29: Wearing silk without shoes will result in a much lower attack speed

Chapter 29: Wearing stockings without shoes, attack speed is a bit off.

Walking out of Shangpin Shop, Chen Hong held a brocade box in her arms, full of joy.

Li Yunshu couldn't help but glance at her; it was truly his first time seeing Chen Hong with such a demure, delicate expression.

It was different from her coquettishness when they first met, and also different from her fiery personality after they became familiar. Perhaps it was only when she thought of the person she loved in her heart that she would act this way.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but become curious about how Chen Hong died.

When they first met, she was already a Yin spirit, so it was highly likely she died with immense resentment.

After some thought, Li Yunshu decided not to ask; it must have been an unpleasant memory.

Just as Li Yunshu and Chen Hong were lost in their own thoughts, neither of them noticed that a woman was following behind them.

Returning to Jingming Temple.

Chen Hong's peripheral vision caught Li Yunshu, and then she hugged the brocade box and hid in a quiet room.

Inside the box were the three pairs of stockings she had chosen, along with a pair of shoes Li Yunshu had strongly recommended she buy.

He had said something like, 'Wearing stockings without shoes, attack speed is a bit off.'

Watching Chen Hong close the door to the quiet room, Li Yunshu walked directly into Sanqing Hall.

Inside the hall, he sat on a meditation cushion, stroking the storage ring on his hand.

Inside the storage ring were the attack speed items he had bought for the Empress, but he didn't know how to get the Empress to wear them.

There was also a question he still couldn't figure out: how could things like stockings and high heels exist in this world?

He had asked the shopkeeper who invented them.

The shopkeeper, with a proud look, said that these items were reportedly invented by a Lord Chancellor of the previous dynasty.

Li Yunshu expressed his doubts about this.

Although the Empress had abolished the position of Lord Chancellor after she came to power, Li Yunshu still knew what a Lord Chancellor did.

In the previous dynasty, the Lord Chancellor was a crucial court official in charge of the Six Ministries. Would he really devote his thoughts to researching black stockings?

Which Lord Chancellor would be so improper?

Moreover, the styles of those stockings and high heels were exactly the same as those from his previous life. This was too much of a coincidence.

Li Yunshu looked up at the Grandmaster's statue and murmured.

"Master, after your Ascension, these strange occurrences are becoming more and more frequent."

After sighing, Li Yunshu took out the Illusory God Technique.

He had already learned the 'Illusory Self' Realm, but he had not yet comprehended the 'Illusory Others' Realm.

Illusory Others means making others fall into an illusion, which sounds very similar to Chen Hong's illusion technique at first glance.

But Li Yunshu knew there was a significant difference between the two.

Chen Hong's illusion technique merely attacks the heart by exploiting the weaknesses in the target's inner self.

Therefore, for men, she usually chose to use beauty to tempt them, because few men could escape the allure of lust.

But for those with a firm Dao Heart or an unblemished inner self, her illusions would be greatly diminished.

At the same time, she could not control what the target saw within the illusion.

The Illusory God Technique had fewer restrictions, and once someone fell into the illusion, everything the target saw within it could be controlled by the caster.

Of course, achieving this Realm was also much more difficult than learning Chen Hong's illusion technique.

Outside the Daoist temple.

The woman who had been following Li Yunshu raised her head and looked at the plaque hanging at the entrance of the temple, confirming she hadn't come to the wrong place.

She looked at the pedestrians on the street; no one noticed this side.

Then she gently pushed open the courtyard gate of the Daoist temple and walked inside.

Her footsteps were light, landing silently, and she cast no shadow.

As a result, Li Yunshu only noticed her when she entered Sanqing Hall.

Li Yunshu suddenly turned around, only to see a beautiful woman standing behind him, with her arms outstretched, poised to pounce on him.

An alarm blared in his heart, and with the Soul Banner in his hand, he subconsciously swept it out fiercely.

