Taoist nun Qingping's figure disappeared into the darkness.
The darkness was boundless, as if a terrifying beast was lurking there. Once you entered, you would be devoured by it.
The young nuns watched their master disappear into the darkness, and all looked panicked, "Where's the master? Why isn't there any movement?"
"So, what kind of monsters are there?"
"Is Master okay?"
The eldest sister calmly comforted the younger sisters, "Don't be afraid, Master will be fine."
But her voice was a little trembling, and it was obvious that she was worried about her master. Fortunately, the other sisters didn’t hear it, otherwise they would have been even more scared.
Suddenly, there was a loud bang, and the ground exploded, followed by the sound of golden bells.
A bolt of lightning struck the ground, sending dirt flying and creating a huge hole.
With the light from the thunder, the nuns in the pavilion could vaguely see the object that Qingping was fighting. It came out from the ground, with a flesh-colored, long body, about the thickness of an adult man's body, and it was slippery, like an underground dragon...
The nuns were slightly startled, some fear appeared on their faces, but they soon calmed down.
"Master, we will help you!" Senior Sister Mu Ying shouted and rushed into the darkness.
Seeing the Taoist nuns rushing forward bravely, Gu Jiu shook his head secretly, jumped into the pavilion, took out a torch, threw it outside the pavilion, and ignited the dry grass outside the pavilion.
The fire burned up immediately, allowing people to see clearly what was attacking tonight.
It was indeed an earth dragon. Its body was extremely long. The part that was exposed above the ground was more than ten meters long, and it was unknown how long the rest was.
It can lie dormant underground. If Gu Jiu and Taoist nun Qingping hadn't noticed it, it would have attacked in the middle of the night when everyone was drowsy.
The earth dragon was finally forced out by Taoist nun Qingping, and it was actually more than twenty meters long.
Taoist nun Qingping had sharp eyes. She turned around to avoid its attack and took the opportunity to swing her sword to cut it in two. The part with the mouthparts was still attacking, while the other part drilled back into the ground and attacked from the other side.
Even if this earth dragon was cut into two pieces, the part with the mouthparts left on the ground was still more than ten meters long. Its mouthparts were wide open, and there was a circle of fine teeth inside. Once bitten, it would definitely be bitten into two pieces.
This is a ground dragon that has transformed into a demon.
When Taoist Nun Qingping saw her disciples coming to help, she stepped back and let them stop this half of the earth dragon. She used her thunder magic to strike the surrounding ground, trying to force out the other half of the earth dragon hidden underground.
The surrounding dry grass burned more and more fiercely, not only dispelling the cold of the night, but also making the ground slightly hot.
Earth dragons are creatures that like shade. Even if it is a demonized earth dragon, it still instinctively dislikes high temperatures.
Gu Jiu took the opportunity to increase the fire, while sensing the hiding place of the half-earth dragon, he led the fire towards where it was hiding, and finally forced it to come out of the ground.
Taoist nun Qingping showed joy on her face, picked up her sword and rushed forward, chopping off a dragon that had emerged from the ground.
Gu Jiu also joined in with a sword, and together with the group of young Taoist nuns, they cut off the other section of the earth dragon.
The earth dragons did not die after being chopped off. Instead, they crawled in the ground like giant snakes and continued to attack the nuns. The nuns were horrified and felt more and more disgusted.
"Everyone, step back." Nun Qingping said, "Go find some dry firewood and burn them to death."
This earth dragon had just transformed into a demon and didn't even have any intelligence. It was driven here by the old demon to be a thug. Its strength wasn't that strong and it could be burned to death by ordinary fire.
The nuns hurried to find firewood.
Fortunately, when they arrived at the pavilion, it was still light and they had carefully observed the area and knew where there was dry firewood.
It happened to be a dry day in mid-autumn, with a lot of dry grass and firewood. The nuns collected a lot of dry grass and firewood in a short while.
With Gu Jiu and Taoist nun Qingping suppressing them, the severed earth dragons squirmed around and were unable to burrow into the ground and leave.
Dry firewood was thrown over, and a raging fire ignited again. The ground was burned hot, and the earth dragon could not burrow into the ground to escape. It could only roll in the fire and be burned into a flattened corpse.
Taoist nun Qingping said: "If we allow this thing to grow, it will definitely bring disaster to the people in the future. It is better to get rid of it as soon as possible."
Ordinary earth dragons are harmless. Once they turn into monsters, they will instinctively attack humans, damage human crops, and feed on human flesh and blood. The sooner they are eliminated, the sooner peace can be achieved.
After dealing with the earth dragon, the group returned to the pavilion to rest.
Although there had been a great battle before, Taoist Nun Qingping was still very interested in teaching and continued to teach Gu Jiu magic.
