Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 3 Cultivation
Walking out of the lobby, entering the inner courtyard, and walking along the corridor, you will reach the warehouse of the Exorcist Division.

There is a one-person-high stone tablet outside the door of the warehouse, which is engraved with dense text:
"...

""Returning Yuan Jue", low-grade exercises, exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;

""Lightning Whip", low-grade martial arts, exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;

""Dog Fighting Stick Method", low-grade martial arts, exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;

"...

"Cloud-piercing bow, low-grade magic weapon, exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;
"Bone crushing hammer, low-grade magic weapon, exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;
"...

"Spiritual Gathering Pill (one piece), which can quench the true essence and strengthen the soul. It is necessary for breaking through the first realm to the second realm. The exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;
"Meditation Pill (a bottle), which can stabilize the mind and assist cultivation, suitable for monks in the first realm, exchange price: [-] meritorious deeds;
"..."

In Daqi Exorcism Division, doing ghost killing tasks, collecting information, running logistical chores...you can get various merit rewards - of course, killing ghosts is the most efficient way to obtain merits.

With merit, you can exchange for various items.

As an ordinary small county town, the warehouse of the Exorcism Division in Yishui County does not have magical weapons or peerless martial arts, but only some unremarkable but indispensable resources in the process of cultivation.

If you want a higher-grade secret book or magic weapon, you have to go to the nearby "big city" - Qingzhou Prefecture to exchange it.

Like a colleague of Gu Xu, who once spent [-] meritorious deeds to exchange for a mid-grade machete that slashed iron like mud in Qingzhou, and carried it on his back every day, showing off when he saw others.

It is said that the treasure house in the headquarters of the Daqi Dynasty Exorcism Division Jingcheng, as long as the merits are sufficient, it can even be exchanged for extremely rare high-grade exercises, peerless weapons, etc.

For example, the amulet of amulet drawn by the National Teacher himself.

For example, Tai'a Sword Art was created by Emperor Taizu.

Such as the relics left by the past ascenders.

Gu Xu stared at this price list for two seconds, and couldn't help but sigh again about his poverty.

The exorcist was a hunchbacked old man on the night shift in the warehouse.

As soon as he saw Gu Xu, he frowned and said impatiently, "Why is it always you?"

"Because I'm a model cultivator who actively eliminates harm for the people, I'm naturally a little more meritorious than others." Gu Xu replied with a smile, and handed the note with "Meditation Pill" to the hunchback uncle.

The old man glanced at the note, then took out a white porcelain bottle from the drawer, and threw it towards Gu Xu without looking up.

Gu Xu stretched out his hand and caught it firmly.

"It's getting late, it's not safe, go home quickly!" The old man started chasing people.

But Gu Xu still stood there.

He opened the white porcelain bottle, first sniffed the smell inside - this is the beautiful fragrance of the three hundred meritorious deeds, then shook out the medicinal pills one by one, put them in the palm of his hand, and confirmed that there were not many pills before putting them back in. .

"Stinky boy, don't hurry up! Don't stand here and interfere with my work!" The hunchbacked uncle waved his hand and urged again with a stern face.

Gu Xu finally turned around and left.

With a relieved smile on the old man's face, he took out the book "The Oil Seller Monopolizes the Oiran", which was hidden in his arms, and read it with relish.

…………

After getting the medicine pill, Gu Xu returned to the lobby, took the eggs, tremella and wolfberry that Chen Jisheng gave him, then left the yamen and returned to his home.

Gu Xu's own house is only two streets away from the Exorcism Office, and it takes 5 minutes to walk there.

This is a small courtyard house, which is the legacy left by the parents of the original owner of the body.

Although the area is not large, it is more than enough for Gu Xu to live alone.

Eight years ago, Yishui County suffered a large-scale attack by ghosts.The original owner of the body once watched helplessly as his parents were chewed and swallowed alive by a huge basilisk, with no bones left.

Since then, the seeds of hatred have been buried in the heart of the original owner.

So, when he was 16 years old, the original owner angrily joined the Exorcist Department, determined to avenge his parents, and gritted his teeth to "kill all the ghosts and drive them out of this world."

