Chapter 4: The Marvelous Method of the Virgin Body

Although it was only noon, the killing intent in the room at this moment was extremely fierce, making one's hair stand on end.

Li Lin looked at the face opposite him that had already gone cold like a block of ice, and said, "Brother Wang, my strength is ordinary—I don't even know any fist technique. How could I help you?"

"You don't need to make a move. You only need to go along with us."

Li Lin didn't believe it. How could merely following someone help him kill a wraith?

Seeing that Li Lin hadn't responded, Wang Tianyou could no longer keep up his stern face. He said rather helplessly, "That wraith… its yin qi is extremely heavy."

Mm-hmm!

Li Lin nodded and continued listening.

"She was born in a yin year, yin month, yin day. After death she became a wraith. Her strength isn't very great, but her yin qi assails people, and many techniques are useless against her. She's especially hard to deal with."

"A wraith's yin qi being extremely heavy—isn't that perfectly normal?"

"No, no, no, Brother Li, you've got it wrong." Wang Tianyou explained, "Most wraiths are heavy with grievance qi. Those heavy with yin qi… are only a few."

"I'm ashamed to say I truly didn't know any of this." Li Lin cupped his fist, but didn't feel it was a loss of face.

Not knowing is simply not knowing; there's nothing worth hiding.

After all, he had been a Spirit Hunter for less than half a year.

It's just that this heavy yin qi—what does it have to do with him? Suppress the apparition with qi and blood?

His qi and blood were indeed more vigorous than a normal Spirit Hunter's, but only to a limited degree.

Seeming to see the puzzlement on Li Lin's face, Wang Tianyou explained with a smile, "I asked fellow practitioners in the county town. They say that in all of Yulin County, Brother Li, your yang qi is the heaviest!"

Li Lin's body instinctively leaned back: "Yang qi?"

Not qi and blood?

Wang Tianyou looked at Li Lin with an odd expression: "Generally speaking, a person who has kept his virginity tends to have heavier yang qi. Brother Li is both a virgin and a Spirit Hunter, so your yang qi is especially vigorous. Against that kind of yin-qi-heavy wraith or apparition, merely being close already has a very strong suppressive effect."

Li Lin blinked and asked, "Could it be that among the dozen-plus fellow practitioners in the entire county town, none of them have vigorous yang qi?"

Wang Tianyou gave a light cough: "I and the many fellow practitioners in the county town have all already taken wives, so…"

Li Lin was instantly at a loss for words.

Because in all of Yulin County, among the dozen-plus fellow practitioners, he was the only one still a virgin.

No wonder Wang Tianyou had come to him, this half-bucket-of-water.

Speaking of the matter of being a virgin… he hadn't been one before, but now he was.

Seeing Li Lin's face full of embarrassment, Wang Tianyou wanted to laugh but held it back: "Please rest assured, Brother Li. As long as you're willing to go with us, whether the matter succeeds or not, there will be a generous reward afterward."

"How generous?" Li Lin asked without the slightest scruple.

Wang Tianyou looked at him with an appreciative gaze and said without the slightest hesitation: "As long as Brother Li agrees to this matter, I'll first offer three gold ingots. Once the dust settles, I'll then give you a secret technique—be it blade, sword, spear, fist, or a spirit-controlling mental method—choose whichever one you like."

Hearing this, Li Lin was extremely tempted. After thinking it over he asked, "Then my safety…"

"Don't worry. Your yang qi is heavy; that wraith will only fear you and won't think to harm you." Seeing Li Lin was tempted, Wang Tianyou continued, "The ones truly in danger will only be us."

Li Lin thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I can do this. When do we set out?"

As long as a person shows up, that's enough—no need to exert oneself. What a fine job!

"Three days from now at noon, gather at the county government office."

Wang Tianyou stood up, waved his hand, and three gold ingots appeared on the table.

"Much obliged." Li Lin happily tucked the three gold ingots away.

