Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 229 Close the case and return to reality (5k words, ask for a monthly ticket!)

Gu Xu focused his attention on the battle situation, and saw the two sword intents of Chu Fengge and Wu Ming gushing out, and they were about to meet in the air.

There was a turbulent surge, wrapped in a resolute, resolute, life-sacrificing momentum.

The other is poetic and picturesque on the surface, but in fact it is a bit stiff.

If you use painting as an analogy, it is as if a beginner is copying the work of a master artist-it looks similar at first glance, but if you look closely, you will find that it is missing some key details.

And it is these details that determine whether this painting is an "ordinary excellent work" or a "classic handed down work".

At this moment, the powerful comprehension ability bestowed on Gu Xu by "Bowen Strong Memorization" and "Unfortunate Genius"—or in the words of the white-haired boy on the "Naihe Bridge", the authority of "wisdom" was quietly activated.

In his field of vision, Chu Fengge's movements suddenly slowed down, as if he had pressed the pause button on the video and watched carefully frame by frame.

He took the opportunity to quickly analyze Chu Fengge's style of "Xiao Ying Wan Yue".

Before, when he competed with Chu Fengge in "The Realm of Discussion of Dao", Gu Xu had already comprehended the "Tao" of Luo Sishou.

Luo Sishou's "Tao" to be promoted to a saint is "fate" - he has always believed that even though the world is changing, the fate of all living beings is ultimately under the watchful eye of God, and they all run along the established track.

The Taoism and martial arts he created, such as "Lie Xing Jue", "Cloud Sea Galaxy Sword", "Meteor Walking the Moon", etc., all contain his understanding of fate.

"Since this is the case, what does Chu Fengge's style of 'Xiao Ying Wan Yue' have to do with fate?" Gu Xu asked in his heart.

In a blink of an eye, another voice in his mind gave the answer: "The artistic conception of this sword style is desolate and melancholy, which represents bad luck and ill-fated fate. If combined with the hexagram image of divination and deduction, then It just corresponds to the 'Weiji Gua'.

"'Weiji', which means 'not over', means that after a failure, you are in a difficult situation, and you need to forbear and retreat temporarily, and wait for the right time to start again.

"So, the true meaning of 'Xiao Ying Wan Yue' lies in retreating to advance."

Thinking of this, Gu Xu smiled and thought: With Chu Fengge's character, how could he know how to forbear and retreat to advance?He will only go forward indomitably, and will not look back until he hits the south wall.

Since the authority of "wisdom" endowed Gu Xu with a quick thinking far beyond ordinary people, he ended his thinking in a very short time.When he came to a conclusion, the two sword intents had not had time to collide with each other.

"Be careful! Enemies are coming from behind!" He shouted to Chu Fengge who was fighting.

Hearing Gu Xu's words, Chu Fengge felt a little puzzled.

As a fifth-level cultivator, he couldn't even feel the aura of any new enemies behind him - Gu Xu was only a third-level cultivator, so how could he detect enemies that he couldn't even detect?
However, although he thought so in his mind, his body still took a step back involuntarily, and at the same time turned his head to look behind him.

There are no enemies behind.

Gu Xu is a liar.

Chu Fengge was furious and wanted to scold him severely.

But the moment he stepped back and turned his head, the killing intent in his sword energy was restrained involuntarily, becoming softer and more natural.

He suddenly found the feeling of carrying a sword.

His movements changed from awkwardness at first to a lot smoother.

It's as if this trick "is supposed to work this way".

At this moment, the sword intent of "She Shen Jian" was like a violent sandstorm, sweeping towards Chu Fengge; Chu Fengge's "Xiao Ying Wan Yue" turned into a green forest, blocking this killing intent, and quietly resolve it.

"The step back seems to be the key."

Indistinctly, Chu Fengge seemed to have found the answer that he had been searching for for a long time.

This surprised him immensely.

"Could it be that Gu Xu has mastered the 'Yunhai Xinghe Sword' long ago? The purpose of his lying is actually to take this opportunity to give me advice?" A very outrageous guess appeared in his mind, but he was quickly dismissed by him. Out of the mind, "No, that can't be, this must just be a coincidence.

