95: Sent it out
“This is the Amulet I bestow upon you.”
Lin Chuping nodded slightly, a jade talisman coalescing on his fingertip. Without waiting for Granny Chen to speak, he exited the dream.
He found it inconvenient to continue participating in the subsequent events.
He just needed to wait for the results.
Yan Province was right next to Qing Province. Since these people were captured by the Blood Fiend from Yan Province, they probably wouldn't have delved deep into Yan Province to seize them.
It was a round trip of no more than fifty li, and with the Amulet, nothing should go wrong, right?
* * *
With the matters in the Prefecture City concluded, Lin Chuping flashed back to Nan Shu Village, taking residence in his luxurious divine temple.
Before, he only had a small, dilapidated temple, which was unavoidable. Now that conditions were better, he wasn't willing to shortchange himself.
A temple was not just a tool for collecting Incense Value; it was also a conduit for deities to hear the voices of their believers. No matter which temple a deity resided in, as long as one prayed before the divine statue, Lin Chuping could hear it.
With such a splendid temple, if he couldn’t cure Shen Jianxing’s Nine Nether Heart-Eating Curse, he would feel a bit guilty living in it!
Lin Chuping touched his conscience, feeling a little emotional.
“System, open personal information.”
【Host: Lin Chuping】
【Rank: Ninth-Rank Land Deity】
【Jurisdiction: Qing Province】
【Divine Power: 8096】
【Divine Arts: Enter Dream, Blessing, Thunder Punishment Lv2, Rain Summoning Technique, Amulet, Nine Revolutions Soul Return Pill】
【Cultivation Technique: God Cultivation Art】
【Believer Cultivation Technique: Faith Cultivation Art】
【Incense Value: 3.05 million (can be used to convert Divine Power, purchase Divine Arts)】
【System Store: Lv2】
The remaining 3.05 million Incense Value. Indeed, war was also a means of sudden wealth.
So many evil creatures contributed over 2 million Incense Value to him. Their deaths were worth it!
“System, open the Store.”
【Store Rank: 2
Current Items:
1. Incarnation Technique: Are you too busy? An Incarnation allows you to have double the efficiency!
Price: 10 million Incense Value
2. Spatial Law Fragment: Although it's only a fragment the size of a fingernail, it's still a Spatial Law. Be happy if you can get it!
Functionality to be explored by yourself.
Price: 10 million Incense Value
3. Evil Suppressing Sword: An ordinary precious sword, it merely slays evil creatures!
Price: 1 million Incense Value
Note: Purchasable items refresh daily at midnight】
Lin Chuping stared at the System Store interface, his brows furrowing tighter and tighter.
For more than ten days in a row, there had been no Curse Breaking Pill, no Divine Grace Purification Art, not even a decent Magical Artifact for dispelling curses.
This broken System always failed at crucial moments.
“By the way, System, the Store Rank has upgraded, but I haven't seen any difference from before?”
The page still showed meager pickings; what he wanted wasn’t there, and what he didn’t need kept appearing.
【Host, Store Rank 2 allows for one additional refresh.】
Lin Chuping: “...”
If it could be refreshed, why didn't you say so earlier?!
Lin Chuping searched carefully on the page and finally found a refresh button in the corner, hidden within the background pattern, very smooth and completely harmonious.
Lin Chuping tapped it, and sure enough, the page refreshed.
“System, you didn’t manipulate it, did you? Isn’t this refreshed page exactly the same as yesterday’s?”
【There was no manipulation.】
“System, won’t it be that if I upgrade another Rank, I’ll only get one more refresh opportunity?”
If that were the case, what would there be to look forward to in upgrading?
【Yes, the search function will be unlocked after upgrading to Rank 5.】
Never mind, let’s Cultivate.
Lin Chuping sat cross-legged in the inner chamber of the divine temple, a faint golden light surrounding him.
The God Cultivation Art circulated for thirty-six grand cycles, his internal Divine Power flowing like a gentle stream, cycling repeatedly along specific meridians.
As he focused entirely on Cultivating, he was unaware that Chang Sheng Village and Nan Shu Village outside had already erupted into chaos.
* * *
“Captain! Look over there!”
Wang Tiezhun, a young member of Chang Sheng Village’s patrol team, widened his eyes, pointing at a small hillside not far away.
Everyone followed the direction of his finger and saw a charred corpse lying on the slope, strangely shaped, clearly not human.
“It’s a demon corpse!”
Zhao Dahu lowered his voice, making a wary gesture, “Be careful.”
The team members tensed, gripping their weapons, and slowly approached.
When they clearly saw the corpse, they all gasped.
It was a wolf demon, its body more than twice the size of an ordinary wild wolf. Now, however, it looked as if it had been struck by lightning, its entire body charred black, its mouth wide open, revealing ferocious fangs, as if it had experienced immense pain before death.
“This… this is a wolf demon killed by Thunder Law?”
Wang Tiezhun carefully poked the wolf demon’s corpse with his spear.
Wang Houshi squatted down to examine it closely, then his eyes suddenly lit up: “The demon core is still there!”
He drew a short knife from his waist, skillfully cut open the wolf demon’s chest, and extracted a greenish bead the size of a pigeon’s egg.
“The quality is good; it can fetch a lot of silver.”
The team members immediately grew excited.
Demon cores had always been in short supply in the black market, and they also needed demon cores for their own Cultivation.
In the past, when they encountered demons, they barely had time to escape, let alone think about taking demon cores?
“Let’s look further ahead.”
Zhao Dahu put away the demon core, his eyes gleaming, “Since there’s one here, there might be others elsewhere.”
Sure enough, less than half a li further, they discovered two more demon corpses: one a hedgehog spirit, the other a snake demon, both charred black like charcoal, with tragic death poses.
Even more surprisingly, the valuable parts of these two demons were almost perfectly intact—the snake demon’s venomous fangs and the hedgehog spirit’s quills were rare Materials.
“We’re rich!”
Wang Tiezhun grinned from ear to ear, deftly packing up the spoils.
Upon returning to the village, the patrol team was laden with their gains.
When the villagers saw the demon Materials they brought back, they were first shocked, then erupted in excitement.
For how many years had the people of Qing Province been forced by demons to merely survive in their villages? They had never imagined a day when they could openly collect demon corpses!
“Is it really safe outside?”
Some villagers couldn't believe it.
“We saw it with our own eyes!”
Wang Tiezhun thumped his chest, guaranteeing, “From the village entrance to Black Pine Forest, there were at least a dozen demon corpses along the way, all looking as if they were struck by lightning!”
“Thunder Law…”
“These demons angered Lord Chuping!”
As these words were spoken, everyone suddenly understood.
Indeed, with this method, who else but Lord Chuping could possess such ability to clear out demons within dozens of li overnight?
The news spread like wildfire. The next day, not only did the entire patrol team go out, but even ordinary villagers, emboldened, ventured out in groups to “collect corpses.”
Initially, they only dared to operate near the village, but later their courage grew, and they gradually explored further afield.
What was astonishing was that no matter where they went, they found demon corpses.
It was as if the territory of Qing Province had undergone a great purge, and the once rampant demons had almost vanished.