It is rare to meet a genius with extremely strong talent in magic. Taoist Nun Qingping was very happy to see her and wanted to teach her all the skills she had learned in her life to see how far she could grow.
Gu Jiu looked at the group of young Taoist nuns who were sitting around watching. They had no objection to their master teaching an outsider everything he knew. He once again felt that these Taoist nuns were so innocent and adorable.
After the study came to an end, she smiled and said, "Master Qingping, you taught me all your skills, aren't you afraid that I will teach others?"
Nun Qingping waved her hand and said, "What you have learned is yours. How you want to deal with it is up to you."
"Won't this cause your Taoist temple to lose a lot of income?"
"Money is something outside of our body. If it can help more practitioners understand the mysteries of the art and protect more people, everything will be worth it." Taoist nun Qingping said seriously.
The young Taoist nuns all looked in agreement; this was the doctrine they had learned since childhood and they never thought there was anything wrong with it.
What's more, learning the art is not that easy. It also depends on one's talent. Even if some people get the mantra of the art, they still cannot learn it no matter what, which is a waste.
Nowadays, demons are rampant and the situation of mankind is becoming more and more difficult. She only hopes that more talented people can join in the fight to slay demons.
Gu Jiu looked solemn, "Master, you are so righteous."
It seems that she is quite lucky. When she entered the game world, she met a group of Taoist nuns who have upright values and are cute and silly, allowing her to learn more.
After a night’s rest, we continued our journey the next day after breakfast.
Before setting off, Gu Jiu asked: "Master, can you teach me how to fly with a sword?" Of course, it is more comfortable to fly a sword by yourself than to be carried by someone else.
Taoist nun Qingping had no objection, but she also secretly wanted to see if Gu Jiu could learn it right away.
She carefully explained to her the key points of flying a sword and demonstrated it to her, and Gu Jiu learned it immediately.
A thin black sword flew up and hung in the air. Gu Jiu leaped onto the black sword. The black sword flew forward with a whoosh. It was so fast that it was like a rocket. Gu Jiu almost fell off the sword.
The nuns screamed.
Taoist nun Qingping flew over on her sword, grabbed Gu Jiu's arm and helped her steady herself.
After adapting for a while, Gu Jiu was finally able to fly with the sword skillfully.
She was very happy and said with a smile: "Let's continue flying with the sword today." Having just learned such an advanced skill, she now just wanted to fly tens of thousands of miles on the sword, and she would not do it by walking on her feet.
Taoist nun Qingping thought for a moment and finally did not refuse.
Previously, I chose to travel slowly because I wanted to delay it for a while to allow the temple to prepare. Now that Gu Jiu has joined, there is no need to delay it any longer.
The speed of flying with a sword is extremely fast. It only takes three days to reach Qingyun Temple instead of ten days.
Qingyun Mountain is located in the eastern part of the Great Chu Dynasty. There is a Qingyun City nearby. Qingyun City has a long history. It is an old city with a history of thousands of years and is the most prosperous capital in the east.
There are many Taoist temples of all sizes near Qingyun City, and Qingyun Temple is just a small and unknown one.
In the evening, the Taoist nuns finally returned to Qingyun Temple.
Under the warm orange glow of the setting sun, the ancient Taoist temple could not hide its dilapidated state, but fortunately it was cleaned fairly well. There were not many disciples in the temple, only about twenty Taoist nuns.
This time, the temple master, Nun Qingping, brought her disciples down the mountain to eliminate the monster. There was only an old nun in the temple.
The old nun was very old, about 60 years old, with kind eyes and a friendly look. She was the elder of Qingyun Temple - Nun Qingchen.
Seeing Taoist Nun Qingchen coming out to greet them, Taoist Nun Qingping and her disciples bowed together.
"Uncle Qingchen."
"Master uncle."
Nun Qingchen nodded with a smile and looked at Gu Jiu, "Master, are there any guests?"
Taoist nun Qingping introduced Gu Jiu, focusing on him as her savior, and secondly as a guest who came to the temple to learn magic.
Gu Jiu bowed to Taoist Nun Qingchen and said with a smile: "If nothing unexpected happens, I will stay in the temple for a few days. I hope you can forgive me."
Nun Qingchen returned the greeting, "Miss Gu, there is no need to be so polite."
Back at Qingyun Temple, the nuns were extremely happy. Their tense expressions noticeably relaxed, and they were no longer on guard all the time.
Senior Sister Mu Ying personally took Gu Jiu to the guest room in the temple to rest.
The guest room was simple but very clean. Mu Xin brought clean mats and bedding, made the bed for Gu Jiu personally, and prepared toiletries, taking care of everything.
"Miss Gu, you take a rest first. I'll go find the master. The temple may not be peaceful tonight." When he said this, Mu Ying's face became serious.
