Longevity begins with slaying demons and eliminating demons

Chapter 655 Phoenix Nirvana

Outside the secret room.

There was a strong wind and loud thunder.

The dark clouds in the pitch-black sky surged like a tsunami, and heart-pounding flashes of lightning flashed across the sky like silver blades left behind by gods, tearing the night sky into tattered veils.

Within the secret room.

As the flames burned more and more vigorously, Zhao Yan's figure gradually became blurred in the dazzling golden-red light.

After a few hours, she disappeared completely in the midst of brilliant light and shadow like fireworks.

Only a pool of black ashes was left on the originally spotless cushion.

Gu Xu silently watched the scene in front of him, his expression not changing at all.

He knew that Zhao Yan's realm breakthrough had reached the most critical step.

If you succeed, you will soar to the sky; if you fail, you will be reduced to ashes.

During this process, he couldn't help her and could only silently support her spiritually.

She can only rely on herself to verify her own path.

About three days and three nights passed.

The area of ​​nearly a thousand miles centered on Luojing has been shrouded in a torrential rain that seems like the end of the world.

The world was dark and plunged into chaos.

But in the secret room, there was deathly silence.

Only Gu Xu stood motionless like a sculpture, quietly guarding one side of the black ashes.

Suddenly, a clear and loud phoenix cry rang in his ears.

Gu Xu narrowed his eyes slightly and stared intently at the cushion in front of him.

Suddenly, a dazzling flame appeared again on the dead black ashes.

It is like a wild dancer, dragging its colorful dress and spinning and jumping continuously.

It was also like a roaring beast, waving its huge fiery red wings, spitting out long tongues of fire, kissing the ceiling of the secret room, and licking the green clothes on Gu Xu's body.

Glowing embers rose from the smoke screen like countless newborn fireflies, fluttering in all directions.

This is undoubtedly a dangerous and terrifying picture.

But in Gu Xu's eyes, it showed surging vitality, beautiful and moving.

As the flames engulfed the entire room, a golden phoenix silhouette rose into the air from the ashes.

Its wings are broad and powerful, and every flap drags a long tail of flame, leaving behind dazzling trails.

The surrounding air seemed to be ignited, with ashes and flames intertwined, just like night and dawn, death and rebirth are closely intertwined.

"Welcome back, Yan'er!"

The moment he finished speaking, the phoenix shadow suddenly burst out with thousands of rays of light, like the sun suddenly leaping out from the clouds, instantly illuminating Gu Xu's vision with a sea of ​​white.

All the colors and details in the house were swallowed up by the strong light, leaving only the dazzling and pure white.

By the time the strong light faded, the phoenix shadow had disappeared.

Instead, there was a stunningly beautiful woman with black hair like lacquer and skin as white as jade.

She was naked.

The skin is delicate and the bones and flesh are well-proportioned, as if they were created by nature.

The slender, white and tender bare feet stepped on the ashes, and the bright and beautiful face was hidden in the firelight.

At this moment, the corners of her lips slightly raised, her eyes moved, looking at Gu Xu not far away.

Gu Xu knew that she was Zhao Yan.

However, she is not exactly the same as the Zhao Yan of the past.

After going through the baptism of fire, she seemed to have completely shed all the flaws that belonged to mortals. Every line on her body became as perfect as a sculpture, as if she possessed divinity.

Gu Xu was slightly distracted and couldn't help but think of the myth of his previous life, about Venus being born from sea foam.

For her, the word "beauty" is no longer a simple modifier.

She seems to have become the embodiment of beauty.

Gu Xu had an idea and took out a brand new dress from "Xianyunju" and prepared to put it on her.

Unexpectedly, this great beauty born from the flames, stepped on the ashes on the ground, opened her arms, ran straight towards him, and suddenly threw herself into his arms.

She buried her cheek in his shoulder, tears streaming down her cheeks uncontrollably, quickly soaking his clothes.

"What's wrong, Yan'er?" Gu Xu stretched out his hands to embrace this plump and soft body, gently stroking her smooth back, "Could it be that someone in the spiritual world bullied you?"

Zhao Yan did not answer immediately.

She just held him tighter, making him a little breathless.

"How about putting on your clothes first?" Gu Xu suggested again.

