Li Mu gave the peeled apple to Wanwan and Xiao Bai, then went back to his room.
He really couldn't understand the thoughts of mature women. Wanwan and Xiao Bai were still the most adorable and simple ones.
He decided to put the matter of Liu Hanyan aside for now. He had absorbed a lot of lust in the past two days. After Li Mu refined it, he continued to cultivate the Six Senses of Buddhism.
The best time to condense one's soul was on the night of the third, thirteenth, and twenty-third of every month. Apart from these three days, the effect of condensing one's soul was very ordinary. However, the cultivation of the Six Senses of Buddhism didn't care about the time.
Li Mu had already cultivated the First Sense of Sight. Ordinary demonic ghosts couldn't hide from his eyes.
When the First Sense of Sight was cultivated to a high level, one could see through all fabrications and wouldn't be trapped by illusions or formations. This was something that even the Clairvoyance spell couldn't compare to.
Liu Hanyan went to Li Mu's room when it was time. She did not mention anything about what happened last night. The two of them sat cross-legged across from each other. Four hours later, she got off the bed and left.
The next morning, Li Mu had just arrived at the county yamen. Before he could sit down, Constable Zhao walked in and said, "The yamen received a report from the villagers yesterday. Something strange happened in Guo Village outside the city. I suspect it's the work of a demonic ghost. You should go and take a look."
Other than Li Mu, all of Constable Zhao's subordinates were out patrolling the streets. Li Mu asked about the direction of Guo Village. He went out of the city gate from the east side and headed for Guo Village alone.
Before he left, he had asked around and found out that there were no deaths in Guo Village.
He had just arrived at the county yamen. Constable Zhao wouldn't give him the important cases.
Guo Village wasn't close to the county town. Li Mu used the Teleporting Talisman and it took him almost half an hour to get there.
He arrived at Guo Village and asked a villager about the situation. Then he knocked on the door of a house.
It was a peasant woman who opened the door. When she saw Li Mu's clothes, her face lit up. She said, "Sir, you're finally here. Please save my husband!"
Li Mu walked into the courtyard and asked, "What happened?"
The peasant woman said, "I don't know what's wrong with my husband. For the past few days, he's been going out every night. When he comes back in the morning, he falls asleep the moment he falls asleep. I can't wake him up even if I call him …"
This was a sign of insufficient Yang Qi. Li Mu thought for a moment and asked, "Where is your husband?"
The woman pointed to the room and said, "He sleeps at home all day."
Li Mu walked into the room and saw a man lying on the bed, snoring loudly.
His eyes were sunken and his face was as pale as a sheet of paper. Li Mu's eyes flashed with golden light and he saw that this person's Yang Qi was extremely insufficient. Although the seven spirits were all in his body, they were all dim and had no effect.
Li Mu had also experienced drowsiness and difficulty waking up after the two souls of Fei Du and Dead Dog had lost their effectiveness.
However, it was because his seven souls were missing, while the man on the bed had his Yang energy sucked away by something.
Those low-level demons and ghosts who harbored evil intentions but didn't have the guts to kill people liked to suck people's Yang energy the most.
The woman looked at Li Mu and said worriedly, "Sir, what should we do …"
Li Mu looked at the unconscious man and said, "When he wakes up, don't say anything or ask anything. If he goes out at night again, I will follow behind him …"
As a bailiff, Li Mu had carefully studied the laws of the Great Zhou.
The laws of the Great Zhou were mostly written for the people of the Great Zhou. However, there were also restrictions for the demons and ghosts living in the Great Zhou, and even for the cultivators.
For small cases, such as the Yellow Rat couple who only stole a few chickens from the villagers, the imperial court wouldn't kill them. According to the law, they just needed to pay double the compensation.
However, for demons and ghosts that killed people, the law was merciless. It would only stop when their souls were destroyed.
Sucking people's Yang energy to cultivate was something between the two. Although it wouldn't lead to death, the punishment wasn't light either. At the very least, they would lose ten years of cultivation. Those demons that didn't have a high cultivation level might be directly knocked out of shape and have to cultivate from scratch.
Li Mu first returned to the yamen and reported the situation in Guo Village.
Hearing this, Bailiff Zhao said, "Tonight, I will send two Soul Condensing Realm bailiffs with you."
"No need." Li Mu shook his head and said, "Things that need to suck people's Yang energy to cultivate won't have a high cultivation level. I can handle it alone, but if there are more people, I'm afraid we will alert the enemy …"
Bailiff Zhao thought of Li Mu's performance in the third illusion and knew that his strength shouldn't be above the Soul Condensing Realm. He nodded and said, "Then be careful. If anything goes wrong, retreat immediately."
