Although the barbecue restaurant that Gu Xu and Shi Xiaohan came to is not large and the environment is relatively simple, it is very well-known in Luojing City, and it is often overcrowded, and it takes a long time to wait in line for a table.

"Queuing" can be said to be one of Gu Xu's least favorite things in his life.

For this reason, he specially made a divination on the way to make sure that there was a vacancy in this barbecue restaurant at this point in time, so he brought Shi Xiaohan here.

After sitting down on both sides of a table in the corner of the table, Shi Xiaohan couldn't wait to order three plates of roast lamb legs, and at the same time smelled the aroma of meat permeating the store, and began to swallow his saliva.

"The canteen of Longmen Academy is quite rich," Gu Xu said with a smile, "When you go over there, you'll be blessed." ”

"What's there to eat over there?"

Hearing his words, Shi Xiaohan held his chin in his hands and looked at him with wide eyes, like a little chick waiting to be fed in the nest.

"Dragon whisker noodles, salted duck, tiger skin meat, Langya halva ......" Gu Xu said slowly while recalling.

Every time he said the name of a food, Xiao Han's eyes would brighten a little. After he said more than ten things, Shi Xiaohan almost couldn't help but get up from his chair, and muttered: "It would be nice if tomorrow was the first day of February......

At this time, Gu Xu smiled and poured a basin of cold water on her head: "You go to Longmen Academy to study, not only to taste food, but also to listen to lectures, read books, and write summary reports on time......

The smile on Shi Xiaohan's face disappeared suddenly.

"I have the impression that the academy can choose courses according to personal preferences," she said with a frown, "I think I can just go inside and learn swordsmanship—"

"As far as I know, even if you learn swordsmanship and kendo in the academy, you will relatively focus on the theoretical level," Gu Xu said with a faint smile, "For example, those teachers will ask students to analyze the differences between the 'Overlord Sword Technique' and the 'Flower Knife Technique' and their respective significance in the history of martial arts, calculate their efficiency in killing different types of ghosts and monsters and the amount of true yuan used, and ask students to write an essay of thousands of words on this topic." ”

"Really?"

Shi Xiaohan was stunned for two seconds. Her smart eyes suddenly froze, and her expression looked like she was in the middle of eating, when a "fierce god" level ghost suddenly popped out of the bowl.

"I'm hearsay."

Gu Xu smiled slightly, only thinking that it was really fun to bully this girl.

Her mind is as pure as a blank piece of paper, she never knows how to hide her emotions, and all her joys, sorrows and sorrows are clearly written on her face. Maybe a minute ago, she was still frowning because she couldn't memorize the knowledge in books; After a minute, she will be bouncing like a bunny with joy at the sight of the tempting food.

At this time, the shopkeeper brought the dishes they ordered to the table.

Shi Xiaohan's eyebrows immediately stretched, and it seemed that all the troubles in his heart were instantly swept away. She reached out and grabbed a roast leg of lamb and bit down a piece of meat fiercely, accompanied by a pair of small sharp tiger teeth, like a little tiger that has finally caught its prey after three days of hunger. Soon, the sides of her little mouth, the placket, and the sleeves were covered with grease.

"It's delicious!"

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Gu Xu's description may have exaggerated.

But he knew that Longmen Academy, as a place engaged in "elite education", was keen to study the theoretical basis of various Taoist methods, and would require students to "know what it is" and "know why it is", which was completely different from places like the Exorcism Division, which generally believed in "pragmatism".

Take Shi Xiaohan's best "Overlord Knife Technique" as an example-

In the Exorcism Division, as long as she can successfully hack the goblin to death, even if her sword-wielding action is flawed and the true yuan operation is full of loopholes, she is excellent, and she can get the corresponding meritorious reward.

But in Longmen Academy, her movements cannot be wrong, and her true yuan must run according to the correct trajectory; In addition, she also needs to know the background, uniqueness, and application of the Overlord Knife Method...... Otherwise, even if she killed a hundred ghosts with a big knife, she would not be able to pass the monthly assessment smoothly.

Maybe Shi Xiaohan, who is used to the "reckless play", will not like the atmosphere of the academy.

However, in the cultivation system of the Great Wilderness, with the gradual improvement of the realm, in addition to the need for more and more expensive pill resources, it is also necessary to have a strong comprehension ability of the Dao Law.

The first and second realms only need to take drugs and cultivate with a stuffy head, and their cultivation will gradually improve.

