Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 276 Breaking the Soul Cliff, Yama Hall, the Book of Life and Death

"Flame", this is the first impression the woman in red left on Gu Xu.

The dark red light emanating from the entire magma river seemed to follow the rhythm of her breathing, flickering on and off, changing and flowing on her white and delicate cheeks.

She seemed to be completely immersed in the world of practice, and didn't notice Gu Xu's arrival at all.

However, Gu Xu still sensed the terrifying aura coming from her.

Standing near her is like standing next to a sleeping beast, which makes people feel nervous all the time, for fear that it will suddenly wake up and open its mouth wide.

In addition, she seemed unprepared, but there was an invisible restriction within a few meters around her - if someone approached her and was hostile to her, then this restriction would instantly become a sharp weapon to kill the enemy.

"This woman's strength should not be weaker than Chu Fengge." Gu Xu silently judged in his heart.

At the same time, he concealed his aura and walked towards the other side of the magma river.

He had already guessed the identity of this woman——

Duke Yan's prostitute, Zhao Yan, a young genius from the Zhao family in Youzhou, was once famous in Luojing for her perverse and unruly temperament.

When Gu Xu won the championship on the Lantern Festival night and was enjoying the applause of everyone, Zhao Yan herself was far away, but she sent a maid to the ring and declared in front of the crowd that she would challenge Gu Xu.

Such behavior can be described as extremely arrogant, and it even blatantly violated the rule of "Idlers are not allowed to appear on stage".

But no one stopped it at the time.

Today, Gu Xu just wanted to climb up the "Broken Soul Cliff" quietly, and didn't want to have any interaction with this lawless woman.

After all, her style of doing things cannot be viewed by ordinary people's standards.

Maybe after discovering Gu Xu, she would burst into fighting spirit, find some reason such as "compete for territory" or "show it off", and want to fight Gu Xu on the spot.

In order to avoid some unnecessary troubles, Gu Xu chose to stay away from her.

However, Luo Sishou also said that this magma river is a shared resource of all the monks of the Daqi Dynasty, not the private property of the Zhao family in Youzhou.

So this sudden accident will not affect Gu Xu's original training plan.

He walked all the way along the magma river, found a place where he would not be disturbed, took out dozens of talismans from "Xianyunju", and placed restrictions around him.

Then he took out a white porcelain medicine bottle, poured out a "Du'edan" from it, and swallowed it into his stomach.

Then, while silently reciting the revised scriptures of "Red Flame Truth" in his heart, he stepped into the magma river and walked towards the deepest and most turbulent place, letting the hot and bright magma gradually submerge him body.

Countless brilliant sparks burst out on the river surface, making a rumbling roar.

The terrifying high temperature in the underground river is enough to make ordinary people evaporate instantly.

However, since Gu Xu practiced the fire attribute technique, he had long been accustomed to the feeling of the fire burning in his meridians, and he had mastered some true meanings related to fire through the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven".So when he sank into the lava river, he was not only safe, but even a little comfortable.

The scorching air flowed into his body, blended into his meridians, and driven by the exercises, it flowed together with his true essence, forming a complete cycle, refining his true essence to be more solid and pure .

He slowly closed his eyes.

The familiar nether world reappeared in his conscious world.

The steep "Broken Soul Cliff" was right in front of his eyes, like a sharp sword piercing into the sky.Just looking up at its peak, wanting to see its whole picture clearly, will make people shudder involuntarily.

"Yellow cranes cannot fly, and apes want to escape their worries and climb for help." Gu Xu couldn't help thinking of this poem.

And around it, there are still clouds and mist.

According to the book, these clouds can cause people to hallucinate during the process of climbing the cliff.But if you can get out of it, your heart will be tempered and become stronger.

Gu Xu stretched out his hand to touch the stone wall in front of him.

In his body, there seemed to be a flame burning ragingly, like a never-ending engine, endowing him with endless energy, flooding his whole body.

This is the heat he absorbed in the magma river.

Through his exercises, in such a form, it became the help for him to climb the mountain.

Although Gu Xu's physique in the real world is similar to that of ordinary people, but in the conscious world, he feels that his physical fitness is by no means inferior to those professional extreme sportsmen.

Afterwards, he grabbed the cracks in the rock with his fingers, stepped on his legs hard, and then climbed up to the top of the cliff with a light posture.

One zhang.

two feet.

Three feet.

……

ten feet.

twenty feet.

……

The dark sky, the gray-brown rock walls.

In this vast nether world, the boy on the cliff looks like an ant crawling on the tombstone.

Soon, Gu Xu's body gradually sank into the hazy clouds.

