Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 4 Mission
The Division of Exorcism does not impose strict restrictions on practitioners.

They can freely choose their commute time, fish as much as they want, and even lie at home for days without coming to the yamen.As long as they can guarantee to complete the monthly guaranteed tasks, they will never be held accountable for it.

Of course, for Gu Xu, such a "flexible working system" is to allow him to work overtime better.

As usual, Gu Xu was still the first to arrive at the yamen today.

But he wasn't in a hurry to get the mission.

Instead, he went straight to the library on the second floor, sat down at the desk by the window, took out the yellow paper and red ink from the drawer, and began to draw talismans.

Sharpening knives does not miss woodcutters.

As a "frail" boy, spells are the most effective means for him to deal with ghosts.

Since the talismans are consumables, he must prepare enough talismans before the battle—in case the runes are exhausted, the ghosts are not dead, and he is finally killed, he must go to see the Lord of Hell in advance.

Holding a writing brush in his hand, he closed his eyes and recited a mantra: "The sky is round and the place is full of laws. There are nine chapters of the law. I will write now, and the ghosts will hide. Hurry up as the law!"

Then he opened his eyes.

At this moment, the brush in his hand shone with golden light, like a solidified golden sunlight, which contained majestic power.

pen down.

Completion.

The golden light of the brush dissipated and returned to normal.

Gu Xu stuffed the drawn talisman into his pocket, feeling a little more confident in his heart.

At this moment, a familiar voice came from behind him:

"Hey, Gu Xu, are we going to form a team to do a mission today? Hey...you guy, why did you break through without making a sound?"

Gu Xu turned his head.

Then I saw a girl in the black uniform of the Exorcist Division.

Petite figure, oval face; black hair like clouds, clear almond eyes.

It is often said that ancient women are reserved and smile without showing their teeth.

But this girl smiled unrestrainedly, revealing two small white tiger teeth without any scruples.

The girl's name is Shi Xiaohan.

Although he is the same age as Gu Xu, he has already overwhelmed many seniors with deep experience and become the eighth-rank inspection of the Exorcism Division.

On the one hand, her cultivation is not low and her combat power is amazing—she occupied the first place on the merit list of Yishui County for a whole year. The machete slashed all kinds of demons into a miserable way.

A "liver emperor" like Gu Xu who has been up early and slept in the dark desperately to take on tasks can only rank second on the merit list.

On the other hand, Shi Xiaohan's father held the post of "Thousand Households" in the nearby Laizhou Prefecture Exorcism Division, with a fifth-rank official rank.

If you have strength and background, you will naturally be the winner in life.

"This small improvement is not worth mentioning in front of Shi Xia, who ranks first on the list." Gu Xu responded with a smile.

"That's true." Shi Xiaohan raised his chin and calmly accepted Gu Xu's compliment.

Recently, she likes to find Gu Xu to form a team to do tasks - one of the reasons is that Gu Xu is a good-looking person.

And Gu Xu is also very happy to go with her: since he can easily win by hugging his thighs after saying a few nice words, why risk his life to do it alone?
In this way, the two get what they need and reach a short-lived partnership—or in other words, become each other's "tool people".

"Woman of the Time, what new tasks do you have today?" Gu Xu continued to ask.

Shi Xiaohan put his hands on his chest and explained in simple words: "There is a big mansion in the northeastern suburbs of Yishui County, and there lives a rich man surnamed Wang. The rich man Wang died inexplicably recently at home. His family thinks it is a ghost. do.

"The family members believe that the ghost who killed the rich man Wang may still be hiding in the house - they hope that the Exorcist Department can help find out the situation, kill the evil ghost, and avenge the dead rich man Wang."

"Is it dangerous?"

"There is a female hero to take you, what are you afraid of?"

"How much is the reward?"

"240 meritorious service. Each of us gets half of it, and each of us can get 120. Gu Xu, do you want to go?"

120 meritorious service is equivalent to killing twelve demons.This is indeed a generous reward for Gu Xu - enough for him to exchange for a "Spirit Gathering Pill" to break through the second realm.