To remain calm in front of Zhao Yan at this moment is a difficult test, even for him as a saint with self-control far beyond that of ordinary people.

Zhao Yan still ignored him.

She pushed him against the wall and took his face in her hands, sealing her lips with his passionately.

Her tongue quickly explored his slightly opened lips, like a greedy beast madly invading new territory.

  "I'm afraid Yan'er has been starving for the past six months!" This thought flashed through Gu Xu's mind inadvertently, and then he began to respond actively.
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The heavy rain lasted for three days and three nights, and finally stopped.

The dark clouds spread out.

In the dark and boundless sky, suddenly, one gorgeous fire cloud after another appeared, glowing with a blood-red light.

Everyone couldn't help but look up, and for a moment, they even thought that the long night had come to an end.

"Look! Look! Do the clouds in the sky look like the feathers of a phoenix?" A child stuck his head out of the window, pointed at the sky excitedly, and shouted to his parents behind him.

His parents looked in the direction he pointed.

I saw the fiery clouds, long and graceful, slowly spreading out in the sky.

The edges of the clouds seemed to be gently licked by flames, presenting a soft yet distinct gradient, from deep red to light red, and then to golden yellow, just like the delicate and varied colors on the feathers of a phoenix.

  "How beautiful!" they couldn't help but exclaim.
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After another three days and three nights, the fire clouds finally faded away.

The sky returned to its original dark color.

Gu Xu lay on his back in the black ashes on the floor of the secret room, with a hint of fatigue between his brows.

The blue clothes on his body had long disappeared.

Zhao Yan was also exhausted.

She lay beside him, her head resting on his chest, one of her fair jade-like hands stroking his abdominal muscles in fascination.

"Draw?" She smiled lazily and looked at him.

"It should be a lose-lose situation." Gu Xu thought about it and corrected.

This was the first time he felt exhausted since he was promoted to a saint.

Zhao Yan was like a competitive warrior, displaying all her martial arts and trying her best to make him surrender.

However, is Gu Xu someone who would easily show weakness?

After three days of sparring, both of them had completely exhausted their last bit of strength, but their hearts were filled with unprecedented satisfaction. "Gu Xu?"

"Ok?"

"You are such a shameless father."

"what happened?"

"A grown man actually snatched food from his own daughter."

"Yan'er, have you forgotten that Qingyan only likes fire energy and is not interested in anything else? Recently, Daxia is promoting the spirit of thrift and diligence. As the king of a country, how can I take the lead in wasting food?"

Zhao Yan was speechless for a moment and couldn't argue with him. She could only glare at him fiercely with a pair of misty and affectionate eyes.

"Be gentler next time. You're hurting me!"

Gu Xu stroked her hair and nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, he suddenly noticed that among the black ashes, a few drops of bright red blood stood out, like red plum blossoms proudly blooming among the ruins.

There was a hint of surprise in his eyes.

Zhao Yan caught the change in his expression and sneered, "The body has been reshaped and is now complete again. Is there anything strange about this?"

"Not strange, not strange." Gu Xu smiled.

He recalled that after he broke through the saint realm and defeated the projection of Emperor Tianxing in Liangzhou City, Zhao Yan couldn't wait to "eat him up".

  So, it seems like they both had each other's two "first times"?

"Gu Xu." After a brief silence, Zhao Yan called his name again.

"Ok?"

"How long did it take me to break through this time?"

"Three days and three nights, much faster than I did then."

"Three days and three nights...it's so short!" Zhao Yan pressed her face against Gu Xu's chest, listening attentively to his steady heartbeat, with a hint of surprise in her tone, "I thought a long, long time had passed.

“You may not know that in the illusion just now, I seemed to be in a dark and boundless world, and spent thousands of years alone.

"There is no light in that world, and there is no you either.

"There is a voice that keeps whispering in my ear, telling me that all my past memories are unreal, that you are not a real person, but just a fantasy that I have created deep in my heart."

"The path you have chosen is still 'Nirvana', right?" Gu Xu asked.

"That's right," Zhao Yan nodded gently, "Its original intention is to transcend the endless suffering, get rid of the bondage of life and death karma, and achieve immortality, perfection and eternity.

“I thought that in the process of breaking through the realm, I would be burned by blazing fire, punished by being torn to pieces, and oppressed by endless darkness…

“Unexpectedly, for me, there was only one most painful thing.

