Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 23 Cutting Down the Millennium Dryad.

By the second day.

With the sound of mourning and music, paper money floated down.

The four coffin bearers carried a heavy coffin and walked straight to the back mountain of Lanruo Temple, followed by hundreds of guards from the Li family.

The arms of these guards are all tied with white silk, representing the end of the dead.

Li Xiuyuan intends to follow Qingmei's last wish and bury her in Lanruo Temple, but to be honest, he doesn't want to bury Qingmei here, but wants to bury her in the ancestral grave of his Li family, so as to show that Qingmei was born The people of the Li family are the ghosts of the Li family.

But the reason why he didn't do this was not only following her last wish, but also the most important reason.

That is the particularity of Lanruo Temple.

Maybe, there will be time to meet again in the future.

Although this possibility is rare, it is at least a hope.

When the funeral procession arrived in front of the Daxiong Hall of Lanruo Temple, Master Liaokong and several monks greeted him here early.

"Benefactor Li started to bury Qingmei benefactor today?" Master Liao Kong asked.

"Exactly, I wanted to say hello to Master Liaokong before, so that I could borrow a piece of land behind the temple to bury the Qingmei girl, but because I was too busy with things, I forgot all of a sudden. Don't be offended." Li Xiuyuan said.

Master Liaokong replied: "The purpose of a monk is to be convenient for others. The old monk also has an unshirkable responsibility for the death of the green plum benefactor in Lanruo Temple. If the benefactor Li does not dislike it, it is better for the old monk to lead the way and find someone for the green plum benefactor. Be in a treasure."

"Then there will be Master Lao." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Everyone, please come with the old monk." Master Liao Kong clasped his hands together, and then walked around the main hall and walked towards the back mountain.

Li Xiuyuan took a look and said: "Master seems to have gone the wrong way, this is the way to go to the back mountain."

"If it's a burial, the terrain here is higher, which is better than the other side." Master Liao Kong said.

Li Xiuyuan shook his head and said: "But there is still one thing to do, I appreciate Master Kong's kindness." After speaking, he waved his hand and led the team directly to the back mountain.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan leave, Master Liaokong helplessly called out Amitabha, then shook his head and followed.

After coming to the back mountain.

A towering huge thousand-year-old banyan tree stands in front of you.

The crown of the tree is like a canopy, covering the sky and the sun, just like a small forest, which is amazing.

"The thousand-year-old tree demon, we meet again." Li Xiuyuan stopped and looked at the thousand-year-old banyan tree with a trace of coldness in his eyes.

"Yesterday I had no choice but to leave because I couldn't bear to let Qingmei girl die in the wilderness. I was delayed for a day and let you live for several hours. But today you are here and you can't escape this catastrophe. I will be Li Xiuyuan today. In front of Miss Qingmei's coffin, I cut down your thousand-year-old banyan tree, and I don't believe that you can show any supernatural powers with me today."

Li Xiuyuan muttered to himself, and finally shouted suddenly: "Where is the servant of my Li family?"

"Here." More than a hundred people shouted in unison.

The voice is neat and well-trained.

"Take an axe and cut down this banyan tree." Li Xiuyuan ordered coldly.

"Yes, young master." Everyone agreed.

After that, hundreds of servants Qiqi untied their axes from their waists, and then rushed to the side of the huge banyan tree one by one, swiping their axes without hesitation.

"Crack! Kick! Kick!"

The sharp ax landed on the trunk of the huge banyan tree, leaving a deep gash directly on it. The situation where the steel knife could not cut it did not happen again, and even the weather did not change. Banyan also does not have a windless automatic.

Everything seems very normal.

Li Xiuyuan frowned slightly at this moment, looking at this banyan tree that was constantly being cut out, he vaguely felt something was wrong.

The thousand-year-old banyan tree could still show its magic yesterday, but today it feels like an ordinary tree, without any difference at all.

Hundreds of servants also felled extremely smoothly.

In less than a moment, the banyan tree was cut in a circle. According to this speed, the banyan tree would be felled in less than an hour.

"What's wrong?" Li Xiuyuan looked at the huge banyan tree calmly, and vaguely felt that the banyan tree was much more sluggish than yesterday.

It doesn't seem so fresh and energetic anymore.

"Young master, this banyan tree is weird." A servant suddenly shouted.

"What's weird?" Li Xiuyuan strode over immediately.

The servant pointed to the cut hole and said, "Look, young master, the inside of this banyan tree is empty."

