Chapter 28: Demon Sealing Aura

A real case of fortune falling from the sky while sitting at home.

Li Si was very happy.

What could be more joyful than receiving one hundred portions of Black Firewood?

It was that he only accumulated 0.2% Alienation Contamination Degree. Oh my, such a great deal. With this profit margin, he wouldn’t trade it even for being a billionaire.

For a moment, he even thought about repeating this operation again. But then he remembered the tragic death of Zhuwazi, and quickly dismissed the idea.

“Maybe I should go to some deserted wilderness and shout ‘Ji Chang’ and ‘Xu Shen’ a few times?”

Bizarre ideas were increasing.

But he was truly afraid of that unknown Evil Spirit descending personally. Damn it, forget it. Farming my Little Mushrooms was still safer.

The daylight dimmed again. Li Si walked out of the village, strolled around the Formation Array a few times, fishing for illegal activity while also using the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl to scout the surroundings.

It was very strange. Wasn’t this already the fifth day? Those Evil God Cultists still hadn’t shown up?

Li Si felt this was unreasonable.

But the facts were right here, meaning there must be factors he didn’t understand.

That injured Demon Man hadn’t appeared again either. So Li Si had no choice but to return to the village. On the way, he cast another Disaster Warding Aura on himself. Hmm, felt comfortable now.

“Creak!”

The wooden door of the Stone House was pushed open. Xu Shen peeked out furtively, made an eating gesture towards Li Si, and then instantly pulled his head back inside.

Li Si understood immediately.

See? This is what a qualified sly old fox looks like. They gave no chance for those Evil Spirits or Evil Entities to act. No wonder he had lived for over three hundred years.

Worth learning from.

Li Si casually picked up some firewood. By the time he returned to the Stone House, Senior Sister Jiang Ying had already finished brewing two pots of Great Soul-Returning Broth. One pot was for them to share, and the other pot was specifically for Li Si himself.

“Junior Brother Li, you’ve worked hard this period. Once our Master survives this tribulation, our hardships will end and sweetness will come. Hmm, no need to be polite, you can eat it all.”

Inside the Stone House, Ji Chang and Xu Shen were acting unusually, their attitude towards Li Si incredibly good.

In response, Li Si just gave a simple, honest smile and didn’t refuse at all. Dammit, it’s just a test anyway, perfect chance to appear clean and honest.

One pot of Great Soul-Returning Broth could basically restore 500 points of Magic Power. The cost was accumulating 0.005% Alienation Contamination Degree. Oh, this was data from before, of course. Now, when Li Si consumed one pot, his Alienation Contamination Degree could basically stabilize at around 0.0005%. Quite a good deal.

After Li Si wolfed everything down, leaving not a drop, apart from Shanwazi who wasn’t full yet looking at him with great envy, the gazes of Ji Chang, Xu Shen, and Jiang Ying became quite peculiar.

That’s right, they had now successfully gauged his level. Li Si’s cultivation was roughly half of Jiang Ying’s, or maybe one-third of Jiang Ying’s.

“Can you eat more?” Xu Shen asked with a smile. The underlying meaning was whether one pot of Great Soul-Returning Broth had restored all his Magic Power. This sly old fox!

“I think I could eat another pot! My Magic Power is only half restored.”

Li Si replied without a hint of cunning. Just kidding, this was such a great opportunity to appear honest. If not for fear of scaring them, he would have exaggerated it even more. After all, he was also a treasure youth who had consumed three Heart-Cleansing Blood-Refining Pills.

Don’t stop me, I still have potential, I can break through further!

For a moment, although Ji Chang, Xu Shen, and Jiang Ying didn’t audibly gasp in surprise, a flash of astonishment could be seen in each of their eyes. They never expected this seemingly ordinary junior brother to actually be quite a promising cultivation talent.

“Senior Sister, I want to learn the Devil-Sealing Curse and the Thunder-Summoning Curse.”

Li Si then took out that volume of the Calamity-Dispelling Curse and returned it to Jiang Ying. Casting the Disaster Warding Aura was silent and undetectable, so no worry about being noticed. The latter two were different. Based on the intention to manage his persona, it was best to state things clearly.

Jiang Ying hesitated at this point.

