After reading this passage, Gu Xu turned the flower note to the back and saw a brief mantra.
"Is this the real 'frost melting' technique?"
He took out the copper coins again and tried to verify the authenticity of this mantra through divination.
The copper coin faces up.
This shows that Lu Shiyao did not lie to him.
His most important purpose in coming to the Lu family's haunted house has now been achieved.
But Gu Xu was still hesitant.
He was still weighing the pros and cons silently in his mind.
If he chooses to help Lu Shiyao fulfill his desire for revenge, he will become the new owner of the "Jinghong Pen"; but at the same time, he will also be a direct enemy of Tang Hui.
It has been recorded in the data that Tang Hui was a monk who entered the fifth realm for the first time fifteen years ago.
After so many years, his cultivation must have improved a lot.
In addition, Tang Hui also held an "Imperial Envoy Token" carved by the Emperor of Da Qi himself - if he took action against Tang Hui, the emperor might notice it.
Although emotionally, Gu Xu sympathized with the tragic experiences of Lu Shiyao and the Lu family's family.
But reason told him that his best choice at this moment was to use the "Korean Breaking Pearl" to leave this land of right and wrong as soon as possible, and not to get involved in the grudges between the Lu family and the royal family.
It is certainly desirable to become the new owner of a famous instrument.
But for a low-strength second-level monk like him, this may not necessarily be a good thing.
After all, this "Jinghong Pen" really involves too many causes and effects.
"Young Master doesn't seem to believe in our sincerity yet," seeing Gu Xu being silent for a long time, the Jinghong Brush Artifact Spirit spoke again, "Perhaps, we can let you take a look at the Jinghong Brush first, and then you can make a decision. .”
After saying that, the weapon spirit disappeared again.
In the blink of an eye, she appeared in the farthest corner of the room, squatted down, and tapped an inconspicuous floor tile three times with her hand. The floor tile gradually sank silently, revealing a small underground dark space. grid.
The weapon spirit took out a metal box from the underground secret room.
This metal box has complex mechanical components on the outside - when the weapon spirit touches it, the gears on the box start to rotate on their own, and then the spring releases and the box opens with a "snap".
"Although I have the powerful power to embody poetic and painting images, my body is very fragile," Qi Ling said calmly as he handed the box to Gu Xu, "Even if I am a mortal, in After discovering my true body, I could easily hold it in my hands and even break it without any effort. I had no power to resist.
"So, when I am in a state of ownerlessness, I must try my best to hide my identity so that no one can discover it.
"Only I can open the box in front of you.
"If someone else takes it apart by force, they will only find that it is empty and there is nothing inside."
Gu Xu took the box.
I saw a slender brush placed neatly in the center of the box.
It uses black bamboo as the tube and purple hare as the material. The tip of the pen is like a cone, the tip of the pen is round and full, and there are still faint wear marks on the tip.
At first glance, this pen looked old and simple, no different from the brush Gu Xu used to write and draw characters on weekdays.
If you insert it casually into the pen holder, no one will recognize it as one of the famous "Twelve Utensils" in the wilderness.
"Since your body is so fragile, why do you trust me so much?" Gu Xu stared at the "Jinghong Pen" in the box and asked the tool spirit.
Qi Ling replied: "The fact that you can successfully pass those three tests proves that you are a person of good character, not interested in fame and wealth, and will not do such things as malicious destruction. I am still very confident in my own vision. "
"Indeed." Gu Xu smiled slightly and nodded.
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However, just when Gu Xu lowered his head to observe the "Jinghong Brush", something unexpected happened.
A sharp and harsh whistling sound suddenly came from Gu Xu's ears.
Immediately afterwards, the space in front of him was like a picture scroll, which was suddenly torn apart by a pair of invisible hands.
"Someone is using the 'Breaking Sky Bead'!" Chu Fengge, who was standing in a daze at the door, suddenly exclaimed.
It was too late, but soon, I saw a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe, a short beard, and slightly white sideburns walking out of the crack in the space.
