Li Mu had only been in the prefecture capital for a few days, but he had already gained a lot.
He had thought that he would only be able to condense the last two spirits when the time was right. He did not expect that he would be able to collect so much desire so quickly.
More importantly, he had found a way to collect lust.
Whether it was humans, ghosts, or demons, as long as they coveted Li Mu's Yang Qi, soul, beauty, body, etc., they would all generate desire.
Now that he thought about it, he should not have sucked in too much of the green snake yesterday and been discovered by her.
If he had pretended to be an ordinary person who had been charmed by her and contributed a little Yang Qi every day and absorbed a little desire, he would have accumulated enough desire to condense his soul in two months at most.
He had been too careless …
Early in the morning, Constable Zhao personally asked Li Mu about the details of last night's situation. Li Mu told him the truth about the green snake.
Constable Zhao said worriedly, "One of them is in human form while the other is in Core Formation. This is not easy to deal with. I hope that the Core Formation demon will not cause any more trouble."
After a while, he went to the back of the office. When he came out, he had a piece of jade in his hand.
He handed the jade to Li Mu and said, "This is a spiritual jade. The jade contains Spiritual Qi and can be used directly for cultivation. Although you did not bring the snake demon back, you saved the commoner from her. You have completed your task. This spiritual jade is your reward."
Li Qing had once mentioned to Li Mu that cultivation resources were abundant in the prefecture government. One could obtain spiritual jades, Fu-lu, pills, magic weapons, and even secret techniques through completing tasks …
These were the most important factors that attracted cultivators to work for the imperial court.
There were no sects or clans to provide them with cultivation resources. This path was almost the only way to obtain cultivation resources that were allowed by the law, and it was also the only way for them to obtain cultivation resources.
Spiritual jades were a type of jade that contained Spiritual Qi. They were also the most common and basic cultivation resource.
They were originally just ordinary jades because they had the ability to store Spiritual Qi. If they were placed in a place with abundant Spiritual Qi, they would accumulate a large amount of Spiritual Qi over a long period of time.
The quality and size of spiritual jades were different, and the spiritual energy contained in them differed greatly. The spiritual jade in Li Mu's hand was very small, and the spiritual energy contained in it was equivalent to seven or eight days of guided cultivation.
This kind of errand allowed him to absorb desire and obtain cultivation resources. It was the best of both worlds.
After absorbing the Spiritual Qi in the Spiritual Jade, Li Mu gently pinched the jade in his hand and it turned into fine powder.
He didn't read the book. Instead, he sat quietly in the guardroom and used the soul-searching talisman to search through the memories in his mind.
This time, he wasn't searching for himself, but the memories of Reverend Thousand Illusions.
Previously, when Venerable Master Thousand Illusions failed to possess Li Mu's body, his consciousness was wiped out by the power of heaven and earth. However, his memories remained in Li Mu's body.
At that time, these memories flashed through Li Mu's mind for a moment before quickly dissipating. Li Mu thought that those memories had completely disappeared, but when he accidentally used the soul-searching talisman, he discovered that those dissipated memories actually still remained in his mind.
What surprised Li Mu was that through the soul-searching talisman, he could see not only the memories of the months when Venerable Master Thousand Illusions occupied Old Wang's body, but also the memories that belonged to the real Venerable Master Thousand Illusions.
Venerable Master Thousand Illusions was one of the ten great elders of the Demon Sect and a powerhouse of Dongxuan. His memories were more useful to Li Mu than the yamen's library.
Although Li Mu had only searched a very small part of his memories, the contents of that part greatly broadened Li Mu's knowledge.
The Corpse Sect was one of the ten great sects of the Demon Sect. As an elder of the Corpse Sect, Venerable Master Thousand Illusions was very good at refining corpses.
Less than half a month after the death of the Old Landlord Zhang, Venerable Master Thousand Illusions had used a secret technique to refine a Jumping Zombie with decades of cultivation.
After that, he even used the Yin-Yang Five Elements Soul Refining Formation to raise the strength of the Flying Zombie to the level of Dongxuan, directly deceiving the three Dongxuan cultivators of the Fu-lu School and Xuanzong.
Now that he thought about it, it was no wonder that he was so familiar with the altar under the Bay of Clearwater. For an elder of the Corpse Sect, that kind of Corpse Nurturing Formation was nothing but child's play.
In his memories, there were many cruel and bloody secret techniques of the Demonic Path. In addition to the Yin-Yang Five Elements Soul Refining Formation, there were also the Eighteen Yin Prison Formation, the Ten Ghosts God-Trapping Formation, and other Demonic Path formations. Li Mu only skimmed through these and didn't understand them in detail.
The "Thousand Illusions Demonic Art" cultivated by Venerable Master Thousand Illusions could create a split soul with all of his memories. By taking over someone else's body, he could be reborn and achieve immortality. Although Li Mu didn't plan to cultivate this Demonic Path technique, regardless of whether it was the Demonic Path or the Righteous Path, there were some similarities that he could learn from.
