Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 159 Gu Xu's Life Palace Master Star

Under the leadership of Shi Lei, everyone left the Laoshan area smoothly, and then took the "floating boat" to return to Laizhou Prefecture.

The gauze-like floating clouds quickly passed by them.

The endless East China Sea, rolling hills, and desolate and dilapidated villages also became smaller and smaller in their vision, and finally completely disappeared into the distant skyline.

During the flight, Shi Lei often called Gu Xu to chat with him.

The content of the conversation between the two included Gu Xu's daily life, practice experience, past tasks and so on.

Of course, Shi Lei didn't forget to ask Shi Xiaohan how she was doing in Yishui County recently, whether she was happy or not, whether she was bullied by others, whether she was hungry...

Gu Xu replied truthfully.

As the conversation gradually deepened, Shi Lei was surprised to find that Gu Xu not only had an amazing talent in cultivation, but also had a wide range of knowledge.

All kinds of exercises, the characteristics and weaknesses of various ghosts, and even unpopular knowledge such as divination and fortune-telling, feng shui and geomancy, he can speak clearly and clearly.

But he didn't show off because he knew a lot. Instead, he behaved introverted and humble. He didn't look like a 17-year-old boy at the age of bragging.

This made Shi Lei's evaluation of him a bit higher.

Seeing the two talking and laughing, Chen Yanping next to him felt very uncomfortable.

He couldn't help but recall that a year ago, he made a request to Shi Lei to marry Shi Xiaohan as his wife on the grounds that Chen and Shi would cooperate and benefit each other.

At that time, Shi Lei drove him out of the house without saying a word, and refused without reservation.

Chen Yanping lost face for a while.

But now, Shi Lei and Gu Xu had a pleasant chat - they mentioned the name "Shi Xiaohan" more than once during the conversation, and it was obvious that Gu Xu was also coveting Shi Lei's daughter with a high probability.

Shi Lei's attitude towards Gu Xu was obviously much better than that towards Chen Yanping.

Although after marrying Yao Sirou from the Yao family in Longxi, Chen Yanping had already given up any thought about marrying the Shi family.

However, this kind of differential treatment still made Chen Yanping extremely depressed.

"Which point is Gu Xu better than me?" He thought sullenly in his heart, "Isn't it just a little bit more handsome than me, a little bit more talented than me, and a little bit farther than me on Laoshan... …

"But I'm richer than him..."

Shi Lei and Gu Xu didn't notice Chen Yanping's unhappy expression at all.

Before they knew it, they talked about the mysterious massacre that happened in the village near Laoshan 23 years ago.

Gu Xu asked: "Master Shi, I heard that the Exorcist Division of Laizhou Prefecture has been investigating this incident for the past few years. May I ask if there is any progress?"

Shi Lei shook his head and replied: "No. In the past ten years or so, all the practitioners who were sent to investigate this massacre case gave up this task for various reasons.

"For example, someone was suddenly seriously injured and had to quit midway, someone received other more urgent tasks during the investigation, and someone was dismissed for violating the discipline of the Exorcism Division or damaging important documents and files...

"So we have no clue about the case so far."

A series of coincidental reasons mentioned by Shi Lei aroused Gu Xu's curiosity.

Gu Xu originally wanted to follow the clues and continue to ask, trying to learn more relevant information.

However, at this moment, Shi Lei suddenly pointed forward: "Look, we are about to land in Laizhou Mansion!"

Gu Xu looked in the direction he pointed.

He saw the city of Laizhou Prefecture with four alleys and eight streets appearing in his field of vision. Looking from the sky, the rows of houses looked like building blocks, and the majestic city walls became lines on the wilderness.

Gu Xu looked down at the shocking scenery, was stunned for a moment, and unconsciously forgot the question he was about to say.

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at the same time.

Luojing City, the headquarters of the Exorcist Division.

Chu Fengge was standing in the corridor, sternly reprimanding his subordinates.

"These poems you wrote are still as bad as ever!" He smashed a stack of papers on the ground, "Have you read the poems about plum blossoms that I gave you last time? Why did you The things written can't even reach one-tenth of the level of those poems?
"What else do you do besides eat?"

Hearing Chu Fengge's angry scolding, all the subordinates lowered their heads and stood there trembling.

"I'm sorry, Master Chu, our ability is limited, and we really can't meet your request. Please forgive me, Master Chu..."

During the recent period, the subordinates have been reprimanded by Chu Fengge more than once because they could not write good enough poems.