“Junior Brother, are you sure? Although your cultivation has increased greatly now, mastering too many Dao Techniques isn’t good either. How about this, don’t rush to learn these Dao Techniques for now. Wait a few days, I will ask Master for two more Heart-Cleansing Blood-Refining Pills. Let’s see if you have a chance to break through to Foundation Building. If you can break through, Master will decide and pass on a Divine Ability to you. This is the treatment for a true disciple of the Floating Cloud Sect.”

Li Si was stunned. Was this the legendary good senior sister?

It wasn’t a waste expending 1800 points of Magic Power to eliminate the Attached Ghost Child for her.

“Then, Senior Sister, which Divine Ability would Master teach me?” Li Si was very excited.

“Control your emotions, Junior Brother.”

Jiang Ying, for some reason, seemed to be in a very good mood at this moment?

She smiled slightly and explained, “If you truly succeed in Foundation Building, the Divine Ability you need to master will most likely be chosen from among three. First, the Heaven and Earth Escape Method. Second, the Six Harmony Sword Control Method. Third, well, is the Divine Heaven Thunder Control Technique.”

“So, Junior Brother, you should understand, compared to these Divine Abilities, the Dao Techniques you’ve mastered now are actually quite low-level.”

“But I think these Dao Techniques are very effective against Evil Entities.”

Li Si pretended to be very puzzled; actually, he really was quite puzzled. The Dao Techniques he had learned seemed very strong, like the Evil-Warding Aura and the Disaster Warding Aura. Very useful.

At this point, Ji Chang spoke up. “Junior Brother, the nature is different. The pollution and toxicity from Evil Entities killed by Dao Techniques are extremely high. But if you kill Evil Entities using a Divine Ability, the pollution and toxicity will be reduced by at least ten times. Especially when encountering Evil Spirits or Evil God Cultists, even if you can kill them using Dao Techniques, it’s best not to do so. Because their death curses can drag you down with them.”

“Ahem!” Xu Shen cleared his throat dryly, stopping Ji Chang from continuing this topic. They needed a willing tool, a little fool. If everyone was a sly old fox, it wouldn’t be fun anymore.

“In short, Junior Brother, rest assured, we will definitely work together wholeheartedly to help you break through to Foundation Building.”

The conversation ended here. Everyone was quite pleased, as they had all achieved their goals.

Then Li Si humbly asked Xu Shen for some knowledge on maintaining the Formation Array, and also asked Ji Chang for some tips on making Talisman Paper. Only then did he leave the Stone House.

When pushing the wooden door open, Li Si carefully observed it and was quite certain that the three newly pasted Talisman Papers on the door were Demon Sealing Talismans. That is, Dao Techniques based on the Devil-Sealing Curse, inscribed onto blank Talisman Paper.

This was all Ji Chang’s handiwork. He and Xu Shen, one was responsible for the Stone House’s defense and daily maintenance, the other for the Formation Array’s daily maintenance.

Without showing any expression, Li Si left. By now, the daylight had dimmed to a significant degree. Bizarre Dark Mist sprouted, roaming wantonly in the wilderness, full of deep malice towards their village.

But such a scary scene wasn’t much to Li Si, because he already knew that among the three Formation Arrays protecting the Deserted Village, one was specifically used to suppress this Dark Mist.

So, standing guard outside the Stone House at night actually wasn’t very dangerous.

Of course, the prerequisite was that the Evil-Warding Curse and Heart Cleansing Curse were properly maintained.

Li Si, holding the Array Control Disk of the Thunderlight Five-Calamity Slaughter Array behind his back, walked around the village once expressionlessly, then returned to the center of the village. There, he consecutively cast three Devil-Sealing Curses, forming a triple-stacked Demon Sealing Aura. Hmm, no need to stack it ten times to form a Demon Sealing Domain. This was basically sufficient.

Any more would mean a loss.

After all, after all the day’s activities, the number of Gray Firewood reserves in his hand had dropped to 8,500 portions.

At this moment, Li Si entered this Demon Sealing Aura. Instantly, he felt somewhat warm. Even though the surroundings looked empty, it was like being inside a house, giving a very safe feeling.

This was the advantage of the Demon Sealing Aura.

He didn’t hesitate. Li Si quickly calmed his mind and immediately began cultivating the second level of the Heaven-Turning Scripture.

That’s right. This was the truly powerful aspect of the Devil-Sealing Curse. Think you can’t cultivate outside the Stone House? Hmph, the sense of security from his triple-stacked Demon Sealing Aura was far better than the effect of Ji Chang’s three Demon Sealing Talismans.