Everyone swarmed in through the back door of the Yunyan Pavilion. Li Mu strolled leisurely towards the yamen.
In the past few days, he had encountered some problems in his cultivation.
He had thought that he would be able to condense the second spirit very quickly after finding a way to collect anger. However, the truth was that he had collected an enormous amount of anger, but it was difficult to refine it. Anger was also one of the seven emotions, but it was several times harder to refine than joy.
Li Mu did not know if this was normal. He had to ask Li Qing at the yamen.
In the Yangqiu County Government, Li Qing was not surprised at all after hearing his question. She said, "The difficulty of refining the seven spirits is not the same. Corpsedog, Sparrow Shade, and Fetid Lung are the following spirits. They are much easier to refine than the Concealed Arrow, Seizing Thief, and Filth Removal. This is because the four emotions of joy, sorrow, love, and lust are the following emotions, while the three emotions of anger, fear, and evil are the opposing emotions. The difficulty of refining the opposing emotions is several times greater than the following emotions …"
Li Mu roughly understood. Gratitude, pity, love, and lust were all positive emotions that were easy to refine. On the other hand, anger, fear, and disgust were negative and passive emotions that were difficult to refine. As such, the difficulty of his path to Soul Solidification immediately increased by several levels compared to what he had expected …
Li Qing only explained the different emotions to him, but did not give Li Mu a solution. This meant that there was no shortcut in this matter.
Fortunately, every time he condensed a spirit, one of his body's functions would be restored. As long as he condensed four of the seven spirits, his body would undergo a qualitative change, and he would not die in half a year.
Li Mu had already condensed one spirit. He only needed to condense three more spirits to resolve the urgency of half a year's time.
Love, hate, and lust were difficult to collect. Li Mu could only choose anger, sorrow, and fear. However, anger and fear were both rebellious emotions, so it was difficult to refine them. As a result, the half a year's time was a little tense.
"Don't worry too much." Li Qing looked at him and comforted him, "No matter how difficult it is to refine anger, one month is enough. You need to think about how to collect the other two emotions in this half a year …"
Xiao Li Mu's story collection would take another half a month at most, and Li Mu would be able to collect enough anger to form the second soul. As for the way to obtain sadness and fear, he already had a preliminary idea.
Drawing out the seven emotions in other people's bodies would not harm their bodies. It would only exhaust their stamina. Although it was a little immoral, Li Mu had no other choice in order to survive.
That was fundamentally different from the Heretical Cultivation of Demonic Ghosts, which practiced by seizing people's souls. Otherwise, Li Qing, who hated evil as if it were her enemy, would not have let Li Mu do that.
In order to eliminate everyone's discomfort, Li Mu only guided a small portion from each person at a time. Although this made it take a long time to gather anger, it had almost no effect on other people's bodies. As more and more people came, everyone's emotions gathered together, and it was still huge.
"I'm going out to patrol." Li Qing walked to the door and suddenly stopped. She asked, "What did the grape-planting elder see?"
Li Mu was stunned and said awkwardly, "Boss, you …"
Li Qing waved her hand and said, "You're doing it to form the soul. As long as you don't do anything outrageous, it's fine. But …"
"But what?"
"What did the grape-planting elder see?"
Li Mu coughed softly and said, "He saw the two water ghosts, the young man who passed by that day, and the Daoist priest, working together to steal all his grapes …"
…
"Grapes?" Zhang Shan walked in with a book in his arms and asked, "Where are the grapes? Li Mu, did you buy grapes?"
"There are no grapes. You must have heard wrong …"
Li Qing's figure had already disappeared. Li Mu returned to his seat and continued to refine the anger in his body.
Zhang Shan sat at another table and flipped through the book with great interest.
Two hours later, Li Mu stood up and felt that he had only refined a tenth of the anger in his body. He sighed helplessly.
Zhang Shan had just gone out to patrol. When he came in, the thick book in his arms was on the table beside Li Mu.
Li Mu was bored to death. He took the book and flipped through a few pages. He found the content of the book to be quite interesting.
This book was called "Records of the Monsters of the Ten Continents". It introduced the commonly seen monsters on the Ten Continents and Three Islands in detail. It also explained their habits and characteristics in detail.
