Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 269 Feng Shui Master Who Wields Swords and Fights
With a calm expression, Bai Chen took out a simple compass from his pocket.

The compass is bronze in color and densely packed with words and lines engraved on the surface.

"It turned out to be a Feng Shui master." Gu Xu judged silently in his heart.

I saw Baichen holding the outer disk of the compass with both hands left and right, placing it horizontally between the chest and abdomen, with his feet slightly apart, and muttering incantations.

The needle of the compass suddenly began to shake back and forth.

Immediately afterwards, the air flow above the ring surged, converging into a gust of strong wind, blowing the flames created by Hu Xiaoyun with the "True Flame Talisman" to both sides, leaving a safe zone in the middle.

Bai Chen stood there motionless, safe and sound.

Seeing such a scene, Elder Sun narrowed his eyes and moved his butt forward, trying to see more clearly.

A well-informed and experienced sect elder like him couldn't recognize what kind of method Bai Chen used.

Gu Xu saw at a glance that the "wind" driven by Bai Chen was not the wind of nature, nor the wind of spells created with true essence, but the "Qi" of Feng Shui.

In Luojing City, there is not only the sinister aura of this world itself, but also the dragon aura brought by the "Dragon Formation" and the Great Desolation Dragon Vein.

The two have always been in a delicate balance.

Bai Chen, on the other hand, can rely on the compass in his hand to affect the Feng Shui magnetic field in the environment, temporarily disrupting the balance between the two breaths, thus triggering powerful energy.

Like water in a basin.

If the basin is tilted slightly, the immobility is broken and the water rushes towards the lower end.

"This person's attainments in Feng Shui are really extraordinary." Gu Xu admired secretly in his heart.

Although Gu Xu has read a lot of books on Feng Shui, he is still an amateur after all, and most of the time he uses Feng Shui knowledge to solve cases and find the hiding places of ghosts.

Like Bai Chen, he can't use the "Qi" in Feng Shui as a means of fighting.

And Bai Chen didn't blindly defend.

After blocking Hu Xiaoyun's flame attack, he turned the compass lightly, and chanted the mantra again at a very fast speed.

Soon a faint black smoke appeared around him.

Gu Xu knew that Bai Chen was mobilizing evil spirits from all directions.

When Luojing City was built, although there were strict regulations on the block layout and architectural style, as time went by and the houses were repeatedly repaired and refurbished, there would still inevitably be some evil buildings—such as loud voices There will be "sound evil" next to the market, for example, there will be "honesty evil" next to the strange rocks and no grass, for example, the gate at the end of the street will produce "gun evil", for example, there will be buildings under construction or demolition on the right will cause Come to "White Tiger Sha"...

Bai Chen can use spells to gather these evil spirits and use them for himself.

Soon, the black smoke turned into a looming rope, restraining Hu Xiaoyun on the opposite side round after round.

Hu Xiaoyun was a little surprised at first—because the rope neither affected her actions nor interfered with her spellcasting.

At first glance, it seems useless.

But soon she understood the true function of this rope.

In the process of releasing the talisman, she felt as if she was entangled by bad luck, and made continuous low-level mistakes——

First of all, she planned to take out the "Xuanbing Talisman" and freeze the opponent with ice, but she mistakenly took it as the "Lighting Talisman";
Then, in the process of chanting the incantation, she accidentally misread a few fields, which caused the talisman to lose its effectiveness and wasted a few seconds.

And in a battle with a powerful opponent, these few seconds are enough to decide the outcome.

With a thought, Bai Chen took out a long sword from his interspatial ring, and at the same time walked to Hu Xiaoyun's side, pointing the sword edge with cold light at her throat.

In an instant, countless strands of sword energy shot out from the edge of the sword, seemingly able to annihilate all vitality.

Hu Xiaoyun's heartbeat stopped for half a beat.

If the official serving as the referee hadn't terminated the fight between the two in time and announced the result, Hu Xiaoyun felt that she might die in this arena today.

Bai Chen cupped his hands towards her, and said politely: "Accept."

Hu Xiaoyun pondered for a moment, then frowned and asked, "You, a Feng Shui master, can actually use a sword?"

