Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

Inside the house.

After the phrase "I'm coming in..." fell, the entire atmosphere in the house became oppressive.

Under Spirit Vision, he could feel something seeming to wander outside the door.

He could understand that sentence; the knock of a shadow-like figure induced fear or perhaps involved some kind of mechanism.

But this was useless against Du Wei; when facing the Evil Spirit, he would suppress all emotions, retaining only reason and calm. Stay connected via empire

He found it a little strange...

From the beginning until now, he had never encountered an Evil Spirit that could speak, the only exception being Evil Spirit Du Wei, but that situation should be understood as possession.

Yet this thing could talk through a video, which was very... inconsistent with the common knowledge of Evil Spirits.

"Perhaps, it isn't an Evil Spirit..."

Du Wei muttered softly, unbothered by the terrifying, thrilling face on the screen, allowing it to stare intensely at him, then turned his head to look inside the room.

The light was dim, with many areas shrouded in darkness.

This wasn't intentional, but rather because the light bulbs at home were mostly blown out, with only one still working, which also appeared quite dim.

At that moment, he noticed that in the corners not reached by the light, where shadows lurked, a black figure had silently emerged, staring at Du Wei but hesitating as if unsure whether to approach.

And on the wall, within the framed cabinet, Annabelle, though unchanged, was sending out a gradual, indistinct chill that spread throughout.

There was a peculiar look on Du Wei's face; both the black shadow and Annabelle were undergoing changes, but they were not as intense as before.

Even the Antique Clock was silent.

There were now three Evil Spirits in the house: the mysterious antique, Annabelle whom Du Wei had brought home, and the black shadow that was growing stronger by the day.

It was like a tangled power struggle; the black shadow and Annabelle were both terrifying to a similar degree, both full of malice towards Du Wei.

The Antique Clock was even more powerful, occupying a dominant position, with an ambiguous stance.

However, it seemed that whether through the ability to see death scenes or something else, it held goodwill towards Du Wei.

Of course, it was also possible that it was biding its time, waiting for the right moment, with everything so far being only a facade.

And when that time came, it would reveal its sharpest fangs, delivering a fatal blow to Du Wei.

...

But something was off now.

A new Evil Spirit had set its sights on Du Wei; something wanted to enter the clinic, and the reactions of the three Evil Spirits were lukewarm...

Completely different from before.

This means that, in all likelihood, the Evil Spirit that the Veda Sect had concocted was probably not that strong.

It would be easy for it to kill ordinary people, and even an average Exorcist might die at its hands if they were careless, but it was basically impossible for it to kill Du Wei in the clinic.

In other words, it was possible that after this Evil Spirit entered the house, the household Evil Spirits would not react much.

This was a bit troublesome...

Du Wei glanced at the black shadow and had a bold idea.

Then, he directly picked up his phone and walked over to the black shadow.

The black shadow stretched out its hand but then paused, its blood-red eyes fixated on Du Wei.

But Du Wei just smiled at it, orienting the screen to show the face of the Evil Spirit from the surveillance video to the black shadow.

One of the black shadow's methods of spreading was through the eyes; when you see it, it also sees you.

Immediately after, the feeling Du Wei got from the black shadow changed, becoming even darker, staring intently at the phone screen, standing in the corner, more deathly silent.

But Du Wei knew that when that Evil Spirit came in, it probably wouldn't remain indifferent.

This was interesting...

With that thought, he narrowed his eyes and suddenly looked towards the door.

The sensation of being tightly locked on was becoming ever fainter, and no more movement could be heard from outside the door—as if that suspected Evil Spirit, sensing the horror of the clinic, had suddenly left.

However, under the Spirit Vision state, Du Wei always felt an indescribable eeriness.

He always believed that the Evil Spirit wouldn't just break through the door so crudely, since that would be just too rough.

Being able to lock onto him through a video, how could it possibly not have any crafty methods up its sleeve?

"It's waiting for an opportunity..."

Du Wei glanced at his phone screen and then towards the door.

Outside, there was silence.

In this season, one should be able to hear insects chirping, but apart from his own breathing and the ticking of the clock hands, nothing else could be heard.

So, after a moment of thought, he placed his phone on the coffee table and took two steps towards the door before stopping.

Spirit Vision is a byproduct of being eroded by an Evil Spirit—the deeper the erosion, the more one can see, and correspondingly, the speed of Evil Spirit Transformation accelerates.

This time, after getting off the bus, Du Wei's Spirit Vision had become slightly stronger than before, enabling him to see more information.

As he approached the door, the oppressive feeling on the other side, perceived through his Spirit Vision, intensified.

"There's something standing at the door..."

Du Wei silently uttered in his mind, as the peculiar color in his eyes grew even denser.

At that moment, the atmosphere turned eerily quiet, permeating through the inside and outside of the clinic, becoming increasingly uncanny.

The hands of the Antique Clock continued to move mechanically.

Du Wei stood about three meters from the door, motionless, as the dim light shining on him faded gradually until, with a snap, the light went out completely.

In an instant, the entire room plunged into darkness, with only a faint light still present.

It was the phone screen repeatedly playing the surveillance video.

But when the progress bar reached the end again, and the Evil Spirit walked beneath the surveillance camera, looking up, the thin and bony, eyeless horrific face stopped moving...

The video did not replay again; it was as if the progress bar was stuck.

Then, the Evil Spirit in the footage suddenly reached out its hand and poked upwards.

From this angle, it seemed as though it was poking the surveillance camera.

But this was a surveillance video saved on Du Wei's phone...

The next second, the video closed and the phone screen turned off.

...

At the door, Du Wei was staring at it, but all he could see was darkness, barely making out the door's vague silhouette.

His expression was somewhat grim. Under the Spirit Vision state, for some reason, the Evil Spirit at the door gave him a strange feeling.

The unusual oppressive aura was fading away.

As if the Evil Spirit standing outside had given up the idea of killing him and was slowly leaving.

But this felt very wrong.

Because through Spirit Vision, Du Wei did indeed feel something standing outside.

However, the scent he caught was that of human blood.

"What's standing outside must be a corpse then, which means, in actuality, you've been inside all along."

Having said that, he abruptly turned his head to look towards the couch.

In the Spirit Vision state, a thin and emaciated hand reached out from the phone screen and pressed down on the coffee table.

The skin on the arm was gray and corpse-like, tainted with the stench of blood, as if it had just killed someone, leaving a bloody handprint on the coffee table.

Seeing this, Du Wei frowned. He didn't like the smell of blood, nor did he like corpses.