Bai Chen calmly took out a simple compass from his pocket.
The compass is bronze in color, with densely engraved words and lines on its surface.
"It turns out he is a Feng Shui master." Gu Xu silently judged in his mind.
Bai Chen was seen holding the outer disk of the compass with both hands, placing it horizontally between the chest and abdomen, with his feet slightly apart, and muttering a spell in his mouth.
The compass needle suddenly began to move back and forth.
Immediately afterwards, the air flow above the ring surged and gathered into a strong wind, blowing the flames created by Hu Xiaoyun with the "Fire Flame Talisman" to both sides, leaving a safe zone in the middle.
Bai Chen stood motionless, safe and sound.
Seeing such a scene, Elder Sun squinted his eyes and moved his butt forward, trying to see more clearly.
A well-informed and experienced sect elder like him couldn't recognize the method Bai Chen used.
Gu Xuze could see at a glance that the "wind" driven by Bai Chen was not the wind in nature, nor was it the magical wind created with true energy, but the "qi" in Feng Shui.
In Luojing City, there is not only the sinister aura of the world itself, but also the dragon aura brought by the "Tianlong Formation" and the Great Wilderness Dragon Veins.
The two have always been in a delicate balance.
Bai Chen, on the other hand, can use the compass in his hand to affect the Feng Shui magnetic field in the environment, temporarily disrupting the balance between the two breaths, thereby triggering powerful energy.
Like water in a basin.
If the basin is tilted slightly, the immobile state will be broken, and the water will surge towards the lower end.
"This man's attainments in Feng Shui are truly extraordinary." Gu Xu secretly admired in his heart.
Although Gu Xu has read many books on Feng Shui and Kanyu, he is only an amateur after all. He mostly uses Feng Shui knowledge to solve cases and find the hiding places of ghosts.
Like Bai Chen, he cannot yet use the "Qi" in Feng Shui as a means of fighting.
And Bai Chen didn't just defend.
After blocking Hu Xiaoyun's flame attack, he gently turned the compass and recited the incantation again at a very fast speed.
Soon a faint black smoke appeared around him.
Gu Xu knew that Bai Chen was gathering evil spirits from all directions.
When Luojing City was built, although there were strict regulations on the layout and architectural style of the blocks, as time goes by and the houses are repeatedly repaired and renovated, there will still inevitably be some disturbing buildings - such as loud noises. There will be "Sound Evil" next to the market. For example, there will be "Lian Zhen Evil" next to the jagged rocks and barren grass. For example, if the gate is at the end of the street, there will be "Gun Evil". For example, if there is a building under construction or demolition on the right, it will cause trouble. Come to "White Tiger Evil"...
Bai Chen can use magic to gather these evil spirits for his own use.
Soon, the black smoke turned into a looming rope, binding Hu Xiaoyun on the opposite side circle after circle.
Hu Xiaoyun was a little surprised at first - because the rope neither affected her movements nor interfered with her casting.
At first glance, it seems useless.
But she soon understood the true purpose of the rope.
In the process of releasing the talisman, she felt as if she was caught in bad luck and made a series of low-level mistakes——
First, she originally planned to take out the "Black Ice Talisman" and freeze the opponent with ice, but she mistakenly took out the "Fire Light Talisman";
Then, while reciting the incantation, she accidentally recited several fields incorrectly, causing the talisman to lose its effectiveness and wasting a few seconds.
In a battle with a powerful opponent, these few seconds are enough to determine the outcome.
With a thought in his mind, Bai Chen took out a long sword from his space ring. At the same time, he came to Hu Xiaoyun's side in a flash and pointed at her throat with the flashing sword edge.
In an instant, countless sword energy burst out from the sword's edge, seemingly capable of annihilating all life.
Hu Xiaoyun's heartbeat paused for half a beat.
If the referee hadn't promptly terminated the fight between the two and announced the result, Hu Xiaoyun felt that she might have died in this arena today.
Bai Chen cupped his hands towards her and said politely: "Admit it."
Hu Xiaoyun pondered for a moment, frowned and asked: "You are a Feng Shui master, but you can also use a sword?"
