The sky is deep and the mountains are continuous.

Gu Xu's shirt fluttered, all the way south. He seemed to be walking calmly, not in a hurry, but with the effect of his body, he could advance a long distance with every step he took.

At his current pace, he should be able to reach his destination in less than a day.

But he still decided to follow Luo Chuan's advice, and deliberately took some long detours, trying to find some ghosts among the mountains and mountains, which he used to sharpen his actual combat ability.

Luojing City, under the protection of the "Heavenly Dragon Array", is like a comfortable greenhouse. During this time, Gu Xu basically stayed in the room to study the Dao method alone, or had some small fights with other monks, and rarely experienced a real life-and-death battle.

Now, compared to when he first came to the capital, his True Yuan strength has increased significantly, and he has also learned a lot of new Dao methods.

But he knows very well that only through actual combat again and again can he fully adapt to these new changes and practice every move to a comfortable situation.

Guided by divination, he found a hidden cave deep in the mountains.

It is surrounded by lush trees and streams, and the scenery is beautiful. The grass on the ground is green, and it is as soft as a blanket. Faintly, the woman's chuckle could be heard.

Gu Xu took out the copper coin from his pocket and tossed it gently.

After confirming that the ghosts in the cave would not pose a threat to his life, he walked straight to the entrance of the cave and saw several beautifully dressed women standing together laughing and playing, as if they had not noticed Gu Xu's arrival at all.

"Enchanting spells."

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at them. With the power of his divine sense, he saw traces of mind control spells in them.

Then he walked into the cave.

Three spacious stone halls have been carved out of the cave. There are beds on all four walls, and the beds are covered with brocade quilts.

A moment later, a handsome man in a white robe and a beard walked out of the depths of the cave.

He held a gorgeous woman in his left and right hands, holding jade wine glasses in his hands, and flirting with each other.

At this time, Gu Xu had already recognized that this white-robed man was actually transformed by a ghost named "White Ape". It would travel hundreds of miles away in the middle of the night to villages and lure beautiful women, keeping them in caves as their "harem". Every late at night, they would go to the stone beds, tease them, and do unscrupulous things. When they are old and decrepit, they will swallow their souls.

It is recorded in the books:

"This material power can kill people, although it is a hundred soldiers, it cannot be controlled."

"On a sunny day or dancing with two swords, the lightning flies around the body, and the light is as round as the moon."

This means that the "white ape" has extremely terrifying power, and even a hundred strong men with weapons cannot subdue it; Its weapon is a pair of swords, and when it dances, it seems that lightning flies around its body, and the sword light is as round as the moon

"Evil Spirit Level." Gu Xu stared at the white-robed man and quickly judged his strength.

The white-robed man also showed a look of surprise on his face after seeing Gu Xu, obviously not expecting Gu Xu to break into its cave mansion.

He pushed away the gorgeous woman in his arms and rushed towards Gu Xu.

At this moment, the handsome white-robed man disappeared and turned into a burly ape covered in white hair.

Gu Xu relied on the "Meteor Walking the Moon" body technique and quickly moved his position.

In the next second, the white ape landed on Gu Xu's position just now. Its fist slammed into the ground with a loud noise, smashing two deep pits into the solid rock.

The woman in the cave screamed in fright.

Seeing that Gu Xu was safe and sound, the white ape let out an angry roar. With a wave of its claws, two sharp swords floated up from the stone table next to it, and flew to its side with a "whoosh", flashing with a blinding cold light.

Just the sword qi that escaped made a series of notches on the stone walls of the cave.

"This colored monkey's swordsmanship looks pretty good." Gu Xu complained silently.

He stood still, unhurriedly cast the "Star Array" spell, and summoned two stars from the distant heavenly dome in a language that only he could understand—

"Celestial Beam" and "Sun Star".

"Tianliang Star" is like the sun, turning gas into shade, Si Shoulu, which can eliminate disasters and misfortunes, and turn evil into good fortune. Its starlight poured down from overhead, forming a golden barrier around Gu Xu, blocking the fierce sword aura of the "White Ape".

"Sun Star" turns gas into preciousness, is the god of light, conceives the true fire of the sun, and burns all things. It is undoubtedly an excellent choice to deal with ghosts with sinister attributes.

Under the white ape's several inches of white hair, a dazzling golden flame burst out in an instant. Soon the whole ape turned into a giant fireball.

With a "bang", the fireball suddenly exploded, and the golden sparks sputtered in all directions, and the blazing air soon swept the entire room.

After a few seconds, the white ape turned to ashes.

