After Gu Xu left the underground cave of the "Longevity Sect", he happened to come to a small village.

At this time, the sky was not yet light, and the stars were hanging high.

Low-slung houses are scattered on the hillside, dotted with trees, giving it a serene look. Occasionally, a few abrupt dog barks echoed through the empty hills.

When Gu Xu approached this village, he was surprised to find that the rune named "Huilu" in his sea of consciousness suddenly became a little brighter.

Immediately after, a scorching power poured out of the runes, and then flowed into his meridians, merging into his true element.

The closer he was to the village, the stronger the force.

"What's going on?" He frowned slightly.

He stood in place for a moment, and when he saw that Zhao Yan showed no signs of catching up, he prepared to go into the village to see what was going on.

Soon, he walked to a room lit by a dim yellow candle.

Although the room was covered with window paper, Gu Xu couldn't directly see what was happening inside.

But with his superhuman divine sense, he could clearly hear the voices coming from the house.

It was the deep voice of a middle-aged man, mixed with the cry of a baby.

This man is praying to a god named "Huilu" that his barn will not be burned this year and that his food will be safe.

In Gu Xu's perception, this person's prayer seemed to be the source of the mysterious power in his body.

In addition, Gu Xu also found that this deity called "Huilu" was not completely a purely positive image in the minds of the villagers here.

He seems to be black and white.

He can not only warm the villagers through the fire in the cold winter, but also create a fire and bring disaster to the villagers.

"According to the records in the materials, the high-level monks of the Longevity Sect will recruit believers and absorb incense in private," Gu Xu thought silently in his heart, "The Great Qi Dynasty thinks that this is an act of disrespect to the heavens, so they are all exterminated.

But it does gain power.

"Maybe the power of the immortals above the Nine Heavens also comes from this.

"It's just that in order to gain this power, the monks of the 'Longevity Sect' may have adopted some immoral methods - for example, if the villagers are disrespectful to the 'Huilu', they will set fire to the villagers' granaries, so that the villagers here have to worship the 'Huilu' on the altar."

At this time, the bold guess not long ago popped up in Gu Xu's mind-

"'Taishang Haotian', 'Ziwei Emperor'...... The names of these immortals may be regarded as a kind of talisman. ”

"They are a symbol of the authority of the gods and a link between their essence and their devotees."

At the same time, Gu Xu thought of the depleted river of magma in the cave.

"According to Luo Si Shou, this magma earth river has been around for at least twenty years," he continued to think, "Before that, many people with higher cultivation levels than me had cultivated there and must have absorbed more heat than me, but this earth river still flowed endlessly.

"But after I got the 'Huilu', it stopped.

"I think that the 'Huilu' rune in my consciousness world is likely to be the source of the energy of the magma earth. By absorbing the minds of the believers, it creates a special high-temperature illusion in the cave, providing a steady stream of energy to the Earth River.

"It's like a solar cell, and the mindfulness of the believers is the sunlight it absorbs.

"Even though the 'Longevity Cult' was wiped out by the imperial court, there were still people who believed in the fictitious god 'Huilu', so the energy supply of the magma earth river never stopped, and gradually accumulated over time.

"But now, I've pulled out the battery, and the magma river has lost its energy source, so it's dried up. And the mental power of these villagers has come to me. ”

Thinking of this, Gu Xu realized another question: Why are so many people cultivating in the lava cave, but only I can obtain this "Huilu" rune?

He pondered for a moment and felt that this should be related to the "Karma Fire Sutra" to a certain extent.

Maybe it was because Gu Xu's cultivation was not high, maybe it was because he didn't have a thorough understanding of the "Huilu" rune, or maybe it was because he hadn't fully mastered the use of "telekinesis", he always felt that the new power pouring into his body at this moment was like a drizzle, and it was a world of difference compared to the turbulent magma river.

"In the environment of the Great Qi Dynasty's general belief in the heavens, I must not use this power casually, or even expose this 'Huilu' rune in front of others," he reminded himself in his mind, "Anyway, its power is very weak to me at the moment. I had to be extremely cautious.

"But in the future, if I have the chance, I can try to study it.

"I think there may be a secret hidden in this 'Huilu' rune about the Ninth Realm—to be precise, the real Ninth Realm.

"Besides, I have to find a way to figure out what the white-haired boy is talking about as soon as possible."