"Why can't Feng Shui masters use swords?" Bai Chen smiled slightly, "Sir Shangguan, who is like the exorcist, is also a doctor who is proficient in swordsmanship?"

Hu Xiaoyun stopped talking.

She bit her lip, as if she still couldn't recover from the battle just now.

As a student of Longmen Academy, she is considered to be the best among her peers in terms of family background and talent.

Although she must not be able to compare with the top talents of the Great Qi Dynasty, she obviously did not expect that she would be eliminated in the first round of the "Luoshui Conference" audition.

"My luck is really bad," she sighed silently in her heart, "I actually drew lots for such an opponent."

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At the same time, Gu Xu sat on the high city gate, looked at the calm Bai Chen, and frowned slightly.

Bai Chen's method of constructing bad luck with feng shui evil energy gave him a feeling of deja vu.

He thought that not long ago, when he went to Zhengpingfang to buy a courtyard house, the feng shui problem in the courtyard of businessman Yang Changfu caused him to suffer from bad luck for a long time, always falling down on the stairs, forgetting his keys when going out, writing letters to the wrong address... …

Although Yang Changfu didn't have a rope made of black mist on his body at the time.

But the number of monks who can fight with feng shui evil energy is really too small.

Gu Xu can't help but associate them together.

Thinking of this, he took out an old copper coin from his pocket, first silently recited the name "God", and then asked "Is there any connection between Bai Chen and the feng shui problem that appeared in Yang Changfu's house", and performed some divination.

The coin faces up.

Bai Chen is indeed related to the "Piluosha" and "Yinfengsha" in that courtyard.

After getting the result, Gu Xu's face remained unchanged, and his right hand gently tapped the Exorcist's jade pendant on his waist, recording Bai Chen's appearance.

Without sufficient evidence, it is obviously inappropriate to directly arrest Bai Chen and take him to the yamen.

Gu Xu had already guessed before that the person who was secretly doing things behind the scenes could not be a single person, but definitely a gang.

Behind the feng shui master, there is at least a Gu master hidden, and a fortune-teller who can interfere with the secrets and make the exorcist arrest the wrong person.

There are even more monks with unique skills.

At this moment, as the sole representative of the Exorcist Division, he was alone at the gate of the city, without strong help around him, so he couldn't deal with this mysterious group.

He didn't want to startle the snake for the time being.

So the best way is to report it to the Yamen and leave it to the sage to have a headache.

However, the moment he knocked on the jade pendant, he felt a chill in his heart—as if a pair of ghostly eyes among the crowd at the city gate suddenly stared at him.

But in the next second, this feeling disappeared without a trace.

As if this was just his illusion.

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In the following time, Elder Sun and Gu Xu successively expressed their views on this competition.

Since Elder Sun is not very familiar with the art of geomantic omen, he changed his normal routine and no longer used the harsh "venomous tongue" style before, but said to the defeated Hu Xiaoyun in a relatively gentle and vague tone:
"Cultivators can specialize in one field of knowledge, but don't limit your fighting methods because of this. Talisman cultivators only know how to run, and sword cultivators only know how to do swordsmanship, so they can easily be restrained by their opponents.

"However, if a sword cultivator can use talismans and a talisman cultivator can use swords, there will be miraculous effects in the duel."

Hearing Elder Sun's words, Gu Xu couldn't help complaining in his heart: Do you want all the talisman cultivators in this world to become "battle mages"?

When it was Gu Xu's turn to comment, he simply said to Hu Xiaoyun: "You need more practical experience."

It can be seen that Hu Xiaoyun's performance in the ring is the same as that of many academy students, belonging to the step-by-step "academic style"-there is a fixed set of rules and procedures for which move to use first and which move to use next.

However, the actual battle will not go exactly according to the script she expected.

If an unexpected situation happens, she has almost no experience in dealing with it, so she can only fall into a passive situation and let others slaughter her.

"Thank you, Mr. Gu, for your guidance!" Hu Xiaoyun clapped her hands in response, and at the same time glanced quietly at Gu Xu on the city gate.

Since Gu Xu made his debut at Longmen Academy a few days ago, she has become Gu Xu's "face fan" like many girls in the academy.