Gu Jiu asked: "Is it because of the old demon we encountered in Ningyang Town?"
Mu Ying nodded. "It has driven many demons to attack us along the way, but unfortunately they all failed. It must be furious. Knowing that we have returned to the temple, it will definitely come to kill us personally."
"Why didn't it take action itself when we were on the road?" Gu Jiu asked puzzledly.
The nuns from Qingyun Temple went to Yangping Town to exorcise demons, but they provoked the old demon. Logically, it should have taken revenge on the spot, so how could it have given the nuns time to come back and prepare? Could it be that the demons in this world all have procrastination and take their time to take revenge
Mu Ying smiled bitterly and said, "Miss Gu, you don't know that many monsters have strong revengeful intentions. Killing us alone is not a big deal. They want to wipe out the entire Qingyun Temple at once, so they will allow us to rush back to Qingyun Temple before taking action."
Even though they knew that the old demon wanted to wait for them to return and then slaughter them together, there was nothing they could do.
A look of realization appeared on Gu Jiu's face.
That's right, it turns out to be a cat playing with mouse, wanting to tease the other party first and then slaughter the whole family.
No wonder the demons in this world are so rampant. Just look at their actions.
Thinking of her boyfriend who has not shown up yet, Gu Jiu finally felt a little worried. Would he turn into some terrible monster again, trapped somewhere, waiting for players to defeat him
She had been so happy studying law recently that she almost forgot about her boyfriend's dangerous identity.
Seeing that the eldest sister looked solemn, Mu Xin said, "Elder sister, don't worry. When Master sent a message back, he had already asked the great-grandmaster to ask for help from Zichen Temple."
Mu Ying sighed, "Zichen Temple is not far from Qingyun Temple. If they had the will, they would have sent someone here long ago."
It can be seen that Zichen Temple is not willing to fight against the old monster.
Compared to Qingyun Temple which has only twenty or so Taoist nuns, Zichen Temple is a large temple with strong incense and worship near Qingyun City. There are nearly a thousand Taoist priests in the temple, making it the most famous Taoist temple in the Qingyun City area.
Zichen Temple is fair to the outside world and has a good reputation, but the forces within the temple are complicated. If you ask them for help, there is no telling how long it will take, so it is better to rely on yourself.
The two Taoist nuns made arrangements for Gu Jiu and left.
Gu Jiu looked at the Taoist nuns who were hurrying outside the guest house, and took out a few pieces of paper. The paper objects moved as soon as they landed on the ground, bent towards her, crawled out of the guest room, and hid outside Qingyun Temple.
As night fell, the atmosphere in Qingyun Temple became more solemn.
Gu Jiu took out dinner from his bag, ate until he was 80% full, then walked out of the guest courtyard, found a secluded place, jumped onto the roof and sat down.
She took out a box of milk and drank it while observing the situation in Qingyun Temple.
Nun Qingping led the young nuns to set up a demon-subduing formation. Nun Qingchen sat in the main hall of the temple with her eyes slightly closed and her mouth moving slightly, as if she was chanting some spell.
Gu Jiu did not try to hide, and the nuns soon discovered her. However, since the temple master did not care, the nuns pretended she did not exist.
When everything was almost arranged, a group of Taoist nuns returned to the temple and sat around Taoist nun Qingchen.
Mu Xin sat beside her senior sister, frequently looking outside the hall, and asked in a low voice: "Senior sister, Miss Gu is still outside, should we ask her to come in?"
Mu Ying looked at his master and also felt that it was not appropriate to let Gu Jiu stay outside, so he went to ask his master for advice.
"We should indeed ask her to come into the palace." Nun Qingping said, "That old demon is very powerful, and the demon-subduing formation may not be able to stop it. Your great-grandmaster is guarding this palace, so the old demon can't easily come in."
After getting the OK, Mu Ying and Mu Xin walked out of the hall to look for Gu Jiu.
They came near the guest house, looked up at Gu Jiu who was sitting on the roof, and called out, "Miss Gu, Master asks you to go into the main hall, it's safer there."
Gu Jiu smiled and said, "No, I like sitting here."
"But it's dangerous here..."
"I can handle it, don't worry."
Both of them felt helpless. Mu Ying gritted her teeth and told her junior sister to go back. She then jumped onto the roof and sat here with Gu Jiu.
Gu Jiu was the savior of her fellow sisters and brothers, and he also studied Dharma with the master. Although he had paid a tuition fee, he was still considered half a disciple. How could she let Gu Jiu sit here alone and wait for danger to come
Mu Xin was not willing to go back alone, so he followed him to the roof.
She had a blind trust in Gu Jiu and always felt that it was very safe to follow her. Even if the old demon came tonight, she would not be afraid.
