In late autumn, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

The outskirts of Yishui County are filled with gray-white mist.

Gu Xu walked alone in the long and silent alley in the night.

As an official of the Exorcism Division of the Great Qi Dynasty, it was common for him to go out late at night to carry out ghost killing tasks.

He walked to the fork in the alley, turned the corner, and stopped.

Several grayish-white shadows appeared in front of them.

These shadows floated in mid-air, translucent, and had a hazy sheen throughout.

They are all thin and slender women.

Their complexions were as pale as corpses, and their bodies were wrapped in ragged white robes, and they floated in the deep night.

And their eyes were hollow, like bottomless black holes.

When Gu Xu looked at them, they invariably opened their mouths slightly, revealing their snow-white sharp fangs.

"The charm, born of the strange atmosphere of the mountains and forests, is a victim."

The description in the ancient book came to Gu Xu's mind.

So he recognized that these ghosts in front of him were the "ghosts" transformed by the yin qi of the mountains and forests, although they had no spiritual intelligence, they could absorb people's essence and kill people invisibly.

"I know you're hungry for me," Gu Xu looked at them with a sunny smile on his face, "But I'm sorry, tonight, I'm the hunter." ”

With that, he took out a few pieces of rune paper from his coat pocket and gently threw them towards the ghosts in front of him.

This is the "Taishang Arctic Town Demon Killing Talisman" drawn by him, which is specially used to deal with these ghosts and monsters that have transformed into yin qi.

"Five-star town color, light and darkness. Thousands of saints, protect my true spirit......"

He recited the "exorcism spell" lightly.

Before he could finish speaking, the rune paper instantly turned into a dazzling golden flame, like the rising sun, illuminating the entire alley as bright as day.

Hiss, sss

Blazing air currents tumbled upward, and bright tongues of fire scurried around.

Those "ghosts" were swallowed by the flames before they could resist.

Instant evaporation.

After a few seconds, the flames were extinguished.

The alley is quiet again, as if nothing had happened.

Gu Xu looked at the empty alley and sighed in his heart: "The effect of this 'ghost killing talisman' that I transformed recently seems to be too good......

He thought he would be able to deal with one or two goblins at a time.

Unexpectedly, the "ghosts" were wiped out in waves.

Is this because their output is too high, or is the goblins' bodies too brittle?

Thinking of this, Gu Xu put away the folding fan, took out a booklet from his coat pocket, and quickly recorded it with charcoal:

"Experiment time: September 15, 23rd year of Tianxing;

"Experiment content: Conduct damage assessment on the improved version of the 'Taishang Arctic Town Demon Slaying Talisman';

"Experimental conclusion: Due to the low strength of the ghost, it was completely wiped out within three seconds, and it is impossible to accurately estimate the power of the new version of the 'ghost killing talisman' (at least five times more than the original version);

"Note: The next time you do an experiment, you must find a 'guinea pig' that can withstand beatings."

Then he put away his pen and paper, turned and disappeared into the night.

He was also in a hurry to rush back to the Exorcism Division to report on the completion of the mission.

Destroying these "ghosts" should be able to obtain a lot of merit, enough to exchange a bottle of "Meditation Pill" from the Exorcism Division.

With the "Meditation Pill", his cultivation can go further.

He was only a weak and helpless First Realm cultivator now, and he could only bully the weaker ghosts.

When encountering stronger evil ghosts, I am afraid that there will be more evil and less luck.

In order to survive, in order to live a long life, he must seize the time to practice and strive to make himself strong.

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Gu Xu is a traverser.

Three months ago, he was a college student on Earth who was obsessed with studying.

One day, he inadvertently opened a game with the theme of cultivating immortals, and wanted to play casually and relax. Unexpectedly, as soon as I finished randomly selecting talents, I felt a sharp pain in my head, and then my eyes went black and I fainted.

After waking up, he came to this strange world and became a seventeen-year-old boy with the same name and surname.

Unlike the peace and tranquility of the earth.

This world, called the Great Wilderness, is full of all kinds of demons and monsters.

They always haunt the night, eating human flesh and blood, eating human souls, and causing countless tragedies of family destruction.

In front of the ghosts with almost immortal bodies and extraordinary abilities, the power of ordinary people seems small and fragile.

Only the extraordinary can fight the extraordinary.

Only practitioners can fight against ghosts.

This is the lesson of the blood that the Terrans have learned in countless battles.

The major cultivation sects have all taken on the responsibility of eliminating demons and defending the Dao.

The Great Qi Dynasty also established the "Exorcism Division" to deal with the ghosts and ghosts, and to protect the lives of the people as much as possible.

Gu Xu is an unpopular warden in the Great Qi Exorcism Division.

The "non-entry" here does not mean to disparage, but simply refers to his rank.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, the official was Liunei, divided into nine grades, and appointed by the imperial court; Officials are outsiders, not ranked, and appointed by officials.

Gu Xu's job is mainly to exorcise ghosts and fight ghosts, and assist his boss in maintaining the harmony and tranquility of the community.

Doing this dangerous business, dealing with man-eating demons every day, he will inevitably be worried, and often worry that one day he will go out to do a task, and he will never return.

Perhaps because he crossed over too hastily, he did not obtain the legendary "system".

The only golden finger is the talent randomly obtained in the game - [Erudite Knowledge], [Conjuring Body] and [Thin Life Genius].

[Erudite and strong] is an ordinary but very useful talent.

It allows Gu Xu to have an almost unforgettable learning ability and an understanding ability that far exceeds ordinary people.

Relying on this talent, in just three months, Gu Xu had already read all the books in the Yamen of the Exorcism Division in Yishui County.

He knows almost everything about the exercises and moves of various major sects, the Achilles heel of various ghosts, and all kinds of bizarre and unpopular spells - he can be described as a "theorist of cultivating immortals" and "keyboard power".

Among them, he is the best at the way of talismans.

In contrast, the talent of [Conjuring Spirit's Body] brought Gu Xu far more trouble than benefits - it could increase Gu Xu's probability of bumping into ghosts to a certain extent.

It can also be understood that Gu Xu has a very high "charm value" in the eyes of ghosts, like a bright light in the night, which can unconsciously attract many ghosts who are hungry for his body to him.

But what's the use of that?

It was impossible for him to find a female ghost to be a Taoist companion.

As for the talent of [Thin Life Genius]...... Gu Xu would rather not have it himself.

It can improve Gu Xu's comprehension and increase the probability of his epiphany.

It can also increase Gu Xu's cultivation efficiency by about 20%, so that he rarely encounters bottlenecks.

But as the old saying goes, "All the gifts of fate have long been secretly marked with a price." ”

Gu Xu, who has the talent of [Thin Life Genius], has been weak and sickly since he crossed over.

I can't carry a knife, I can't dance a sword, and even jogging makes me out of breath and my chest hurts.

Ordinary medical treatment could not cure his congenital disease.

Every doctor who treated him categorically asserted that he would not live to be thirty years old in his lifetime.

In other words, Gu Xu now has less than thirteen years left to live.

There is only one way to change his fate -

That's practice.

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Exegesis:

(1) "The charm, born of the strange atmosphere of the mountains and forests, is a victim of people." ——Du pre-annotated "The Three Years of Xuangong"

(2) "Five-star town color, light Xuanming." Thousands of gods and saints, protect my true spirit. The giant beast subdues the five soldiers. Five days of the devil, dead and extinct. Wherever it is, all gods are welcome. Haste as a law. —Taoist exorcism spells.