Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 2 Merit
"You are born with insufficiency, and you have a lack of roots," Gu Xu's immediate boss once told him, "Only when you cultivate to the seventh realm can you shed your mortal fetus, reshape your body, and fundamentally solve the problem."

"Sir, is this difficult?"

"In the 400 years since the founding of Daqi, no one has ever been able to cultivate to the seventh level before the age of 30."

"There is no ancient person before, it does not mean that there is no future person," Gu Xu's eyes were bright and his smile bright as the sun when he spoke, "I want to try."

"Boy, I know that you have a good understanding. But such things as cultivation bases are finally built up by time and resources. Look, the strongest members of the Daqi Dynasty, His Majesty the Emperor, the Five Saints... are all... It is backed by the big sect family and has been practicing for decades."

"I know there's little hope, but I don't want to die young. Anyway...success makes blood, and failure pays, right?"

The boss sighed and looked at Gu Xu with pity in his eyes.

Since then, Gu Xu has devoted almost all of his time and energy to his practice.

He is practicing when others are eating, he is practicing when others are sleeping, and he is practicing when others are out on a picnic.

In addition, he also went out to kill ghosts more frequently than others, just to obtain as many merits as possible, in exchange for medicinal herbs, magic weapons and other cultivation resources.

Thirteen years is too short, and the seventh realm is too far away.

He has to fight for the day.

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Boom!Boom!Boom!
The midnight bell rang leisurely.

At this time, the whole Yishui County had fallen into a deep sleep, and only the night watchman was holding lanterns, gongs and bangs, and while knocking "bang", he repeatedly shouted in a hoarse voice, "Close the doors and windows, and don't go out. ".

Gu Xu stepped on the uneven bluestone road, walked dozens of steps along the narrow alley, turned a few corners, and came to the broad street.

This street is called "Zhengqi Street", which is a main road running through the north-south axis of Yishui County.

Two solemn buildings stand on both sides, facing each other across the street.

On the east side is the county yamen that deals with secular affairs.

On the west side is the Yamen of the Exorcism Division.

There are two stone statues of Xiezhi outside the county yamen, which symbolize honesty, integrity and justice in law enforcement.

Outside the Exorcism Office, there are two stone lions - to be precise, they should be called "scorpion", representing "mighty and fearless", and they also have the effect of warding off evil spirits in Feng Shui.

It can be seen from this that in the Daqi Dynasty, the "Exorcism Division" composed of practitioners had a high status and was considered on an equal footing with the secular institutions.

It is directly responsible to the emperor, and the six ministries, the cabinet, and the army are not allowed to interfere.

Gu Xu passed through the two scorpion statues, climbed the stone steps, and stepped into the gate of the Exorcism Department.

The oil lamp inside the door is dim.

A man was working at his desk under an oil lamp.

The man was thin, wearing a black gauze hat and a black robe embroidered with patterns of the sun, moon, and stars—

It was Gu Xu's immediate boss, Chen Jisheng, governor of the Exorcism Department of Yishui County.

"Governor" is an official position of the seventh rank, in charge of all the affairs of subjugating demons and eliminating demons in a county. It can be understood as the director of the office of the Exorcism Division in Yishui County.

And the clothes on Chen Jisheng's body are the uniforms of the Exorcist Division.

In the Daqi Dynasty, civil officials embroidered birds, such as cranes and golden pheasants, to show civilization; military officers embroidered beasts, such as lions, tigers and leopards, to demonstrate fierceness.

The sun, moon and stars are embroidered on the uniform of the Exorcist Division because many ghosts are afraid of light.

Therefore, it is also known as the "Seven Lights".

Of course, an unprofessional official like Gu Xu is not qualified to wear it.

Although he is a leader, Chen Jisheng rarely puts on airs at ordinary times. For Gu Xu, he is more like a close and strict teacher, who often teaches him about cultivation.

Gu Xu walked to Chen Jisheng's desk, nodded slightly and said:

"Master Chen, I'm back."

"All the ghosts solved?"

"Yes."

While talking, Gu Xu took off the jade pendant from his waist and put it on the desk.

He stretched out his index finger and tapped twice on the jade pendant.

The jade pendant shines brightly.

