Chapter 74 Rise to fame

"By the way, Master Imperial Preceptor," Luo Chuan paused and continued, "I have one more thing I want to discuss with you."

"What is it?" the teacher asked.

"About this year's 'Luoshui Conference'," Luo Chuan replied, "In previous 'Luoshui Conference', monks from all over the country competed in pairs. To be honest, except for the last few Apart from the strong duel, many of the remaining games were one-sided crushing, which from the audience's perspective was simply boring.

"In addition, the long night is approaching, and the ghosts will not do it. Play one-on-one fair play games with us. I don't want the monks in Daqi to spend too much energy on how to defeat their opponents in an honest way in the ring, but neglect to improve their practical skills in life and death combat.

"So this year, I want to try to change its form."

"Change it to what form?"

"I hope that His Majesty can open the 'Tianlong "Secret Realm," Luo Sishou said with a faint smile, "Whoever can stay in it until the end will be the leader of the 'Luoshui Conference'"

The Imperial Master was silent for a while, and then said: "This is indeed a good idea."

"Tianlong Secret Realm" is the small world of Emperor Tianxing.

As we all know, the reason why strong people in the seventh realm are called "saints" is because they can establish their own "Tao" and become a family.

The strong ones in the eighth realm can use their own "Tao" to create their own space called the "Dao Principle Domain" and formulate the rules at will.

In this space, they are like an omnipotent king.

So he is called the "True King".

But Emperor Tianxing is different from ordinary "true kings".

He also holds in his hand the most powerful famous weapon in the wilderness - the "Tai'a Sword" that symbolizes imperial power and can mobilize the destiny of the whole country.

Kong Xuan Sanren's "Dao Principle Domain" needs to depend on the real world.

However, Emperor Tianxing - to be precise, every emperor in the Daqi Dynasty who has the eighth realm of cultivation, can use the power of the "Tai'a Sword" to carve out an independent world from nothingness. small world.

That is the "Secret Realm of Tianlong".

"But...will the Emperor agree to do this?" After a short silence, the Imperial Master frowned slightly.

In the history of the Daqi Dynasty, some emperors used the "Dragon Secret Realm" to cultivate precious medicinal materials that have become extinct in the real world, and some emperors raised ghosts in the "Dragon Secret Realm" for use. Give training to the royal children.

But perhaps because Emperor Tianxing has been practicing in seclusion in the deep palace for a long time, the "Dragon Secret Realm" has never appeared in his hands, so that many people have almost forgotten its existence.

"How will you know if you don't try?" Luo Chuan said with a smile. His tone sounded a bit mysterious, making it impossible for the Imperial Master to guess what he was thinking.

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After the crowd gradually dispersed, Mo Li followed a sparsely populated path and returned to a side room of the academy.

In recent times, he has been studying the knowledge of Talisman and Taoism in this room. On the desk, there is also a thick stack of notes written by him.

He slowly sat down on the chair next to the desk.

When these neatly written notes fell into his eyes again, his mood was particularly complicated.

"It's all useless..."

He shook his head slightly, then picked up the pile of notes on the table and walked to the stove on one side of the room.

As he thought, orange flames burst out in the stove.

Then he threw all the notes in his hand into the stove.

The complex runes, the corresponding spells, and the detailed notes... were all turned into black ashes in the beating flames.

At this moment, Li Zheng, the dean of Longmen Academy, suddenly pushed open the door and appeared behind him.

"Mo Li, what are you doing?"

After seeing Mo Li's actions, Dean Li frowned and asked.

Mo Li turned his head and smiled at Dean Li: "Today, the Imperial Master gave me a suggestion, asking me to put down my books and go for a walk outside the capital. So I am coming back to pack my things now. , getting ready for a long trip."

Dean Li noticed that his cousin's face was more haggard than before, and his dark circles were as obvious as makeup.

"But these notes...are all your hard work..." Dean Li didn't know how to speak for a moment.

He had great expectations for Mo Li today. Logically speaking, after Mo Li failed, he should be disappointed or angry.

However, after seeing the extraordinary performance of the young man named Gu Xu, he found that he was much calmer than expected, and he had no intention of blaming Mo Li.

