Chapter 255: The gradually improving fortune (please vote for me)
Is there such a good thing?
Gu Xu was a little surprised by Luo Sishou's proposal.
He originally thought that the reward for his meritorious service was a one-time thing.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be like an invention patent from a previous life. As long as others use the "fire character" to kill ghosts, he will be able to earn a large amount of merit.
This reminded him of the second version of the "Tai Shang Arctic Demon Suppressing and Ghost Killing Talisman" that he had previously submitted to the Yamen.
As long as a colleague redeems a "ghost-killing talisman" he drew, he can get fifteen merit points - in a few months, he has earned hundreds of merit points in this way, which is the same as risking Compared to going out on a ghost-killing mission when one's life is in danger, it is simply safe and easy.
But this time there is something different from last time.
Last time he had to move his pen and consume some real energy before he could draw the talisman.
He didn't have to do anything this time.
For things like teaching spells to other monks, the chief minister will send people to complete it.
This feeling of lying down and collecting your achievements is really comfortable.
“Of course.”
“Then let’s do this!” Luo Chuan said with a smile. Gu Xu's cheerful attitude seemed to make him feel happy.
He paused for a while and then brought up another topic: "Gu Xiaoyou, there is something in Luojing City that I might need to trouble you to do during the recent period."
"What's the matter, Mr. Chief Secretary?"
"About this year's 'Luoshui Conference' auditions," Luo Chuan said, "I hope you can take some time in early February to go to Luo Jing City The monks watched and commented on the battle. "
Although the "Luoshui Conference" is nominally a grand gathering of monks from all over the country, it is not realistic to gather tens of thousands of monks in Luojing City to participate in the competition. .
Especially at present, Luochuan has not proposed modifying the format of the competition. The Luoshui Conference will still be held in the form of a ring competition - think about it, all the monks across the country will fight in pairs in the capital, so it will take a long time. The Year of the Monkey and the Month of the Horse.
Therefore, just like the imperial examinations have county, city, township, and general examinations, the "Luoshui Conference" will hold auditions in various counties, prefectures, and provinces in advance, and only the winners can come to Luoshui. Beijing participated in the final competition.
Of course, officials like Gu Xu, a sixth-rank official of the Exorcism Department, a viscount of the Daqi Dynasty, and the leader of the Lantern Festival Tournament, can directly participate in the main competition without spending time and energy participating in the audition.
The reason why the monks in Daqi are extremely enthusiastic about the "Luoshui Conference" is not only because they are eager to get rewards and become famous all over the world, but also because in every round of selection, they will There are well-known local experts who act like "guests" to evaluate and give guidance on the performance of the contestants.
For most ordinary monks, "winning the first prize" is too far away from them. "Participation", "gaining knowledge" and "accumulating lessons" are what they participate in the competition. mentality at the time.
These "review guests" are usually big figures they have never met, and they have rich experience in practice.
These people can often point out problems and flaws in the monks' spells or martial arts moves. If they are in a good mood, they will even generously give some practice suggestions.
As the saying goes, a few words of advice from a famous teacher is better than shutting oneself in a room and studying hard for two or three years.
In the previous "Luoshui Conference", there have been more than one cases of breakthroughs in cultivation or improvement in spells after receiving guidance from powerful senior practitioners.
This undoubtedly makes more practitioners flock to it.
Anyway, there is no money to participate.
As long as you go to the ring and fight with others, no matter you win or lose, there is a chance that you will get a chance to break through the bottleneck.
Why would the monks in Daqi not do this?
After hearing Luo Sishou's proposal, Gu Xu was a little hesitant at first, because he had to do a lot of messy things recently - such as the handover and rectification of the courtyard, For example, the elixir workshop Xiaohan gave him when he took over, such as preparing the teaching content for the students of Longmen Academy, such as continuing to ponder the second form of the "Seven Burning Heaven Forms" and the "Star Formation" spell...
In addition , after Luochuan just mentioned the information related to Daguguan Grottoes, Gu Xu also secretly planned to speed up his training and strive to climb the "Soul-Desolate Cliff" before the start of the "Luoshui Conference", thereby adding a few points to win the championship. of certainty.
Luo Sishou once asked Qu Jinglong to tell him that the monk who wins the top spot in the "Luoshui Conference" will be eligible to enter the royal treasury and select a magic weapon.
According to Zhao Xu's current entry speed, it shouldn't take too long to become a monk in the fourth realm.
He needs to prepare a natal magic weapon for himself in advance.
Although he has a powerful weapon like the "Jinghong Pen" in his hand.
However, although the "famous vessel" is good, it has been used by others after all, and there are many traces of the previous owners on it, so it is not suitable for use as a natal object.
