Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 244
In the back mountain of Lanruo Temple.

The flames of the banyan tree lit by Li Xiuyuan in the morning hadn't been extinguished yet, but the big tree parasitized by the tree demon collapsed suddenly.

But he saw that the trunk of the collapsed banyan tree was empty, without a core, as if it had been eaten away by moths.

And deep in the ground of this big tree, the roots here are criss-crossed and densely packed, forming a huge underground cave. In the cave, there are houses and palaces transformed by mana, which look more magnificent and prosperous than the world. .

Originally, every day and night, there were ghosts and ghosts gathering here, which was quite lively.

But today, the underground palace is completely cold.

In a building, a middle-aged man who looks like a man and a woman sits on the ground panting all the time, his face is full of deep wrinkles, with wooden lines, not like a human face, but like a human face. A human-shaped wood carving makes people shudder.

"What a good Yan Chixia, what a good Li Xiuyuan, the two of them really don't leave me any way to survive, they insist on killing them all, that old monk is also doing a good job, and he will use his golden body to guard me after death. Knowing that there was no Lanruo Temple when I grew up here, it’s fine if the old monk doesn’t help me, but he also wants to destroy me.”

The dryad grandma's voice was hoarse, and there was hatred in her eyes, but she couldn't help but reveal a bit of weakness when she spoke.

The little ghosts who were serving by the side trembled and kept silent, for fear that if something was wrong, they would be targeted by the tree demon grandma, and then killed.

"Xiaoqian, get over here." Suddenly, the tree demon grandma stretched out her hand to grab it, and countless tree roots flew out, tied up Nie Xiaoqian who was not far away, and threw it fiercely in front of her.

"Xiaoqian, I asked you to deal with that swordsman yesterday. Why did you seduce that stupid scholar, causing me to fall into the trap of Li Xiuyuan and lose a hundred years of morality, otherwise I would not be able to defeat Yan Chixia."

Nie Xiaoqian fell to the ground in pain, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Grandma, I know I was wrong, I just thought that scholar would be easier to deal with, and that Xiahou swordsman had already taken precautions against me, if I try to seduce him again, he will definitely be caught by him." Killed by the sword, you saw the sword in his hand too, Grandma, I don’t know how many maidservants, maidservants died under that sword.”

"Things that are not enough to succeed but more than ruined, you can't even find such an obvious trap. I think you deliberately want to use the hands of Li Xiuyuan to kill me, so that you can be free, right?" He grabbed Nie Xiaoqian's neck and said violently.

Nie Xiaoqian turned pale and hurriedly said: "Xiaoqian definitely has no such idea, grandma, you have misunderstood me."

"Nothing is the best, but don't think that I have nothing to do with them because I was injured this time. Yan Chixia and Xia Houwu are two people I don't care about. Only Li Xiuyuan is a problem." The tree demon grandma With a heavy hum, Nie Xiaoqian was thrown away.

It really wanted to kill Nie Xiaoqian who hurt him, but now it has no subordinates, female ghosts, in its hands.

Nie Xiaoqian has always been a very capable subordinate, if she is killed, it will undoubtedly weaken her own strength.

"Thank you for not killing me, grandma. Xiaoqian will definitely make up for it, and will never make a second mistake." Nie Xiaoqian fell to the ground again, she knelt on the ground begging for mercy regardless of the pain.

Only then did the dryad's grandma subdue her anger slightly, and suddenly turned into a smiling face, saying kindly: "Xiaoqian, now grandma is the only one with you, and you are so clever, grandma is in trouble now, you You will definitely help grandma, right?"

"Grandma, please tell me." Nie Xiaoqian shuddered, feeling chills all over her body.

I'm afraid something bad will happen again.

"Since Li Xiuyuan and Yan Chixia are determined to kill me this time, I won't make it easy for them. They are just dead, so I will fight them. I need you to lure that Li Xiuyuan tonight." The tree demon grandma Said.

Nie Xiaoqian was shocked and said: "Grandma, grandma, how dare Xiaoqian seduce him, you have seen how powerful he is, grandma, Xiaoqian can't even get close to him, once she gets close, it's like being thrown into a frying pan, it's extremely painful, If it wasn't for that scholar who helped me last night, I would be out of my wits now."

The tree demon's grandmother said, "I didn't ask you to seduce him, you just need to attract Li Xiuyuan to the back mountain, and I will naturally have a way to deal with him."

"I don't know how grandma can deal with him." Nie Xiaoqian asked.

"You ask so many what to do, if you are told to do it, you do it, and you don't need to ask more questions." The tree demon grandma shouted.

"Xiaoqian dare not, it's just that Xiaoqian wants to know grandma's arrangement, so as not to spoil grandma's affairs in time." Nie Xiaoqian said.

The tree demon's grandma said: "Grandma likes to hear this, and I won't hide it from you. This Li Xiuyuan has an unusual status. There are many ghosts and ghosts who are interested in him. There is a monster named Heishan Old Demon who has a grudge against this Li Xiuyuan. I can't wait to pick it up." He hides and eats his flesh, if I join forces with him, as long as we arrange things properly, it will not be difficult to kill him, he is special, but after all he is just a mortal, and it is easy for a mortal to accidentally die accidentally."

