"As long as you kill a 'Fallen Head Min', your team will be able to gain two hundred merits," Wu Qianhu replied after hearing Gu Xu's question, "As for how you and your subordinates will be divided, it's up to you to decide." ”

"Yes." Gu Xu nodded.

Wu Qianhu picked up a yellowed map on the table again and handed it to Gu Xu's hand: "Wen Yannian, according to the information in my hand, I marked the possible location of the 'Luotou Min' on this map. I hope this picture can help you. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wu!" Gu Xu took the map and glanced at it seriously.

He saw that among the mountains and mountains on the map, there were several circles drawn in red ink, which stood out on the pale yellow paper.

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Gu Xu and the others didn't waste too much time in the yamen lobby.

After obtaining some key information, they went to the backyard of the Exorcist Yamen and retrieved a few weapons.

Shangguan Jin and Chu Fengge each took an iron sword.

Although neither of these two swords has any special attribute bonuses, it is better to have a sword in hand than to be unarmed.

After all, for sword cultivators like them, many combat methods, such as the "Yunhai Xinghe Sword" that they are good at, need to rely on weapons to be used. If you lose your weapon, your combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.

As for Gu Xu, he asked someone for a few charcoal pens and a stack of white paper, and then quickly drew dozens of various talismans.

Chu Fengge looked at the complex runes he wrote one after another, and he only felt dizzy, as if he was reading a book from heaven.

Shangguan Jin watched attentively.

She had read some books on runes before. Although she didn't know how to draw talismans herself, she could perceive that these talismans in Gu Xu's pen were not the same as the way they were drawn in the book.

In her opinion, the other talismans drew the talismans as if they were drawing a delicate mechanism drawing—with a solemn and cautious expression, for fear that drawing a wrong stroke would lead to the loss of all their efforts.

However, Gu Xu's painting of talismans is like creating a freehand landscape painting casually - eclectic, without a fixed pattern, as if he is borrowing talismans to express his inner emotions.

This made Shangguan Jin couldn't help but be amazed in his heart.

At this time, several small officials in the yamen suddenly came to Gu Xu's side and saluted him respectfully: "Lord Wen, are you going out to do a mission again?" ”

"That's right." Gu Xu raised his head and replied lightly.

He recognized that these little officials were Wen Yannian's direct subordinates, and they were all First Realm cultivators.

"Master Wen, do you need us to come with you?" One of the officials asked proactively.

Before Gu Xu could speak, Chu Fengge next to him clasped his hands in front of his chest and said in a cold tone, "No need." It's something as simple as this, and you don't need to be involved. ”

In the eyes of Chu Fengge in the fifth realm, those "wild ghost" level "fallen people" could kill them all with his own strength. Gu Xu in the third realm and Shangguan Jin in the fourth realm were all burdens to him, not to mention these little officials who only cultivated in the first realm.

The little officials ignored him and still looked up at Gu Xu.

It can be seen that "Zhang Potian" played by Chu Fengge has no prestige in this yamen at all.

Gu Xu smiled and replied, "No need. You've been working so hard lately, so let's go back to spend time with your family tonight! ”

With a relaxed smile on their faces, the officials sincerely thanked "Lord Wen", and then packed up their things and went back to their respective homes.

Chu Fengge suddenly scolded in his heart.

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After getting ready, Gu Xu and the other three went out of the city again before it was completely dark.

By this time, most of the setting sun had sunk into the mountains to the west. The heavens and the earth were red—the faces of the three men, the swords at their waists, the endless woods, and the tall and simple city walls, all of which were dyed red, and the red was extraordinarily gorgeous, as if blood had been poured down from the sky.

With the method of "shooting stars walking on the moon", they walked like the wind among the rugged hills, following Wu Qianhu's markings on the map to find the traces of the "fallen people".

"Gu Daoyou, I think this case should be much more complicated than it seems," Shangguan Jin came to Gu Xu's side and said to him during the walk, "According to the usual style of the head of the division, the enemies we face in the 'Old Teapot' are often similar to our own strength.

"Behind these 'wild ghosts' level 'fallen people', there must be even more terrifying enemies hidden. We have to be vigilant. ”

"That's what I thought too." Gu Xu said.

The wind in the woods was so strong that it made his robe hunt.

"Gu Daoyou is well-informed and has five carts on his belly," Shangguan Jian continued, "Do you think there will be any powerful ghosts in the vicinity of Anshun Mansion that may pose a threat to us?" ”

Gu Xu thought for a moment and replied: "According to the records in the archives of the Exorcism Division, there have been several 'evil spirit' level ghosts such as 'ghost ghosts', 'supernatural ghosts', 'blood ghosts', 'temple ghosts', and 'poor ghosts' in Guizhou Province.

