But Gu Xu never cared about his ranking in the "Realm of Taoism".
In his eyes, the "Realm of Taoism" is like a free laboratory, which will continuously send guinea pigs of the same realm to help him practice and perfect various spells and martial arts.
This should be the original intention of the saints to create the "realm of discussing the Tao" with amazing power.
After all, in the "Realm of Taoism", even if he fails ten thousand times, he can still live safely.
But in the real world, in a life-and-death fight with ghosts and monsters, if you make one mistake, you are likely to die.
Gu Xu has also gained a lot from the recent duels, and has become more and more proficient in mastering spells such as "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven" and "Falling Flowing Cats in the City".
Now, there are only five days left to gather at Laizhou Prefecture.
In order to maximize the opportunity left by the immortal, and to save his life while exploring the ruins of Mount Laoshan, he must make full preparations.
In addition, he also tried to collect information about the Laoshan ruins from various channels.
Gu Xu learned from books that the owner of the Laoshan ruins, Kongxuan Sanren who ascended to immortality, was once a lonely and unruly strong man.
He was once an abandoned disciple of "Penglai Island", one of the three major spiritual sects in Da Qi, and was expelled from the sect for violating the sect's rules.
After that, he became an unorganized and unsectless cultivator. He spent decades creating new techniques and spells, and found his own "Tao".
During this period, Kongxuan Sanren also had an earth-shattering life-and-death duel with the "fierce god" level evil spirit Yuzhu, and finally succeeded in killing Yuzhu and left gracefully.
According to rumors, the "Tao" mastered by Kongxuan Sanren is the "Tao of Cause and Effect", which is invisible and intangible, but it can kill people invisible.
Few can accurately describe his methods of dealing with his enemies.
But as long as the name "Kongxuan Sanren" is mentioned, people's faces will basically show a look of awe.
At the beginning of the first year of Tianxing, that is, twenty-three years ago, the Kongxuan San people in the Laoshan area of Laizhou Prefecture, Jiaodong Province, went through tribulation and ascended to immortality.
According to the description of nearby monks, Laoshan Mountain was shrouded in dark clouds at that time, and rumbling thunder could be heard thousands of miles away.
And bright electric lights tore through the sky, like pale flames, pushing in from the depths of the vast space, from beyond the eight poles, like swords striking each other, like mountains falling and the earth splitting, cutting the entire sky into pieces. Fragmented.
"It was a hell-like scene," the monks once described. "I'm afraid only strong men like Kong Xuan Sanren can survive that kind of thunder disaster that destroys the heaven and earth." !”
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Before you know it, the old year is about to pass.
The wintersweet flowers in the exorcism department's yamen have already bloomed in the wind amid the frost and snow, exuding a refreshing fragrance.
Officials in the Daqi Dynasty had three statutory holidays - the Spring Festival, the Summer Solstice, and the Emperor's Birthday "Wanshou Festival".
Among them, the Spring Festival holiday starts around the 20th of the twelfth lunar month and lasts until around the 20th of the first lunar month after the Lantern Festival, which lasts for a whole month - of course, special agencies like the Exorcism Department need to send people on duty in the yamen in turns to ensure that Handle emergencies.
In fact, when the Daqi Dynasty was first established, officials did not have such a long holiday.
Because Emperor Taizu, who was born in a poor family, was an out-and-out workaholic - he often neglected food and sleep to deal with government affairs. Not only did he not take holidays himself, he also did not give holidays to his officials. This made officials complain.
But his descendants who were well-educated and respected were not as diligent as he was.
Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, his vacation will basically be extended by a few days.
When the current emperor came to the throne, he not only became obsessed with cultivation and ignored government affairs, but also directly extended the Spring Festival holiday to one month.
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Therefore, in the past few days, officials of all sizes in the Yishui Exorcism Department have said goodbye to Chen Jisheng, saying that they would go home to reunite with their families.
The first person to leave was the hunchbacked old man guarding the warehouse.
He claimed that his hometown is in Qingzhou Prefecture - although most of his family members have passed away long ago, he still wants to go back and visit their graves.
Chen Jisheng repeatedly asked: "The Yin Qi around Yishan Mountain has been strong recently. It is said that it is because the Snow Girl's strength has increased significantly. You old man must be careful and take a detour if you can."
The old man was holding a cage of crickets in his left hand, and a book such as "The Oil Man's Monopoly of the Oiran" in his right hand. He was carrying his luggage on his back and nodded casually.
"Don't worry, Mr. Chen," the old man said with a smile, "Although I'm a little older, I can still take care of myself."
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The second person to leave was Cui Tianyou, who was in charge of the government's account books, money and food.
"Cui Tianyou, if I remember correctly, don't your parents live in Yishui County?" Chen Jisheng raised his head and asked with some confusion, "Why did you go home on vacation so early?"
Cui Tianyou smiled awkwardly: "Well, well... my wife insists on asking me to accompany her back to her parents' home for the New Year. Her parents live in Rizhao County. Mr. Chen, you know my wife's temper... I don't dare not agree. she……"
Cui Tianyou's "tiger" wife has long been famous in Yishui County.
Chen Jisheng nodded, agreeing with his statement.
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The third person to leave was Ma Qin, the inspector of the Yishui Exorcism Department.
He also wants to return to Qingzhou Mansion to celebrate the New Year with his relatives.
Before leaving, he went to Gu Xu specifically and asked, "Mr. Gu, do you know that there are young girls in Yishui County who don't go home during the New Year?"
Gu Xu frowned and said, "Why are you asking this?"
Ma Qin replied with a sad face: "Every Chinese New Year, my relatives are keen to ask me if I have a wife. Once I answer 'no', they will laugh at me. So, I want to spend money to hire a girl to follow I went home together and pretended to be my daughter-in-law to silence those relatives."
Hearing this, Gu Xu smiled and shook his head: "Brother Ma, you have to understand that your group of relatives just want to have fun during the New Year. Even if you really marry a wife, they will find other reasons - —For example, my salary is too low, or I can’t afford a big house, I’m here to tease you and look for a sense of superiority in you.”
"Well, Mr. Gu, you still see clearly." Ma Qin sighed.
"By the way, Brother Ma, Master Chen asked me to tell you that on the way back to Qingzhou Mansion, you must avoid Yishan and be careful of the Snow Girl."
"I understand. Thank you Mr. Chen and Mr. Gu for thinking about me."
After that, Ma Qin also picked up his luggage and left Yishui Yamen in the cold wind.
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By the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month, there were only a few people left in the Yishui Exorcist Department Yamen.
The usual noisy human voices have disappeared.
The courtyard was deserted.
At this time, Chen Jisheng called Gu Xu: "You are going to Laizhou Mansion tomorrow, why don't we have a New Year's Eve dinner in advance? I happen to have a few important things to tell you."