"He has been practicing for a year at most, and he has never learned swordsmanship. And I started practicing this 'Yunhai Xinghe Sword' several years ago, and I can barely be regarded as an expert. How could he have the ability to do this kind of thing? point me?"

After the "Sacrifice Sword" was blocked, Wu Ming's true energy was completely drained, and he completely lost his ability to fight.

He collapsed on the ground weakly, his face was frighteningly white, blood flowed from the corner of his mouth, and his limbs were limp and feeble.

He looked at the three strange subordinates with desperate eyes.

He could feel that Chu Fengge, or "Zhang Potian", not only had pure and powerful real essence, but also used extremely exquisite swordsmanship, which was a high-grade martial art that he had never seen several times in his life.

The origins of these three people are absolutely extraordinary.

"I shouldn't be able to escape from them today," he closed his eyes and thought silently, "but no matter what, the secret must not be revealed."

Thinking of this, he had a thought, ready to sever his own meridians and die.

"Don't let him commit suicide." At this moment, Gu Xu noticed his intention and ordered lightly.

Shangguan Jin reacted very quickly.

As soon as Gu Xu opened his mouth, she cast a spell, which disturbed Wu Ming's thoughts and prevented him from moving.

Wu Ming slowly opened his eyes, feeling ashamed.

He realized that in front of these demonic figures, even death became an impossible thing.

Gu Xu knelt down, spread the map in his hand on the ground, and showed him a faint smile: "Master Wu, can you tell me the story about this map now?"

Wu Ming sighed and said, "You're not 'Wen Yannian', who are you?"

Gu Xu replied calmly: "A person who helps him get justice."

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Afterwards, Gu Xu learned the whole story behind it from Wu Ming's mouth——

In the Daqi Dynasty, every once in a while, the meritorious performance of officials will be evaluated. Those who have merit will be promoted, while those who have no merit will stay where they are or even be relegated.

The Exorcist is no exception.

When Wu Ming came to Anshun Mansion to be a thousand householder, he also had a heart of wanting to make contributions at the beginning.

He wanted to kill all the ghosts near Anshun Mansion so that the residents could live and work in peace and contentment.

But many practical problems he encountered in the process of being an official gradually eroded his ambition.

Insufficient manpower, insufficient money and food, insufficient pills and weapons, subordinates are lazy and playful...

Even, because he wanted to change some reward and punishment systems in Anshun Mansion, some people were annoyed, causing them to hug a small group and try their best to squeeze him out.

The reality smoothed Wu Ming's edges and corners day by day.

One day, he led a team to go out to kill ghosts in person, only to be surrounded by ghosts.

The leader of those ghosts is "Lord Yelang".The ghosts and monsters in the entire mountain forest are under his jurisdiction.

"Lord Yelang" used the dark swamp to kill all the subordinates Wu Ming led at that time, but he was the only one who let him go.

At this time, "Lord Yelang" proposed a deal——

He hoped that Wu Ming would give up the protection of some village residents outside the city of Anshun Prefecture, so as to provide the ghosts with a fixed source of food; in exchange, "Lord Yelang" would send some disobedient ghosts to the city wall to feed Wu Ming's achievements.

"Lord Yelang" said that he and his people have long been accustomed to living in a corner, as long as they can eat enough to be satisfied; however, every time they try to eat, monks from the Exorcism Department will come to the door with swords, making them Casualties continued among his faithful people.

He didn't want to kill Wu Ming. To some extent, he wanted to avoid trouble and prevent the more powerful monks from the Exorcist Division from being alarmed.

Wu Ming hesitated for a long time.

He is very afraid of death and does not want his life to end here.

But he also understands that if he agrees to the deal with "Lord Yelang", he will become the kind of person he hated most before.

At that time, he also raised his doubts: "Will the transaction between us be discovered by those monks in the capital who know the secret art?"

"Lord Yelang" laughed loudly: "Do you think Tianji Technique is really equivalent to omniscience and omnipotence?"

The longing for life finally defeated the insistence on the bottom line.

