The locust tree spirit finally showed up. I suspected that the wolf spirit that put her arm around my shoulder and the group of wolves that blocked me in the woods were all ordered by her. Otherwise, how could it be such a coincidence.
Although I don’t know why Chang Xiaomeng hasn’t come back for a long time, I have another Huang family fairy beside me, Huang Yongyong. I still have those talismans and the mountain ghost sword in my hand. Even if I fight with the Sophora tree spirit, I won’t feel at ease.
Frightened.
After a while, I stood up, picked up the Mountain Ghost Sword with my left hand, took out the red talisman that Old Man Su gave me with my right hand, picked out two demon-suppressing talismans, and kept on guard.
The little girl in white clothes didn't know whether she was afraid of the mountain ghost sword in my hand or the demon-suppressing talisman. She hid behind the old locust tree and didn't dare to come out. Her movement was faster than a rabbit running.
Seeing that she was so scared, I felt relieved and became more powerful. I pointed the mountain ghost sword at her and asked: "Why do you want to steal the souls of those children? Although Carpenter Zhang made a mistake in sawing off your branches.
But I've clearly asked them to worship you, and I've made offerings to you and apologized to you, what else do you want? I used the soul-binding horse to take back the souls of those children, why didn't you let them go?
A few of them want to take away their souls!"
I poured out all the questions I had in my mind, eager to know the answers to them.
"Brother...brother! Don't misunderstand, don't be impulsive! We have known this locust tree spirit for more than two hundred years. She is not a bad spirit. She usually doesn't even dare to catch a bird that squats on her head to poop. She can't do anything.
There are evil things about cultivating children’s souls, but we are all spiritual practitioners of the Eight Classics and will not take evil paths.”
Huang Yongyong saw me pointing the mountain ghost sword at the little girl in white, and quickly stood in front of me and waved his hands to persuade me, fearing that I would hurt her.
"Does it have nothing to do with her that the souls of those children in the village were lost? Didn't it mean that Carpenter Zhang sawed off its branches and it held a grudge to take revenge on those children? Then who brought this wolf spirit? Why did it sneak attack on me?
, and the wolves hiding in the woods were clearly premeditated and ambushed! Do these things have nothing to do with the Sophora japonica tree spirit?"
I threw out a series of questions like a barrage, which confused him.
Huang Yongyong scratched his head and didn't know how to answer for a while.
The little girl in white, hiding behind her old locust tree, poked her head out tremblingly, timidly whispering: "Master Immortal, I really didn't do this, you wouldn't dare even if you borrowed my courage.
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"Don't make it difficult for her, she really didn't do this!" A cold voice sounded from the consciousness, it was Chang Xiaomeng who had been missing for a long time.
"Brother Meng, you are finally back. I was almost bitten to death by a wolf spirit..." When I heard that Chang Xiaomeng was back, I felt aggrieved and complained to him.
"Well, I understand. I expected that you would be in danger, so I asked Huang Jiaxian to protect you." Chang Xiaomeng remained as cold as ever and said simply.
He threw something at my feet and continued to tell me: "This is a piece of soul jade, a magic weapon specially used to hold souls. All the souls lost by the children in the village are here. You can take them back and release the souls."
Just ask each of them to call them back."
"What's going on here, Brother Meng, why are these children's souls taken away? Isn't it done by the locust tree spirit?" I really couldn't figure out what was going on, so I asked him.
"She's not a locust tree spirit. Even though she has been practicing Taoism for more than 500 years, she can transform into another form. But she still can't hide the souls of those children from me. I knew it wasn't her from the beginning.
, I just feel that there is something fishy about this matter, that she is somehow involved."
"As soon as I came here tonight, I noticed a sneaky spirit hiding near the old locust tree. It had the faint aura of those children's souls on its body. As soon as it found me, it ran away. I called Huang Jiaxian to protect you and quickly chased after you.
That guy was so slippery that I nearly caught up with him several times, but he slipped away every time. Seeing how closely I chased him, he had no choice but to drop the soul jade and run away. After I confirmed that the souls of the lost children were all inside, he would
I was looking for it but it has disappeared. I guess the wolf spirit and the wolves were also his fault. He wanted to force me to go back and save you. He didn't expect that we still have Huang Jiaxian."
Chang Xiaomeng talked a lot, and I probably understood the whole story.
But there’s another question I don’t understand: what is that thing?
"It should be a gray fairy who is about 500 years old. If you ask her about this, she should know more than me."
Chang Xiaomeng pointed at the little girl in white hiding behind the tree and said to me.
Seeing us all staring at her, the little girl in white reluctantly walked out from behind the tree and came to us coquettishly.
"That bad guy is indeed a gray fairy. I don't know where he came from a few days ago. Although he has no physical body and is just a spirit body, you also know that we grass and tree spirits do not have an advantage in a fight. He took over as soon as he came.
My true body is still making a nest in the holes in my body, bullying me all day long..."
