Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Zhu Qiuyi moved very quickly.

The man and the halberd merged into one, turning into a blurred afterimage.

Seeing the flashing lightning on the tip of the halberd, Gu Xu felt that his "substitute bracelet" and even his life might be confessed here today.

After losing the ability to move, he couldn't think of any way to help him avoid or block this fatal blow.

"Perhaps, the great cause of revenge planned by 'Emperor Ziwei' for many years will come to an end today." Gu Xu laughed at himself, thinking silently.

However, the moment the halberd was about to hit Gu Xu, there was a clear phoenix cry not far away.

Immediately afterwards, a golden phoenix spread its wings and appeared in front of Gu Xu out of thin air, colliding with Zhu Qiuyi's halberd.

In an instant, the lightning from the halberd dissipated and stopped in place, unable to move forward.

The bright flames on the wings of the phoenix also faded a bit.

Gu Xu stared at the familiar golden phoenix with a complicated expression.

He recognized at a glance that this phoenix with flaming wings was Zhao Yan's divine soul.

Only an insubstantial thing like the soul could appear in front of him at this critical moment, and stop Zhu Qiuyi's thunderous attack for him.

It's just that Gu Xu is a little confused——

Shouldn't Zhao Yan have returned to Youzhou long ago?
Why is she still staying in the territory of the Great Qi Dynasty?And at the risk of revealing his identity, he rescued himself?

However, before he could think about these issues clearly, he felt himself being hugged by an arm around his waist, as if he had become a pet cat picked up by his owner.

Afterwards, the man held him in his arms and took him soaring into the sky.

"Wait, I...my mask..." he said bluntly.

He was seriously injured, and he could clearly taste blood in his mouth when he spoke.

The man chuckled and waved his sleeves, the mask flew up from the ground and landed on Gu Xu's face steadily.

"It really is Zhao Yan."

Hearing the arrogance mixed with a bit of ridicule, and seeing the bright red robe, Gu Xu once again confirmed the identity of the savior.

This heir of the Great Yan Kingdom is still the same as when we first met, with a cold demeanor and an alluring beauty.

She held Gu Xu in one hand and a long spear in the other. She spread the wings of the fire phoenix behind her back. Facing many Daqi officials, she still showed a calm and comfortable look.

The officials of Daqi obviously did not expect that the "rebels" would appear in pairs - seeing that one was about to be caught, the other followed.

"If you capture these two people, it must be a great contribution." They all thought in unison.

But meritorious service is not an easy task.

Dealing with Gu Xu just now gave them quite a headache.

Now there is another Zhao Yan with a higher cultivation level.

After activating the bloodline, Zhao Yan possessed the combat power to compete with the monks of the sixth realm—the terrifying coercion emanating from her wings of the fire phoenix made the officials of Daqi couldn't help but feel palpitations.

In addition, Zhu Qiuyi's "wind chasing" supernatural power may be extremely threatening to a "crispy mage" like Gu Xu.

But for Zhao Yan, it was neither painful nor itchy.

No matter how many times Zhu Qiuyi sneaked up on her, she could use her blood and the strong defense brought by the "Sacred Fire Totem" to directly fight it.

However, in this situation where the enemy is outnumbered, Zhao Yan is unwilling to fight.

She manipulated the Divine Soul Phoenix, repelled Zhu Qiuyi's halberd, burned Que Juchang's hidden arrow, and knocked Pu Shilong's meteor hammer away.

Then she took Gu Xu and flew into the distance like an arrow off the string.

"Hurry up!" Zhu Qiuyi ordered loudly, "Don't let them escape!"

At the same time as giving the order, she also activated the magical power of "Wind Chaser", turned into a flash of lightning, and came to Zhao Yan's side in an instant.

In addition to "Chasing the Wind", she also quickly recited a spell silently, using a secret method called "Rage".

"Rage" is also a spell that Zhu Qiuyi exchanged from the exorcism department's yamen with her meritorious service. Its function is to greatly increase the combat effectiveness of the monks in a short period of time, and even have the opportunity to defeat enemies with higher realms.

But while casting the spell, it will quickly overdraw the monk's true energy; after its effect ends, the monk will become very weak, lose the ability to fight, and may even leave behind hidden dangers.

Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcist Department, once gave this spell to Chu Fengge as a reward, because Chu Fengge's "wild grass" supernatural power can greatly reduce the negative impact of "rage".

The reason why Zhu Qiuyi chose to practice "Rage" was because she wanted to increase her upper limit of combat power.

She has practiced the ready-made top-grade exercise "Feng Lei Yin", which means that she will stop at the sixth level in this life and cannot go any further.

In the past, she had thought about whether she should cut her own realm and change her cultivation method to attack the realm of a saint.

But she never dared to try.

On the one hand, she doesn't have enough confidence in her comprehension, worrying that after re-cultivation, she will not even reach her current height.

