"Why practice..."

Of course, it is to kill all the demons and ghosts in the world and become a hero who eliminates harm for the people!

Seeing this line of words, Shi Xiaohan answered without thinking in his mind.

Starting from Shi Xiaohan's great-grandfather, almost every generation of the Shi family has been an official in the Exorcism Department.

Perhaps due to the influence of her family, Shi Xiaohan has always regarded "killing ghosts" as her mission - she enjoys the sense of accomplishment of chopping ghosts into ashes, enjoying the admiration and gratitude of the people, and enjoying

With the praise and flattery of others.

This is her motivation for practicing.

It sounds simple, naive, and even superficial.

But for a seventeen-year-old girl who is immersed in fantasy, it seems very real.

Then, Shi Xiaohan turned the page back in the booklet.

This page is a note her grandfather wrote many years ago.

Shi Xiaohan's grandfather was named Shi Qingsong. At the age of thirty-five, he broke through the third realm "Naihe Bridge" and awakened the magical power "Lingxi"——

This magical power can greatly improve his understanding of martial arts.

As long as you have the guidance of a famous teacher, you will be able to "understand everything with just one click".

Shi Xiaohan's grandmother, Zhao Chanyi from the Zhao family in Youzhou, acquired the magical power "Golden Cicada Escapes" - with this magical power, she was able to create a phantom stand-in during battle to defend herself against a fatal attack from the enemy.

As for Shi Xiaohan's father Shi Lei...

It's a pity that he didn't get any magical powers when he broke through.

Therefore, he has been ridiculed as the "trash" of the family.

Shi Xiaohan naturally didn't want to become the same "waste" as his father.

Therefore, she was both looking forward to and nervous about breaking through.

"... Clear goals, courage to move forward... I should not lack these..."

"It's just, where am I going to find 'intense emotional impact'?"

"Is it possible that before I get promoted, I have to find an excuse to quarrel with my father?"

She suddenly felt a little at a loss.

…………

In the next few days, Gu Xu has been quietly staying in the house to practice.

The "Eternal Brightness Pill" Shi Xiaohan brought this time was enough for him to use for many days.

In this way, he can concentrate on his practice and does not have to run around doing tasks all day long for meritorious deeds.

At the same time, he did not forget to continue to improve the "Ghost Killing Talisman" and "Solar Eclipse" spells.

After he advanced to the second realm, he has been trying to make subtle modifications to the runes of the "Ghost Killing Talisman" so that it can accommodate more true energy and instantly burst out with more majestic energy.

He has also been using the "solar eclipse" method to repeatedly temper his spiritual consciousness to solve the problem of excessive consumption of spiritual power.

Time flies.

The golden sunlight penetrates into the narrow courtyard at dawn and slips away quietly at dusk.

In the bleak autumn wind, the ginkgo tree in the yard was quietly shaved bald again.

The leaves fell to the ground, forming a yellow carpet.

Before I knew it, three days had passed.

October 15th has finally arrived.

…………

According to legend, there are three gods of heaven, earth and water in the fairy world, which are called "Three Officials".

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, the heavenly official bestows blessings, on the 15th day of the seventh lunar month, the earth official pardons sins, and on the 15th day of the 10th month, the water official relieves misfortune.

Therefore, on the Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the 10th lunar month, the officials and people of Daqi would set up a meal and build a ritual ceremony to worship their ancestors and pray to the water officials to help them solve their problems.

In these worship and blessing activities, the people of Jiaodong are particularly pious.

After all, Jiaodong has always been a province prone to disasters.

In the first year of Tianxing, all the residents of several villages near Laoshan in Laizhou Prefecture were massacred, and no one survived. The whereabouts of the murderer are still unknown.

From the eighth year to the eleventh year of Tianxing, another severe drought occurred in the Qingzhou Prefecture area.

For three whole years, there was no rain, the rice fields dried up, and the people had no means of livelihood.

When the people of Jiaodong finally recovered from the drought, the Nine Infant Snake Monster began to cause harm everywhere again, causing countless people to be displaced and their families destroyed.

In the face of natural disasters and evil spirits, mortals have no ability to resist.

That's why they place their hopes on illusory gods.

However, for Gu Xu, October 15th means another thing——

That was the opening of Shenji Camp’s “Realm of Taoism”.

Chu Fengge, the chief examiner of his promotion examination, once told him that the "Realm of Discussing the Tao" was a mysterious illusion created by the saint-level warriors of the Daqi Dynasty with astonishing power. It could bring two monks far away from each other.

Match together, have friendly discussions and exchanges, and be ranked according to victory or defeat.

The top ranked monks each quarter can receive additional rewards.

I heard that there are many good things in the Exorcist Department headquarters.

So Gu Xu is looking forward to these rewards very much.

So, when the sun just rose, Gu Xu held the "Magic Token" in his hand, sat cross-legged on the bamboo mat, and closed his eyes.

His consciousness gradually sank into darkness.

And in his ears, a cold, loud, indistinguishable voice sounded -

"Welcome to the realm of Taoism!"

…………

at the same time.

Luojing City, Exorcism Department Headquarters, Retreat Room.

Shangguan Jin is sitting quietly on a futon, with his eyes closed tightly, holding his "Divine Machine Token" tightly in his hand, waiting for the matching result of "Realm of Taoism".

A quarter of an hour later, a line of text appeared in her field of vision——

[Currently, there are no other fourth-level monks participating in the "Realm of Taoism" to participate in the matching. Are you willing to declare yourself a true essence and compete with the second-level monks? 】

Shangguan Jin was stunned for two seconds.

She knew that the "Shenji Camp" was still in the preparation stage and there were not many people there.

But she didn't expect that she couldn't even match an opponent of the same level.

At this moment, she seemed to feel invincible loneliness.

"I do."

She stared at this line of text and responded without thinking.

She undoubtedly took advantage of her when she was competing with the second level monks.

Even if she needs to self-proclaim herself, she still feels that she can easily suppress the rookies in the second realm with her skills and experience.

This competition was simply a free benefit given to her.

Then, a simple-looking arena emerged from the darkness.

It looks lonely, as if floating in the endless starry sky.

On the steps next to the arena, weapons such as knives, swords, daggers, crossbows, paper and pens were neatly placed.

Like the "Warning Pot", the "Realm of Taoism" is also an illusion that only allows spiritual consciousness to enter. Monks cannot bring their weapons in from the outside world.

In order to solve this problem, the saints very thoughtfully prepared substitutes in the illusion for the monks to use during the competition.

Of course, these weapons are just commonplace weapons and do not have any special properties or effects.

But it is enough for discussion.

…………

At this moment, Shangguan Jin saw his opponent's code name on the side wall of the ring——

"Suzaku".
Chapter completed!