidents occur. With his current strength, he is no match for ordinary ghosts and monsters. Even a hundred-year-old evil ghost can be subdued by him.
Of course, the plug-in [Mastery of Spells] also played a small role, helping him save 90% of the spell points.
The mantra power within Lin Qianxing's sea of consciousness is now so powerful that he doesn't even have to worry about consumption when casting ordinary spells and can use them at any time.
Unfortunately, the evil ghosts he encountered were few in number, and most of them were low-level wandering ghosts. In half a year, he only killed less than a dozen evil ghosts, which was still far from the required 10,000 evil ghosts.
That day, when he passed through a city called Chong'an, he discovered a large tomb outside the city.
It is said that the tomb owner was left behind by a great general named Qi Chong'an more than 1,800 years ago.
The burial site was very well chosen, perfectly in line with the local Feng Shui, and is a place where inspiration converges.
So much so that when Lin Qianxing cast the [Spiritual Vision Spell], he saw a powerful and terrifying corpse aura in it.
This means that a powerful zombie was bred here.
Having been nurtured in a Feng Shui treasure land for thousands of years, it is hard for Lin Qianxing to imagine its strength.
This has to be at least a zombie at the peak of the green zombie level or even the purple zombie level.
Compared to ghosts, he must be at the level of a thousand-year-old ghost king.
When Gongsun Zhan took action against the Millennium Ghost King, he had to call upon the Yin God to successfully subdue him.
It would be extremely difficult for him to deal with this zombie.
But it is impossible to keep this zombie.
If such a zombie were to break out of the tomb one day, given the zombies' habit of drinking the blood of living beings, all the people in Chongyang City would probably die at its hands.
So we have to solve it in advance.
After thinking about it, Lin Qianxing felt that there were two solutions.
The first option is for him to go back to Gongsun Zhan and ask him to invite his fellow practitioners to help.
The second option is that Lin Qianxing takes action himself, sets up a large formation, and uses the power of heaven and earth to kill him.
The first method is very safe, but even if others kill the zombies, Lin Qianxing will not get any spell points.
The second method is very profitable. This kind of thousand-year-old zombie is rare in this world. If you can kill it successfully, you will get at least tens of thousands of spell points.
Lin Qianxing had only obtained 7,000 spell points in his travels over the past half year. How much time could these tens of thousands of spell points help him save?
After a little thought, Lin Qianxing decided to choose the second method.
When playing games, of course you have to maximize your profits. If you die, you can just start over.
And he was almost 60% sure that he could kill with one strike.
Is he still a player if he doesn't even take a gamble?
Then Lin Qianxing began to go to a high place and observe the surrounding feng shui and the changes in the weather.
The Heaven and Earth Curse Master focuses on leveraging the power of Heaven and Earth.
For example, on rainy days, the effects of using [Lightning Spell] and [Water Control Spell] will be greatly enhanced.
How big can the gap be?
Assuming that normally the power of Lin Qianxing's [Thunder Inducing Spell] is 1, then on a rainy day, the power of his [Thunder Inducing Spell] will be 5 with no upper limit. As long as the thunderclouds do not disperse and his spell power is not fully consumed, he can attract as many thunders as he can.
So this is the power of the Heaven and Earth Spell Master.
If you prepare the venue in advance, even a novice sorcerer may be able to kill some thousand-year-old ghosts.
Of course, it is impossible to completely seize the opportunity. Sometimes, the Heaven and Earth Spell Master needs to spend several years or even decades waiting for a perfect opportunity.
Therefore, the Heaven and Earth Spell Master is still greatly restricted by the environment.
Back to the topic, Lin Qianxing was observing the weather and feng shui at this time, mainly to calculate which day it would rain heavily in the future.
The most destructive force against evil things between heaven and earth is heavenly thunder.
This is also a relatively easy-to-use force of heaven and earth.
At that time, Lin Qianxing only needs to set up the formation in advance, and then use the spell of heaven and earth to attract the surrounding thunder, which will instantly blast through the tomb and kill the thousand-year-old zombie sleeping inside, without giving him any chance to react.
After using the [Spiritual Vision Spell] to observe for a long time and counting with his fingers, Lin Qianxing finally came to the conclusion that there would be heavy rain in eighteen days and it would be advisable to attract lightning.