.........

Gu Xu unlocked the door, stepped over the threshold, bypassed the screen wall, passed through the narrow courtyard, and walked straight into the main house facing south.

The candles in the house lit up in unison, dyeing the entire courtyard a bright orange.

"Master, you're back!" A little book boy in a gray shirt stood at the door and bowed slightly towards him.

"Go get me a cup of tea, I'm going to start practicing." Gu Xu ordered.

"Yes, sir."

When Gu Xu took off his shoes and changed clothes and sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat, a cup of steaming tea was already placed in front of him.

But the little book boy has disappeared without a trace.

On the screen behind Gu Xu, a portrait of a character appeared at some point—the little book boy in the portrait was smiling, and his appearance was exactly the same as the cloth-shirted book boy standing at the door just now.

The way of talisman is ever-changing.

It can exorcise ghosts, and it can also give spirituality to the characters in the paintings.

It's a pity that Gu Xu's strength is low now.The little book boy he painted is currently only serving tea and pouring water.

Gu Xu picked up the teacup, took a sip, and then took out a small white porcelain bottle containing "Meditation Pill", took out a round, light green pill, and stuffed it into his mouth.

Then he closed his eyes.

A sweet taste started from his throat and quickly spread throughout his body.

The distracting thoughts in my mind disappeared instantly.

His heart also became calm and peaceful, as if nothing in the world could make his mood fluctuate in the slightest.

He began to silently recite scriptures and perform exercises.

Different from what was described in the novels of immortal cultivation in the previous life, there is no such thing as "heaven and earth aura" in the land of the Great Wilderness——

There is only the pervasive aura of death.

Yin Qi is the source of the power of demons and monsters, but it is harmful to the human race.

Until the practice method appears.

People use cultivation methods to try to forcibly incorporate Yin Qi into the meridians.

But this process is also extremely dangerous.

If you are not careful, you will lose your mind, your soul and body will be swallowed by Yin Qi, and eventually you will become an irrational monster.

Therefore, it is often said that to practice is to live towards death.

Every step forward is a frantic test under the eyes of Lord Yama.

Preliminary perception of yin qi, opening the body's acupoints, and condensing true essence is the first realm of cultivation - [Ghost Gate].

"Ghost Gate" is the first pass for the soul to enter the underworld after death.

Entering the realm of "Ghost Gate" means officially embarking on the spiritual path of life and death, from which there is no turning back.

Gu Xu also jokingly called it "the first step to death".

The "Meditation Pill" can help him stabilize his mind and avoid being eroded by yin in the process.

As Gu Xu softly recited the scriptures of the exercises, the yin and death energy between heaven and earth instantly turned into a vortex, surging into his body.

His face became extraordinarily pale, like a corpse.

And there was a faint whisper in his ear, illusory and blurry, as if beguiling him to open his heart, fall into the darkness, and embrace a more powerful force.

But under the protection of Jingxin Dan, his mind was still as still as water.

An hour later, the effect of Jingxin Pill disappeared.

The turbid yin energy has been filtered out of impurities and turned into pure true essence, flowing through his meridians like spring snow has just melted.

Then he took out an elixir again and swallowed it...

When the third pill was exhausted, it was dawn.

The golden sunlight shone through the window and cast mottled light spots on the ground, which also illuminated the pale face of the young man.

The latter part of the first realm.

This is the result of Gu Xu's cultivation so far.

It only takes a few more days to consolidate the foundation a little, and he can try to break through the second realm.

Anyone else would be cheering for this far faster than ordinary people's progress.

But Gu Xu was not happy at all.

There are nine meditation pills in a bottle, and he uses three in one night.

This is equivalent to using one hundred merit points in one night, and he needs to kill ten more monsters to earn it back.

"It seems that I have to find a few more lucky ghosts today," Gu Xu stood up from the bamboo mat and stretched, "I hope the ghosts I met today can be a little bit more resistant to beatings, otherwise my experiment will fail. It can't be done."

Thinking of this, he put on his blue shirt again, put on his shoes, put on a towel, and went to work at the Exorcism Division full of energy.

(End of this chapter)