Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 178 Gu Xu's Magical Powers

"Who are you?" Gu Xu asked.

"I am you!" The boy nailed to the Sansheng Stone had a relaxed smile on his face.

The white-haired boy's smile seemed to have a unique appeal, which temporarily relieved Gu Xu's depressed mood.

"Me?" Gu Xu frowned slightly.

"Do you know why every monk needs strong emotional stimulation when breaking through the 'Naihe Bridge'?" The white-haired boy didn't answer his question directly.

"Is it to resist the negative emotions on the Naihe Bridge?" Gu Xu said with some uncertainty.

This is what is written in the Buddhist scriptures.

But his intuition told Gu Xu that this should not be the answer the other party wanted to hear.

"Not exactly," the white-haired boy shook his head slightly, "Everyone hides a true self in the depths of their soul. The process of crossing the bridge of Naihe is the process of self-awakening."

Gu Xu was dubious.

Because the words of the white-haired boy are completely different from the descriptions in all the books.

It's just that he can't confirm whether what the other party said is true or not.

"Then why were you nailed to the Three Lives Stone?" Gu Xu asked again.

"Because of some external factors, and some of your own reasons," the white-haired boy replied, "Gu Xu, do you think that as of today, your life is too depressing and aggrieved?"

"Aggrieved?"

"Because if you don't become a saint, you can only live until the age of 30, so you have been living a boring life like an ascetic monk. You dare not rest, dare not entertain, and hide all your emotions and desires in your heart. Even if you meet a pretty girl you like Girl, she didn't dare to express her feelings. Now she was forced into a desperate situation by the old Kong Xuan, and she dared not resist his orders.

"You have the ultimate talent and the most noble destiny in the world, but you have lived like this, don't you feel aggrieved?
"Your current situation is actually no different from me who was nailed to the Sansheng Stone!"

The white-haired boy had a playful smile on his face, he didn't know if he was laughing at himself or Gu Xu.

Gu Xu glanced at the nails on the white-haired boy's body, thought of the Kongxuan Sanren who had no plans, and sighed lightly, feeling that what the other party said was indeed very reasonable.

"But I have no choice." He spread his hands and smiled bitterly.

"Actually, I once suspected that a person like you who suppresses himself all the time is impossible to pass through the bright red sea of ​​flowers on the other side and reach the 'Naihe Bridge' to help me untie the bondage," the white-haired boy said earnestly. He looked at Gu Xu carefully, "Fortunately, that old thing Kongxuan managed to arouse your anger at this critical moment."

"If I can reach the eighth level in my lifetime, I will definitely kill that old thing with my own hands." Gu Xu said calmly.

"Very good," the white-haired boy said approvingly, and then glanced at the nail on his left shoulder, "Remember this hatred, and please help me remove this nail."

Gu Xu took two steps forward, then stopped: "Just pull out one nail, can I gain magical powers?"

"Supernatural power, that's just what ordinary people say." The white-haired boy showed disdain in his eyes, "When their souls are strongly stimulated, they will follow their fate and solidify a unique ability. This is a kind of accident phenomenon, and it only occurs once in a lifetime.

"But this ability to appear by luck is not worthy of you, or rather, not worthy of us.

"Your strength has a more noble title——

"It's called 'authority.'"

"Authority..." Gu Xu said the word silently in his heart.

At the same time, his gaze swept over the four nails on the white-haired boy's body, and then landed on the wound on his forehead.

"According to your statement...these four nails represent four kinds of sealed authority?" He frowned slightly and said.

"Smart!" The white-haired boy smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

"Then what happened to the wound on your head?" Gu Xu asked again, "Could it be that I already had a kind of authority before?"

"That's right." The white-haired boy replied.

"But I've never seen you before."

"That nail fell off naturally the moment you came into this world," the white-haired boy explained, "The authority it represents is called 'wisdom'.

"Your ability to never forget, your ability to understand far beyond ordinary people, and your almost outrageous comprehension all come from it."

Bowen remembers it by heart.

Unlucky genius.

The names of these two talents suddenly popped up in Gu Xu's mind.

He had always thought that these two talents were randomly drawn in the game in his previous life, and they were the necessary "golden fingers" for the legendary traveler.

