"Truly a vixen."
Leaving the villa, Hayato rubbed his sore waist.
Although he had cultivated magic power, his body was still mortal flesh after all, and after exorcising demons for such a long time continuously, he couldn't quite hold on.
Looking back, by the window on the third floor of the villa, the Woman wearing a thin nightgown was looking at him with reluctance.
Hayato shook his head; this exorcism trip wasn't in vain.
By liberating an Evil Spirit, he gained quite a bit of merit.
After absorbing the merit from liberating Heiqi Jianci, the magic power in his body had increased from fifty strands to seventy strands.
In addition to that, there was a reward of five million yens.
I have to say, a rich Woman is a rich Woman.
A casual gesture was half a year's income for his dilapidated Temple.
Of course, the most important thing was that he gained a permanent devout believer.
If needed in the future, he could call Kurosaki Masako to Yakushi Temple anytime to exorcise demons.
To physically bestow upon a devout believer.
This Woman should be very willing.
"Still not enough methods."
Hayato summarized his current shortcomings.
For liberating Evil Spirits, he had the purple sandalwood wooden fish and Vajra prayer beads; as for protective Dharma artifacts, a pure robe kasaya was temporarily sufficient.
If an Evil Spirit were to fight him head-on, with the power of these Dharma artifacts, he could beat the Evil Spirit's shit out.
However, if an Evil Spirit deliberately hid, he would have no way at all.
After all, apart from these Dharma artifacts, he was no different from an ordinary person right now.
At most, just slightly stronger.
This was still because he had received two merit empowerments from liberating Evil Spirits.
"I need to find a way to improve my strength."
Hayato's eyes suddenly lit up as he thought of a way to quickly improve his strength.
Since the enhancement system could enhance anything.
Then why couldn't he enhance himself?
If he could enhance himself, wouldn't he just take off immediately?
Wasn't this much faster than painstakingly chanting scriptures and cultivating?
"I can try."
Hayato muttered softly, anyway, there was no harm in failing the enhancement, at most he would just waste one enhancement opportunity.
If the enhancement succeeded, it would be a huge profit.
Holding this thought, he returned to the Temple with an excited mood.
As soon as he returned to the Temple, Hayato's expression changed.
Looking at the messy main hall, it was as if it had been ransacked by bandits; all the incense money in the merit box had been stolen.
Even anything slightly valuable in the entire Temple had been stolen.
"Namo... His grandmother's leg, they even dare to steal money from the Temple, aren't they afraid of falling into the eighteen layers of hell after death!"
He clasped his hands together, silently telling himself in his heart that he was a highly virtuous monk with cultivation.
He couldn't get angry over such a small matter.
But as the saying goes, the more you tolerate, the angrier you get, and the more you step back, the more you feel like you're losing out.
Even Hayato, who usually had a good mindset, felt a bit overwhelmed looking at the ransacked Temple.
Although there was nothing valuable in the Temple, he had taken the few Dharma artifacts with him.
However, after growing up for so many years, this was truly the first time he had encountered such a beast that didn't even spare the Temple's incense money.
Damn it, they must have eaten the guts of a bear and a leopard.
Even a clay figure has three parts fire, let alone a Buddha.
Fortunately, this thief was probably also stealing from a Temple for the first time and felt a bit guilty.
They only stole some things that were not obviously valuable.
As for his small private stash, it was hidden well and not discovered by the thief.
"Indeed, the spread of Yakushi Temple's reputation has its pros and cons."
Hayato sat cross-legged in front of the buddha in the main hall, deep in thought.
If the reputation of Yakushi Temple hadn't spread, it wouldn't have attracted these thieves.
There are gains and losses, this is karma.
Thinking of this, Hayato's state of mind gradually calmed down.
However, this kind of thing happening once is enough.
He needs to find a way to prevent this from happening again.
Otherwise, if he enhances everything in Yakushi Temple in the future, and it attracts the covetousness of those with ill intentions.
If they casually steal a treasure, he will feel heartache for a while.
To be safe, he should get something to guard the door.
"Getting a dog seems pretty good too?"
A thought flashed through Hayato's mind, and he gradually entered a state of meditation.
His mind was empty and vast, with only the buddha scriptures circulating repeatedly.
His magic power also continuously increased with the scriptures.
He sat cross-legged in the main hall, chanting scriptures until dawn.
The magic power within his body, with each recitation of the buddha scriptures, finally broke through one hundred strands.
Boom!
The moment the magic power broke through one hundred strands, the scattered magic power suddenly seemed to attract each other and merged together.
Finally, the magic power, which was as thin as spider silk, became a strand of magic power as thin as a hair.
"That's it?"
Feeling the changes within his body, Hayato's expression was strange.
He thought accumulating magic power would be useful, but the result was just becoming a thicker and longer strand of magic power?
The quality and power were indeed a bit stronger than the previous spider silk-thin magic power.
Other than that, he didn't feel any special changes.
Presumably, he still needed to continue accumulating magic power until quantitative change led to qualitative change.
Speaking of which, this should also be considered a realm breakthrough, right?
A thought inexplicably flashed through Hayato's mind.
Although it didn't seem very useful.
Shaking his head, Hayato didn't pay too much attention either.
After all, he had only been cultivating for a few days?
Let's take it slow.