"Why can't Feng Shui masters use swords?" Bai Chen smiled slightly, "Like Lord Shangguan of the Exorcism Department, isn't he also a doctor who is proficient in swordsmanship?"
Hu Xiaoyun stopped talking.
She bit her lip, as if she still couldn't recover from the battle just now.
As a student of Longmen Academy, she is considered the best among her peers in terms of family background and talent.
Although she was definitely not as good as the top talents of the Daqi Dynasty, she obviously did not expect that she would be eliminated in the first round of the "Luoshui Conference" audition.
"My luck is really bad," she sighed silently in her heart, "I actually got such an opponent by drawing lots."
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At the same time, Gu Xu sat on the high city gate, looking at Bai Chen with an indifferent expression, and frowned slightly.
Bai Chen's method of using feng shui evil spirits to create bad luck gave him a feeling of déjà vu.
He thought about not long ago, when he went to Zhengpingfang to buy a courtyard house, businessman Yang Changfu had a feng shui problem in his yard, which caused him to suffer from bad luck for a long time. He always fell on the stairs, forgot to bring his keys when going out, and sent letters to the wrong address... …
Although Yang Changfu did not have the rope turned into black mist at that time.
But the number of monks who can fight with the evil energy of Feng Shui is too small.
Gu Xu couldn't help but associate them together.
Thinking of this, he took out an old copper coin from his pocket, first silently recited the name of "God", and then asked "Is there any connection between the Feng Shui problems in Bai Chen and Yang Changfu's house", and performed some divination.
The coin lands heads up.
Bai Chen is indeed related to the "Piluo Sha" and "Yanfeng Sha" in that courtyard.
After getting the results, the expression on Gu Xu's face remained unchanged, and his right hand quietly tapped the exorcist jade pendant around his waist to record Bai Chen's appearance.
Without enough evidence, it is obviously inappropriate to take Bai Chen directly to the Yamen.
Gu Xu had already guessed before that the person who was quietly doing things behind the scenes could not be one person, but definitely a group.
Behind the Feng Shui master, there is at least one Gu master and a fortune teller who can interfere with the secrets of heaven and make the exorcist department arrest the wrong person.
There are even more monks with special skills.
At this time, as the only representative of the Exorcism Department, he was staying alone at the city gate. There was no strong help around him, but he could not deal with this mysterious group.
He didn't want to alert others yet.
So the best way is to report it to the Yamen and leave it to the saint to take the headache.
However, the moment he tapped the jade pendant, he felt a chill in his heart - as if a pair of ghost-like eyes among the crowd at the city gate were suddenly staring at him.
But the next second, this feeling disappeared without a trace.
As if this was just his illusion.
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In the following time, Elder Sun and Gu Xu expressed their opinions on this competition.
Since Elder Sun was not very familiar with the art of Feng Shui and Kanyu, he changed from his normal style and no longer used his previous harsh and "venomous tongue" style. Instead, he said to the failed Hu Xiaoyun in a relatively gentle and vague tone:
"A monk can specialize in one discipline, but don't limit his fighting methods because of this. If a Fu cultivator only knows Fu Dao, and a sword cultivator only knows Ken Dao, it will be easy for him to be restrained by his opponent.
"However, if a sword cultivator knows how to use talismans and a talisman cultivator knows how to use swords, there will be miraculous effects in the duel."
After hearing what Elder Sun said, Gu Xu couldn't help but complain in his heart: Do you hope that all the talisman cultivators in this world will become "battle mages"?
When it was Gu Xu's turn to comment, he simply said to Hu Xiaoyun: "You need more practical experience."
It can be seen that Hu Xiaoyun's performance in the ring is the same as that of many academy students. It belongs to the step-by-step "academic style" - which move to use first and which move to use next. There are several fixed rules and procedures.
However, the actual battle will not go exactly as she expected.
If an unexpected situation occurs, she has almost no experience in dealing with it, so she can only fall into a passive situation and let others take advantage of her.
"Thank you, Mr. Gu, for your advice!" Hu Xiaoyun responded with her hands raised, while quietly glancing at Gu Xu at the city gate.
Since Gu Xu made his debut at Longmen Academy a few days ago, she has become Gu Xu's "fan" like many girls in the academy.