But now it seems that the origin of these talents is not as simple as it seems?
"Come on, Gu Xu, help me pull out this nail," the white-haired boy pointed to his left shoulder, "It's time to find your true self."

"Why this one nail?" Gu Xu asked again.

"You have so many questions," the white-haired boy said with a bright smile, "What do you desire most in your life?"

"Of course it is longevity."

"Then what do you want most at this moment?"

"Get out of trouble and live."

"The authority represented by this nail may help you solve this problem."

"Really?"

"It depends on how you use it."

At this moment, countless images flashed through Gu Xu's mind.

There is the black altar in the depths of Mount Yi, the nine clones of Kongxuan Sanren, the Nine-Infant Snake Demon that ravages the world, Yishui County that has turned into Zeguo, and Shi Xiaohan who fell to the ground in pain...

Just how powerful an authority must be to help him get out of this desperate predicament?Can it stop Kongxuan Sanren's plan to sacrifice [-] living souls to be promoted to "Ghost King"?

Gu Xu sighed, took a few steps forward, and according to what the white-haired boy said, he grabbed the nail nailed to his left shoulder with both hands and pulled it out forcefully.

In an instant, it was as if a flood had breached a dam.An invisible force surged from all directions, filling Gu Xu's body instantly.

His consciousness became exceptionally clear, as if he had merged with the whole world.

Under the Naihe Bridge, the filthy river water suddenly set off huge waves, and countless lonely ghosts floating in the river let out mournful roars.

It seemed that Gu Xu's breakthrough this time made them feel the fear from the bottom of their hearts.

"Now, you have the second authority - 'Time'," the white-haired boy said with a smile, "Its uses are ever-changing. I hope it can shine in your hands."

Gu Xu quietly felt the new power in his body, and did not respond immediately.

The white-haired boy said again: "Keep going, Gu Xu. All the misfortunes you have encountered so far are ultimately caused by your lack of ability. Only by becoming stronger can you solve the problem fundamentally. Only by becoming stronger, To protect the people you care about from harm.

"Go ahead! I will wait for you on the 'Wangxiang Terrace'."

After finishing speaking, the figure of the white-haired boy gradually became blurred, and he was about to disappear on the "Naihe Bridge" soon.

"Wait!" Gu Xu suddenly said, "I still have a question!"

"what is the problem?"

"You just said that Kongxuan Sanren is a frog in a well, and you are talking nonsense," Gu Xu asked eagerly, "Can you explain in a little more detail?"

"The sentence Kongxuan Sanren said to you - 'Only incarnation as a ghost is the real way to the peak of power', this sentence is nonsense." Slaves to the rules of the world.

"Cultivation itself is like sailing against the current. If you follow the so-called rules, you will eventually lose yourself and be assimilated by this cold and dark world.

"Although the practice method of the human race is to live towards death, the first eight realms are all fine.

"Only the ninth realm is a scam.

"Oh, 'Deng Xiandao', the name is deceiving."

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly, keeping his words firmly in his mind.

Then he bowed his hands to the boy and saluted: "Thank you for your advice!"

"You and I are one, why are you so polite?" the white-haired boy said with a smile.

In the next second, he, together with the Sansheng Stone behind him, disappeared before Gu Xu's eyes without leaving a trace.

Looking at the empty Naihe Bridge, Gu Xu felt that what happened just now was like a dream.

"time……"

"Get out of trouble..."

"The way to break the game..."

He took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists, and dug his nails deeply into the flesh.

Then he strode towards the opposite side of the Wangchuan River.

The flowers of the other shore bloom on the other shore, but only the flowers are seen, but the leaves are not seen.

It was as red as blood and as dazzling as a torch.

However, when Gu Xu stepped onto the ground on the other side of the River of Forgetfulness, all the flowers on the other side withered and withered.

The petals slowly fell, and then buried in the dirty soil.

The boundless blood-red ocean completely disappeared in this dark nether world.

The whole world was re-framed into a monotonous gray and black.

…………

The real world, beside the black altar.

Gu Xu slowly opened his eyes.

At this time, his face became extremely pale, his body temperature dropped a lot, and his heartbeat almost stopped.

If someone touched him, he might feel that he was a cold corpse.

"Have you completed the initial practice of "Forbidden Art of Zhao Ming?" Not far away, the old man with a hunchback turned his head and asked.