His thoughts also quickly became trance.

He began to think wildly, thinking of the night sky and the glittering stars, and then those stars turned into gods in fine clothes, feasting in the palace above the nine heavens, and then they burst into flames and turned into stars. A meteor fell from the sky and ended up in a burning iron cage, never to get out...

He was startled, and felt that these scenes were too real, so clear that it was heart-palpitating.

However, at this moment, he heard a familiar voice coming from ahead—a voice exactly like his own:

"what are you doing here?"

Hearing this voice, Gu Xu raised his head and looked forward.

He felt something was wrong, because the steep "Breaking Soul Cliff" disappeared.Instead, there is a green tile tower, which looks majestic and magnificent.

I see:

There are thousands of colorful clouds fluttering, and thousands of red mist views faintly.Geng Geng's eaves are flying monster heads, and brilliant tiles are stacked with mandarin duck pieces.

A few red gold nails are drilled on the door, and a horizontal white jade section is set on the threshold.The low beams of the windows let off dawn smoke, and the curtains lit up with red lights. (2)

Seeing such a scene, Gu Xu knew that he was still in the hallucination, and he couldn't break free from it for the time being.

And the white-haired boy who looked exactly like him and had appeared on the "Naihe Bridge" was standing in front of the gate of this hall at this moment, looking at him with a smile.

No nails, no scars, no blood.

He is dressed in a black brocade robe with cloud and dragon patterns, his face is like a crown jade, his eyes are like stars, and his gentle writing is majestic.

Seeing that Gu Xu didn't respond for a while, the white-haired boy went on to say, "Why don't you come with me and take a stroll around the Hall of Yama?"

His tone was relaxed and casual, as if the hall guarded by ghost messengers and ghost officials was not the Senluo Palace, but his own home.

So this is the Legendary Hall of Yama?

Gu Xu was surprised.

"If you haven't cultivated to the realm of a saint, you have the opportunity to visit the 'Dian of Yama'," he murmured silently in his heart, "I don't know how many people in the world can enjoy this kind of treatment."

A pair of boys in green shirts stood by the door of the main hall.

When the two boys saw the figure of the white-haired boy, they immediately fell to their knees with a "plop" and bowed respectfully.

But they didn't seem to see Gu Xu following behind.

It was as if Gu Xu was just a transparent person.

The two crossed the threshold and entered the hall.

There was no one in the room, there was no majestic and terrifying King of Hades in Gu Xu's imagination, and there was no ghost judge who judged the reincarnation of life and death.

"They were all driven away by me." As if sensing Gu Xu's thoughts, the white-haired boy smiled slightly and gave an explanation.

There are several large cabinets on the side of the hall, in which there are densely packed books, some thin and some thick, all sealed with seals.

"These are the Book of Life and Death," the white-haired boy introduced. "Everyone's fate from birth to death in the Great Wilderness is recorded in the book. However, when a monk reaches the sixth level, he can transcend the Book of Life and Death." ", walk out of fate."

Gu Xu pondered for a moment, then asked, "Can I take a look?"

The white-haired boy smiled faintly: "You can only read the cover now."

Gu Xu nodded, and casually pulled out the nearest book from the closet beside him.

This booklet is very thin, and there is a picture on the cover of a clump of hibiscus flowers blooming alone on the top of the cliff, which is almost withered, and the petals are blowing away in the wind.

Beside the painting are a few lines of writing:
"There is a girl in the alley, her face is like Shunhua. Her heart is higher than the sky, and her life is thinner than paper.

"Gold tins and silver hairpins are rewarded alone, and the glory of the morning and the evening will be fulfilled."

Gu Xu frowned slightly, thinking that the guys who wrote the "Book of Life and Death" were really riddlers.And there is a seal on the book, even if I guess the riddle, I can't verify whether my guess is correct.

He put the book back in its place, and took out another beside it.

I saw that this booklet was still very thin. On the cover was a picture of a woman hanging herself from a beam with white silk, and a few lines were inscribed next to it:
"Wanyu palace maid, Shaoyan crowns the capital.

"The king is ruthless, and Bai Ling buryes the fragrant soul."

Gu Xu shook his head slightly, and took out the third "Book of Life and Death".

This booklet is thinner.

The cover draws a pile of snow, and a white lotus is buried in the snow.There are also a few sentences, which read:
"Poetry conceals the present and the past, and the flowers are ashamed of the beauty.

"Pity the embroidered girl from a distance, falling in the snow."

Gu Xu's eyes suddenly became serious.

He raised his head, looked at the white-haired boy beside him, and asked, "Is this booklet owned by Lu Shiyao from Qingzhou?"