Wu Ming agreed to the proposal.

Since then, he no longer tried to make any changes to the Exorcist Department of Anshun Prefecture, nor did he try his best to kill ghosts as before.

He only needs to stay quietly in the city, and there will be a steady stream of ghosts coming to his door, which will become his meritorious service.

For his achievements, his superiors praised him very much and assured him that he would be given the opportunity to be promoted if there was a vacancy.

Wu Ming has never experienced such a relaxed life like a pie in the sky.

The only victims in this transaction are the people living in the mountains and forests outside the city.

They spent every night in terror, fearing that ghosts would suddenly appear and snatch their parents, wives and children away.

They held funerals with increasing frequency.

But they waited for a long time, but they couldn't wait for the plots in the stories of the elders to happen in reality—"The monks of the Exorcist Division are heroes with great powers. One day, they will come here with flying swords to save We are in a sea of ​​misery."

At the same time, Wu Ming often has nightmares when resting at night.

He dreamed that when the incident was revealed, he would be ruined and beheaded at Caishikou.His head was hung on the city gate, and every commoner would throw a rotten egg or a rotten tomato at him when they passed by, cursing: "Officer dog, return my parents/mother-in-law/wife/child..."

……

Not long ago, his subordinate Wen Yannian accidentally discovered this secret transaction.

Fortunately, Wen Yannian is a simple young man. He firmly believes in the image of a model official who cares about the country and the people that Wu Ming has always pretended to be. He feels that someone is forging evidence to frame Wu Ming, and he wants to help Wu Ming find out the situation.

On the surface, Wu Ming was very grateful to him, but what he thought in his heart was "the secret must not be revealed, this person must die".

Therefore, he drew the wrong location on the mission map - if Wen Yannian followed the map to complete the mission, he would walk in front of "Lord Yelang", and "Lord Yelang" would take his life.

The real Wen Yannian in history died because of this.

But now, the person in front of Wu Ming was not the simple and weak Wen Yannian, but Gu Xu.

He turned against the guest and exposed Wu Ming's hidden secret in front of everyone.

After all, Wu Ming was ruined.

…………

"People's hearts are only one inch, and there are turmoil day and night."

After listening to the whole story, Gu Xu had to say that the poem on the jade talisman really matched this case very well.

The human heart is complex and unpredictable.

Sometimes, even scarier than ghosts.

"Do you regret it?" He looked into Wu Ming's eyes and asked seriously.

Wu Ming thought for a while and replied: "I do regret it a bit. If I had refused the deal at that time and died in the hands of the 'Lord Yelang', the messy things like today would not have happened."

Speaking of this, Wu Ming paused for a moment, then changed the subject: "It's just that, have you ever thought that the merits I have obtained by cooperating with ghosts are much more than that I have done actively and conscientiously? Is this a very ironic thing?" thing?"

Gu Xu nodded: "A little bit indeed."

Hearing his affirmation, Wu Ming raised his tone and became more emotional: "My lord, you have to understand that if I can actively kill ghosts, I can have more personnel and supplies; if I want to change the status quo, the court will On the one hand, there can be less resistance; if every monk who desires to slay demons and eliminate evil for the people can get basic guarantees in terms of cultivation resources... maybe everything will be different!"

Gu Xu was silent for a while, and said: "What you said is indeed reasonable. The current Daqi Dynasty does have many disadvantages."

He thought of some information sent to his mind by Kongxuan Sanren: powerful sects occupy more than [-]% of the cultivation resources, and low-level monks have to work hard to do tasks for a small "Meditation Pill"; ghosts are rampant in remote areas and harm the people. The dignitaries are still immersed in a comfortable environment, and even withhold supplies...

The "nine infant snake demon" is the product of folk resentment.

Although its strength is not the strongest among the "fierce gods", the saints can't completely wipe it out together, so they can only choose to seal it under the Qingzhou Mansion again.

The reason is very simple, the people's grievances will never go away, and the nine babies will never die.

"What will you do when you encounter these ills?" Wu Ming stared into Gu Xu's eyes, becoming more and more emotional, "If you want to change it, you will be blocked everywhere, and in the end you can only choose to follow the trend..."

