The scales of the dragons in the Lingxiao Realm are stronger than almost any armor in the world.
However, it is not perfect and flawless.
It’s just that the gaps between the dragon scales are extremely small, even thinner than a toothpick, so under normal circumstances, these gaps can be ignored.
And a dragon with the eighth level of cultivation will also instinctively use true energy to protect the body.
Under normal circumstances, unless Gu Xu deliberately used the power of "Destiny" to play a prank, it would never happen.
However, today, perhaps because Jiang Zhaoyue was born with a somewhat unlucky physique, due to a moment of negligence, her tail actually got hung up on Gu Xu's fishhook with an almost impossible chance!
"Is it possible that this dragon owed a huge debt to Heaven in his previous life, so he was targeted to death by Heaven in this life?"
Gu Xu felt quite helpless about this.
He came to the lake carrying a fishing rod, undoubtedly imitating Jiang Taigong's fishing allusion.
With his physique that is in harmony with the avenues of heaven and earth, he may be able to capture the opportunity of enlightenment inadvertently, and then come up with an improvement plan for talismans or formations, or develop a powerful new spell. .
It can be said that what he caught during this trip was not fish, but inspiration.
However, unexpectedly, it was a dragon that finally took the bait!
Jiang Zhaoyue let out a long groan, twisted her body a few times, and shook off the fishhook. She glared at Gu Xu fiercely with her purple dragon eyes, then plunged into the water and ignored him.
Han Shunxi witnessed all this and was stunned.
He couldn't help but sigh: Your Majesty is indeed the holy king destined by destiny! Not only can you keep dragons falling from the sky in your own lake, but you can also fish them out even if you fish with an empty hook!
With this thought in mind, Han Shunxi looked at Gu Xu with eyes filled with awe.
He became more and more convinced that the moment when His Majesty led his army to attack the imperial city, he resolutely and decisively surrendered to His Majesty, which was the most critical and wisest decision he made in his life.
If not for this, he would have been an unknown servant for the rest of his life, following the eunuchs headed by Cao Tong, and he would not have been able to witness His Majesty changing the world and creating a new world step by step. In the prosperous times, one day he can even leave his name in the history books.
At this time, Gu Xu stood up from the lake and walked towards the imperial study room not far away.
Han Shunxi immediately followed.
"Shunxi," the moment he stepped across the threshold, Gu Xu suddenly looked back at him and asked, "What kind of technique are you practicing now?"
"It's "Tide Sheng Jue" , Your Majesty." Han Shunxi lowered his head and replied respectfully.
"The Da Qi court is so stingy that it is reluctant to give you even a better skill." Gu Xu smiled lightly and commented.
"Tide Sheng Jue" is a middle-grade exercise that belongs to the water attribute.
In the eyes of outsiders, it may be quite rare, but to Gu Xu, it seems a bit too ordinary.
After a pause, he added: "I have just compiled a new exercise here, and I think it is quite suitable for you. If you don't mind the trouble of changing the exercise, you might as well give it a try."
Listen Upon hearing Gu Xu's words, Han Shunxi's eyes widened, with a look of surprise and excitement on his face.
He knew clearly that as a powerful saint and the reincarnation of Emperor Ziwei, His Majesty’s understanding of the great ways of heaven and earth may even surpass some of the powerful true kings in the eighth realm.
The exercises, spells, talismans and seal scripts he created are highly respected in today's Great Xia and are regarded by countless people as priceless treasures.
Obviously Han Shunxi never expected that he would have such an honor to be taught by His Majesty himself and become the first practitioner of a new exercise.
"It's not troublesome, I don't mind it at all, slave!" He quickly bowed his head and was about to kneel down to say thanks.
But Gu Xu gently waved his sleeves, and his true energy turned into an invisible wind, supporting his body and preventing him from saluting.
Then he took out the Jinghong pen and drew the outline of a simple and thin book in the air.
The phantom quickly solidified into reality and landed steadily in the palm of his hand.
“This is the "Jing of Holding the Moon and Fishing the Sea" that I just realized," he said. "It is better than your "Jing of Holding the Moon and Fishing the Sea" in every aspect. Time is the reward for hard work.”
Han Shunxi took the book and thanked him repeatedly.
On the cover of the thin book, a picture comes to life.
A fishing rod stretched out from the bright moon, and the fishing line dropped from the sky like silk, until it fell into the vast sea.
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Spring in the wilderness has arrived as scheduled.
The peach blossoms in Jiange are in full swing, burning all over the mountains; the weeping willows by the Luo River sprout new buds and glow with vitality.
