Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Hearing the words "born to know", a bold guess suddenly popped up in Gu Xu's mind, and he tentatively said something to Zhao Yan: "Odd changes and even remain the same?"

Zhao Yandai frowned slightly, showing a puzzled expression: "What did you say?"

"It's nothing." Gu Xu immediately shook his head, "I just think that your cousin's behavior is really disgusting."

At the same time, he came to a conclusion in his mind: It seems that Zhao Yan is not a time traveler.After all, I am alone, alone in a foreign land as a stranger.

"That's right," Zhao Yan agreed, "especially when my uncle asked me to make a marriage contract with Zhao Yu, Zhao Yu's behavior became more and more rampant, as if he regarded me as his property.

"Fortunately, my father believes that my personal opinion should be respected when it comes to major life events such as marriage, so I have never agreed to him.

"Then, 16 years ago, Lu Huan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, committed treason and was punished by the nine clans. The governor Tang Hui was sent to the Lu family's mansion in Qingzhou to carry out the task of ransacking the house.

"Most of the group of people led by Tang Hui entered the Lu residence and never came out again. It is said that they were revenged by ghosts.

"But there were also a few people who left the mansion early and escaped the catastrophe.

"At that time, according to our family tradition, Zhao Yu was traveling around Youzhou and nearby areas accompanied by guards, killing demons and goblins, and at the same time challenged his peers to hone his martial arts.

"During the training process, he did not change his nature, and he never forgot to hang out with people of various religions and ranks. While fooling around, he happened to bump into a few people who escaped from the Lu family's house. These people are all low-level soldiers from the market. Realizing the seriousness of this incident, he shared with his companions the various atrocities in the Lu residence in a ostentatious tone. Those high-ranking officials and dignitaries in the past have become prisoners who are allowed to be trampled and humiliated. The woman, covered in bruises, cried and begged for mercy in front of them, which seemed to be something they were proud of.

"Zhao Yu was extremely excited by these people's rhetoric. After he returned to Jicheng, he did the same experiment on the prisoners in the prison and the prisoners in the army, and then described it to me vividly. He even tried in vain. Hands on me, trying to get me to participate in his disgusting 'games'.

"Fortunately, Instructor Cai followed my father's orders, followed me to protect me, stopped his crazy behavior in time, and did not let him succeed. Then my father put him in confinement for half a year, forcing him to face the wall and think about his mistakes.

"Later, when I started to practice, my strength quickly surpassed that of Zhao Yu. He was afraid of being beaten by me, and he never dared to speak any dirty words in front of me, nor did he dare to make any outrageous actions.

"Just because of these childhood experiences, I began to dislike marriage, the touch of the opposite sex, and the intimacy between men and women.

"As for those 'lingering in the brothel', it is because I have always wanted to avenge my mother, so I planted eyeliners in the brothel, hoping that they can help me find out the real situation back then...

"I seem to have said a little too much."

Having said that, Zhao Yan looked at Gu Xu in front of her and squeezed out an apologetic smile.

In fact, she just wanted to briefly say that her relationship with Fuguo General Zhao Changqi and his son was not very good.Unexpectedly, as I was talking, my heart opened silently, and many words that had been suppressed in my chest all the year round suddenly rushed out like a flood.

She has long been used to wrapping herself in a prickly shell, covering her inner shadow with pride and indifference.But beside this person in front of her, she inadvertently let go of her guard more than once.

Gu Xu quietly listened to her talk.

Zhao Yan's tone of voice was very calm, and her expression was calm, but Gu Xu could sense the turbulent undercurrent under the calm.

He can understand Zhao Yan's mood.He knows that some things and some words may not matter to adults, but they will leave a deep psychological shadow on young children and even cause irreversible damage.

Like a friend in his previous life, after hearing a ghost story told by others when he was a child, he dared not fall asleep alone for a long time, for fear of evil spirits lurking in the dark night to attack him.Not to mention, like Zhao Yan, who has been shared with all kinds of cruel atrocities in reality by the psychopathic cousin since birth.

There's just one thing he's confused about.

Since Zhao Yan hates contact with the opposite sex, why did she heal him before?Isn't this a tormenting thing for her?
"Then before you..." He pondered for a moment, and couldn't help asking.

