Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 187

At the end of the corridor in the headquarters of the Exorcist Division, there stood two young girls in fine clothes.

One of them was tall, with a slender waist, wearing a light green dress, with an elegant smile on his face—it was undoubtedly Shangguan Jin.

The other is petite and exquisite, wearing a lavender pleated skirt, with dark cloud-like hair combed into a cloud bun, with a shiny golden bow, standing on tiptoe and waving at Gu Xu—it is Shi Xiaohan.

"Gu Xu, you're here!" Only Shi Xiaohan shouted loudly.

"Yes, here I am."

"I thought you wouldn't come."

"But I'm still here."

"This... will this delay your cultivation?"

"Of course not," Gu Xu walked to her side and smiled slightly, "Master Chen said before that the fourth realm of cultivation is called 'Wangxiang Terrace', and the key to it is to find one's 'mortal heart'. It’s definitely not good to stay in the house and practice silently, you have to go out for a walk. Like Kongxuan Sanren, he often played games in the market, and would go to throw pots with mortals.”

"That's good." Shi Xiaohan heaved a sigh of relief.

At this time, Gu Xu noticed that the girl's face seemed to have undergone some changes——

The eyebrows have been trimmed and drawn to become more refined, like curved willow leaves.

There was a touch of rouge on her face, like the morning sun.

"My Lady, you look different today than usual."

"Does it look good?" Shi Xiaohan crossed his hips, looked up at him, and waited expectantly for his answer.

"nice."

"Does it look good now, or did it look good before?"

"A lady heroine is born beautiful, and makeup is just the icing on the cake."

Hearing his words, two dimples appeared on Shi Xiaohan's pretty oval face.

"Sister Shangguan made this for me!" She pointed to Shangguan Jin next to her, "She knows a lot! She knows swordsmanship, medicine, and dressing... It seems that there is no one in this world who doesn't like her." understand something!"

"Where is it?" Hearing her words, Shangguan Jin immediately smiled modestly, "These are just tricks and tricks, and they are not worth mentioning at all. They are not as good as Gu Daoyou's thorough reading of the Three Thousand Dao Cang, spells, talismans, formations, Divination knows everything."

"Your Majesty Shangguan, you are too proud." Gu Xu also shook his head with a smile, "What I know is only superficial."

At the same time, he silently complained in his heart: This is another master of business bragging.

At this time, Shangguan Jin took advantage of the situation and said: "Gu Daoyou, if you go to Luoshui to watch the lanterns tonight, do you mind if I go with you? I have lived in Luojing City for more than ten years, and I am very familiar with that area, and I know how many restaurants there are. It's a nice restaurant, maybe I can take you to try it..."

Before Gu Xu could speak, Shi Xiaohan immediately agreed with a smile on his behalf: "Of course! Gu Xu and I have long wanted to taste the delicacies in Luojing City."

Gu Xu glanced at her, and sighed silently in his heart: This silly girl... If someone prepares enough delicious food for her in the future, she may even sell herself.

Of course, he couldn't refuse at this level, so he could only politely say something to Shangguan Jin: "Then I'll help Shangguan Daoist."

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In the evening, the three of them rode in a carriage without any decoration, passed the neatly arranged houses, and headed for the downtown area beside Luoshui River.

On the way, Shangguan Jin and Shi Xiaohan sat side by side, chatting about special dishes from all over the country.

When it comes to food, Shi Xiaohan is like a little sparrow, with bright eyes and chattering non-stop.

Shangguan Jin looked at her with a smile, and could always agree with her words just right and make supplements.

As for Gu Xu, he sat alone across from them, as if he had become a superfluous person.

A quarter of an hour later, they came to an inconspicuous but busy restaurant, ordered a table full of inexpensive but delicious dishes, and quickly cleared them all up.

Undoubtedly, more than half of the food went into Shi Xiaohan's stomach and condensed into the "Glutton Seal".

After paying the bill, they went to the river.

Here, colorful buildings and light corridors stretch for several miles, looking colorful without interruption.The shops on the side of the road and the entrances of houses are all decorated with lights and festoons.

The color is separated from the ground, and the light is far away in the sky.

Picking up Han Suspect Starfall, Yilou is like the moon hanging.

In addition, there are snack sellers and performers.

No matter they are high-ranking officials or ordinary people, they all come to the streets to join in the fun during the Lantern Festival, and the streets and alleys of Luojing City are blocked.

