Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 270 The First Lecture

Gu Xu was naturally aware of these uninvited guests who wanted to break into his house.

He recognized that these grasshoppers, crows, and the paper man scholar were all products of some kind of puppetry similar to "puppetry".

It's just that compared with the "puppet manipulation" created by Kongxuan Sanren, the opponent's puppetry seems to have some limitations.

It can only use paper as raw material.

"This may be the means by which the mysterious behind-the-scenes organization wants to detect me." After finishing a stage of training, Gu Xu thought silently in his heart.

So in the evening of that day, Gu Xu personally went to the observatory at the headquarters of the Exorcism Department, and reported the strange things that happened recently, from the "heart poison" on the businessman Yang Changfu to the strange and unpredictable behavior of Feng Shui master Bai Chen. The fighting methods, and the puppets who tried to break into the house were described in detail to Chief Luo.

Luo Chuan sat opposite him, listening patiently.

At the same time, he did not forget to take out his treasured "Xishan Yunwu Tea" and poured a cup for Gu Xu—according to him, this tea was originally a tribute from the royal family, and it was a gift given to him by Princess Zhaoning when she asked him for advice. .

"Don't worry, Gu Xiaoyou," Luo Chuan said with a smile after Gu Xu finished speaking, "I will take care of this matter."

When Luo Chuan heard Gu Xu's narration, especially when he learned that the other party was able to interfere with the secrets, he didn't seem surprised at all. Instead, his eyes revealed the confidence of "everything is under control".

This surprised Gu Xu a little.

"I'm just a little worried... I might be targeted by those people." Gu Xu didn't hide his worry.

"Under my nose, they can't hurt you."

"The Feng Shui master who participated in the audition today—"

"—Don't touch him for the time being," Luo Chuan said calmly, "This Bai Chen should be just a pawn floating on the water. What we have to do is to completely uproot that organization. No If something goes wrong, they can interfere with my technique of deduction of secrets. Therefore, we need to make good use of this chess piece so that we can find more people hiding in the dark."

Later, according to the previous promise, Luo Chuan handed over a "substitute bracelet" to Gu Xu, together with the jade pendant that Gu Xu sent to the yamen before.

With a thought, Gu Xu put them into "Xianyunju".

In addition, Luo Chuan also gave Gu Xu a map of Dagu Pass.

"The entrance to the 'Longevity Cult' underground grotto is relatively hidden and not easy to find." Luo Chuan took out a writing brush, dipped it in red ink, and marked it on the map, "When you are about to climb the 'Broken Soul Cliff' Remember to bring this map with you when you go, maybe you can find it more easily."

"Thank you sir!" Gu Xu took the map and thanked Luo Chuan.

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The swallows return, the willows sprout.

In a blink of an eye, it was the fifth day of February, which was the day when Gu Xu first came to Longmen Academy to teach.

This is a day that the college students look forward to.

Last month, Gu Xu had a fierce contest with several prestigious Fu Dao masters in the academy.

In the end, he defeated his opponent with an extremely strong posture, won the teaching position, and won the appreciation of the Grand Master of Qi and the admiration of his colleagues.

But at that time, the students could only watch from a distance, and did not see the process of Gu Xu drawing the talisman with their own eyes, nor did they know how his way of drawing talismans was different from that of ordinary talisman masters.

This makes them full of strong curiosity about it.

So early this morning, the lecture hall was full of seats—even the aisle between the seats was full of students shoulder to shoulder.

Tao Xi, a talisman from the Exorcism Department, naturally expected such a situation.

In order to grab a front seat, she got up early from the bed when the clock rang, washed and dressed, and was about to leave the dormitory.

Even though Tao Xi had tiptoed around and was very careful, Shi Xiaohan, who shared the room with her, was still woken up.

The petite girl turned over sleepily, wrapped herself in a quilt into a caterpillar unconsciously, and said in a daze, "Tao... Fellow Daoist Tao, it's not yet dawn, what are you doing up... ..."

Shi Xiaohan likes to stay in bed every winter.

When she was in Yishui County before, as long as there were no mandatory tasks in the morning, she would often be immersed in the warmth of the stove and the bed, and sleep until noon when she returned to the cage.

But after she came to Luojing City, Gu Xu's terrifying growth rate and the group of hardworking and excessive colleagues around her made her feel strongly stimulated.

