Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 161 Puppetry

Yishui County, Exorcism Si Yamen lobby.

"Master Chen, this is the most important residence report of the imperial court." Holding a document in his hand, Wang Yang bowed his head to Chen Jisheng who was sitting behind the table.

During the Chinese New Year, as a homeless orphan staying behind in the yamen, Wang Yang took on more responsibilities than usual.

Things like sending and receiving documents have been done by him recently.

Chen Jisheng lowered his head and did not respond.

Wang Yang raised his volume slightly and repeated what he had just said.

"Put it on the table first!" Chen Jisheng ordered lightly, still without looking up.

Wang Yang was very curious about what Mr. Chen could watch so fascinated.But of course, he didn't have the guts to peek.

So, he carefully placed the residence newspaper on the table, then turned and left the yamen lobby.

Chen Jisheng was reading the letter written by Gu Xu.

Because there is a special mailing channel in the Yamen of the Daqi Exorcism Department, it took less than a day for this letter to arrive at Yishui County from Laizhou Prefecture.

In the letter, Gu Xu narrated the ups and downs of his trip to Laoshan in concise words.

The twists and turns of the process, like a wonderful story, firmly caught Chen Jisheng's attention.

In the past few days, Chen Jisheng has been very worried about Gu Xu's safety.

Although Gu Xu is carrying life-saving items such as the "Empty Breaking Orb" and "Substitute Bracelet", Laoshan Mountain is a relic left by immortals after all, and the rules there may be different from those of the outside world—the magic weapon that the outside world can use. , it may not be useful in the Laoshan ruins.

But after reading Gu Xu's letter, Chen Jisheng finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Moreover, when Chen Jisheng saw that Gu Xu was the only one who successfully climbed to the top, he was filled with joy and pride deep in his heart.

"Heh, those sect heirs and heirs of powerful clans usually look more remarkable than the other, but in the end they were stepped on by that kid Gu Xu." Although he didn't have any expression on his face, he still couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed thought.

It's a pity that it's the time of Chinese New Year, and the yamen is deserted and there are not many people.

Otherwise, Chen Jisheng would spend his savings, set up a few banquet tables in restaurants, and invite all the officials in the yamen to eat and drink there.

It has been many years since Yishui County has produced such a vigorous young man.

With such good news, how can we not celebrate him?
…………

at the same time.

Shi Xiaohan was still sleeping in at home.

In fact, she had woken up two hours ago.

But because she is on vacation today, and it is a very happy thing to sleep by the warm stove in winter.

So when she woke up, she yawned, turned over, buried her head in the pillow and continued to sleep soundly.

It's just that the girl's sleeping position has always been very restless.

When the maid Chen Xi walked into her bedroom with the letter from Gu Xu, her pillow had already fallen to the floor.

As for Shi Xiaohan himself, he was lying carelessly on the bed, the quilt had already been kicked to the corner by her, only covering one of her feet.

She was wearing a pale pink apron and underwear, embroidered with a pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water, revealing her white and smooth arms and calves like porcelain; her long fluffy hair was also let down, covering half of her small face.

And on the cabinet beside her bed, there was a delicate hairpin, a clean white handkerchief, and a small biscuit box.

"Miss, it's time to get up!" The servant girl Chen Xi came to her side and called softly, "Someone sent you a letter this morning."

Chen Xi's words interrupted Shi Xiaohan's sweet dream.

She snorted sullenly, her eyes were still closed and she remained motionless, as if someone had sealed her on the big soft bed with a spell.

"Miss, this letter is sent to you by Master Gu from Laizhou Mansion." Seeing that Xiao Han was still lying in bed, the servant girl Chen Xi smiled and continued.

Hearing the words "Master Gu", Shi Xiaohan was shocked, and immediately stopped pretending to be asleep.

"Show it to me!"

Before Chen Xi could reply, she kicked the quilt to the ground, sat up straight suddenly, and snatched the envelope from Chen Xi's hand.In her big eyes that were as clear as water apricots, there was no sleepiness anymore.

After that, she carefully opened the envelope, took out the letter from inside, and saw Gu Xu's delicate and elegant handwriting at a glance.

She knew that Gu Xu's cursive handwriting was the most beautiful.

But in this letter, what Gu Xu wrote was in regular script, neat and straight.

"He must be trying to make it easier for me to read!" As she thought to herself, she sat cross-legged on the bed and began to read the letter carefully.

Soon, she read about the fourth prince Xiao Shangzhen pretending to be a female voice to deceive his opponents in the "Land of Discourse on Dao", and was also called "Girl Qilin" by his companions in the "Shenji Camp".

