Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 369 The Wrong Is This World

The bonfire in the night shines light in the mountains and forests, like falling stars.

In fact, it is more dazzling than the stars, but sometimes it swells and dilates, and sometimes it is gloomy and drowsy, as if shivering in the cold wind.

Above the flames is a homemade grill.Freshly roasted bison is richly flavored on top.

Gu Xu picked a piece of meat from the beef bone, handed it to Zhao Yan beside him and said, "Taste it."

At this time, the two had already left the border of Youzhou, and came to a no-man's land with a colder climate.

The wind here is like a sharp blade, screaming in the cold night, as if a hundred ghosts are singing together; the trees here are sparse, and most of them are short and ugly, growing stubbornly in the cracks in the rocks.On the edge of the cliff, there are often ice edges hanging, which at first glance look like the fangs of wild animals.

Although the two of them, as practitioners, were able to dispel the cold with their true energy, their breath still inevitably condensed into hoarfrost in the dark air.

On the way, they also encountered a monster named "Zhen Jiu".It looks like an elk, but its anus grows on its tail. It lives in the cold north all the year round.

It was rare to smell the breath of a living person, so this "Zhen Jiu" rushed forward desperately, trying to turn Gu Xu and Zhao Yan into its belly.

However, Gu Xu and Zhao Yan are not soft persimmons.

With a "ghost-killing talisman" and a "prairie gun", the "Zhen Jiu" was instantly reduced to ashes.

In addition to "罴九", they also saw a group of bison on the slightly flat foothills.Compared with the ordinary cattle herd in Daqi, the bison here are significantly larger in size, covered with fluffy brown hair, with a pair of sharp horns that bend upwards, and have a grumpy and fierce temper.

Seeing them, Gu Xu suggested with a smile, how about grabbing one of them for barbecue and improving the food.

Zhao Yan readily agreed.

Recently, the two of them rely on dry food to satisfy their hunger every day, and she really feels a little tired.

After the beef was roasted, Gu Xu took out a bunch of small porcelain bottles from "Xianyunju", and introduced: "These are salt, chili powder, black pepper powder, pepper powder...you can choose whatever you like. I like to use it."

"When you ran away, you actually carried so many seasonings with you?" Zhao Yan stared at the porcelain seasoning bottles, and said with some surprise, "I didn't realize that you are such a person who knows how to enjoy."

Gu Xu smiled: "Shi Xiaohan especially likes to go to the Luo River to eat barbecue, but he thinks that the types of seasonings in the barbecue stalls are too single, so he asked me to use the magic weapon of space to carry some with her. She was too hasty when she was running for her life. It was too late to take them out.”

Zhao Yan noticed that when Gu Xu mentioned the name "Shi Xiaohan", his eyes suddenly softened a lot.This reminded her of the day when Luojing City was destroyed, Gu Xu rushed to the outskirts of the city regardless of his own safety, and rescued his fiancée from Hu Yun who became a "ghost servant".

"He still has a fiancee." She said silently in her heart.

In recent days, she and Gu Xu walked together, practiced together, and fought against the enemy together. They temporarily put aside their obsession with revenge and family grievances, and almost forgot the fact that Gu Xu was engaged to someone else.

Thinking back now, she once lived alone under the same roof with a married man, and even took off his clothes to heal his wounds... If those rotten scholars in Jicheng found out, they would definitely say that she did not abide by women's virtues and damaged the family tradition .

Of course, Zhao Yan has always done things in her own way, and she once cut off "fear" when breaking through, and she doesn't care about other people's eyes.

In her opinion, as long as you have a clear conscience, you can feel at ease.

However, for that girl named Shi Xiaohan, deep down in her heart, she was somewhat envious.

She envied Shi Xiaohan to meet a man like Gu Xu who was handsome, capable, and willing to fight for her in times of crisis, while she was surrounded by only scum like Zhao Yu.

From the conversations in recent days, Zhao Yan can clearly feel that for women, especially the commoner women of the middle and lower classes, Gu Xu does not regard them as appendages like most men in the Qi Dynasty, but holds Attitude of equality, respect and compassion.

For example, when it comes to Goulan brothels, other men will playfully discuss which girl is the most beautiful and has the best skills, and when to go there to have a good time; but Gu Xu will lament that they are all a group of poor people who can't help themselves—— Da Qi The brothels are generally filled with the female relatives of criminal officials and women from poor families who sell themselves as prostitutes. Usually, no one would choose to do such a thing unless they are desperate.

Another example is when it comes to the draft, others will think that it is a great honor for a young woman to be selected into the palace to serve the emperor and his concubines. Behaving properly; but Gu Xu felt that it was a sad thing that they were locked in the palace in their prime, isolated from the outside world, lost their freedom, and imprisoned under a strict hierarchy.

Zhao Yan has never seen a man who would put himself in the shoes of these ordinary women like Gu Xu did.

