Chapter 253 Rise to Fame
“By the way, Master Imperial Master,” Luo Chuan paused and continued, “I have one more thing that I want to discuss with you.”
"What's going on?" asked the Imperial Master.
"About this year's 'Luoshui Conference'," Luo Chuan replied, "In previous 'Luoshui Conference', monks from all over the country competed in pairs. To be honest, except for the last few games Apart from the strong duel, many of the remaining games are one-sided crushing. From the audience's point of view, it is simply boring.
"In addition, the long night is coming, and the ghosts will not follow us. Play one-on-one fair competitive games. I don't want the monks in Daqi to spend too much energy on how to defeat their opponents in an honest way in the ring, but ignore the improvement of practical skills in life and death combat.
"So this year, I want to try to change its form."
"Change it to what form?"
"I hope Your Majesty can open the 'Secret Realm of Heavenly Dragon'," Luo Sishou smiled lightly , said, "Whoever can stay inside until the end will be the leader of the 'Luoshui Conference'."
The Imperial Master was silent for a while, and then said: "This is indeed a good idea."< br>
"Tianlong Secret Realm" is the small world of Emperor Tianxing.
As we all know, the reason why strong people in the seventh realm are called "saints" is because they can establish their own "Tao" and become a family.
The strong ones in the eighth realm can use their own "Tao" to create their own space called the "Dao Principle Domain" and formulate the rules at will.
In this space, they are like an omnipotent king.
So he is called the "True King".
But Emperor Tianxing is different from ordinary "true kings".
In his hand, he also holds the most powerful weapon in the wilderness - the "Tai'a Sword" that symbolizes imperial power and can mobilize the destiny of the whole country.
Kong Xuan Sanren's "Dao Principle Domain" needs to depend on the real world.
However, Emperor Tianxing - to be precise, every emperor in the Daqi Dynasty who has the eighth realm of cultivation, can use the power of the "Tai'a Sword" to carve out an independent realm from nothingness. Small world.
That is the "Secret Realm of Tianlong".
"But...will the Emperor agree to do this?" After a short silence, the Imperial Master frowned slightly.
In the history of the Daqi Dynasty, some emperors used the "Dragon Secret Realm" to cultivate precious medicinal materials that have become extinct in the real world, and some emperors raised ghosts in the "Dragon Secret Realm" to train their royal children.
But perhaps because Emperor Tianxing has been practicing in seclusion in the deep palace for a long time, the "Dragon Secret Realm" has never appeared in his hands, so that many people have almost forgotten its existence.
“How will you know if you don’t try?” Luo Chuan said with a smile. His tone sounded a bit mysterious, making it difficult for the Imperial Master to guess what he was thinking.
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After the crowd gradually dispersed, Mo Li followed a sparsely populated path and returned to a side room of the academy.
Recently, he has been studying the knowledge of Talisman in this room. On the desk, there is also a thick stack of notes written by him.
He slowly sat down on the chair next to the desk.
When these neatly written notes fell into his eyes again, his mood was particularly complicated.
"It's all in vain..."
He shook his head slightly, then picked up the pile of notes on the table and walked to the stove on one side of the room.
As he thought, orange flames burst out in the stove.
Then he threw all the notes in his hand into the stove.
The complex runes, the corresponding spells, and the detailed notes... were all turned into black ashes in the beating flames.
At this moment, Li Zheng, the dean of Longmen Academy, suddenly pushed open the door and appeared behind him.
“Mo Li, what are you doing?”
After seeing Mo Li's actions, Dean Li couldn't help but frown and asked.
Mo Li turned his head and smiled at Dean Li: "Today, the Imperial Master gave me a suggestion, asking me to put down my books and go for a walk outside the capital. So I am coming back to pack my things now. Prepare for a long trip."
Dean Li noticed that his cousin's face was more haggard than before, and his dark circles were as obvious as makeup.
"But these notes... are all your hard work..." Dean Li didn't know how to speak for a while.
He had great expectations for Mo Li today. Logically speaking, after Mo Li failed, he should be disappointed or angry.
However, after seeing the extraordinary performance of the young man named Gu Xu, he found that he was much calmer than expected, and he had no intention of blaming Mo Li.
