Chapter 136 Going home for the New Year
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 mice 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 Taoism" 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 "Floating Catkins 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. He 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 Sanjin" 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, survived the tribulation and ascended to immortality.
According to the description of nearby monks, Laoshan Mountain was shrouded in dark clouds at that time, and the rumble of 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 sword blades striking each other, like mountains falling apart, The entire sky was cut into pieces.
"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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Unknowingly, 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 of the Daqi Dynasty had three statutory holidays - Spring Festival, 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.
Actually, when the Da Qi Dynasty was first established, officials did not have such a long holiday.
Because Emperor Taizu, who was born in poverty, was an out-and-out workaholic - he often spent all his time dealing with government affairs, not only did he not take holidays himself, but he also did not give holidays to his officials. This made officials complain.
But his descendants who are well-educated and respectable are not as diligent as him.
Every time a new emperor ascends the throne, he will basically extend his vacation for 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.
......So 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 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 has been strong recently. It is said that it is because the Snow Girl's strength has increased sharply. You must be careful, and you must take a detour if you can."
The old man was carrying it in his left hand. He was sitting in a cricket cage, holding a book such as "The Oil Man's Monopoly of the Oiran" in his right hand, carrying luggage on his back, and nodded casually.
"Don't worry, Mr. Chen," the old man said with a smile, "Although I am a bit 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 to do so. Promise her..."
Cui Tianyou's "tigress" 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: "Master 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 frown: "Every Chinese New Year, my relatives are keen to ask me if I have a wife. Once I answer 'no', they will They will laugh at me. So, I really want to pay a girl to go home with me and pretend to be my daughter-in-law, so as to silence those relatives.”
Hearing this, Gu Xu smiled and shook his head: "Brother Ma, you have to understand that your relatives just want to have fun during the New Year. Even if you really marry a wife, they will find other reasons - -For example, the salary is too low, for example, I can’t afford a big house, I’m here to tease you and find a sense of superiority in you.”
“Alas, Mr. Gu, you see clearly,” Ma Qin sighed. "Actually, I was just joking. I know that no girl would agree to such a thing.
"Mr. Gu, sometimes I really envy you-not only are you young and promising, but you are also quite popular with women. Children welcome. If I were half as capable as you, I wouldn’t be unable to find a wife yet..."
After that, Ma Qin also lonelyly picked up his luggage and left Yishui Yamen in the bleak and cold wind.< br>
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By the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, there were only a few people left in the Yishui Exorcism 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."
There is another chapter tonight.
(End of this chapter)