Li Mu flipped to a page that introduced the Bat Demon. The book said that the Bat Demon opened its consciousness in twenty years, molded its fetus in fifty years, and transformed its form in a hundred years. It liked to suck the blood of humans and animals and could use sound wave attacks …
In the thirteenth year of Yuanfeng, the Bat Demon of the Northern County, Zhou County caused trouble and killed more than ten people. Three students of Fu-lu School worked together to slay it …
If the Bat Demon could live for twenty years, it would gradually develop intelligence. After fifty years, its intelligence would mature and its body would gradually transform. In a hundred years, it would be able to transform into a human form. Its innate ability was sound wave attacks. Coupled with their ability to fly and dodge, ordinary cultivators would find it difficult to fight them.
Demons like the Earth Dragon and Vermilion Palace often used their tongues as weapons. They were good at hiding and moving stealthily …
The Earth Dragon and Vermilion Palace referred to lizards and chameleons. Li Mu could not help but think of the Lizard Demon. It could change its color and disguise itself as a tree trunk. If not for the fact that his first soul had been condensed, he would not have discovered it that day.
These shapeshifting demons were equivalent to cultivators in the Assembled God realm. They also had racial talents that humans did not possess. They were very difficult to deal with. Li Mu flipped through a few more pages and saw something that interested him.
"The Fox Clan is the most intelligent of all demons. They are good at seduction techniques and illusions. They can learn Dao techniques and divine abilities. With every realm they advance, they will grow an additional tail. One to three tails are Demon Foxes, four to six tails are Spirit Foxes, seven to eight tails are Black Foxes. Foxes with nine tails are called Heavenly Foxes. They seize the fortune of Heaven and Earth and defy Yin and Yang. They are the supreme of all demons and can command all demons …"
"The descendants of the Heavenly Foxes possess the bloodline of the Heavenly Foxes. They call themselves the Immortal Fox Clan. They cling to the karma of the human world. They repay kindness and revenge. They can form good karma, but they can never plant evil karma. Remember, remember …"
At the mention of the Fox Clan, Li Mu recalled the talking fox he had saved.
At that time, Li Mu only cared about bandaging its leg. He remembered that it seemed to have only one tail, but he was not very sure. Although it was only a fox, it was still a female fox. He could not stare at its butt.
The descendants of the Heavenly Foxes would repay kindness. He did not know if it was a descendant of the Heavenly Foxes. If it was, how would it repay Li Mu? Would it turn into a girl to repay his kindness?
"Zhang Shan, did you steal my book again?"
While Li Mu was thinking, Old Wang limped in from outside the door. His shout interrupted Li Mu's fantasy. Li Mu closed the book and said, "The book is here."
"Where is Zhang Shan?" Old Wang walked in and scolded angrily, "This bastard came to steal books again when I was in the outhouse. I don't know how many books he has sold to the county government. If it weren't for the fact that I needed him to help me with my funeral after my death, I would have caught him and brought him to see the Lord …"
Old Wang was responsible for all kinds of files in the county government. His room on duty was bigger than everyone else's. In addition to the files, there were also some other materials on display.
For example, the book in his hand, "Records of Monsters in the Ten Continents" could be used in many cases.
If there was a case of monsters causing trouble in a certain place, according to this book, the county government could judge what kind of monster was behind the case, what the monster's characteristics were, what magic it had, and how to restrain it. After the investigation, the county government could make appropriate countermeasures.
Seeing the book in Li Mu's hand, Old Wang hurried over and said, "This book is very useful. You can't sell it. Otherwise, it will be difficult for you to investigate cases in the future …"
Li Mu handed the book to him and asked casually, "Old Wang, do you have any books about Taoist Soul Refining?"
"You need them for your cultivation. I'll help you find them …" Old Wang took the "Records of Monsters in the Ten Continents" as if it was a treasure and limped back to his room on duty.
Li Mu followed behind him and watched Old Wang rummage through the rows of bookshelves. After a long time, he pulled out a book from the corner and threw it to Li Mu. He said, "See if it says …"
Li Mu blew the dust off the book. After opening it, he found that the book really did contain the incantations and methods of Soul Refining.
However, this book was written for cultivators with complete seven spirits. For people like Li Mu who needed to condense their spirits first, it was not useful at all. He did not find a way to quickly refine anger from this book.
Li Mu threw it aside and sighed. "Are there really no shortcuts to cultivation?"
"Who said there are no shortcuts to cultivation?" Old Wang glanced at him and said, "There are many shortcuts to cultivation. However, the shortcuts you can think of are all written in the laws of the Great Zhou. Some people think that their Soul Refining is too slow, so they steal the souls of others. Some people can't condense their spirits, so they grab the souls of others to supplement it. As long as you have the courage, there are shortcuts everywhere in cultivation …"
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