Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 617 Coordinates

Li Yun's early life experience is somewhat similar to Gu Xu.

His parents died when he was young and he grew up in an almshouse.

By chance, the Daqi government discovered his spiritual potential, so he came to Jingzhou to work as a minor official in the Yamen of the Exorcism Department.

However, he doesn't have Gu Xu's exaggerated talent, nor does he have many opportunities.

He could only earn elixirs by doing difficult tasks under the merit system of the Daqi Dynasty.

It was only two years ago that we entered the third realm.

He originally thought that he would spend his life in obscurity in the Daqi Exorcist Department.

Unexpectedly, this summer, after Gu Xu successfully defeated Emperor Tianxing in Liangzhou City, he would lead the Xia army to advance eastwards with overwhelming force.

Xijiang, Hedong, Lianghu and other provinces fell one after another.

Under such a situation, Li Yun and many of his colleagues chose to surrender to the Xia army. Later, they were incorporated into the cultivator troops led by Zhao Yan and participated in the operation to capture Luojing.

In fact, Li Yun was reluctant to surrender at first, and only regarded it as a life-saving strategy when he was desperate.

On the one hand, the image of Emperor Tianxing as invincible as a god has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. Even if he lost a projection outside Liangzhou City, most people in Qi did not believe that he would fail.

On the other hand, Gu Xu's rise was so fast, from scratch to something in less than a year, that his Daxia regime gave the outside world the feeling of being a grass-roots team and unreliable.

Li Yun and his colleagues were very worried that once the Xia army failed in the Battle of Luojing, they would be liquidated and all of them would be finished.

However, when Li Yun actually joined the Xia Army, he only regretted why he had not chosen to surrender earlier——

As a cultivator under Gu Xu, the benefits were more generous than he had imagined in the past.

Not only has the salary been doubled, but there is also a fixed ration of elixirs every month. If you achieve military exploits, you will be rewarded with additional elixirs.

In comparison, the treatment he received when he was a clerk in Daqi Yamen made him feel like a slave.

That's how people are.

If he has never seen the light, he can always endure the darkness.

But once he saw something better, even if it was just a short-term sweetness, he would never want to go back to his original slave-like life.

As a result, Li Yun fought bravely to kill the enemy in the Battle of Luojing and made great achievements.

After the war, he did not choose to stay in the army, but returned to his hometown, put on the "Suzaku robe" of Daxia, and served as the general banner of the seventh rank in the Jingzhou Exorcism Department.

Compared with his original ninth rank Sesame Official, his current status has skyrocketed.

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Not long after Li Yun settled in the inn in Luojing City, he unexpectedly met an old acquaintance.

It was a tall, burly man with a full beard. He was sitting around a table with several other guests, toasting and drinking, showing his heroic spirit while talking and laughing.

"Commander Nie!" Li Yun took a few steps forward, saluted the burly man, and said with some surprise, "I really didn't expect to meet you here!"

The burly man's name is Nie Boyuan. He is thirty-four years old and was once Li Yun's direct commander in the army.

He is a fourth-level monk with advanced cultivation. He has practiced body-refining techniques and has a strong body and superb boxing skills. However, after the Battle of Luojing, he chose to disband and return to his fields, resigned from all official positions, returned to his hometown in Hedong Province with the emperor's reward, and lived a leisurely life as a rich man.

Li Yun never expected that he would meet him in the capital!

"I was fortunate enough to pass the primary election and come to the capital to participate in the actual combat assessment of the 'Purple Mansion Army' selection," Nie Boyuan said with a smile on his face, "Xiao Li, I guess you also came here to join the 'Purple Mansion Army'? "

Li Yun nodded, his expression slightly stiff.

Thinking that the officers of the Fourth Realm would also participate in the selection with him, he couldn't help but feel a huge pressure of competition coming towards him.

"I just came to join in the fun," he sighed softly and smiled mockingly, "Commander Nie, I thought you had retired to the countryside and completely ignored the world, but I didn't expect you to be here today. See you again.”

"If it weren't for the fact that one's cultivation was blocked and there was no hope of promotion, who would willingly return to the countryside?" Nie Boyuan said with emotion, "But as long as you join the Zifu Army, you can not only bathe in the aura of heaven and earth to practice, but also practice the exercises written by His Majesty himself. Get His Majesty's guidance.

“Even if it costs me everything to exchange for such an opportunity, I would still be willing to do so.

"Maybe this is my chance to break through the bottleneck and jump to the fifth realm."

Having said this, he paused for a moment, pointed to the few people drinking together around him, and put further pressure on Li Yun: "Xiao Li, these are also practitioners who have come together to participate in the actual combat assessment. You might as well get to know each other..."

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Exorcism Department Headquarters, Star Observation Deck.

Gu Xu and Luo Chuan sat opposite each other on both sides of the low table.

On the low table, there is a small, exquisite and shiny white jade pot.

It is the famous magic weapon of the Exorcist Department - the "Warming Pot".

It can record many historical cases in the form of illusions for practical training by the exorcist monks.

Gu Xu still remembers that last autumn, he and Ma Qin entered this "Wengu Pot" together, experienced the repetitive "Peach Blossom Spring" cases, and finally discovered that it was an illusion woven by the dream-eating tapir.

Now, when he uses this white jade pot again, his identity has quietly changed from a participant to an examiner.

"This time, we need to design a brand new actual combat scenario," Gu Xu said, "Currently, the cases recorded in the 'Reviewing Pot' are all cases related to ghosts.

“However, the enemies we face in the future are no longer limited to ghosts, but also include powerful practitioners from the upper world.

"Currently, the combat methods mastered by many monks in the wilderness are mainly aimed at ghosts, such as the 'Ghost Killing Talisman', 'Peach Wood Sword', 'Bagua Mirror', etc.

"However, when facing human monks, these methods will no longer be applicable.

“In my opinion, it may be possible to add some of the key battles in which we conquered the world, such as the Battle of Liangzhou, the Battle of Yunyang, the Battle of Luojing, etc., into the simulation scene of the ‘Review Pot’.

"Then, we can divide the candidates into several batches and let them randomly enter one of these battles. Assuming that high-level practitioners will not participate for the time being, the candidates will play the role of the siege team or the city defender respectively, so as to Evaluate their performance in combat."

"The emperor is really far-sighted!" Luo Chuan nodded and praised.

At the same time, he silently recited the mantra in his heart.

In an instant, the surface of the teapot was filled with brilliant light and shadow, like a rainbow crushed in a vortex, which was dazzling.

Gu Xu thought for a while and then said: "Wenchang, you should still remember the coordinates of the Lingxiao Realm!"