In the next month, Gu Xu locked himself in the room almost every day, seizing all the time to practice hard.
With the ten bottles of "Eternal Brightness Pill" he recently obtained, he successfully upgraded his cultivation level from the "Fourth Song of Underworld" to the Sixth Song of Underworld as planned.
He also successfully developed the fourth generation "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Ghost Killing Talisman" - which is significantly more powerful than the third generation, and is enough to deter even "evil" level ghosts.
In addition, he also entered the "realm of discussing Tao" twice on November 15th and the first day of the twelfth lunar month, defeating two opponents respectively.
The first opponent's code name is "Bifang", and he is a monk who is good at fire-attribute spells.
As soon as the duel began, blazing fire spread across the arena, almost turning the entire "Realm of Taoism" into a bright and dazzling sea of fire, which was extremely powerful.
Gu Xu recognized it at a glance. It was the middle-grade spell "Tribulation of Flames and a Prairie Fire".
Perhaps because this is the opponent's signature move, the temperature of this sea of fire and the murderous intent hidden in it are more terrifying than expected.
But Gu Xu was not afraid.
After all, if you want to compete with the ability to play with fire, there is no magic that can match the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" that he has mastered.
He smiled faintly and displayed "Firefly Flame".
Compared with the monstrous sea of fire that covered the entire "Realm of Taoism", the light of the fireflies was so weak that it was almost invisible.
However, at this moment, the sea of fire suddenly extinguished.
The opponent named "Bifang" was stunned on the spot, unable to figure out why his spell suddenly lost control.
Before he could recover, he was instantly burned to ashes by Gu Xu's "Firefly Flame".
As a result, Gu Xu won his third point and his ranking rose from fourth to third.
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The second opponent's codename is "Qingluan" and he is a rare talisman master.
After entering the "Realm of Taoism", "Qingluan" spent some time and drew more than ten various talismans with the pen and paper placed beside the ring.
During the waiting time, Gu Xu, because he was bored, also accompanied the other party to draw talisman, while thinking about improvement plans for various talismans and seals in his mind.
Then the two of them stepped onto the ring each carrying a stack of talismans.
"Binding Talisman", "Dehumidification Talisman", "Aura Talisman", "Fire Flame True Talisman"...
As the saying goes, people who work together have been enemies since ancient times.
The two talisman masters cast a variety of talismans one after another like dealing cards, neither willing to lag behind the other.
At this time, "Qingluan" was surprised to find that the opponent named "Suzaku" clearly used the same talismans as her, but the power of those talismans was much stronger than the one she drew.
For example, the temperature of the flame of the opponent's "True Flame Talisman" is higher than what she drew herself;
For another example, the opponent can easily unlock his own "body-binding talisman" with the "decontamination talisman", but his own "decontamination talisman" cannot unlock the other party's "body-binding talisman"...
So "Qingluan" lost cleanly.
The most desperate thing in the world is to be defeated by your opponent using exactly the same moves.
"This guy named 'Suzaku'... why is the talisman he drew different from the one in the book?"
After leaving the "Realm of Taoism", this question has been lingering in "Qingluan"'s mind.
Since both of them were only second-level monks, "Qingluan" did not think that the other party had the ability to improve the spells on his own. ——Because that is something that only experienced Fu Dao masters can do.
"Perhaps...he has a good teacher who is proficient in the art of talisman and seal script!" "Qingluan" secretly guessed, his heart full of envy.
In this way, Gu Xu won his fourth point and his ranking rose from third to second.
The first place is still "Qilin".
Although "Qilin" had lost one point before because of losing to Gu Xu, he later easily won two games with the "Tianlong Domain" that suppressed Wanfa and the tactics of pretending to be a female voice, and now has six points.
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However, Gu Xu's research on the follow-up moves of "Seven Styles of Burning Sky" and "Jinghong Brush" did not go so smoothly.
The second page of "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" is the same as the first page. It also consists of dots and lines forming complex runes, and then the runes form a complex and unpredictable picture.
However, when Gu Xu tried to crack it using the same method, he failed.
"Could it be that... the method of deciphering each page of "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" is different?" He guessed, "Or must certain conditions be met before you can start learning its second style?
"Well, no wonder no one has been able to master this spell completely after so many years. This is not something that normal people can learn at all."
And "Jinghong Bi" also didn't give him face.
Although he has completely mastered the "Thousands of Mountains Birds Flying Absolutely" spell, he can also rely on the "Jinghong Brush" to make the talismans he draws more powerful.
But he knew very well that the "Jinghong Pen", as one of the twelve famous weapons of the Great Desolation, had more than that.
Logically speaking, every line of poetry and every painting can be used to construct a brand new spell using the "Jinghong Brush".
However, Gu Xu silently wrote all the "Three Hundred Tang Poems" from his previous life, but the "Jinghong Pen" did not respond at all.
As for the new weapon spirit, there is no sign that it will be born.
This made him couldn't help but sigh, Dahuang's famous weapons are really the ancestors of weird tempers - it is clear that I am the master, but it keeps acting petty and refuses to be obedient at all.
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During this period, Gu Xu also took on several ghost-killing missions.
But all they encountered were low-level ghosts at the level of "wandering spirits" and "wild ghosts".
He only needs less than 20% of his strength to kill these ghosts easily.
Simply boring.
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Gu Xu's peaceful life lasted until the second day of the twelfth lunar month in the twenty-third year of Tianxing.
Tomorrow (the third day of the twelfth lunar month) is Xiaohan in the 24 solar terms, and it is also Shi Xiaohan's eighteenth birthday - because Shi Xiaohan was born on the day of "Xiaohan" eighteen years ago, so he was given this name.
There is no fixed date for her birthday, but it is celebrated every year during "Xiaohan".
"Gu Xu, tomorrow is my birthday. I want to invite you to my house for dinner."
On this day, as soon as Gu Xu came to the Yamen, he received an invitation from Shi Xiaohan.
The petite girl looked up at him at a forty-five-degree angle, her bright almond-shaped eyes filled with anticipation.
Because he knew what the girl was thinking about him, Gu Xu would feel a little complicated every time he saw her expression like this.
However, when he looked down and saw her big, clear eyes, Gu Xu couldn't bear to refuse her request.
He thought: This girl is staying alone in Yishui County with no relatives around her. She looks very pitiful... I will just go and celebrate her birthday with her as a friend!
So he nodded: "Okay."
Upon hearing his words, Shi Xiaohan immediately jumped up with joy, a pair of cute dimples showing on his face, and his laughter was as sweet as a silver bell.
Her laughter seems to have a unique magic that makes people happy and happy.
Just like a warm and refreshing spring breeze, it can instantly blow away all worries and worries.
However, at this moment, Chen Jisheng hurriedly walked into the room with a particularly solemn expression on his face.
Gu Xu stood up straight.
Shi Xiaohan stopped smiling.
The lively spring feeling in the house disappeared in an instant, and it returned to the chilling coldness of winter.
"Gu Xu, Shi Xiaohan, there is an emergency at the Yamen, and you need to come with me to deal with it immediately."
"What happened?" After hearing Chen Jisheng's words, Gu Xu had an unknown premonition in his heart.
Shi Xiaohan couldn't help but take a deep breath, his heart rising in his throat.
I heard Chen Jisheng say seriously:
"A clerk from the Yishui Yamen went crazy while practicing at home. He was completely swallowed by the Yin Qi and turned into a monster. We must resolve this matter as soon as possible to prevent it from harming the surrounding people."
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