Exorcist's Self-Cultivation

Inside the house.

Du Wei looked at the antique clock on the wall with an expressionless face, then turned his head to check the tightly closed doors and windows, his eyes extremely calm.

He directly entered the Third Phase of Spirit Vision.

At the same time, an eerie and unusual sensation appeared on Du Wei's right hand.

At this moment, under the state of Spirit Vision, the entire interior of the house completely changed.

He saw a shadowy figure standing at the door, its facial features indiscernible, only a pair of numb, cold eyes lingered in his mind.

This was the second Evil Spirit.

On the sofa sat a woman, staring at the television screen, her skin very smooth, but covered with dark brown spots.

The antique clock on the wall was wrapped in threads like spider silk entwining the note, seemingly trying to remove it, but to no avail.

Du Wei took a deep breath, and for no apparent reason, he suddenly remembered a meme that had been popular online—"Times have changed, old man."

Ever since he heard that Alex had been at his doorstep, although he didn't know why this woman and Roy were different, not dying at the hands of the Evil Spirit, he became vigilant.

Evil Spirits possess intelligence; they have their own set of behavior rules and triggers, but they are not mechanical puppets.

Therefore, before he entered the door, he had placed a bottle of Holy Water in his pocket, and the silver cross dagger he got from Andrew Dowqui was also ready at his side.

He was well-prepared.

Therefore, Du Wei was not at all panicked; in fact, he had long been accustomed to the presence of Evil Spirits, his emotions showing no fluctuations.

Pulling out the silver cross dagger, although it had been subjected to decades of wear and tear, its edge was still sharp.

Du Wei took out the Holy Water from his pocket, sprinkled it on the surface of the dagger, then threw the rest at the woman sitting on the sofa.

With a hiss... it was as if it had been corroded by sulfuric acid, a puff of white smoke arose, and a woman's scream echoed in Du Wei's heart.

Then she disappeared.

But he knew, Evil Spirits did not die that easily.

Turning around, he held the dagger in his left hand and stepped towards the door.

From the beginning to the end, the most dangerous one was the Evil Spirit at the door.

Its spreading ability was the strongest, capable of influencing the physical realm, and it had killed the most people.

"Come, let me see why those who enter the Third Phase of Spirit Vision and undergo the Evil Spirit Transformation are called 'hunters'."

Du Wei's right hand stroked the surface of the dagger, his face expressionless, and the Evil Spirit at the door seemed to sense something, blinking and then disappearing instantly.

Thump, thump, thump...

Thump, thump, thump...

Thump, thump, thump...

The scene before his eyes distorted, and a shrill, piercing buzzing noise filled his ears.

Du Wei frowned, he found himself in the innermost part of the upstairs restroom, the outside door locked, with persistent knocking that grew stronger and stronger, as if something was about to break through the door and burst in.

"Is this an illusion?!"

He silently said to himself, then walked over to the washbasin.

The faucet wasn't turned off and was still flowing with water, gradually becoming fuller and murkier, slowly turning a crimson red and overflowing the entire basin.

Smelling the blood in the air, Du Wei held his breath in disgust and directly plunged his right hand into the basin.

In an instant, the blood in the basin seemed to boil, the odious scent potent, with a thick mist of red vapor enveloping the place.

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Du Wei felt as if his right hand had grasped something and pulled it out directly, revealing a woman's face.

At the same time.

He felt that under this state of Spirit Vision, his right hand was showing a tendency to undergo an Evil Spirit Transformation, although it was barely noticeable, it certainly existed.

"I think I understand now."

Du Wei narrowed his eyes, ignoring the banging on the door behind him, instead examining the woman's face he was holding in his right hand.

This was the first time he had been in such close contact with an Evil Spirit, and he even had the upper hand.

The woman's face was a bizarre white, as if painted with a layer of lacquer, wrinkled, her eyes wide open, bloodshot, appearing extremely horrifying and unsettling.

But...

This had no effect on Du Wei, it hadn't scared him before, let alone now.

He thought for a moment, then pressed the woman's face back into the basin, opened the plug, and let it wash away into the drain.

The threat this thing posed wasn't particularly great; at most, it built up energy from the negative emotions it caused by scaring people, until it reached a tipping point where it could be considered a real threat.

Du Wei didn't think he would be scared...

Moreover, he needed the presence of these Evil Spirits.

Then, Du Wei turned to look at the bathroom door.

Bang Bang! The door trembled as the force of something hitting it caused screws to gradually come loose.

Since it was the bathroom, the materials chosen during the renovations weren't of the best quality.

"Maybe I should replace all the doors in the house with iron ones?"

Du Wei thought of a dark joke, then shook his head and yanked the door open.

He stabbed out with the knife in hand.

Into thin air.

The scene around him changed once again.

Du Wei's eyes were dry, and he gripped the dagger a little tighter, realizing he had returned to the living room on the first floor.

Everything was as usual.

Except that the doors and windows had all been shut, it seemed as if nothing had happened.

Instead, it was he himself, holding a dagger, like some murderer out of a TV drama.

"Gone?"

Du Wei fell silent for a minute, then exited the Third Phase of the Spirit Vision.

Truthfully, he used to hope that all the Evil Spirits in his house would be wiped out, left to bother someone else.

But now, he very much wished there were more Evil Spirits at home.

Spirit Vision was a manifestation of being corroded by an Evil Spirit, and the Third Phase represented an Evil Spirit Transformation.

From prey to hunter.

Although Du Wei was still a green hunter, not yet able to truly kill an Evil Spirit, he was no longer the powerless him of before.

So he needed to interact with Evil Spirits, to accelerate his own corruption.

At the very least...

to be able to contain that strange thing that could not be described in words—the Nun.

Just thinking of the horror that Father Tony had mentioned about it when he left the church made Du Wei's heart sink slightly.

He was not yet a true hunter...

He sighed, walked over to the wall, and removed the wad of paper that was stopping the hands of the antique clock.

Click-click-click...

The hands started moving again, still overlapping as before: the second hand, the minute hand, the hour hand.

He unfolded the paper.

It contained the following message:

Dear Mr. Du Wei, this is our first date, although you stood me up, which made me very angry, I will personally take this up with you when you appear. Also, you seem to never wear a watch; could it be because you don't like them?

Well... you never mentioned this to me, so I went ahead and got you a watch. I hope you like it—Alex.

...

After reading the message on the note, Du Wei felt a bit of a headache. She got him a watch?

Thinking it over, Du Wei went over to the couch and opened his backpack.

There were a lot of things inside.

Two bottles of Holy Water—Father Tony had replenished them and given him two more as a reward for agreeing to become an Exorcist.

A bottle of Bone Powder—powder left over after killing certain special Evil Spirits, to be ignited before use.

A white cloth—made by the church, the exact method of production was unknown, but the shroud that Father Tony had given him came from it, with stronger effects.

A book—containing records of Exorcism Rituals and some information on Evil Spirits.

And finally, the gift box from Alex.

Du Wei took it out and opened it to take a look.

Hmm...

A Patek Philippe luxury watch, a replica of the tenth anniversary model.

Worth over three hundred thousand...