…………

After getting these conclusions, Gu Xu no longer delayed here, but immediately drove the "meteor walking to the moon" body method and returned to Luojing City at a speed similar to flying.

Compared with Zhao Yan's pomp and circumstance when he returned to Beijing, he couldn't be more low-key.

When the eastern sky revealed the white of the fish's belly, he arrived at the headquarters of the Exorcism Division alone.

Then he found the official in charge of counting the merits, took off the jade pendant on his waist, tapped it twice, and showed him the image of slaying demons along the way.

The official's name is Li Leyan.

Today he was in charge of the night shift, sitting alone behind the desk, only feeling irritable and bored.

However, since someone might come to him at any time to report tasks and receive meritorious deeds, he didn't dare to easily close his eyes and enter the cultivation state.

So he could only force himself to sit upright in his chair, trying to fight sleepiness all the time, and trying to restrain himself from opening his mouth and yawning.

When Gu Xu began to "play the video", he still silently prayed to the heavens in his heart, hoping that the duration of the image would not be too long, that Gu Xu would go out sooner, and that his night shift would end earlier.

However, after a while, Li Leyan suddenly straightened his waist, his eyes widened, and his sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant.

Because he saw that Gu Xu only took almost a blink of an eye to kill the evil spirit-level ghost "White Ape" in an instant.

A bright fire burst out from under the fur of the "white ape", which exploded like a big fireball, and disappeared all at once.

"That's an evil spirit! I don't have enough for ten to fight it! Li Leyan tried to stay calm on the surface, but there was a villain in his heart who was yelling endlessly, "But Master Gu actually solved it with one move!"

"That's all I can say...... This is worthy of Master Gu! It was easy to do what we couldn't!

"Also, this spell used by Master Gu is really cool! This bright and dazzling ball of light, this picture of light and shadow, and the white monkey that exploded in an instant...... What a feast for the eyes! Much more handsome than my mediocre stick!

"Well, what is the use of the iron rod that I want? Just throw it away and switch to spells.

“……”

But the image doesn't end there.

After the "white ape" turned to ashes, the scene on the light curtain quickly changed.

In the video, Gu Xu appeared in the broken temple, let the "temple ghost" entangled around him restore the prototype, and then easily destroyed it with the "Seven Styles of Burning the Sky".

Li Leyan almost jumped up from his chair and couldn't help but want to applaud Gu Xu.

"Lord Gu can see the weakness of this ghost at a glance! He is a well-read and well-informed genius! It turns out that reading books is really useful!

And the raging fire burning around him...... I still can't tell what kind of spell it is, but it's really handsome!

"Brother Wu once boasted to me that he had mastered a spell called 'Bright Sun', which glows and ignites on both arms when used, which is much more powerful than us who can only play with iron rods......

"Hehe, what's the big deal about that?

"I really should let him come and see Master Gu's spells! How could his little flame compete with Lord Gu's scorching sun?

“……”

As Gu Xu displayed the ghosts killed on the road in front of Li Leyan in chronological order, Li Leyan was silent and calm on the surface, but his inner drama couldn't stop at all.

In his opinion, Gu Xu's departure from Beijing is really a great achievement.

Even the heroes who play the leading role in the storyteller's story may not necessarily have such a brilliant record as Gu Xu.

After all, in order to attract the audience, the storyteller will definitely deliberately make up some difficulties and dangers for the protagonist - sometimes betrayed by friends, sometimes deceived and tempted by female ghosts, and sometimes unfortunately falling off a cliff...... This makes the story more ups and downs, twists and turns.

But Gu Xu is completely pushing all the way, as light as killing chickens and chopping vegetables.

Different kinds of ghosts and different levels could not stop him.

After a few minutes, the image ends.

Gu Xu successfully received thousands of meritorious services and left happily.

Only Li Leyan was left to sit quietly in place, his thoughts were confused, his spirits were excited, and he had no sleep.

He silently considered that he must find some free time to go to the library to check what these spells Gu Xu used in the process of killing ghosts.

If they're not too difficult, he'll try to learn them too.

Not only because they are strong, but also because they look handsome, and the light and shadow effects are very dazzling.

Li Leyan had already begun to fantasize about what wonderful expressions his colleagues' faces would appear if he cast these few spells in front of his colleagues.

On this day, Li Leyan, who was accustomed to the boring and dull life of the yamen, suddenly found the motivation to struggle.

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