Yan Chixia, Jiang Chen, and Ning Caichen returned to Lanruo Temple almost at the same time. The three of them met in the courtyard. Ning Caichen went back to the room first because his clothes were all wet, leaving two people. Jiang Chen immediately came out. He asked in a loud voice: "How is it, Master Yan, have you chased that female ghost?"
"No." Yan Chixia replied angrily: "That female ghost is very cunning, and there is a thousand-year-old tree demon behind her. I fought with that old demon once, but I didn't suffer any loss. , but I didn’t get any benefits.”
Jiang Chen said in surprise: "I didn't expect that the thousand-year-old tree demon is so powerful. Even you, Master Yan, can't defeat it."
"It doesn't matter." Yan Chixia said, "Wait while I prepare some things. In a few days, the two of us will join forces to eradicate this thousand-year-old demon in one fell swoop."
"**** Chen couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this. He remembered that most of the trouble caused by the thousand-year-old tree demon was caused by bad people, so Yan Chixia had never been very interested in getting rid of it. Later, because the thousand-year-old tree demon did too much, Yan Chixia took action and destroyed most of its power, so that it could not come out to make trouble again within a hundred years.
"That's right." Yan Chixia immediately responded: "I never made a decision before, but now I have figured out that this thousand-year-old tree demon will always be a scourge. It must be eradicated as soon as possible, otherwise it will be a disaster in the future. It’s a disaster for everyone. Little brother, are you willing to help me?”
"This..." After a moment's hesitation, Jiang Chen immediately responded in an upright voice: "Subjugating demons and eliminating them is our duty as cultivators. Now that there are demons causing harm to the world, Zhi Qiu Of course Yiye is willing to help Master Yan to eliminate the thousand-year-old tree demon!"
"Okay, okay!" Yan Chixia couldn't help laughing out loud after hearing this: "Master Zhiqiu is indeed a disciple of the Kunlun sect, full of righteousness and passion, let's go discuss it now and see if there is any What a good way to eliminate this thousand-year-old demon in one fell swoop!"
Not to mention that the two of them talked by candlelight at night, discussing how to eliminate the thousand-year-old tree demon. Ning Caichen returned to the monk's residence where he was temporarily staying, took off his soaked clothes and hung them up to dry, changed into a clean inner garment, and then borrowed The lights dimmed and they began to repair the piano left by Miss Xiaoqian.
After thinking about it all night, Ning Caichen came back to his senses until dawn. He put down the repaired piano in his arms, took the account book, and carefully restored the blurred handwriting. Then he felt relieved. Unexpectedly, with a shake of his hand, he actually A piece of ink stone fell down, passed through the big hole in the floor, and fell into a monk's room downstairs.
"Oops!" He exclaimed, stood up quickly, looked around, and saw a ladder standing in the corner of the wall. He couldn't help but be overjoyed. He walked over and tried hard to drag the ladder, but he didn't expect that a wooden board was on top of it. It fell, causing the sky to be filled with dust, which blurred his vision.
With a loud "bang", the floor smashed through the wooden floor and fell into the monk's dormitory below. Faintly, among the endless dust and sawdust flying around, three or four decayed mummies moved slowly, empty. His eyes were filled with a strange and inexplicable evil light, which was flickering on and off.
"Ahem..." After a violent cough, Ning Caichen came to his senses and carefully lowered the ladder. The two rotten mummies who fell to the ground and were about to get up were crushed by the ladder falling from the sky before they could move. He stood upright and struggled for a while, but the body was already rotting and he still had the strength to turn over.
Ning Caichen climbed down the ladder and went down to the monk's room on the first floor. It had been uninhabited for a long time. It was full of dust, had no light, and was pitch black. He bent down and groped for a while on the ground, but couldn't find his ink stone. Behind him, in the darkness, several mummies were groping towards him.
"Really, it's too dark!" Ning Caichen couldn't find the ink stone, so he couldn't help muttering about it. Then he got up and walked to the window, removed the wood and garbage that was blocked, and opened the morning window. Suddenly, a bright beam of sunlight shone in through the broken window.