However, the more rewards, the higher the difficulty of the task.

This kind of quest with more than [-] rewards has a high probability of running into the kind of evil spirits who have intelligence, magic skills, are difficult to kill, and even play tricks with humans. The degree of danger is extraordinary.

"Please allow me to do the math first." Gu Xu pondered for a moment and replied.

After that, he took out three copper coins from his pocket, and threw them six times in a row using the divination method of "copper coin hexagram".

"What was the result?" Shi Xiaohan asked.

"Xun Shang Du Xia is the hexagram of 'Feng Shui Huan', which is considered auspicious," Gu Xu replied, "'Huan' means scatter, which means that bad things will leave the body, and trouble will disappear. Those who get this hexagram will have trouble at first, But it can be solved in the end, and Pepsi will be prosperous with caution.”

"This is... you agree to go with me?"

Gu Xu nodded: "But we must act carefully and must not be negligent."

"That's for sure," Shi Xiaohan stood by the desk and glanced at him condescendingly, "Gu Xu, I didn't expect that you would even have such an unpopular knowledge of fortune-telling!"

"It's just a sideshow, it's not as good as Shixia's ability to break through ten meetings."

"I really don't know how your brain is so long that you can remember the hexagrams of the 64 hexagrams clearly! I get a headache when I see that thing."

"I learned divination because I was afraid of death and of meeting evil ghosts that I couldn't solve," Gu Xu chuckled, "The female hero of the time is known as 'Ghosts in Yishui County', cutting ghosts is like cutting vegetables, so why waste time and study These boring things?"

The two looked at each other and laughed out loud.

As a duo that dominates the list and a good partner for eliminating demons, business mutual praise is their daily life.

"That's good," Shi Xiaohan patted Gu Xu's shoulder, "see you outside the yamen in a quarter of an hour, let's go back early."

"No problem." Gu Xu nodded.

As a person who cherishes time, he appreciates Shi Xiaohan's resolute and hard-working style.

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Wang Caizhu's mansion is located in the northeastern suburbs of Yishui County - according to the Eight Diagrams, it is the "Gen" position.

Gen, the gate of hell.

According to the classics, it is not suitable to bury the deceased, build tombs and erect monuments, because the yin is very heavy, and it is easy to cause strange things and make the deceased uneasy.

But when Gu Xu came to the outskirts of Yishui County, he noticed that there was a cemetery on the nearby hillside.

Large and small tombs stand on the hillside, deserted and sparsely covered in vegetation—even if the sun is shining brightly at this time, it looks a little gloomy.

Eight years ago, ghosts ravaged Yishui County, causing heavy casualties.

The original owner of the body, with tears in his eyes, set up a tomb for his parents who were swallowed by ghosts and ghosts in his ancestral grave.

And those corpses that were not collected back then were randomly buried in this deserted tomb that no one cared for and no worship.

Thinking of this, Gu Xu's footsteps could not help but pause.

"Afraid?" Shi Xiaohan beside him said lightly.

She was carrying a large knife that was one meter long and weighed nearly ten pounds, but she walked as lightly as a swallow.In order to keep up with her pace, Gu Xu already felt that he had difficulty breathing.

"I'm just a little tired." Gu Xu replied.His heart was pounding, and his chest began to ache.

Shi Xiaohan slowed down: "You are so weak, can you beat a ghost later? If they don't touch you, you will die on the spot, right?"

"Don't worry," Gu Xu's pale face showed a calm smile, "I won't fight with ghosts - besides, sometimes the heroine protects me, how can they get close to me?"

"Hmph, of course." Shi Xiaohan likes to hear this kind of words, the corners of his mouth can't help but rise slightly, and two small dimples appear on his slightly baby fat face.

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Notes:

(1) "The sky is round and the place is full of laws. There are nine chapters of the law. I am writing now, and the treasures of all ghosts. It is as urgent as the law!" - Taoism writes a spell and uses it when drawing talismans.

(End of this chapter)