The talisman masters of Longmen Academy are working overtime to study the derivation formation, for fear that they will not be able to complete the task before the deadline set by the emperor.
The monks of the Zifu Army were sitting in the Wuying Hall, practicing the "Xiahuang Sutra" without sleep or food, for fear that if they relaxed a little, they would fall behind others. Officials of various exorcism departments, big and small, hold in their hands far more generous salaries than those in the previous dynasty and piles of "ghost-killing charms" and "fire symbols", searching for ghosts and monsters everywhere in the city, outside the city, and in the countryside and mountains. trace.
Gu Xu was dressed in a green shirt, sitting in the royal study room of Changchun Garden, looking through the astrolabe, inspecting every corner of this vast land.
Everything is proceeding step by step, and everything seems to be developing steadily in a good direction.
However.
On the twenty-third day of March in the second year of the first year of the Yuan Dynasty, something destined to happen finally came.
In the early morning of this day, Gu Xu gently kissed Zhao Yan lying beside him as usual, then got up from the couch, put on a single coat, stood by the window, and looked quietly outside the window.
It is Mao Shi now, also known as the beginning of the sun.
The moon has long since set.
But the sun still did not rise.
The wilderness is still sleeping in the boundless darkness.
The leaves outside the bedroom were swaying and rustling in the wind, like ghosts in the dark atmosphere.
Gu Xu stood there for a long time.
He realized that the legendary "Long Night" had quietly arrived.
As early as two years ago, before Da Qi was destroyed, Luo Chuan, Wang Jian, Xiao Wanjun and others had begun to prepare for the arrival of this long night, and for this purpose they rebuilt the "divine machine" camp".
At that time, Gu Xu had just finished the promotion assessment, and drew the "Suzaku" wooden sign from the Chu Feng Singer's lottery tube, and became a member of the Daqi Shenji Battalion reserve force.
But after that, too many changes happened -
Kongxuan Sanren held a sacrificial ceremony, the Nine Infant Snake Demon broke out of the seal, Luojing City was attacked by the Mangshan Ghost King, Gu Xu becomes a traitor...
Until the dynasty changed and the new emperor ascended the throne.
Compared with these thrilling events, the "Long Night" that occurs once in decades seems a bit ordinary.
However, Gu Xu did not dare to take it lightly.
After getting dressed, he went to the Imperial Study Room and summoned Princess Zhaoning of the previous dynasty and Xiao Wanjun, the scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion of this dynasty.
Xiao Wanjun is still dressed as a simple scholar.
Her hair is tied up with a wooden hairpin and her feet are in wooden clogs.
The waves that were originally rising and falling on my chest seemed to be tightly bound by the cloth today, making them less conspicuous than before.
At first glance, she looks like a handsome man with red lips and white teeth.
"Meet Your Majesty!" She walked into the room, bowed her hands to Gu Xu, and saluted respectfully.
"Sit down!" Gu Xu pointed to the chair opposite the desk and motioned for her to sit down. Then he got straight to the point and went straight to the topic, "Wanjun, you should have seen that the long night has fallen today."
Now Gu Xu already knows that in Dahuang, a prison carefully built by Supreme Supreme Haotian, the "Long Night" is a regular purge of prisoners.
During this period, the evil spirit will be stronger than usual, and the ghosts will become more ferocious and powerful.
Faced with the raging invasion of ghosts, the people of the wilderness and even the monks will suffer heavy casualties, leading to the tragedy of countless families being destroyed.
"Actually, Your Majesty," Xiao Wanjun pondered for a moment and then said, "I was very worried when I found out that the sun did not rise this morning. I was afraid that the governments and people everywhere did not take adequate precautions. It will lead to the situation getting out of control and disaster spreading.
“But after I saw the official documents sent through the formation from various places, I found that the actual situation was much better than I expected.
"This is actually all due to His Majesty's usual discipline and hard work.
"Because Your Majesty not only took the lead and killed many evil gods personally, but also spared no effort to support the exorcism departments across Daxia in killing demons and preventing demons. Suffer before it happens.
“So, when the long night falls, although the individual strength of ghosts has become a lot stronger, their number has decreased a lot, and their overall strength is not as good as during the Daqi period.
"When they were frantically attacking towns and villages across the country this morning, the officials of the Exorcism Department did not spend much effort to stop them..."
Gu Xu listened quietly. As she reported, she probed a ray of consciousness into the astrolabe, and after confirming that everything she said was true, she felt a little calmer and more relaxed
After she finished speaking, he smiled slightly and said, "Wanjun, how come you have learned how to flatter me?"
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