Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 571 Next step, Luo Jing!

When Gu Xu's cultivation was not high, he had always been a rather "superstitious" person.

Every time he goes out on a mission, he has to do a divination to make sure his life is not in danger before he goes out.

He has dabbled in methods such as Liuyao, astrology, dream divination, and turtle divination.

However, after he was promoted to a saint, he rarely used these methods.

After all, while he became a saint by the way of "subversion", he also denied the way of Ziwei Emperor's astrological destiny, denied the view that "everything is destined", and acknowledged the existence of uncertainty and free will.

Because he no longer believes in fate, when he does divination, especially when it comes to objects of equal or even greater strength, the results he gets will no longer be as accurate as in the past.

But he never regretted it.

It is precisely because of the existence of variables that there is something called "miracle" in the world, which makes it vivid and wonderful.

"Wenchang, besides He Yiqun, who are the remaining Liu Ji and Lu Ma?" Gu Xu frowned slightly and asked Luo Chuan beside him.

Luo Chuan said respectfully: "Emperor, Zuo Fuxing is the former Great Qi State Master Wang Jian, right Bi Xing is the previous generation Yan Guogong Zhao Changying, Tian Kui Xing is Tian Kui Sword Master Chu Fengge, and Tian Yue Star corresponds to Tian Yue The sword master is Shangguan Jin, and Lu Cunxing is your staff Shen Qiu... As for Wen Changxing, that is the old minister himself. "

Gu Xu looked at the astrolabe again and found that the main stars of these people's life palaces mentioned by Luo Chuan did correspond to the six lucky horses.

I have to say that when it comes to astrology and destiny, sometimes the descriptions of people are quite accurate.

For example, Zhao Changying, the ruler of his life palace is Youbi star, which is the auxiliary star of Ziwei, which symbolizes authoritarianism, intelligence, ability, affection, upright character, good at giving, careful and strategic in doing things. Because of this, he was able to endure silently for many years for the sake of his deceased wife, playing the role of a decadent drunkard and secretly plotting a revenge plan.

But he is not a rebel leader.

After Zhao Changying proclaimed himself King of Yan, the northern border faced the dilemma of extreme shortage of supplies and numerous internal conflicts. Although Zhao Changying is a strong true king, he adheres too closely to the Zhao family's oath that "same people shall not kill each other", suppressing the voices of those who are close to the opposition, and clearing all obstacles for his daughter to ascend to the throne.

In the end, it was Gu Xu who took action and sent one Zhao Changqi and Zhao Yu to the dungeon and the other to the Elephant Gu Pavilion, which helped Zhao Yan establish the absolute authority of King Yan.

In Gu Xu's view, Zhao Changying is sometimes too upright, his heart is not black enough, and his hands are not ruthless enough. He cares too much about family responsibilities and brotherly loyalty, and ignores that many people in the world are mercenary.

If Gu Xu were in the same position today, he would be able to think of more than one way to kill Zhao Changqi and his son without violating his oath, and then put the blame on the Da Qi Dynasty. He even went to the funeral of Zhao Changqi and his son with tears, saying, "Qi State killed my brother and my nephew, and I am incompatible with it."

But now, after Zhao Changying was relieved of Dayan's burden, he seemed to suddenly be twenty years younger. Recently, he likes to lead a team of elite monks to go deep alone to conquer cities and territories for Daxia, and then, like a child, he competes with other true kings, saints and strong men all day long to see whose contribution is greater.

Even Zhao Yan couldn't help but complain to Gu Xu sometimes: "My father is simply more childish than a five-year-old child."

Whether intentionally or unintentionally, Luochuan missed an important star.

"What about Wenqu?" Gu Xu asked.

"Wen Quxing is Lu Shiyao, the previous owner of Jinghong Pen." Luo Chuan replied.

Hearing this name, Gu Xu's face remained calm, but his heart couldn't help but tremble for a moment.

"Oh, didn't she die many years ago?"

"Emperor, your Jinghong pen has the imprint of her fate," Luo Chuan explained, "Because the first owner of the Jinghong pen - Lu Zhiyuan, the ancestor of the Lu family, was also a Wenqu star, so although Miss Lu She died, but her destiny still remained in this magical weapon and transformed into its spirit." Gu Xu remained silent and did not speak.

He remembered that when he was still an official in Yishui County, Luo Chuan tried every means to persuade him to solve the case of Lu's murderous house, making him the new owner of Jinghong Pen.

He also remembered that when he was cornered by the pursuers of the Daqi Dynasty, neither Luo Chuan nor the "Qing Ming" organization provided him with any help, so he could only climb Yishan Mountain to find Xue Nu as a bodyguard.

Then Yuki-onna spontaneously ignites her soul and dies in order to save him.

Browsing through the memories of Emperor Ziwei again... Gu Xu deeply felt once again that Emperor Ziwei's layout was like a giant net, penetrating into every aspect and moment of his past experience. If he hadn't fought to the death on the top of Kunlun Mountain, Emperor Ziwei would have occupied his body by now, flaunting his power and showing off his power in front of others.

"Now that the time has come," Gu Xu finally said after a long period of silence, "then let's prepare to attack Luo Jing!"

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Seven days later, the Xia army occupied the entire Lianghu Province and formed a siege from the north to the south of the Zhili Province where Luojing City is located.

Half a month later, Nanyang and Runing announced their surrender to Daxia.

A month later, Zhao Changying and Xu Man each led a team of monks to capture Zhangde Mansion and Huaiqing Mansion in the northern part of Zhili Province. These two powerful men who had a grudge against the Daqi Dynasty seemed to be in trouble recently. Like a competition, they all worked hard to beat the Qi army to death, and no one was willing to fall behind.

Facing the Xia army's pressing pressure, the Daqi Dynasty repeatedly gave in and never organized a large-scale counterattack.

The defenders in many places even took the initiative to withdraw to Luojing City, leaving the empty city to Gu Xu.

In this regard, Gu Xu did not dare to let down his guard at all.

He believed that Emperor Tianxing would never give up the wilderness to him easily.

And recently, he found that he could no longer see what was happening in Luojing Imperial City through the astrolabe - a layer of disturbing fog appeared in his vision, shrouding the sky above Zichen Palace.

"Emperor Tian Xing must be planning a big move," Gu Xu secretly thought to himself, "I must be fully prepared and must not be careless."

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Before attacking Luo Jing, he still had one important thing to do.

"Pavilion Master Xu," that day, he found Xu Man who was practicing swordplay on the edge of the cliff, and said to her seriously, "I promised you that I would help you kill the Ghost King of Mangshan and avenge your Senior Brother Hu.

"Now, it's time to keep my promise."

Hearing his words, Xu Man sheathed the sword in her hand, but she herself seemed to have turned into a sword out of her body, exuding a sharp murderous aura.

"Emperor, shall we set off now?" She cupped her fists towards Gu Xu.

Gu Xu nodded, took the lead in tearing the void, and disappeared in place.

Xu Man followed closely behind.

(End of this chapter)