"Then I'll head back to prepare." Wang Tianyou stood up.

Li Lin saw him out of the village. After the two had walked for a while, Wang Tianyou spotted the altar at the village center, walked over, cupped his fist toward the withered tree, and said, "Lady Tree Immortal, it's been a long time. Might you come out and meet?"

There was no movement at all on the altar.

Wang Tianyou's expression was somewhat disappointed.

Li Lin asked from the side, "You know Lady Tree Immortal too?"

"I saw her once in the county town."

Li Lin was somewhat surprised: "She can leave this altar?"

"Of course she can, as long as she wishes to."

Wang Tianyou stood in place and waited a while longer. Seeing no response, he headed out of the village.

After Li Lin saw him off and was about to head home, he saw the Gowned Apparition come out, floating in the air above the altar.

He walked over and asked, "He wanted to see you, and you didn't come out. Now that he's gone, you show yourself. What do you mean!"

The Gowned Apparition said nothing, only glanced at Li Lin, then vanished from sight again.

Presumably she had returned to that withered tree.

Li Lin had drawn a blank, shrugged helplessly, and then went home to cook.

A great pot of blood rice was once again eaten into his stomach.

Then he sat cross-legged on the bed to refine and absorb it.

What he was currently practicing was only an ordinary qi-circulation method called the "Spring-Returning Health-Preserving Art"—any random medical hall could sell it for one tael of silver.

Although this cultivation method couldn't grant Li Lin any special ability, it was still quite useful for refining blood rice.

【Qi and Blood +1】

【Qi and Blood +1】

【Qi and Blood +1】

Cultivation is a very pleasant thing—especially when you can see the 'feedback,' it becomes even more addictive.

Just as he was about to fully refine the blood rice in his belly, he seemed to hear shouting coming from outside the door.

Li Lin opened his eyes, his five senses returned, and then he heard Zhao Xiaohu's voice urgently calling out: "Lin Ge, Lin Ge, are you home? Something big has happened in the village."

Leaping down from the bed, Li Lin pushed open the door and asked, "What happened?"

Zhao Xiaohu saw him and immediately became joyful, but his expression soon turned tense: "Sister Xiu Niang is missing."

Li Lin felt little tension and said, "Could she have gone to the river to wash clothes?"

Small villages are generally built along rivers; it is very common for farm women to go to the riverbank to wash clothes.

Zhao Xiaohu's eyes, already large, grew even bigger in this state of panic: "No, Wu Shu said Sister Xiu Niang was unwell and hadn't left the house all day, but now she cannot be found at home, nor anywhere else."

How could this be!

Li Lin closed the door and said, "Let's go take a look together."

The village was not large, and Li Lin and Xiaohu soon arrived at Wu Shu's doorstep.

More than a dozen villagers had already gathered there; Wu Shen sat on the ground weeping bitterly, while Wu Shu squatted at the doorway, his face full of despair.

Then someone saw Li Lin and called out, "Li Xunshou has arrived; let him see if a Gowned Apparition has taken Sister Xiu Niang away."

Wu Shu and Wu Shen also stood up.

They looked at Li Lin with expectation, yet dared not approach to speak.

Essentially... Li Lin, as a Spirit Hunter, counts as an 'official'.

The people fear officials; this is instinct.

"Everyone step aside, do not block the doorway; let Li Xiaolang enter the house to investigate."

Uncle Zhao was also present; the moment he spoke, his voice sounded like a tiger's roar, his volume extremely loud.

Li Lin nodded to Uncle Zhao and walked into the house.

Zhao Xiaohu wanted to follow in, but his father pulled him aside and scolded, "What are you running around for? Do not hinder Li Xiaolang from doing his work."

Zhao Xiaohu scratched his head awkwardly.

Li Lin entered the house, walked around once, then came out and said to Wu Shu before him, "There is no aura of a Gowned Apparition; Sister Xiu Niang must have gotten lost on her own."

(End of this chapter)