Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 28 Taoyuan Town

Gu Xu and Ma Qin walked along the riverside path, and walked in the "Wen Gu Hu" in this small town in the south of the Yangtze River.

The sun remained motionless and hung high on the ceiling, spreading its golden light to the earth.

The old man with the crane hair and the young face is fishing leisurely, the graceful girl is focusing on the yarn, and the servant at the roadside restaurant is shouting loudly, scrambling to greet the passers-by.

Everything looks bustling and bustling and prosperous.

It's too good to be true.

"Master Chu said just now that the illusion in the 'Wen Gu Hu' records real cases," Gu Xu said to Ma Qin who was beside him as he walked, "Since this is the case, Brother Ma, can you guess? Come out, where is this town in our Daqi?"

Ma Qin shook his head and said, "I don't recognize it."

From birth to the present, Ma Qin has never left the scope of Jiaodong Province.In his cognition, all the towns in Jiangnan look the same.

Gu Xu said: "It's a lost town - Taoyuan Town.

"Ten years ago, a fisherman discovered this town in the peach blossom forest, and since then the Daqi Dynasty has incorporated it into the administrative territory.

"In the following years, many civilians from other places and even officials from the Exorcism Department mysteriously disappeared in this town. No one was alive or dead. But at the same time, the area of ​​Taoyuan Town continued to expand, and the population also increased. gradually increasing.

"Until five years ago, Taoyuan Town was inexplicably destroyed by a meteorite from the sky, and none of the residents survived. Since then, this burgeoning town no longer exists."

"How did you see it?" Ma Qin looked at him with surprise.

In yesterday's theoretical assessment, Ma Qin had already seen that although Gu Xu was young, he had extensive knowledge of scriptures and knowledge.

But he didn't expect that Gu Xu could even remember this little-known unpopular knowledge.

Gu Xu replied:

"It is recorded in the classics of the Exorcism Division Zangshuge that the clothing of the residents of Taoyuan Town looks similar to the outside world at first glance, but in fact it is closer to the style of 50 years ago—for example, our current clothing is mainly stand-up collar and round neck However, the residents of Taoyuan Town prefer the collar that was popular 50 years ago; for another example, the straight jacket we wear has slits on both sides, but the straight jacket worn by men in Taoyuan Town has no slits.

"Also, the buildings in Taoyuan Town are basically taboo in feng shui - for example, if the building structure has sharp angles, it is a corner; if there is a well in the house, it is an omen of the future; if the window is opened in the courtyard wall, it is a bad sign. The vent window' will allow good luck to leak out and bring bad luck..."

Ma Qin looked around and compared the surrounding landscape and the clothes of pedestrians with the description in Gu Xu's words, and found that Gu Xu was indeed right.

"Brother Gu Xian observed really carefully." He sincerely praised.

"Basic operation." Gu Xu smiled lightly.

Then he paused for a moment, pointed to the surrounding crowd and houses, and said to Ma Qin: "Master Chu also said that as long as we kill all the ghosts in this fantasy world, we will pass the test. Brother Ma, don't guess anymore. , where are the ghosts in this fantasy world hiding?"

"I think... all the residents in this town look wrong." After listening to Gu Xu's introduction, Ma Qin's mood suddenly became tense.

"I feel the same way." Gu Xu patted his shoulder and said comfortably.

At this moment, the bell of the distant temple came from afar, and the reverberation sounded for a long time.

A awning boat drifted slowly across the river, and the boatman sang loudly while supporting the pole.

A group of children wearing pants and shirtless, laughing and jumping into the water one by one to play.

An old woman quarreled with a vegetable vendor because of the sudden increase in the price of green vegetables.

The shop assistant of a restaurant on the road ran up to them, stared straight at Gu Xu, and said with great enthusiasm: "Guest officer, have you eaten? The fine wine and braised pork in our store are from The most famous one in the whole street, and all the guests who have been there praised it as delicious..."

Ma Qin next to him was completely ignored.

Seeing the smiling face of the shop assistant, Ma Qin couldn't help but slander: Gu Xu, this boy is indeed handsome and charming - but the problem is that he can win the favor of the girls. The boys are all eager to come to show affection to him?