He could learn from the Thousand Illusions Demonic Art's split soul technique and leave a life-saving skill for himself.
Li Mu couldn't digest all of Venerable Master Thousand Illusions' memories in a short time. After searching for a short time, his head started to swell.
He took off the Soul Searching Talisman and planned to rest for a while. A yamen runner walked in from outside and said, "Li Mu, here's an invitation for you."
Li Mu took the invitation and opened it to see that it was from Shopkeeper Xu.
Tonight, he was hosting a banquet at the Xu Mansion and invited some friends. He also invited Li Mu to thank Li Mu for saving Xu Hao's life.
Li Mu hadn't decided whether or not to go. Compared to the delicacies of the Xu Mansion, he still preferred Liu Hanyan's home-cooked dishes.
Liu Hanyan hadn't been in a good mood for the past two days. The construction of the Yunyan Pavilion branch didn't seem to be going smoothly.
Zhang Shan returned to Yangqiu County for a few days and came to the county capital to help with the construction of the new Yunyan Pavilion.
Zhang County Magistrates had been Yangqiu County Magistrate for many years and had enough experience. Although he was slow to realize the truth about Venerable Master Thousand Illusions' death, one of the ten great elders of the Demon Sect, the Yangqiu County Government had contributed greatly. As the county magistrate, his contributions were naturally not small. He took this opportunity to be promoted and placed in an important position by the imperial court.
Zhang Shan had long had thoughts of resigning. Now that Zhang County Magistrates had left, he also took this opportunity to resign from his post as a bailiff. He planned to help Liu Hanyan build a new Yunyan Pavilion in the county capital and buy his own residence within ten years.
Although Liu Hanyan was quite capable, she was still a woman and wasn't suited to show her face in certain matters.
After asking Zhang Shan, Li Mu found out that the profits in the county capital had long been divided up by the major merchants. It was almost impossible for the new shop to interfere and take a share of the profits.
Zhang Shan looked at Li Mu and asked, "Do you want to ask Li Si for help?"
Li Mu shook his head and said, "No need."
Li Si was living off a woman in the County Magistrate's residence. Although no one in the county capital could bully him, it wasn't realistic for him to use his position to bully others.
Li Mu walked into the inner courtyard and saw Liu Hanyan sitting by the stone table. She rested her chin on one hand and looked worried.
Li Mu walked over and sat across from her. He asked, "What do you plan to do now?"
Liu Hanyan said, "The bookstores, music stores, and opera houses have all been firmly occupied by those people. Nothing can enter. If there's really no other way, then we won't open a branch. In any case, the four shops in Yangqiu County are enough for us to spend our entire lives …"
"Let's not think about these things." She shook her head and stood up. "What do you want to eat? I'll go cook."
Compared to the banquet at the Xu manor, Li Mu still preferred to eat at home. He casually threw the invitation on the table and said, "Whatever. I'll eat whatever you cook."
Liu Hanyan's gaze inadvertently skimmed over the invitation and saw that it was quite exquisite. She opened it and looked at it. She said in shock, "Why would the Xu family invite you?"
Li Mu said in surprise, "You know of the Xu family?"
"Of course." Liu Hanyan held the invitation and said, "They're also a major merchant in the county capital. If they're willing to help, the matter of the branch is nothing …"
Liu Hanyan looked expectantly at Li Mu and asked, "To think that the Xu family would invite you to a banquet, and it was even personally invited by Shopkeeper Xu. Are you close to him?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "We've only met once …"
Seeing Liu Hanyan's expression, Li Mu knew that this banquet was unavoidable.
Although Li Mu and Shopkeeper Xu had only met once, after the banquet, Li Mu had mentioned to him that he had a friend who wanted to open a shop in the county capital. Shopkeeper Xu had expressed a strong desire to take care of him.
In the business world, the Xu family was undoubtedly the local tyrant of the county capital. In just half a day, he had already helped the Yunyan Pavilion establish all the connections and even helped choose the location of the shop.
This was undoubtedly telling everyone that the Yunyan Pavilion had the support of the Xu family behind it. If anyone wanted to do anything wrong, they had to consider the Xu family.
Li Mu also did not expect that his small effort back then would be exchanged for the Xu family's great help.
Liu Hanyan came back from looking at the shop in the morning. She looked at Li Mu and said, "Thank you …"
Li Mu waved his hand. "We're on the same side. You're welcome."
Liu Hanyan did not say much. She glanced in the direction of Li Mu's bedroom.
Li Mu walked into the bedroom. Liu Hanyan followed him in and closed the door.
Wanwan carried Xiao Bai and stood in front of the moon door. She muttered, "What do Miss and Young Master have to talk about every day in the room?"
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