In less than three months, Li Mu had already condensed three spirits.
Four of the seven spirits, within half a year, he would not die because of the decay of the body. Now Li Mu was one spirit away, and he would be able to completely break away from the Taoist priest's half a year prophecy.
The first three spirits had already been condensed, the last four spirits were related to "fear", "love", "evil" and "lust". Li Mu carefully thought about it, and first eliminated "love" and "lust".
Condensing a spirit required a huge amount of emotions, at least hundreds or even thousands of people. Even if Li Mu was confident in his face, it was impossible to make so many women fall in love with him at the same time.
Reducing the quantity and increasing the quality was a good idea. If there was an Assembled Gods practitioner who loved him to death, and was willing to take the initiative to offer "love", then with just one person, within three to five days, Li Mu could successfully condense a spirit.
But a female Assembled Gods practitioner, was not so easy to find.
Li Mu knew a woman with this level of cultivation, Li Qing, and she was wholeheartedly focused on cultivation, with a pure heart and few desires, it was impossible for her to have such feelings for him.
Moreover, love cannot be forced, this path was basically impossible.
As for "lust", it gave Li Mu an even bigger headache.
Until now, he had only seen it on Liu Hanyan, and it was only that one time, he could not be naked in front of her every day. Thinking of this, Li Mu's mind suddenly flashed.
Since he could not directly capture the heart of a female Assembled Gods practitioner, why not cultivate one himself?
Liu Hanyan had a pure yin body, her cultivation speed was astonishing, if he could make her fall in love with him early, when she reached Assembled Gods, wouldn't he be able to harvest both "love" and "lust"?
Sitting opposite Li Mu eating breakfast, Liu Hanyan suddenly sensed something, raised her head to look at Li Mu, and asked: "Why are you looking at me like that?"
Li Mu forgot that Liu Hanyan had already condensed her first soul. Her perception was amazing. He immediately looked away and focused on eating.
At the same time, he also dispelled his previous thoughts. Raising someone was too shameful. If Liu Hanyan knew what he was thinking, the first thing she would do after concentrating would be to fight Li Mu to the death.
For the time being, there was no way to harvest "fear" in large quantities. Li Mu once thought that since he could collect sadness through acting, he could also collect "evil" feelings if he played a character full of evil and hateful.
However, by using the art of seduction to immerse himself in the role, Li Mu was experiencing Liang Shanbo's life over and over again. The audience was sad, but Li Mu was even sadder.
After each performance, Li Mu needed to use the Clear Heart Art to adjust for a long time before he could recover from that state.
If it weren't for his determination to condense the Sparrow Shade, he probably wouldn't have been able to last ten days.
Another important point was that when he was acting, he always told himself that he was Liang Shanbo, that Zhu Yingtai was the woman he liked, and that Liu Hanyan was Zhu Yingtai in the play. After doing this many times, Li Mu would occasionally have some kind of impulse when he was with Liu Hanyan outside the play.
If he used this method to play someone else, Li Mu was worried that he would really have schizophrenia and be unable to distinguish between the play and the play.
At that time, although the seven souls would be condensed, he would also go crazy …
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After breakfast, Li Mu slowly walked to the county government.
In the past ten days, in order to collect sadness, he had been at the theater and hadn't gone to the government office even once. If he didn't go now, he was afraid that he wouldn't be able to suppress Li Qing.
In the government office, Constable Zhou first helped Li Mu cancel his leave and said, "I heard from Miss Qing that you're sick. How are you? Are you feeling better?"
"Much better." Li Mu smiled and didn't say much. He asked, "Where's the boss?"
"Miss Qing and the others just left the government office. You should be able to catch up with them now." Constable Zhou shook his head and said, "Recently, Yangqiu County is really not peaceful. First, there were zombies. Yesterday, there was a strange murder outside the city. Miss Qing and Han Zhe brought people to investigate the case …"
Li Qing, Zhang Shan, and Li Si were not there. Li Mu was bored to be on duty alone. He asked Constable Zhou about the direction they left in and then used the Light Body Skill to chase after them.
Li Mu chased all the way out of the county, but he didn't catch up with Li Qing and Han Zhe. Instead, he caught up with Zhang Shan, Li Si, and two other constables first.
Zhang Shan was in the midst of jogging, panting heavily. Hearing the commotion behind him, he turned around and asked, "Li Mu, what have you been up to these past few days?"
Li Mu asked, "Where's the boss?"
Zhang Shan pointed ahead and said, "In front. They walked too fast. We couldn't catch up …"
Li Mu didn't go with Zhang Shan and the others. His figure flashed a few times and disappeared from their sight.