"That's in my world, without you."

Hearing her words, Gu Xu couldn't help but hug her tighter.

Perhaps that is why, after she found out it was just a dream, she hugged him and cried for a long time, and confirmed his existence with her new perfect body among the remains of her past body in the most ardent and passionate way.

"Let's go take a shower?" Gu Xu suggested after a while.

Zhao Yan nodded slightly and said "hmm" to show her agreement.

Gu Xu immediately stood up, put one arm around her back and the other around her knees, and easily picked her up sideways.

The next moment, he passed through the black space crack and arrived at the Hot Spring Palace a hundred miles away from Luojing in an instant.

This palace was built on the hillside. "A well was built to make a pond, palaces were lined up around the mountain, and a city wall was built around the palace." The palace contained government offices, residences of ministers, and large and small pools for bathing. It was once a place for leisure and enjoyment for the royal family members of the Great Qi Dynasty.

Ever since Gu Xu ascended the throne, this palace has been in an abandoned state with no one to watch over or maintain it.

But at this moment, as Gu Xu's mind moved, dozens of talismans flew out from "Xianyunju", surrounded him, and turned into a dazzling formation.

The damaged buildings were quickly restored to their original state, the originally turbid hot spring pool instantly became crystal clear, and the lush and messy vegetation was quickly trimmed neatly.

Gu Xu held Zhao Yan in his arms and stepped into the misty "Star Soup".

The water temperature was almost boiling, and any mortal would probably get burned if they touched it; but for the two of them, it was just right.

Zhao Yan was half lying in a corner of the hot spring pool.

The waist-length black hair spread out on the water like a blooming flower.

The snow-white and smooth long legs, the tight and flat belly, and the towering mountains were all immersed in the hot spring, looming in the waves.

Gu Xu sat beside her, admiring the beautiful scenery before him, and finally understood the true meaning of the phrase "hot spring water washes the fat away".

He stretched out his hand, gently held her slender waist, and let her lean her head on his shoulder.

"I won't leave you," he whispered, his lips close to her ear, "As long as I live in this world, I will never leave you."

"Really?"

"real."

"you promise?"

"I promise."

Having said this, Gu Xu paused, then hugged Zhao Yan in his arms, looked into her blurry eyes, and said seriously: "I love you, Yan'er. I can't imagine a life without you."

Hearing this, Zhao Yan's body trembled violently.

Even in the North, where the people are heroic, such a direct confession is rare.

But Zhao Yan obviously enjoyed it very much.

"I love you, too," she whispered, straddling him and hugging him tightly once again, "My Master, my God, my Majesty, my husband..."

Under the dark night sky, the hot spring pool halfway up the mountain is rippling.

After a long time, Zhao Yan turned over, knelt on the edge of the pool, held the wall with both hands, raised her head high, and looked at the vast, starless and moonless sky.

Her red lips slightly parted, her eyelashes trembling, and she hummed a beautiful song.

  Gu Xu was behind her.
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Time flies, like a white horse passing by, and the Mid-Autumn Festival is here in the blink of an eye.

During the long night of Mid-Autumn Festival, there is no moon in the sky.

However, the people of Dahuang still follow the tradition, hang up lights and decorations, prepare a sumptuous dinner, and look forward to family reunions.

After all, this year's long night is not as despairing as in the past.

They firmly believe that under the wise governance of His Majesty, everything will develop in a better direction.

In the imperial study room.

Gu Xu finished his official duties early, and then asked the eunuch Han Shunxi to bring a box of mooncakes and give it to Xiao Wanjun as a reward for her recent hard work.

"You've been working so hard these days," he said with a smile, "Today is the Mid-Autumn Festival, you should rest early, and I will go to spend time with my family."

As soon as he finished speaking, he tore through the space and disappeared into the study. He seemed to be in a hurry to get off work and didn't want to stay a moment longer beside the pile of documents.

Xiao Wanjun looked at his hurriedly leaving figure and couldn't help but sigh softly.

At this moment that should have been a family reunion, His Majesty is accompanied by his wife and children, and his younger brother will also watch the fire dragon dance with his fiancée's family.

I am alone, lonely and helpless.

She straightened her clothes, sat back in her chair, picked up a memorial, and began to read it silently.

(End of this chapter)