Although Chu Fengge only deducted a few copper coins from them symbolically, he did not "punish the whole month's salary" as he said before.

But this still makes subordinates feel great pressure.

Those poems chanting plums are too good.

They feel that even if they try their best to learn all their lives, they will not be able to catch up.

"The authors of these poems chanting plums are either masters who have written as much as they have written, or talented people who are well-educated," the subordinates guessed in their hearts more than once, "it is absolutely impossible for them to be unknown."

At this time, a handyman in a cloth shirt suddenly walked up to Chu Fengge and said to him: "Master Chu, the chief executive is waiting for you at the observatory. He has something important to think about." To tell you."

Hearing this, Chu Fengge immediately put Shi Hao and his subordinates aside, and walked straight towards the direction of the observatory.

Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcist Department, was still sitting alone on the railing as usual, playing the guqin.

The sound of the piano is melodious and continuous, as if a mountain spring is gurgling in a valley.

However, after seeing Chu Fengge's figure, Luo Chuan stopped what he was doing, and the sound of the piano stopped abruptly.

"How is your practice recently?" Luo Chuan asked Chu Fengge in a flat tone.

Chu Fengge bowed his head and saluted, and replied respectfully: "It's much better than I expected. Now I can skillfully use the fourth style of "Sword of Clouds and Stars" 'Tianxiaoyueyi'."

"There is indeed a little progress." Luo Chuan gave him a serious look, nodded, and then changed the subject, "In addition, Chu Fengge, those companions of yours in the 'Shenji Camp' have successfully passed through the Laoshan ruins. returned."

Because Luo Chuan is proficient in the art of deduction of heavenly secrets, it is not surprising that he knew about this matter in the first place.

"My lord, how did they gain?" Chu Fengge asked curiously.

Not long ago, Chu Fengge voluntarily gave up the qualification to explore the Laoshan ruins on the grounds of cultivation, and gave up this precious opportunity to Shangguan Jin—of course, the fundamental reason was that he didn't want to meet that annoying guy Gu Xu.

As long as he stays by Gu Xu's side, he can only be a foil forever, unable to show his holiness in front of people happily.

However, even though Chu Fengge gave up the opportunity to go to Laoshan, he still misses the group of companions in the "Shenji Battalion" reserve team all the time-if the companions get a great opportunity on Laoshan, then Chu Feng The dream of "becoming the number one in the world in the future" will undoubtedly become more difficult to realize.

"Only one person successfully climbed to the top of the mountain and got the inheritance of Kongxuan Sanren." Luo Chuan replied lightly.

"one person……"

Hearing this, Chu Fengge suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart.

"My lord, can you tell me who that person is?" He couldn't hold back his curiosity and couldn't help asking.

"It's Gu Xu," Luo Chuan smiled without hiding anything, "However, with my Heaven's Mystery Technique, I can't see what he got on the mountain for the time being."

Gu Xu!

It's Gu Xu again!

It was this nasty guy again!
Chu Fengge froze in place, his thoughts were in a trance, and his eyes lost focus in an instant.

In his mind, he couldn't help but conjure up an extremely terrifying picture——

Gu Xu climbed to the top of Laoshan Mountain under the attention of all the people, facing the sea breeze and overlooking the land with the posture of a king, enjoying the envy or adoration of everyone's eyes...

"why……"

"Why wasn't I the one who climbed to the top of the mountain..."

While thinking painfully, Chu Fengge felt extremely regretful about his decision to give up going to Laoshan.

He thought, if he was there, he would definitely not let that kid Gu Xu steal all the limelight.

Just when Chu Fengge was in a trance, Luo Chuan smiled again and said: "Chu Fengge, in my opinion, your current progress in cultivation is still too slow. Look, you spent more than two months , and barely managed to practice the fourth form of the 'Yunhai Xinghe Sword' - with your talent, you can do better.

"If you continue to refuse to let go of those crooked thoughts and calm down to practice hard, I am afraid that in less than three years, Gu Xu will far surpass you in terms of cultivation.

"At that time, you probably can only guard the gate for him."

Luo Chuan obviously understood Chu Fengge's character very well, and knew how to use words to encourage him to practice hard.

Sure enough, after hearing Luo Chuan's words, Chu Fengge immediately said with a serious expression: "My lord, I'm going to retreat now! I won't leave the retreat until I practice the fifth form of the 'Yunhai Xinghe Sword'!"

After finishing speaking, before Luo Chuan could respond, he turned around and left the observatory, disappearing without a trace.