Shi Xiaohan kept looking around, his almond eyes were wide open, reflecting the colorful lights and the bustling crowd.

Occasionally, she saw a peddler selling sugar, so she immediately squeezed through the crowd and bought five.

One shaped like a golden dragon was handed to Gu Xu.

One shaped like a swan goose was handed to Shangguan Jin.

The remaining three are the kitten, the rabbit, and the sparrow, all of which belong to her.

Regarding this, Gu Xu secretly commented: Don't look at Shi Xiaohan, who calls herself a "hero" all day long and clamors to "help the world and the people", but in fact she is still a little girl at heart, who likes cute things.

Then, while nibbling on sugar figures, they came to the side of the colorful light gallery.

"There is still half an hour before the start of the group arena," Shangguan Jin said. "We can guess a few lantern riddles here first. If we guess correctly, we can go to claim the prize."

"What's the prize? Can I eat it?" Shi Xiaohan asked.

"There are candies, there are small toys..."

"That's good!"

After finishing speaking, she said with a smile, and at the same time tugged on the sleeves of Gu Xu and Shangguan Jin, and walked into the sea of ​​colored lights.

Then she pulled a piece of colored paper under the lantern, squinted her eyes and said, "Let's see this lantern riddle...

"'Little golden jar, filled with golden dumplings, eat the golden dumplings and spit out white pearls'...

"Gu Xu, Sister Shangguan, do you know what the answer is?"

Gu Xu thought for a while and guessed, "Chengzi?"

Shangguan Jin replied: "It should be an orange!"

"It all sounds right..." Shi Xiaohan scratched his head, "Well, the difference between oranges and oranges is..."

"Oranges are sweet, but oranges are sour." Shangguan Jin replied with a smile.

They didn't spend much time wrestling with this issue.

Then, Shi Xiaohan turned around again, stared at another piece of colored paper, and softly recited the lantern riddle written on the paper:
"'In winter the dragon lays down, in summer the branches and leaves bloom, the dragon's beard grows upwards, and the pearls line down'..."

This time, instead of asking Gu Xu and Shangguan Jin for the answer, she shouted with joy, "I know the answer to this lantern riddle! It's grapes!"

Then she looked at the third lantern riddle: "'When you are young, you will be old and you will be popular. In the summer season, you will recruit urchins. Please go down to the ground with a bamboo pole in your hand. After eating, your hands will be red'...

"I know this too! It must be mulberries!

"This heroine is so smart!

"Also...'Looks like bamboo but not bamboo, the whole body is knotted and not too thick, it's either purple or green, it only eats raw and can't be cooked'...

"I know this too... the answer to the mystery is definitely 'sugar cane'! If not, this heroine will eat upside down tomorrow!

"..."

Perhaps it is because most of the riddles on these lanterns are related to food, so Shi Xiaohan can easily guess the answer.

Soon, she tore off the colored paper, wrote down the answer, and went to redeem a bag full of candies.

While Shi Xiaohan was busy guessing lantern riddles, Shangguan Jin came to Gu Xu's side and chatted with him about the affairs in the Exorcism Division.

"Gu Daoyou, I heard that in the next few months, you will stay in Luojing City as an official?"

"Yes."

"What is the specific official position? As the saying goes, those who are able do more work. Gu Daoyou has done such an earth-shattering event in Qingzhou Mansion this time, presumably the chief executive will let you shoulder more important responsibilities!"

"At the moment I have not received a new appointment letter."

"That should still be in the process," Shangguan Jin said thoughtfully, "With the achievements Gu Daoyou has made this time, there is a high probability that he will be promoted again, so the cabinet needs to spend some more time thinking about it... Short In one year, Gu Daoyou was promoted twice in a row, which is unprecedented in the Daqi Exorcist Division!"

"Let's wait for the dust to settle first!"

"By the way, Daoyou Gu, are you free in a week?"

"A week later... Apart from cultivation, there should be nothing else! Do you need my help with anything, Fellow Daoist Shangguan?"

Shangguan Jin pondered for two seconds, and replied: "In fact, it is like this. As the entourage of the chief lord, Chu Fengge and I were brought up by the chief lord. To a certain extent, it can be regarded as the real and unknown Disciple. During the process of teaching us to practice, he has always put forward very strict requirements for us.

