Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 257 Chi Yangzi's Graveyard
Gu Xu looked at the two people locked in the formation and frowned slightly.

According to the aura of true energy on them, Gu Xu could tell that they were all third-level monks.

"Where were they caught?" He asked Shangguan Jin.

"In the north of Luojing City, a few miles away from the North City Gate," Shangguan Jin thought for a while, and replied, "I have to say, these two people are really good at playing hide-and-seek. Even with the guidance of the secret technique, we sent The monks who went there also spent a lot of effort to find their whereabouts among the barren mountains."

Gu Xu was silent for a moment.

In his impression, the cultivator who manipulated the "Heart Gu" had extremely powerful spiritual power, had endless methods, and was good at playing with people's hearts.

It was difficult for Gu Xu to associate her with the terrified and trembling young woman in front of him.

Of course, the possibility that she is acting is not ruled out.

"What is your motive for secretly dealing with Yang Changfu?" Gu Xu walked in front of them and asked indifferently, "Did someone secretly order you to do this?"

The little old man and the young woman looked at each other.

Then the young woman replied tremblingly: "My... my lord, no one instructed us, it is the conflict between us and Yang Changfu..."

While she was talking, Gu Xu took out an old copper coin from his pocket, tossed it lightly, and then caught it firmly.

Tails face up.

"You're lying." He interrupted the young woman flatly.

The young woman's expression immediately froze on her face.

She bit her lip, pondered for a few seconds, and replied again: "...someone paid us a sum of money, and hoped that we could do something for them..."

"whats the matter?"

"My lord, I made... I made a great oath, and I can't reveal the content of it, and I can't reveal their identities. If I say so, I will be struck by lightning and die suddenly."

Gu Xu tossed the copper coin again.

This time face up.

So he smiled, looked at the short old man next to him, and asked, "Did you arrange all the Fengshui killings in Yang Changfu's house?"

The old man lowered his head and did not speak.

Gu Xu then asked: "Then do you know the difference between 'Piluosha' and 'Crazy Sha'?"

"The plant that climbs on the wall is called 'Philosha'," the old man thought for a moment, then said slowly, "'Madness'... Let me think about it...it is a kind of plant that can make a lot of noise around Crazy feng shui pattern..."

Hearing his answer, the corners of Gu Xu's mouth rose slightly, but his eyes became more serious.

He has already seen that this old man actually doesn't know much about the art of geomantic omen, and most of what he said is just making up.

"--'Madness' has nothing to do with noise," Gu Xu corrected lightly, "It refers to houses that have been left unoccupied for too long and are in disrepair, and plants such as weeds and moss grow from the roof, walls or window sills. Living in such a house for a long time will make people neurotic and abnormal.”

The old man sighed and remained silent.

"We may have caught the wrong person," Gu Xu turned his head and said to Shangguan Jin beside him, "I don't think they are the real perpetrators, but just two scapegoats found by the black hands behind the scenes."

Shangguan Jin has worked with Chief Luo for a long time and has rich experience in handling complex cases.

During the process of Gu Xu's questioning just now, she naturally noticed that there were many doubts about these two "criminal suspects".

In addition, after successfully passing the trial in the "Warming Pot" a few days ago, Luo Sishou rewarded her with a booklet about the art of witchcraft from the southern border of Daqi, which gave her a better understanding of the art of voodoo. initial understanding.

"What's the color of the Gu worms of 'Heart Gu' and 'Enchanting Gu'?" She imitated Gu Xu's tone and asked the young woman in the formation.

"Is it... deep purple?" the young woman said cautiously.

"No, the former is transparent and colorless, while the latter is pitch black." Having said that, Shangguan Jin paused for a while, stretched out his hand to straighten the broken hair on the sideburns, and then turned his head and said to Gu Xu, "Look at the two people. It seems that I don’t know anything about Feng Shui and Gu Art, and it should be two people who are scapegoating... But the problem now is that the results of our Tianji Art deduction point to these two people, and even the chief executive did not raise any objections... "

When Shangguan Jin said this, he suddenly stopped.

