On Demons and Monsters, Life-Level Upgrade

Hearing Zhao Huai's outright refusal, Li Yanqing felt a slight disappointment in his heart.

Zhao Huai glanced at him and slowly said, "This is the second lesson I'm teaching you: do what you can, and don't show off."

"Because you don't know how many of them there are. What if you kill one and a group comes, or you kill a group and a whole nest comes? What will you do then?"

"So the best way is not to go at all."

Listening to Zhao Huai's words, Li Yanqing nodded thoughtfully, as if he understood, and firmly said, "I understand, Senior. I won't go to brothels anymore."

"It's good that you understand. Go back first. You can't start Qi Refining until the demonic aura on you is completely gone," Zhao Huai said with his hands behind his back.

"Understood."

Although Li Yanqing was helpless, there was nothing he could do, who told him to be so unlucky.

"Wait."

Li Yanqing had just turned his head when Zhao Huai called out to him.

"What's wrong, Senior?"

Zhao Huai took out three Dao Talismans from his Mysterious Ring and smiled, "Take these three Dao Talismans for now. Today's Constable matter was really thanks to you. With these Dao Talismans, you can also repel ordinary Demons and Monsters, and you'll still have time to escape."

Li Yanqing took the Dao Talismans, a hint of a smile flashing in his eyes. It seemed that Senior still cared about him and specially left three Dao Talismans for self-defense.

"You don't have True Qi or magic power, so just aim and throw them when using them."

Zhao Huai added another reminder.

Li Yanqing smiled brightly, "Understood, Senior. If there's anything you need help with in the future, just come to me. A teacher for a day is a father for life. Your business is my business. I'll take my leave first."

Watching the figure of the other party leaving, Zhao Huai couldn't help but ponder.

The demonic aura on Li Yanqing was indeed not weak, and it should be among the top Demons and Monsters he had ever seen. Although he hadn't seen many Demons and Monsters himself.

Speaking of the words Demons and Monsters, after carefully recalling the past three years, since coming to this world, the Demons and Monsters he had personally seen should not exceed ten fingers.

His understanding of Demons and Monsters was also very limited.

Currently, the information Zhao Huai knew was only the following points.

First of all, Demons and Monsters like to eat people and will disguise themselves as humans, wearing human skin, lurking in the mortal world, deceiving people to eat them. They are often very ferocious, some are beasts, and some are ghosts.

Powerful Demons and Monsters will keep people in captivity, fattening them up before eating them.

Fortunately, they also have weaknesses. No matter how much they disguise themselves as humans, there will be flaws. Often, a certain part of their body is a characteristic of Demons and Monsters.

Secondly, Demons and Monsters are also divided into levels, but he is not clear about the specifics. It is said that the more human-like the Demons and Monsters are, the higher their level, almost identical to humans, and the flaws in their characteristics are so small that they are almost impossible to detect.

Finally, Magical Treasures are the best weapons for cultivators to kill Demons and Monsters. The stronger the Magical Treasure, the better the effect. Magical Treasures are divided into one to nine stars according to their power, and nine-star Magical Treasures are the strongest Magical Treasures in the world.

Every year, many disciples from immortal cultivation sects go down the mountain to eliminate Demons and Monsters and maintain the order of the mortal world. The human race still has the upper hand, and weak Demons and Monsters do not dare to show their heads easily.

As for more information, Zhao Huai's research was not very thorough. Much of the above information was learned from consulting existing Ancient Books.

For example, how do Demons and Monsters disguise themselves as humans? Where are their gathering places located? What specific types of Demons and Monsters are there? He didn't know the answers to these questions.

Back then, the first Demon and Monster Zhao Huai saw was on the way to escape south, next to a lake, where a group of people were drinking water.

When he was drinking water, someone on the opposite side was pulled into the water by a monster hidden at the bottom of the lake that he couldn't see clearly.

At that time, he was just a young man who had just turned twenty. Where had he seen such a scene? He was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he ran away on the spot.

Seeing the tragic scene of people being as worthless as grass in the troubled times, he strengthened his unwavering Dao Heart of cultivating immortality.

It has trained him to maintain a detached attitude in the face of any difficulties today.

Retracting his thoughts, Zhao Huai walked towards the house.

But after looking for a long time, he didn't see his wife's shadow.

"Not in the kitchen?"

"Did she go out?"

He patrolled around and saw the prepared meals on the table, slightly puzzled.

At the same time, there was an additional medicine furnace in the center of the kitchen, steaming with heat, and he didn't know what was being decocted inside. The fragrance of medicinal herbs flowed out from it.

"Husband, I'm back."

Just as Zhao Huai was pondering, a familiar voice came from the back door.

Zhao Huai saw Yu Qinghan returning with a vegetable basket and couldn't help but smile wryly, "My dear, where did you go just now? You disappeared for a while."

Yu Qinghan placed the vegetable basket in the kitchen and said with a smile:

"I saw that you were up, so I went out to buy some medicinal herbs. Aren't you going to cultivate? I also bought some for myself. This medicine takes a long time to brew, so you'll have to wait a few days."

Yu Qinghan was telling the truth. Her cultivation breakthrough was extremely fast. Although she didn't need pills to break through, she needed medicinal power to stabilize her cultivation.

"Let's eat first."

"Okay."

In the afternoon, Zhao Huai was idle at the counter, while his wife had gone out to watch a play.

The pawnshop's business was still so-so. Occasionally, someone would come to pawn some silver, jewelry, or jade, but it was always small money.

Since he had plenty of time, Zhao Huai would usually choose to cultivate in place.

And since he happened to be free now, he might as well upgrade his fate grids and clear out some of the ones at the bottom of the pile.

Zhao Huai began to check his mind and found that, apart from a few evergreen fate grids, many still needed to be upgraded.

For example, [Light as a Swallow (Human-Grade, Mid-Rank)] and [Swordplay Expertise (Yellow-Grade, High-Rank)].

These two fate grids had been with Zhao Huai for a long time, and their effects were undeniable, still quite useful.

It's just that their grades were a bit low and needed to be improved.

Without hesitation, Zhao Huai first decomposed the [Literary Talent] and [Painting Skill Novice] fate grids.

The white starlight in his mind all poured into [Light as a Swallow].

A bright yellow light arrived, and a new fate grid was born.

[Swift Walker (Yellow-Grade, High-Rank)]: Your movement is very fast, and your speed has greatly increased, doubling the original speed.

Zhao Huai nodded in satisfaction.

With his speed doubled, he could definitely dominate a large number of people in the same realm.

Next was [Swordplay Expertise].

"Decompose [Classics Scholar] and [Social Butterfly]."

Zhao Huai silently recited in his heart.

This was also something he had planned in advance. [Classics Scholar] could only strengthen his talent in classics and had little to do with him.

And then there was [Social Butterfly]. He felt that his brain was already sufficient for this type of social skill, so there was no need to upgrade it. It would be better to give it to something more useful.

He still planned to keep [Treasure Appraisal Expert], after all, it was his bread and butter, and he might be able to use it in the future.

The yellow starlight disappeared in his mind, and a faint blue new fate grid was born. [Swordplay Expertise] had finally transformed.

Zhao Huai took a closer look.

[Sword Dao Prodigy (Mysterious-Grade, High-Rank)]: You possess unparalleled talent for the Sword Dao, and your speed of cultivating the Sword Dao is very fast. (Special effect) Sword Comprehension: Obtain the state of Man and Sword as One, lasting for one hour, once a week.