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Shi Xiaohan was in a coma and had nightmares.
In the dream, the black altar was shrouded in gray mist, and the nine clones of Kong Xuan Sanren showed neat smiles.
Gu Xu was sitting in the dark forest, practicing the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique". His face was as white as paper, and his body temperature was as cold as ice.
"Don't practice this spell!" Shi Xiaohan saw himself rushing forward and grabbing Gu Xu's sleeve tightly, "It will turn you into a man-eating ghost!"
But Gu Xu roughly shook off her hand and said in a cold voice: "I am born with deficiencies and a defect in my bones, so I can only live to be thirty years old. But if I practice this "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique", I can live forever."
As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Xu suddenly turned into a hideous and terrifying ghost.
Just like Pan Xiaopeng who went crazy that day, his eyes were red and he had sharp fangs.
He roared as he rushed towards her and pushed her down to the muddy ground.
During this process, she wanted to use her true energy to resist, but found that she was restrained by an inexplicable force and could not make any move at all.
At this time, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.
Shi Xiaohan found himself in a cemetery on the outskirts of Yishui County.
In front of her was a strange stone tablet with a familiar name written on it——
It was "Gu Xu".
Chen Jisheng, the governor of the Exorcism Department of Yishui County, also suddenly appeared next to her.
He sighed softly and said to her: "After all, Gu Xu was still in his prime, but his life was taken away by God."
Shi Xiaohan stared at the tombstone blankly.
A bolt of thunder pierced the sky, and heavy rain fell.
She was soaked all over and turned into a drowned rat.
Then the scene in the dream changed again.
She sat under the dense sycamore tree in her house.
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"You have the ultimate talent and the most noble fate in the world, but you live like this, don't you feel aggrieved?
"Your current situation is actually no different from me who was nailed to the Sansheng Stone!"
The white-haired boy had a joking smile on his face, whether he was mocking himself or teasing Gu Xu.
Gu Xu glanced at the nails stuck in the white-haired boy's body, and thought of the Kongxuan Sanren who had no plans, and sighed softly, feeling that what the other party said was indeed very reasonable.
"But I have no choice." He spread his hands and smiled bitterly.
"Actually, I once suspected that a person like you who suppresses himself all the time would never be able to cross the sea of bright red flowers on the other side, reach the 'Naihe Bridge', and help me untie my bonds," the white-haired boy said seriously He looked at Gu Xu carefully and said, "Fortunately, that old guy Kong Xuan succeeded in arousing your anger at this critical moment."
"If I can reach the eighth level in my lifetime, I will definitely kill that old guy with my own hands." Gu Xu said calmly.
"Very good," the white-haired boy said in an approving tone, then glanced at the nail on his left shoulder, "Remember this hatred, and then please help me pull out this nail."
Gu Xu took two steps forward, then stopped: "Just by pulling out a nail, can I gain supernatural powers?"
"Supernatural powers are just what ordinary people talk about," the white-haired boy said with a look of disdain in his eyes. "When their souls are strongly stimulated, they will solidify a unique ability according to their destiny. This is an accident." A phenomenon that only occurs once in a lifetime.
“But this ability to appear by luck is not worthy of you, or in other words, not worthy of us.
"Your power has a more noble name -
"It's called 'authority'."
"Authority..." Gu Xu muttered this word silently in his mind.
At the same time, his eyes swept across the four nails on the white-haired boy's body, and then fell on the wound on his forehead.
"According to you...these four nails represent four kinds of sealed authority?" He frowned slightly and said.
"Smart!" the white-haired boy smiled and gave him a thumbs up.
"Then what happened to the wound on your head?" Gu Xu asked again, "Is it possible that I already had a kind of authority before?"
"That's right." The white-haired boy replied.
"But I've never seen you before."
"That nail fell off naturally the moment you came into this world," the white-haired boy explained. "The authority it represents is called 'wisdom'.
"Your photographic memory, your ability to understand far beyond ordinary people, and your almost outrageous understanding all come from it."
Learn and remember.
Unlucky genius.
The names of these two talents suddenly popped into Gu Xu's mind.