"Your fiancée...how is she doing recently?" After a brief silence, she asked out of politeness.

Hearing her words, a bitter smile appeared on Gu Xu's face: "Our engagement has been broken."

"Release?" Zhao Yan narrowed her eyes slightly, "Is it because you are wanted by the court?"

"That's right," Gu Xu sighed, "It's not her intention to break the engagement. But if she doesn't get rid of me in time, she may be implicated and punished by the court."

"It's my fault," Zhao Yan lowered her head, staring at the flames dancing on the woodpile, "it caused you to lose your official position and your fiancée."

While speaking, the scene of that day could not help appearing in her mind: Gu Xu stood in the raging fire, anger hidden in his calm eyes; Shi Xiaohan lay on his back, his eyes were full of dependence on him.

This is undoubtedly a pair of enviable fairy couples.

It's a pity that I still lost to the impermanence of the world.

"Miss Zhao, don't blame yourself anymore." Gu Xu looked at her and said seriously, "It's not you and me who are wrong, but this world. Some things are destined to happen and cannot be avoided."

Zhao Yan knew that he was using clumsy reasons to comfort herself again.

Gu Xu is really interesting, he is obviously the victim of being implicated, but every time this topic is brought up, he is the one who keeps telling her "don't be sad", "don't blame yourself", " It really has nothing to do with you."

"Then what do you plan to do in the future?" She asked again, "Are you planning to find her to continue your relationship after you succeed in cultivation?"

"I don't know either," Gu Xu shook his head lightly, his eyes in a daze for a moment, "Now, she is the daughter of an official family in Daqi, but I am a wanted traitor. If we want to get married, only two way -

"One is that she also took the initiative to treason and fled with me. But she is not a loner like me who has no father or mother. She still has family members in Daqi. It is impossible for her to leave her family and become a desperado.

"The other is that I become strong enough to fight against Emperor Tianxing and the entire Daqi court. It's just... Emperor Tianxing is stronger than I expected before. I don't have the confidence to defeat him."

While gnawing on the roast beef, Zhao Yan looked closely at his handsome face, watching the bright fire light dancing and dancing in his pupils.

With only the fifth level of cultivation, he was thinking of challenging the Emperor Tianxing.

Should he be judged as "ambitious", or should he be said to be "really daring to think"?
"Actually, you still have a third option," Zhao Yan said in a joking tone while licking the chili powder on the corner of her mouth with her tongue, trying to ease the heavy atmosphere, "You go to Dayan and help me ascend the throne , and then we will lead thousands of troops together to destroy Da Qi and unify the Great Wilderness. When that happens, I will personally give you a marriage."

"If Ms. Zhao can really solve Tianxing Emperor for me, then I am willing to be Ms. Zhao's pawn, and only you will follow." Gu Xu also smiled slightly, and joked.

After that, both of them ate the bison meat intently and did not speak again.

After she was full, Zhao Yan stood up, wiped off the oil stains on her hands, and then walked towards the gate of "Xianyunju"—now she entered and exited "Xianyunju" as naturally as entering and leaving her own mansion.

On the way, she passed by Gu Xu, and noticed that his collar was a little messy, so she bent down and tidied it up for him casually.

Just halfway through tidying up, a thought suddenly popped into her mind: Isn't this kind of behavior a little too close?

But thinking that Gu Xu's engagement had been broken off, and now that they were both single, she felt a little more relaxed.

Just doing a friend a favor.no big deal.

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In the early morning of the next day, when the sun shimmered in the distant sky, Zhao Yan grabbed Gu Xu's arm again, ready to travel through space with him.

"Say goodbye to it!" Gu Xu pointed to the sun and said to her with a smile, "In the next period of time, we should not see it for a while."

Zhao Yan glanced at him, not knowing how to respond to his sense of humor.

The next moment, the "star disk" shone with light, and the surrounding scenery distorted accordingly, turning into rapidly rotating blurred blocks of color, as if falling into a kaleidoscope.

When the vision became clear again, they were already standing on the edge of a cliff.

The sky is dark and cloudless, and there are no moons or stars. The jagged peaks on both sides climb up in darkness, like sleeping black giants.

And in front of them is the vast sea.Its end meets the sky.Because both the sky and the sea are dark black, it is impossible to accurately find the position of the boundary between the two.

Looking from a distance, it looks like the sky stretches from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet, and it looks like a vast ocean rushing to the sky above and converging with the water of the Tianhe River.

When Gu Xu stood by the black ocean, he could feel the "astrolabe" in his hand trembling slightly, and also faintly heard a voice calling him from the depths of the ocean.

"The thing I'm looking for should be under the sea." He took out a talisman and handed it to Zhao Yan beside him, "I'll go to the sea to find it. Just wait for me here.

"If this talisman remains intact, it means that I am still alive.

"If it burns itself to ashes, it means I'm dead in the sea. If that's the case, go home by yourself."

(End of this chapter)