Chapter 4: The Marvelous Method of the Virgin Body

Although it was only noon, the killing intent in the room was already so intense that it made one’s hair stand on end.

Looking at the face opposite him, which had turned as cold as a block of ice, Li Lin said, “Brother Wang, my abilities are mediocre. I don’t even know any fist techniques. How can I help you?”

“You don’t need to fight. You only need to accompany us.”

Li Lin did not believe him.

How could merely following along help someone kill a gui?

Seeing that Li Lin did not respond, Wang Tianyou could no longer maintain his stern expression.

Rather helplessly, he said, “That gui... possesses extremely heavy yin energy.”

“Mhm, mhm.”

Li Lin nodded and continued listening.

“She was born in a yin year, yin month, and yin day. After death, she became a gui. Her strength is not particularly great, but her yin energy is overwhelming. Many techniques are ineffective against her, making her especially troublesome.”

“Isn’t it normal for a gui to possess extremely heavy yin energy?”

“No, no, Brother Li, you’ve misunderstood.”

Wang Tianyou explained, “Most gui have heavy resentment. Those with heavy yin energy are actually quite rare.”

“My apologies. I truly didn’t know that.”

Li Lin cupped his hands, though he did not find it embarrassing.

What he did not know, he did not know.

There was no point hiding it.

After all, he had not even been a Spirit Hunter for half a year.

But what did heavy yin energy have to do with him?

Was he supposed to use his vitality and blood to destroy a spirit?

His vitality and blood were indeed more vigorous than those of ordinary Spirit Hunters, but only to a limited extent.

Seemingly noticing the confusion on Li Lin’s face, Wang Tianyou smiled and explained, “I’ve asked fellow practitioners in the county town. They all said that in the entire Yulin County, Brother Li possesses the strongest yang energy!”

Li Lin instinctively leaned back.

“Yang energy?”

Not vitality and blood?

Wang Tianyou looked at Li Lin with a peculiar expression.

“Generally speaking, people with a virgin body possess stronger yang energy. Brother Li has both a virgin body and the status of a Spirit Hunter, so his yang energy is especially vigorous. Against gui like that one, which possess extremely heavy yin energy, your mere presence creates a powerful suppressive effect.”

Li Lin blinked and asked, “Could it be that among the dozen or so fellow practitioners in the county, none of them have strong yang energy?”

Wang Tianyou coughed lightly.

“My fellow practitioners and I are all married, so...”

Li Lin immediately fell silent.

Because among all the dozen or so practitioners in Yulin County, he was the only virgin.

No wonder Wang Tianyou had come looking for a half-baked Spirit Hunter like him.

As for the matter of having a virgin body...

He had not been one before, but he was one now.

Seeing Li Lin’s embarrassed expression, Wang Tianyou wanted to laugh but held it in.

“Brother Li, please rest assured. As long as you’re willing to accompany us, whether we succeed or fail, there will be a generous reward afterward.”

“How generous?” Li Lin asked without the slightest reservation.

Wang Tianyou looked at him appreciatively and answered without hesitation, “As long as Brother Li agrees, I will first offer three gold ingots. After everything is settled, I’ll also give you a secret art. Blade, sword, spear, fist, or a spirit-controlling cultivation method, you may choose whichever one you like.”

Upon hearing this, Li Lin was greatly tempted.

After thinking for a moment, he asked, “Then what about my safety...”

“Don’t worry. Your yang energy is strong. That gui will only fear you, not think about harming you.”

Seeing that Li Lin was interested, Wang Tianyou continued, “The only people truly in danger will be us.”

After considering it for a while, Li Lin said, “Alright, I can do this. When do we leave?”

As long as he showed up, and did not have to contribute any effort, what a wonderful job that was!

“Three days from now at noon. We’ll gather at the county yamen.”

Wang Tianyou stood up and waved his hand.

Three gold ingots suddenly appeared on the table.

“You’re too generous.”

Li Lin happily put away the three gold ingots.

“Then I’ll head back and make preparations.”