He walked into the inner room of the duty room and took out a Fu-lu. He handed it to Li Mu and said, "This talisman is for you. At a critical moment, it will ensure your safety."
Li Mu took the Fu-lu and discovered that it was a Divine Travel Talisman.
However, the spiritual energy contained in this talisman was much more than the Divine Travel Talismans that Li Mu wrote himself.
The higher the grade of the Fu-lu, the more powerful it was. A Divine Travel Talisman of this grade was probably made by a Transcendent Realm cultivator at the very least. The maximum speed it could unleash would also be greatly increased.
With this talisman, even if he encountered a Middle Realm demon ghost, he would be able to easily retreat.
A Fu-lu of this grade was not cheap. As expected, the county government was rich and imposing. Even a Xuan-grade Fu-lu could be given to ordinary bailiffs when they went out on missions.
Li Mu had asked the peasant woman before. Her husband would go out every night before nightfall. It was still early, so Li Mu was in no hurry to go over.
He came to a room filled with books in the county government. He took a book from the bookshelf and sat down to read.
Whether it was the county government or the county government, they all had a library.
The books here were prepared for the cultivators in the county government. The cultivators in the county government did not belong to any sects. Most of their cultivation relied on the resources provided by the imperial court.
These books were very diverse. There were Fu-lu, pills, formations, and all sorts of unorthodox Daoist books. Although they were all basic books and could not touch on the core secrets of the Fu-lu School, the Pill Cauldron Sect, or the Spirit Formation Sect, it was enough for people who had just stepped into the path of cultivation to broaden their knowledge.
Li Mu did not refuse any of the books. No matter how unorthodox they were or whether they could be used now, he was not picky.
What Master Qianhuan taught Li Mu was not only to be careful and not to trust others easily, but also taught Li Mu that reading more was never wrong.
In the afternoon, Li Mu left the county government and went home first.
Liu Hanyan was about to go out to buy food. She asked, "I'm cooking today. What do you want to eat?"
Li Mu said, "I have a case to take care of today. Don't wait for me to eat."
Liu Hanyan paused and asked, "Are you coming back tonight?"
Li Mu thought for a moment and said, "I should be back."
Li Mu went home and changed into casual clothes. After saying goodbye to Liu Hanyan, he directly left.
Wanwan ran out from the inner courtyard and said, "Miss, let me accompany you to buy food …"
"Forget it. Let's not buy food." Liu Hanyan put down the bamboo basket and said, "There's still a lot of food left from yesterday. Let's heat it up and eat …"
…
Guo Village.
After the sun disappeared from the west, the sky gradually darkened.
A sneaky figure walked out of the village. When he reached the entrance of the village, he looked around and saw that no one was following him. Then, he left quickly.
Another figure landed lightly from the locust tree at the entrance of the village. It was Li Mu who had been waiting for a long time.
Li Mu stuck a Camouflage Talisman on himself and followed the man up the mountain.
The Camouflage Talisman could only hide one's body and fool the eyes of ordinary people. It was easy for cultivators to sense one's aura, but it was enough to follow a mortal.
Li Mu followed him into a bamboo forest. In the depths of the bamboo forest, a bamboo house was hidden.
The man walked to the front of the bamboo house and pushed the door open. He said with a lewd smile, "Young lady, I'm here again …"
Golden light flashed in Li Mu's eyes. He saw that the bamboo house was filled with a faint demonic aura.
Although the demonic aura was not as pure as Xiao Bai's, it was not dirty either. It meant that this demon did not feed on humans. Judging from the level of the demonic aura, it should be a demon in human form.
Li Mu used his Heavenly Eye again. Together with the golden light in his eyes, he saw through the bamboo house and saw two figures inside.
One of them was the man. He was lying flat on the ground. Wisps of white smoke slowly drifted out from his nose and were absorbed by the other figure.
Judging from the man's twitching movements on the ground, he was probably lost in an illusion.
This demon used the illusion to confuse the man's mind and take the opportunity to absorb his Yang Qi for cultivation.
If Li Mu did not use the Thunder Technique, it would be difficult for him to defeat this demon in human form.
However, if he used the Thunder Technique, it would be reduced to ashes. In that case, he would have nothing to say to the yamen. Moreover, with its actions, although it was guilty, it did not deserve to die.
Li Mu thought for a moment and suddenly had an idea. He left Baiyi in the bamboo forest and slowly walked toward the bamboo house.
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