Chapter 20: True Golden Legend

Li Heng listened patiently as the old man finished his rambling.

"Old sir, why don't you first check how much Merit is in my Token," he said with a faint smile.

The old man was stunned and hurriedly checked the Token.

Then he fell directly into silence.

He had thought this was a destitute young man, but who would have expected him to be so wealthy? Over a thousand points of Merit...

"Sigh, it seems I was just being sentimental."

The old man shook his head.

"It's fine, this is actually understandable. Although your words were somewhat long-winded, old sir, they were also well-intentioned."

Li Heng said calmly.

"Forget it, forget it. I'm at this age, what need do I have for a way to save face? If I thought wrong, then I thought wrong."

The old man waved his hand.

"The Taiyuan Technique you want is in the southeast corner of the third floor, in the very corner bookshelf. You can go get it yourself."

Li Heng nodded and, without lingering, went straight up to the third floor.

The old man couldn't help but sigh; it really is good to have money, not treating money as money, and not treating Merit as Merit.

With so much Merit, one could exchange for a Blood Changing Realm or even a True Qi Realm cultivation technique. What is this young man thinking?

The white-haired mourning the black-haired. Li Heng sighed inwardly, roughly understanding the relationship between that old man and that girl.

However.

This is also the norm in this World. If one must blame something, one can only blame the strength being too weak, causing these tragedies...

He withdrew his thoughts and, feeling more determined, arrived at the third floor. It purely stored various cultivation techniques, so each book was protected by a restriction, emitting various rays of light.

For example, white, green, purple, gold...

Of course, these lights were merely used to deceive people; as for something like a "Golden Legend"? It simply did not exist.

Li Heng had fallen for it once before.

He had casually chosen a technique with a golden glow, only to discover it was merely "Postpartum Care for Sows."

He arrived at the southeast corner and quickly found the Taiyuan Technique. It must be said that the old man had a reason for his warning, as this technique book was covered in dust.

Clearly.

It had been a long time since anyone had exchanged for this kind of technique.

After all, in this World, Evil Demons and Weird entities prevail. Using the Taiyuan Technique to forge an Original Qi foundation during the Nurturing Essence Realm is fine, but during the Foundation Establishment Realm—a stage where one begins to hone oneself and increase combat power—continuing to practice the Taiyuan Technique is simply courting death.

It would only make one's own Original Qi lack any aggression. To some Evil Demons and Weird entities, one would directly become a potent tonic; I fear that as one practiced, one would become Tang Monk meat.

However, Li Heng did not care about this.

Ordinary is good; ordinary means nothing stands out, which means it is balanced and neutral, capable of containing everything.

He could completely use this as a foundation to carry out subsequent deductions, opening up a technique where ten thousand streams return to the sea, containing everything in the world, directly evolving into a conceptual level.

Such as the Primordial Golden Chapter or the Taiqing Jade Seal.

For others, this is just a delusion, but for someone like him who possesses a cheat, it is not impossible.

Having taken the Taiyuan Technique, Li Heng began to attend to his real business. He started searching everywhere for information regarding Divine Power Crystals.

Then he discovered that he simply could not find any.

This struck him as very strange. By logic, as a special agency of Great Li, the Demon Suppression Division should have information regarding Incense Divine Spirits.

Yet here, he could not find a single book regarding Incense Divine Spirits; they were all about various Evil Demons and Weird entities.

Is the Demon Suppression Division truly just for suppressing demons? Or is it that information regarding Incense Divine Spirits has been erased by some invisible giant hand? Li Heng frowned.

Could it be that he really has to go ask that old man? But doing so would absolutely expose the news of the Divine Power Crystal.

It is not that he does not trust Meng Lingyun.

It is just that the trust is limited, and he dares not gamble.

Forget it.

Li Heng shook his head. As expected, he must first improve his cultivation before he has the energy to involve himself in other matters.

Such as this matter of the Divine Power Crystal.

If his strength could be on par with Meng Lingyun, both at the True Qi Realm, he could completely lay his cards on the table with Meng Lingyun.

Instead of hiding it like he is now.

Nowadays, things are so Weird that even an agency like the Demon Suppression Division has no books on Incense Divine Spirits.

This makes him feel even more wary and curious.

Li Heng withdrew his thoughts, walked straight down to the first floor, and began to exchange his Merit in the Token for the Taiyuan Technique.

During this time.

He spoke aimlessly, chatting with the old man, and secretly brought up the topic of Incense Divine Spirits.

For example, the Earth Temple in the suburbs collapsed again, crushing a few people to death; why doesn't the County Government do something about it? It is, after all, a place for the common people to offer sacrifices.

The old man smiled and shook his head.

"You know the local County Magistrate, Ren Hai, right? When he first took office, he directly demolished an Earth Temple."

"How could he possibly go and repair these temples?"

"Not to mention those in the suburbs or outside the city, even the largest Earth Temple inside the city is now down to just a few stray cats and dogs."

Li Heng was somewhat surprised.

The great affairs of ancient times lay in sacrifice and warfare.

Even if this World has various extraordinary powers, there are still Incense Divine Spirits; they shouldn't be negligent toward sacrifices.

And the Great Li Dynasty does not have a style of destroying mountains and temples or eradicating all ghosts and gods, so why did that County Magistrate demolish an Earth Temple as soon as he took office?

And what is even stranger is this.

Bei'an City is merely a county seat, yet there are far too many Earth Temples here; there are some inside the city, some in the suburbs, and even some outside the city?

Even the prefectural city of Beijun wouldn't have this many, would it?

Seeing that Li Heng had become interested, the old man shook his head instead. "These things happened twenty years ago; how could an old man like me remember so much?"

Li Heng felt a bit regretful, but he did not continue to press, as that would have seemed a bit deliberate.

"Old sir, I shall take my leave now."

Since he could no longer obtain the relevant information, Li Heng did not linger to waste time and simply walked away.

The old man watched Li Heng depart, a flash of sharp light appearing in his cloudy eyes, and he felt a bit strange in his heart.

This young man seems interested in what happened twenty years ago. Could it be that he was chosen as a successor by that old man Meng?

He shook his head, casting these thoughts out of his mind.

Now that the Node is approaching and the Wave is coming, his only granddaughter has also died at the hands of the Weird, so there is no need to consider other matters; he only seeks to kill more Weird in the future.

He looked up at the sky, where the sky was clear and the clouds were light.

It seemed as if he could see the spirit of his granddaughter in heaven.

Li Heng returned to his residence, prepared for his second seclusion, and continued his Visualization of the Great Sun; the progress of his Sun Visualization also needed to be improved.

That night, in a secret place in Bei'an City.

The woman named Shangguan Yan was draped in light gauze, her graceful figure exposed before other mysterious beings.

Of course, these mysterious beings all kept their eyes on their noses and their noses on their hearts, not looking at the heavenly-looking Shangguan Yan at all.

This woman is indeed very beautiful, and she is also seductive enough.

But this woman eats people.

"The time for the gathering has finally arrived. I have missed you gentlemen for a long time; I wonder who would like to have some fun with me?"

An incomparably enchanting voice rang out.

"Enough, silence, let us discuss serious matters."

A very dignified voice suppressed the entire room. Shangguan Yan rolled her eyes, but she also settled down very obediently.

"Since we are to discuss serious matters, then let me go first."

"Which of you knows someone called Meng Hao?"

Shangguan Yan smiled with a charming expression.