The entire process of Gu Xu's battle with Qi Mei was reproduced in front of Chen Jisheng in the form of projection.

——This jade pendant is a special magic weapon made by the exorcist department, and each person has one.

It acts like a camera and can record images of the entire mission.

These images serve two purposes:
First, calculate merits and avoid false claims or false credits;
Second, as an important material for the Exorcism Division to study ghosts.

Chen Jisheng glanced at the projection from the corner of his eyes.

He was still holding the brush in his hand, and he didn't stop reviewing the official document.

After a few seconds, the video ends.

But Chen Jisheng didn't seem to see it completely.

"Is this gone?"

"No." Gu Xu replied.

"It's too short."

"No way, those ghosts are too weak. Before I can exert [-]% of my strength, they are all gone."

"You kid, you're really not humble at all."

"I'm just stating the facts."

"Oh, then you can show it to me again."

Gu Xu tapped twice on the jade pendant.

This time, Chen Jisheng put down his brush, sat up straight, and stared at the image intently.

He looked calm at first, then narrowed his eyes slightly.

"What talisman did you use?"

"Tai Shang North Pole Town Demon Killing Talisman," Gu Xu replied, "Master Chen, you taught me how to use it two months ago."

"Heh, I never taught you a ghost-killing talisman with such a strong lethality."

"I just made a little change on the original basis."

"A little bit?" Chen Jisheng snorted coldly.

Gu Xu smiled and said nothing.

In the Great Wilderness, Fulu is known as the "language of the gods", and it is the medium through which monks communicate with the heaven and earth. practise.

Because the learning process of Talisman is tedious and the effect is slow, thousands of practitioners have been persuaded to turn away - they claim that a real man should take a machete and a sledgehammer and bravely rush to the front. A dead coward, only dare to hide behind and throw away the talisman paper.

Of course, this is just an excuse for a loser.

The national teacher of the Daqi Dynasty was an outstanding master of Taoism.

He once used heaven and earth as paper and real yuan as ink, and drew a cage with a radius of hundreds of miles out of thin air.

But no one dared to call him a coward.

Because Gu Xu was so weak that he couldn't wield a spear and a sword, Chen Jisheng taught him to draw some simple talismans, hoping that he would have the means to protect himself from evil spirits.

But in less than two months, this kid has already surpassed the blue. After all, Chen Jisheng is a sword cultivator, and he only knows a little bit about rune and Taoism, so he can't teach him anything more.

Chen Jisheng was often amazed by Gu Xu's terrifying speed of progress and his unrestrained creative thinking that day.

"This is really jealous of Yingcai..."

Whenever he sees Gu Xu's outstanding performance and thinks of his short lifespan, Chen Jisheng will feel extremely regretful.

If this boy can be physically stronger and live another 30 years, maybe he can really break through the seventh realm and become the future head of the Exorcist Department...even survive the catastrophe, ascend to immortality, and escape the boundless sea of ​​suffering...

Oh, what a pity, what a pity...

"Okay, let's get down to business first. You can get a total of forty meritorious service for killing four 'demons' this time." Looking at Gu Xuqing's handsome face, Chen Jisheng sighed and said, "Up to now, you Accumulated 310 five meritorious service.

"Is there anything I want to exchange? Or is it the same as last time, exchange three hundred merits for a bottle of 'Meditation Pill'?"

"Yes." Gu Xu replied.

Chen Jisheng wrote the words "Meditation Pill" on a piece of paper, and then signed his name in a dance, and handed it to Gu Xu together with the jade pendant.

"Go to the warehouse to get it yourself!"

"Thank you, Mr. Chen!"

"In addition, Gu Xu, there is a box of tremella, a basket of eggs, and a box of wolfberry in the cabinet over there. They were sent by my relatives recently. I can't use it. You are too weak, so take it to make up for it!"

"Master Chen, this is not necessary-"

"--I asked you to take it and you took it away from me!" Chen Jisheng interrupted him domineeringly.

Gu Xu nodded and agreed reluctantly.

"On What It's Like to Meet a Domineering Boss"

Gu Xu: You almost never need to spend your own money on breakfast. It’s great that you can save money for two months.

(End of this chapter)