Chapter 36: You must be happy in life, but don't be too happy
"Someone has been sent down from above, from Kyoto."
Chen Qiang said in a low voice.
"ah?"
Wang Qimin's eyes widened instantly.
You must know that Baishui City is only a third-tier small city. There are no more than five fingers of ghost hunters stationed here, and most of them are just low-level ghost hunters.
The most these monster hunters can deal with are wild monsters. For higher levels, they usually apply to the General Bureau of Secrets to send intermediate to high-level monster hunters to support them.
The General Office of the Secret Bureau is in Kyoto, where all low-level and above-level ghost hunters from all over China are located. They are responsible for solving regional-level secrets that appear across the country, as well as supporting some alliance countries on a global scale.
"Isn't there a regional weirdness happening to us?"
Wang Qimin was a little worried.
Once a regional-level mystery appears, it means at least hundreds of people will die, and even a large number of policemen from the Mystery Bureau and low-level mystery hunters will die.
However, Chen Qiang shook his head.
"No."
Now Wang Qimin was even more confused. There was no major incident, so why would the higher-ups send people down if everything was fine?
"Could it be..."
"right."
Chen Qiang nodded.
"It's because the frequency of weird incidents has become higher and higher recently. Many cities are now in chaos. Not only are weird things causing trouble, but even the weird hunters are quite dissatisfied."
"But, Kyoto is Kyoto."
"Small cities like ours are troubled by strange things, but Kyoto doesn't take it seriously at all."
"It is said that there is only one ghost hunter guarding the entire Kyoto, and the others have been sent to all parts of the country."
"Just one?"
Wang Qimin was shocked.
Just one person can handle the entire city, and it's a first-tier city like Kyoto, which has a huge city area and a huge flow of people.
So how scary is this person?
Wang Qimin felt that the other party should be of Li Haoran's level.
Maybe even higher.
"Yes, just one."
"You don't have to be shocked. I've seen an intermediate hunter in missions before. It's not at the same level as what we usually see. So I'm not surprised at all when a high-level hunter controls a city by himself."
"The mid-level ghost hunter will arrive tomorrow. After that, he should clear out a wave of weird things in the city. Then, Lao Wang, you will be responsible for following him. I don't worry about the others."
"I'll give you a day off today. I think you'll be busy starting tomorrow."
"Okay." Wang Qimin nodded.
After finishing speaking, Chen Qiang turned around and walked out of the office.
Wang Qimin sat and thought for a while.
Originally, he had decided to become a "hero" to protect the city, as Li Haoran said.
But now that the higher-ups have sent people down, maybe I won’t be needed anymore?
After thinking for a long time, Wang Qimin decided to take advantage of today to go find Li Haoran to see what he thought.
By the way, I told him that I had already mastered the art of inner alchemy and might be qualified to possess a more powerful talisman.
Thinking of this, Wang Qimin walked out of the strange situation with some expectation and headed straight for Qingyuan Mountain.
.......
Qingyuan Mountain, Taoist Temple.
Li Haoran sat cross-legged on the bed. The spiritual mist mixed with lightning filled the room, and dull thunder sounded from time to time in the room.
After a while, Li Haoran took a deep breath.
In just the blink of an eye, all the spiritual mist was instantly absorbed.
Snap!
A ray of thunder exploded in the air.
When Li Haoran opened his eyes again, his pupils were suddenly white, with countless lightning rays surging inside them.
After a while, the strangeness slowly subsided and his eyes returned to their original pure black color.
"Tsk."
"Practice is so fucking annoying."
"I practice for two hours every day, and it has been seven days now. Today I am at the fifth level of the foundation stage!"
Li Haoran complained dissatisfiedly.
"If this were during the Qi refining period, I would have reached Consummation long ago."
【......】
[The host please have the most basic respect for the practice]
The system was speechless at this time.
It has never seen someone achieve breakthroughs as easily as eating and drinking, but Li Haoran was still not satisfied?
Take me seriously, you salty fish!
If you say these words and are heard by those who take several years to ten years to break through to the first level, you will be beaten to death!
The system really wanted to warn Li Haoran so severely.
But then he thought about it, and it seemed that those people were not necessarily Li Haoran's opponents.
Forget it, silence is golden.
"Speaking of which, that boy Wang Qimin should be at the second level of the Qi Refining stage by now."
Li Haoran murmured to himself.
The system is deeply suspicious of this.
Not everyone is a monster like you.
"System, come and take a look at this advanced talisman. My understanding of the talisman should be deeper before I can truly implement the artificial hero plan."
[Please wait, it is being processed]
Since Li Haoran decided to start the artificial hero project, the system has been much more obedient. It has not bargained with Li Haoran, nor harassed him for three or two days.
Li Haoran was quite satisfied with this.
Soon, a book appeared out of thin air and fell into Li Haoran's hands.
"Taoist Advanced Talismans Manual"
[Host please be aware that the system energy is insufficient, please also ask the host to obtain the magic beads as soon as possible]
"rest assured."
After responding to the system, Li Haoran opened the book in his hand.
Talisman is actually a medium that allows the user to communicate with the rules of heaven and earth with the lowest spiritual power, thereby achieving various effects.
Although Li Haoran already understands the working mechanism of the talisman, he still needs more knowledge reserves.
Only after knowing the drawing methods and principles of a large number of talismans can he create some brand new talismans that are powerful enough to create a real artificial hero.
After studying for about an hour, Li Haoran finally closed the book.
He closed his eyes and seemed to be sorting out the thoughts in his brain.
After a while, he opened his eyes.
"Okay, I learned it!"
Li Haoran stuffed the books into the bookshelf and walked towards the door.
He planned to see how Ergen's lunch was doing.
As a result, as soon as he went out, he saw Wang Qimin coming towards him.
"Daozhang Li!"
Li Haoran nodded and was about to say something.
His expression suddenly stiffened.
"Your inner alchemy..."
Upon hearing this, Wang Qimin's face suddenly filled with a smile.
"I came here just to tell you this. My inner alchemy has made great progress."
???
Why does the person in front of you look so proud? Haven't you even reached the first level of Qi refining?
But looking at the cheerful look on his face...
Seemingly an expert, Li Haoran decided to ask again.
"What does this great progress mean?"
"I have already started and have the first ray of spiritual energy!"
The voice is loud and confident.
Wang Qimin even gave a thumbs up.
Li Haoran was happy.
How about leaving this biography of a mortal cultivating immortality with me?
I originally thought that Wang Qimin should reach the second level of the Qi Refining Stage no matter what, or even the first level if it didn't work.
As a result, as soon as he entered the door, he was so proud that he ran in front of him.
"Old Wang."
Li Haoran put his hand on Wang Qimin's shoulder and said sincerely.
"You have to know that I am as old as you... Bah, when I have been practicing for as long as you, I have already reached the eighth level of Qi refining."
"ah?"
Wang Qimin was dumbfounded. Although he knew that he might not be as good as Li Haoran, he didn't expect that the gap was so big.
His mood suddenly dropped.
Fortunately, he didn't know that when Li Haoran first practiced, he only practiced for one hour a day.
Otherwise, Wang Qimin would probably find a crack in the ground and crawl in.
