The sky is deep and the mountains are endless.
Gu Xu's green shirt fluttered as he headed south. He seemed to be walking calmly and unhurriedly, but under the influence of his body skills, he could move forward a long distance every time he took a step.
According to his current speed, he should be able to reach his destination in less than a day.
But he still decided to follow Luo Chuan's suggestion and deliberately took some long detours to try to find some ghosts in the mountains to hone his actual combat abilities.
Luojing City, protected by the "Tianlong Formation", is like a cozy greenhouse. During this period of time, Gu Xu basically stayed in the room to study Taoism alone, or had some small discussions with other monks, and rarely experienced a true life-and-death battle.
Now, compared to when he first came to the capital, his true energy intensity has increased significantly, and he has also learned many new Taoist techniques.
But he knows very well that only through actual combat again and again can he fully adapt to these new changes and practice every move to a comfortable level.
Under the guidance of divination, he found a hidden cave in the mountains.
The trees here are lush, surrounded by streams, and the scenery is beautiful. The ground is green and soft like a carpet. Faintly, a woman's chuckle could still be heard.
Gu Xu took out the copper coin from his pocket and tossed it gently.
After confirming that the ghosts in the cave would not pose a life threat to him, he walked straight to the entrance of the cave and saw several beautiful and well-dressed women standing together, laughing and playing, seemingly not noticing Gu Xu's arrival.
"Charm spell."
Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at them. With his powerful spiritual power, he saw traces of mind control spells on them.
Then he went into the cave.
Three spacious stone halls were opened in the cave. Beds were set up on the four walls, and the beds were covered with brocade quilts.
After a while, a handsome man wearing a white robe and a beard walked out from the depths of the cave.
His left and right arms each held a beautiful woman, holding a jade wine glass in each hand, and they were flirting with each other.
At this time, Gu Xu had already recognized that this man in white robe was actually the incarnation of a ghost called "White Ape". It would travel to villages hundreds of miles away in the middle of the night, lure beautiful women, and keep them in caves as its "harem." Every night late at night, he would go to various stone beds, tease them, and do lewd things. After they grow old and fade away, they will devour their souls.
It is recorded in books:
"This material power can kill people, but even if a hundred men command an army, they cannot control it."
"On a clear day, you may dance with two swords, and the lightning will fly around your body, and the light will be as round as the moon."
It means that the "White Ape" has extremely terrifying power. Even a hundred strong men with weapons cannot subdue it; and its weapons are a pair of swords, and when it dances, it seems like lightning is surrounding its body. Flying away, the sword light is as round as the moon
"Evil spirit level." Gu Xu stared at the man in white robes and quickly judged its strength.
After seeing Gu Xu, the man in white robe also had a surprised look on his face, obviously not expecting Gu Xu to break into its cave.
He pushed away the gorgeous woman in his arms and rushed towards Gu Xu.
At this moment, the handsome man in white robe disappeared and turned into a burly ape with white hair all over his body.
Gu Xu relied on the "Meteor Walking on the Moon" movement technique to quickly move away.
The next second, Bai Yuan landed on the spot where Gu Xu had just been. Its fist hit the ground hard, making a huge sound, and made two deep pits in the hard rock.
The woman in the cave was so frightened that she screamed repeatedly.
Seeing that Gu Xu was safe and sound, Bai Yuan let out an angry roar. It waved its claws, and two sharp swords floated up from the stone table next to it, and flew to its side with a "swish", shining with a dazzling cold light.
Just the dissipated sword energy made a series of carvings on the stone wall of the cave.
"This pervert monkey's swordsmanship looks pretty good." Gu Xu complained silently.
He stood there and calmly cast the "Star Formation" spell, summoning two stars from the distant sky in a language that only he could understand -
"Tianliang Star" and "Sun Star".
"Tianliang Star" resembles Yang, turns Qi into Yin, and is responsible for Shoulu. It can eliminate disasters and resolve misfortune, and turn bad luck into good luck. Its starlight poured down from the top of its head, forming a golden barrier around Gu Xu, blocking the sharp sword energy of the "White Ape".
The "Sun Star" transforms gas into noble energy and is the god of light. It contains the true fire of the sun, which is the most powerful and powerful and burns all things. It is undoubtedly an excellent choice to use it to deal with ghosts with evil attributes.
Under the white ape's several-inch-long white hair, a dazzling golden flame suddenly burst out. Soon the whole ape turned into a huge fireball.
With a "bang" sound, the fireball suddenly exploded, golden sparks splashed in all directions, and the hot air quickly swept through the entire room.
