Exorcism Department Headquarters, Star Observation Deck.
"He's awake." Si Shou Luochuan said calmly.
Shangguan Jin was silent for a long time.
She knew that the Chief Secretary was talking about Gu Xu - he had penetrated the secrets of Taoyuan Town and was about to wake up from his dream and see the truth.
"Gu Xu...he is really amazing." She sighed sincerely.
Shangguan Jin appreciates beauties, but he appreciates smart people even more.
It is really easy for a young man like Gu Xu, who is handsome and smart, to win her admiration.
Luochuan said nothing.
He only felt that Gu Xu's appearance at this time gradually overlapped with the figure of an old friend in his memory.
He was a little nostalgic, a little happy, and a little sentimental.
Now the long night is coming.
I don’t know if everything is well with that old friend.
………
Fantasy in a pot, Taoyuan Town.
"What's that sound?" Ma Qin asked alertly.
"Perhaps... we will be able to see the true form of Taoyuan Town soon." Gu Xu said with a smile.
"Ontology? What do you mean? Is this town still alive -"
Before he finished speaking, a thick and evil black mist rose from Taoyuan Town.
Then, the scenery around the two people quickly distorted and deformed, like melting paraffin or a rotating kaleidoscope.
Ma Qin felt dizzy.
There was a vague "buzzing" sound in his ears, which made his head hurt.
After a few minutes, the surrounding environment finally stopped changing.
Ma Qin was surprised to find that the bustling and noisy Jiangnan town with people coming and going had disappeared.
At this moment, they were on a desolate hillside.
The sky was overcast and gray.
The cool breeze rustled.
Among the dry weeds, there were several badly weathered tombstones and scattered white bones.
A gloomy and lonely scene.
There is only one peach tree, standing gracefully in the center of the hillside.
The trees are full of flowers and blooming red, and the branches are blooming in spring.
It is incompatible with this desolate background.
And under the peach tree, dormant was a monster the size of a leopard.
Its body is black and gray, its body is like a horse, its trunk is like an elephant, its face is like a lion, its forehead is like a rhinoceros, its tail is like a cow, and its legs are like a tiger.
Its eyes were slightly opened, but they still looked a little confused.
"What kind of ghost is this?" Ma Qin pointed at the monster and asked Gu Xu in a low voice beside him.
At this time, Ma Qin had already regarded Gu Xu as a humanoid library - when he encountered something he didn't understand, he could just ask Gu Xu directly, which was much easier than using his own brain to think about it.
The corners of Gu Xu's mouth turned up slightly.
If before that, there were still a lot of speculations in his mind.
Then the moment he saw this black and gray monster, it suddenly dawned on him - he completely understood the origin and whereabouts of "Taoyuan Town".
I only heard him reply without thinking: "This is a dream-eating tapir, an 'evil spirit'-level ghost. This monster feeds on the negative spiritual power of human beings and can devour people's nightmares, and can also make these swallowed dreams come back again." Now in this world.
"I guess that the Taoyuan Town we were in just now is a nightmare created by this dream-eating tapir.
“In dreams, both the lack of details and the loop of time are undoubtedly very reasonable.
"This dream-eating tapir will trap outsiders in nightmares, making them feel pain and despair in time reincarnations again and again, thereby absorbing their negative spiritual power and using it to strengthen itself and continuously expand the scope of the nightmare. .
“This is the reason why Taoyuan Town’s area has continued to expand and its population has continued to increase throughout history.
"If my guess is correct, as long as we find a way to kill this dream-eating tapir, we will successfully pass the assessment."
But Ma Qin's focus fell entirely on the word "evil spirit".
"But, Brother Gu Xian, the 'evil spirit' level ghosts are not something that the two of us can easily deal with!" Ma Qin said with some uneasiness, "We have a first-level monk and a second-level monk, and together we are probably even more powerful." It’s not enough for this dream-eating tapir to fill the gap between your teeth!”
"Brother Ma, don't panic," Gu Xu said in a relaxed tone, "Look, there is a peach tree next to this dream-eating tapir, right?"
Ma Qin nodded.
He always felt that Gu Xu had been looking at him with caring eyes when he spoke.
I heard Gu Xu continue to explain:
"In Feng Shui, the peach tree is the essence of the five elements, which can control hundreds of ghosts. It has the effect of isolating evil spirits, warding off evil spirits and eliminating disasters. Because of this, the sword cultivators of the exorcism department often choose to use peach wood swords as weapons.
"The peach tree in front of us, if nothing else goes wrong, should have been planted here by a certain spiritual master to suppress this dream-eating tapir. With this peach tree here, this dream-eating tapir should not be able to exert its full potential. With all its power, we may still be able to fight.”
"I hope you didn't lie to me..." Ma Qin muttered in a low voice.
At the same time, he clenched the "Goose Wing Knife" in his hand and took a few steps forward, preparing to fight to the death with the Dream-Eating Tapir.
"Wait!" At this moment, Gu Xu suddenly stopped him, "I have a better way to deal with it."
"What can I do?" Ma Qin turned around in confusion.
"Brother Ma, you are a second-level monk, and your true energy is much richer than mine," Gu Xu said, "I would like to borrow your true energy to draw a more powerful 'Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing Killer' Ghost Talisman'."
"This thing like True Yuan...can I still borrow it?" Ma Qin was surprised.
"It's very simple," Gu Xu smiled faintly, "Have you ever heard of the 'Spell to Invite God'?"
"Of course!" Ma Qin still understands this common sense.
"Inviting the Gods", as the name suggests, is to ask a certain deity above the nine heavens to give you powerful power by reciting a specific incantation.
"As long as you replace the name of the deity in the 'Spell of Inviting the Gods' with your name, Brother Ma, I can borrow your true energy." Gu Xu continued to explain.
Upon hearing this, Ma Qin was stunned immediately, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"This...this, this, this is not good!" He said hesitantly.
In the eyes of wilderness natives like Ma Qin, the gods above the nine heavens have a very lofty status. It is said that it was those gods who taught the methods of cultivation to the human race in the wilderness, giving the human race the ability to compete with ghosts and monsters.
He felt that it was a disrespectful act for someone like Gu Xu to tamper with the "God-Inviting Curse" at will.
"There's nothing wrong with it," Gu Xu said. "In my opinion, no matter what method it is, as long as it can eliminate ghosts and monsters, it is a good method. I believe that the gods above are tolerant and will never follow us. These little ants care about this little offense."
Ma Qin sighed, and finally nodded in agreement with Gu Xu's idea.
So, Gu Xu closed his eyes and began to recite the mantra softly: "I sincerely invite Mr. Ma from Qingzhou to show his powerful spirit and show his magical powers. He holds a sword in his hand and travels around the world, stepping on five thunders and walking like clouds. His true form is that of unruly ghosts and evil spirits in the world. The smashing will not stop. The mountain spirits and ghosts will all be surrendered, and the young people will quickly return. I follow the order of Supreme Supreme Haotian and burn incense to invite people to the altar. The divine soldiers are as urgent as the law and order!"
So embarrassing! So embarrassing!
After hearing this "God-Inviting Spell" adapted by Gu Xu, Ma Qin wanted to find a hole in the ground and crawl into it immediately.
He couldn't imagine what his acquaintances—especially acquaintances in Qingzhou Prefecture—would think of him if they heard this incantation and the title "Lord Ma of Qingzhou".
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Note:
(1) "The trees are full of flowers and blooming red, and thousands of red branches are blooming in spring." - "Peach Blossom" by Wu Rong of the Tang Dynasty