"You are different from others." Zhao Yan guessed his thoughts and immediately interrupted him.

Then she suddenly realized that this sentence seemed a little misleading, so she added another sentence: "Don't think too much. What I mean is, it may be because the origins of our exercises are similar, so my physiology I don't dislike you."

"I understand." Gu Xu nodded.He knew that Zhao Yan's help to him in the past few days should only be out of guilt and gratitude.He is not so narcissistic that he has the illusion that the other party likes him.

Other young girls might be obsessed with his looks and adore his legend.But Zhao Yan, as Dayan's successor, must have seen countless handsome men, beautiful women, and geniuses since she was a child, and she may have been tired of aesthetics for a long time.She should have lost these low-level interests a long time ago, and put all her mind on the avenue of heaven and earth and her revenge plan.

Zhao Yan hesitated for a while, then continued with a serious tone of "discussing cultivation issues" with a straight face: "To be precise, you don't feel like 'others' to me, but like another 'self' '. Especially on the day you helped me activate my blood vessels, our meridians, and even blood vessels, seemed to be connected by a mysterious force, and the true essence and blood surged back and forth between each other's bodies... I don't know you Is there something like..."

"It does feel similar." Gu Xu said.

"It's amazing," Zhao Yan sighed after a long silence, "I wondered if you were the illegitimate child left behind by the Zhao family."

"I don't think so." Gu Xu smiled.In his opinion, the connection between himself and Zhao Yan should come from the "Hui Lu" rune.

In the next period of time, Zhao Yan briefly described some potential conflicts between her father and uncle.She pointed out that Fuguo General Zhao Changqi had close economic ties with many high-ranking officials and dignitaries in Daqi, and they had cooperated in some industries of refining elixirs and making magic weapons.Therefore, Zhao Changqi is more inclined to compromise with the Qi Dynasty than Zhao Changying, who has been planning to avenge his wife.When the Daqi court tried to reduce the military power in the hands of Duke Yan, Zhao Changying showed obvious dissatisfaction, but Zhao Changqize believed that handing over military power to eliminate the doubts in the king's mind was a very cost-effective deal.

"I'm very worried. After meeting you, my uncle will send you back to the Daqi court for personal gain," Zhao Yan said, "He is a sixth-level cultivator and has many powerful magic weapons. Although the bloodline is not as good as mine, it is also much stronger than most of the Zhao family. In front of him, I may not be able to protect you."

"Then do as you said," Gu Xu said, "Rush to Beiming as soon as possible to get the fragments of the magic weapon.

"Miss Zhao will be my guide."

"I've told you ten thousand times—don't say polite words in front of me."

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After making a decision, the two didn't delay for a moment and started to continue their journey north.

When the true energy is abundant, Gu Xu uses the "star disk" to build a space channel, while Zhao Yan grabs his arm and travels hundreds of miles in an instant.

When the real energy was insufficient, Gu Xu would find a remote and uninhabited place, take out "Xianyunju", change it back to its original appearance, and then drill in with Zhao Yan to practice.

With the "Breaking Barrier Pill" brought by Zhao Yan and the energy continuously gushing out from the "Hui Lu" rune, his cultivation speed was much faster than before.

When he closed his eyes and was in the nether world in his consciousness, he felt that he was not walking, but running like the wind. The scenery on both sides of the road quickly receded, and the "Meng Po Pavilion" at the end of his sight quickly faced him Come on.

Zhao Yan beside him could clearly feel the surge of true energy in his body.

In her perception, whenever Gu Xu enters the state of cultivation, he seems to become a bonfire burning in winter, a sun bursting with light, swaying light and heat to the surroundings without hesitation.

The real essence in her meridians also became excited, impatiently wanting to reconcile with the other party.

Practicing the "Nirvana Sutra" is an extremely painful thing, and it will make her feel like her flesh and blood are torn and healed, and her bones are shattered and then restored.

But as long as he enters the state of cultivation together with Gu Xu, this pain will be relieved to a great extent, and the growth rate of true energy will also be greatly increased.

"Could it be that the "Nirvana Sutra" is an incomplete exercise," Zhao Yan guessed wildly in her mind, "The other half of it is in Gu Xu's body?"