Because at this time, she suddenly remembered that Gu Xu once mentioned to her in the illusion of the "Warming Pot": Kongxuan Sanren possesses a spell that can shield the secrets of heaven, and even the perception of the chief executive can be concealed.

Will the mastermind behind this incident have similar methods?
While she was deep in thought, Gu Xu lightly tossed the copper coin in his hand again, and said to her: "This incident is much more complicated than we imagined. The real planner behind the scenes has something that we can't deal with. Strength - not only in terms of cultivation, but also in terms of influence... We must inform the chief as soon as possible."

Shangguan Jin nodded: "I'm going to find Mr. Chief Si."

After she finished speaking, she immediately strode across the corridor, climbed the stairs, and walked towards the observatory where Chief Luo was.

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After Shangguan Jin left, Gu Xu quickly returned to the "Qingxiang Pavilion" where he temporarily lived, sat down on the mat by the window, took the "Du'er Pill", and entered the state of cultivation.

The incident that happened today made him feel once again that the water in Luojing City is really deep - the little ripples on the water surface may be the struggle of the big figures behind the scenes; walking by the water, even if you want to avoid If you make trouble, you will unknowingly be wetted by the splashed water beads.

This made Gu Xu feel more deeply that he needs to seize the time to improve his strength.At the same time, he had to hug the saint's thigh tightly to protect himself in the coming storm.

He sighed and closed his eyes.

His thoughts passed through the boundless darkness again, and came to the familiar nether world.

He stood on the steps of "Sixiang Ridge", surrounded by mist, turning into all sorts of strange illusions, bewitching him silently.

But Gu Xu was still calm and composed.

He recalled the taste of the "Hundred Flavors Tea" he drank this afternoon. Countless memories, like bubbles in water, sprang up from the bottom of his heart and surfaced in his mind.

Joy, anger, sorrow, joy... All these emotions turned into gusts of wind, surrounding him, dispelling the fog around him, and making him feel as light as a bird in his body.

The vision ahead suddenly became very clear.

He raised his head.

Above more than a thousand steps, there are cliffs cut like knives and axes.

It is as high as hundreds of feet, blocking the way to climb.

Just looking at it will make people feel fear and even despair.

Gu Xu knew that this cliff was the "Broken Soul Cliff" that Luo Sishou mentioned in front of him this afternoon.

It is located at the 99th step.

Gu Xu had to use his spirit and soul as an index, and use real essence as a raw material to construct ropes and chisel out ladders, so that he could climb this dangerous cliff and move forward along the climbing stairs.

Then he turned his head and glanced at the way he had come.

The steep stairs and the forest of swords make people feel palpitating.

The original starting point has long been lost.

"Still not fast enough," he murmured.

After all, he continued to move forward, walking like the wind.

Overnight, he went from the 880th step to the 24th step.

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at the same time.

Shangguan Jin came to the observatory, bowed in front of Luo Chuan, and then told the whole thing - from following Gu Xu to Zhengpingfang to buy a courtyard house, to the brief conversation with the "criminal suspect" just now. Reported to Chief Luo.

Luo Chuan listened quietly, without saying a word, and his expression did not change at all.

Only when Shangguan Jin mentioned the "Xingyuan" spell mastered by Gu Xu, which can capture the spiritual world of others, and the "Under the Curse" promulgated in his own name, did Luo Chuan show an imperceptible smile on his face. .

After Shangguan Jin finished speaking, Luo Chuan nodded: "I understand. Leave the rest to me."

"My lord, is there anything I can do?" Shangguan Jin asked politely out of habit.

"You don't need to do anything," Luo Chuan said lightly, "Go back and practice hard. Now that Chu Fengge is a fifth-level monk, you can't fall too far behind!"

Shangguan Jin was silent for a moment, then nodded seriously.

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The next morning.

The hazy mist was blown away by the cool wind, and the rose-colored sun caressed the earth.

Gu Xu finished his all-night practice, put on a green shirt, and arrived at the gate of the Exorcist Division's headquarters punctually as agreed.

The Grand Master of Qi is already waiting for him here.

He was still the same as yesterday, wearing a simple cloth shirt, sitting on a rock under a big tree, looking from a distance like a villager resting by the field.