As a talented monk who is determined to become a saint, his natal object will become an important cornerstone of his enlightenment and must be his own thing from beginning to end - even if he starts with a low-grade magic weapon and slowly cultivates it. It is better than a "famous instrument" that still retains the Taoist charm of its predecessors.
The most important thing is to take advantage of your hands and your appetite.
Therefore, he had high expectations for the rewards from this "Luoshui Conference".
His time is very limited recently... to provide reviews and guidance for others. Why not put this kind of thing back a little bit in priority...
"Gu Xiaoyou, if you are willing Spend an hour sitting by the Luoshui River and chatting with other monks. In addition to the corresponding merits, you can also get a 'substitute bracelet' as a reward."
"No. Question." Gu Xu agreed without hesitation.
Although the "substitute bracelet" is a one-time magic weapon, it can save his life at critical moments. When he met Kongxuan Sanren on Yishan Mountain before, if there was no "substitute bracelet" to help him get rid of the negative effects in his body, then he would become like "Snow Girl" and "Snow Girl" under the influence of "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique" A ghost that will lose its rationality if it doesn't eat souls.
He suddenly felt that his recent fortune had undergone earth-shaking changes.
When I was in Yishui County, I couldn't save any merit or money. I had to rely on Shi Xiaohan to donate the elixirs for practice. The "substitute bracelet" was also made after risking a trip to the Lu family's haunted house. Just got it.
But now that he has arrived in Luojing City, he has earned a bounty from the Lantern Festival Tournament, received a workshop for his birthday, received a generous salary from Longmen Academy, and now he has received merit and a magic weapon. The reward...
Could it be that the recent horoscope fortune... no, the fortune of the ruler of the life palace has been reversed?
Anyway, this is a good sign. Gu Xu silently sighed in his heart.
After all, who doesn’t like money and merit?
…………
Chu Fengge locked himself in the room and practiced for a whole day.
Half of the time, I continued to move forward along the Nether Road of the conscious world, and the other half of the time, I focused on practicing the "Cloud Sea Galaxy Sword".
Even when the clock struck noon, he did not leave the room and went to the Yamen kitchen for lunch.
After all, he is already a fifth-level monk, and eating is no longer a daily necessity for him—even if he doesn't touch a grain of rice for several days in a row, he can still be alive and kicking.
He knew that today, almost all the officials in the Exorcism Department were nervously paying attention to the Talisman and Dao dispute in Longmen Academy.
Almost all those participating in the competition have master-level attainments in Talismans. The intensity is no less intense than when Chu Fengge and Jiange Su Xiao fought for three hundred rounds with swords in front of the Zichen Palace, striving to become the "number one swordsman" under the saints of the Daqi Dynasty - of course, this is just Chu Fengge's own imagination, after all, in the eyes of others, he is actually just a reckless man who only relies on "weeds" to fight and has only a little knowledge of swordsmanship.
If Chu Fengge walked out of his room today and went to the corridor of the government office, the courtyard, or the crowded public kitchen, he would definitely hear "Gu" every few seconds. The name "Xu".
He felt that his mentality would be unbearable.
However, after night fell, he still could not suppress his curiosity. He still walked out of the room, found Shangguan Jin, and asked her about the result of today's talisman master competition.
"What do you think?" Shangguan Jin did not answer directly, but smiled mysteriously and asked.
So Chu Fengge understood immediately.
“It’s Gu Xu again, right?”
His tone was calm.
But in his mind, the familiar and beaten feeling emerged again, which made him upset.
"Master Chu, it seems that you are not hopelessly stupid after all." Shangguan Jin deliberately said in a sharp tone, quarreling with him as usual.
"Haha, who is so stupid?" Chu Fengge clasped his hands on his chest, raised his chin, and retorted habitually, "Someone secretly read "Feng Tian Qi" in private. "Style", she has been thinking about it all day, but she can't understand even a single word. She is still unwilling to admit it... Who is this person, I won't say his name. "
"Isn't a certain person the same?" Shangguan Jin glanced sideways at him, "Not only can't understand "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven", but he can't even understand the true meaning of "Yunhai Xinghe Sword"... That day at the 'Reviewing Pot' At that time, if Gu Xu hadn’t given him a crucial tip, he might not have been able to defeat the Qianhu official named Wu.”
"At least I'm better than a coward like you who doesn't dare to fight head-on!" Chu Fengge was furious. He stopped playing yin and yang games with her and directly started to fight head-on. "I also know that when you went to the Laoshan ruins Nothing was found, not even the shadow of the Kongxuan Sanren inheritance... At that time, that boy Gu Xu was just a second-level monk, and you couldn't even compare to him!"