On the other hand, as the commander-in-chief of a province, the heavy responsibility on her shoulders does not allow her to easily kill herself.

Therefore, she can only continue to do tasks, and exchange the merits she earns for various secret methods, magic weapons, elixir, etc., so that her combat power will continue to approach the limit that monks in the sixth realm can achieve.

Zhu Qiuyi could feel that Zhao Yan's real strength was far beyond her apparent cultivation level.

Facing such an enemy, Zhu Qiuyi must go all out without any reservations.

I saw the sharp halberd once again wrapped in overwhelming momentum, and cut towards Zhao Yan head-on.

Wherever the halberd passed, there was the sound of wind and thunder, and the sky became dark, as if a heavy rain was coming.

Zhao Yan's eyes were slightly cold, and she held the spear horizontally in front of her.

The tip of the gun is surrounded by golden-red flames, which add a bit of bright and bright color to the cold electric light.

It is conceivable that when the spear collides with the halberd, there will be a terrifying force like a river pouring down a canyon.

However, before the weapons met, Zhao Yan suddenly withdrew her spear.

She took out a bell from her sleeve and shook it a few times.

The crisp ringtone seemed to have a magical power, making the Daqi officials present unconsciously stupefied for a moment.

They seem to have temporarily forgotten what they were doing, and their spiritual consciousness floated nine days away, leaving behind an empty body, standing in place in a daze.

Zhao Yan took the opportunity to hug Gu Xu around her waist, and then turned into a bolide and flew towards the distant sky.

When everyone came back to their senses, the two of them had completely disappeared from their sight.

"It's over now," all the officials thought in unison, with terrified faces, "let the fugitive slip away again."

Zhu Qiuyi frowned slightly, and once again took out the small white porcelain bottle "reminiscing", trying to trace the escape path of the two rebels.

Only this time, after the colored smoke emerged from the mouth of the bottle, it didn't directly outline the scene just now. Instead, it wandered aimlessly like a headless fly, and then got into the bottle again.

Obviously, those two people have some kind of anti-tracking means.

Zhu Qiuyi sighed softly, took out the Jade Talisman of Communication, and reported the situation to Princess Zhaoning.

"His Royal Highness must be very disappointed with us." She thought silently.

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"Thank you Ms. Zhao for saving my life." A quarter of an hour later, Gu Xu leaned against a huge rock, tilted his head slightly, and said weakly to Zhao Yan beside him, "If Ms. Zhao hadn't arrived in time today, I'm afraid I would have died It's in the hands of those Daqi officials."

He used the improved "purification spell" to remove the negative effect of the poison on the back arrow and regained his ability to move.

"You don't need to thank me," Zhao Yan replied in a flat tone, "We are just helping each other, and reciprocate."

At this moment, Zhao Yan had already changed out of that tattered long skirt and put on a red men's robe.

The style of this robe is very loose, covering her figure curves, but the chest position is inevitably propped up high, making the fabric around the waist and abdomen seem empty and fluffy.

At the collar of the wide robe, one can clearly see the jade-white skin on her neck, as well as the beautiful collarbone looming in the shadows.

"I thought you left the border of Daqi long ago and returned to Youzhou." After pondering for a moment, Gu Xu raised his own question, "I didn't expect you to stay here."

Zhao Yan found a protruding tree root beside him, sat on it with her arms around her knees, lowered her head and said, "To tell you the truth, Fellow Daoist Gu, I don't really want to go back to Youzhou... at least I don't want to go back now .”

"Why?" Gu Xu was a little puzzled, "Both of our names are on the arrest warrant of the imperial court. The longer you stay in Daqi territory, the more dangerous you will be."

"Maybe it's because I'm a little hypocritical," Zhao Yan sighed softly, "I walked out of Luojing City along the street that day, and saw corpses scattered all over the place, and it was a mess. Thinking of my father's collusion with the Mangshan Ghost King, I felt He was burdened with a heavy sin, and he didn't know how to face him after returning to Youzhou.

"Perhaps, I will feel better after I get rid of some ghosts for the people here and redeem some crimes for my father."

Gu Xu looked at her quietly.

Zhao Yan has a pair of charming fox eyes.Her double eyelids had clear curves, the tails of her eyes were slightly upturned, and her eyelashes were black and thick.Even though she has always been arrogant and indifferent, Gu Pan still looks charming.

But at this moment, her eyes were lowered, and her eyelashes blocked her pupils, which added a bit of hazy beauty.

Gu Xu couldn't help sighing silently: It seems that a heroic figure who does whatever it takes to achieve his goals will also give birth to a daughter with a bit of conscience.

"Aren't you afraid of being caught by the Daqi government?" Gu Xu frowned slightly, "You have been exposed in front of them today, and they will definitely send more powerful monks to deal with us next time."