Luo Chuan looked at his receding back, smiled without saying a word.

After a while, Luo Chuan restrained his smile, and took out a golden envelope from his arms.

This is a secret letter sent by Emperor Daqi earlier today.

There is a special rune seal on the seal of the envelope, and only the designated recipient can open it—if someone else tries to open the envelope by force, the envelope and the letter inside will instantly self-immolate.

Luo Chuan carefully opened the envelope and took out the letter from inside.

There was only a simple sentence written on the letter paper:

"Can Yishui Gu Xuri become my thigh in the future?"

Luo Chuan stared at these words for a long time, and couldn't help thinking: Gu Xu has finally attracted the emperor's attention.

However, Luo Chuan was not surprised.

After Gu Xu inherited Qingzhou Lu's "Jinghong Brush", he also received the inheritance of Kongxuan Sanren - it would be strange if the emperor didn't respond to this.

And Luo Chuan could probably guess what the emperor was thinking: now that the young generation of great families and sects are coming out in large numbers, the emperor also needs a talented and capable young confidant to stand up to these big families and sects.

Gu Xu, who can overwhelm the talents of all walks of life and climb to the top of Mount Lao, is undoubtedly a very good choice.

It's just because Gu Xu has karma with Qingzhou Lu family and Kongxuan Sanren, the emperor has some concerns about him, so he wrote to ask Luo Chuan's opinion.

The emperor hoped that Luo Chuan could use the secret technique to figure out what kind of person Gu Xu will be in the future, and whether he is trustworthy...

Luo Chuan closed his eyes and meditated for a few minutes, then opened his eyes and wrote back with a pen:

"Your Majesty, from the perspective of astrology, Gu Xu is the 'celestial star' sitting in the Palace of Fate.

"Tianji Xing was called 'Shan Xing' in ancient times. It is the star of wisdom, benevolence, and assistant minister. Use it, you can be a loyal minister and official, your heart and soul..."

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This afternoon, the "floating airship" landed steadily on the open space outside Laizhou Prefecture.

Afterwards, Shi Lei led the young people in the "Shenji Battalion" reserve team back to the Exorcism Department Yamen in Laizhou Prefecture.

On the way, Shi Lei had already written to Princess Zhaoning, telling her about the assassination and poisoning of the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen.

Therefore, as soon as everyone arrived at the yamen, they saw the eunuch Cao Tong who was wearing a dark blue robe and hurried over.

I saw Cao Tong nodded slightly to Shi Lei and said: "Master Shi, I am here to fetch His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince back to Beijing by order of the princess."

When speaking, Xiao Shangzhen stood at the end of the line, her face was pale and her thoughts were in a trance.

At this moment, he was very afraid of meeting his sister, Princess Zhaoning.

It's like a student who is afraid to go home to see his parents after he doesn't perform well in an exam.

He couldn't imagine what kind of expression his sister would have on her face when she knew about it.

Disappointed?angry?Or heart ashes?

He felt more and more apprehensive.

"Your Highness, come with me!"

At this moment, the eunuch Cao Tong quickly came to Xiao Shangzhen, bowed to him first, then dragged the distraught prince away from the yamen, and walked straight towards the city gate of Laizhou Prefecture.

As a monk in the fifth realm, Cao Tong mastered the flying technique with a sword, which was enough to send him to the headquarters of the Exorcism Department in Luojing City before the "Shengsheng Pill" completely devoured Xiao Shangzhen's vitality.

Immediately afterwards, "White Tiger" Su Xiao also left Laizhou Mansion.

Before leaving, he came to Gu Xu and said seriously: "You are an opponent worthy of attention. I look forward to the day when you catch up to me in terms of cultivation."

Then Su Xiao walked towards the city gate without looking back.

Except for Gu Xu, he didn't say goodbye to anyone else.

In the process of cutting firewood in Laoshan, Su Xiao gained a lot.

He couldn't wait to return to Jiange to try the power of his newly learned swordsmanship.

As for the others, they returned to the "Tongfu Inn".

After the trip to Laoshan, each of them was exhausted physically and mentally, and just wanted to lie on a soft bed and sleep comfortably.

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Notes:

(1) "Qi Sha Po Jun should go out, Ji Yue and Liang will be officials." - "Bone Marrow Fu"

(In Ziwei Doushu, those whose life stars are Qisha and Pojun are suitable to go out for development, and those whose life stars are Tianji, Taiyin, Tiantong, and Tianliang are suitable to be stable civil servants.)
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