"This kid's Talisman Tao talent is so terrifying. When he grows up, will he become a Talisman Tao master like the Grand Master of Qi?" Ma Qin couldn't help but think to himself.
The Imperial Master is the leader of all the saints in Da Qi, and is famous for his astonishing attainments in Talismans. However, when the Imperial Master was young, he did not seem to be as exaggerated as Gu Xu is now.
But no matter what, there is one thing that Ma Qin can be 100% sure of - that is, Gu Xu will definitely have a bright future in the future.
Machin is now almost thirty-five years old.
He had long since given up the unrealistic delusions of his youth and recognized that he was just an ordinary person with mediocre talents.
He would be satisfied if he could be an eighth- or ninth-grade petty official for the rest of his life.
However, if he can have a good relationship with Gu Xu, a future strong man, and when Gu Xu reaches the top of the Daqi Exorcism Department in the future, he might be able to guide him and let him follow him to become popular.
So, as for Gu Xu just deliberately teasing himself...
Ma Qin said: I, Ma Qin, am a magnanimous person! I can tolerate this little thing!
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Later, Gu Xu and Ma Qin walked out of the messy restaurant together.
At this time, the entire "residents" of Taoyuan Town seemed to have realized the arrival of two uninvited guests.
Holding brooms, hammers, kitchen knives, feather dusters, branches and other weapons in their hands, they came to the streets of the town one after another and looked at Gu Xu and Ma Qin with hostile eyes, giving people a chilling feeling. .
Although Ma Qin's combat effectiveness has been greatly enhanced after possessing the "Wild Goose Wing Sword", he still feels a little nervous when facing such a large number of ghosts.
"Brother Gu, do we have to get rid of all these residents... no, ghosts to pass the test?" He couldn't help but ask Gu Xu next to him.
"Of course," Gu Xu replied calmly, "My spell can only last for half an hour. After half an hour, the knife in your hand will return to its original shape. Brother Ma, you have to hurry up."
"But there are too many of them..." Ma Qin wanted to complain, but thinking that the big shots from the capital were still paying attention to his performance outside the illusion, he finally reached out and wiped the egg white stuck to his face, and wiped these All the complaints were suppressed in his stomach.
"Come on! Brother Ma!" Gu Xu smiled and gave Ma Qin a cheering gesture, "The great mission of saving the residents of Taoyuan Town from the sea of misery rests on your shoulders!"
"What about you?" Ma Qin asked with a frown.
"As a first-level monk who has exhausted his true energy and is weak and helpless, I will support you mentally!" Gu Xu said seriously, with no intention of stepping forward to help.
"You're putting a lot of pressure on me!"
Ma Qin glanced at him helplessly, and repeatedly told himself in his heart, "I, Ma Qin, am a magnanimous person." Then, holding the "Goose Wing Knife" in his hand, he bravely rushed into the circle of ghosts.
The will-o'-the-wisp flickers, the sword's light is sharp;
The evil spirit filled the air, and corpses flew everywhere.
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Gu Xu's true energy was almost completely exhausted at this time.
He could only stand still and watch Ma Qin fight his way through the pile of ghosts and monsters.
Inadvertently, he raised his head and glanced at the sun hanging high in the sky.
At this time, a long time had passed since they first entered Taoyuan Town.
But during this period, the sun's position did not move at all.
"There's something weird about this place."
Looking at the unreally beautiful scenery around him and the ghosts surrounding Ma Qin, Gu Xu couldn't help but frown slightly.
Divination first when in doubt.
Thinking of this, he took out three copper coins from his pocket - which he had picked up from the restaurant just now. He tossed them six times in his hand and tried to use the "six-line hexagram method" for divination.
The result is "Qian Shang Kun Xia", which is the hexagram of "Heaven and Earth".
"No" means "blocked".
The meaning of this hexagram is that the barrier between heaven and earth cannot communicate with each other, and all things cannot flow freely.
Later, Gu Xu took out the jade charm Chu Fengge gave him from his pocket, stared at the line of text engraved on it - "All appearances are false", and fell into deep thought.
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Luo Jing.
Exorcism Department Headquarters, Star Observation Deck.
"He seems to have noticed the secret of Taoyuan Town."
After a long period of silence, Chief Executive Officer Luochuan suddenly pointed at Gu Xu's figure in the bronze mirror and spoke.
Shangguan Jin immediately looked in the direction he pointed.
I saw Gu Xu playing with three copper coins in his hand and tossing them six times in a row.
Then he took out the jade talisman and stared at it for a long time, but made no move.
It looks like "everyone in the world is drunk, but I am sober".
At this time, Luo Sishou joked again with a smile on his face: "Xiao Jin, if I remember correctly, the speed at which he noticed the abnormality seems to have broken your record back then."
"There are mountains outside the mountains, and there are people outside the people." After hearing this, Shangguan Jin was not angry, but nodded slightly and said respectfully, "He was able to break my record because I am not strong enough. I will work harder in the future. good."
Luochuan glanced at her lightly: "I hope you can maintain this attitude in the future."
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Time passes minute by minute.
Ma Qin shuttled among the ghosts and monsters. He no longer knew how many knives he had wielded and how many enemies he had killed.
As a monk in the second realm [Huangquan Road], Ma Qin's true energy is undoubtedly much richer than Gu Xu's.
If the true essence of a first-level monk is compared to a pool of stagnant water, then the true essence of a second-level monk is like a surging river. Even though he was engaged in a continuous wheel battle with ghosts, Ma Qin did not feel exhausted.
But this battle with one enemy against many did not bring much sense of accomplishment to Machin.
Because compared with Gu Xu's crisp "fireworks" just now, he felt that his way of dealing with ghosts was too cumbersome - at least in terms of visual effects, it didn't have the style that a second-level monk should have.
"Well, after this assessment is over, I have to work hard to do more tasks," Ma Qin secretly planned in his mind, "try to accumulate enough merits and exchange for a copy of "Overlord Sword Technique" - by then, I can also Cutting ghosts is like cutting vegetables.”
Two quarters of an hour passed.
The evil spirits in this neighborhood have long fallen to the ground like straw.
Then, under the burning fire of Ma Qin's true energy, it turned into black ashes.
And Ma Qin himself became embarrassed.
In addition to the egg white that had been stuck on his face before, his skin was now bruised and purple, and there were a lot of dirty bloodstains.
Although Ma Qin is a second-level monk with strong fighting ability, in close combat with many ghosts and monsters, it is impossible for him to completely dodge attacks from all directions.
There will always be some brooms, dustpans, feather dusters that come out of nowhere and hit him suddenly.
He raised his head and glanced at Gu Xu, who was standing under the peach tree in deep thought——
I saw that this boy was still wearing a green shirt, not stained by dust, and looked like a god who could not eat the fireworks of the world.
Suddenly, Ma Qin was full of jealousy towards the Talisman Masters who only needed long-range output and did not need close combat.
