Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 618 Qualified Leader

"Of course I remember." Luo Chuan nodded.

"I've been thinking recently," Gu Xu said after thinking for a moment, "whether there is some way that we can get some of the latest information on the Lingxiao world.

"In the past thousands of years, Taishang Haotian has known everything about the Great Wilderness through the 'Stairway to Heaven' or the Tai'a Sword. However, we know nothing about what happened in the Lingxiao Realm. We don't know what level they have developed to during this long period of time, and how big the gap between them and us is."

"This is difficult," Luo Chuan said solemnly, "With Supreme Haotian's current cultivation, any outsider who tries to enter the Lingxiao world will most likely be exposed to his sight. We want to send someone It’s almost impossible to sneak in quietly.”

"Of course I can't send people there directly," Gu Xu said, "We don't have many eighth-level monks here who can cross the void. They are all the white jade pillars that hold the sky and the purple gold beam that bridges the sea. How can we let them go so easily? They risk their lives to do something like this?

"I'm just wondering if there are some other ways, such as secretly sending some remotely controlled puppets into the Lingxiao world, or trying to capture a few people from the Lingxiao world who came out to explore a different world, and find out some information from their mouths. The situation in Lingxiao Realm.”

Luo Chuan was deeply touched when he heard Gu Xu refer to the eighth realm monks in the wilderness as "white jade pillars that hold the sky" and "purple golden beams that build the sea".

He thought: Since the emperor valued him so much, how could he not work hard to repay the emperor's appreciation?

"Emperor, it's definitely not possible to send puppets directly there," Luo Chuan said slowly after thinking for a while, "The rules of the two worlds are different. The monks are in the wilderness and cannot control the puppets in the Lingxiao world.

"It seems feasible to capture a monk from the Lingxiao Realm who is out exploring, but the chance is too slim. It's like looking for a needle in a haystack."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, as if searching for some distant memories in his mind.

"However, many years ago, I discovered a method in an ancient book in the Lingxiao world that might be worth trying."

"Oh? What's the solution?" Gu Xu asked.

Luo Chuan slowed down his speech and said word by word: "I only send my soul."

"Only send the soul..."

Gu Xu silently repeated these words in his mind, and his brows couldn't help but frown slightly.

Just from these few words, he could faintly feel the infinite danger hidden in them.

Only to hear Luo Chuan continue to explain: "According to the description in that book, every world has its own reincarnation system, and the departed souls usually enter it, go through reincarnation, and be reincarnated as adults.

"Theoretically, as long as we can accurately grasp the coordinates of the Lingxiao Realm, we can try to disguise the souls of the Great Wilderness monks in the fifth realm and above as the dead souls, and guide them to the Lingxiao Realm while retaining their memories. Within the reincarnation system, they can be reincarnated there.”

"Has there been any successful attempt before?" Gu Xu asked.

"No," Luo Chuan shook his head, "It's only theoretically possible."

Gu Xu's expression became more solemn.

This matter was undoubtedly an extremely difficult decision for him.

On the one hand, the current Lingxiao world is in a completely unknown state. Once a war breaks out, the information asymmetry between the two sides will make Dahuang fall into a completely passive situation;

On the other hand, if we follow the method proposed by Luo Chuan and send the souls of a group of practitioners into reincarnation in the Lingxiao Realm, judging from the huge risks involved, this is almost equivalent to sending a death squad deep into the enemy camp, and It will be difficult for them to return to their homeland in their lifetime.

Thinking of this, Gu Xu couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

At this moment, he deeply felt that he was still not a qualified leader.

He knew that his position in the wilderness was very important now, so he could no longer do everything by himself as he had done in the past, let alone put himself in danger easily.

He must learn to leave many things to others.

However, when he realized that he had to issue an order and ask his men to make such a huge sacrifice, he still felt a heavy feeling in his heart. "I will consider this matter again," Gu Xu said calmly after a brief silence, "Wenchang, you go and preside over today's actual combat assessment of the 'Purple Mansion Army' first!"

"Yes, Emperor."

Luochuan stood up, saluted Gu Xu, and then walked down the stairs to the lobby of the exorcism department with the "warming pot".

Gu Xu was still sitting on the observatory, staring at the distant sky. The heavy leaden clouds reflected in his eyes, making his gaze look even deeper.

…………

On this snowy morning, as the melodious bell rang, Li Yun stepped into the solemn lobby of the headquarters of the Luojing Exorcist Department.

Luo Chuan, the head of the exorcism department, was wearing a crane cloak and sitting at the top of the lobby.

On the table in front of him was an exquisite white jade pot.

As Luo Chuan gently waved his sleeves, dozens of jade talismans soared from the table and accurately fell into the hands of everyone present.

Li Yun sat on the futon in the lobby and glanced at the jade talisman in his hand. He saw a line of shining small seal characters engraved on it:

"The time is not as good as the location, and the location is not as good as the harmony of people."

According to Luo Chuan's introduction, this is the secret formula for them to enter the illusion of Wen Gu Hu.

And if they feel difficulties during the assessment process and want to give up, they only need to crush this jade talisman to leave the illusion in advance.

Li Yun and everyone around him closed their eyes and recited the mantra in a low voice.

As the Wen Gu Pot emits a soft milky white light, the sound of ethereal fairy music can be faintly heard in everyone's ears, and their consciousness gradually falls into deep darkness.

When their vision became clear again, they found themselves on top of a towering city, surrounded by vast wilderness.

The sound of horns came and went, and the sound of fighting was endless.

There was clearly a fierce battle going on.

...............

"It seems that what these monks drew was the scene of the Battle of Liangzhou." Gu Xu said.

At this time Luochuan had returned to the observatory.

The two of them looked through the bronze mirror together and observed the assessment situation in the Wen Gu pot.

The dozens of monks who participated in the assessment today have been randomly assigned identities and transformed into practitioners in the Daxia or Daqi army on the battlefield.

The task they faced was to capture or defend a turret with a formation hub.

Gu Xu has been busy with official duties recently and is unable to attend every assessment in person, but he will occasionally take time to come to observe whether there are any young monks worthy of key training in the future.

His expression was always as calm as water, unruffled.

But suddenly, his eyes were sharply locked on a tall and thin monk holding a long sword and standing on the edge of the turret——

He has seen this person before!