As soon as he saw Gu Xu, the national teacher stood up from the stone, narrowed his eyes slightly, looked Gu Xu up and down, and then said with a smile: "Gu Xiaoyou, your cultivation speed is really frighteningly fast. I haven't seen you overnight, I must have climbed hundreds of stairs again!"

Gu Xu was not surprised that the national teacher could see through his cultivation growth at a glance.

After all, saints and strong men have extremely powerful perception abilities.

They can accurately capture every tiny change in the breath of true energy.

"Yesterday, I was lucky enough to taste the 'Baiwei Tea' from Longmen Academy." Gu Xu explained with a modest smile.

Gu Xu originally thought that the national teacher would call a carriage from the Yamen and take them to the cemetery on the outskirts of the city.

Unexpectedly, the national teacher said to him: "Grab my arm."

Then, the sound of howling wind came from his ears, and a feeling of spinning in his mind.

If the whole world is compared to a huge picture scroll, then at this moment, a pair of invisible hands tore a gap in the picture scroll, causing him to fall into it.

The scenes in all directions turned into gorgeous colors and smashed together, like being in a colorful kaleidoscope.

After a few seconds, the surrounding environment finally stopped changing.

Gu Xu's vision became clear again.

The majestic and magnificent gate of the Exorcist has disappeared.

Instead, there are sparsely populated mountains and cemeteries located on the hillsides.

So Gu Xu knew that he had arrived at his destination.

The "Dragon Formation" in Luojing City can prohibit monks from flying with swords, but it does not prohibit saints from traveling through space.

According to the description in the practice classics, when a monk enters the seventh realm, his power will become extraordinarily powerful enough to tear apart space, and his reshaped body will also become strong and powerful enough to survive in the Walk in space cracks.

Ordinary monks who want to teleport to places thousands of miles away in an instant must rely on magic weapons like the "Empty Breaking Orb", or awakened special magical powers like "shrinking the ground into an inch" like He Yiqun .

But for the saints, it is considered a basic operation.

Like Luo Chuan often appearing and disappearing out of thin air in the Yamen of the Exorcist Department, or like the three saints who instantly shuttled from the capital to the black altar in Yishan to rescue Gu Xu and others, they relied on this ability.

"This is the cemetery of my master." The national teacher said slowly.His voice was calm and unwavering, but Gu Xu could see the emotion of nostalgia in his eyes.

Chiyangzi's cemetery has neither magnificent buildings nor luxurious decorations.

There was only a solitary mound and a simple stone tablet, which didn't seem to fit Da Qi's status as a former national teacher and a strong man in the eighth realm.

"When the master was dying, he told us to keep everything simple," the national teacher was silent for a moment, and then said, "He said that everything in this world, the life and death of all things, is meaningless. He told us not to be concerned about these things. It took too much thought."

"No point?" Gu Xu raised his eyebrows slightly.Intuition told him that there should be a lot of secrets hidden in the words of the national teacher.

The national teacher sighed softly, and said: "Gu Xiaoyou, I brought you here today because I actually wanted to tell you about the Master.

"After he became obsessed and abolished his cultivation, he didn't become an unreasonable lunatic as described in the rumors, but lost interest in everything. Whether it was the way of talismans he was obsessed with, or None of the children and disciples he once cared for could bring him out of this depressed state.

"He would often say to himself that the world is a lie, that everything is false.

"I have never been able to understand his remarks before.

"But now, I think these words of his may have something to do with the fact that Kongxuan Sanren failed to ascend and turned into a ghost."

Gu Xu was silent for a moment, and then said: "Kongxuan Sanren thinks that Ascension is a scam... Perhaps, after Senior Chiyangzi discovered this, he felt that his practice all this time was meaningless."

Gu Xu concealed the information about "Emperor Tianxing's strength is stronger than it appears" in front of the national teacher.

After all, the national teacher seems to be a sincere courtier, speaking ill of the emperor in front of him is likely to have no good end.

PS: I'm sorry that it's still a bit stuck, I deleted it several times, and I haven't finished writing the QAQ until now
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