Chapter 137 Snow Girl Crisis
As an orphan whose parents both died, Gu Xu used to make a few cabbage-filled dumplings with other children of the same age in the almshouse on the 30th of the twelfth lunar month. Just go to the yard and set off two bunches of crudely made firecrackers to celebrate the New Year.
After entering the Exorcist Department, he will have New Year's Eve dinner with Chen Jisheng and several homeless handymen.
Since the death of his wife and son, Chen Jisheng has rarely returned to his home.
He would work late almost every day, and then spend the night in the Yamen duty room.
To a certain extent, he almost regarded this yamen as his own home, and he also regarded the young people in the yamen as his own children.
So, that night, Gu Xu and Chen Jisheng went to a small restaurant outside the Yamen together, ordered a few home-cooked dishes, and had a simple New Year's Eve dinner in advance.
Because the Chinese New Year is approaching, there is no one in the restaurant. With this simple meal, the atmosphere is quite deserted.
At this time, Chen Jisheng said with a stern expression: "Gu Xu, according to the recent news in the Di Di newspaper, the scope of Yishan's Yin Qi is rapidly spreading outwards, and the predatory activities of Snow Girl and her monsters are becoming more and more frequent. In about a month, the Yin Qi may spread to the Yishui area - by then, we will face a difficult test. "
Snow Girl...
In recent times, Gu Xu has heard this familiar name from others more than once.
"Actually, Mr. Chen, I have always been a little confused - because in my impression, snow girls usually only start hunting in June."
At the same time, Gu Xu The vow he heard in the Lu family's haunted house came to mind - "If the Lu family is really unjust, there will be three feet of snow falling from the sky in the dog days of June."
Chen Jisheng sighed. Said: "The imperial court said that this year's situation is special. As the snow girl becomes stronger, she seems to have become more bloodthirsty than before. As of today, there have been hundreds of casualties in the area near Yishan."
Gu Xu thought for a moment and then said: "Master Chen, I have another question - I remember that Snow Girl used to control large-scale snowstorms and hail to kill people, but this time she relied on Yin evil spirits to kill people. Qi. Do you know why? ”
Chen Jisheng shook his head and replied: "Who knows? But you should know very well that for 'fierce god' level evil spirits, controlling Yin Qi is their basic ability."
Gu Xu remained silent. .
He recalled what the "Jinghong Pen" weapon spirit had said to him before it dissipated: "My lady would rather starve herself than hurt an innocent soul."
"If what Mr. Chen said is true, it seems that she failed to hold on to herself under the attack of the evil spirit after all..." Gu Xu thought silently in his heart.
"Master Chen, what do you need me to do?" he asked.
According to Chen Jisheng, Yishui County will no longer be safe in a month. He brought him in for a talk today, presumably hoping that he would prepare for battle in advance and go all out to protect the people of Yishui.
However, what Chen Jisheng said next was far beyond his expectation.
"Gu Xu, after you go to Laizhou Prefecture, don't come back for the time being," Chen Jisheng said expressionlessly, "To deal with ghosts of the level of Xue Nu, we can only rely on the capital's Support, your strength is far from helpful. It is better to stay in a safe place.
"You are still young and there is no need to get involved in this kind of thing. ”
Gu Xu knew that Chen Jisheng was right.
And according to his own character, he should also take this opportunity to hide far away and try his best to save his life.
He just didn't expect that Chen Jisheng, who had always taught them to be "selfless and caring about the common people", would actually say such selfish words.
"Then the capital has expressed its position on this?" Gu Xu asked.
“Currently, the headquarters of the Exorcist Division has sent many sixth-level experts to Yishan to deal with the Snow Girl,” Chen Jisheng replied, “In addition, Da Qi Imperial Master and Chief Luo of the Exorcist Division have , and the Duke of Yan in Youzhou all said that they would participate in the battle at the right time."
"The saint takes action..." Gu Xu remembered that Chu Fengge once said to him, "The Qi Dynasty. A saint has scruples in taking action."
And he learned from the books that there are also "fierce god" level ghosts in the wilderness who are as intelligent as humans and as powerful as saints - such as the one near Luojing who is known as the "Ghost King of Mangshan" The fierce god has always given the Qi court a headache.
The number of ghosts of this level is even greater than that of human saints.
The status of the strong saint in the wilderness is like the status of nuclear weapons in previous lives.
Never use it lightly.
Once used, it means that the entire wilderness will be shaken up.
By then, the entire Da Qi Dynasty will surely face an even more terrifying situation.
"No matter what, Mr. Chen, after I leave, you must take care and don't show off your strength." Gu Xu said seriously.
"You kid, why are you suddenly educating me?" Hearing his words, Chen Jisheng chuckled, "Do I still need you to teach me such a simple truth?"
"Don't dare." Gu Xu immediately shook his head.
"By the way, Gu Xu, I brought you here today, and I want to ask you to do something for me." Chen Jisheng raised the tea cup, took a sip of hot tea, and then said to Gu Xu, "You should know , after Da Qi Imperial Master took action to deal with the 'Nine Infant Snake Demon', he sealed it underground in Qingzhou, right?"
Gu Xu nodded.
"What I want to ask you to do today is related to the seal of the Nine Infant Snake Demon."
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A quarter of an hour later.
After the two of them finished their simple dinner, they returned to the exorcism department's office.
Chen Jisheng walked in front, and Gu Xu followed him, walking straight towards the empty library.
I only heard Chen Jisheng introduce as he walked:
"Back then, after the Imperial Master of Da Qi sealed the Nine Infant Snake Demon, he divided the sealing array into eight. According to the orientation of the Eight Diagrams the day after tomorrow, They are stored in eight counties.
“Yishui County is one of them.
"Only the governors of each county know the existence of these formation diagrams.
"The obligation that the governors need to fulfill is to take out these formation diagrams every three years and strengthen the seals to prevent the '9 The baby snake demon breaks out of the seal - although the probability of this happening is very small, we must follow the instructions of the national master and treat it with caution.
"Logically speaking, this matter should be completed next year.
"But because the Yishan Snow Girl is coming this year, I am worried that there will be another disturbance on the Jiuying Snake Demon side, so I want to do it in advance this matter.
“I think, Gu Xu, you know something about talismans and formations—reinforcing the seal will allow you to directly come into contact with the formations left by the Imperial Master, which will be helpful for your future practice. It should be helpful.”
(End of this chapter)