Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 43
That night, at the unanimous request of the colleagues of the Yishui Exorcism Division, Gu Xu was forced to invite everyone to dinner in the restaurant according to the past practice of the yamen.

Since Shi Xiaohan's father, who was an official in Laizhou Prefecture, was on vacation today, Weifu came to Yishui County to visit her, so Shi Xiaohan had to go home early and was unable to participate in Gu Xu's celebration banquet.

Gu Xu has always considered himself to be a calm and shrewd person - even in the face of fierce evil spirits, he can calmly and calmly deal with it.

However, when he saw the plates of expensive dishes on the table, he couldn't smile at all, he only felt that his heart was bleeding——

That's all white money!

At the same time, colleagues raised their glasses and came to toast Gu Xu with smiles all over their faces. discourse.

Gu Xu thanked him in a perfunctory way, saying, "Tonight, the brothers will not go home if they are not drunk," but in fact his glass was full of tea.

As a sickly beautiful man who cherishes his life, he has always kept in mind the essentials of health preservation and will not drink a drop of alcohol.

And because Gu Xu's identity is not what it used to be, he can be regarded as the immediate boss of everyone present in the future, so everyone did not dare to expose his clumsy lie. Instead, they all opened their eyes and said nonsense, constantly complimenting "Master Gu is really good at drinking." .

In addition, when every dish is served, everyone's eyes will focus on Gu Xu's chopsticks - only Gu Xu moves the chopsticks first, and others dare to follow.

Even those who used to be careless and never speak their minds are now acting a little restrained——

Every time he talks to Gu Xu, he has to struggle for a long time. Should he call him "Brother Gu" as before, or learn from the others present and call him "Master Gu".

The change in the attitudes of his colleagues gave Gu Xu a subtle feeling in his heart.

On the one hand, he is inevitably a little bit flirtatious - after all, most of the people around the table are old fried dough sticks who have been in the officialdom for many years, and their flattery skills can be described as perfect, much stronger than the mutual awkwardness between him and Shi Xiaohan;
On the other hand, he also noticed that a clear sense of distance had developed between himself and his colleagues-even if he was willing to lower his profile, it would be difficult to return to the previous unfettered mode of getting along.

But Gu Xu didn't dwell on this issue for too long.

His goal is to become a practitioner of the seventh realm.

To achieve this goal, he must do his best to climb high.

If his companions couldn't keep up with him, they were doomed to be left behind by him.

He couldn't stop and wait.

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So, as soon as the Hai Shi arrived, Gu Xu got up and settled the bill with tears in his eyes, then left the banquet and returned to his home.

Even though today is the festive day of Jiaguan Jinlu, his nightly practice plan is still unshakable.

He sat quietly at the old desk.

The candles all over the house gave off a faint yellow halo.

The little book boy in a gray shirt came to him with a cup of hot tea, bowed his head and said, "Young master, please use tea."

This little book boy was originally a painting on a screen.

Gu Xu once used the talisman technique to give it spirituality, so that the little book boy could come out of the painting and do some chores such as serving tea and pouring water.

"It's time to call 'Sir' now." Gu Xu glanced at the little book boy and corrected with a feigned seriousness.

"Yes, young master." The little book boy responded respectfully.

Gu Xu shook his head helplessly, and couldn't help complaining: This guy is really a veritable "artificial mental retardation", and he can't even understand what he said.

Then, Gu Xu took out the booklet he carried with him from his pocket and summarized his recent experimental research:

"Experiment time: the seventh day of October in the 23rd year of Tianxing;

"Experimental content: Evaluate the effect of the third-generation "Ghost Killing Talisman" (semi-finished product);

"Improvement direction: first, increase the damage value; second, make the 'killing talisman' get rid of the dependence on the talisman paper and pen and ink; third, use the 'pleasure of God' to use the real essence of others to increase the 'killing talisman' power;

"Experimental subjects: Taoyuan Town Revenant, Dream-Eating Tapir;

"Experimental results: Destroy the dry and pull the rot, and the effect is remarkable;
"Experimental conclusion: It has been verified that the above improvement directions are feasible, and we can continue to improve the 'Ghost Killing Talisman' according to the original plan;
"Note: I am very happy with my promotion and salary increase today."

After writing, his eyes stayed on these words for a long time.

Since he traveled through the past, he has written two whole booklets of this kind.

On each page, he recorded his understanding and insights of the talisman, the mantra, the fortune-telling, and the bits and pieces of the practice.

Others will only be amazed at his outstanding performance today.

But Gu Xu understands that freezing three feet is not a day's cold.

Only thick accumulation can thin hair.

"It's time." He said softly after a long silence.

Then he took out the small porcelain bottle containing the medicinal pill, took out the "Spiritual Gathering Pill" exchanged more than half a month ago, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it.

The function of "Spiritual Gathering Pill" is to temper the real essence, strengthen the soul, and assist the monks who have completed the first realm to advance to the second realm.

After a long period of suppressing the realm and consolidating the foundation, Gu Xu has now stood at the pinnacle of the first realm.

To go further, the only way is to break through.

He slowly closed his eyes and silently recited the practice formula.

Under the influence of the exercises, the surrounding yin qi turned into tidal waves and poured into his body.

At this moment, in Gu Xu's world of consciousness, an ancient archway vaguely appeared.

It is the pass that separates Yin and Yang in the legend - "Ghost Gate".

Outside the "Ghost Gate", there is darkness.

Can't see the way forward, can't find the way.

If you take a wrong step, you will fall off a cliff, and you will die.

In this darkness, there were also faint whispers, weeping, and wailing.

According to legend, this voice came from the lonely and wild ghosts outside the gate of hell. They used to be cultivators who failed to break through the realm and died unfortunately. They lost their reason under the erosion of Yin Qi, and constantly bewitched the later cultivators to embrace the darkness and go to depravity.

But Gu Xu's expression was calm and unmoved.

In his hand, a lantern suddenly appeared out of thin air - it glowed with dazzling brilliance, illuminating the winding road ahead.

There are nine songs on this road, and its name is "Yellow Spring".

Gu Xu strode forward along this bumpy road.

The ancient and dangerous "Ghost Gate" was left behind by him, and finally disappeared into the boundless darkness.

His breath kept rising.

His limited true essence also turned into a surging river at this moment.

Then he opened his eyes and looked out the window.

The sleeping Yishui County came into his eyes.

The streets were dark and silent.

All the lights have gone out.

Seeing such a scene, his right hand tapped twice on the arm of the chair.

"click", "click".

Then, a lantern on the side of the road suddenly lit up.

Then came the second, the third, the fourth...

A few minutes later, the lights in the entire county were lit up, as if a sea of ​​stars were shining brightly.

The corners of Gu Xu's mouth were slightly upturned, and he could no longer hide the joy in his calm eyes.

A few months of accumulation, one burst.

This practice is actually very simple.

(End of this chapter)