He had always thought that these two talents were randomly drawn in the game in his previous life, and they were the legendary "gold fingers" necessary for time travellers.
But now it seems that the origin of these talents is not as simple as it seems?
"Come on, Gu Xu, help me pull out this nail," the white-haired boy pointed to his left shoulder, "It's time to find your true self."
"Why this nail?" Gu Xu asked again.
"You have so many questions," the white-haired boy said with a bright smile, "What is the thing you desire most in your life?"
"Of course it's immortality."
"Then what do you want most at this moment?"
"Get out of trouble and survive."
"The authority represented by this nail may help you solve this problem."
"Really?"
"It depends on how you use it."
At this moment, countless images flashed through Gu Xu's mind.
There is the black altar deep in Yishan Mountain, the nine clones of Kongxuan Sanren, the nine-infant snake monster wreaking havoc on the world, Yishui County that transformed into Zeguo, and Shi Xiaohan who fell to the ground in pain...
How powerful is the authority needed to help him get out of this desperate predicament? Only in this way can we stop Kongxuan Sanren's plan to sacrifice one hundred thousand souls and become the "Ghost King"?
Gu Xu sighed, took a few steps forward, and according to what the white-haired boy said, he grabbed the nail nailed into his left shoulder with both hands and pulled it out hard.
In an instant, it was like a flood breaking a dam. An invisible force surged in from all directions and instantly filled Gu Xu's body.
His consciousness became extremely clear, as if he was integrated with the whole world.
Under the Naihe Bridge, the dirty river water suddenly set off huge waves, and countless lonely ghosts floating in the river let out shrill roars.
It seemed that Gu Xu's breakthrough made them feel fear from the bottom of their hearts.
"Now, you have the second authority - 'Time'," the white-haired boy said with a smile. "Its uses are ever-changing. I hope it can shine in your hands."
Gu Xu quietly felt the new power in his body and did not respond immediately.
The white-haired boy added: "Go on, Gu Xu. All the misfortunes you have encountered so far are ultimately caused by your lack of ability. Only by becoming stronger can the problem be solved fundamentally. Only by becoming stronger, Only in this way can you protect the people you care about from harm.
"Keep moving forward! I will wait for you on the 'Wangxiangtai'."
As soon as he finished speaking, the figure of the white-haired boy began to become blurry and would soon disappear on the "Naihe Bridge".
"Wait!" Gu Xu suddenly said, "I have another question!"
"what is the problem?"
"You just said that Kongxuan Sanren is a frog in the well and you are talking nonsense," Gu Xu asked eagerly, "Can you explain it in a little more detail?"
"'Only transforming into a ghost is the true path to the peak of power'. This sentence is nonsense," the white-haired boy's mouth turned up slightly, "Ghosts are actually slaves to the rules of the world.
"Cultivation itself is like sailing against the current. If you follow the so-called rules, you will eventually lose yourself and be assimilated into this cold and dark world.
"Although the human race's cultivation method is to live toward death, the first eight realms are all fine.
“Only the ninth realm is a scam.
"Oh, 'Ascension to Immortality', this name is deceiving at first sight."
Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and kept these words in his mind.
Then he bowed his hands to the young man and said, "Thank you for your advice!"
"You and I are one, why are you so polite?" the white-haired boy said with a smile.
The next second, he and the Sansheng Stone disappeared from Gu Xu's eyes, leaving no trace.
Gu Xu looked at the empty Naihe Bridge and felt that everything that had just happened was like a dream.
"time……"
"Get out of trouble..."
"The way to break the situation..."
He took a deep breath, clenched his hands into fists, and dug his nails into his flesh.
Then he strode towards the other side of the Wangchuan River.
Flowers on the other side bloom on the other side. Only the flowers can be seen, but no leaves.
As red as blood and as bright as a torch.
However, just as Gu Xu stepped onto the ground on the other side of the Forgotten River, all the flowers on the other side withered and withered.
The petals slowly fell and were buried in the dirty soil.
The boundless blood-red ocean completely disappeared into this dim netherworld.
The whole world was reframed into a monotonous gray and black.
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Real world, beside the black altar.
