Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 254 Broken Soul Cliff Top-Rank Cultivation Technique and Rewards from the Exorcist Division (ask for a monthly ticket)
in the afternoon.

The dark clouds gradually dissipated, and the light rain gradually stopped.

Although the observatory at the headquarters of the Exorcist Division is open-air, there is an invisible roof built by spells on top of it. Even after a heavy rain, the ground, low tables, futons, etc. here are still dry and spotless .

Luo Chuan waved his hand lightly.

Gu Xu followed his instructions and sat on the futon opposite him.

"This is the 'Hundred Flavors Tea' I asked for from Dean Li of Longmen Academy." Luo Chuan pointed to a teacup on the table and said to Gu Xu with a smile, "Would you like to try it?"

Gu Xu read all kinds of classics, and naturally knew that "Baiwei Tea" is a unique specialty of Longmen Academy, and it will be of great help to monks like him who are climbing towards "Wangxiang Terrace" and need to experience human emotions.

"Thank you, Mr. Chief!"

Gu Xu didn't refuse, raised his teacup and took a sip, then closed his eyes.

A mysterious feeling rose from the depths of his soul immediately.Many pictures, like a movie, accompanied by emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and joy, emerged one after another in his mind.

These include his first practice, first time drawing amulets, opening the box to see the snow ginseng given to him by Chen Jisheng, listening to the "Jinghong Pen" spirit telling the past in the Lu family's haunted house, watching the past by the Yi River. Shi Xiaohan laughed and kicked shuttlecocks with a group of children, and was forced by Kongxuan Sanren to practice "Zhaoming Forbidden Art" next to the black altar in Yishan...

When he opened his eyes again, he felt like waking up from a big dream, and seemed to be reliving the memories of the past few months in a trance.

Intuition told him that the practice tonight should go very smoothly.

"How does it taste?" Luo Chuan asked with a kind smile.

"It's like tasting all the flavors of the world."

"How many steps have you climbed on 'Homesick Ridge' now?"

"880 level six."

"In less than a month, you have climbed nearly [-] steps... The speed of your practice is really shocking," Luo Chuan chuckled, and commented, "You must know that people like Chu Fengge are so recognized It took nearly half a year for the genius to climb the [-] steps."

"Maybe it's because I accidentally found a little trick!" Gu Xu said modestly.

"Then have you considered how to climb the 'Broken Soul Cliff' in the near future?" Luo Chuan continued to ask, "According to the speed of your cultivation, it will probably only take a month or two to reach it 'Broken Soul Cliff'.

"I think, if you can climb the 'Broken Soul Cliff' before the 'Luoshui Conference' starts, your chances of winning should be greater."

"'Broken Soul Cliff'..." Gu Xu said the word silently in his heart.

According to the information he learned from the practice books, the road to climb the "Sixiang Ridge" can be called a long and dangerous road - the journey he has traveled so far is actually just the beginning.

When he reaches the 99th step, he will face a cliff like a knife.There was no road or steps on the cliff, so he had to rely on his own strength to climb up with his bare hands.

Because in the history of the Great Wilderness, many senior practitioners accidentally fell from this cliff during their practice, and fell into the abyss filled with howling ghosts and wolves, and eventually lost their minds and souls.

So this cliff is called "Broken Soul Cliff".

However, after thousands of years of exploration, the monks have gradually found a way to deal with the "Broken Soul Cliff", and the casualty rate has dropped significantly.

It requires monks to find a specific environment that matches the attributes of the exercise—for example, monks who practice ice-attribute exercises often choose to retreat on the top of a snow-covered mountain; for example, monks who practice wood-attribute exercises often choose to go to A primeval forest with towering ancient trees; for example, monks who practice thunder and lightning attributes often choose to practice in the season of frequent thunderstorms...

Even if it is the most basic "Gui Yuan Jue" that has no special attributes, the monks will find the unique place of feng shui, and use the formation method to build an ideal environment with smooth breath.

With the help of the environment and the power of exercises, the monks can build ropes on the "Broken Soul Cliff", or carve out ladders for use, so that they can continue to move forward on the "Sixiang Ridge".

Of course, "Broken Soul Cliff" is just an illusion constructed by the monks in the conscious world.

Its essence is actually an all-round and leapfrog strengthening of the true energy in the monk's body, and it is a qualitative change that naturally occurs after the quantitative change.