"If that's the case, let's go in and have a taste!" Gu Xu glanced at Ma Qin and nodded with a smile.

He was the first to walk through the door of the restaurant.

Machinben hesitated.

He thought: If there is no accident in Taoyuan Town, it should be a haunted town, so can the restaurants here really go in casually?

But he thought about it, Gu Xubo has a lot of knowledge, maybe he has a plan in his heart, let's take a look at what medicine this kid's gourd is selling.

In any case, Ma Qin had long since given up on competing for official positions.

Even if he really fell into the trap of the evil ghost, he could crush the jade talisman and leave the illusion.

So he chose to keep up with Gu Xu's pace.

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Yamen lobby.

Singer Chu Feng leaned on his cheeks, sat lazily on the Taishi chair, glanced at Gu Xu and Ma Qin who closed their eyes in the corner of the wall, and then looked at the "Wen Gu Hu" in front of them.

At this moment, a clear image appeared on the surface of the jade pot.

Every move of Gu Xu and Ma Qin in the illusion was completely displayed in front of Chu Fengge.

"I didn't expect that Lord Si Shou would specifically ask that guy Gu Xu to go to Taoyuan Town for the assessment," Chu Fengge thought to himself while looking at the video, "Even if he is really a genius that has never been seen in Daqi in a hundred years. , I don't have so much confidence in him!"

But at the same time, he is also gloatingly looking forward to whether Gu Xu will be the same as himself, and will be shriveled again and again in this Taoyuan fantasy.

Many years ago, when Chu Fengge was a first-level cultivator, he also entered the Taoyuan illusion.

He was trapped for three days and three nights. In that town where he could not find a way out, he killed a steady stream of ghosts and monsters that came back to life again and again, until his body was bruised and his true essence was depleted. .

"Sishou mistaken me! The ghosts in this fantasy world can't be killed!" He once roared angrily.

In the end, it was Lord Si Shou who saw that he was out of spirit and fished him out of the pot.

And this experience, in the following months, became a lingering shadow in his heart.

He also learned a very profound lesson from it - "Seeing is not necessarily believing."

But Chu Fengge's nemesis, Shangguan Jin, managed to break through in less than a day.

After she came out of the illusion, she kept chattering in front of Chu Fengge.

"Senior Brother Chu, you have outstanding talent and high cultivation, and the little girl admires you," she repeated in front of him with a clear and soft voice more than once, "but in Taoyuan Town, it is not enough to have brute force, and more Use your brain!"

Her implication is undoubtedly: Brother Chu, you have no brains.

Chu Fengge was furious at that time.

But as a loser, he couldn't argue with Guan Jin either, so he could only sulky alone.

"Oh, I don't know if this talented Gu Xu has a smart enough brain."

Chu Fengge yawned and continued to stare at the image on the pot.

Yesterday, Lord Si Shou also summoned him to tell him that Her Royal Highness Princess Zhaoning proposed to rebuild the "Shenji Camp".

Her claim has been supported by the cabinet and the Exorcism Department, and she is now secretly searching for talent across the country.

Chu Fengge knew that many years ago, the "Shenji Camp" was once a place where the nation's talents gathered, and young monks in Daqi were proud to enter the "Shenji Camp".

However, in a later fierce battle, the "Shenji Battalion" was wiped out, and it has since become an indelible scar in the history of Daqi.

"It seems that in the next period of time, Daqi will no longer be calm," Chu Fengge sighed inwardly, "However, that may also be an opportunity for me, Chu, to become famous all over the world and soar into the sky."

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Luo Jing, the headquarters of the Exorcism Division.

Luochuan, the director of exorcism, sat cross-legged on the star-gazing platform.

Shangguan Jin obediently knelt down beside him and poured tea for him.

In front of the two of them, there was a simple bronze mirror.

The bronze mirror also shows images of Gu Xu and Ma Qin in Taoyuan Town.

Shangguan Jin stared at Gu Xu's figure in the mirror for a long time, and couldn't help sighing, "He looks so good-looking."

Luo Chuan glanced at her, and sighed helplessly in his heart: child, your focus is wrong.

(End of this chapter)