Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 62 The True Secret of Chi Yan
Gu Xu spent two whole days and two nights to thoroughly study the "Scarlet Flame True Art", and follow the meridian route of this cultivation method to absorb yin and quench true essence.

In his opinion, the cultivation method is somewhat similar to the talisman.

The strokes of the talisman are arranged differently, and there will be different effects.

The paths of the meridians in the practice of the exercises are different, and the true essence of different attributes will also be generated.

This is a mysterious and dangerous process.

Gu Xu must ensure that he is mentally focused throughout the whole process and must not be distracted - if there is a slight error, he will fall short, and even his soul will be swallowed by Yin Qi.

The feeling of cultivating "Scarlet Flame True Art" is also different from cultivating "Returning Yuan Art".

The real essence of "Guiyuan Jue" is like cold spring water in a mountain stream - when it flows in the body, it will bring people a refreshing and comfortable feeling.

However, the real essence of "The True Secret of Chi Yan" was like hot lava, causing Gu Xu to feel a burning pain.

Gu Xu was not used to such changes at first.

He had to grit his teeth and endure the pain, and his face became extraordinarily pale.

But over time, he gradually got used to the pain, and even felt a pleasant sense of accomplishment from the pain.

It's like going to the gym and lifting irons in a previous life.

Although I often feel sore after training.

But he also has the happy illusion of "I'm turning into a muscle man".

"Any pain that doesn't kill me will definitely make me stronger." He repeatedly gave himself psychological hints in his mind.

Time passed quietly.

A cool breeze caressed his face gently.

Unconsciously, the eastern sky revealed a faint fish-mammed white.

It's the dawn of a new day.

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Gu Xu's house is located at No. 17, Ping'an Lane, Yishui County.

And in No. 16 Pingan Lane next door to his home, there lived a scholar named Liang and his wife and children.

This morning, Liang Xiucai, as usual, was awakened by the cry of his one-year-old son.

"Alas, the damn brat probably wets the bed again."

Liang Xiucai yawned and got up from the bed, thinking in annoyance.

Liang Xiucai came from a poor family and had no money to hire servants.

And his wife has recently been bedridden and frail.

Therefore, while studying the scriptures hard, Liang Xiucai was forced to become a "daddy" and take on the responsibility of taking care of the baby.

This made him feel haggard every day.

At this moment, Liang Xiucai suddenly noticed that the charcoal in the bedroom stove had been burnt out.

Today's date is October seventeenth.

More than ten days ago, winter had already begun, and the weather was getting colder day by day.

Liang Xiucai is not a practitioner and cannot use his true essence to resist the severe cold.

The stove and the jacket are the lifeblood of his survival in winter.

However, at this moment, when the charcoal fire was exhausted, Liang Xiucai was surprised to find that he was wearing only a thin single coat, but he could not feel the cold at all!

The temperature suddenly turned warmer, which surprised him.

As if the cold winter has passed, the warm and pleasant spring has arrived ahead of schedule.

Liang Xiucai didn't know why the temperature suddenly changed like this.

But he likes this warm feeling very much—

Because it means that he can reduce the consumption of charcoal, save a lot of money, buy some herbs for his wife, and buy some sweets for his children.

"Is this God sympathizing with my miserable life, and specially giving me a warm winter?" Liang Xiucai looked up at the sky and sighed silently in his heart.

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Not just Liang Xiucai.

On this day, almost all the people living in Ping'an Lane felt the sudden warming of the weather.

They didn't know that this was the result of the spread of true essence aura after Gu Xu had just completed the "Scarlet Flame True Art".

They only thought that it was the gods above the nine heavens who were sympathetic to their hard life, and specially brought them warmth on these cold days.

As a result, they all offered offerings in front of the gods of God, burned incense and worshipped, and sincerely thanked God for the blessings...

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When the early morning sun climbed up the treetops, Gu Xu finally opened his eyes and ended his practice.

He had used up all the "Changming Dan" that Shi Xiaohan had given him before.

If he wants to continue to practice, he must go to the exorcism department to take the task, earn merits, and exchange for new medicine pills.

In this world where kryptonite can only become stronger, poverty severely limits his cultivation speed.

He sighed silently.

Then he slowly got up and walked to the bronze mirror on the side of the room.

The mirror reflected the young man's thin body, beautiful facial features, and Junxiu's face.

The bridge of the nose is high, the eyebrows are thick, and the eyes are clear.

Perhaps because of living under the shadow of death, perhaps because of long-term contemplation, the childishness on his face has gradually faded away unconsciously, and the edges and corners have quietly emerged.

At this moment, he could clearly feel that there was a powerful force surging in his body - as if what was flowing in his veins was not blood, but the roaring hot magma.

He stretched out a finger and stroked lightly on the smooth surface of the bronze mirror.

Any place on the surface of the bronze mirror that he touched quickly dented and softened, with golden sparks, melting into an orange-red, slow-flowing liquid.

At first glance, it looks a bit like chocolate melting under the scorching sun.

But Gu Xu knew that the temperature of this piece of "chocolate" was as high as thousands of degrees Celsius - if mortals touched it, they would be instantly burnt and leave scars that were difficult to heal.

"The power of the middle-grade exercises is so terrifying!" Seeing such a scene, Gu Xu couldn't help but sighed in his heart, "I don't know how powerful the legendary high-grade exercises are."

At this time, he once again deeply realized that there is a huge gap in cultivation resources between the monks of the poor family and the children of the clan.

Everything he is currently striving for may be just someone else's starting line.

After a moment, he withdrew his right hand.

The liquid flowing on the bronze mirror instantly solidified.

At this time, he looked at the uneven mirror surface, and suddenly felt a little distressed——

After all, this is the mirror he bought with his own money.

"Oh, I'm impulsive." He shook his head slightly.

Fortunately, he is a practitioner.

It is not difficult for him to fix a mirror.

Thinking of this, he took out a talisman paper from his pocket and stuck it on the bronze mirror.

The surface of the bronze mirror instantly recovered as smooth as ever.

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"Experiment time: October 23th, [-]rd year of Tianxing;

"Experimental content: The first time to test the power of the mid-grade exercise "Scarlet Flame True Art";

"Experimental tool: a bronze mirror;
"Experimental conclusion: The true essence cultivated through "Red Flame True Art" has a high temperature of more than [-] degrees Celsius, and can instantly melt copper;

"Note: You must be very careful when you practice at home in the future, and you must not burn down your house."

(End of this chapter)