"Tsk-" The warm sunshine shone on Ning Caichen's body, which naturally made him feel very comfortable. However, the people behind him obviously didn't think so. The decaying mummies and weak ghosts were not the same at all. Unable to withstand the sunlight, it immediately began to decay and fell to the ground, forming a rich corpse oil.
Ning Caichen didn't know that he had just walked on the verge of death, picked up his ink stone, and slowly followed the ladder back to the second floor. At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside. Immediately afterwards, Jiang Chen's voice came in.
"Brother Ning, have you gotten up?" Jiang Chen's words contained a hint of urging: "Did you encounter anything strange last night?"
"Weird thing?" Ning Caichen hesitated for a moment, then responded angrily: "When it comes to weird things, the weirdest thing here is the bearded one."
"Brother Ning, Daxia Yan is a swordsman in this world. You don't know but don't talk nonsense," Jiang Chen shook his head and said: "Let's talk about the girl Xiaoqian you met last night, Daxia Yan. But you told me that the area around Lanruo Temple is full of barren mountains and there are not even half a house there. There will never be any girls wandering around in the middle of the night. You must have encountered a ghost."
"How is this possible? How could Miss Xiaoqian be a ghost? Taoist Master Zhiqiu, you must have seen it wrong." Ning Caichen was a pedantic poor scholar after all. Hearing Jiang Chen's words, he couldn't help but refute.
Jiang Chen tried his best to persuade Ning Caichen, but he couldn't persuade him. He couldn't help but cursed "the ghost is obsessed with his heart" and went to look for Yan Chixia.
Yan Chixia went out hunting and just came back. She hunted a roe deer that weighed several dozen kilograms. Seeing Jiang Chen come looking for it, she immediately smiled and said: "Little brother, look what I caught. We have a good meal at noon." ”
"What a big roe deer." Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile when he saw it, and immediately said: "Master Yan, let's go, I'll go to the lake with you to clean up, and you can tell me again about the thunder in the palm." Use mysteries.”
Last night, they held a candlelight conversation. The two of them were not just discussing ways to eliminate the thousand-year-old tree demon. They were both practitioners. It was rare for them to meet together, so naturally they couldn't help but talk about Taoism and Dharma.
Although Yan Chixia became a monk halfway, she was not as well-known as Zhiqiu Yiye, whom Jiang Chen replaced, but her cultivation level was both Buddhist and Taoist. Jiang Chen was moved, so he used the space movement technique to exchange it.
"Easy to say, easy to say." Yan Chixia smiled and said: "Compared to your space shifting technique, this palm thunder field is not a magical secret technique. Since you want to learn it, I will naturally not be stingy. Let's go. I'll teach you on the way. Just tell you carefully..."
Not to mention that the two were busy talking about law, after Ning Caichen restored the account books, he immediately set off for Jinhua City to continue the unfinished task of collecting debts.
When they arrived in Jinhua City, the innkeeper heard that Ning Caichen had stayed at Lanruo Temple for one night and was still safe. He couldn't help but be shocked and horrified: "Scholar, did you really stay at Lanruo Temple for one night?"
"Then there is still a lie?" Ning Caichen said with a proud smile: "Take a good look at the account book. If there are no mistakes, can you help me settle the account quickly?"
"Okay, okay!" The shopkeeper didn't bother to check what was wrong. Without saying a word, he quickly paid back the arrears of silver.
"Thank you, boss!" Although Ning Caichen didn't understand why the shopkeeper became so cheerful after a day, it was still a very happy thing to be able to successfully recover the debt and complete the task.
"Taoist Master Zhiqiu invited me to dinner and drinks before. Now that I have succeeded in collecting the debt, I can get half of the commission, which can be used to buy some drinks. It can also be regarded as a reward for the meal." Ning Caichen left the inn in a hurry and came to the street On the way up, he saw paper money flying everywhere in Jinhua City. Then he suddenly remembered that today was the Holy Ghost Festival. He bought a pot of wine. When he turned around, he saw a familiar figure among the paper money flying all over the sky. Holding a scroll in hand, he walked toward the distance.
"It's Xiaoqian!" Ning Caichen exclaimed and was about to say hello to the other party. Unexpectedly, in just a blink of an eye, Xiaoqian's figure had disappeared. He felt as if something was missing in his heart and hurriedly shouted to Xiaoqian. I chased Qian in the direction she disappeared...