"Ah—"

The beautiful woman screamed and was struck by the Soul Banner, crashing against the hall door.

Only then did Li Yunshu carefully examine the beautiful woman before him.

The woman was probably in her early thirties, with eyes like spring water, flowing with charming glances, and a delicate, boneless charm that added three parts to her allure.

She wore a tight-fitting robe of fragrant pink roses, covered by a flowing skirt of emerald green smoky gauze with scattered flowers, and a large bow made of golden silk soft smoke gauze tied at her waist.

Her hair was styled in a slanting bun, adorned with a jade Dragon and Phoenix hairpin. Her delicate beauty and charming dimples were more radiant than flowers, her fingers like peeled scallions, and her lips like cinnabar.

She truly had the air of 'delicate brows opening like distant peaks, and dark hair dyed with spring mist.'

The woman fell to the ground, her skirt forming a full curve, revealing the roundness of her shapely buttocks.

Seeing this, Li Yunshu let out a long breath. It was just a Yin spirit, and it looked like it was about to dissipate.

When a Yin spirit's spiritual body is solid, it appears almost identical to a normal person to ordinary people, except it has no shadow and one feels a trace of Yin Qi when close to it.

In the capital, many officials and wealthy individuals enjoyed novelty, so they would keep Yin spirits for entertainment.

Companions in life and death, spectral knights, have existed since ancient times.

However, Yin spirits cannot exist permanently in the world; over time, their spiritual bodies will slowly dissipate until they completely disappear.

Unless, their resentment grows heavier, or they absorb Pure Yang Qi from people.

Because souls can condense into Yin spirits, most rely on the power of resentment.

Therefore, the heavier the resentment, the more solid the Yin spirit's spiritual body becomes, and the stronger its power, even turning into a vengeful spirits.

Of course, some Yin spirits also absorb Pure Yang Qi from people to maintain their spiritual bodies.

And such Yin spirits, once discovered by the Town Demon Division, would be beaten until their Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

Li Yunshu had been too engrossed in studying the Illusory God Technique just now, so he didn't notice a Yin spirit had actually broken into his Daoist temple.

In his panic, he instinctively acted in self-defense.

Only at this moment did he realize it was merely a dissipating Yin spirit.

With his current strength, he could directly use the Soul Banner to make the opponent's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering.

The woman stood up, leaning on the doorframe. After being hit by the Soul Banner, her body looked even more ethereal.

She looked at the Soul Banner in Li Yunshu's hand, biting her thin lips with her pearly teeth, not daring to step forward for a moment.

Li Yunshu raised the Soul Banner in his hand, intending to collect the Yin spirit before him.

Let it be known, he was absolutely not collecting her because this beautiful woman was pretty.

Although he favored the reclusive Snow Maiden, a woman like the one before him was a fatal attraction for him.

But after the Empress made him take that cursed Medicinal Pill, when he saw such a woman again, at most he could appreciate her, but he felt nothing.

More importantly, such a Yin spirit, if released, would also harm others.

It was better to collect her in the Soul Banner; this was called eliminating harm for the people.

Just as he was about to act, a look of anticipation flashed in the woman's eyes.

Then she clenched her hands on her clothes, turned her head to the side, and closed her eyes.

Li Yunshu's hand paused. Why did it seem like he was about to force himself on her?

At this moment, Chen Hong, who had finished trying on the black stockings and high heels, walked into Sanqing Hall, hugging the brocade box.

As soon as she entered the main hall, she saw the woman standing by the door, looking as if she was about to be bullied.

Chen Hong turned her head and looked at Li Yunshu, who was holding the Soul Banner.

"Who is this?"

Li Yunshu's peripheral vision swept over the box Chen Hong was holding. Now, what was inside was probably 'original flavor.'

"She was just trying to absorb me."

At this moment, the woman reopened her eyes, looked at the Soul Banner in Li Yunshu's hand, and cautiously spoke.

"Please, collect me."