Even after arriving at "Homesick Ridge", there are monks who rely on their own life experience to beat the right and accidentally skip the process of "Hongchen Enlightenment"-

For example, a few years ago, there was a monk in Luojing City who first caught fire in his house in just a few days, and then was demoted because he offended his superiors, but then his mother, who had been sick in bed for a long time, suddenly recovered, and the girl he had always admired suddenly came to the door to talk about the matchmaker......

In the ups and downs of this life, he ran as if he had a rocket installed under his feet, running fast on the ladder of "Homesick Ridge", running more in a month than in the past few years combined, and arrived at the "Wangxiang Terrace" in an instant.

However, when you reach the fifth and sixth realms, it will be difficult to have any more opportunities to exploit loopholes.

Enlightenment will become a necessary condition for cultivation and realm breakthrough.

Those who do not know anything about the mysteries of the Tao will not be able to move an inch on the "path of the netherworld".

Therefore, among the exorcist monks who advocate "just use it", "don't ask for a solution", and "just be reckless", very few of them can cultivate above the fourth realm—anyway, the cultivation resources in their hands are not enough for them to cultivate to such a realm. They are satisfied if they can earn meritorious deeds, be fed and clothed, and feed their families.

But the children of the powerful of Longmen Academy are different.

They never need to worry about lack of resources, and they can naturally set higher goals for themselves and think more about the long-term thing.

The eldest lady of an official family like Shi Xiaohan has not bad cultivation qualifications, and there is no doubt that the surroundings will have high expectations for her.

However, for the sake of her personality, she is only obsessed with slashing ghosts with a big knife, and has no interest in studying the mysteries of the Great Dao. If this state continues, she will probably have a lot of difficulties in her future cultivation.

Gu Xu felt that Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcism Division, probably expected such a problem, so he came up with the idea of sending Shi Xiaohan to Longmen Academy for further study.

I have to say that in the recent period, Luo Chuan has been too thoughtful about him - not only did he try his best to send merits, magic weapons, spell books and cultivation resources to him for various reasons, helping him think about the plan to climb the "Broken Soul Cliff", but even Shi Xiaohan's future prospects were arranged.

"This is probably the treatment of cultivating successors!" He shook his head and secretly sighed in his heart.

Shi Xiaohan quickly swept the food on the table clean, and a dim gluttonous shadow faintly appeared behind her.

However, she still didn't look full, and the shopkeeper who waved her hand and ordered a few more plates of barbecue.

At the same time, she suddenly remembered an important matter, and said to Gu Xu: "By the way, have you used the token to contact the pill workshop in Qingzhou Mansion recently?" ”

"Not yet." Gu Xu shook his head and replied.

In the past two days, he had been engrossed in preparing for this rune battle, and he hadn't had time to carefully study the birthday gift that Shi Xiaohan had given him.

If it weren't for Xiao Han suddenly mentioning it now, he wouldn't know that the token representing the ownership of the workshop also had the function of remote communication.

Immediately, Gu Xu's heart moved, and he took out the token of Danfang from the "Xianyunju".

On the obverse of it is the capital number "Lu", representing the sixth workshop under the name of the Shi family; On the back, Gu Xu's name is engraved in small seal font.

"Gu Xu, you only need to hold the token and recite a specific spell to get in touch with Steward Yang of Workshop No. 6." Shi Xiaohan nibbled on the barbecue while introducing it to Gu Xu.

After eating a few meat skewers and a plate of grilled tofu, Gu Xu had basically filled his stomach.

So while he was waiting for Xiao Han to charge up for the "Gluttonous Seal", he followed her instructions and held the token and recited a short incantation.

Soon the token glowed with golden light, and then a hoarse man's voice came from it: "Miss Shi...... Oh no, Master Gu, do you have any orders? ”

Is this a voice communication? I thought it was a text chat like the "Divine Token"!

Gu Xu complained silently.

At the same time, he took out a piece of talisman paper from his coat pocket and threw it on the ground, casually arranging an enchantment to block out sound.

Although he is not talking about some ulterior secrets, being cautious has always been Gu Xu's style of doing things. In his opinion, in a place like Luojing City, it will definitely not be wrong to be a little careful.

Soon, he learned from Steward Yang that after the disaster in Qingzhou Mansion, this pill workshop was in a very bad situation.

Although the "Three Fierce Gods" are no longer chaotic - the "Nine Baby Snake Demon" has been sealed underground by the national teacher, the "Yishan Snow Girl" fell into a deep sleep due to injury, and the empty Xuansan people do not know where to go.

