In late autumn, the moon is dark and the wind is high.

The suburbs of Yishui County are filled with gray-white mist.

Gu Xu walked alone in the long and quiet alley in the night.

As an official of the Exorcist Department of the Great Qi Dynasty, going out late at night to perform ghost-killing missions is common for him.

He walked to the alley fork, turned around and stopped.

Several grayish-white shadows appeared in front of them.

These shadows floated in the air, translucent, and were full of hazy luster.

They are all women with thin figures and beautiful appearance.

Their skin was as pale as corpses, and they were wrapped in ragged white quilts and clothes, floating in the deep night.

But their eyes were empty and unconscious, as if they were bottomless black holes.

When Gu Xu looked at them, they opened their mouths slightly, revealing their snow-white and sharp fangs.

"Drugs are born from strange auras in the mountains and forests, and are harmed by others."

The descriptions from ancient books emerged in Gu Xu's mind.

So he recognized that these ghosts in front of him were "demons" transformed by the yin energy of the mountains and forests. Although they had no wisdom, they could absorb people's essence and kill people invisibly.

"I know you're greedy for me," Gu Xu looked at them with a bright sunny smile on his face, "But sorry, I'm the hunter tonight."

After saying that, he took out a few pieces of talisman paper from his pocket and gently threw it at the ghosts in front of him.

This is the "Taishang Arctic Demon-Suppressing Demon-Slaying Ghost Talisman" he personally drew, which is specially used to deal with these ghosts with Yin Qi transformed into shape.

"Five-star color, light shines on the darkness. Thousands of gods and saints protect my true spirit..."

He chanted the "Ghost Exorcist Curse" lightly.

Before he finished speaking, the talisman paper instantly turned into dazzling golden flames, like the rising sun, illuminating the entire alley as daytime.

Hiss, hiss.

The hot air flow rolled and rose, and the bright tongues of flames ran around.

Those "demons" were swallowed up by the flames before they could resist.

Evaporates instantly.

After a few seconds, the flames went out.

The alley has returned to tranquility, as if nothing had happened.

Gu Xu looked at the empty alley and sighed in his heart: "The 'ghost killing talisman' I have recently transformed seems to have a very good effect..."

He thought he could solve at most one or two ghosts at one time.

Unexpectedly, the "demons" were destroyed in one wave.

Is this because my output is too high, or are the ghosts too fragile?

Thinking of this, Gu Xu put away his folding fan, took out a booklet from his pocket, and quickly recorded it with a charcoal pen:

“Experiment time: September 15, 23rd year;

“Experimental content: damage assessment is conducted on the improved version of the “Taishang Arctic Demon-Suppressing Demon Killing Talisman”;

"Experimental conclusion: Because the demons are too low, they are all wiped out within three seconds, and it is impossible to accurately estimate the power of the new version of the "Ghost Killing Talisman" (visually estimated to be at least five times the original version); the specific values ​​need to be further explored.

"Note: Next time you do your experiment, you must find a 'little mouse' who is more beaten."

Then he put away his paper and pen, turned around and disappeared into the night.

He was also in a hurry to return to the Exorcist Division to report on the completion of the mission.

To eliminate these "demons" should be able to obtain a lot of merits, which is enough to exchange a bottle of "Meditative Pill" from the Exorcist.

With the "Mingxin Pill", his cultivation can be further improved.

He is now just a weak and helpless first-level practitioner, and can only bully the weaker demons.

If you encounter a stronger evil spirit, you may be in danger.

In order to survive and to live a long life, he must seize the time to practice and strive to make himself stronger.

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Gu Xu is a time traveler.

Three months ago, he was a college student on Earth who was addicted to studying.

One day, he accidentally opened a game with the theme of immortal cultivation, and wanted to play it casually and relax. Unexpectedly, as soon as he randomly selected his talent, he felt a sharp pain in his head, and then his eyes turned dark and he fainted.

After waking up, he came to this strange world and became a seventeen-year-old boy with the same name and surname.

Different from the peace and tranquility of the earth.

This world called "Great Wilderness" is full of all kinds of demons and monsters.

They always appear in the night, eating human flesh and blood, and eating human souls, creating countless tragedies of destruction and death.

In the face of ghosts who have almost immortal bodies and extraordinary abilities, the power of ordinary people seems small and fragile.

Only extraordinary can fight extraordinary.

Only practitioners can fight against ghosts.

This is the bloody lesson learned by the human race in countless battles.

All major cultivation sects have taken on the responsibility of eliminating demons and defending the way.

The Great Qi Dynasty also established the "Exorcist Division" to deal with ghosts and monsters and protect the lives of the people as much as possible.

Gu Xu is an incomparable clerk in the Great Qi Exorcist Division.

The "not-in-class" here does not mean belittlement, it simply refers to his rank.

In the Great Qi Dynasty, officials were divided into nine ranks and appointed by the court; officials were outside the ranks and did not enter the ranks and appointed by officials.

Gu Xu's job is mainly to exorcise ghosts and assist his superiors in maintaining harmony and tranquility in the community.

He is inevitably worried when he is engaged in this dangerous business and dealing with evil cannibals every day. He often worrys that he will go out to do a task one day, so he will never go back.

Perhaps because he traveled too quickly, he did not obtain the legendary "system".

The only golden fingers are the talents that you randomly gain in the game - [Big News and Strong Records], [Spirited Body] and [Fareless Genius].

[Big News and Strong Memories] is an ordinary but very useful talent.

It allows Gu Xu to have the ability to learn almost without any memory and the ability to understand far beyond ordinary people.

Relying on this talent, Gu Xu had read all the books in the Yishui County Exorcist Office in just three months.

He knew almost everything about the martial arts and moves of various sects, the fatal weaknesses of various ghosts, and all kinds of strange and unpopular magics - he could be called a "cultivation theorist" and a "keyboard power".

Among them, he is best at the way of talismans.

In contrast, the talent of [Spirit Body] brings far more trouble to Gu Xu than to the benefit - it can increase the probability of Gu Xu hitting a ghost to a certain extent.

It can also be understood that Gu Xu has a very high "charm value" in the eyes of ghosts, like a beacon in the dark night, which can unconsciously attract many ghosts that are greedy for him.

But what's the use of this?

It is impossible for him to find a female ghost to be a Taoist partner.

As for the talent of [Genius of Fate]... Gu Xuning himself does not have it.

It can enhance Gu Xu's understanding and increase the probability of his sudden enlightenment.

It can also increase Gu Xu's practice efficiency by about 20%, making him rarely encounter bottlenecks.

But as the old saying goes, "All the gifts of fate have long been secretly bid for the price."

Gu Xu, who has the talent of [Fareless Genius], has been weak and sick since he traveled through time.

I can't hold up the knife, dance, and even jogging will make me panting and my chest hurts.

Ordinary medical methods cannot cure his innate illness.

Every doctor who treated him firmly asserted that he would not live to be thirty years old in his life.

In other words, Gu Xu has only less than thirteen years of life left.

There is only one way to change his destiny—

That is practice.

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Notes:

(1) "Dynasties are born from strange auras in the mountains and forests, and are harmed by others." - Du Yu's notes "Zuo Zhuan·The Third Year of Xuan Gong"

(2) "Five stars conquer the color, light shines on the darkness. Thousands of gods and saints protect my true spirit. Giant beasts in the sky, subdue five weapons. Five heavenly devils, body and body are destroyed. Wherever they are located, all gods are welcomed. They are urgent and as directed as the law." - Taoist spell to exorcise ghosts.
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