Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 241 The princess arrives
The gate of the academy is built of white bricks, with double-layer cornices and covered with gray tiles. There is a plaque hanging above the gate, and the four characters "Longmen Academy" are written on the plaque - Gu Xu knows that this plaque was written hundreds of years ago. It was personally inscribed by Emperor Taizong of the Daqi Dynasty.

On both sides of the gate, there is a pair of couplets, which read: "Nurture the righteousness of the universe and cultivate the talents of the world."

The gate of the courtyard is not tall, and there are dense vegetation beside it, and there are faint moss marks on the stone steps, which looks clean and elegant.

In normal times, this is really a good place to study Taoism quietly.

But today is different.

The crowded heads and noisy voices have already made the quiet and deep atmosphere disappear.

Gu Xu walked straight into the door.

The gatekeeper of the academy has never met Gu Xu.However, the moment he saw Gu Xu's appearance, he vaguely guessed the identity of this young man.

"You are Mr. Gu from the Exorcist Department?"

"it's me."

"My lord, go through the second gate, walk through the 'Chongde Bridge', and you will see the 'Siqi Hall'," the gatekeeper bowed and said, "You should be able to see other people there."

"Thank you." Gu Xu nodded with a smile.

At this moment, he suddenly thought of an important question: "By the way, I want to ask where the canteen of the academy is?"

The gatekeeper froze.

He obviously didn't expect that a person as godlike as Mr. Gu would ask such a down-to-earth question.

After two seconds of silence, he responded, "It's at the northernmost end of the academy, near a rockery."

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At this time, there is still about a quarter of an hour before the selection officially starts.

Facing the drizzle and everyone's eyes, Gu Xu walked towards "Si Qi Tang" without haste.

In the academy, there are not only lush forests and bamboos, but also rockery and strange rocks, and streams run through them.

On the way, he saw a familiar face.

The man was in his twenties, wearing a square scarf and a gray and white gown—it was Jia Xiuguang, the talisman master who was defeated by Shi Xiaohan in the Lantern Festival competition.

At that time, Jia Xiuguang threatened to challenge Gu Xu in public.

But at this moment, when Gu Xu's eyes fell on him, Jia Xiuguang took two steps back, tried to hide in the crowd, his eyes rolled around, as if he wished he could become a transparent person.

Gu Xu smiled faintly, pretending not to recognize him.

After a while, I came to the door of "Siqi Hall", the most spacious and tallest building in Longmen Academy.

This house is five rooms wide and three rooms deep, with single eaves resting on the top of the mountain and covered with blue-gray tiles.

At this time the door was locked tightly.

There were already two people waiting quietly outside the house.

One of them was tall and thin, with a handsome face and the temperament of a Confucian scholar.It's just that his expression is a little tired, and there are very obvious dark circles on his face.

He was holding the notes in his hand, leaning against the pillar, and lowered his head to review, without noticing Gu Xu's arrival at all.

The other person was less than 1.4 meters tall, half a head shorter than Shi Xiaohan, but his head was exaggeratedly large.He has a pair of asymmetrical eyes and a very incongruous nose.

He was walking up and down the door of the house with a pair of short legs, looking at the surrounding things with interest.

When Gu Xu was in front of him, he took the initiative to step forward, bowed and saluted, "I've seen Master Gu before I went down to Jinling Shenqiu!"

Although Shen Qiu is a son of a powerful family and has a prominent background, he does not have an official position; while Gu Xu has both an official position and a noble title.Therefore, at least on the surface, Shen Qiu needs to be polite.

"Master Shen recognizes me?"

"Everyone in Luojing said that Mr. Gu is handsome and beautiful." Shen Qiu raised his head and said with a slight smile, "I guessed your identity the moment I saw you."

Perhaps Shen Qiu's smile was sincere.

But on his asymmetrical face, it looked very awkward, and even gave Gu Xu the illusion that he was mocking himself.