Although the Exorcism Division has sent many monks to help Qingzhou Mansion rebuild after the disaster.

But after all, this incident left a deep psychological shadow on the people of Qingzhou.

Many monks who were able to move left the land where they had lived for many years with their whole families.

Among them, there are many big customers of the pill workshop.

In addition, it was also much more difficult than before to procure materials for refining pills.

Gu Xu silently listened to Steward Yang's narration.

He could still understand the choice of these monks.

Although the national teacher had already used the announcement to tell the residents of Qingzhou Mansion that the seal of the "Nine Infant Snake Demon" had been reinforced, it would no longer be possible for it to escape from the ground.

But everyone will inevitably still have this thought in their hearts: since this snake demon can break the seal for the first time, why can't it come out a second time?

Of course, understanding is understanding, and Gu Xu still inevitably feels a little headache about this.

Because he knows that with the improvement of his realm, the consumption of resources in the future will be a bottomless pit.

Especially after entering the fifth and sixth realms, it is necessary to use a pill called "Xuanhuang Dan", which is precious in materials and complex in workmanship, and often has no price.

He originally regarded this elixir workshop as an accidental treasure, and felt that after owning it, he no longer needed to worry about the source of the elixir.

Unexpectedly, after opening the lid of the treasure chest, in addition to the treasure, there were also a lot of troubles inside.

Gu Xu sighed silently.

Although he has the authority of "wisdom", his talent is more used in cultivation, and he does not have much experience in dealing with this kind of thing.

However, at this time, he thought that he had just recruited a doorman today - Shen Qiu, who was from the rich world of Jinling, had managed the family business for his brother behind the scenes, claiming that "there are few people in the entire Luojing City who can compare to him in the ability to make money in business and manage contacts."

Presumably, for Shen Qiu, solving such a problem is what he is good at.

"Maybe you can ask him about it." Gu Xu thought to himself.

He didn't completely trust Shen Qiu at the moment, and it was impossible for him to give him all the things that were too important. But he can take this opportunity to test whether this doorman has real talents and learning, or whether he has come to his home for free accommodation.

"Let me think of a way," he said to Steward Yang of the Pill Workshop via a token before cutting off the communication, "In two days, we'll make contact again." ”

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After eating the barbecue, Gu Xu and Shi Xiaohan did not delay too long in the city, and returned to the Yamen of the Exorcism Division in a carriage.

Tomorrow, during the day, Gu Xu has already made an appointment with the national teacher to go to Chiyangzi's grave together.

In order to avoid delays in his cultivation progress, he had to hurry up tonight and climb a few more steps on the "Homesick Ridge" while the effect of the "Baiwei Tea" was still there.

However, just as they arrived at the Yamen, Shangguan Jian suddenly walked towards them, and said to them with a solemn expression: "Gu Daoyou, Sister Xiaohan, do you still remember the 'Phi Luosha', 'Lewd Wind Evil' you encountered when you went to the Zhengpingfang Courtyard that day, and the 'Heart Gu' in Yang Changfu's mind? ”

"Of course I do." Gu Xu nodded.

He still remembers that day he went to buy a house with Shi Xiaohan and Shangguan Jin, originally trying to buy a courtyard house in Zhengpingfang, but found that not only did there be a feng shui problem in that courtyard, but also the landlord Yang Changfu's consciousness world was planted with a "heart Gu".

The mysterious mastermind behind the scenes was even able to use the "Heart Gu" to have a showdown with them at the level of divine thoughts, and even Shangguan Jin was once immersed in negative emotions and couldn't extricate himself.

Later, Gu Xu had an epiphany of the "Xingyuan" spell, and cooperated with Shangguan Hibiscus to completely eliminate the "Gu worm".

"Now, the Exorcism Division has caught the mastermind behind that incident under the guidance of the Heavenly Machine Technique," Shangguan Jian said as he pointed to the end of the corridor, "That woman is from Southern Xinjiang and is good at Gu arts; The man is from Nanyang and is a feng shui master. It was the two of them who worked together to cause this incident. ”

Gu Xu looked in the direction she was pointing.

I saw that on the ground at the end of the corridor, a magic circle was drawn - Gu Xu knew that this array was called "Painting the Ground as a Prison", and the people trapped in the formation would be restrained in their actions and would not be able to get out of the formation.

There were two people standing in the middle of the formation.

One was an old man in his sixties, short in stature and unshaven beard, looking around with a frown.

One was a thin young woman in her twenties, with a pale face, her eyes dodging, and she looked panicked.

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