75: Chapter 75 The Overpowering Nature of Divine Attributes: The Correct Way to Explore Them

In the early stages, it is hard to tell; aside from improving perception, there is nothing particularly special about it.

Not to mention anything else, just in terms of increasing combat power, it is not as direct as the essence attribute or the qi attribute.

But once this thing breaks through a certain threshold, it will display extraordinary power!

If Lin Ye guessed correctly, the evil-suppressing copper coin given by Old Man Shen should have come from the hands of a Martial Artist who specialized in the spirit attribute.

If not for the evil-suppressing copper coin breaking through the mental barrier for him this time, he would likely have had to wait for Old Man Shen to notice something was wrong and come to save him.

Of course, that might not be entirely accurate.

After all, he still had a trump card—the ruyi jingu bang!

Mental interference? Tell that to my Heaven-Fighting trait!

It is just that the Life-Bound Weapon consumes too much energy, and unless it is an absolute last resort, he would not use it lightly.

It is not that he would not use it until he was at low health, but rather that this thing is the kind of trump card that decides the outcome in one blow.

If he failed to completely kill the opponent, he would be the one to die, and by then, he would not even have the strength to run.

Of course, another part of the reason is that Lin Ye does not want to become dependent on it.

Although a Life-Bound Weapon is part of his strength, it ultimately belongs to external forces; it is best not to use it if possible.

After all, there is a saying: the Great Sage Equaling Heaven is strong not because of his weapon, but because of himself!

Although Lin Ye does not dare to compare himself to that figure, it does not stop him from aspiring to be like him.

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Walking into the yamen, Old Man Shen saw Lin Ye, his gaze paused on him for a moment, and then his expression changed immediately.

"You really ran into one?"

Lin Ye nodded and then recounted his experience just now.

"As for that Zheng Fei, I am not sure if he is really related to the Demon."

Hearing this, Old Man Shen smiled indifferently: "You are underestimating the Qi Observation Technique a bit."

"What do you mean by that?"

"The Feng Shui Qi-Viewing Technique is derived from the Heavenly Secrets Pavilion's 'Yan Tian Lu'. Although it lacks the ability to deduce heavenly secrets after being simplified, it still possesses the ability to trace the source."

"As long as the Demon's true form is detected by the Qi Observation Technique, it will absolutely not be wrong, regardless of whether it is an illusion or reality!"

"It is that strong?!"

Honestly, Lin Ye had always used this thing as a detection spell; he did not expect it to involve Karma as well.

By using a wisp of Demon energy, one could directly track the Demon's true form.

It is no wonder the Demon Suppression Division is still able to suppress Demons everywhere despite having few personnel.

Good heavens, as long as a single clue is caught, the Demon has nowhere to hide.

"Of course, the Qi Observation Technique is not omnipotent. After all, Demons can change their true forms at any time; the only thing that might remain unchanged is the Demon's strength."

Speaking of this, Old Man Shen seemed to have just remembered something and suddenly asked: "Right, you just said that according to your investigation, that Demon is an Eighth-Grade?"

"Yes!" Lin Ye nodded.

"Then that is a bit troublesome." Old Man Shen's expression suddenly became grave.

This left Lin Ye a bit confused...

It is just an Eighth-Grade Demon; shouldn't it be easy for you, old man?

Seeming to see the confusion in Lin Ye's eyes, Old Man Shen sighed and explained: "Do not think of Demons too simply. The most troublesome thing about them is not their martial prowess, but their methods. Even if I went there personally this time, I would still need to use the evil-suppressing copper coin to break the mental barrier."

"Ah? Even you cannot resist it?"

This time, Lin Ye was truly a bit surprised.

Although he could not detect Old Man Shen's specific strength, he thought it must have reached the Seventh-Grade; otherwise, how could he suppress a whole town alone?

Could it be that even a Seventh-Grade Martial Artist's Mental Energy cannot be immune to the mental interference of Demons?

"I naturally cannot resist it."

"Mental Energy is a Domain that only Upper Three-Grade Martial Artists can access. I am merely a half-step Sixth-Grade Martial Artist; I am still a hundred thousand eight thousand miles away from that Realm."

"The evil-suppressing copper coin I gave you earlier was something I spent 1,000 merit points to exchange from the Demon Suppression Division. It has a mental imprint left by an expert on it, which is why it could help you break the mental barrier."

Honestly, after hearing Old Man Shen's words, Lin Ye doubted life a little.

Is the spirit attribute so hard to improve? Does this world not have visualization methods? Or is it that only Upper Three-Grade Martial Artists can Cultivate visualization methods?

Lin Ye had a bunch of questions now, but he did not know where to start asking.

"Alright, do not worry about this matter." Old Man Shen's tone was unquestionable.

"I will handle that Demon personally. With your current strength, you are not yet capable of dealing with an Eighth-Grade Demon. Even besides you, an average Seventh-Grade Martial Artist would not dare to claim a sure win if they encountered it."

"Right, return the copper coin to me. I only have one of these."

Lin Ye did not hesitate; he took out the copper coin and handed it over. Old Man Shen tucked the copper coin into his pocket.

"Report today's events to the Logistics Department. After they verify it and generate a related mission, you will also be able to obtain some merit points. Although it is not much, for a Ninth-Grade Demon Suppression Guard like you, it counts as a huge sum."

Lin Ye was stunned for a moment, then nodded: "Okay, I will report it right away."

He did not expect to be able to obtain merit points without having to suppress the Demon; this was quite user-friendly.

Thinking about it, it makes sense. Even Old Man Shen had to rely on the evil-suppressing copper coin to have the confidence to suppress an Eighth-Grade Demon. How could you expect a newly hired Ninth-Grade Demon Suppression Guard to fight it with their head?

The normal procedure should be for the Demon Suppression Guard to discover the traces of an Demon and report it to the Logistics Department. After the Logistics Department confirms it, they generate a mission, and then the Demon Suppression Guard receives a certain merit point reward.

Once the merit points accumulate to a certain value, they can be used to exchange for related Demon Suppression Magical Artifacts.

Without hesitation, Lin Ye took out his demon suppression token and used the Qi in his body to make a simple report of the situation he encountered today, then clicked submit.

The next second, a line of text appeared on the page: Received, pending verification.

"Alright, you go back first. As for meeting Wei Chongshan at Black Wind Valley in three days, we will see after I finish dealing with the matter here. If there is not enough time, we will wait for the next time, or I will just take action and suppress him directly."

"Um, will this affect your promotion, sir?"

After all, this person once said that the rules of the Demon Suppression Division are very strict, and one of them is that you cannot casually kill human Martial Artists.

"It does not matter!" Old Man Shen waved his hand indifferently.

"Although our Demon Suppression Division's authority is to suppress Demons, it is not a big deal if one or two human Martial Artists are accidentally killed during this process."

"Besides, that Wei Chongshan knew there was an anomaly at the Beishan Mine but chose not to report it. No one can find fault with me taking action to punish him."

Since Old Man Shen had said so, Lin Ye naturally would not refuse.

He was not some hot-blooded youth who insisted on solving problems himself.

He was just happy to have a powerful person help him out.

Bidding farewell, Lin Ye returned to Master's house.

He planned to spend more time Cultivating the Qi Observation Technique and the Mind Ape Visualization Method.

If his spirit attribute does not go up, next time he runs into an Demon, he is afraid he will not even have a chance to run away!

"I wonder if there are things like Demons where Zhu Ming and the others are."

Lin Ye prepared to ask at the next offline gathering. In any case, he had to make them be careful.