"Old demon!"
“Old demon, old demon!!”
The high bun was pressed against Lu Liangsheng's chest, making it a little messy and flat. The tree demon didn't care about it at all. She gently scratched her pretty face through the veil and shouted with joy.
It's completely different from before.
There was a rustling sound in the woods, and three young men, Yan Chixia, Yuwen Tuo, Li Suian, and Qu Yuanfeng, walked out. When they saw this scene, they lowered their eyes and stared at the insteps of the feet.
Li Sui'an quietly pulled the clothes of his second and fourth brothers and lowered his voice.
"Does this count as the little one that Master raised outside?"
Humph! Yuwen Tuo crossed his arms and glanced at the tree demon buried in his master's chest.
"There is a difference between humans and demons. Master will not be ignorant of the importance of this."
After a while, Qu Yuanfeng nodded in agreement, then thought of something and quickly shook his head: "What about Master?"
Over there, the old donkey that was chewing grass let out a few dry coughs, the small door of the compartment was pushed open with a creak, and a short figure dragged the pipe, put down the rope, and fell to the ground with a plop. He then slowly stood up, his eyes serious.
The three of them quickly shut up and looked away.
In the distance, the man and the demon who were hugging each other separated.
"Don't call me old demon, call me Lu Liangsheng, or Liangsheng."
Magical power burst out from Lu Liangsheng's fingertips, and he combed the messy hair that was rubbing against her chest, patted her shoulder, straightened her hair and kept a distance from her. If he continued like this, he was afraid that he would not be able to explain himself in front of his disciple.
He looked at Zuo Zhengyang who had accidentally dropped his knife, smiled and clasped his hands.
"Zuo Qianwei, long time no see."
Hiss~
There was a sound of someone taking a breath, and Zuo Zhengyang came back to his senses. He picked up the broken knife on the ground, his eyes a little vague, and bowed in return.
"Mr. Lu."
His eyes swept back and forth between the man and the demon, and for a moment he didn't know how to continue speaking.
Lu Liangsheng smiled and said, "Everything is fine now. I hope Qianwei won't mind." Then he looked at the tree demon beside him and asked if the five scholars who were abducted more than half a month ago were still alive.
The tree demon, holding up her skirt and blinking her eyes at the scholar, tilted her head in confusion.
Five scholars
What is a scholar? Oh, there seem to be five people, they should be scholars, she opened a corner to reveal her red lips and laughed softly.
"In the cave under the well, they eat well, sleep well, and use the roots of nearby trees to keep them warm."
Lu Liangsheng walked slowly towards the temple. The tree demon jumped briskly beside him with lotus steps. The hem of her skirt swirled in the shape of flowers. She waved her hand with golden gloves on, and the groups of goblins over there dispersed.
Her black hair fluttered across her shoulders, and she turned her head and asked:
"By the way, old demon, where are the two fox demons?"
"It's getting dark, let's go in and talk."
He also said the same words to the people behind him, and the man and the demon walked towards the temple. Yan Chixia came over with a wooden box on his back, looked at the half-broken blade in Zuo Zhengyang's hand, and asked.
"Everything is fine?"
"Nothing." Zuo Zhengyang shook his head and looked away from that side, looking at the big man with a curly beard who walked to his side: "What's going on? Lu Liangsheng is here, Zuo can understand, but how can the Black Mountain Old Demon be him?"
“This is a long story… I will just keep it short.”
On the way here, Yan Chixia roughly knew some of the reasons from Lu Liangsheng. As for how he turned into the Black Mountain Old Demon, it was probably because he gave instructions to the tree demon at that time, but the other party was not in a clear mind and misheard, which led to such a scene.
"After all this time, you know all of them?"
Zuo Zhengyang looked at the knife that was broken into two pieces in his hand, sighed, looked at the backs of the man and the demon walking towards the temple, made a gesture of invitation, and invited Yan Chixia to go to Lanruo Temple together.
"Two brothers, let's go in too."
The three young men looked at each other, made a gesture of invitation, and followed each other to the temple gate. The Toad Taoist had a serious look in his eyes and glanced around.
"Why don't you ask me?"
The big scarlet tongue licked his head, and the old donkey neighed at him, then trotted after him happily, swinging its bald tail.
"So much saliva..."