Gu Xu slowly opened his eyes.
At this time, his face became extremely pale, his body temperature dropped a lot, and his heartbeat almost stopped.
If someone touched him, they might think he was a corpse.
"Have you mastered the "Zhaoming Forbidden Technique" initially?" Not far away, the hunchbacked old man turned around and asked.
According to the division of labor between Kongxuan Sanren clones, he is responsible for guarding Gu Xu at this time.
Gu Xu nodded and replied: "Initial results have been achieved. At present, I have crossed the 'Naihe Bridge' and broke through the third realm."
His eyes were as cold as ice, showing no emotion at all.
"Very good," the hunchbacked old man nodded with satisfaction, "You are worthy of being my successor. He has successfully changed his practice method in such a short period of time."
Gu Xu said no more.
With a thought in his mind, he took out hundreds of fifth generation "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Demon Killing Talisman" and held it tightly in his hand.
"What do you want to do?" The hunchbacked old man narrowed his eyes slightly and smiled contemptuously, "You don't want to use this thing against me, do you?"
He didn't understand what Gu Xu wanted to do.
The fifth-generation "ghost-killing talisman" is indeed powerful. A few stacked up can even easily kill "evil spirit" level ghosts.
But for Kongxuan Sanren, who has mastered the "Way of Cause and Effect" and is about to be promoted to the "King of Ghosts", even if there are thousands of "Ghost Killing Talismans", there is no threat to him at all.
Moreover, he is confident enough - as long as Gu Xu makes any dangerous move, he can control Gu Xu immediately.
But Gu Xu ignored his question.
He held the "Ghost Killing Talisman" and began to recite the "Ghost Expelling Curse" softly:
"Five stars suppress the color, illuminating the mysterious world. Thousands of gods and saints protect my true spirit. Giant beasts in the sky subdue thousands of soldiers. Five devils in the sky destroy their bodies. Wherever they are, all gods respond. Urgency is like a law! "
After he finished speaking, he gently threw the "Ghost Killing Talisman" in his hand.
But unexpectedly, Gu Xu did not throw the "Ghost Killing Talisman" at Kong Xuan Sanren.
Instead, he threw it at himself.
Suddenly, the talisman turned into a dazzling golden flame, like the rising sun, completely covering Gu Xu's figure.
Hiss, hiss.
The hot air surged upwards, and bright tongues of flames flew in all directions.
"He actually wants to commit suicide!" The hunchbacked old man opened his eyes wide.
He really couldn't imagine that Gu Xu would make such a decisive move in order to disobey his control.
Gu Xu has practiced the "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique", but has not yet fully mastered it.
At this moment, he is a half-human, half-ghost existence.
Humans are immune to the damage of the "Ghost Killing Talisman", but Gu Xu, who has ghostly qualities, is not.
The flames generated by these hundreds of "ghost-killing charms" can burn him to ashes in a short time.
Seeing such a scene, the hunchbacked old man wanted to use the technique of "attribution" to make up a story that "the ghost-killing talisman suddenly failed, causing Gu Xu to fail in suicide."
After all, an excellent experimental product like Gu Xu can only be found once in a while.
However, in the next second, the raging fire suddenly dissipated.
Gu Xu stood quietly, unscathed.
In addition, the sinister aura on his body also disappeared without a trace.
His heart beat again, his blood began to rush, and the color returned to his pale cheeks.
The hunchbacked old man could feel that Gu Xu was a complete human being at this moment.
The only difference was that the bracelet made of black jade on Gu Xu's wrist broke into countless pieces and fell to the ground.
"Substitute bracelet!" The hunchbacked old man was shocked.
The "Stand-in Bracelet" is a precious life-saving item given to Gu Xu by Luo Chuan, the head of the Exorcist Department. It can resist a fatal attack from the outside world for the owner, and at the same time, it can relieve all negative effects and control on the owner.
Because Gu Xu had just become a half-human, half-ghost existence, the "ghost-killing talisman" was a "fatal attack from the outside world" to him.
However, the "substitute bracelet" also helped him relieve the negative effects on his body.
The evil spirit he had just absorbed was expelled from his body.