But at this moment, there was no elegant and easy-going smile on his face.
Instead, there was a sinister and crazy expression.
It was Tang Hui, the former envoy of the Exorcist Department, who had been dormant in the Lu family's haunted house for fifteen years!
At this moment, a spear appeared out of thin air in Tang Hui's right hand, flashing with a cold light, and stabbed towards Gu Xu's chest with lightning speed.
This is Tang Hui's natal creature - the "Golden Dragon Spear".
It was a gift given to Tang Hui by Lu Huan many years ago. Its surface is engraved with exquisite water patterns and dragon patterns, which symbolizes "dragon entering the sea" and has the meaning of "prosperity and great achievements". It is a teacher's beautiful words to his students. wish.
This "Golden Dragon Spear" is so powerful that it is said to cut through iron like clay. Countless ghosts and enemies have fallen to this spear.
In Tang Hui's left hand, a golden chain made of condensed true energy appeared, extending towards the box where the "Jinghong Pen" was located, trying to take away the slender and simple brush.
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Tang Hui has been planning for this day for a long time.
He has been imprisoned in this snow-covered murderous house for fifteen years by the Yishan Snow Girl and the "Jinghong Pen" weapon spirit.
Although relying on the "Imperial Envoy Token", he was able to keep the darkness and cold out of the shelter.
However, he did not want to be imprisoned in this terrible prison forever.
He also longs to get out of the haunted house and see the light of day again.
He also longed to show his ambitions in the Qi court.
To achieve this goal, he has only one way - to find the body of the "Jinghong Pen" and destroy it.
He knows that the ability of "Jinghong Brush" lies in creating illusions and realizing reality.
Its power is indeed powerful - even in the hands of a strong saint, it can even build a small world out of nothingness.
But its body is the most fragile among the "Twelve Named Weapons".
Especially in the ownerless state, an ordinary person has the ability to break it.
Therefore, it has always been regarded as a treasure by Qingzhou Lu family, holding it in the palm of the hand for fear of falling, and holding it in the mouth for fear of melting.
The Qingzhou Lu family also considered using spells and runes to reinforce it to prevent it from being accidentally damaged.
But later they discovered that they could not add any additional spells or runes to the "Jinghong Pen" - this simple-looking brush looked like a noble lady with a cold and arrogant personality, always holding her head high and proud. Keep your head open and reject all foreign things.
So they came to the conclusion: "Fragility" may be the inherent attribute of "Jinghong Brush" itself.
Some people even speculate that the fragile body of this "Jinghong Brush" may be some kind of true meaning of the Great Dao that the ancestors of the immortals are trying to convey to future generations.
Precisely because it is too fragile, when there is no owner, the weapon spirit of "Jinghong Pen" will also find ways to hide its own body to avoid being found.
Tang Hui spent a long time but could not find any trace of it in Lu's haunted house.
Therefore, he could only hope that those monks who entered Lu's haunted house and tried to pass the test could help him find the location of the "Jinghong Pen" body.
In this way, he can destroy the "Jinghong Pen" before it has time to recognize its owner.
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When Tang Hui entered the third realm, the magical power he awakened was called "insight."
It is somewhat similar to the "clairvoyance" in myths and legends.
When Tang Hui activates this magical power, no movement within a hundred miles can escape his perception.
Because of this magical power, when Gu Xu and Chu Fengge arrived at the South Gate Screen Wall, Tang Hui was able to rush to them at the right time and provide them with both true and false information.
In addition, he has been using his "insight" power to follow the entire process of Gu Xu's participation in the test.
So when the "Jinghong Pen" itself appeared, he immediately crushed a "sky-breaking bead" and rushed to "Suxueyuan".
"The once famous Jinghong Pen will soon be lost in history. It sounds like a pity," Tang Hui sighed in his heart, "And these two young people, they look very good-looking and handsome. They are talented people, but it's a pity that they know too many things they shouldn't know, so I have to send them to death with tears in their eyes."
