Just this time when he returned to the Adventurer Guild to drink, people didn't talk in detail.

Louis didn't want to reveal his identity.

Nor did he want to alert the enemy.

Especially the God of Love Church.

After the trip to Tunisia, the God of Love Church had been listed as a key observation target by Louis.

Very few people were aware of the potential problems with the Love God.

But those who knew about the situation were extremely wary of it.

Directly inquiring about the issue could easily cause trouble.

While they were drinking, Catherine from the Church of Death showed a hint of a troubled expression:

"These spirits are too scattered, with the combat power of our two teams, we could completely purify more undead in one go."

"I plan to bring in an elder priest to help us guide the spirits; the key to this mission is still to train our ability to handle spirits, the church emphasized this specifically."

Inside the helmet, Louis narrowed his eyes.

The church emphasized it specifically?

If so, then this was interesting.

But he didn't ask further, he just said:

"If it's like that, then all members of the two teams must be present, otherwise, the gathering undead race would still be very dangerous."

"Yes, precisely, this is why we want to cooperate with you."

"Among the relatively communicable teams, your Moonlight Cat Cat Group aligns most with our needs."

The members of the Moonlight Cat Cat Group nodded.

Anyway, for Alice, as long as she can go on a killing spree, it doesn't matter.

Recently, she needed her opponents' blood to calm herself down, rumored to be due to some hereditary aftereffect from the Ashford Family.

The next day.

Location: The border area between the town outskirts and the grassland

The elder priest was called over.

The elder priest didn't speak much, he came directly using the Secret Technique of the Church of the Lord of Death and Slumber, gathering the surrounding undead towards the people.

He didn't turn around, only spoke with his back towards Catherine:

"Child, the God of Death and Sleep teaches us to believe in the ideology of God without blindly believing in God, as God resides in your hearts."

"If you wish to go further down the path of the professions, you must first understand your true self."

"Especially regarding how to treat the undead race, you have much to learn..."

Louis originally didn't pay much attention to the conversation between the two, but soon, his expression changed.

"Is this... a Secret Technique to enhance Spiritual Power?"

This elder priest was generous, teaching on the spot, wasn't he afraid others would learn?

Just as Louis had this thought, he heard the elder priest's voice:

"If you wish to listen, just listen, it's not a secret for you."

Goodness.

The priest was indeed generous!

Driven by greed and desire for knowledge, he quickly completed the introduction to this type of Spiritual Power cultivation method.

Only then did Louis understand why the elder priest directly taught such a precious Secret Technique.

To put it simply, they were targeting the undead race, especially creatures like specters and ghosts, which can directly affect people's spirit and even soul.

Therefore, knowing how to resist this spiritual pollution is quite important.

As he thought, without noticing, the pattern of Dragon Sin Armament had quietly surfaced in his mind.

An oppressed spiritual energy surged within his body, as if it wanted to replace his blood vessels and transport nutrients.

In a trance, he recalled some past events.

It was something he had heard from a Daoist friend by serendipity.

He said:

"Have you watched Journey to the West?"

Louis answered, "I have."

"Journey to the West is actually a person's cultivation journey."

"Sun Wukong is the disciple of Master Bodhi in Crescent Moon Three Stars Cave, Crescent Moon Three Stars is exactly that one hook of the heart, Three Stars is the heart's three dots."

"So Sun Wukong is a disciple of the heart, this restless heart wanders between heavens and earth, between good and evil."

"The Shurangama Sutra says the heart has seventy-two phases, thus Wukong has seventy-two transformations."

"The hearts of people are extremely variable, changing seventy-two times in a moment."

"The Emperor's Eighty-One Difficulties Sutra says a person's day-night breath equals thirteen thousand five hundred breaths, the Golden Cudgel weighs thirteen thousand five hundred kilograms."

"So the Golden Cudgel is breath."

"What could be large enough to reach thirty-three heavens and small enough to be like an embroidery needle?"

"It's the human spirit."

