Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 84 Hell Has No Door
The Lu family's ancestral residence is located in the suburbs of Qingzhou Prefecture, covering an area of ​​more than [-] acres.

According to the description in the book, Gu Xu knew that this place used to be the most magnificent place in the entire Jiaodong Province.

Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to a pavilion;

There are countless servants and servants, and there is an endless stream of guests.

It can be described as "Jinmen Yuhu Shenxian Mansion, Guidian Lan Palace Concubine's House".

But now, this magnificent mansion has turned into a barren land.

The vermilion door had faded, and the metal knocker was rusted.

The surrounding gray sand and grass, white withered trees, empty windows, and the crumbling walls add a gloomy and dull atmosphere to this place.

Gu Xu and Chu Fengge got off the carriage and walked towards the gate of Lu Mansion one after the other.

Above the gate, there was a dilapidated plaque hanging crookedly, with the four strong and powerful characters "Scholarly Family" written on it.

Gu Xu knew that these four big characters were written by the late emperor decades ago. At that time, the family of the Lu family was strong, prosperous like flowers with brocade and cooking oil on fire.

Who would have thought that decades later, this huge family would collapse like a building and be submerged in history?
Gu Xu was silent for a few seconds, then put the "substitute bracelet" that Luo Sishou had given him on his wrist, holding the "killer charm" and "broken empty beads" tightly in his hand, and then said to Chu Fengge beside him: "Chu Sir, let's go in!"

Chu Fengge took a deep breath.

Although the expression on Chu Fengge's face was calm, Gu Xu noticed that the cold hairs on his neck stood up at some point.

"Master Chu, are you afraid?" Gu Xu asked with concern.

"You are afraid!" Chu Fengge snorted coldly.

After saying that, he put his hands on his back and walked into the Lu family's haunted house through the door with his head held high.

Gu Xu smiled, followed in his footsteps, and walked in.

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Entering the Lu Mansion, the two of them first saw a tall shadow wall that blocked their sight.

There is a colorful mural on the screen wall - if Gu Xu is not mistaken, it should be a picture of a group of dignitaries drinking and having fun in the garden.

Gu Xu once read in Feng Shui books that the evil spirits of ghosts usually come and go straight - and building a shadow wall in the courtyard gate can block the outside ghosts to a certain extent.

"Unfortunately, the ghosts this time should be inside the mansion. This shadow wall is useless." Gu Xu thought silently.

Then the two went around the shadow wall and entered the hanging flower door.

On both sides are the chasing halls, and in the middle is the hall.

The hall is a hall that communicates the front and rear courtyards and allows people to walk through.

In the center is a dusty screen that has fallen to the ground and has become tattered under the erosion of the years.

And on this piercing couplet, there is a short couplet—

The first couplet: Bamboo rain, pine, wind, and Wuyue;
Second couplet: Tea smoke, piano rhyme and book sound.

"It really deserves to be the famous Wenqing family in the country!" Seeing this couplet, Gu Xu couldn't help sighing in his heart, "This couplet has a literary style!"

But at the same time, his mood became more and more solemn.

If I had to describe the feeling of this dilapidated mansion to Gu Xu in two words, it would be "too quiet" and "too ordinary".

They passed through the two courtyards all the way, but they did not see any sign of ghosts, nor did they see any figures or corpses of the missing monks from the Exorcism Division.

Not to mention any clues related to the "Stunning Pen" or "Frost Erosion" curse.

All I could see was the dark gray walls, dead tree branches, collapsed screens, broken china, and fluffy moss under the eaves.

And their breathing and footsteps were the only sounds in the courtyard.

"Master Chu, did you find any clues when you came here last time?" Gu Xu asked Chu Fengge while observing the surroundings carefully.

Chu Fengge did not answer.

His eyes stared straight ahead, his lips trembled slightly, and his handsome face was bloodless.

Gu Xu had never seen Chu Fengge look so rude.

"When Mr. Chu came to this haunted house last time, what terrifying thing did he see?" Gu Xu secretly speculated in his heart, "How could it leave such a deep psychological shadow on him?"

He frowned slightly, grabbed the talisman paper in his pocket with his right hand, and was about to walk towards Chuantang to find clues about the "Frost Melting" spell.

However, at this moment, a mutation occurred.

In the empty courtyard, a sad and mournful dongxiao sounded suddenly.

His voice was whimpering, resentful and mournful, like weeping and complaining.

There seems to be a kind of magical power that can make people recall sad past events and can't help but shed tears.

Gu Xu suddenly recalled a description in the document: "...in addition to poetry, Lu Shiyao, the concubine of the Lu family, is also proficient in rhythm, especially good at playing the flute. Tears are falling, and my clothes are all wet..."

"Could it be that the person doing things in this mansion is the soul of Lu Shiyao?" Gu Xu guessed silently.

And with the sound of the flute, a frightening change took place in the house.

The light of the sun disappeared instantly.

The vision of the two became dim.

The surrounding walls, windows, columns, eaves, etc., all rotted and fell to the ground like mud, and quickly decayed and decayed like sheets of paper that had been roughly torn apart.

Later, these scenes all turned into ice icicles, the ground was covered with snow, and the frozen bones were scattered.

Gu Xu felt a strong cold rush into his bone marrow.

According to common sense, as a cultivator, he can use his true essence to resist the cold - even in the coldest winter, he can't feel the slightest chill.

But now, the cold air in the Lu family's haunted house made him shiver uncontrollably, his ears hurt, his lips were dark blue, and his fingers became extremely stiff, almost unconscious.

"Gu... Gu Xu, look at the pair of couplets in front of you... couplet!" Chu Fengge stretched out his finger and pointed ahead, his voice trembling because of the cold, "It... it has changed!"

Gu Xu immediately looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw that the rather poetic and picturesque pair of "Bamboo Rain, Pine Wind, Wu Moon, Tea Smoke, Qin Rhythm and Book Sound" had long since disappeared without a trace.

Instead, a pair of scribbled couplets written in blood-red handwriting—

The first couplet: The endless sea of ​​suffering is the shore;
The next link: There is no way to hell to blame.

"There is no door to hell..."

Seeing this word, Gu Xu immediately turned his head.

In his perception, the gate of Lu Mansion has long disappeared.

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Notes:

(1) "Five steps to the first floor, ten steps to a pavilion; the waist of the corridor is back, the eaves and teeth are pecked high." - Tang Du Mu, "A Fang Gong Fu"

(2) "The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, and there is no way to turn back to the shore, and there is no door to hell to take the blame." - "Illustration of Cause and Effect: Map of Hell in Disguise"

　Thanks to the book friends for picking up a little meow fish as a reward!
　　
　
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