The toad looked at the sticky saliva on his webbed feet, his cheeks swelled up, he cursed a few times, rubbed his teeth on the grass, and when he saw that there was no one around, they all went to the temple. He heard a long wolf howl in the distance, and he immediately spread his webbed feet and ran away, dragging his pipe.
"Wait a minute, old man!"
He climbed up the stone steps, fell to the ground with a thud, and got up again without a care in the world, "Wait for me!" He jumped over the threshold, kicked his legs in the air a few times, and finally turned over.
…
The sky was getting darker and darkness enveloped the mountainside. On the distant cliffs, the dark shadow of a wolf looked up at the bright moon in the sky.
Wow!
A long wolf howl was heard in the distance at night. An old crow swooped down and landed on the stone tablet of "Lanruo Temple". It blinked its eyes and looked at the temple gate which was lit by a dim fire.
Two fires were burning, and the small pot was boiling with bubbles. The Toad Taoist, wearing an apron, stood on tiptoe on a few bricks, stirring the soup pot with a wooden spoon. Five pale and skinny scholars sat limply by the other fire, looking listlessly at the small pot on the campfire over there. They couldn't help swallowing their saliva when they smelled the fragrance of rice.
"This is probably the best scent I've ever smelled in my life."
"… If that toad falls in, will it be a new dish?"
"Hush, we are indebted to someone right now, so we can't... talk nonsense. Toads can't be eaten, but at least they should be skinned..."
Just as Ma Liu finished speaking, something flew over in the air, and his weak long face turned back. With a snap, a wooden spoon hit his face directly. His head tilted, and he fell to the ground unconscious.
The remaining three people, including Ning Caichen next to them, suddenly woke up with a start, and quickly raised their bamboo-like arms, bowing and knelt.
Over there, the Toad Taoist who was stirring the soup pot snorted coldly, sprinkled some seasoning from his apron pocket, jumped off the bricks, walked over with a clatter, took the wooden spoon from Ma Liu's face, wiped it on his apron, pursed his lips, and looked up to glance at the four people in front of him who were like a small mountain.
"If I were in my old temper, I would have swallowed you in one gulp. But don't worry, I'm a vegetarian today."
“Yes, yes!”
"I am just hungry and dizzy and talking nonsense."
"Vegetarian rice is good, it helps with bowel movements and regulates the stomach, we also like to eat it..."
Seeing the four scholars bowing, the Toad Taoist turned around and went back with the wooden spoon on his back. Zuo Zhengyang and Yan Chixia drank some wine in the corner, looked at the Toad who was walking away, and then looked over there where the man and the demon were still talking, and couldn't help feeling a little pain in his head.
The Toad Taoist climbed up onto the bricks and stones again to stir the soup pot. Not far away, Lu Liangsheng broke off a dead branch and threw it into the fire. He looked at his three disciples who were wandering around the temple and gave them a few instructions. His gaze returned to the veil of the tree demon in front of him.
"Those two fox demons were secretly harming people here and sucking their yang energy, so when we were in Qixia Mountain, I captured one and transformed the other."
The tree demon stretched out several long tongues and danced in the air with the old donkey, turning over and over. After hearing Lu Liangsheng's words, it retracted its tongue, tilted its head, and pondered for a moment.
"It's their business."
After saying that, he opened his mouth and continued to stick out his tongue, splitting it into several strips and playing with the old donkey.
Well…
Lu Liangsheng was stunned for a moment. He thought she would care about the two fox demons, but now it seemed that she had no intention of looking after them. No wonder the two foxes would do evil under her nose.
He has regained some consciousness, but it seems that it will take at least 30 to 50 years for him to return to his original state.
"By the way, where are the old men who stayed here before?"
"Eated by wolves..."
Over there, the black-skirted tree demon waved its tongue and thought for a moment: "After the old demon left, they ran away. I went to look for them, but they had been eaten by wolves. I buried their bodies under a tree... Well, I don't remember which tree I buried them under."
Puff…
As the soup pot was boiling, Toad Taoist wiped the sweat off his face. Looking at the people around him waiting for the meal, he couldn't help feeling a little tired.
I am really worried.
He sighed and was about to ask everyone to start eating, but his expression suddenly froze. He slapped his forehead, quickly jumped off the bricks and walked to his apprentice's side.
Staring at the tree demon with its tongue dancing in its mouth, its webbed feet wrapped around its toad, its eyes narrowed, and it spoke in a low voice.
"Liangsheng, I suddenly have an idea."