Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 297 Changes in the Body

With the help of the "Empty Breaking Orb" brought by Shangguan Jin, Gu Xu and his party quickly tore through the void and returned to Luojing City from Lin'an.

Afterwards, Shen Qiu's mother Ningxiu stayed in Shouchangfang to recuperate.

As a highly accomplished physician, Shangguan Jin naturally took on the job of healing her injuries.

She took out a bottle of light green ointment with a cool fragrance from her sleeve, and applied it on Ningxiu's wound.Most of the hideous scars on Ningxiu's body disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, leaving only pale red marks.

"Her body is very weak, and she still needs to rest for a few days," Shangguan Jin said. "I can only help her heal to a certain extent for the time being. In the next few days, she still needs to take some pills to replenish qi and blood." medicine."

Shen Qiu next to him nodded and sincerely thanked her at the same time.

"You don't need to thank me," she smiled faintly, "I did these things for the sake of Daoyou Gu. If you want to thank him, thank him."

After that, Shangguan Jin left Shouchangfang and returned to the headquarters of the Exorcist Department.

As Luo Sishou's personal entourage, she not only has busy daily work, but also needs to seize the time to improve her cultivation, so it is naturally impossible to stay here forever.Helping Gu Xu resolve this matter today can be said to be a sneak peek.

Shen Qiu quietly sat on a chair beside the bed, watching his mother fall into a deep sleep after taking the elixir, he only felt that his mood was extremely complicated.

Gu Xu has already told him what he saw and heard in the He family mansion.

Shen Qiu also knew how his mother was treated.

He clenched his fists, and secretly swore in his heart that in the future, when he had enough ability, he would make Mrs. Shen and the He family pay the price.

"He Ru is such a stupid woman." After the crisis was resolved, Shen Qiu resumed his usual sharp and joking tone, "If everything goes according to Shen Qianren's plan, maybe they can really coerce me to stay in the family and replace them Clean up the mess. It's a pity that out of selfishness, that mean stupid woman made trouble halfway, and gave me a reason to break up with them completely. "

Gu Xu pondered for a moment, then responded: "Brother Shen is able to stay here, it is a great blessing to me."

"I'm also very fortunate that I chose to follow you in Longmen Academy," Shen Qiu smiled, "It's just that this time, you may have a rift with the Shen family and the He family because of my relationship."

"If they really come to trouble me, I will definitely let them know that I, Gu, is not a vegetarian," Gu Xu also said with a smile, "then cry and complain in front of the saint, saying that someone bullied me and made me suffer. The saint decides for me."

Hearing his words, Shen Qiu couldn't help laughing.

Naturally, he could hear the implication behind Gu Xu's words——

In the battle of Talisman and Dao in Longmen Academy, Chief Luo had already shown his closeness to Gu Xu in public, and the Grand Master of Qi, who was proficient in talisman seal, also spoke highly of Gu Xu's talent.In this way, anyone who wants to provoke Gu Xu will definitely weigh the attitude of the saints in advance.

"It's time for me to go to work." After a short rest, Shen Qiu left the room and walked towards the front hall of Shouchangfang.

At this moment, there are still many cumbersome affairs in the workshop, waiting for him to deal with.

It's just that compared to before, his mentality has changed unconsciously - deep in his heart, he seems to have a little more sense of belonging to this place, and he is more energetic in his work.

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During the period of early and mid-February, if Shi Xiaohan was asked to use one word to describe her life in Longmen Academy, then the answer she gave would definitely be one word——

"tired".

The teacher in charge of teaching her sword skills, Hu Yun, a sixth-level monk known as the "Invincible Sword God", always likes to give her "special treatment" recently.

Her daily practice volume is at least twice that of others.

When she showed her newly learned moves in class every day, Hu Yun would pick out twice as many faults as others with an extremely harsh attitude.

And many times, Hu Yun would occupy her rest time and meal time, telling her to swing the heavy "Overlord Knife" repeatedly, while scolding her mercilessly, saying that she "reacts as slowly as an 80-year-old lady" ", "The footwork is dull and stunned, like a child who has just learned to walk", "The movement of swinging a knife is soft, it is better to go home and embroider"...