After a few seconds, the white ape turned into ashes.
The women in the cave were all pale at this time. They all looked gloomy and their faces were ashen. Some people even collapsed to the ground on the spot, crying.
Because after the death of the white ape, its charm spell was also lifted.
They finally realized what had happened recently, and their hearts filled with despair that was worse than death.
"This ghost is dead," Gu Xu comforted them with a gentle smile on his face, "You are safe now."
But these women are still in a daze.
Some of them saw Gu Xu's handsome face, and even couldn't help but take a few steps back, suspecting that he was also a demon who mastered the art of charm, otherwise how could he have such an outstanding appearance.
Gu Xu sighed lightly. He knew that for these women who were forcibly abducted from villages hundreds of miles away, this experience was too terrifying. Their inner wounds cannot be healed in a short time.
It's just that his time is precious and he can't stay here for too long.
So he took out the "Magic Token" and sent a message to Shangguan Jin, briefly describing the situation here. As a fourth-level monk who mastered the art of flying with a sword, and had been working for Luo Sishou for a long time, she must be able to get here quickly and handle the follow-up matters properly.
Soon, Shangguan Jin's reply appeared in his field of vision:
[Linghu: Fellow Daoist Gu, it seems that you only think of contacting me when you need my help. If I remember correctly, this is the second time you have taken the initiative to interrogate me? 】
Gu Xu remained silent and did not respond.
However, Shangguan Jin immediately sent another message:
[Linghu: But don’t worry. I will definitely handle the things you entrust me with. 】
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After dealing with the white ape, Gu Xu continued to move between the mountains.
Soon, he followed the direction guided by divination and found a dilapidated temple on the hillside that had been in disrepair. The place is overgrown with weeds, woven with cobwebs, and the incense burner has collapsed, making it look desolate.
There was silence in the temple.
But after Gu Xu crossed the threshold, he saw a fat, dark, and unattractive woman walking towards him. Her clothes looked quite slutty.
Wherever he went, this woman followed him.
Gu Xu recognized at a glance that this woman was a kind of ghost called a "temple ghost", who was transformed from the clay monster statue in the temple. People who are haunted by temple ghosts will become insane and fall into a state of madness.
If you want to subdue it and let it show its true form, you need to wrap its neck with a chain made of metal with the properties of the sun.
Gu Xu did not have any metal with the attribute of the flaming sun.
But he can use Talisman as a substitute.
So, when the fat black woman dangled in front of him, he tore off a page from the booklet he carried with him and quickly drew a complicated rune on it with charcoal.
Then the talisman turned into a red iron hoop and was put around the fat black woman's neck.
Suddenly, the woman turned into a monster with a dark body, eyes like lightning, and a bloody mouth. She rushed towards Gu Xu and roared angrily.
Gu Xu calmly performed his movements, and his figure disappeared from the spot, then appeared behind the black monster.
Immediately afterwards, blazing flames centered on him and spread in a ring around him.
The ferocious-looking "temple ghost" was quickly engulfed in flames.
After the flames dissipated, the ground was covered with dust - it was unclear whether it was the original dust in the ruined temple or the ashes left after the death of the "temple ghost".
This "temple ghost" was originally just a "wild ghost" level ghost.
Using the "Seven Burning Heaven Styles" to deal with it is actually overkill.
However, Gu Xu's main purpose of killing demons and slaying demons on this trip was to hone his fighting skills, so he deliberately did not use the "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Demon Killing Talisman", a simple, crude and overly familiar method. It is to try to use some moves that are not very proficient.
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After another half an hour, Gu Xu came to a gloomy forest under the guidance of divination.
There was a young man in the forest, wearing feather-woven clothes, sitting under a tall elm tree.
Gu Xu knew that this man was actually a ghost named "Feather Man".
According to the records in "Weird Chronicles of Daqi", there was once a farmer named Ren Gu who was resting on the edge of the fields because he was tired from work. Suddenly, a man in feathered clothes came over and raped him, then disappeared without a trace. A few days later, Ren Gu discovered that she was pregnant.
When she was about to give birth, the man in feather clothes came again. He pierced Ren Gu's body with a knife, took out a small snake and left. From then on, Ren Gu became a sterile eunuch. He went to the palace to explain the relevant situation, and was left in the palace as a eunuch.
This story sounds a bit bizarre.
But at this moment, this "man in feathers" who can make men pregnant actually appeared in front of Gu Xu.
Gu Xu did not hesitate to use the "Star Formation", summoned the "Sun Star" again, and then threw it at the "Man in Feather" like a ball.