Gu Jiu did not drive the two away. Instead, he took out a lot of snacks from his bag and offered them some.
Those who don’t know would think they are here to enjoy the night view.
When the Taoist nun Qingping in the temple saw that the two disciples had not returned, she couldn't help but go out to take a look. She saw the three of them sitting side by side on the roof eating snacks, and she didn't know what to say.
After thinking it over, I finally decided not to ask them to come back and just let them go.
After returning to the main hall, she told Taoist Nun Qingchen about this.
Taoist Nun Qingchen opened her eyes and said with a smile: "Miss Gu has a pure heart and is very wise. It's a pity that she is a disciple of a hidden family. Otherwise, it would be a great honor for Qingyun Temple to have such a disciple."
Taoist nun Qingping also felt a little regretful, but fortunately she was open-minded and was not stingy in teaching Gu Jiu what she wanted to learn. She also had some feelings for the temple. If anything happened in Qingyun Temple in the future, she believed that she would not stand idly by.
As the night deepens, everything becomes quiet.
When the demon bell array set up outside the temple rang with a tinkling sound, the Taoist nuns in Qingyun Temple became nervous, knowing that the old demon had appeared.
Gu Jiu, who was sitting on the roof, noticed something unusual earlier than the nuns.
From the paper creature ambushing outside the temple, we learned that the old demon had appeared a long time ago. It did not attack rashly, but first checked the situation in Qingyun Temple. It was a cautious old demon.
Not only is there an old demon, there are also several Taoists lurking in the dark nearby.
These Taoists did not come over rashly. They hid in the dark and watched the situation. They should be Taoists sent by Zichen Temple.
Gu Jiulue understood the Taoists' thoughts after a brief thought. They were probably given some instructions by their masters when they were sent here, and they didn't want to fight the powerful old monster and lose their lives, so they came here to go through the motions.
It was discovered that there was nothing powerful in Qingyun Temple except a demon-subduing formation and twenty or so Taoist nuns, and the old demon finally showed up.
A three-meter-tall giant appeared in the darkness.
It has a pair of huge horns and a sturdy body. Every step it takes, the ground shakes, and its demonic aura rises to the sky, full of momentum.
In the light of the lanterns in front of the Qingyun Temple, Gu Jiu could clearly see the appearance of the giant, with a sheep's head and a human body. Although he was wearing clothes, one could still see the true form of this old monster at a glance.
"It turned out to be a sheep demon." Gu Jiu said, "I haven't eaten mutton stew and mutton soup for a long time. I will invite you to eat in the city tomorrow. The weather is getting cold, so a bowl of mutton soup will replenish your body."
Mu Ying, Mu Xin: “…”
The two sisters, who were originally frightened by the arrival of the old monster, were aroused by Gu Jiu. Looking at the strong body of the old monster, they couldn't help swallowing their saliva secretly.
Gu Jiu did not deliberately lower his voice, but spoke casually. Not only the old demon heard it, but the hidden Taoist priest also heard it.
"It's the young lady!"
A Taoist priest exclaimed.
The Taoist priest beside him asked curiously: "Who is the eldest lady?"
The Taoist pointed at Gu Jiu who was sitting on the roof and said, "That's her."
The Taoists looked over and found three people sitting on the roof of a house in Qingyun Temple: two Taoist nuns and a girl in a silk skirt. The girl was beautiful and had an extraordinary temperament.
There were torches lit nearby, and she shone brightly in the dim firelight, so beautiful that it touched my heart.
In this chaotic world, demons are rampant and beautiful women are especially hard to find. The Taoist who practices seclusion has never seen such a beautiful girl before, and his breathing is a little stagnant for a moment.
The old demon became furious and glared at the three people on the roof. When he saw their appearance clearly, he suddenly burst into laughter.
Its voice was deafening. "This little broken Taoist temple actually has such a beautiful woman. It just so happens that my Zhang Zheshan is in need of a wife. Little demons, take her back."
This time the old demon brought many little demons with him.
These little monsters are weird in appearance. They have human form, but they look very creepy, which makes people feel uneasy at the first sight.
The little demon made strange noises and rushed towards Qingyun Temple.
The Taoist priest hiding in the dark looked a little unhappy when he heard the old demon's words.
How could they bear to see such a beautiful woman being persecuted by an ugly monster? But the old monster was very powerful, and they could not deal with it at all. If they rushed forward directly, they would be sending food to the monster.
Only one Taoist priest said with pity: "This old demon is so pitiful. He actually dared to covet the young lady. I hope the young lady will not chop him to death."
"What?" The Taoists thought they had heard wrongly, "Brother Qin, what do you mean by that?"
Junior Brother Qin said confidently: "Just wait and see, the young lady will definitely chop this old demon into a sheep stick!"
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