Although her competition was scheduled for the last one today, she was already waiting near the South City Gate before dawn.
So naturally, she watched every duel in the arena and heard Gu Xu's comments about each monk.
In response, she sighed from the bottom of her heart: How could such a person exist in this world? Not only is he so outstanding in appearance, but he also has such a deep understanding of the Taoism of all the major sects in the world.
At first, she felt a little depressed when Gu Xu gave others detailed comments but only gave her one sentence.
But then she thought about it and thought: How could a good-looking person like Mr. Gu, as a teacher of the academy, be irresponsible to the disciples of the academy? This must be because in his eyes, I am special.
So she was relieved quickly.
At the same time, how to evaluate Bai Chen has also become a headache for Gu Xu.
Because Gu Xu suspected that he might be targeted by the organization behind the scenes, he did not dare to reveal too much information out of caution.
But it's no secret that he knows the art of Feng Shui, so naturally he can't just deal with it like Elder Sun next to him.
After weighing the pros and cons, he once again gave a very concise comment: "It is really wonderful to use Feng Shui as a means to fight against the enemy."
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As the bell rang, this morning's audition ended.
Gu Xu said goodbye to Luojing Governor Yang Jiong and Elder Sun, and took a carriage back to his home without delaying for a minute. At the same time, he ordered the driving officials to deliver the jade pendant that recorded the image to the Exorcism Department and handed it over to Chief Luo.
Yang Jiong originally wanted to invite Gu Xu to have lunch at a city restaurant, but Gu Xu politely refused.
After all, he still had to seize the time to practice so that he could climb the "Soul-Broken Cliff" before the "Luoshui Conference" started, giving himself a greater chance of winning.
Elder Sun's attitude also changed somewhat at this time.
He had suppressed the disdain in his eyes, and obviously recognized Gu Xu's knowledge and qualifications as today's "commentary guest".
But with his arrogant and unruly character, it was impossible for him to admit his mistakes, let alone apologize in front of Gu Xu.
So he left Luojing City with a gloomy face.
At the same time, he secretly decided in his heart that he must teach the naughty disciples in the sect a lesson when he returned, and said to them: "Look, others know so much knowledge before they are crowned, and they are qualified to comment on other people's battles in public. ——And you, you have grown so big that you can’t even fully use your own sect’s ‘Gust Sword Technique’. What a bunch of waste!”
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After returning home, Gu Xu immediately took "Du Er Dan" and entered a state of cultivation.
He was now on the 1,425th step on "Homesickness Ridge".
Sitting on the South City Gate today, watching the various martial arts schools, he lamented the large number of talented people in the Da Qi Dynasty and was also emotionally touched.
So I climbed up more than a hundred steps in one breath.
While he was practicing, some undetectable movements also occurred in his home——
First, a few grasshoppers tried to get into Gu Xu's house through the gap in the door, but they passed through a door, and another door appeared in front of them.
After passing through seven or eight gates in succession, they still could not enter the yard.
Then the activity on them disappeared and turned into a few crumpled pieces of paper.
It turns out that these grasshoppers are all made of paper.
Then, several crows flew by, trying to enter Gu Xu's yard from the air.
However, as soon as they reached the sky above the yard, they seemed to have lost their way, spinning around and around.
After a moment, orange flames burst out from their bodies, and they were quickly burned to black embers.
It turns out that these crows are also made of paper.
Immediately afterwards, a handsome scholar in a cloth shirt walked to Gu Xu's door and knocked gently.
From the front, he is no different from a normal person.
But if you look at it from the side, you will find that his body is very thin, only as thick as a piece of paper.
He looks like a cut-out portrait.
I only heard a polite voice coming from the door of Gu Xu's house: "May I ask your distinguished guest's name?"
The handsome scholar said nothing.
The voice continued: "Please turn your head slightly, distinguished guest, I need to confirm your identity."
The handsome scholar still had no reaction.
Then the voice said:
"Identity verification failed... We are asking the owner for instructions whether to activate the 'killing array'..."
"...The master has confirmed..."
A bright fire burst out from the ground.
The handsome scholar was instantly burned to ashes.