"Cultivating the heart can brighten the heart's eye, thus the Eight Trigrams Furnace didn't burn Wukong, but instead refined Old Sun to have Fire-Eyed Golden Gaze."

"Wukong's bright eyes are symbolic of the clarity of the heart."

"Yet Wukong's somersault of one hundred and eight thousand miles couldn't escape the palm of the Tathagata Buddha."

"The palm turned into Five Elements Mountain, suppressing Wukong."

"The Five Elements symbolizes the secular gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and also represents greed, anger, ignorance, arrogance, and doubt in Buddhism."

"The Buddha says these five words summarize all human form and mind."

"Old Sun caused a ruckus in heaven, trapped by these five poisons."

"And the disciples of Three Pure Ones sect, how many, thinking they were enlightened, practiced 'precepts, concentration, and wisdom', still couldn't escape 'greed, anger, and ignorance'."

"Just because they don't understand the essence of greed, anger, and ignorance."

"Thus, the journey to rid demons for the master and disciples on the Western Heaven Road was actually a metaphor for eliminating their own heart demons."

"After Five Elements Mountain is Two Realms Mountain."

"And Wukong's somersault cloud could direct reach Ling Mountain, meaning Ling Mountain is merely a thought away."

"Because Ling Mountain is in our hearts, the journey to seek scriptures refers to the process of refining the heart."

"Thus, in the twenty-fourth chapter of Journey to the West, Tang Monk asks: 'When do you say we'll arrive?'."

"The practitioner's reply is: 'You walk all your life from young to old, and old again to young, a thousand rounds of aging still are difficult. As long as you see the nature and be sincere, then turning back at every thought is Ling Mountain'."

"As Tang Monk was just starting the journey for scriptures, Zen Master Wuchao taught him the Heart Sutra, and told him, 'Buddha in Ling Mountain is not far to seek, Ling Mountain is only in your heart'."

"But Tang Monk didn't understand at that time what it meant, until after reaching Ling Mountain, awakened by the practitioner, he finally understood."

"The heart awakened itself, then the heart demon was completely banished, thus enlightened."

In a trance.

Those words echoed in Louis's mind.

Louis's expression had become a bit confused, but soon he realized something was amiss.

He bluntly asked his Daoist friend:

"Are you sure you're not one of the trees under Zhou Shuren's hand?"

—Meaning he suspected his friend was imagining too much.

The Daoist friend helplessly shook his head:

"You're wrong, this is not imagination, this is material for my novel writing."

Louis's face darkened.

But the Daoist friend laughed:

"Now, watch, what am I."

Only then did Louis notice that his Daoist friend's face seemed to be covered by a layer of fog.

As the fog lifted, the true form of the Daoist was revealed.

It turned out to be identical to Louis.

Now Louis remembered.

Where could he have had a Daoist friend, if he really did, it would be a cosplayed female Daoist friend.

The Daoist looked at his bewildered expression, lightly chuckled:

"Foolish child, do you not already have Ling Mountain? Why have you not yet awakened!"

Louis's body jerked

In an instant, the surrounding scenes spun wildly.

Upon regaining his senses, he realized that unknowingly, he had halted his steps.

Everyone was staring at him with astonishment.

Especially the elder priest, who was looking at Louis as if he had seen a ghost.

"You already comprehended the Secret Technique of Spiritual Power?"

Louis glanced at him briefly, but his gaze was quickly drawn to something else.

He felt that his essence, spirit, and consciousness had undergone a remarkable change at that moment.

It felt as if he had been completely reborn.

Although his professional rank hadn't broken through, the intrinsic feeling of transformation seemed to affect him more profoundly.

It was as if, unnoticed, he had touched upon a higher realm.

"What... happened to me?"

He felt distinctly that his Spiritual Ability was incredibly active.

Active to a degree that astonished him.

In a trance, he recalled that Soul Mage itself was a profession of "refining the mind."

Just now, after acquiring the elder priest's special method, had he perhaps initiated the steps to refine his mind in a flash?

The elder priest of the Church of Death and Sleep stared intently at Louis:

"Do you know what you just did?"

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