This kind of experience made Shi Xiaohan deeply understand the truth that "things must be reversed when they are extreme".

In the past, she couldn't put down her love for knives, and hoped that one day she could practice her knives to the point of perfection, so that Daqi monks would immediately think of her name, Shi Xiaohan, whenever they mentioned "sword master" in their conversations.

But now, as long as she sees the knife, she will feel restless, wishing to throw it far away and never touch it again for the rest of her life.

"If I have made any mistakes, please use the rules of the academy to punish me, instead of letting me suffer this terrible torture all day." Every night when she lay in bed, she would have such thoughts in her mind.

Under normal circumstances, sleep is not just needed for practitioners.

But because Hu Yun's devil training is too terrifying, Shi Xiaohan's physique far beyond ordinary people can't bear it, so he has to rely on sleep to barely recover his physical strength and spirit.

Of course, with her current situation, sleeping is not a pleasant thing.

Daily training made her sore all over.

So much so that she didn't know what posture to use in order to lie on the bed safely and have a good night's sleep.

At the same time, her food intake also unknowingly increased significantly.

In the first few days when she first came to the academy, the free quota on the student token basically met her needs.

But now, she needs to pay out of her own pocket in the dining hall and spend a lot of extra money to barely fill her stomach.

This made the servants in the canteen often stare at her with surprise eyes.

Because her food intake has far exceeded that of the burly male students, and even surpassed those monks who majored in body training, reaching a level that ordinary people cannot understand.

Not like a normal human, more like a hungry beast in the mountains.

But she is just a petite girl.

People really don't understand why so much food can fit in her small body.

Her classmates are even more envious of her——

She ate so much, but she didn't gain weight at all; but we just ate more sweets during the Chinese New Year, and the cheeks began to grow obviously.

God is really unfair!

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On February 23th of the [-]rd year of Tianxing, Shi Xiaohan, as usual, hurriedly finished six bowls of beef noodles in the dining hall, and then rushed to the class of knife skills with "Kunwu Knife" on his back.

According to the request of the one-armed old man Hu Yun, she came half an hour earlier than the others.

And Hu Yun has long been waiting here.

His hair was still disheveled, his clothes were tattered, and his body smelled sour, like a beggar on the side of a vegetable market.

Only the peach-red silk flower pinned to his chest was delicate and clean, and it didn't fit in with his whole attire, looking abrupt, awkward and ridiculous.

Before Hu Yun could speak, Shi Xiaohan took the initiative to take out the "Kunwu Saber" from the scabbard, held it tightly in his hand, and prepared to perform the saber style.

She was afraid that if she moved a little slower, she would be scolded harshly by old man Hu.

But this time, Hu Yun waved at her unexpectedly, stopping her move.

"Put back the knife first," he ordered lightly, "Try first, if you can smash that boulder with your fist."

Shi Xiaohan was quite puzzled by this——

The whole room is empty, where is the so-called "giant rock"?

But at the next moment, Hu Yun snapped his fingers, and a large stone more than two feet high appeared in front of her out of thin air.

Beside it, Shi Xiaohan's body was set off to make him even smaller.

"It turns out that Mr. Hu has a magic weapon of space." Shi Xiaohan was thoughtful.

She couldn't figure it out: since old man Hu has such a valuable object as a magic weapon of space, he shouldn't be short of money.But why did he have to wear this tattered clothes?Is this the so-called "superior personality"?
Then she looked at the boulder beside her.

Shi Xiaohan didn't understand Hu Yun's intention of telling her to break the boulder with bare hands.

But as a student of the Academy, she naturally needs to follow the instructions of her husband.

"Just use your own body strength, don't use your true energy." At this time, Old Man Hu narrowed his eyes and added another sentence.

Shi Xiaohan nodded.

She took a deep breath, concentrated all her strength on her fist, and slammed it hard towards the boulder.

There was only a "bang" sound, and countless dense cracks appeared on the surface of the stone in an instant, and then exploded, turning into countless debris and flying to the ground.

It looked as if a heavy snow had fallen in the whole house.

Looking at the stone chips everywhere, Shi Xiaohan couldn't help opening his eyes wide.