Even after seeing the dark circles on Mo Li's face, Dean Li felt a trace of sympathy in his heart -
My cousin has worked very hard.
However, his opponent is an unprecedented monster.
“If you don’t break, you don’t establish,” Mo Li slowed down his speech, looked into Dean Li’s eyes, and said firmly, “Today, although I compete with Gu Xu from the Exorcism Division, I know that Our attainments in Talismans are no longer at the same level
"The Imperial Master asked me to put down my books and go out for a walk... In fact, what he meant was that the knowledge in the books has become a shackles that hinder me from moving forward.
"If I want to go further, catch up with Gu Xu, even if I can defeat him, I must break this shackles. "
Dean Li sighed softly. He knew that Mo Li had made up his mind.
"Act within your ability," he said earnestly, "After leaving the capital, you must take care of yourself. Never risk yourself in a place without the protection of the Tianlong Formation. ”
Mo Li looked at him and nodded.
At the same time, he suddenly remembered something important, so he took out a writing brush from his pocket and handed it to Dean Li: "The 'focusing pen' you gave me this morning is returned to you now. . I'm sorry, I couldn't do what you told me -"
"-You can keep it," Dean Li waved his hand and interrupted him, "You are Fu Xiu. , need it more than I do.”
In the next period of time, Dean Li talked a lot like an old mother who was about to send her son off.
Mo Li kept listening carefully.
After Dean Li left, Mo Li quickly packed his luggage, turned around and walked out of the house.
In his storage bracelet, there are pills, banknotes, several sets of clothes, and some basic daily necessities. Only there are no books.
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After saying goodbye to Gu Xu, Shen Qiu came to the gate of Longmen Academy.
Butler Shao was already waiting for him on the carriage.
After seeing Shen Qiu's figure, Butler Shao immediately stepped out of the carriage and handed a gourd-shaped kettle to him.
"Thank you for your hard work, young master."
Butler Shao is not a talisman cultivator, but he knows that drawing talismans is a very labor-intensive task and requires absolute concentration.
My young master stayed in the academy for several hours, and those who competed with him on the same stage were all the best talisman masters in the Daqi Dynasty.
Even though he didn’t break out a drop of sweat, he must have been very exhausted mentally.
"It's okay, I'm tired, but I'm also happy," Shen Qiu said lightly, taking the water bottle from Butler Shao and pouring it into his mouth, "Although I didn't get the position at Longmen Academy in the end, But being able to get comments from the National Master and being able to recognize the world's top Talisman genius... I am very satisfied."
"What are your plans for the future?" Butler Shao asked, "Yes. Are you planning to return to Jinling, or stay in Luojing City——"
"——Of course I will stay in Luojing City," Shen Qiu interrupted, "Uncle Shao, follow me back to the inn to clean up first. Unload your luggage. In two days, I will move to Jinyu Lane in Yanqingfang and start my new life."
"Goldfish Lane?" Butler Shao frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.
As a steward serving a wealthy family, he thought he knew the background information of the nobles and bureaucrats of the Daqi Dynasty very well. But after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't remember any big shots or important institutions living in Goldfish Lane.
"That's the residence of my new boss." Shen Qiu smiled mysteriously.
“New owner?”
Steward Shao looked at his young master with surprised eyes, suspecting that he was joking.
He has been working with Shen Qiu for a long time, and he has a good understanding of his character - he knows that although his young master is small, he is actually arrogant and has a negative attitude towards the emperor's relatives and the general public. He is looked down upon by all the geniuses in the world, and few can really convince him.
He originally thought that after losing the competition, Shen Qiu might choose to stand on his own and run his own industry, thereby proving his ability in front of the tribesmen who looked down on him, but he did not expect that he would...
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"Uncle Shao, do you believe," Shen Qiu said suddenly, interrupting Butler Shao's thoughts, "that someone can make all the monks in the Da Qi Dynasty have the ability to draw talisman seals?"
"Impossible? ." Butler Shao shook his head without hesitation.
He has had the experience of "from getting started to giving up" on the art of talisman and seal script, and he knows very well how high its threshold is and how demanding it is on the qualifications and understanding of the monks.
