In the clean room, Chu Chen woke up from his meditation practice, his face full of joy.
Just now, he had completely refined and absorbed the spiritual energy essence left behind by the Demonic Fire Demon. He did not search for any secret magic power in the remaining demonic thoughts, but his Taoist cultivation level had steadily improved by a small step.
At this moment, he has no sense of vanity as he did when he first entered the seventh level of Taoism. His cultivation is strong and stable, and his true energy and magic power are full.
"No wonder countless people practice magic skills one after another. Their practice is really fast!"
Demonic skills are known for quick results and robbing others.
Chu Chen did not practice magic skills, but his actions were real "devil skills behaviors".
Ordinary demonic cultivators fall into evil heretics, associate with demons, plunder sentient beings, and strengthen themselves.
Chu Chen is different.
Demons from outside the realm are born between reality and reality, and every time they come to the human world, they must carry the essence of spiritual energy.
He specializes in "eating evil" and plundering demons.
To him, the devil was undoubtedly a "great medicine from heaven".
As the saying goes, if heaven sends great medicine to this people, they must first cultivate their golden light, refine their sword of wisdom, and calm their mind...
Of course, you also need a crow's mouth like a little devil.
"Here, little devil, I'll give you one more stick of incense. Work hard in the future. Senior brother won't treat you badly."
Chu Chen graciously gave the little devil another piece of incense to benefit his soul.
"Thank you, senior brother. You are so generous."
The little ghost boy bowed and smiled happily.
Its joy is not only that it has received the incense that it has longed for, but also that it has received recognition from its senior fellow apprentices and participated in a great event.
My senior brother and I are so awesome!
Everyone is afraid of extraterrestrial demons, but we do the opposite and hunt for demons.
The little ghost hummed a song and left with satisfaction.
Chu Chen concentrated on adjusting his breathing and summoned the Heart Temple.
Last month, his meritorious deeds reached 141.
While serving as the counselor of the county governor, he mostly engaged in mundane errands and did not go out to handle cases. After one month of doing errands in the metropolitan compound, his merits increased tenfold.
In addition, Lao Liu killed three bounty demons, and he automatically gained three levels of merit.
Calculated in this way, his meritorious deeds reached one hundred and fifty-four.
After killing this demon of fire, the number of merit points increased by two, and the number of merit points reached one hundred and fifty-six.
"It's really good. It can also increase your gong."
Chu Chen was satisfied and hid in the temple of his heart. Then he made military tactics with his hands and summoned the divine generals and the soldiers and horses in the jar.
After breaking through to the seventh level of Taoist cultivation, he summoned the divine generals and practiced a little internally. The main general, General Fengdu Momo, Guan Yuanshuai, and the deputy general, Tianyi Wulei Tao Tianjun, naturally possessed the seventh level of Taoist cultivation.
It is worth mentioning that after concurrently practicing the thunder method [Tianxin Zhengfa], the deputy general Tao Tianjun of the Five Thunders of Heavenly Medicine naturally improved his rank and was promoted to a top-grade divine general. The power of his healing medicine gourd magical power has greatly increased, and he can hang pots to save the world and bring people back to life. Amazing magical powers.
Therefore, although Chu Chen has just entered the seventh level, his magical power is not weak.
After a night of internal training, the two inner gods basically stabilized the seventh-level Taoist practice.
The next day, Chu Chen was satisfied and rushed to Dianmao, the county's Ghost and God Department.
As soon as he entered the south courtyard of the Du Guan, Chu Chen saw the master Boyunlei and his senior brother Zhenqing who were on errands.
"I've met the great uncle!"
When Taoist Yunlei saw Chu Chen, his face was filled with a kind smile.
"Zhenyi, have you achieved a breakthrough?"
Taoist Yunlei asked with his spiritual consciousness without probing.
Obviously, he had known about it a long time ago.
Chu Chen was not surprised at all.
According to the kid, his master, Taoist Master Xu Ping, finished teaching him his homework yesterday and then quietly left the house.
You don't need to think about it to know that Master went to show off to Master Boyunlei.
