Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 137 The Snow Maiden Crisis
As an orphan whose parents both died, Gu Xu used to make dumplings stuffed with cabbage with children of the same age in the nursing home on the [-]th day of the twelfth lunar month, and then go to the yard to make do with two bunches of poorly made dumplings. Firecrackers, even if it is to celebrate the New Year.

After entering the Exorcism Division, he would have a New Year's Eve dinner with Chen Jisheng and a few homeless servants.

Since Chen Jisheng's wife and children passed away, he rarely returned to his home.

He worked late almost every day, and then spent the night in the yamen's duty room.

To some extent, he almost regarded this yamen as his own home, and he also regarded the young juniors in the yamen as his own children.

So, that night, Gu Xu and Chen Jisheng came to a small restaurant outside the yamen, ordered a few home-cooked dishes, and had a simple New Year's Eve dinner in advance.

Because the Chinese New Year was approaching, there were few people in the restaurant, and with this simple meal, the atmosphere was rather deserted.

At this time, Chen Jisheng said with a stern expression: "Gu Xu, according to the news in the mansion newspaper recently, the scope of Yishan Yin Qi is rapidly spreading outward, and the predation activities of Xuenv and her monsters are becoming more and more frequent. About a month later, Yin Qi may spread to the Yishui area—by then, we will face a difficult test."

Snow Maiden...

During the recent period, Gu Xu has heard this familiar name from others more than once.

"Actually, Master Chen, I've always been a little confused—because in my impression, Xuenv usually starts hunting in June."

At the same time, the vow he heard in Lu's haunted house emerged in Gu Xu's mind - "If the Lu family is really wronged, in the dog days of June from now on, three feet of auspicious snow will fall from the sky."

Chen Jisheng sighed and said: "The imperial court said that this year's situation is quite special. As Xuenv's strength becomes stronger, she seems to become more bloodthirsty than before. To this day, in the area near Yishan, there are already a few Hundreds of casualties."

Gu Xu thought for a moment, and then said: "Master Chen, I still have a question - I remember that Xuenv used to kill people by controlling large-scale snowstorms and hailstones, but this time she relied on evil spirits. You know this Is it why?"

Chen Jisheng shook his head, and replied: "Who knows? But you should be very clear, for 'fierce god' level evil spirits, manipulating Yin Qi is their basic ability."

Gu Xu remained silent.

He also remembered the words he had said to him before the spirit of the "Jinghong Pen" disappeared: "My lady would rather starve herself than hurt an innocent soul."

"If what Mr. Chen said is true, it seems that she failed to hold on to herself under the invasion of the evil spirit..." Gu Xu thought silently in his heart.

"Master Chen, what do you need me to do?" He asked.

According to Chen Jisheng, after one month, Yishui County will no longer be safe—he brought himself to talk today, presumably because he hoped that he would prepare for battle in advance and go all out to protect the people of Yishui.

However, what Chen Jisheng said next far exceeded his expectations.

"Gu Xu, after you go to Laizhou Mansion, don't come back for the time being," Chen Jisheng said expressionlessly, "We can only rely on the support of the capital to deal with ghosts of Xuenv's level. Your strength is Far from helping. Better stay in a safe place.

"You are still young, there is no need to participate in this kind of thing."

Gu Xu knew that Chen Jisheng was right.

And according to his own personality, he should take this opportunity to hide away and try his best to save his life.

He just didn't expect that Chen Jisheng, who had always taught them to be "selfless and caring for the common people", would say such selfish words.

"Then does the capital side have any statement on this?" Gu Xu asked.

"Currently, the headquarters of the Exorcist Division has dispatched a number of experts at the peak of the sixth realm to Yishan to deal with the Xuenv," Chen Jisheng replied, "In addition, the Great Qi State Master, the head of the Exorcist Division's Luo Si, and the Yan State of Youzhou The public said that they will engage in combat when the time is right."

"The saint makes a move..."

Gu Xu remembered that Chu Fengge once said to him, "The sages of the Great Qi Dynasty had scruples about taking action."

And he learned from the books that in the wilderness, there also exist "fierce god" level ghosts whose wisdom is no less than that of humans and whose fighting power is comparable to that of a saint—for example, the fierce god called "Mangshan Ghost King" near Luojing, which has always made Dahuang Qi court was very headache.

The number of ghosts at this level is even more than that of human saints.

The status of the saint and the strong in the wilderness is like the status of nuclear weapons in the previous life.

Never use it lightly.

Once it is used, it means that there will be great waves in the whole wilderness.

By then, the entire Daqi Dynasty will surely face an even more terrifying situation.

"No matter what, Mr. Chen, after I leave, you must take care of yourself and don't be brave." Gu Xu said seriously.

"You kid, why are you teaching me all of a sudden?" Hearing his words, Chen Jisheng chuckled, "Such a simple truth, do you still need to teach me?"

"Don't dare." Gu Xu shook his head immediately.

"By the way, Gu Xu, I brought you here today, and I want to ask you to do something for me." Chen Jisheng raised his teacup, took a sip of the hot tea, and then said to Gu Xu, "You should know , after taking action to solve the 'Nine Infant Snake Demon', the Grand Master of Qi sealed it underground in Qingzhou, right?"

Gu Xu nodded.

"What I want to ask you to do today has something to do with the seal of the Nine Baby Snake Demon."

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A quarter of an hour later.

The two of them finished this simple dinner and returned to the Yamen of the Exorcism Department.

Chen Jisheng walked in front, and Gu Xu followed behind him, walking straight towards the empty Zangshu Pavilion.

I only heard Chen Jisheng introduce while walking:

"Back then, after the Great Qi State Master sealed the Nine Infant Snake Demon, he divided the sealing array into eight, and stored them in the eight counties according to the position of the eight trigrams in the day after tomorrow.

"Yishui County is one of them.

"Only the governor of each county knows the existence of these arrays.

"And the duty that the governors need to fulfill is to take out these arrays every three years, strengthen the seal, and prevent the 'Nine Baby Snake Demon' from breaking out-although the probability of this happening is very small Small, but we must also follow the instructions of the national teacher and treat it with caution.

"It stands to reason that this matter should be completed next year.

"However, due to the menacing arrival of the Yishan Snow Maiden this year, I am worried that there will be another disturbance on the side of the Nine Infant Snake Demon, so I want to do this in advance.

"I think, Gu Xu, you know something about talisman seals and formations—the matter of strengthening the seals will allow you to directly contact the formations left by the national teacher, which should be very helpful for your future practice."

(End of this chapter)