For this reason, she broke down the habit of sleeping late with tears in her eyes.

However, she usually does not wake up from her sleep until Chenshi or Sishi.It is still almost impossible to make her cock crow and forget to eat and sleep.

Tao Xi lowered his head, and said very embarrassedly: "Master Gu came to teach us in the academy today, I...I think I need to go there earlier to take a seat. Fellow Daoist Shi, I'm so sorry for disturbing your rest. ..."

Hearing the words "Master Gu", Shi Xiaohan seemed to have turned into a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and sat up from the bed with a "bass", his messy black hair covered his fair face, and the gleam in his eyes The sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.

"What did you say? Gu Xu is coming to the academy today?" She opened her eyes wide and stared at Tao Xi and asked.

"Yes, today is Master Gu's first lecture on Talisman and Dao, and we have been looking forward to it for a long time." Tao Xi replied.

When talking, Tao Xi felt a little puzzled.

She thought to herself: Didn't you claim that you are just ordinary colleagues?Why are you so excited when you hear Mr. Gu's name?
However, with her usual introverted personality, she would not speak out the doubts in her mind.

Tao Xi quickly left the dormitory.

Shi Xiaohan sat on the bed without moving, and was in a daze for a while.

In her heart, there are two villains who are constantly arguing.

One of the villains said, "I really want to go see him with Tao Xi."

Another villain said: "As a knife repairer who doesn't know anything about talisman, if you go to that class and someone asks you about the art of talisman, wouldn't you lose all face in front of him? "

She didn't want to see Gu Xu mouthing to her again: "What an idiot."

After struggling for a long time, when the eastern sky revealed a reddish glow, Shi Xiaohan still chose to kick the quilt away and jumped up from the bed.

She quickly washed and dressed, changed into the gray-white robe of the academy, tied her long hair with a wooden hairpin, and ran quickly towards the Talisman Classroom without even bothering to eat breakfast.

"I'll just hide in the corner and take a look from a distance," she thought secretly, "as long as others don't find me, there will be no embarrassing things."

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At this moment, among the dense crowd of students, there is still a big man hidden.

He had a pair of small eyes, a big round belly, and was wearing a gorgeous brocade robe. He brought a small bench and sat on the aisle between the desks.

This person is Fu Tao, the professor of the academy.

He used a special spell to cover up his appearance to a certain extent, making it difficult for people around him to detect his identity.

In fact, this Professor Fu has always been a very face-saving person.Before Gu Xu was born, he even faintly felt that he was the No. 1 talisman under the national teacher.And the few students he taught, such as Jia Xiuguang and Chen Yingzhuo, are also outstanding among their peers.

According to his previous personality, he would never appear in the classes of other talisman masters - he thought it was a demeaning behavior.

Today, however, he couldn't hold back his curiosity.

After all, in the talisman battle last month, Gu Xu let him see too many unexpected things, and even subverted his understanding of the art of talisman to some extent.

Although Fu Jiaoxi is arrogant, he is still a talisman master who pursues the Dao in essence.He was very much looking forward to whether Gu Xu would show something eye-catching today.

However, if the content of Gu Xu's lectures is extremely perfunctory, or if there are obvious loopholes, he doesn't mind turning words into swords, tearing off the layers of halo on Gu Xu's body, and kicking him off the altar.

However, at this moment, a tall, thin man with thinning hair suddenly moved a small bench and sat not far from Professor Fu.

Teacher Fu frowned immediately.

He didn't expect that this fellow Du Yuan would also quietly come to listen - not only did he not hide his appearance, but he happened to be sitting not far from him.

Fu Jiaoxi understands that his magic to cover up his appearance has not reached the level of perfection.It can hide the low-level students, but it can't hide Du Yuan, who is also a teacher of Fu Tao.

If Du Yuan recognized his identity, wouldn't it be very embarrassing?

Fortunately, as soon as Du Jiaoxi sat down, he took out a booklet and a charcoal pencil from his pocket. There were dense notes written on the first few pages of the booklet. The students didn't notice Fu Tao's existence at all.

Fu Tao breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, he couldn't help but secretly glanced at Du Yuan's notes, and saw the following lines on it——

"The media will affect our perception of the Great Way of Heaven and Earth to a certain extent."