Wang Tianyou rose to his feet.

Li Lin escorted him out of the village.

After walking for a while, Wang Tianyou noticed the altar in the center of the village and walked over to it.

Facing the withered tree, he cupped his hands and said, “Tree Immortal Lady, it has been a long time. Would you be willing to come out and meet me?”

There was no response from the altar.

A disappointed expression appeared on Wang Tianyou’s face.

Li Lin asked from beside him, “You know the Tree Immortal Lady as well?”

“I met her once in the county town.”

Li Lin was somewhat surprised.

“She can leave this altar?”

“Of course she can, if she wishes.”

Wang Tianyou waited there for a while longer.

When no response came, he headed toward the village outskirts.

After seeing him off, Li Lin was about to return home when he noticed the palace-robed gui appear, floating above the altar.

Walking over, he asked, “He wanted to see you, but you wouldn’t come out. Then after he leaves, you show yourself. What’s that supposed to mean?”

The palace-robed gui did not speak.

She merely glanced at Li Lin before disappearing again.

Presumably, she had returned to the withered tree.

Having once again failed to get an answer, Li Lin shrugged helplessly and went home to cook.

He consumed another large pot of blood rice.

Then he sat cross-legged on his bed and began refining it.

The method he cultivated was merely an ordinary breathing technique called Spring Renewal Health Preservation Art.

One could buy it from practically any medical clinic for a single tael of silver.

Although this technique could not grant Li Lin any special abilities, it was quite useful for refining blood rice.

[Vitality +1]

[Vitality +1]

[Vitality +1]

Cultivation was a very enjoyable thing.

Especially when one could see direct feedback.

That only made it more addictive.

Just as he was about to completely refine the blood rice in his stomach, he seemed to hear shouting from outside.

Li Lin opened his eyes.

His five senses returned, and he heard Zhao Xiaohu’s urgent voice coming from outside.

“Brother Lin! Brother Lin! Are you home? Something terrible has happened in the village!”

Leaping off the bed, Li Lin pushed open the door and asked, “What happened?”

The moment Zhao Xiaohu saw him, he became delighted.

Then his expression immediately turned tense again.

“Xiuniang is missing.”

Li Lin, however, did not seem very alarmed.

“Could she have gone to wash clothes by the river?”

Villages were generally built beside rivers.

It was very common for village women to wash clothes there.

Zhao Xiaohu’s already enormous eyes became even larger in his panic.

“No. Uncle Wu said Xiuniang wasn’t feeling well and hadn’t left the house all day. But now she’s nowhere to be found in the house, and they can’t find her anywhere else either.”

How could that be!

Li Lin closed his door and said, “Let’s go take a look.”

The village was not large.

Li Lin and Xiaohu quickly arrived at Uncle Wu’s house.

More than a dozen villagers had already gathered there.

Aunt Wu sat on the ground weeping, while Uncle Wu squatted by the doorway with despair written all over his face.

Then someone spotted Li Lin and shouted, “Patrol Hunter Li is here. Let him see whether some gui thing has taken Xiuniang away.”

Uncle Wu and Aunt Wu also stood up.

They looked at Li Lin expectantly, yet did not dare approach and speak to him.

At heart...

Li Lin, as a Spirit Hunter, was still considered an official.

Commoners feared officials.

It was instinctive.

“Everyone move aside. Don’t block the doorway. Let Young Master Li go inside and take a look.”

Uncle Zhao was present as well.

When he spoke, his voice sounded like a tiger’s roar, his volume tremendously loud.

Li Lin nodded to Uncle Zhao and entered the house.

Zhao Xiaohu also wanted to follow him in.

Then his father grabbed him and pulled him aside.

“What are you running around for? Don’t get in Young Master Li’s way while he’s working.”

Zhao Xiaohu scratched his head awkwardly.

After entering the house, Li Lin walked around once before coming back out.

Looking at Uncle Wu in front of him, he said, “There’s no trace of a gui’s aura. Xiuniang probably wandered off on her own.”