"Gu Xu said it personally, the Chief Secretary! He is a certified unprecedented genius, so it’s normal that I can’t compare to him,” Shangguan Jin said in a calm tone, “On the other hand, you, Chu Fengge, a dignified fifth-level monk and a fifth-grade doctor in the Exorcism Department, can’t even admit that you are inferior to others. I don’t even have the courage. And I also heard that when you went to the Lu family’s haunted house, you were so frightened that you collapsed and even wet your pants. In the end, you relied entirely on Gu Xu to deal with the ghosts there... Heh, tell me, Who is the coward?”
“You’re talking nonsense! You’re the one who pissed your pants!”
“… …”
The two of them talked to each other, exposing each other’s scandals and quarreling like they did when they got along before.
But while bickering, Chu Fengge also gradually learned from Shangguan Jin that Gu Xu's performance that shocked everyone in Longmen Academy today, the national master's praise for Gu Xu, and the other Talisman masters' admiration for Gu Xu ——Because Shangguan Jin likes to compare him with Gu Xu, so that he can "step on each other".
Although Chu Fengge had been trying hard to keep his face calm, he still clenched his fists involuntarily and straightened his back.
“I’m going to practice,” he said coldly about half an hour later, “I won’t waste time discussing these boring issues with you.”
“Master Chu, I wish you the best. Get to the next level soon!" Shangguan Jin showed an impeccable and elegant smile.
Hearing this, Chu Fengge immediately turned around and left.
But for some unknown reason, he did not return to the room where he had just practiced. Instead, driven by an inexplicable instinct, he came to the library of the Exorcism Department.
There are far fewer people studying in the library tonight than usual. After making a lot of money, many people went to the downtown area of Luojing to drink and eat meat.
But there are also some people who are overly diligent and still seize every free time to supplement themselves with knowledge - because they know that if they choose to study or practice during other people's rest time, they will Then the next time there is a promotion opportunity in the yamen, the probability of success in promotion may be greater than that of others.
Chu Fengge walked along the narrow aisle and came to a bookshelf against the wall. He took down a thick book from the top. On the cover was written "Detailed Explanation of Fu Dao: From Beginner to Mastery" 》.
This is the fifteenth time he has taken down the book.
He had never read this book from cover to cover before - to be precise, he had never read the first five pages of the book.
Every time he gave up halfway, he would curse in his mind, feeling that the Talisman Masters were a group of unreasonable lunatics who would actually invent such uncomfortable and ugly symbols.
In comparison, a swordsman like him is so handsome, so dashing, and so neat - why do you have to spend so much time painting a ghost that can be killed with just one swing of your sword? Where is the talisman seal?
With this idea in mind, Chu Fengge will practice swords harder every time he reads a book about runes. For him, compared with the brain power consumed by studying runes, practicing swordsmanship is more important. That little bit of sweat is nothing.
However, today, when he learned that Gu Xu had created the "Fire Character" that could affect the entire Daqi spiritual world, Chu Fengge was once again attracted to the art of talisman and seal script.
Because he understands that the "Fire Character" is of contemporary and future benefit, and can benefit thousands of people.
Gu Xu is enough to go down in history with it.
But it is almost impossible to do this with swordsmanship.
Chu Fengge will never give in. From now on, his record in history books will only be a simple sentence: "a famous swordsman during the Tianxing period" or "a colleague of Fu Dao master Gu Xu".
He also wanted to make his achievements hang on bamboo and silk and be famous forever.
So, he held "Detailed Explanation of Talismans" and sat at the desk by the window, forcing himself to calm down and read it carefully.
Five minutes later.
He frowned.
A quarter of an hour later.
He started scratching his head.
Half an hour later.
He started to stand up from his seat, baring his teeth.
An hour later.
He smashed the book, which he had barely read to the eighth page, on the floor, and yelled: "Go to hell Fu Dao! If you look at it again, I'm a dog!"
Hearing this voice, all the monks in the library who had their heads down reading suddenly raised their heads and looked at him with puzzled expressions, as if they were curious about how Master Chu was stimulated.
Chu Fengge snorted coldly and strode away from the library.
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Today is a good day for good luck and fortune.
In order to celebrate, Gu Xu went to the edge of Luoshui River with Shi Xiaohan as agreed in the evening, and ate roast mutton in a street shop full of people.
PS: Please give me a monthly pass at the beginning of the month! In addition, there is an event in the book club where you can vote for a monthly ticket and receive some coins (for harvesting wool). Everyone is welcome to actively participate!
(End of this chapter)