The women in the cave were all pale at this time. Their faces were gloomy, and their faces were as dead as ashes. Some people even collapsed to the ground on the spot, weeping and rippling.

Because after the death of the white ape, its charm spell was also lifted.

They finally realized what had happened recently, and their hearts swelled with despair that life was worse than death.

"This ghost is dead," Gu Xu comforted them with a gentle smile on his face, "You are safe now." ”

But the women were still in a trance.

Some of them saw Gu Xu's handsome and dusty face, and they couldn't help but take a few steps back, suspecting that he was also a demon and monster who had mastered the art of charm, otherwise how could he have such an outstanding appearance.

Gu Xu sighed softly. He knew that the experience was too terrible for these women, who had been forcibly taken from villages hundreds of miles away. The wounds in their hearts are not something that can be healed in a while.

It's just that his time is precious, and he can't delay it here for too long.

So he took out the "Divine Machine Token" and sent a message to Shangguan Jin, briefly describing the situation here. As a Fourth Realm cultivator who has mastered the art of flying with the sword, and has been by the side of Luo Sishou for a long time, she must be able to quickly rush here and handle the follow-up matters properly.

Soon, Shangguan Jin's reply appeared in his field of vision:

[Linghu: Gu Daoyou, it seems that you will only think of contacting me when you need my help. If I'm not mistaken, this is the second time you've unsolicited an interrogation with me? 】

Gu Xu was silent and did not respond.

However, Shangguan Jin immediately sent another message:

[Linghu: But don't worry. I will definitely handle the things you have told me. 】

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After dealing with the white ape, Gu Xu continued to march between the mountains.

Soon, following the direction of divination, he found a ruined temple on the hillside that had fallen into disrepair. The place is overgrown with weeds, cobwebs, and incense burners are toppled over, and it looks desolate.

There was silence in the temple.

But after Gu Xu crossed the threshold, he saw a fat, dark, and unattractive woman walking towards him, dressed like a woman.

Wherever he went, the woman followed.

Gu Xu recognized at a glance that this woman was a kind of ghost called a "temple ghost", which was transformed by the clay monster statue in the temple. People who are haunted by temple spirits will go insane and fall into a state of madness.

To subdue it and make it manifest itself, it needs to be wrapped around its neck with chains made of metal with solar properties.

Gu Xu didn't have a metal with the Burning Sun attribute on his body.

But he can use the sigil as a substitute.

So, as the fat black woman dangled in front of him, he tore off a page from the pamphlet he was carrying, and quickly drew an intricate rune on it with charcoal.

Then the rune paper turned into a crimson iron hoop and put it around the neck of the fat black woman.

Suddenly, the woman turned into a monster covered in pitch black, eyes like lightning, and a bloody mouth, and pounced on Gu Xu, letting out an angry roar.

Gu Xu calmly performed his technique, his figure disappeared in place, and then appeared behind the black monster.

Immediately afterward, the flames centered on him and spread in a circle.

The hideous-looking "temple ghost" was soon engulfed in flames.

When the flames cleared, the floor was covered in dust - it was impossible to tell whether it was the dust from the original ruins of the temple or the ashes left behind after the death of the "temple ghost".

This "temple ghost" was originally just a "wild ghost" level ghost.

Using the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" to deal with it is actually a bit overkill.

However, Gu Xu's trip to kill demons and demons all the way was mainly to sharpen his combat skills, so he deliberately did not use the simple and crude method of "Taishang Arctic Town Demon Slaying Talisman", which was too familiar to be familiar, but tried to use some moves that were not very proficient.

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After another half an hour, Gu Xu came to a gloomy forest under the guidance of divination.

In the woods, a young man dressed in feathered clothes was sitting under a tall elm tree.

Gu Xu knew that this man was actually a ghost named "Feather Man".

According to the record in "The Strange Chronicles of Great Qi", there was once a farmer named Ren Gu who was resting on the edge of the field because he was tired from work. Suddenly, a man in a feather coat came up and raped him, and then disappeared without a trace. A few days later, Ren Gu found out that she was pregnant.

When the full moon of pregnancy was about to give birth, the man in the feather clothes came again, he stabbed Ren Gu's body with a knife, took out a small snake and left. Since then, Ren Gu has become a barren eunuch. He went to the palace to explain the relevant situation, and was left in the palace as a eunuch.

The story sounds a little bizarre.

But at this moment, this "feather man" who can make a man pregnant really appeared in front of Gu Xu.

Gu Xu did not hesitate to cast the "Star Array", summoned the "Sun Star" again, and then smashed it towards the "Feathered Man" like a ball.

Before the "feather-clad man" could see Gu Xu's appearance clearly, he completely evaporated from the world.