Li Xiuyuan looked at it, and sure enough, the trunk of this banyan tree was empty, only a thick layer of bark outside, and there was nothing inside.

"Young master, this place is also empty." Another servant also chopped off the bark and pointed at the hollow trunk.

"Here too."

"I'm the same here."

Li Xiuyuan's expression changed immediately: "Impossible, how can a banyan tree that has grown for nearly a thousand years be hollow."

But when he finished speaking, he suddenly realized something, and looked at Master Liao Kong who was not far away.

Master Liaokong was looking at his eyes, nose, nose, and heart at the moment, holding the Buddhist beads and chanting scriptures, as if he didn't know what was happening right now.

"Continue to cut." Li Xiuyuan shouted.

Everyone responded and continued to cut down the thousand-year-old banyan tree.

After a while, the big tree was crumbling.

"Get out of the way, the tree is coming."

"It fell to the left, everyone be careful."

Accompanied by the loud noise of a big tree falling to the ground, the branches broke and the vegetation was broken. This sacred tree that has grown here for nearly a thousand years and enjoyed countless years of incense and worship was brought by Li Xiuyuan today with a hundred servants. It was felled directly, and there is no possibility of saving it.

However, when the thousand-year-old banyan tree fell to the ground, everyone looked in surprise and found that the heart of the banyan tree was empty.

It was so empty that a big hole could hide dozens of people.

"Master, has this tree been hollowed out by insects?" A servant asked cautiously.

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly, and he smiled coldly: "There is no trace of being eaten by moths, it is clear that the tree demon used the golden cicada's plan to escape overnight."

After speaking, he glanced at Master Kong intentionally or unintentionally.

"It's impossible for the tree demon to move without any movement. I heard that the monks in Lanruo Temple recited scriptures all night. The voice was so loud that it enveloped the entire temple. I don't know what Master Kong thinks about this matter?"

Master Liaokong couldn't pretend anymore at this time, put his hands together and said: "Amitabha, God has the virtue of good life. This sacred tree existed before this temple was built, and it has sheltered this temple for decades. Now Mr. Li insists How can this temple do nothing, now that the sacred tree is gone, please let Mr. Li put down the resentment in his heart, and end this grievance, right now, put down the butcher knife and become a Buddha immediately."

"I haven't picked up the butcher's knife yet, so why put it down." Li Xiuyuan said, "I'm afraid that Master's actions today will cause disaster in the future."

"I would also like to ask Master Li to show me." Master Liaokong said.

Li Xiuyuan said: "There is a saying that a tree does not need its bark, and it will surely die. The thousand-year-old monster abandoned the bark and fled. If he wants to survive, he must find a way to continue his life. At that time, he will definitely harm someone in order to survive. Once the tree demon does this, he will die." Completely degenerated into a monster, wouldn't it be a catastrophe if the monsters make trouble? I don't know how Master Kong will resolve this disaster when the day comes?"

"When that day comes, the old monk will probably have passed away, so we can only place our hopes on the benefactor Li." Master Liao Kong clasped his hands together and said with compassion and suffering on his face.

Li Xiuyuan was angry and annoyed when he heard the words, but he really couldn't vent his anger on the old Master Liao Kong.

However, Master Liaokong really thought about it. In the future, the thousand year old tree demon will cause chaos, so he hopes to stop it.

But after all this, Li Xiuyuan was sure that this thousand-year-old banyan tree must be the future grandma of the dryad, and it would definitely cause harm to one party and kill countless people.

However, now that things have happened, even if he wants to find and kill the thousand-year-old tree demon, it will be difficult for him to do so.

In the end, he had to wave his hand helplessly: "Burn this thousand-year-old banyan tree, don't keep a single branch."

"Yes, young master." The servants all agreed, and began to prepare something to light the fire, intending to burn the thousand-year-old banyan tree immediately.

Li Xiuyuan didn't look at it. The thousand-year-old tree demon has already escaped, and what's left here is just an empty shell. Can't be buried.

Immediately, with an order, he led the coffin-carrying team to a secluded place in the back mountain.

This is the cemetery of Lanruo Temple.

The monks and travelers who died in Lanruo Temple are all buried here.

"Let's dig there." Li Xiuyuan pointed to a small hill with a higher terrain facing the sun.

If you have a cheap master here, you can definitely find a geomantic treasure.

But he didn't care about Feng Shui, so he could only pick a place that was relatively clean and pleasing to the eye to bury for Miss Qingmei.

Immediately, the workers immediately used shovels and hoes to dig the grave and erect a monument, ready to be buried.

(End of this chapter)