"'If you are poor, you will take care of yourself, if you are rich, you will benefit the world'," Gu Xu thought for a moment, and then replied, "I can't even take care of myself, and I am not qualified to think about 'changing the status quo'... I can only make sure Don't do things against your conscience.

"Perhaps, after I am strong enough, I may be able to solve these problems easily!"

He didn't seem to be speaking to Wu Ming, but more like speaking to himself.

Wu Ming fell into deep thought.

Not far away, Shangguan Jin silently recalled the phrase "If you are poor, you will benefit yourself; if you are rich, you will benefit the world". He only felt that it was very philosophical, and he looked at Gu Xu with a strange look in his eyes.

Chu Fengge was still pondering "Xiao Ying Wan Yue" - to be precise, he was wondering whether Gu Xu would know this set of sword skills.

As for the officials of the yamen...they stood in the courtyard in a daze, unable to recover from the shocking information for a long time.

After a while, Gu Xu calmed down his expression and said to Wu Ming: "However, whether you stick to your original intention or follow the trend, these are all your own choices... It should not be left to the people in the villages outside the city of Anshun Prefecture. Pay for your actions with your life."

Having said this, he turned his head to look at Shangguan Jin, and said calmly: "Look at him for me, don't let him seek death."

Wu Ming is an official ordered by the imperial court. Gu Xu has no right to kill him or punish him. He needs to be handed over to the relevant imperial court agencies for processing. The chief executive is still watching from outside. Gu Xu cannot make mistakes in this kind of principled issue.

Shangguan Jin smiled slightly, and deliberately imitated the tone of his subordinates: "I obey, Mr. Gu."

Then, Gu Xu looked at the surrounding officials again, and asked, "Which of you can take me to the summoning circle in this yamen?"

The officials looked at each other in blank dismay.

After a while, a short and fat young man came out of the queue tremblingly, and saluted Gu Xu respectfully: "My lord, I can take you there."

At this moment, the young man looked at Gu Xu as if he was looking at a terrifying monster.

"Don't be nervous, I don't know how to eat people." Gu Xu chuckled.

Hearing this, the pudgy young man trembled even more.

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A few minutes later, Gu Xu walked through the corridor, climbed up the stairs to the attic, and came to the summoning circle.

He activated the magic circle, connected with Feng Biyu, the commander of the Exorcist Department of Guizhou Province, and reported all the things that happened in Anshun Mansion, including the story Wu Ming told, to Master Feng.

Regarding Wu Ming's actions, Feng Biyu expressed shock and anger. He did not expect that there would be officials who would do such dirty things in private.

He said that he would definitely follow Daqi's legal procedures, and let Wu Ming receive the punishment he deserved; at the same time, he also claimed that he would take time to deal with "Lord Yelang" and his ghost army, and completely wipe out this scourge in the mountains and forests of Anshun Prefecture. .

Feng Biyu's voice was flat and unwavering, just like the NPC responsible for releasing tasks in the previous game.

With a smile on his face, Gu Xu responded with a few official accents.

What happened next has nothing to do with him.

After finishing the conversation with Feng Biyu, he felt that the surrounding scene gradually became blurred, and then all the colors mixed together, spinning rapidly like a kaleidoscope, making him dizzy.

He seems to have lifted his feet off the ground and floated into the air, speeding through a colorful tunnel.

He knew that the purpose of this trial was not for him to kill powerful ghosts, but for him to find out the truth and understand the intricacies of the human heart.

Now that the case is over, he is about to return to the real world.

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Headquarters of the Exorcism Division, Star Observatory.

The chief, Luo Chuan, stretched out his hand and tapped lightly on the bronze mirror in front of him.

The dynamic picture on the bronze mirror disappeared instantly.

The corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a faint smile.

"It's time to see him."

PS: I only wanted to write 2000 words for this chapter, but I was so emotional that I wrote 5000 words.Sorry I didn't finish writing until now.

PS2: Because I have something to deal with in the morning in the next few days, all the updates starting tomorrow will be put at [-] pm!

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