"Gu Daoyou should remember that when you participated in the promotion assessment in Yishui County, you once entered a magical artifact called 'Wengu Pot', and solved a ghost named 'Nightmare-eating Tapir' in it, right? "

"Well, of course I remember." Gu Xu nodded.

The "Warming Pot" is a precious magic weapon of Luo Sishou.

It can record the ghost cases in the history of the Exorcist Division in the form of illusions in the pot.

As long as the monks recite specific formulas, they can let their spiritual consciousness enter the pot and re-experience the past cases.

According to what Chu Fengge said at the time, the cultivators at the headquarters of the Exorcism Division often conduct actual combat training in the Mirage in the Pot.

During the promotion assessment, Gu Xu also entered this "warming pot" with Yishui county police officer Ma Qin.

At that time, Gu Xu's talisman attainments, astonishing insight and fighting talent displayed in the illusion in the pot left a very deep impression on Chu Fengge, Shangguan Jin and Luo Sishou who were fighting outside the pot.

"The chief executive asked me and Chu Fengge to enter the 'Review Pot' once a month to review a past case," Shangguan Jin continued, "Of course the difficulty of this case should not be too low—at least, we We need to solve an 'evil spirit' level ghost that is enough to threaten our lives in the 'Warming Pot'.

"The chief thinks that this kind of life-and-death battle is an excellent tempering, which can improve our actual combat skills and adaptability as quickly as possible.

"Of course, that guy Chu Fengge hasn't learned any skills yet. He still just rushes forward without thinking. But he relies on his supernatural power of 'wild grass', rough skin and thick flesh, which can quickly heal injuries , True Qi recovers quickly, and finally can always boil the ghost to death.

"Gu Daoyou, your cultivation talent is stronger than all of us. The chief executive also places higher expectations on you than we do.

"The chief executive mentioned to me that I hope you can also participate in our actual combat training in the 'Warming Pot' in a week's time. I wonder if you would like to?"

Gu Xu didn't answer immediately.

He knows that it is a very luxurious treatment to participate in this kind of actual combat training between life and death in the "Warming Pot".

On the one hand, monks from the Exorcist Department need not only cultivation, but also strong psychological quality and the ability to deal with things calmly when they go out to kill ghosts.

Many rookies may have good qualifications, but in the actual combat process, they are too nervous to make correct decisions because they see scary ghosts.

Especially sometimes, they need to deal with cases where their colleagues are corrupted by Yin Qi and become obsessed - this is undoubtedly very easy to make them lose their minds.

But many old people, they may not have a very high level of cultivation, but they can make great achievements by virtue of their rich experience and strong psychological quality.

It's just that things like experience are hard to come by, and can only be accumulated in actual battles again and again.

If you are not careful, you may lose your life in the process of accumulating experience.

But a magic weapon like the "Warming Pot" can greatly speed up this process while ensuring safety.

On the other hand, many epiphanies and breakthroughs in the process of practice will only happen at the moment of life and death.

For example, when Gu Xu was cornered by Kongxuan Sanren, he stepped on the "Naihe Bridge" and successfully obtained "Time".

For example, when Chen Jisheng risked his life in Yishan and broke into the territory of Xuenv to pick snow ginseng, he found his "mortal heart" and successfully promoted to become a strong man in the realm of "Wangxiangtai".

However, Shangguan Jin and Chu Fengge, as the entourages of the chief executive, were able to use the "Warming Pot" to simulate the process of narrowly escaped death.

Like Chu Fengge's "wild grass" supernatural power, it was awakened after being ravaged by ghosts over and over again in the "Warming Pot".

But now, Gu Xu's cultivation happened to be at a standstill.

He stood on the 240th step leading to the "Wangxiang Terrace", surrounded by clouds and mist, surrounded by howling ghosts and wolves.

The surrounding environment interfered with his mind, making it difficult for him to move forward and climb the steep "Homesick Ridge".

He needs an opportunity that can give him an epiphany to try to break through this obstacle.

Maybe today's Lantern Festival night.

Perhaps it is a ghost killing task that needs to be performed later.

Or maybe it is the life and death honing in the "Warming Pot".

Today's invitation from Shangguan Jin can be regarded as a timely gift to him.

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Notes:

(1) "Adorned color divides the land, and the bright light is far away to decorate the sky. The stars fall in the Han Dynasty, and the moon hangs in the building." - Tang Lu Zhaolin "Fifteen Nights Watching Lanterns"

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