According to the division of labor among Kongxuan Sanren clones, he is in charge of guarding Gu Xu at this time.

Gu Xu nodded, and replied: "It has achieved initial results. At present, I have crossed the 'Naihe Bridge' and broken through the third realm."

His eyes were as cold as ice, without any emotion.

"Very good," the hunchbacked old man nodded in satisfaction, "As expected of him, he is my successor. He has successfully changed his practice method in such a short period of time."

Gu Xu didn't speak any more.

With a thought in his mind, he took out hundreds of fifth-generation "Taishang Beiji Town Demon Killing Talismans" and held them tightly in his hands.

"What do you want?" The hunchbacked old man narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled contemptuously, "You don't mean to use this thing against me, do you?"

He didn't understand what Gu Xu wanted to do.

The fifth-generation "ghost-killing talisman" is indeed powerful, stacking many of them can even easily wipe out "evil spirit"-level ghosts.

But for Kongxuan Sanren, who has mastered the "Way of Cause and Effect" and is about to be promoted to "Ghost King", even if he has thousands of "Ghost Killing Talismans", there is no threat to him at all.

Moreover, he also has enough self-confidence - as long as Gu Xu makes any dangerous moves, he can control Gu Xu immediately.

But Gu Xu ignored his question.

Holding the "ghost-killing charm", he began to chant the "exorcism spell" softly:
"Five stars cast color, illuminate the darkness. Thousands of gods and sages, protect my true spirit. Giant beasts, subdue thousands of soldiers. Five heavenly devils, perish and disappear. Wherever they are, all gods respond. Urgency is like a law! "

After finishing speaking, he lightly tossed the "Ghost Killing Talisman" in his hand.

But unexpectedly, Gu Xu didn't throw the "Ghost Killing Talisman" at Kongxuan Sanren.

Instead, he threw it at himself.

Immediately, the talisman paper instantly turned into a dazzling golden flame, like the rising sun, completely enveloping Gu Xu's figure.

Sizzle sizzle.

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

"He actually wanted to commit suicide!" The hunchbacked old man opened his eyes wide.

He really couldn't imagine that Gu Xu would make such a decisive move in order to disobey his control.

Gu Xu has practiced "Zhaoming Forbidden Art", but he has not yet fully mastered it.

At this moment, he was a half-human, half-ghost existence.

Human beings can be immune to the damage of "ghost-killing charms", but Gu Xu, who has ghost traits, cannot.

The flames produced by these hundreds of "ghost-killing charms" can burn him to ashes in a short time.

Seeing such a scene, the hunchbacked old man wanted to use the technique of "retrospection" to make up a story about "the ghost-killing charm suddenly failed, which led to Gu Xu's suicide failure".

After all, an excellent experimental product like Gu Xu is rare.

However, in the next second, the raging fire suddenly dissipated.

Gu Xu stood there quietly, unharmed.

In addition, the sinister aura on his body also disappeared without a trace.

His heart started beating again, his blood began to rush, and his pale cheeks became red again.

The old man with a hunchback can feel that Gu Xu at this moment is a complete human being.

The only difference is that the black jade bracelet on Gu Xu's wrist broke into countless pieces and fell to the ground.

"Stand-in bracelet!" The hunchbacked old man was shocked.

The "stand-in bracelet" is a precious life-saving item given to Gu Xu by Luo Chuan, head of the exorcist department. It can defend the master against a fatal attack from the outside world, and at the same time remove all negative effects and controls on the master.

Because Gu Xu just now became a half-human, half-ghost existence, the flame of the "ghost-killing talisman" is "a fatal attack from the outside world" to him.

However, the "substitute bracelet" also helped him remove the negative effects on his body.

The evil spirit he absorbed just now was expelled from his body.

He is still a whole, uncorrupted human being.

The hunchbacked old man never expected that Gu Xu would use such a whimsical method to break the influence of "Zhao Ming Forbidden Art" on him.

But the old man chuckled lightly and didn't care about it.

He glanced at Shi Xiaohan who was fainted on the ground, and said to Gu Xu: "Is that why you don't want to practice "Zhaoming Forbidden Art"? Well, I will take your little lover's life away."

PS: Ask for a monthly pass!

　When writing this chapter, I have been playing unravel in a single cycle, which is very touching.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)