"Why do you think so?" The white-haired boy smiled with interest.

"Extremely talented in poetry, beautiful in appearance, and born in a rich family," Gu Xu replied, "There are not many women like this in historical records. And 'Lingluoxuezhong' should refer to her falling off a cliff and dying, The tragic ending of the incarnation of 'Snow Maiden'.

"The most important thing is that the first word in the first line of this judgment is 'poetry', and the first word in the second line is 'yao', which happens to be her name. I believe this is definitely not a coincidence. "

"It's really smart!" The white-haired boy smiled and gave him a thumbs up.

But Gu Xu sighed and murmured: "Could it be that Chief Luo's 'Tao' is correct, and everything in this world is predestined?"

As if to verify his conjecture, Gu Xu put Lu Shiyao's "Book of Life and Death" back to its original place, and then picked up another one.

This one is relatively thick.

On the cover is a dilapidated corpse wearing a black hat, soaking in water and being eaten by many ghosts.The words said:

"To benefit oneself, to benefit the people, to benefit the world, it is unspeakable to have the will but to suffer.

"Life is a good official, respected by thousands of people, and death is rotten bones and ten thousand ghosts."

Gu Xu's face became extremely gloomy.

"Please tell me, it's not true." He stared at the white-haired boy's indigo eyes, and said seriously.

"Look further back." The white-haired boy's tone was still relaxed, as if he hadn't noticed Gu Xu's emotional changes at all.

Gu Xu took a deep breath and took out the fifth "Book of Life and Death".

This "Book of Life and Death" is very thick.

On the cover is a neatly folded pale pink skirt, with a pair of small embroidered shoes and a red sword beside it.The side sentence is:

"Little frown with a slight smile, plain hand holding a copper knife.

"The cold wind blows and wakes up from the dream, and the robe is wet with tears."

Seeing these few lines of words, Gu Xu immediately put the booklet back to its original place, turned around and walked towards the outside of the Hall of Yama, without stopping for a moment.

The white-haired boy stopped him from behind: "Hey, why are you in such a hurry to leave? Don't you want to read your own Book of Life and Death?"

He still had a casual smile on his face, like a bystander watching the excitement.

"No." Gu Xu replied.

"why?"

"Because I don't like it."

"Why don't you like it?" The white-haired boy looked like a child asking questions and chattering endlessly.

"I used to read storybooks, and I usually didn't like tragedies," Gu Xu replied, "especially tragedies involving people around me.

"Abandon the book if you don't like it, this is what every reader will do."

"But from Lu Shiyao's "Life and Death Book", you already know that the content of these verdicts will become reality. Even if you don't read it, you can't avoid it." The white-haired boy's eyes are deep, which Gu Xu can't figure out his mind.

Gu Xu chuckled lightly: "I can't solve the story itself, but I can solve the person who made it up. You once said that the reason why I encounter misfortune is because I'm not strong enough.

"However, if I become strong enough to put a knife on the neck of the author of "Book of Life and Death", can he make an ending that satisfies me?"

The white-haired boy looked at Gu Xu, stretched out his hands and applauded him, with a satisfied smile on his face, as if Gu Xu got a perfect score in the exam.

"That's a good point! Destiny is the shackles that bind people, and it should be crushed!"

Having said that, the white-haired boy paused for a moment, then changed the subject:

"Actually, Gu Xu, there are two important things that I didn't tell you just now."

"whats the matter?"

"First, there is no "Book of Life and Death" for you in the Hall of Yama.

"Secondly, many things in Dahuang today are not completely carried out according to the "Book of Life and Death". And you are the variable that stirs up fate."

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Notes:

(1) "Yellow cranes cannot fly, and apes want to overcome their sorrows and climb for help." - Tang Li Bai "The Road to Shu is Difficult"

(2) From "Journey to the West".

(3) The verdicts are all original. Except for the first one, they are all Tibetan poems. You should have already guessed who wrote them~
　Sorry because it took a long time to sort out the plot, this chapter is a little late.

　　In fact, according to the earliest outline, the plot of this sleepwalking in the Temple of Yama should be placed at the end of the first volume - after Gu Xu got rid of Kongxuan Sanren, he did not go directly to the capital, but woke up on the top of Yishan Mountain.Before waking up, I had a dream and came to the Hall of Yama and saw these verdicts.

　　These judgments were written during the outline period, inspired by "Dream of Red Mansions", because it is related to the fate of each character, each capital has been entangled for a long time, and it took several hours to revise it when I wrote it today.The personal level is limited, if the writing is not good, please forgive me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)