Although her competition was scheduled for the last match today, she was already waiting near the south city gate before dawn.

So naturally, she watched every matchup in the ring, and heard Gu Xu's comments on every monk.

In this regard, she sighed from the bottom of her heart: How can there be such a character in this world?Not only is his appearance so outstanding, but he also has such a deep understanding of the Taoism of the world's major sects.

At first, when Gu Xu gave others a very detailed comment, but only gave her one sentence, she felt a little depressed.

But after thinking about it, she thought: How could such a good-looking person like Mr. Gu, as a teacher of the academy, be irresponsible to the disciples of the academy?It must be because in his eyes, I am special.

So she quickly let go.

At the same time, how to evaluate Bai Chen has also become a headache for Gu Xu.

Because Gu Xu suspected that he might be targeted by the organization behind the scenes, he did not dare to reveal too much information for the sake of caution.

But it's no secret that he knows the art of geomantic omen, and naturally he can't be perfunctory like Elder Sun next to him.

After weighing the pros and cons, he once again gave a very succinct comment: "Using the art of Feng Shui as a means of fighting the enemy is really wonderful."

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With the ringing of the bell, this morning's audition came to an end.

Gu Xu bid farewell to Yin Yang Jiong and Elder Sun of the Luojing Mansion, and returned to his house in a carriage without delaying even a minute.At the same time, he ordered the officials driving the car to send the jade pendant that recorded the image to the Department of Exorcism and hand it over to Chief Luo.

Yang Jiong originally wanted to invite Gu Xu to have lunch at a restaurant in the city, but Gu Xu politely refused.

After all, he still needs to hurry up and practice, so that he can climb the "Broken Soul Cliff" before the "Luoshui Conference" starts, so that he has a greater chance of winning.

Elder Sun's attitude at this time has also undergone some changes.

He has restrained the disdain in his eyes, obviously recognizing Gu Xu's knowledge and his qualifications as today's "commentary guest".

It's just that with his arrogant and unruly personality, it is impossible for him to admit his mistakes, let alone apologize in front of Gu Xu.

So with a gloomy face, he left Luojing City.

At the same time, he secretly decided that when he went back, he must give a good lesson to those naughty disciples in the sect, and said to them: "Look, other people know so much knowledge before they are crowned, and they are qualified to comment on other people's battles in public." ——As for you, you have grown so big that you can't even fully use your own sect's 'Blaster Blade Technique'. What a bunch of trash!"

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After returning home, Gu Xu immediately took the "Du'er Pill" and entered the state of cultivation.

At this time, he was already on the 420th [-]th step on the "Homesick Ridge".

Sitting on the south gate today, watching various martial arts schools, he was emotionally touched while lamenting the great talents of the Great Qi Dynasty.

So he climbed up more than a hundred steps in one breath.

While he was cultivating, some undetectable movements occurred in his house——

First, a few grasshoppers tried to get into Gu Xu's room through the cracks in the gate, but they passed through a gate, and another gate appeared in front of them.

After passing through seven or eight gates in a row, they still couldn't enter the yard.

So the activity on them disappeared, turning into a few crumpled pieces of paper.

It turned out that these grasshoppers were all folded out of paper.

Then, a few crows flew by, trying to enter Gu Xu's yard from the air.

However, as soon as they reached the sky above the yard, they seemed to have lost their way and circled round and round.

After a while, orange flames burst out from their bodies, which were quickly burned to black embers.

It turned out that these crows were also made out of paper.

Immediately afterwards, a handsome scholar in cloth shirt came to the door of Gu Xu's house and knocked gently on the door.

From the front, he is no different from normal people.

But if you look at it from the side, you will find that his body is very thin, only the thickness of a piece of paper.

He is like a cropped portrait of a character.

I only heard a polite voice from inside the gate of Gu Xu's house: "May I ask your honored guest's name?"

The handsome scholar did not speak.

The voice continued: "Please turn your head slightly, distinguished guest, I need to confirm your identity."

The handsome scholar still didn't respond.

Then the voice said:
"Authentication failed... is asking the master whether to activate the 'killing array'..."

"...The master has confirmed..."

A bright flame shot up from the ground.

The handsome scholar was instantly burned to ashes.

(End of this chapter)