Having said that, it had a gloomy sneer on its face.

"Xiaoqian, you must lure him to the back mountain tonight, or you will know the consequences." The tree demon grandma suddenly stretched out her hand again, pinching Nie Xiaoqian's neck and said viciously.

After saying that, without waiting for Nie Xiaoqian to reply, she turned into countless tree roots and escaped from the ground, obviously going to seek help from the old Black Mountain demon.

"I can't continue to be manipulated by grandma, or I will be killed by it sooner or later. That Mr. Li came here to cut off grandma. If I help grandma kill him, I will only be controlled by grandma for the rest of my life. There is no way to escape. Only Only by helping Mr. Li destroy the dryad grandma can I be truly free, and this is my last chance." Nie Xiaoqian thought to herself.

She knew very well that if she continued to work for her grandma, she would definitely die in her hands in the end.

Just like other female ghosts, didn't they all die overnight yesterday?

I survived because that stupid scholar Ning Caichen saved me. If I didn't save me, I probably wouldn't be able to come back today.

And Li Xiuyuan didn't know what happened in the dark underground.

At this moment, Lanruo Temple is very peaceful.

After Yan Chixia and Xiahouwu drank heavily, they became more courageous and fell asleep like this, not afraid that the tree demon would appear again and kill them both.

Ning Caichen, on the other hand, didn’t think about meals, and hid in a meditation room. He recalled Nie Xiaoqian’s beautiful figure yesterday, and couldn’t help but rubbing his brush and ink. He was drawing a portrait of Nie Xiaoqian from memory. I don't know how much I value it in my heart.

But in the afternoon, Li Xiuyuan came.

Not many people were brought along, but a few coffin bearers.

The coffin bearer heard that he was going to Lanruo Temple to carry Li's coffin, but he was so frightened that he didn't want to come. In the end, he added money, but he really couldn't save the face of the young master of the Li family, so he had to accept the job.

"It's going to be dark soon. I heard that Lanruo Temple is haunted by ghosts. All the monks in the temple ran away, and some passers-by who stayed at Lanruo Temple were killed one after another. Why do you come to this unclean place, young master?" ?” A dark and thin middle-aged man was confused.

"Just lift the coffin and leave. There is nothing else. Don't worry. If there are monsters and ghosts, I will keep you safe. Don't mothers-in-law, go to the back mountain to move the coffin quickly. Don't delay too long." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, yes, yes." The lead coffin bearer didn't want to delay the time either.

Following Li Xiuyuan to the back mountain, after finding Qingmei's tomb, he immediately started digging up the coffin.

After the soil was dug out, there was a large solid wooden coffin lying in the soil, and the roots of old trees were densely covered nearby.

It entangled the coffin like a spider web.

"Young Master, this coffin has grown roots, so there must be a demon inside." The dark man in the lead hesitated and dared not make a move.

Li Xiuyuan said: "There is no such thing as a monster, you are making a fuss, just look at it."

After finishing speaking, he took out the golden gun and cut off the roots a few times.

"Look, isn't there nothing wrong? Get up the coffin quickly, don't stop on the way, and deliver it to my house overnight, go through the back door, and someone will pay you when the time comes." Li Xiuyuan said.

Seeing Li Xiuyuan's calm look, the coffin bearers felt relieved. They were all brave people, otherwise they wouldn't be able to do this job.

"Get up, get up the coffin."

The lead coffin bearer greeted, and after some preparations, five or six men lifted the big coffin out of the soil.

"Is the coffin heavy?" asked the leader coffin bearer.

"This coffin is very light." The man carrying the coffin said, but he was slightly relieved.

Generally speaking, the lightness of the coffin means that there are no evil things, because most of the bones inside have melted or rotted, so no evil spirits will be born.

On the contrary, if the coffin is extremely heavy, it is likely that there is an evil spirit, and the corpse has undergone a change. This situation is the last thing the coffin bearer wants to see.

"Just take it lightly, hurry up and get on the road, it will be dark in a few hours." said the leader coffin bearer.

Everyone responded, and immediately carried the coffin on the road.

"Young Master, let's go first and make sure to deliver this coffin to your mansion before dark." said the leader coffin bearer.

"Go." Li Xiuyuan said.

Seeing this group of people carrying Qingmei's coffin away, he was worried and said to the left and right: "Li Zhong, send some Yin soldiers to follow, I don't want any accidents to happen on the way, don't let anyone touch the coffin, if something happens Notify me immediately of any troubles that cannot be resolved.”

As his voice fell, gusts of wind blew under the shade of the surrounding trees.

A few gusts of wind with the smell of incense and paper ashes immediately shuttled through the shade of the trees in the forest, blowing the leaves and rustling, and the gusts of wind condensed and followed the group of coffin bearers.

(End of this chapter)