Three of the seven spirits had already been condensed. In the next three months, as long as he condensed another spirit, Li Mu would be able to avoid the danger to his life.
After thinking for a long time, Li Mu still decided to condense the fourth spirit, the Seizing Thief.
The first spirit of the Seizing Thief was related to the immune system. A person who lost this spirit would fall sick very easily. Li Mu had the Exorcism Talisman. It could replace the Seizing Thief and prevent illness, but it was a temporary solution.
If he didn't condense the Seizing Thief for too long, the Exorcism Talisman's effect would be minimal.
The Seizing Thief was born from fear. Li Mu had absorbed quite a bit of fear from the Demonic Ghosts he had encountered before, but he was still far from condensing the spirit.
He had also tried to use the method of telling ghost stories to induce fear in the teahouse guests.
However, the final result was the same as when he tried to induce grief in the audience. He couldn't induce fear in the guests.
The reason was naturally that the fear was only directed at the scenes in their minds and not at Li Mu. If he wanted to condense the Seizing Thief, he had to find another method.
When Li Mu arrived at the county yamen, he realized that Li Qing wasn't there. Zhang Shan and one of Han Zhe's constables were gambling. Old Wang was watching from the side.
Li Mu patted Zhang Shan's shoulder from behind. Zhang Shan jumped up. When he turned around and saw that it was Li Mu, he patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief. "It's you, Li Mu. I thought it was the boss. You scared me to death …"
Naturally, Li Mu didn't waste all his effort in inducing Zhang Shan's fear.
The attraction of emotions had to be like this, face to face, and it had to be directed at Li Mu. However, after thinking for a long time, Li Mu couldn't think of any profession that could make it convenient to scare people.
Since there was nothing he could use as a reference, he might as well create one himself.
A thought flashed through Li Mu's mind. He suddenly had an idea.
He was about to walk out of the duty room and go back to discuss it with Liu Hanyan. When he turned around, his vision suddenly went dark.
It wasn't because he was dizzy, nor was it because the sky had darkened. It was because a figure was blocking the door of the duty room, almost completely blocking the door.
This person was tall and abnormally fat. Chen Miaomiao, the daughter of the county minister whom Li Mu had met before, could be considered as a little bird in front of him.
Li Mu thought for a moment and remembered that this person was called Wu Bo, one of the cultivators in the county government. However, three months ago, he was seconded to participate in the suppression of the zombie disaster in Zhou County. Today, he appeared in the government office again.
"Get out of my way!"
Wu Bo squeezed in from the outside and rudely pushed Li Mu aside, asking, "Where's Junior Martial Sister Li?"
Zhang Shan put away the dice and said, "The boss is not here."
Wu Bo's gaze swept across the room, and then he swaggered out.
After he left, Zhang Shan curled his lips and said, "Didn't Fei Bo go to the neighboring county to catch zombies? Why did he come back so soon?"
"Shh …" The constable under Han Zhe gestured for him to keep quiet and said, "Keep your voice down. If he hears you call him that, you'll have to bear the consequences!"
"Do you think I'm afraid of him hearing it?" Zhang Shan lowered his voice and whispered, "How did he grow up like this? Even the pigs in my family are not as fat as him …"
Old Wang chuckled and said, "He grew up like this. It's not up to him …"
Zhang Shan looked surprised. "What do you mean?"
"Ordinary people can't eat so much to become so fat." Old Wang adjusted to a comfortable sitting position and said, "But there's a kind of body constitution called the Body of Earth Element. This kind of person's five elements are all earth, so it's easy for him to absorb the Qi of the earth. That's why he grew up like this."
Zhang Shan clicked his tongue and said, "What kind of stupid body constitution is this?"
"It's not a stupid body constitution." Old Wang shook his head and said, "He is a little fat, but his cultivation speed is faster than that of ordinary people. Many cultivators yearn for such a physique. Don't be fooled by his fat body. In the county government, if County Magistrate Zhang doesn't use the imperial court's treasure, he is no match for him …"
Zhang Shan was stunned and asked, "Our boss can't beat him?"
Old Wang nodded and asked, "Now you know how powerful this kind of body constitution is, right?"
Zhang Shan looked down at his bulging belly and said to Old Wang, "I'm also quite fat. Do you think I have a powerful body constitution? Can I cultivate?"
Old Wang smiled. "Go to bed early tonight. Everything is possible in your dream …"
…
Li Mu listened at the door. According to Old Wang, Chen Miaomiao should also have the Body of Earth Element, which might be the reason why she was fat.