Even after seeing the dark circles on Mo Li's face, Dean Li felt a trace of sympathy in his heart -

My cousin has worked very hard.

However, his opponent is an unprecedented monster.

“Nothing can be broken without establishing,” Mo Li slowed down his speech, looked into Dean Li’s eyes, and said firmly, “Today, although I compete with Gu Xu from the Exorcism Department, I know , our attainments in Talismans are no longer at the same level.

“The national master asked me to put down my books and go out for a walk... In fact, what he meant was that the knowledge in the books has become a hindrance to me. Shackles to keep going.

"If I want to go further, catch up with Gu Xu, or even defeat him, I must break this shackles."

Dean Li sighed lightly. He knew that Mo Li had made up his mind.

“Act within your ability,” he said earnestly, “After leaving Beijing, you must take care of yourself.In a place protected by the Heavenly Dragon Formation, never put yourself in danger. "

Mo Li looked at him and nodded.

At the same time, he suddenly remembered something important, so he took out a writing brush from his pocket and wrote He handed it to Dean Li: "The 'Calming Pen' you gave me this morning is returned to you now. I'm sorry, I couldn't do what you asked me to do——"

"——You can keep it," Dean Li waved his hand and interrupted him, "You are Fu Xiu , need it more than I do. "

In the next period of time, Dean Li talked a lot like an old mother who was about to send her son off.

Mo Li He kept listening carefully.

After Dean Li left, Mo Li quickly packed his luggage, turned around and walked out of the house.

Within his storage bracelet. , there are pills, banknotes, a few sets of clothes, and some basic daily necessities.

But there are no books. >After saying goodbye to Gu Xu, Shen Qiu arrived at the gate of Longmen Academy.

Butler Shao was already waiting for him in the carriage.

After seeing Shen Qiu's figure. , Butler Shao immediately stepped out of the carriage and handed a gourd-shaped kettle in front of him.

“Thank you for your hard work, young master. ”

Steward Shao is not a talisman cultivator, but he knows that drawing talismans is a very labor-intensive task that requires absolute concentration.

My young master spent several times in the academy At that time, the people competing with him were all the best talisman masters in the Daqi Dynasty.

Even though he didn't sweat a drop, his spirit must have been very exhausted.

"It's okay, I'm tired, but also happy," Shen Qiu said lightly. At the same time, he took the water bottle from Butler Shao and poured it into his mouth. "Although I didn't get the certificate from Longmen Academy in the end. That position, but being able to get comments from the national master and being able to recognize the world's top Talisman genius... I am already very satisfied. "

"Then what are your plans next? "Butler Shao asked, "Do you plan to return to Jinling, or continue to stay in Luo Jing City -"

"—Of course I will stay in Luo Jing City," Shen Qiu interrupted, "Shao Uncle, you go back to the inn first and pack your luggage. After two days, I will move to Jinyu Lane in Yanqingfang and start my new life. ”

“Goldfish Lane? "Steward Shao frowned slightly, feeling a little confused.

As a steward serving a wealthy family, he thought he knew the background information of the nobles and bureaucrats of the Daqi Dynasty very well. But after thinking about it for a long time, he didn't know. I can recall some big shot or important institution living in Goldfish Lane.

“That’s where my new boss lives. "Shen Qiu smiled mysteriously.

"New owner? ”

Steward Shao looked at his young master with surprised eyes, suspecting that he was really joking.

He has been doing things around Shen Qiu for a long time.Over a long period of time, he knew his character quite well - he knew that although his young master was small, he was actually very arrogant and disdainful of the royal family members and geniuses in general. Very few people could make him truly Convinced.

He originally thought that after losing the competition, Shen Qiu might choose to stand on his own and run his own industry, thereby proving his ability in front of the tribesmen who looked down on him, but he did not expect that he would...

"Uncle Shao, do you believe," Shen Qiu suddenly said, interrupting Butler Shao's thoughts, "that someone can make all the monks in the Da Qi Dynasty have the ability to draw talisman seals?"

He has had the experience of "from getting started to giving up" on the art of talisman and seal script, and he knows very well how high its threshold is and how demanding it is on the qualifications and understanding of the monks.

