Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Accompanied by Wang Jian, Gu Xu stepped over the threshold and entered Longmen Academy.

Although the Great Wilderness society has undergone tremendous changes, this academy for practitioners still maintains a quiet environment, as if it is independent of this world and not affected by the disturbances of the outside world.

The only difference is that the number of disciples in the academy has increased significantly, so that the forest road seems a bit crowded with people coming and going.

In the past, the students in academies were mainly children of the powerful and wealthy.

Although Longmen Academy has a uniform dress code, these rich kids always find ways to show off their wealth and compete with each other - each of them wears a sword on the left and a perfume bottle on the right, looking like a god.

Today, with Gu Xu's proposal of "education for all", a large number of civilian monks are able to enter the academy and gradually become the mainstream.

In addition, the imperial court strongly advocated frugality.

Even students from wealthy families kept a low profile among them and did not dare to wear gold and silver jewelry or silk shoes as they did before.

Gu Xu walked through the rockery and strange rocks, crossed the small bridge over the stream, and came to the door of "Siqi Hall" with white walls and gray tiles, which was simple and elegant.

Looking at this familiar building, he sighed softly, "Thinking back to last year, I was still here, drawing talismans with Shen Qiu and others, and using all means to get a position as a teacher. Thinking about it now, it really seems like a lifetime ago."

After hearing what Gu Xu said, Wang Jian couldn't help but fall into memories.

Last year, it was here that he witnessed the birth of the "Bagua Logic Circuit" and "Fire Characters", which are extremely groundbreaking in the field of talismans.

At that time, he felt that Gu Xu was definitely not an ordinary person. He would definitely rise rapidly in the future, make a great career in the wilderness, and become a pillar of the country.

However, now, when he turned to look at the young emperor beside him, he felt that even his boldest expectations of Gu Xu in the past seemed too conservative.

  After all, who could have imagined that a minor official of the Exorcist Department with only the third level of cultivation could become a saint, overturn the world, and establish a new dynasty in just one year?

Thinking of this, Wang Jian bowed to Gu Xu and said respectfully, "It is my humble servant's poor eyesight. When I first saw your majesty's amazing talent, I should have expected that your majesty was the reincarnation of a god, and that it was destiny that had come to you."

"I heard from Luochuan that the prince once intended to accept me as his disciple and inherit his legacy?" Gu Xu said in a half-joking tone.

"I am very sorry, but I have absolutely no such intention." Wang Jian was shocked when he heard this and answered without thinking.

The person in front of him is not only the current emperor, but also his master.

If he had really accepted her as his disciple, it would undoubtedly be an act of treason and betrayal.

"Prince, there is no need to be so nervous," Gu Xu said with a smile, "I am not a tyrant who is rude and unreasonable. How could I blame you for such a small matter?

"Besides, our identities today are just two ordinary talisman masters who were invited here. We must not let outsiders notice anything unusual."

As he spoke, he took the lead and walked into "Siqi Hall".

Wang Jian followed closely behind.

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Today, the walls of Siqi Hall are no longer white and empty as they used to be.

Instead, a circle of talismans framed like works of art hung on the wall.

Among them, there are improved traditional talismans such as the "Taishang North Pole Demon-Slaying Talisman", "Lieyan True Talisman", "Wind-Running Talisman", as well as the unique "Eight Diagrams Logic Circuit" and "Fire Character"

All of them are Gu Xu's ideas.

During this year, Longmen Academy's attitude towards Gu Xu's talismans has undergone many dramatic changes. At first, these talismans caused great shock and strong interest among the people, and they competed to study them, hoping to gain some insights from them.

Afterwards, when Gu Xu was accused of "treason" overnight and became a traitor in the eyes of everyone, the talisman masters in the academy discarded these unique talismans like trash, avoiding them as much as possible, and no one dared to explore them in depth.

Later, when Emperor Tianxing passed away and Gu Xu ascended the throne, these talismans once again became treasures sought after by talisman masters all over the world.

For a time, it seemed that anyone who could not draw these talismans was implicitly equated with being disloyal to Daxia and the emperor.

At this moment, if you randomly pick a talisman master from the academy and ask him questions like "How many generations of 'ghost-killing talismans' has your majesty improved?" or "When, where and why did your majesty design the 'fire character'", I believe they will be able to answer fluently.

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In the center of Siqi Hall, a huge light curtain was suspended in the air.

Dozens of talisman masters surrounded it, discussing enthusiastically while pointing their fingers on the light screen.

Wherever their fingers passed, marks of different colors were left on the light curtain; and when they gently stroked it with their palms, these marks melted away like snowflakes and ceased to exist.

This is the formation designed by Gu Xu a few days ago.

It imitates the whiteboard in the previous life, providing a great tool for talisman masters to pool their ideas and conduct "brainstorming" together.

Among this group of talisman masters, Gu Xu's eyes inadvertently caught the figure of an old acquaintance——

This man is tall and thin, with slightly sparse hair, and looks like a bamboo pole.

It was the teacher of Fu Dao in the academy who had humbly asked Gu Xu for advice and even brought a small stool to listen to Gu Xu's lectures.

Under the cover of the cause and effect magic, Gu Xu walked forward, blended into the crowd, and listened to the discussions of the talisman masters.

  All I heard was Du Yuan pointing at the light curtain and saying:

"…Last year when Your Majesty was at Longmen Academy, you skillfully used the regular transformation of 'Yin Yao' and 'Yang Yao' to successfully construct symbol arrays such as 'AND Gate', 'OR Gate', and 'NOT Gate'. When these symbol arrays are combined with each other, they can complete highly complex calculations in a very short time…

"…Ordinary arrays may not be able to perform large-scale deductions and calculations as required by Your Majesty. However, if we use these special arrays, achieving this goal is not out of reach…

"...Moreover, unlike ordinary talismans that need to be drawn in one go by the same talisman master, the 'Eight Trigrams Logic Circuit' can be divided into countless tiny parts, drawn by different talisman masters, and then combined...

"..."

Hearing Du Yuan's endless narration, Gu Xu sighed silently in his heart: It seems that this Instructor Du has studied my theory of talismans in private, and can even explain such complicated things as the "Eight Diagrams Logic Circuit" in detail.

After Du Yuan finished speaking, a short and fat talisman master came forward and said, "The plan proposed by Master Du does have many commendable points, but it also has a significant flaw.

“If we continue to perform complicated deductions and calculations for a long time, it will consume a large amount of true energy, and dozens of practitioners will have to maintain it day and night.

"If there is a mistake in the details of the formation, it may cause a terrifying explosion and endanger the lives of these monks..."

"..."

Gu Xu was very satisfied with the atmosphere of discussion on Taoism in the academy. The monks were able to express their opinions freely, and the whole discussion environment was very active.

As he watched the changing rune patterns on the light screen and listened to the rune masters "picking on each other", his brain was also working rapidly, constantly generating new inspirations.

After several talisman masters expressed their opinions one after another, Gu Xu couldn't help but step forward and said, "For this plan, I have thought of a way to improve it..." (End of this chapter)