Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Different from the strict order and clear hierarchy of the Great Qi Dynasty, the Great Yan Dynasty was obviously much more random and scattered.

At first glance, it seems that a group of rough men surrounded the seat of King Yan, chattering and yelling non-stop, more lively than the market.

Someone couldn't hold back their curiosity and couldn't help asking Zhao Changying, Your Majesty... no, why did the Grand Duke leave the customs all of a sudden? Could it be that he had made a breakthrough in his cultivation.

Zhao Changying did not tell everyone about her injury before.

He smiled and replied: "No, I was summoned by the gods. He guided me to leave the customs early and do a great event of great significance."

Significant event?
Everyone couldn't help opening their eyes wide.

Just when they were puzzled, a man in a red robe and a tall red hat suddenly ran into the lobby in a hurry, shouting: "Oracle! There is an oracle!"

This red-robed man was naturally Chong Li, the high priest of the Fire God Temple.

All eyes fell on him.

Chong Li staggered a few steps and fell to the center of the lobby with a "plop".

Suddenly, raging flames several feet high shot up from his body, turning the whole room into a dazzling orange.The shadows of everyone were cast on the wall, like countless ghosts flickering.

In the past many years, the god of fire believed in the northern region has almost never shown miracles in public like today.

Everyone couldn't help holding their breath, staring intently at the picture in the flames.

A vague figure appeared in the middle of the flames.

People couldn't see his face clearly, but they saw him climbed to the top of Kunlun Mountain, stole fire from the fairy world, and brought it back to the world-this is a story that every person in the north is familiar with.

But Vulcan's appearance quickly changed.

The flames around him gradually faded and turned into bright stars, and the long black hair also turned silvery white.

"Emperor Ziwei!"

"How could it be Emperor Ziwei?"

Emperor Ziwei's recognition is really high.Everyone quickly recognized his identity.

It's just that they can't figure it out——

"God" and Huoshen Temple have competed for believers in the northern region for hundreds of years, and they can be regarded as deadly rivals.

Why did Vulcan suddenly become Emperor Ziwei?

Could it be that Vulcan lost to Emperor Ziwei in the battle of gods, and was taken away by Emperor Ziwei for his title and incense?
Or are they essentially different images of the same god?

The figures in the flames continued to change.

His face gradually became younger, his long silver hair turned into black hair again, and his dark brocade robe changed into a plain blue shirt.

It was indeed Gu Xu's appearance.

The officials of Dayan were no strangers to Gu Xu.

After all, when Zhao Changying was still the King of Yan, he once invited Gu Xu as a guest in the court, and asked everyone to treat him with the courtesy of a national scholar, and even abolished the cultivation of two Da Qi envoys for Gu Xu.

Later, they also kept hearing rumors like "Gu Xu is the incarnation of Vulcan in the world", "Gu Xu will soon become the husband of the King of Yan", "Gu Xu can deprive the Zhao clan of their blood and power".

However, although Gu Xu is well-known, he wore a mask most of the time in the northern border and rarely had close contact with people.

Therefore, as the rumors spread, he became more and more mysterious in the eyes of everyone in the northern border.

At this moment, when he appeared in the flame of the oracle together with the image of Vulcan and Emperor Ziwei, people believed more and more that the relationship between him and Vulcan was extraordinary.

After a few minutes, the bright flame finally faded away.

Chong Li, the high priest of the Fire Temple who was unconscious, also put his hands on the ground and slowly got up.

He looked around and saw expressions of surprise, confusion, or doubt on everyone's faces.

"What just happened?" he asked, frowning.

As the priest who delivered the oracle, he was just in a state of "divine spirit possession", without personal consciousness, and did not have the slightest memory of the content of the "oracle".

At his words, an officer stepped forward and briefed him on the changing scene in the flames.

At the same time, he also asked by the way: "Your Excellency the High Priest, what is the meaning of this decree of the gods?"

Since the oracle itself is often vague and obscure, the interpretation of the priest often plays a great role.

High Priest Chong Li took a deep breath.

He thought of the young man wearing a green robe and a mask standing under the altar of the temple not long ago, bowing his head before the raging flames.

"The Vulcan we believe in is stronger than we imagined," Chongli thought for a while, and replied seriously, "Now he has come to the world, ready to lead us to a brighter future."

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The "oracle" conveyed by Chongli to the officials in the northern border is undoubtedly a play arranged by Gu Xu.

As Gu Xu's understanding of the power of incense became more and more profound, he was able to inform the believers of his will through the priests of the Fire Temple.

The oracle itself is vague though.

But he believes that under the guidance of Chong Li, the officials in the northern border will make up their minds in the direction he wants, so that he can twist the forces under his command into a god in the future.

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After lunch, Gu Xu and Luo Chuan left the northern border together.

Even though we know we will meet again soon.

But at the time of parting, Zhao Yan still showed no desire to part with Gu Xu, hugged him tightly, and did not let him go until the space channel was basically formed.

"You have to take care," she stretched out her hand to smooth the wrinkles of his collar, "I'll wait for your good news."

Gu Xu didn't respond, but silently kissed her forehead.

Then he turned around and stepped into the cobweb-like cracks in space.

Zhao Yan stood on the spot, staring at the place where his back disappeared, and it took a while to recover from the trance.

This is the third time she bid farewell to Gu Xu.

The first time was thousands of years ago, when she was a young girl Xi, she once watched the master disappear into her arms, let her think about it day and night, and never came back.

The second time was at Jingu Wharf, where she watched Gu Xu and the merchant ship he was on disappear at the intersection of sea and sky—after that, he was once erased from her memory by a mysterious force.She couldn't imagine the terrible danger he encountered on the way to find the talisman fragments.

"Yan'er, relax," her father, Zhao Changying, appeared by her side at some point, patted her on the shoulder, and comforted her, "He will be fine.

"Your husband is not simple. I can't see through him at all now."

"He's really not that simple."

Thinking of Gu Xu's cultivation by leaps and bounds, his ability to save Zhao Changying from death, and the power he had quietly gathered under his command, Zhao Yan nodded seriously.

But the worry on her brow didn't disappear completely. (end of this chapter)