I am becoming the ultimate demon.

Chapter 20 The Price of Power, The First Backlash; Exorcism, Enhancing Spirit

"Young Master Ji, are you alright?!"

Ji Lin suddenly felt dizzy and fell backward into Liu Qingmei's arms.

"It's nothing, I'm just a little tired..." he said weakly.

"Let's help the young master onto the boat first, then we'll hurry back to the city to find a doctor," Yun Cui said anxiously.

Ji Lin put his arms around Yun Cui and Liu Qingmei's shoulders and slowly walked towards the small boat on the shore.

Tang Wuze then kept watch over the surroundings.

The four boarded the boat and returned to the city overnight, arriving safely at the Ji residence.

Ji Lin felt unwell all over, dismissed the doctor he had just invited, told everyone else to leave, and asked Yun Cui to stay behind alone.

The three night patrol guards all wondered what serious illness their leader had contracted, given his strange symptoms.

"Isn't it obvious? Brother left Yun Cui alone inside. Do we even need to ask about the antidote?" Huang Yu said with a wicked grin.

"How annoying!" Liu Qingmei left the two of them with a look of disgust.

Yun Cui, looking shy, slowly fell into Ji Lin's arms.

"Yuncui, I want..." He coughed lightly twice.

"Young master, please stop talking, I know..." she said, her face flushed, as she untied her belt.

"I want a big bucket of cold water... What... are you doing??" He suddenly opened his eyes and froze.

"Oh!! So that's what you want, young master... I'll go right away!" She quickly got up and ran out the door, blushing.

"It's over so quickly??" Huang Yu looked at Yun Cui, whose face was flushed, and scratched his head.

The servants quickly brought over a large bath tub and filled it with cold water, which looked as if it would freeze in no time.

Ji Linping stepped aside and submerged his entire body in the bathtub. He quickly discovered that he was no longer afraid of the cold and could breathe freely in the water for a short time.

The bad news is that he finds himself unable to live without this bucket of cold water, enjoying it immensely and craving it intensely.

[System notification: Demonic blood fusion level increased to 12%. Spirit must be maintained above a certain value to suppress bloodline erosion.]

Upon seeing the system notification, Ji Lin was startled and immediately poked his head out of the cold water.

What? 35 points of Spirit isn't enough? Looks like I need to improve my Spirit attribute.

Practices for improving one's mental well-being generally include reading, meditation, and especially Buddhist thought.

He used to have no interest in reading or understanding Buddhist books, but now, with the system task at hand, he has no choice but to read them.

However, not understanding it might have its advantages, because you can only force yourself to calm down and read if you want to get into it.

Isn't this calming of the mind a step in increasing mental strength? I'm so clever!

In addition to reading, sitting quietly, and meditation, Ji Lin also asked Yun Cui to prepare some calming medicine every day.

And try to prepare your own prescriptions instead of always relying on the system, mainly because it's too expensive.

He realized that the increase in power was not without cost, and that he had to maintain a balance; he could no longer concentrate his attribute points on one another.

Ji Lin felt that this anomaly was too strange, so he took out the fragment of the book "Records of Strange Things" to see if there was any information about mermaids.

He flipped through the pages carefully, and when he got to the middle section, he suddenly saw an illustration that looked like a mermaid. Although some details were different, the general description was basically consistent with the actual situation.

The mermaid monster is called "Water Ghost" in the book "Strange Things".

The information above describes the basic characteristics of water ghosts, such as wielding harpoons, riding on people and feeding fish, and being extremely ferocious...

The following information is what will be helpful to him: the book describes how to exorcise a water ghost after encountering one, provided he is still alive after the encounter.

Exorcism method: Make talisman pills using black dog blood, cinnabar, and mineral powder containing yang energy.

After seeing the method in the book, he frowned. Black dog blood and cinnabar were easy to obtain.

But what does this mineral containing yang energy refer to?

The next day, Ji Linxian instructed his learned steward to prepare the necessary items, such as Buddhist books, Confucian books, Taoist books, medical and pharmacological books, and so on.

"Young master, what are Confucianism and Taoism?" the steward asked.

"Huh? Confucius and Lao Tzu! You don't know any sages?" Ji Lin was very surprised.

"Forgive my lack of knowledge and understanding..." The steward shook his head and bowed to him.

"Then where did the 'Filial Piety, Brotherly Love, Loyalty, Trustworthiness, Propriety, Righteousness, Integrity, and Shame' motto hanging in the living room come from?"

"Oh!! So the young master was referring to the philosophy of benevolence." The steward suddenly realized.

Ji Lin was stunned. Could it be another time traveler? Or is it just a different name? It still has the same features.

"That's the study of virtue?"

Yes, yes, yes!

"Just pick one or two of each, please, sir."

"Of course, of course."

Just as he suspected, many things in this world have simply changed their names.

Since it exists, that's fine. He didn't want to delve any deeper into who invented this knowledge; he could study it slowly later when he had time.

Then he ordered his servants to prepare black dog blood, cinnabar, and minerals containing yang energy.

The servant then asked, "Young master, there are many minerals that contain yang energy. Do you want one type or all of them?"

Ji Lin sighed deeply and said:

"What kind of things can you find?"

"Yangyan Stone, Citrine, Hematite..."

"Alright, alright, I'll take the most yang one!"

"Alright, young master." The servant immediately bowed and left.

Soon, the exorcism items, classic books, and calming medicines were all prepared.

Based on the descriptions in "The Book of Strange Things", he began to try making simple "exorcising" items.

Mix black dog blood, cinnabar, and yangyan stone together and grind them into powder. Finally, add honey and roll the powder into balls.

"It's fishy, ​​so very fishy!"

There was a bright red, round dumpling in my hand.

Ji Lin forced himself to swallow the pill, enduring the intense smell of blood.

He felt the warm breath, from his throat to his stomach, and then from his stomach to his limbs and head.

My body finally felt a bit better, and my dizzy head cleared up a bit.

The pills are effective, but not very effective.

Finally, after taking the calming medicine prepared by Yun Cui, I felt about 40-50% better overall.

Perhaps it's a problem with the prescription, or perhaps it's a problem with the method; both need to be adjusted and improved.

However, the main problem is that his mental attribute is too low; improving his strength as soon as possible is the key.

He simply added the last three abnormalities to his mental state.

Panel properties:

【Season Arrival】

[Outliers: 0]

【Strength: 36/50】

Agility: 50/50

[Constitution: 43/50]

[Spirit: 38/50]

[Skills: Demonic Appearance - Shadow Strike, Calamity - Blood Locust, Calamity - Water Illusion]

[Exclusive: Life Reshaping]

[Talent: Heavenly Demonic Pressure]

After adding the points, I felt my mind clearer.

Just then, a message came from behind the door.

"Young master, the master says that the number of refugees outside the city has suddenly surged, and a cult has emerged among the people, bewitching them. Please deal with it as soon as possible."