"However, since Wen Yannian only started to be an official in the Exorcism Division in the fifth year of Xingde, and was promoted to the 'General Banner' in the eleventh year of Xingde - at that time, the Blood Paste Ghost, the Divine Ghost and the Temple Ghost had all been eliminated by the Exorcism Division, so we only need to beware of the 'Ghost Ghost' and the 'Poor Ghost'.

"'Oni' are ghosts that have been transformed into fish that live in the mud and can walk on the road at night. If you get close to the sludge where it lives, you will feel that your ears and eyes are being covered, you can't hear clearly, you can't see, and you may even feel that your hands and feet are grabbed and you can't move. It was exterminated in the thirteenth year of Hindu.

"The 'poor ghosts' are weak and short, they like to wear tattered clothes and drink porridge, and they can suck wealth and make people poor. Residents in the vicinity of Teluk Intan hated it. It was solved in the fourteenth year of Xingde, and it was solved by Wu Ming, a thousand households in Anshun Prefecture.

Hearing Gu Xu's words, Shangguan Jin couldn't help but look at him in surprise: "You can't memorize all the files of the Exorcism Division, right?" ”

Gu Xu was able to blurt out the characteristics of a variety of ghosts, and Shangguan Jian was not surprised.

After all, identifying ghosts is one of the requirements of the Exorcism Division for monks, and it is also an important test in the promotion assessment. Shangguan Jin himself also memorized the characteristics of many kinds of ghosts.

But Shangguan Jin didn't expect that Gu Xu would be able to keep so many year numbers firmly in his mind.

"Actually, these archival records about the Anshun Mansion Exorcism Division, I just accidentally turned it over when I was looking up other materials," Gu Xu smiled faintly and replied, "But normally, as long as I look at anything, I can never forget it." Alas, this is a painful thing. ”

Hearing his words, Shangguan Jin immediately had this thought in his heart: Such a powerful talent, since you don't like it, then give it to me! Lest I spend so much time and energy endorsing.

But suddenly, she thought that Gu Xu had witnessed her parents being devoured by the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" when she was young, and she had escaped death in front of the "fierce god" not long ago - is he still vividly aware of these terrible scenes? Do you still remember every detail so clearly that you can't forget it?

Chu Fengge didn't pay attention to their conversation.

He clutched the iron sword tightly in his right hand, and he looked at the mountain forest with a lack of interest, carelessly, and even yawned.

The journey was so peaceful that it made him bored.

He only hoped that the goblins would appear as soon as possible and give him a chance to show off his skills.

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Twilight is fading.

The crimson clouds faded away, and the sky turned a deep purple, as if the blood flowing from the wound had been wiped clean, leaving only a dull bruise.

Then, a full moon slowly rises surrounded by stars, like a jade disk, sprinkling silver-white light onto the earth.

Just then, a scream was heard in the distance. With the sound of the whirring wind, he gradually approached the three of them.

"The 'Fallen Ones' are here." Gu Xu said softly.

He glanced at Shangguan Jian beside him and found that she also turned her head to look at him, her expression awe-inspiring.

A moment later, a dense "flock of birds" appeared in the sky, like black silhouettes, blocking the silver-white full moon.

But Gu Xu knew that it was not a flying bird, but a flying head. With their ears as wings, they will face the cool night breeze and go to the nearby villages to prey on humans.

Before Gu Xu could make a move, Chu Fengge had already stepped on the iron sword and flew into the air.

The true element converges in his hands.

It is like a handful of Milky Way water, glowing with brilliant starlight and pregnant with majestic energy.

Gu Xu knew that Chu Fengge was cultivating the top-grade exercise "Column Star Jue" created by Luo Sishou. It can use the power of starlight to help monks temper their true element.

Now, after Chu Fengge was promoted to the Fifth Realm, his True Yuan had become substantial, and he was able to manifest the characteristics of the exercises and give full play to the power of the exercises.

In the next second, the light flew to the middle of the "Fallen Heads", and then burst like ignited explosives.

The "Fallen Heads" were soon overwhelmed by the scorching starlight, and let out a wail of pain.

The strong impact spreads in all directions.

Even Gu Xu and Shangguan Jin, who were standing in the mountains and forests, felt the oncoming heat wave.

Gu Xu felt that if Chu Fengge used this trick in Luojing City, it would be enough to blow up several streets in an instant, causing the residents on the streets to evaporate in an instant, and there were no bones left.

At this moment, Chu Fengge floated in mid-air, raised his head and chest, held his hands behind his back, and admired the dazzling fire in front of him with a triumphant attitude.

PS: The first to ask for a monthly pass!

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Exegesis:

(1) "Poor Ghost" comes from Li Yong's "Golden Valley Garden" in the Tang Dynasty.