"Don't think that you are the only one who has the means to hide your whereabouts," Zhao Yan said, spreading out her palms and showing the bell in her heart in front of Gu Xu, "This is the treasure my mother left me, named ' Huanmengling', the two of us were able to get rid of those officials just now, largely because of it. With it, most of the tracking spells of the Daqi government, including Zhu Qiuyi's 'Recall', were useless. "

Having said that, Zhao Yan paused for two seconds, and then looked at Gu Xu: "Why did you suddenly become a traitor? I thought that you would rise to the top of the Great Qi Dynasty as the leader of the 'Luoshui Conference' , enjoy the glory and wealth. I didn’t expect that as soon as we parted, I saw your arrest warrants posted everywhere in the streets and alleys.”

Gu Xu sighed.

It is inconvenient to tell her directly about "Emperor Ziwei" and "Taishang Haotian".

So he said helplessly: "I don't know why. After we separated from you that day, Wang Guanyu, the commander of the imperial guards, suddenly brought a group of men to arrest me for no reason, saying that I was colluding with ghosts and intending to plot rebellion. city.

"If I hadn't mastered a little space magic and escaped from the 'Liuhe Sealing Immortal Formation' in time, I'm afraid I would have been hanged by now."

Zhao Yan did not respond immediately.

She sat a little closer to him, leaning over the wounds on his face and shoulders, her long black hair cascading down.The loose robe immediately fit close to her body, outlining the elegant curve of her back.

From this angle, Gu Xu could clearly see the apologetic expression on her face.

"I'm sorry," she whispered, "I got you in trouble."

Zhao Yan didn't know the secret of Emperor Tianxing, nor the relationship between Gu Xu and "Emperor Ziwei".

She believed that Gu Xu must have been with her on the day of the "Luoshui Conference" and helped her, the "daughter of a rebel", awaken her blood power, and that was why she was regarded as one of the "rebels" by the Daqi court. member.

"Don't think too much, Miss Zhao, this has nothing to do with you."

"Do you think I'm a fool?" Zhao Yan narrowed her eyes, "If it wasn't for me, how could the Daqi court write an outstanding genius monk on the arrest warrant for no reason and post it everywhere? Maybe it's because they took the wrong medicine."

The more Zhao Yan thought about it, the more irritable she became.

Of course, the father's original intention of revenge was correct.

It's just that in Zhao Yan's point of view, she felt that if she wanted to take revenge, she should target Emperor Tianxing, an enemy, instead of implicating innocent people, let alone involving Gu Xu, a person who has been kind to her. Being in the quagmire ruined his future.

She was silent for a while, and then said in a calm voice, "Take off your clothes."

Gu Xu was startled: "What are you going to do?"

He almost sat up from the boulder.However, his injury was too serious, if he moved a little, the wound would hurt so badly that he had to lie down obediently.

Zhao Yan glanced at him, took out a medicine bottle from the magic treasure storage, and said flatly, "Heal your wounds."

As she spoke, she dipped some medicine with her finger and wiped away the conspicuous bloodstain on Gu Xu's face.

Gu Xu's face suddenly felt a cool, crispy touch - I don't know if it came from the healing potion, or from her jade-like fingertips.

In a few seconds, the scar on his face healed as if it had never existed.

Zhao Yan looked at his handsome and flawless face again, and nodded with satisfaction.

She has always had an instinctive aversion to the limbs of the opposite sex.

The only exception was when the blood was activated with the help of Gu Xu in the imperial vault on the day of the "Luoshui Conference".

At that time, she thought that she ignored the physiological disgust because she focused on the operation of the exercises and the changes in the power of the blood vessels.

But now she finds that it is not "that time" that is special, but "this person" in front of her.

When healing Gu Xu, she could feel the real essence in her body surge faster and become scorching hot, and she could also feel a kindness and familiarity originating from the soul.

This feeling is inexplicable.

Just like the inexplicable déjà vu feeling when she first saw him.

"Could it be because we are practicing the same exercises?" Zhao Yan was puzzled.

However, despite all the thoughts in her heart, the expression on her face remained unchanged, and she said to Gu Xu again, "Take off your robe."

Gu Xu looked at Zhao Yan's expression, then glanced at the boulder he was leaning on, and suddenly felt that it was uneven and quite harsh.

"How about... let's change places?" he suggested.

At the same time, with a thought in his mind, a small building with flying eaves, flowing corners, carved beams and painted buildings, and an antique flavor appeared in front of them out of thin air.

There is a pair of couplets on the gatepost of the small building——

The first couplet: The body is better than the idle clouds, and the light of the moon shadow stream can prove the nature;
The second couplet: The heart is the same as the flowing water, the sound of the pine and the bamboo are all forgetting the machine.

The "Xianyunju" left by the Kongxuan Sanren was finally able to restore its original appearance after several months of silent storage in Gu Xu's pocket.