"But my new boss, he successfully did this in front of the two saints and all the teachers and students of Longmen Academy," Shen Qiu said with a smile, "Other than that , he also designed a talisman array that even the Imperial Master couldn't understand, and calculated the expenses of the Luoshui Conference.

"If my intuition is correct, today's Exorcism Department's expenses will be greatly reduced." Luo Sishou also made a special trip to Longmen Academy for him.

"His future is bound to be limitless.

"If Jinling Shen is an old tree that is gradually withering, then he is a vigorously growing sapling... As long as In a few years, it will become a towering tree, big enough for us to lie down comfortably under it and enjoy the shade.

“Since you can be successful by following others, why bother to work hard on your own from scratch?”

“Master, is this person you are talking about from? Gu Xu from Qingzhou?" Butler Shao pondered for a moment and quickly guessed the identity of the "new boss" mentioned by Shen Qiu.

"Yes." Shen Qiu nodded.

"To be honest... I never thought you would have such a high opinion of a young man under the age of twenty."

"But he really impressed me today." I am convinced that I lost."

"Master, logically speaking, I shouldn't question your choice," Butler Shao hesitated for a while, and then said, "I just think that, as a member of a noble family, It may be an insult to your status to go to a sixth-grade official's house to serve him... Maybe you don't mind it, but I'm worried that others are whispering behind your back——"

"——Others are gossiping behind my back?" Shen Qiu chuckled, "Don't worry, Uncle Shao. I've long been used to this kind of thing. For example, my brother's servants gave me nicknames in private. It’s ugly, and they happily think that I don’t know.

“In the eyes of those people, the existence of people like me in the world is a mistake. In comparison, me finding a new owner is nothing at all. ”

“But that’s just a boy under the age of twenty from a civilian background——”

Steward Shao still has some deep-rooted ideas in his mind that come from a wealthy family.

In his opinion, no matter how outstanding Gu Xu was, it was still unreasonable for Shen Qiu, as a descendant of the ascended immortal and the heir of the three great clans, to work for a commoner.

This master-slave relationship is pretty much the other way around.

"——Being a commoner, under twenty, you can reach the rank of sixth rank, become the master of famous weapons, and narrowly escape death in front of 'fierce god' level ghosts," Shen Qiu obviously recognized Shao The housekeeper thought with a smile and said, "Such a person will most likely become a saint in the future, and may even be among the 'true kings'."

"Although our Jinling Shen family is a descendant of an immortal, But there has been no strong saint in nearly a hundred years.

"With my mediocre talent, I will be thankful to God if I can reach the sixth realm in the future. In this case, to work for the future 'saint' or 'true king', and What’s the grievance?”

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In the following period, Gu Xu was polite to the dozen or so academy teachers who came to congratulate him. , the content is basically nonsense such as "I don't dare to take it", "I'm overly praised", "Please give me more advice", "Learn from each other", "Let's explore the avenues of heaven and earth together in the future".

Then he left the academy in a carriage, passed through the noisy and bustling Luojing City, and returned to the headquarters of the Exorcism Department.

Before arriving at the Yamen, a group of officials gathered around him enthusiastically. They seemed to be in high spirits, even more excited than Gu Xu himself.

At this moment, Gu Xu felt like a giant panda in the zoo, being transported to the road for people to watch.

Soon, Gu Xu’s old acquaintance, Qu Jinglong, a ninth-grade police officer, came to him and explained the current situation to him: "Master Gu, before you go to the academy, many of them They all placed bets on you in the gambling house. Now that you have won, they are all very happy."

"That's it." Gu Xuruo said. think.

"In addition, Mr. Gu, Mr. Chief Secretary is already waiting for you at the observatory," I heard Qu Jinglong continue to say, "There are some important things that he wants to talk to you about."

PS: I’m still stuck in QAQ last night until six in the morning, and I just squeezed out 2,000 words. I was so sleepy that I lay down on the table and fell asleep until this afternoon... I’m sorry that I didn’t finish it until now ( My routine is really hopeless). It may be the first time you write a novel of more than a million words, and you don’t have enough experience, so it will take you some time to break through the bottleneck.