Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 1 Talent
In late autumn, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

The outskirts of Yishui County were filled with gray-white fog.

Gu Xu stepped into the night and walked alone in the long and quiet alley.

As an officer of the Daqi Dynasty's Exorcism Division, it was common for him to go out late at night to perform the task of killing ghosts.

He walked to the fork in the alley, turned the corner, and stopped.

A few gray-white shadows appeared in front.

These shadows floated in mid-air, translucent, with a hazy luster all over the body.

They are all thin, slender women.

Their complexion was as pale as a corpse, and their bodies were wrapped in ragged white quilts, floating awe-inspiringly in the dark night.

And their eyes are empty and lifeless, like bottomless black holes.

When Gu Xu looked at them, they invariably opened their mouths slightly, revealing their snow-white sharp fangs.

"The charm, born of the strange qi in the mountains and forests, is a victim of human beings."

The descriptions in the ancient books appeared in Gu Xu's mind.

The ghosts in front of them are the "ghosts" transformed by the yin of the mountains and forests. Although they have no intelligence, they can absorb people's essence and kill people invisibly.

"I know you guys are greedy for me," Gu Xu looked at them, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, "but sorry, tonight, I'm the hunter."

After saying that, he took out a few talismans from his pocket and threw them gently towards the ghosts in front of him.

This is the "Tai Shang North Pole Suppressing Demon and Killing Ghost Talisman" that he drew by himself, which is specially used to deal with these ghosts and ghosts.

"Five-star town color, light Xuanming. Thousands of gods and holy spirits, protect my true spirit..."

He chanted the "Exorcism Spell" lightly.

Before he finished speaking, those talismans instantly turned into dazzling golden flames, like the rising sun, illuminating the entire alley as bright as day.

Sizzle sizzle.

The hot air tumbled and rose, and bright flames scurried around.

Those "charms" were swallowed up by the flames before they could resist.

Instantly evaporates.

After a few seconds, the fire went out.

The alley was quiet again, as if nothing had happened.

Gu Xu looked at the empty alley, and sighed in his heart: "The 'Ghost Killing Talisman' that I remodeled recently seems to be very effective..."

He thought he could deal with at most one or two ghosts at a time.

Unexpectedly, the "Charms" were wiped out in one wave.

Is this because his output is too high, or are the ghosts too fragile?
Thinking of this, Gu Xu took out a booklet from his pocket and quickly recorded with charcoal:

"Experiment time: September 23th, [-]rd year of Tianxing;

"Experimental content: assess the damage of the improved version of 'Taishang North Pole Suppression Demon Killing Talisman';
"Experimental conclusion: Due to the low strength of the charm, it was completely wiped out within three seconds, so it is impossible to accurately estimate the power of the new version of the 'Ghost Killing Talisman' (visually at least five times more than the original version); the specific value needs to be further explored.

"Remarks: Next time you do the experiment, you must find a 'guinea pig' who is more resistant to beatings."

Then he put away the pen and paper, turned and disappeared into the night.

He also rushed back to the Exorcism Division to report on the completion of the mission.

Destroying these "monsters" should be able to obtain a lot of merits, enough to exchange a bottle of "Meditation Pill" from the Exorcist Division.

With the "Meditation Pill", his cultivation can go further.

He is now just a weak and helpless practitioner of the first realm, and he can only bully the weaker ghosts.

Encountering stronger evil spirits, I am afraid that the more fortunate and the less fortunate.

In order to survive, in order to live a long life, he must seize the time to practice and strive to make himself stronger.

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Gu Xu is a traveler.

Three months ago, he was an obsessed college student on Earth.

One day, he accidentally opened an immortal-themed game, wanting to play casually and relax.Unexpectedly, just after randomly selecting talents, he felt a sharp pain in his head, and then his eyes darkened and he passed out.

After waking up, he came to this strange world and became a 17-year-old boy with the same name and surname.

Different from the peace and tranquility of the earth.

This world called "The Great Wilderness" is full of all kinds of monsters and monsters.

They are always haunting in the night, eating human flesh and blood, cannibalizing human souls, and causing countless tragedies that destroy families.

In the face of ghosts with almost undead bodies and extraordinary abilities, ordinary people's strengths appear small and fragile.

Only extraordinary can fight extraordinary.

Only practitioners can fight ghosts.

This is the blood lesson the Terran has learned in countless battles.

The major sects of self-cultivation all assumed the responsibility of eliminating demons and defending the way.

The Daqi Dynasty also established the "Exorcism Division" to deal with ghosts and ghosts and ensure the safety of the people as much as possible.

Gu Xu is an unprofessional official in the Daqi Exorcism Department.

"Not in the stream" here does not mean to belittle, it simply refers to his rank.

In the Daqi Dynasty, officials were Liunei, divided into nine ranks, and appointed by the court; officials were Liuwai, who did not enter the ranks, and were appointed by officials.

Gu Xu's job is mainly to exorcise ghosts and hunt ghosts, assisting his boss to maintain the harmony and tranquility of the community.

In this dangerous business, dealing with man-eating evil spirits every day, he will inevitably be worried, often worrying that one day he will go out to do tasks, and he will never return.

Perhaps because of the hasty travel, he also did not obtain the legendary "system".

The only golden fingers are the talents that are randomly obtained in the game - [Bow Wen Qiang Ji], [Spirit Summoning Body] and [Bad Life Genius].

【Bow Wen Qiang Ji】is a common but useful talent.

It enables Gu Xu to have an almost unforgettable learning ability and an understanding ability far beyond ordinary people.

Relying on this talent, in just three months, Gu Xu had read all the books in the Yishui County Exorcism Office.

He knows almost everything about the exercises and moves of the major sects, the Achilles' heel of all kinds of ghosts, and all kinds of strange and unpopular spells - he can be described as "theoretician of immortality" and "keyboard power".

Among them, the way of talisman, he is best at.

In contrast, the talent of [Spirit Calling Body] brought more troubles to Gu Xu than benefits—it could increase the probability of Gu Xu running into a ghost to a certain extent.

It can also be understood that Gu Xu has a very high "charm value" in the eyes of ghosts, like a bright light in the dark night, he can unknowingly attract many ghosts who crave his body to him.

But what's the use of this?
It is impossible for him to find a female ghost to be a Taoist companion.

As for the talent of [Genius of Destiny]... Gu Xuning may not have it himself.

It can improve Gu Xu's comprehension and increase the probability of his epiphany.

It can also greatly improve Gu Xu's practice efficiency, so that he rarely encounters bottlenecks.

But as the old saying goes, "All the gifts of fate have already been priced in secret."

Gu Xu, who has the talent of [Genius of Destiny], has been weak and sickly since the time of crossing.

Can't carry a knife, can't dance a sword, even jogging will cause panting and chest pain.

Ordinary medical methods cannot cure his congenital ailments.

Every doctor who saw him categorically asserted that he would not live to be 30 years old in this life.

In other words, Gu Xu now has less than 13 years of life left.

There is only one way to change his fate -

That is practice.

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Notes:

(1) "The charm, born of the strange qi in the mountains and forests, harms people." - Du Yu's annotation "Zuo Zhuan: Xuangong Three Years"

(2) "Five stars suppress the color, illuminate Xuanming. Thousands of gods and holy spirits, protect my true spirit. Giants and beasts, subdue five soldiers. Five days of devils, death and destruction. Wherever you are, all gods welcome you. Laws." - Taoist exorcism spells.

(End of this chapter)