She clutched her belly and laughed non-stop, rolling around on the big bed like a kitten.

"Oh, I never thought His Royal Highness the Prince of Daqi would do such a thing..."

After a few minutes, the girl finally calmed down, leaned on her cheek with one hand, lay down on the bed and continued to read the follow-up content.

The jet-black black hair was scattered on her smooth and delicate back, revealing the pink rope of the apron faintly; her white and tender feet were hanging in the air, dangling unconsciously.

When she read that Gu Xu had overcome many obstacles and climbed to the top of Mount Lao, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and couldn't help exclaiming, "He's so amazing!"

However, in the next second, she saw Gu Xu wrote in the letter: "Xiao Han, do you think I'm good or not?"

She immediately restrained her smile, gave a "bah", and commented secretly in her heart: "This bastard is really floating!"

Next, she saw that Gu Xu used a lot of words to describe the process of getting along with her father, and his words were full of praise and admiration for her father.

A bright smile bloomed on the girl's face again—like the ripples of a clear spring, overflowing from the small dimple at the corner of her mouth, rippling all over her face.

For Gu Xu and her father getting along well, Shi Xiaohan was very happy from the bottom of his heart.

Finally, she saw that Gu Xu asked at the end of the letter about the supernatural powers she obtained when she broke through.

"Hmph, I'll tell you when you come back!"

As she spoke, she stuffed the letter back into the envelope, and then put the envelope on the bedside cabinet, with the hairpin, handkerchief, and biscuit box.

At this moment, she raised her head and looked at Chen Xi beside her: "What breakfast did you prepare today? Did you make preserved egg porridge with lean meat and soup-filled steamed buns as I asked?"

The maid Chen Xi smiled slightly, and responded, "Miss, it's time for lunch."

Shi Xiaohan froze for a moment.

She was very sad that she missed a meal because of snooze.

Later, with the help of Chen Xi, Shi Xiaohan changed into a pink dress, his hair was combed into a hanging bun, and he wore gold hairpins inlaid with mandarin duck patterns, which looked both delicate and elegant.

While helping her comb her hair, Chen Xi pretended to be casual and asked, "What did Mr. Gu write in the letter? It made Miss so happy?"

"Where do you see that I'm happy?" Shi Xiaohan frowned slightly, and replied, "Gu Xu, that arrogant guy, didn't he just climb up Laoshan and feel that he is very great.

"If this heroine also enters the 'Shenji Battalion', it is impossible for him to be so arrogant!"

"What does that lady mean, Mr. Gu is actually not that powerful at all?" Chen Xi said in a teasing tone.

"You are not allowed to say that about him!" Hearing this, Shi Xiaohan slapped the table angrily.

Since she has just broken through the third realm, she cannot completely control the majestic true energy in her body for the time being.

So under her powerful force, this expensive and exquisitely crafted mahogany table instantly shattered into sawdust with a "bang".

Shi Xiaohan was startled and jumped up from the chair.

"Chen Xi, you must not tell my father about this!" She stretched out her hand and tugged on Chen Xi's sleeve, looked up at her, her bright eyes were like water.

Chen Xi smiled wryly and shook his head helplessly.

She thought to herself: Miss, you have lost such a big table. If the master really asks, I don't think I can hide it!

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Laizhou Prefecture, Tongfu Inn.

Gu Xu was sitting by the window, holding the secret book of "Fucking Puppet" left by Kongxuan Sanren in his hand, and was studying it attentively.

At this time, he was wearing a happy scarf and a brand new robe, looking imposing, handsome and handsome.

He was very fortunate that the officials of the Exorcism Division could replace the damaged uniforms for free in the Yamen.

This undoubtedly allowed him to successfully save a sum of money.

According to the description in the cheat book, Gu Xu learned that Kongxuan Sanren's "puppet manipulation" spell is very different from other puppet arts.

The general puppet spell is to control the puppet with real yuan or spiritual power.

There is often an obvious connection between monks and puppets.

In this way, enemies with advanced cultivation bases can trace back to the location of the monk's body through the puppets.

But this "puppet manipulation" spell uses the "thread of cause and effect" to control the puppets.

Compared with true essence and divine consciousness, things like "cause and effect" are obviously much more mysterious and hidden.

Unless you meet a high-level monk who is proficient in the way of cause and effect, it is impossible to expose the relationship between the puppet and the monk.

According to Kongxuan Sanren, the "line of cause and effect" is created by "naming".

"Cause and effect is a kind of bondage."