“But my new boss, he successfully did this in front of the two saints and all the teachers and students of Longmen Academy,” Shen Qiu said with a smile, “Besides, He also designed a talisman formation that even the Imperial Master couldn't understand, and calculated the expenses of the Luoshui Conference.
"If my intuition is correct, Luo Si from the Exorcism Department today. The chief minister also made a special trip to Longmen Academy for him.
"His future is bound to be limitless.
"If Jinling Shen is an old tree that is gradually withering, then he is a vigorously growing sapling... In just a few years, he will be It turned into a towering tree, big enough for us to lie down comfortably under it and enjoy the coolness.
“Since you can live well by following others, why bother to work hard on your own from scratch?”
“Master, is this person you are talking about from Qingzhou? Gu Xu?" Butler Shao pondered for a moment and quickly guessed the identity of the "new boss" mentioned by Shen Qiu.
"That's right." Shen Qiu nodded.
"To be honest... I never thought you would have such a high opinion of a young man under the age of twenty."
"But he really made me lose today."< br>
"Master, logically speaking, I shouldn't question your choice," Butler Shao hesitated for a while, and then said, "I just think that as a son of a noble family, you should go to the house of a sixth-grade official to replace him. Doing things may humiliate your identity... Maybe you don't mind it, but I'm worried that others are whispering behind your back -"
"-Others are gossiping behind your back? " Shen Qiu chuckled, "Don't worry, Uncle Shao. I've long been used to this kind of thing. For example, my brother's servants gave me more unpleasant nicknames in private, and they happily thought that I I don’t know.
“In the eyes of those people, the existence of people like me in the world is a mistake. In comparison, me finding a new owner is nothing at all. ”
"But that's just a boy under the age of twenty from a commoner background——"
Steward Shao still has some deep-rooted ideas in his mind that come from a wealthy family.
In his opinion, no matter how outstanding Gu Xu was, it was still unreasonable for Shen Qiu, as a descendant of the ascended immortal and the heir of the three great clans, to work for a commoner.
This master-slave relationship is pretty much the other way around.
"——Being a commoner, before reaching twenty, he can be ranked in the sixth rank, become the master of famous weapons, and narrowly escape death in front of 'fierce god' level ghosts," Shen Qiu obviously recognized Butler Shao. With his thoughts in mind, he said with a smile, "Such a person will most likely become a saint in the future, and may even be among the 'true kings'.
"Although our Shen family in Jinling is a descendant of immortals, we have not produced a strong saint in nearly a hundred years.
"With my mediocre talent, if I can cultivate to the sixth realm in the future, it will be enough. Thank God. In this case, what's wrong with working for the future 'saint' or 'true king'? ”
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In the next period of time, Gu Xu had a polite conversation with the dozen or so academy teachers who came to congratulate him. The content basically said, “I dare not take this seriously. ", "Thank you for your praise", "please give me more advice", "learn from each other", "explore the avenue of heaven and earth together in the future" and other nonsense.
Then, he left the academy in a carriage and walked through the hustle and bustle. Luojing City, return to the Exorcism Department Headquarters
Before they arrived at the Yamen, a group of officials gathered around him enthusiastically. They seemed to be in high spirits, even more excited than Gu Xu himself.
At this moment, Gu Xu felt like a giant panda in the zoo, being transported to the road for people to watch.
Soon, Gu Xu’s old acquaintance, Qu Jinglong, a ninth-grade police officer, came to him and explained the current situation to him: "Master Gu, before you go to the academy, many of them I placed a bet for you in the gambling house. Now that you have won, they are all very happy."
"That's it," Gu Xu thought thoughtfully.
He suddenly regretted not betting a sum of money on himself.
"In addition, Mr. Gu, Mr. Chief Secretary is already waiting for you at the observatory," I heard Qu Jinglong continue to say, "There are some important things that he wants to talk to you about."
PS: Still. I'm stuck in Kawen QAQ. I stayed up all night writing until 6 a.m. last night to squeeze out 2,000 words. I was so sleepy that I lay down on the table and fell asleep until this afternoon... I'm sorry that I didn't finish until now (my schedule is really hopeless). . It may be the first time you write a novel of more than a million words, and you don’t have enough experience, so it will take you some time to break through the bottleneck.
(End of this chapter)