Before the "Man in Feather Clothes" could see Gu Xu's face clearly, he completely evaporated from the world.
Gu Xu didn't stay here for a moment.
After the divination, he quickly moved towards the location of the next ghost.
At the same time, he thought silently: Today I first rescued the civilian women trapped in the ghost lair, and then helped the male compatriots of the Daqi Dynasty solve a major scourge - this should be the girl Shi Xiaohan hanging around all day long. Let's just say "do justice for heaven" and "bring benefit to the people".
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In this way, Gu Xu was slaying demons while climbing over mountains and ridges.
After killing the "Man in Feather", he encountered ghosts such as "Wu Shang", "Giant Hand", "Li's Wolf", and "Ghost". Most of them are at the "wild ghost" level, and a few are at the "evil spirit" level.
Basically, he can solve it with one move.
At the same time, he became more and more proficient in mastering various magic moves, and the true energy in his meridians became more and more refined with each use.
When the sun gradually went down, Dagu Pass, with its crisscrossed ravines and sharp peaks, finally appeared at the end of his field of vision.
Gu Xu stopped and with a thought in mind, he took out the map given to him by Luo Sishou from "Xianyun Residence" and prepared to follow the marks on the map to find the location of the entrance to the lava river.
However, at this moment, with his mental perception far beyond ordinary people, Gu Xu suddenly sensed a dangerous aura.
He suddenly became alert, and a cold sweat broke out on his back.
Without thinking, he directly used "Time" and "Meteor Walking on the Moon" at the same time.
The pupil of his left eye turned deep indigo blue again, faintly shining with the luster of stars.
The whole world stopped.
The birds hovered in the sky, and the sound of the wind quietly stopped.
In the short period of ten breaths that "Time" lasted, he traveled to a location thirty miles away at the maximum speed of "Meteor Walking on the Moon".
To prevent anyone from counting his location, his escape route was completely random.
But the next second, ripples appeared in the air around him, like ripples on a calm lake.
Three people wearing black clothes and masks appeared out of thin air.
They stood in front, left and right of Gu Xu respectively, surrounding Gu Xu in the middle.
Gu Xu frowned slightly.
He didn't expect that in order to catch up with him, these people would even use the extremely precious magic weapon "The Sky-Breaking Pearl".
And these men in black didn't say any nonsense and attacked him without hesitation.
The two people on the left and right summoned their own natal swords out of thin air, and used their thoughts to drive it towards Gu Xu's throat.
Behind the leader, a shadow several feet high appeared. This phantom exuded terrible pressure, making Gu Xu feel as if he was carrying a huge burden and had difficulty moving.
"It's actually the 'Faxiang'!" Gu Xu was deeply surprised, "This person is actually a sixth-level monk!"
He knew that the sixth realm of practice was called "Fengdu Gate".
After climbing over the "Homesickness Ridge", passing through the "Wangxiang Terrace" and walking through the "Meng Po Pavilion", the monks will knock on the door of Fengdu with their own understanding of the "Tao" - the "Tao" at this time can come from others, It can also originate from itself.
However, if you use other people's "Tao" to knock on the "Fengdu Gate", you will most likely be stuck in the Sixth Realm for life and become a common being in Fengdu City, and you will never find your place in the "Hall of Yama".
After knocking on the "Fengdu Gate", the monks' understanding of "Tao" will be presented in the form of "Dharma".
There are also various types of "Dharma".
It can be mountains, rivers and seas, birds, animals, insects, fish, stars in the sky, or some god serving God.
The appearance of the "man in black" in front of me is a god with three heads and six arms, holding a bow, arrow, sword and other weapons, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, and looks fierce.
Gu Xu knew that this was the "True Lord Huode", a high-status immortal who served the "God Taishang Haotian Jade Emperor", and was called the True Lord Five Qi together with True Lord Mu De, Taibai Jinxing and others.
Usually, for monks who use gods as their dharma form, the higher the status and authority of the deity, the stronger the corresponding dharma aspect will be.
This man in black has "Fire Virtue Star Lord" as his Dharma form, so he must be profound and powerful.
With Gu Xu's current strength, even if he exhausted all means, it would be impossible to defeat him head-on.
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Note:
(1) "This divine creature lives in a place with the power to kill people. Even if a hundred soldiers are in charge, they cannot control it." "On a clear day, she may dance with two swords, and the lightning will fly around her body, and the light will be as round as the moon." - Anonymous of the Tang Dynasty "The Biography of Bujiang Zongbai Yuan";
(2) The story of "The Man in Feather Clothes" comes from "Sou Shen Ji Volume 14";
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