These are the original words written by Kongxuan Sanren in the cheat book.

He claimed that while a name confers an identity on a person, it also binds one to one's own identity.

For example, to have the status of a courtier must be loyal to the monarch, and to have the status of a child must be filial to one's parents.

In addition, even things that cannot be seen or touched can be created through "naming" to create cause and effect and bind them.

For example, if a man likes a woman, and a woman likes a man, the name "love" can be used to restrain this feeling.

The essence of the "puppetry" technique is to create a master-slave relationship between the monk and the puppet in the way of "naming" - just like the old slave owners would brand the slaves and give them a code name to prevent Slaves escape and claim it privately.

There are also many ways to construct the "line of cause and effect".

You can use spells, talismans, formations, or specific rituals.

Gu Xu pondered for a moment, and gradually got an idea in his mind.

He took out the brochure he carried with him from his pocket, tore off a page, and folded it into a small paper crane.

Then he took out the "Jinghong Brush" and began to carefully draw symbols on the wings of this thousand paper cranes.

In all the talisman books he had read before, he had never been taught the drawing method similar to talisman seals.

But with his amazing comprehension, after he finished reading the first volume of the secret book of "Fucking Puppets", he already had the prototype of this "naming" talisman in his mind.

Not necessarily quite right though.

But he understood that the only way to get the truth is through trial and error.

After a few minutes, he stopped writing.

The talisman has been completed.

But Qian Zhihe didn't respond.

So Gu Xu knew that his first attempt failed.

However, he did not feel discouraged by this, but calmly began to fold the second Thousand Paper Crane, and began to make the second attempt.

At the same time, he kept taking notes in his notebook.

"Experiment time: the third day of the first month of the 24th year of Tianxing;

"Experimental content: study the drawing method of the 'naming' talisman (for 'puppetry');

"Experimental process record:
"First time: Qianzhihe didn't respond, failed;
"Second time: Qianzhihe didn't respond and failed;

"Third time: Damn thousand paper cranes, dare to peck my eyes? Don't you know I'm your father? Well, I accidentally drew the 'master-slave relationship' as 'hostile relationship', failed;
"The fourth time: the thousand paper cranes suddenly set themselves on fire, turned into a pool of ashes, and failed (it is really a thousand paper cranes that would rather die than submit, and would rather commit suicide than be my puppet, this spirit is worthy of respect);
"Fifth time: Thousand paper cranes fly into the wastebasket by themselves, then stop moving, failure (you are already a mature trash, you have to learn to put yourself into the trash can);

"...

"No. 14 times: The Thousand Paper Crane finally followed my idea, let it fly around the room in the attitude of level flight, side flight, and inverted flight, and then made several dives, rolls, and jumps , sharp rise and turn...it feels really cool.

"It's just that this thing consumes too much real energy. Although my real energy is much thicker than that of a monk in the same realm, today I only used this 'puppet' spell for an hour, and I have a kind of Feeling almost exhausted.

"However, this is not a surprising thing. Because the 'Puppeteer' spell itself is not for second-level monks."

"Remarks: It looks like I'm going to start preparing for promotion to the third realm."

After writing this, Gu Xu closed his notebook.

At this moment, he has mastered the most basic usage of the "Puppeteer" spell—at least it will be of great use to him in detecting intelligence in the future.

"Maybe I should go home."

Before he knew it, Gu Xu had the idea of ​​returning to Yishui County again.

Although Chen Jisheng had told him not to go home, the longer he stayed in Laizhou Mansion, the more he was concerned about the situation there.

"Anyway, I have the 'Empty Breaking Orb' in my hand, even if Xue Nu really kills Yishui County, I can escape safely.

"And with Mr. Chen's character, I'm really afraid that he will risk himself for others again...I have to go back and keep an eye on him."

Of course, there is another important reason.

He wanted to go back and see Shi Xiaohan.

He wanted to know about her situation.

Thinking of this, he began to pack his luggage and put all the items he brought into "Xianyunju".

Then he left Tongfu Inn, ready to go to Yamen to find a carriage to take him back to Qingzhou Mansion.

As a second-level cultivator, no one can take him to fly with the sword, and taking a carriage is the best transportation method he can think of.

However, at this moment, an unexpected person suddenly appeared in front of him.

"Where is Gu Daoyou going?" Shangguan Jin, wearing a light green skirt, approached leisurely, with a faint smile on his face, "Do you need me to give you a ride?"

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PS2: I want to try Buddhism to improve the ranking of the list. This month, on the basis of full attendance, every 400 monthly tickets will be added. !

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