"Timekeeping tools have changed our perception of time."

"The Dao of Heaven and Earth is abstract. Talisman seals, causality, swordsmanship, etc. are all used to describe the Dao of Heaven and Earth."

"..."

What are these things?
How could Du Yuan, a talisman master, be studying such a mysterious thing?

Fu Tao felt a bit of a headache, and his brows furrowed even tighter in an instant.

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When the bell rang in the morning, Gu Xu came to the door of the lecture hall under the eyes of everyone.

He was dressed in a plain green shirt with fluttering sleeves, walking calmly, like a fairy.

At this time, he found that the door of the lecture hall, the aisle, and even the vicinity of the podium were crowded with students, so that it was difficult for him to walk through the crowd to the podium.

He glanced at the handyman standing outside the door, frowned slightly, and asked him: "There are so many students in Longmen Academy who practice talisman?"

The handyman bowed slightly, and replied respectfully: "Master Gu, the number of students majoring in Talisman and Taoism in the academy is actually less than one-tenth of the number in this room. However, the academy does not restrict students who major in other Taoisms. The students who come to observe Fu Dao, and the students who practice Fu Dao can also go to observe other courses.

"Today, they all gathered here because they admire your name.

"Do you want me to get them out of the way?"

Gu Xu shook his head and replied, "No need."

After finishing speaking, he performed the "Meteor Walks the Moon" technique, and arrived at the podium in a blink of an eye.

There were rustling discussions in the lecture hall.

Longmen Academy never lacks knowledgeable and background students.They immediately recognized Gu Xu's way of appearing on the stage, and were amazed by it.

"I didn't expect that, like Chu Fengge and Shangguan Jin of the Exorcist Division, he also mastered this mysterious body technique created by the chief. I heard that it is very difficult to learn."

"Nonsense, there is no way to learn high-grade martial arts that is not difficult."

"I have specially practiced martial arts and strengthened my perception with exercises, but I didn't even see the trajectory of Mr. Gu's actions clearly. The martial arts created by Mr. Chief is really extraordinary."

"But why did I hear that this martial art was not created by the Chief Si, but was taught to him in a dream by Emperor Ziwei of Zhongtian North Pole?"

"You actually believe the self-effacing words of the chief minister? Are you confused?"

"..."

At this time, Gu Xu raised his right hand, and the students gradually became quiet.

Countless pairs of eyes stared at him in unison, anticipating what he would teach next.

"I think many of you should have known me a long time ago," Gu Xu said with a smile on his face, "but let me introduce myself, my name is Gu Xu, and I am from Yishui County, Qingzhou Prefecture. , the National Teacher, Dean Li and the teachers of the academy have recognized and valued me, and I am here to share with you some experience of drawing talismans."

Since Gu Xu was too young, even more than half of the students sitting under the podium were older than him, so he spoke in a very kind and humble tone, without putting on airs of teaching.

But he seems to have underestimated the number of his "fans".

Almost every time he paused, a group of people under the podium would applaud, causing him to gesture over and over again to keep them quiet.

"I believe that all of you must have wondered why I was able to improve or even create some brand new talismans within a year of practicing the art of talisman seals," he continued, "You may attribute the reason to Talent, attributed to understanding, attributed to God's favor.

"But in fact, you are wrong.

"On Fu Yi Dao, daring to break stereotyped thinking is much more important than talent.

"Amulet is just the presentation form of Tao, not the Tao itself. But sometimes we are too obsessed with the appearance, but forget to think about the meaning behind it."

When he heard the word "presentation form", the instructor Du Yuan who was sitting on the small bench straightened up immediately, his expression became more and more focused, and he almost didn't even blink his eyes.

At the same time, a petite girl in a gray and white robe suddenly ran all the way to the door of the lecture hall.

It was Shi Xiaohan who hurried over from the dormitory.

She wanted to turn around and look for the back door of the lecture hall, sneak in and hide in the crowd—anyway, with her height, she should hardly be noticed.

But as soon as her footsteps stopped, her pair of bright almond eyes happened to meet Gu Xu's inadvertent glance.

She froze, her mind went blank.

"Why is this lecture hall different from the one where the sword technique is taught?"

"Why doesn't it have a back door?"

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