Like the "Red Flame True Art" that Gu Xu is currently practicing, it can make his true essence have the effect of burning with flames, so after he climbs the cliff of broken soul, the maximum temperature that his true essence can reach will be doubled , and even have the opportunity to add explosions, break defenses, or inhibit the healing of enemy wounds.

For example, Chu Fengge and Shangguan Jin who practiced "Lie Xing Jue" were able to obtain more pure star power after climbing the "Broken Soul Cliff". A series of martial arts such as "Meteor Walking the Moon" and "Cloud Sea Galaxy Sword" created by Luo Sishou can also be used more skillfully.

"I thought about setting up a formation in the room that can maintain a high temperature environment," Gu Xu replied, "Because I just recently comprehended the second form of the 'Burning Sky Seven Forms', 'Bright Candle', which is very important to me. Said it shouldn’t be difficult to do.”

"I have a better idea here." Luo Chuan showed a mysterious smile on his face, "I wonder if you are interested in hearing it, Xiaoyou Gu?"

"I also ask the chief minister to give me advice."

"In Daguguan, south of Luojing, there is a grotto underground, and there is a hot magma river in the grotto - it is an ideal place for monks who practice fire attribute exercises."

Gu Xu did not respond immediately.

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He is no stranger to the place name "Daguguan".

It is recorded in ancient books: "Dagu, fifty miles south of Luocheng, formerly known as Tonggu."

This valley is a gateway to the south of Luojing City, and also an important gateway to Nanyang, Ruzhou and other places. Its terrain is precipitous, with steep peaks and overgrown bushes. During wartime, heavy troops can be ambushed to cut off the north-south communication.

Of course, the reason why Gu Xu remained silent was not because Dagu Pass was an important military location that was easy to defend but difficult to attack.

It was because it used to be the headquarters of a sect known as the "Demon Cult" - the "Longevity Cult".

According to the book, this sect was rampant for a while, not only practicing evil methods, but also secretly recruiting believers, storing incense, and holding bloody sacrificial ceremonies.

Therefore, in the third year of Tianxing, Emperor Tianxing sent the imperial guards and the exorcist department to take it away. No one survived, whether it was the suzerain, elders, ordinary disciples, or handymen; It was also burnt clean by a fire.

Almost all traces of the "Longevity Cult" in the world have been erased.

If it weren't for the short records of Emperor Tianxing's great achievements in destroying the Demon Cult, the people in the world would have completely forgotten the existence of this sect.

Regarding this, Gu Xu once secretly sighed in his heart: His Majesty, the emperor of the Great Qi Dynasty, really hesitated to deal with ghosts, and struck hard at humans.

Logically speaking, the Kongxuan Sanren at their peak were extremely afraid of Emperor Tianxing, which obviously showed that Emperor Tianxing's strength far surpassed ordinary eighth-level monks, and might even have the fighting power of the ninth level.

But now, not only are there "vicious god"-level ghosts in every province that are harming the people, but only a hundred miles away from Luojing, the "Mangshan ghost" is still ruling the mountain exclusively.

Emperor Tianxing has been letting them go.

However, when encountering the Qingzhou Lu family who committed "treason" or the Changshoujiao, which was regarded as a "demon religion", Emperor Tianxing was not lenient at all, and killed them all, leaving nothing behind.

Gu Xu complained for a while: Could it be possible that Emperor Tianxing also believed in "An old husband who wants to fight against the outside world must first settle inside"?
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Seeing that Gu Xu didn't respond for a while, Luo Chuan smiled and said, "Gu Xiaoyou, I know what you're thinking. The lava river I mentioned is indeed related to the 'Longevity Sect'.

"Because the 'Longevity Cult' also practices fire-attribute exercises, the monks in the sect often retreat in that grotto.

"But now, the 'Longevity Cult' has been completely wiped out by His Majesty, and the magma river has become a resource shared by all the monks of the Daqi Dynasty, but it has not been made public to the public.

"Some monks from the headquarters of the Exorcist Division and some teachers and students from Longmen Academy occasionally choose to go there for meditation. The Zhao family's children in Youzhou regard it as their practice ground. Every time they come to Luojing City, they will go there Stay for a few days - after all, the Youzhou people used to believe in the 'God of Fire', and they are basically very good at playing with fire. The environment there will be of great help to their practice.

"You can go there to practice without any worries.

"I very much hope that you can break through the 'Broken Soul Cliff' as soon as possible, and then get a good result in the 'Luoshui Conference', and once again give our Exorcists a face."