Although she knew that she was very strong, and people around her often said that she possessed brute strength, she never thought that she could break the boulder with only physical strength and without using any real energy or martial arts moves.

"Not bad." Hu Yun gave her a rare compliment, although his tone was very cold and his expression was perfunctory.

He waved his hand, and the stone chips in the house disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Immediately afterwards, another copper pillar with a diameter of more than three feet and a height of more than two feet appeared in front of Shi Xiaohan.

"Try again, attack this copper pillar with your fist."

"Or just use physical strength?"

"Yes."

Shi Xiaohan frowned, his lips pursed into a line.

Then she once again followed Hu Yun's request and punched the thick copper pillar in front of her.

The moment her fist touched the pillar, she thought it would be painful.

But in fact she felt nothing.

On the contrary, this seemingly solid copper pillar was deeply dented.

A smile of appreciation appeared on Hu Yun's face.

His expression was like that of a picky connoisseur who finally saw a rare work of art after a difficult search.

"Sure enough," he said silently in his heart, "her physique is really special."

Unobtrusively, Hu Yun murmured an obscure incantation, like the language of the previous era, exuding an ancient atmosphere.

At the same time, on the back of Shi Xiaohan's neck, several scar-like, deep red complex characters appeared.

It looks like seal script, but the strokes are like the shape of flying birds, which is quite artistic.

However, after Hu Yun finished chanting the incantation, these bird-like seal characters disappeared again.

Shi Xiaohan's skin on the back of his neck was still smooth and fair, without blemishes, as if nothing had happened.

"Mr. Hu, what do I need to do next?" At this moment, Shi Xiaohan suddenly asked.

Hu Yun was in a daze for a moment.

But he quickly came back to his senses, and told Shi Xiaohan lightly: "Show me the two moves you practiced yesterday."

After Shi Xiaohan pulled out the "Kunwu Knife", he interjected again: "If I remember correctly, you are going to Nancheng Gate to participate in the audition for the 'Luoshui Conference' this afternoon?"

"Yes, Mr. Hu." Shi Xiaohan nodded in response.

"Behave well and don't embarrass me." Hu Yun said expressionlessly.

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Shi Xiaohan and her roommate, Tao Xi, a talisman master from the Exorcist Division, signed up for the audition for the "Luoshui Conference".

Although they all know that the "Luoshui Conference" gathers talented talents, including young talents who have been famous for a long time like Su Xiao and Zhao Yan, and rising stars like Gu Xu.

With their aptitude and cultivation, it is very difficult to get a place in the "Luoshui Conference".

But after all, they are high-spirited young people, deep in their hearts, they always have the idea of ​​"becoming famous all over the world", and want to do their best to fight.

Moreover, since most of the students of Longmen Academy had already signed up, the rest of them were more or less affected by the herd mentality, which also caused a public opinion in the academy like "only cowards dare not participate in the competition".

Fortunately, Shi Xiaohan's audition process went very smoothly.

There are three rounds of auditions, which will be held on February [-]th, [-]th and [-]th.

The opponents she met in the first two rounds were all second-level monks.

She only used one knife and successfully defeated the opponent.

And the moment she made a move, the official in charge of the referee hurriedly stepped onto the ring, condensed his real energy into a barrier, and blocked her in order to prevent her opponent from being seriously injured or even killed suddenly by her fierce saber intent.

The opponent in the third round was a little more difficult to deal with, and he was a body-training cultivator in the third realm.

Shi Xiaohan slashed several times in a row before breaking through the opponent's defense.

But the other party's fist landed on Shi Xiaohan's body, but it didn't threaten her, as if it was tickling her.

After the battle, the body-training cultivator stared straight at Shi Xiaohan, and asked her, "What kind of body-training technique do you practice? Is it a high-grade technique? Why do you have such a strong defense? "

Shi Xiaohan was stunned for two seconds, then replied: "What I practice is not physical training."

The opponent said coldly: "If you don't want to tell others, you can choose not to tell. There is no need to lie."

Shi Xiaohan showed an innocent expression on his face: "But what I practice is really not a body training method!"

The opponent snorted coldly, turned and left.

Only Shi Xiaohan was left standing alone on the ring, receiving the cheers and applause from everyone.

(End of this chapter)