Gu Xu didn't stop here for a moment.

After divination, he made a quick move towards the location of the next goblin.

At the same time, he silently thought to himself: Today, I first rescued the civilian women trapped in the ghost's lair, and then helped the majority of male compatriots of the Great Qi Dynasty to solve a major scourge - this should be Shi Xiaohan's girl who has been talking all day long, "doing the right thing for the sky" and "benefiting the people".

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In this way, Gu Xu crossed the mountains and mountains while slaying demons and demons.

After killing the "Feather Man", he encountered ghosts such as "No Injury", "Giant Hand", "Li Wolf", and "Ghost". Most of them are at the "Wild Ghost" level, and a few are at the "Evil Spirit" level.

Basically, he can solve it with one move.

At the same time, his mastery of various spell moves has become more and more proficient, and the true elements in the meridians have become more and more refined through use.

When the sun gradually went down, the big valley pass, with its ravines and peaks, finally appeared at the end of his vision.

Gu Xu stopped, his mind moved, and he took out the map given to him by Luo Sishou from the "Xianyun Residence", and prepared to find the location of the entrance to the lava earth river according to the marks on the map.

However, at this time, with a spiritual perception far beyond ordinary people, Gu Xu suddenly sensed a dangerous aura.

His heart was alert, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.

He didn't think about it, and directly cast "Time" and "Meteor Walking to the Moon" at the same time.

The pupil of his left eye had once again turned a deep indigo blue, faintly shimmering with the sheen of the stars.

The whole world then stood still.

The birds hovered in the air, and the wind quietly stopped.

In the short ten breaths that "time" lasted, he shuttled to a position thirty miles away at the most extreme speed of "meteors walking to the moon".

In order to prevent being counted in his position, the route he takes to escape is also completely random.

But in the next second, ripples appeared in the air around him, like ripples on the surface of a calm lake.

Three men dressed in black and masked with black cloth appeared out of thin air.

They stood in front of Gu Xu, in the rear left and in the rear right, and surrounded Gu Xu in the middle.

Gu Xu frowned slightly.

He didn't expect that in order to catch up with him, these people would not hesitate to use the extremely precious magic weapon "Breaking the Void Bead".

And these men in black didn't say any nonsense, and did it to him without hesitation.

The left and right people summoned their respective natal swords out of thin air, and drove it towards Gu Xu's throat with their minds.

Behind the leader, a phantus several feet high appeared. This phantom exuded a terrifying coercion, making Gu Xu feel as if he was carrying a heavy burden and had difficulty moving.

"It turned out to be the 'Law Phase'!" Gu Xu was deeply surprised, "This person turned out to be a Sixth Realm cultivator!" ”

He knew that the sixth realm of cultivation was called "Xudumen".

After crossing the "Homesick Ridge", passing through the "Wangxiang Terrace", and walking through the "Meng Po Pavilion", the monk will knock on the door of the capital with his own perception of the "Dao" - the "Dao" at this time can come from others or from himself.

It's just that if you use someone else's "Dao" to knock on the "Xudu Gate", there is a high probability that you will be stagnant in the sixth realm for life, and you will become a crowd of beings in the city, and you will never find the location of the "Yama Palace".

After knocking on the "Xudu Gate", the monks' comprehension of the "Tao" will be presented in the form of "Dharma Appearance".

There are also various types of "dharma".

It can be mountains, rivers and seas, birds, beasts, insects and fish, it can be the stars in the sky, or it can be a certain immortal who serves the heavens.

The appearance of the "man in black" in front of him is a god with three heads and six arms, holding bows, arrows, swords and other weapons, wearing golden helmets and golden armor, and looking fierce.

Gu Xu knew that this was the "Fire De True Monarch", a high-status immortal who served by the side of the "Taishang Haotian Jade Emperor God", and was called the Wuqi True Monarch along with Mu De Zhenjun and Tai Bai Xing.

Under normal circumstances, the higher the status and authority of the immortals, the stronger the corresponding Dharma Phase.

This man in black takes the "Fire Virtue Star Monarch" as his legal appearance, and he must be profound and strong.

With Gu Xu's current strength, even if he exhausted all means, it would be impossible to defeat him head-on.

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Exegesis:

(1) "This sacred creature dwells with the power to kill, although it is a hundred soldiers, it cannot be controlled." "On a sunny day or dancing with two swords, the lightning flies around the body, and the light is as round as the moon." - Don Anonymous, "The Biography of the White Ape of the Chief White Ape of Bujiang";

(2) The story of "The Feather Man" is from "Sou Shen Ji, Volume 14";

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