Gu Xu nodded, and at the same time decided to go back and look up some information about the Daguguan Grottoes.

On the road of practice, if you want to go further, you need to take every step calmly and steadily.Because Gu Xu aspires to become a saint, he needs to strive to be the best at every stage, so as not to leave any future troubles.

He was born in an ordinary family. He used to live in a small and remote county like Yishui. He didn't have particularly good cultivation conditions, so he had to rely on himself to fight for almost everything.

But now, since he has the opportunity to share the same training ground with the Zhao family's disciples in Youzhou, he will naturally not be polite.

"By the way, Gu Xiaoyou," after a brief silence, Luo Chuan continued, "Actually, I'm curious. I haven't asked you to practice "Lie Xing Jue" with Chu Fengge and Shangguan Jin before. Have you ever thought about it? dissatisfied.

"After all, the place where the power of the stars in the entire Daqi Dynasty is the strongest is the star observatory under your feet - if you practice the "Lie Xing Jue", you can easily climb up in this Yamen' Broken Soul Cliff, there is no need to be so troublesome."

"Not at all," Gu Xu shook his head, "I have read in the book that the top-grade exercises contain the true meaning of the sages, and they are essentially shortcuts created by the predecessors for future generations, so they can speed up the cultivation of future generations. The speed. But it can only make people cultivate to the sixth level at most.

"If you want to cultivate to the seventh level, you must open up your own 'path'. Taking shortcuts will not work.

"Now "Red Flame True Art" is very suitable for me."

Instead of using other people's top-grade exercises, it is better to use your own "Tao" to evolve middle-grade exercises into top-grade exercises.

This is Gu Xu's current plan.

"You're right," Luo Chuan said with a smile, "For a monk who aspires to become a saint, top-grade exercises are indeed a shackle that hinders progress.

"However, "Lie Xing Jue" is not a practice created by me, but a practice created by Emperor Ziwei of the Zhongtian North Pole for the believers and put in my mind in the form of a dream.

"Its true meaning is to conform to God's will and obey fate, which really doesn't match your wish to 'change fate against the sky'."

"Actually... If I could live longer, I wouldn't think about changing my fate against the sky." Gu Xu sighed softly and said with emotion silently.

Today, he got confirmation from Luo Chuan: Luo Chuan's "Tao" is indeed related to "following the destiny", which is completely consistent with his previous conclusion.

It's just that he has an inexplicable relationship with Luo Chuan's "Tao".

Although he does not agree with this "Tao", he can almost fully comprehend all the spells and martial arts from Luo Chuan at a glance.

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"I almost forgot one important thing," Luo Chuan suddenly said at this time, interrupting Gu Xu's thoughts, "Gu Xiaoyou, today you created a talisman like the 'fire character', which will be of great help to our future killings." Ghost plans are extremely useful.

"Are you willing to teach its drawing method to the monks of the Exorcism Division? In terms of meritorious service rewards, the Exorcism Division will not treat you badly."

"Of course you can," Gu Xu replied without thinking, "The original intention of my design of the 'Fire Character' is to hope that all monks can use it."

He knew very well that in the battle between monks and evil spirits, sometimes just relying on a talisman could turn the tide of the battle, help monks escape from danger, and save the lives of one person or even many people.

These people are likely to be people he knows, or even close to.

For example, the "Taishang Beiji Town Demon Killing Ghost Talisman" he improved at the beginning once helped Ma Qin defeat the ghost "Xi Nang" and escaped from death.

Today, when he designed the "Fire Character", he didn't actually think about what kind of reward he would get.

But since Luo Sishou mentioned the meritorious reward, he naturally would not refuse.

After all, meritorious service is like money, and he will never have too much of it.

"It's just that the 'fire character' is not in the existing talisman system, nor has it been used in actual combat. It is difficult for us to measure its value and directly calculate the corresponding meritorious service," Luo Chuan continued, "So, I Consider giving you a basic reward of [-] merits first.

"After that, in the whole country, as long as any monk kills a ghost with the 'fire character', you will be able to get an extra meritorious reward-the meritorious value will be based on the specific situation and the level of the ghost killed to calculate.

"how do you feel?"

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Notes:

(1) "Dagu, fifty miles south of Luocheng, formerly known as Tonggu." ——Jin·Lu Ji "Luoyang Ji"

(2) "It is an old husband who wants to fight against the outside world, he must first settle in." - Song Zhaopu
(End of this chapter)