In addition, although Shen Qiu was dressed in a low-key and simple manner, Gu Xu's spiritual perception revealed dozens of light spots of true energy on his body—this proved that he carried at least dozens of magic weapons with him.

"As expected of the richest family in the Great Qi Dynasty!" Gu Xu sighed in his heart.

After a moment of silence, Shen Qiu asked again: "Lord Gu, I heard that you once confronted a ghost at the level of a 'fierce god' in Qingzhou Mansion. Is it true?"

Gu Xu smiled humbly: "It was just barely saving my life in front of the 'fierce god'. In the end, it was the saints who rescued me."

At this moment, they heard someone shouting in a drawn voice not far away: "Princess Zhaoning is here—"

The three of them looked together.

I saw a young woman with a beautiful appearance and a dignified temperament, under the guard of the guards and servants, walked across the courtyard, across the stone bridge, and walked towards the "Siqi Hall".

She was dressed in men's clothes today, and her long hair was wrapped in a headscarf.Fair complexion, bushy eyebrows, and piercing eyes.

Although the robe on her body was loose, it still couldn't cover her full breasts.

Undoubtedly it is Princess Xiao Wanjun of Zhaoning.

Not long ago, when Gu Xu entered the palace to accept the title of knighthood, he met her once.

If the princess in courtly attire was graceful and charming that day, then today she is a bit more heroic.

When she appeared, the entire Longmen Academy suddenly fell silent.

The students all stopped discussing temporarily, looked at her absent-mindedly, and then immediately lowered their heads, for fear that their eyes would offend the bright and charming Princess; The next good impression—of course, the princess might not be able to see him in the crowd.

After a while, people discovered that there was another big man standing next to the princess - Li Zheng, the dean of Longmen Academy.

On weekdays, Dean Li is a very dignified and imposing person, and the students are trembling in front of him.

But today, his light seems to be completely overshadowed by the princess.

He always kept a distance of half a step behind the princess, and introduced the current situation of the academy to the princess in a respectful tone, including the research status of the teachers on the Dao and various spells and martial arts, the cultivation realm of the students, and so on.

He said that both teachers and students have the spirit of seeking the fundamentals of the Dao, but they are often limited due to insufficient resources.

Princess Zhaoning could naturally tell that Dean Li was begging her for financial resources in a roundabout way.

But she didn't respond.

Due to the recent tightness of the national treasury, she must use limited resources wisely—for example, to help Qingzhou Prefecture with post-disaster reconstruction.

At this time, the princess walked to the door of "Siqi Hall" and saw the three people waiting outside the door and the locked door, so she said to Dean Li beside her: "Did I come early today?" Some?"

Dean Li immediately took out the key, stepped forward to open the door, and said repeatedly: "It's not early, it's not early, it's just right."

Gu Xu, Shen Qiu, and Mo Li, who had been concentrating on studying, also stepped forward, and saluted the princess with fists in their hands, "I've seen you, Your Highness."

Princess Zhaoning first glanced at Mo Li, then turned to Dean Li and said, "If I'm not wrong, this young man is your cousin who is proficient in Talisman, right? Sure enough, he is very knowledgeable and talented." look."

"Your Highness is absurd." Dean Li nodded, his tone was humble, but he was secretly happy because of the princess's compliment to his cousin, "He has indeed read a lot of miscellaneous books, but he is not as good as Her Royal Highness. "

Princess Zhaoning smiled faintly, and then looked at Shen Qiu: "You are Mr. Shen from Jinling, right? The national teacher once mentioned your name in front of me, saying that your understanding of Talisman is very good. I hope you will perform well today , let me open my eyes."

Her gaze was calm and peaceful, and she did not show any emotional changes because of Shen Qiu's appearance.

Shen Qiu lowered his head and said humbly: "I just hope that the two elder brothers next to me will show me a little favor, and don't let me lose too badly."

Finally, her eyes fell on Gu Xu.

PS: Try to write another chapter before 12:00 in the evening.

(End of this chapter)