Thinking of Zhao Yong's Body of Fire Element, Li Mu seemed to understand why the County Magistrate arranged such a marriage for him.
The five elements promoted and restrained each other. Wood promoted fire, fire promoted earth, earth promoted gold, gold promoted water, water promoted wood. Zhao Yong had the Body of Fire Element. If he married Chen Miaomiao, who had the Body of Earth Element, it would be very beneficial for her.
Only considering the body constitution and nothing else, they were indeed a match made in heaven.
Just like Li Mu and Liu Hanyan.
The difference was that if the Body of Fire Element and the Body of Earth Element were together, it would only benefit the latter.
If Li Mu and Liu Hanyan were to cultivate together, it would be the true combination of Yin and Yang. It would be very beneficial for both of them.
From Li Mu's experience in the past few months, although the Body of Five Elements was rare, it was not to the extent of being scarce. First, there was Zhao Yong, Ren Yuan, and then there was Wu Bo. The three of them had the same body constitution, but their fates were completely different.
Rare body constitutions like theirs were very popular in Taoism.
Some sects would even calculate the time and send disciples down the mountain to investigate if there were any newborns born nearby. If they happened to find a baby born at a special time, they would make an agreement with the baby's parents that when the baby was five or six years old, he would go up the mountain to cultivate. The child's family would also receive a lot of compensation.
However, the attitude of the imperial court towards this was completely different.
Although they would recruit a large number of cultivators every year, in order to maintain their rule and stability, the imperial court did not want too many cultivators to appear.
Firstly, this would cause the local fixed population to lose. Secondly, cultivators were not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and often did things that violated the rules and disturbed social stability. The more cultivators there were, the more it was not conducive to the stability of the imperial court's rule.
Therefore, although the imperial court did not stop Taoism in this matter, they also never cooperated.
Otherwise, as long as the local government screened the household registers of all the people in the area, they would be able to find all these cultivators with talent.
In the Great Zhou, the influence of the various Taoism sects was naturally not as strong as that of the imperial court. If the imperial court did not support them, more than 90% of the cultivation geniuses would be buried like Li Mu and Liu Hanyan.
If they did not have the opportunity, they would never embark on the path of cultivation in this lifetime.
If not for that accident, Li Mu, as a bailiff, might have married and had children. He might have lived a mediocre life, or he might have died in the line of duty. In reality, if not for Li Mu's soul being reborn, he would have already died in the line of duty.
When he arrived at the entrance of the Yunyan Pavilion, Li Mu did not think about these things anymore. Earlier at the government office, he had been inspired by Zhang Shan and found a way to collect fear.
Since he could scare Zhang Shan and collect anger, he could naturally scare others.
He could open a haunted house in Yangqiu County and pretend to be a ghost to scare people. The better the business of the haunted house, the faster he could collect fear.
Li Mu was not worried about the problem of customers at all. In this era, there were not many entertainment options. Men's favorite pastime was naturally the brothel. However, not everyone had an invulnerable kidney like Li Si and could treat the brothel as their own home …
At the very least, even if their bodies were made of iron, they could not afford to go there every day. After all, they were different from Li Si. They could not let the women in the brothel fall for them.
It was precisely because there were no bars, KTVs, cinemas, bookstores, teahouses, theatres, and music halls that the business of the haunted house was so good.
Li Mu should be the first person to open a haunted house here. When the time came, he could attract customers at an extremely low price or even for free. After all, he only wanted fear, not to rely on it to make money.
Li Mu was not good at opening a shop, so he had to ask Liu Hanyan for help.
In the Yunyan Pavilion, Liu Hanyan heard Li Mu's idea and hesitated. "Your idea is possible, but would anyone really spend money to have someone pretend to be a ghost to scare themselves?"
"Let's try it first."
After people were full and satisfied with their material needs, they liked to seek spiritual stimulation. Disneyland tickets were so expensive, but there were still people coming in waves every day.
Li Mu said, "I don't know much about opening a shop, so I'll leave it to you. Deduct the expenses from my share."
Liu Hanyan nodded and said, "Shopkeeper Ren of the Four Seas Bookstore sold the bookstore to us today. The location is not bad. If we open a shop there, business should be better …"
After Li Mu left, Shopkeeper Huang walked up and said, "Miss, didn't you just say that you want to make the Four Seas Bookstore a branch of the Yunyan Pavilion?"
"We'll talk about it later, this is more important." Liu Hanyan sighed and muttered, "Wanwan, this is for your future happiness …"
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