When Gu Xu finished her practice and opened her eyes, she couldn't help asking, "With your speed of cultivation, I'm afraid you will be able to break through the fifth realm in two or three months, right?"

"I hope I can live until then safe and sound." Gu Xu said with a smile.

Zhao Yan pondered for a few seconds, and then said: "Beside you, my cultivation efficiency seems to be accelerated a lot."

"Me too."

"I'm describing an objective fact. It's not a psychological factor, and it's not a joke." She folded her hands on her chest and said solemnly.The sunlight came in from the window and fell on her cheeks, making her skin glow with a hazy light, like crystal snow.

"Me too."

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The further north you go, the colder the climate.

Although it is late spring now, there is still a chill in the air in the northern part of the wilderness.

When passing through Jicheng, the capital of Youzhou, the "Huilu" rune produced extremely majestic and violent power.Gu Xu could hear the prayers of thousands of people.

This reminded him of the story of "Taishang Haotian" and "Ziwei Emperor" competing for incense.

Faith is powerful indeed.No wonder the gods in the upper realm need it to ascend to the highest realm.

However, if you go further north, the farmland recedes, and the human habitation gradually thins out, leaving only sparse trees in sight.The hills grew steeper and soon became snow-covered mountains, rising from the dark sky like gray-blue giants with white hair.

Occasionally, a cold stream passes through the vegetation, the water surface is shimmering, and the sky is shining.

When the sun was setting and the silver moon was rising, Zhao Yan stood on the edge of the steep cliff, pointed to the distant place where the sky and the earth meet, and said softly, "That should be the end of the world!"

Her gaze at the moment is complicated.Gu Xu could see the emotions of curiosity, anticipation and apprehension, like an explorer who is about to board a new continent.

He looked in the direction she pointed, and saw that the sky was covered with clouds and mist, and it was a blur.

The legendary "Bei Ming" should be hidden behind that cloud.It was a mysterious and seldom-visited land, where there were fragments of the "astrolabe" he wanted, and countless potential crises.

Just when the two were about to continue their journey, a huge shadow suddenly rose from the clouds, like an overwhelming curtain, dimming the silvery moonlight a bit.

"Do you know what's going on?" Zhao Yan asked again, frowning slightly.

"Maybe it's the legendary 'Kunpeng'."

Gu Xu thought of the description he had seen in the book: "The back of a Peng, I don't know how many thousands of miles it is; when it flies in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky."

In the book, Dapeng is written as huge and majestic.

Although he had been psychologically prepared, he was still quite shocked when he saw this scene with his own eyes.

"I heard that 'Kunpeng' is a monster at the level of 'Vicious God'." Zhao Yan said worriedly.

"Don't worry too much," Gu Xu said, "If the description in the book is correct, the 'Kunpeng' is not the same as ordinary ghosts. It is an existence that evolved from the Dao of Heaven and Earth. It will not devour human beings, but uses Yin and Yang. For food...Of course, this world has no yang energy, it can only swallow yin energy.

"As long as we are careful enough not to provoke it, we should not be attacked by it."

While talking, Gu Xu took out a few old copper coins from his pocket, tossed them lightly, and silently recited the names of "Tai Shang Hao Tian" and "Zi Wei Great Emperor", and got the "Shocking Up and Down" The hexagram of "Shui Lei Tun".

"'Tun Gua' shakes up and down. It is Kan Gong II's hexagram. It means that there are difficulties, and it symbolizes the movement and danger. It requires fortitude and courage to be able to master it." He explained the hexagram to Zhao Yan, "but it is ultimately The auspicious hexagram can be regarded as the sign of 'the first difficulty is solved later'."

"Are you accurate in divination?" Zhao Yan asked.

Zhao Yan likes simple and rough fighting methods, and is used to solving problems with spears in her hands, but she doesn't know much about complicated and complicated things such as divination, talismans, and formations.In addition, there are not many reliable fortune tellers in Youzhou, and their calculations are often far from the truth, which makes Zhao Yan not very confident in the technique of divination and deduction.

"Never made a mistake."

"Lian Luosi capital dare not say that."

"I'm more talented than him in that regard."

Gu Xu's tone was very flat, without the impetuousness of young people bragging, nor the guilty conscience after trying to be brave, but seemed to be describing objective facts, telling a truth like "the sun rises from the east".