Zhang Shan sighed and said, "Ever since Li Mu followed the boss to cultivate, he's become more and more powerful. The gap between us and him is getting bigger and bigger …"
Li Si looked ahead and said, "Don't you feel that Li Mu has changed a lot recently?"
Zhang Shan nodded and said, "He has changed a lot. He has become bolder. In the past, he was even more timid than me. Now, he dares to fight zombies. Do you think that after a person dies once, they really get over it …"
Li Si glanced at him and said, "I haven't died before. How would I know?"
Li Mu ran for a while and saw two figures in front of him from afar.
Li Qing and Han Zhe stood on the mountain path. Two corpses were placed on the side of the mountain path.
Han Zhe glanced at Li Mu and looked away. Li Qing bent down and checked the two corpses. She said, "Judging from the wounds, it should be done by demons."
Li Mu walked forward and found that the two corpses were male. One was about 40 years old, and the other looked only 20 years old.
Their necks were bitten off by something and their blood was sucked dry. At first glance, it was obvious that it was done by demons.
Li Qing stood up and asked, "Have you investigated the identity of the deceased?"
Han Zhe said, "It's been investigated clearly. They are the father and son of a hunter in this mountain. Two days ago, they went hunting in the mountain. This morning, their bodies were found by a woodcutter who immediately came to the county office to report the case."
Li Qing thought for a moment and asked, "Has the woodcutter investigated it?"
Han Zhe nodded and said, "I checked with a magic item. There is no problem."
He turned to look at the two corpses on the ground and said, "There is no trace of the demon at the scene. How should we investigate it?"
When the county government investigated a case, there must be clues. For example, in the case of the weasel, it could be easily tracked down with a Fu-lu based on the hair it left at the scene. In the case of the zombie in Zhang Village, as long as one knew the habits of the zombie, they could also wait for the zombie to walk into the trap. There was no clue to investigate such a case without any clues.
"We can only start by investigating the nearby demons." Li Qing took out a Demon Seeking Talisman and threw it into the air. The Fu-lu floated in the air, swaying left and right. After a while, it floated down again.
Han Zhe shook his head and said, "There is no response from the Demon Seeking Talisman. There is no demon within a radius of five kilometers. It seems that the demon has already run away."
Taoism had many magical spells that could be used in the process of investigating a case. For example, the shopkeeper of the Four Seas Bookstore. Even if he had denied it before, after being checked by the Zhang County Magistrates, he still told the truth.
According to the clues left at the scene of the crime, using the Fu-lu or magic to find the murderer was a common method to solve a case.
Even so, the county government still couldn't solve most of the cases every year.
Li Mu's gaze swept past the two corpses. Soon, he shifted his gaze back with a doubtful look on his face.
His Heavenly Eye could see through the seven spirits of people. He couldn't see through Li Qing and Han Zhe because they had already refined the seven spirits. There was no reason why they couldn't see through these two ordinary people.
The only possibility was that the seven spirits of these two corpses had already dissipated.
After a person died, the three spiritual souls would dissipate immediately. However, it would take seven days for the seven spirits to dissipate.
Even if the hunters had been killed for two days, there should be at least five spirits left. However, when Li Mu checked with his Heavenly Eye, he found that there was not a single spirit left in the two.
He thought for a moment and looked at Li Qing. He asked, "Boss, when a demon sucks the essence and blood of a human, will it also suck away the seven spirits?"
Li Qing shook her head and said, "No, the seven spirits belong to the physical body. If a low-level demon wants to obtain the spirit of a human, it will have to eat the human as blood food."
Li Mu pointed at the two corpses and asked in confusion, "Then why are their seven spirits gone?"
Li Qing looked at him and asked in confusion, "You can see the seven spirits of a human?"
The seven spirits were different from the three spiritual souls. Even a cultivator in the three middle realms might not be able to see through them at a glance. With Li Qing's cultivation in the Spirit Realm, she couldn't do this.
Li Mu nodded and said, "I once learned a magical ability by accident. It can see through a person's three spiritual souls and seven spirits."
He glanced at Han Zhe and walked to Li Qing's side. He whispered a few words in her ear.
Han Zhe really wanted to know what this magical ability was, but Li Mu clearly didn't want him to hear. He could only stand far away.
The Heavenly Eye was only a magical use of mana. After Li Qing used the method Li Mu taught her, she looked at Li Mu. She saw that his body was flashing red, gray, and white. She asked in surprise, "You've condensed the Sparrow Yin?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "I just condensed it last night."
Li Qing looked again at the two corpses on the ground. As expected, not only were their three spiritual souls gone, even their seven spirits were gone.
Her expression became serious and she said, "This is not a simple case of a demon harming a human. Let's have someone carry the corpses back to the yamen …"
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