For the next month, Gu Xu locked himself in his room almost every day, seizing all the time to work hard to cultivate.

With the ten bottles of "Changming Dan" that he recently obtained, he successfully promoted his cultivation from the "Fourth Song of Huangquan" to the sixth song of Huangquan according to the plan.

He also successfully developed the fourth-generation "Taishang Arctic Town Demon Slaying Talisman" - compared to the third generation, the power is greatly enhanced, and even in the face of "evil spirit" level ghosts, it is enough to deter.

In addition, on November 15 and the first day of the lunar month, he entered the "realm of the Tao" twice, defeating two opponents respectively.

The first opponent, codenamed "Bi Fang", is a monk who specializes in fire-attribute spells.

As soon as the duel began, a raging fire spread out in the ring, almost turning the entire "realm of the Dao" into a bright and dazzling sea of fire, and the momentum was extremely huge.

Gu Xu recognized at a glance that this was the medium-grade spell "Flame Burning Plain".

Perhaps because this is the opponent's specialty, the temperature of this sea of fire and the killing intent hidden in it are even more terrifying than expected.

But Gu Xu was not afraid.

After all, if he wants to play with fire, there is no spell that can compare to the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" that he has mastered.

He smiled faintly and cast a "firefly".

Compared to the monstrous sea of fire that covered the entire "Realm of the Dao", the glow of the fireflies was so faint that it was almost invisible.

However, at this moment, the sea of fire in the sky suddenly extinguished.

The opponent named "Bi Fang" froze in place, unable to understand why his spell suddenly lost control.

Before he could come back to his senses, he was instantly burned to ashes by Gu Xu's "fireflies".

As a result, Gu Xu won his third place, and his ranking rose from fourth to third.

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The second opponent's code name is "Qingluan", and he is a rare talisman.

After entering the "realm of the Tao", "Qingluan" spent some time drawing more than a dozen various talismans with pen and paper placed on the edge of the ring.

During the waiting time, Gu Xu was bored because he was idle, so he also accompanied the other party to draw talismans, and by the way, he pondered the improvement plans of various talismans in his mind.

Then the two of them each carried a wad of talisman paper and stepped into the ring.

"Body Bondage Talisman", "Defilement Rune", "Aura Rune", "Flame True Rune", ......

As the saying goes, since ancient times, peers are enemies.

The two talismans cast a variety of spells one after another like cards, and they were not willing to lag behind each other.

At this time, "Qingluan" was surprised to find that this opponent named "Suzaku" was clearly using the same talismans as her, but the power of those talismans was much stronger than what she had drawn.

For example, the temperature of the flame of the other party's "Flame True Fu" is higher than what she drew herself;

For another example, the opponent can use the "Defilement Rune" to easily unlock their own "Bodybound Talisman", but their own "Defilement Rune" cannot unlock the opponent's "Binding Talisman......

So "Qingluan" simply lost neatly.

And there is nothing more desperate in the world than being defeated by an opponent with the exact same move.

"This guy called 'Suzaku'...... Why is the charm he draws different from the one in the book? ”

After leaving the "realm of the Dao", this question has been lingering in the mind of "Qingluan".

Since both of them were only second-realm cultivators, "Qingluan" did not feel that the other party had the ability to improve the spell on his own. - Because that's something that only an experienced rune master can do.

"Perhaps...... He has a good teacher who is proficient in the art of talismans! "Qingluan" secretly guessed, his heart full of envy.

In this way, Gu Xu won his fourth point and rose from third to second in the ranking.

The first place is still "Kirin".

Although "Qilin" had lost one point to Gu Xu before, he later easily won two games with the tactics of suppressing Wanfa's "Heavenly Dragon Domain" and camouflaging female voice, and now has six points.

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It's just that Gu Xu's research on the follow-up moves of "Seven Styles of Burning Sky" and "Amazing Brush" did not go so smoothly.

The second page of "Seven Styles of Burning the Sky", like the first page, is also composed of dots and lines to form complex runes, and then the runes form a complex and unpredictable picture.

However, when Gu Xu cracked it in the same way, he failed to do so.

"Could it be...... Is the method of cracking each page of "Seven Styles of Burning Sky" different? "Or do you have to meet certain conditions before you can start learning its second form?"

"Alas, it's no wonder that after all these years, no one has been able to fully practice this spell. This is simply not something that a normal person can learn to understand. ”

And the "Thrilling Pen" also gave him no face.

Although he has completely mastered the spell of "Thousand Mountains and Birds Flying", he can also rely on the "Shocking Brush" to make the rune seals he draws more powerful.

But he knows very well that as one of the twelve famous instruments of the Great Wilderness, the ability of the "Amazing Pen" is by no means limited to this.

It stands to reason that every poem and every painting can be based on the "Amazing Pen" to construct a new spell.

However, Gu Xu silently wrote all the "Three Hundred Tang Poems" in his previous life, but the "Amazing Pen of the Shock" did not react at all.

As for the new machine spirit, there is no sign that it will be born.

This made him sigh that the famous weapon of the Great Wilderness is really the ancestor of some strange tempers - it is clear that I am the master, but it has been playing petty and refuses to be obedient at all.

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During this period, Gu Xu also took on several ghost killing tasks.

But all I encountered were low-level ghosts at the level of "geist" and "wild ghosts".

He only needs to spend less than twenty percent of his strength to easily kill these ghosts in an instant.

It's just boring.

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Gu Xu's peaceful life lasted until the second day of the twenty-third lunar month of Tianxing.

Tomorrow (the third day of the lunar month) is Xiao Han in the 24 solar terms, and it is also Shi Xiaohan's eighteenth birthday - because eighteen years ago, Shi Xiaohan was born on the day of "Xiao Han", so he was given this name.

And her birthday does not have a fixed date, but is celebrated every year in the "Little Han".

"Gu Xu, tomorrow is my birthday. I would like to invite you to my house for dinner. ”

On this day, as soon as Gu Xu came to the yamen, he received an invitation from Shi Xiaohan.

The petite girl looked up at him at a forty-five degree angle, her bright apricot eyes full of anticipation.

Because he knew what the girl thought about herself, whenever she saw her expression, Gu Xu would have some complicated feelings.

However, when he looked down and saw her big clear eyes, Gu Xu couldn't bear to refuse her request.

He thought: This girl is alone in Yishui County, and she has no relatives around, so she looks strange and pitiful...... I'm going to celebrate her birthday with her as a friend!

So he nodded, "Okay." ”

Hearing his words, Shi Xiaohan immediately jumped up happily, revealing a pair of cute little dimples on his face, and his laughter was as melodious as a silver bell.

Her laughter seems to have a unique magic that makes people happy and happy.

It is like a warm and refreshing spring breeze, which can instantly blow away all worries and worries.

However, at this time, Chen Jisheng hurriedly walked into this room, and the expression on his face was extremely solemn.

Gu Xu stood up straight.

Shi Xiaohan restrained his smile.

The full spring in the house disappeared in an instant, and it returned to the cold and lonely winter.

"Gu Xu, Shi Xiaohan, there is an emergency in the Yamen, and you need to deal with it with me immediately."

"What happened?" Hearing Chen Jisheng's words, Gu Xu had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but take a deep breath, and his heart rose to his throat.

I only heard Chen Jisheng say solemnly:

"A warden of the Yishui Yamen went mad in the process of cultivating at home, and has been completely devoured by the Yin Qi and turned into a monster. We must resolve this matter as soon as possible before it harms the people around us. ”

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