As night fell, Gu Xu returned to the Yishui Exorcism Department Yamen.
He walked into the lobby as a habit, wanting to report to Chen Jisheng on the completion of his mission and receive his meritorious service.
However, at this time, a government official rushed in front of him and blocked his way.
"Sir Gu," the Yamen servant bowed in front of him and said, "Sir Chen asked me to tell you that he has been away on business in the past few days. Matters related to the merit exchange will be temporarily handled by Cui Zhaomo."
"I understand." Gu Xu nodded.
Chen Jisheng rarely leaves Yishui County.
So Gu Xu was a little surprised by what the yamen officer said.
But no matter what, as a boss, Chen Jisheng has his own reasons for doing things, and there is no need to explain everything to his subordinates.
So, Gu Xu still obeyed the yamen servant's notice, left the lobby, turned and walked towards the side room, looking for Cui Zhaomo.
The position of "Zhao Mo" is an eighth-grade official, the same level as Gu Xu. He is in charge of files, money and food, and occasionally handles some chores for the county governor.
It can be understood as cashier, accountant, library administrator and handyman.
Cui Zhaomo's full name is Cui Tianyou. He is short and fat, with a square face and squinting eyes. He is a warm-hearted middle-aged man.
When Gu Xu was an ordinary clerk, he often took care of him - the books in the exorcism department's library were theoretically not allowed to be borrowed, but Gu Xu was able to quietly bring the books back with Cui Tianyou's acquiescence. Home reading.
Therefore, Cui Tianyou often jokes recently that Gu Xu's success in promotion is due to him.
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Following past practice, Gu Xu took off the jade pendant on his waist, tapped it twice, and showed the image of the task in front of Cui Tianyou.
"Brother Gu, I haven't seen you for a few days, but you can actually defeat a zombie of this level in one move?" Cui Tianyou watched the entire video in silence, and finally couldn't help but sigh, "Remember the last time you dealt with the 'wild ghost' When we are fighting monsters, we still need Shi Xiaohan’s help!”
Gu Xu smiled humbly: "It's just basic operations. After all, I am now a genuine second-level monk."
Cui Tianyou shook his head and sighed: "You brat, please don't hurt my self-esteem, okay?
Cui Tianyou still remembered that he had been stuck at the bottleneck of the first level for nearly fifteen years before barely breaking through to the second level.
For him, it was an extremely dark time with no hope.
But Gu Xu successfully crossed this chasm in less than a year.
I am afraid that even the top geniuses in Da Qi Dynasty cannot be faster than him.
"Sorry." Gu Xu spread his hands and smiled, but there was an innocent expression on his face.
Later, Gu Xu spent the 480 merit points he had recently accumulated to exchange for a bottle of "Eternal Brightness Pill".
After entering the second realm [Huangquan Road], Dahuang monks will also face the danger of Yin Qi erosion during their practice. They also need to use elixirs to stabilize their minds and assist their practice.
The "quiet mind pill" of the first level is no longer applicable.
What Gu Xu needs now is the "Eternal Brightness Pill" with higher quality and more expensive price.
The "Yellow Spring Road" is winding and winding, with no light visible.
If you make one wrong step, you will fall into darkness, become possessed, and become a lonely ghost without reason.
The function of the "Eternal Brightness Pill" is to maintain the monks' sanity and prevent them from being deceived by darkness - equivalent to lighting an ever-bright lamp to illuminate their path forward.
However, after exchanging the "Eternal Ming Pill", Gu Xu found that he only had thirty meritorious deeds left.
This made him feel a little heartbroken.
Merit is always spent faster than earned.
Practitioners in the Daqi Dynasty are really a gold-rich profession.
"By the way, Brother Gu, have you read the latest newspaper?" Cui Tianyou asked Gu Xu casually after a moment.
"Di Bao", also known as "Chao Bao", is the official newspaper of the Qi court and is used to convey government news to various departments and agencies across the country. All the emperor's edicts, ministers' memorials, major cases, and the appointment, dismissal, and transfer of officials are all collected and copied by the newspaper.
"No." Gu Xu shook his head.
In recent days, Gu Xu has been busy practicing and doing tasks, and has no time to read the newspaper at all.
"Then you must have heard that there is a very scary Lu family haunted house in Qingzhou Prefecture, right?" Cui Tianyou continued, "Recently, another third-level monk disappeared there. The Exorcism Department headquarters attaches great importance to this , has been involved in investigating this case."
"The Lu family's haunted house..." Gu Xu thought silently in his mind.
He read through the classics and naturally knew that this "Lu family's haunted house" was once the residence of the famous Qingzhou Lu family.
As we all know, there are three powerful families in Daqi today - the Zhao family in Youzhou, the Chen family in Xiangyang, and the Shen family in Jinling.
The ancestors of these families have all had ascended immortals, so the descendants can enjoy the blessings left by the immortals for generations to come.
These descendants of immortals possess top-notch cultivation techniques, excellent bloodline qualifications and countless cultivation resources, and are far ahead of most practitioners at the starting line.
Because of this, these aristocratic families have great say in the court. If they unite, they can even compete with the imperial power.
However, seventeen years ago, the Daqi Dynasty actually had four clans: "Zhao", "Chen", "Shen" and "Lu".
"Lu" refers to the Lu family in Qingzhou.
At that time, the head of the Lu family in Qingzhou was Lu Huan, the chief minister of the cabinet who proposed the creation of the "Shenji Camp".
However, when Lu Huan was executed by Ling Chi for committing "treason", the Qingzhou Lu family was also exterminated and disappeared from the long river of history.
Only an empty mansion was left in Qingzhou.
Now, this abandoned mansion is starting to be haunted!
Moreover, the evil spirits in this mansion are terrifyingly powerful - not only many monks mysteriously disappeared during the investigation, but even young geniuses like Chu Fengge returned without success.
The world will inevitably suspect that this is an act of revenge by the resentful spirit of the Lu family in Qingzhou.
No wonder it aroused great vigilance at the Exorcism Department Headquarters.
"Brother Cui, there is no need for second-level monks with low cultivation like us to worry too much about such a big case!" Gu Xu said with a smile, "Anyway, if the sky falls, there will be tall people holding it up. We There is nothing I can do to help. The key is to do your job well."
"Oh, you're right." Cui Tianyou sighed and agreed.
It is said that young people like to point out the world and write passionately.
But Cui Tianyou felt that Gu Xu, a seventeen-year-old boy, was more mature and pragmatic than himself.
He never shouted "I want to be the best in the world" or "I want to save Daqi" all day like other teenagers.
He always only considers things within his own capabilities and does his best for them.
"Also, Brother Gu," Cui Tianyou pondered for a moment, but couldn't help but remind him, "the Di newspaper also said that the evil spirit around Yishan has become many times stronger than before, and even caused some nearby residents to Eroded by Yin Qi, he turned into a ghost.
"According to the high-level speculation of the Exorcism Department, it was caused by the recent breakthrough in strength of the 'fierce god-level' evil spirit 'Yishan Snow Girl'.
"If you are going to Yishan in the near future, you must be extremely careful."