"Well, I just had an epiphany and got a breakthrough by luck."
Chu Chen replied humbly.
Taoist Yunlei shook his head:
"There is no such thing as luck in practice, one step at a time, there is cause and effect, without a solid understanding of practice, how can there be an epiphany? Look at your senior brother, you have been trapped in the bottleneck of eighth-grade Taoist practice for so long, and it has only recently been so bad.
Breakthrough, he just doesn’t have a solid foundation..."
As he talked, Taoist Yunlei changed the topic and began to teach Zhenqing a lesson.
Senior brother Yun Lei bowed his head and said nothing, as humble as a miner.
Chu Chen felt embarrassed, pretended not to hear, and did not answer what the great uncle said.
Fortunately, the morning meeting started soon, and the two brothers were relieved.
In the meeting hall, Chu Chen, who had just made a breakthrough, received a lot of attention.
From Han Chen, the governor, to Li Guang, the deputy governor, from Jiuqiu Shanren, to his colleagues who were also counselors and governors, they all congratulated him.
Several Du Guan just expressed some casual concern, and the ones who were most concerned about it were Wang Ping, Qian Sangua, Yuantong and others.
After the discussion was over, everyone came to congratulate him.
As the saying goes, people flock together and things flock together.
They are both counselors in charge of county capital. As long as they meet the requirements after performance evaluation, most of them can be assigned to a county as governor. There is no direct competition between them, so they get along very naturally.
The A-class deputy heads who are in charge of other servants and counselors in the compound are in fierce competition with each other and it is difficult to get along with each other.
In addition to senior brother Zhenqing, Chu Chen had more interactions with the four people who entered the Duguan compound in the same batch and had the most familiar relationship with them.
"Brother Chu, you practice so fast. I was stuck at this bottleneck for a long time."
Wang Ping was a little envious, but he was also really happy for Chu Chen:
"However, this is also very good. Both of us have the opportunity to be put in charge of a county."
Qian Sangua nodded in agreement:
"With the strength of Fellow Daoist Chu and Fellow Daoist Wang, it is more than enough for you to be in charge of a whole county. Presumably, the governor will find an opportunity to upgrade the two of you to level seven. Then it will be natural for you to be in charge of all of them.
"
"Amitabha, this young monk also feels so..."
While the four of them were talking, Xuan Lingzi also rushed over.
As soon as he arrived, the four of them quickly stopped talking.
"Fellow Daoist Chu, congratulations."
Xuan Lingzi slightly arched his hands towards Chu Chen.
After this month, Xuan Lingzi's relationship with Wang Ping and Qian Sangua was still very cold.
However, after the Dragon Palace Banquet, Xuan Lingzi Xu recognized Chu Chen’s strength.
Since then, he has never put on airs in front of Chu Chen, and he is quite polite.
Chu Chen was a little dumbfounded by this.
This Xuan Lingzi doesn't even bother to show perfunctory politeness to people he despises. He just despises you and makes no secret of it.
If you look at it this way, his nature is not bad, but his temper is too arrogant.
"Thank you! Fellow Taoist Xuan Lingzi, but Han Duguan has something to call you?"
Chu Chen was a little curious.
Xuan Lingzi nodded slightly, without looking at Wang Ping and others, and said:
"Yes, there is a family in the east of the city who has been threatened by the evil cultivators of the Demon Alliance. They are so panicked that they dare not leave the city. The demon monks involved in this case are not very advanced. Han Du ordered the five of us to take over the case."
Wang Ping was overjoyed when he heard this:
"Do you think we are allowed to handle demonic cases?"
During this period, the five assistants were responsible for running errands, most of which were simple errands, mainly drafting, delivering documents, reviewing official documents, etc. They were not allowed to compete with demons and demons.
This made them quite anxious.
After all, only by having the experience of fighting against demons and monsters can one be qualified to take on the responsibility of being the governor of a county.
Qian Sangua played with the copper coins in his hand and said with a smile:
"Fellow Daoist Chu, Daoyou Wang, the opportunity for meritorious service and promotion has come."