The little girl in white seemed to be thinking of the injustice she had suffered these days, and she cried so hard that it made people feel sad.
"That day, several children in the village clamored to go up the tree to dig out the bird's nest, but the bird's nest was not found. When the boy from the Sun family saw a nest of little mice in the hole, he immediately took the nest, took out all the little mice, and threw them down the tree to death.
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"The gray fairy went out and saw the children die tragically. He gnashed his teeth and wanted revenge, and even expressed his anger at me. He forced me to harm myself, and made me bloom and bear spiritual fruits in the winter. It wanted to use the souls of those children, plus my fruit.
The spiritual fruit, and uses evil methods to resurrect its child."
"I can't defeat it. I don't dare to get angry or speak out. I can only secretly give a dream to Master Bai, hoping that Master Bai will save me..."
I suddenly realized that no wonder the little girl in white in the dream seemed to be bullied and was crying. It turned out that she was guiding me in the dream and asking for help. Unfortunately, I didn’t understand it and thought it was her who was causing trouble and took away those few people.
The soul of a child.
"I've told you everything I know. If the Gray Immortal comes back to settle accounts with me, I'll be in trouble. It won't let me go, and I can't defeat it... that... that... Master White Immortal, I can enter
Do you want me to speak with you?"
The little girl in white said to me timidly, her tone a bit pleading.
I looked at Chang Xiaomeng and Huang Yongyong to ask for their opinions.
Chang Xiaomeng nodded and said yes, Huang Yongyong was even more exaggerated, grinning widely, his head nodding like a chicken pecking at rice, he was eager to let the Sophora japonica tree spirit enter my hall.
The little girl in white looked very happy and clapped her hands happily. She was no longer so nervous. I repeated what I said to Huang Yongyong and told her that this was a secret hall. There were not so many offerings and incense, and she might be affected.
Wronged.
The little girl in white didn't care. She said that they, the plant and tree spirits, were no better at practicing than the animal spirits. It would be more difficult to achieve enlightenment through cultivation than to reach heaven, and it was basically impossible.
Even if I am in a secret hall, I am countless times better than her trying to practice alone. She is willing to do it from the bottom of her heart.
Watching Huang Yongyong wink at her and make secret gestures, I felt like I had fallen into a trap. I felt that they had colluded in advance to plot against me.
But the matter has come to this, and it has to be like this. It is also a good thing to have a Sophora tree spirit with more than 500 years of cultivation in the hall. It may be needed when it is needed.
I saw the little girl in white waving to the old locust tree. The tree was full of green leaves and blood-red locust flowers. They moved without wind and shone with light. They fell gracefully from the tree and turned into dots before they landed, like countless fireflies.
, flying in the air and turning into streams of light heading towards her. I know that these are all her cultivation skills, and now they have returned to their true nature.
As soon as the light enters the body, the figure of the little girl in white changes drastically. In an instant, she transforms into a graceful girl with concave and convex figures, which is simply a scene from the world. Dressed in white clothes that look like snow, against the backdrop of the moonlight and snow, she outlines a stunning figure.
Beautiful picture scroll.
Looking at the old locust tree again, the green leaves and red flowers have disappeared, and it has turned dark again. It has become peaceful and seems to have fallen into a deep sleep.
The sophora tree spirit's voice was clear and as graceful as a lark. She smiled and said to me that she didn't have a name either, so she asked me to give her a name.
I stared blankly at the beautiful figure in the snow, feeling a beautiful artistic conception. My heart moved, so I turned around and said to her, just call her "Bai Yingxue"!
The Sophora Tree Spirit liked this name very much and was so happy that she pursed her lips and laughed, making a sound like a silver bell.
Huang Yongyong stood aside scratching his head, looking embarrassed, and asked me if it was possible to change his name?
He said that after comparing it with "Bai Yingxue", he realized how crude the name I gave him was and how perfunctory it was!
I remembered that he had colluded with Bai Yingxue to trick me, so I glared at him pretending to be angry, and told him to change his name or roast chicken, and let him choose one of them. He was silent for a while, and there was no sound when he touched his nose, so he seemed to recognize it.
The truth of the matter has been revealed at this point, but it's a pity that the culprit escaped, and I don't know if the gray fairy will come back to take revenge.
I carefully put away the piece of soul jade and planned to take it back to rescue those children. After all, if you take someone else's things, you have to save them until the end. The reputation of the master can be considered preserved.
As for Bai Yingxue, we have really spent a lot of time thinking. She is a plant-type spirit, and her body grows in the soil. She can't be dug out and taken away! Let her stay here, and we are afraid that the gray fairy will come back to take revenge.
In the end, Huang Yongyong had more ideas. He came up with an idea. Several immortals worked together to create a formation around the old locust tree. It was also equivalent to a trap. As long as the gray fairy dared to step in, the formation would be triggered immediately.
Even if he had 500 years of practice, he would not be able to escape easily. We tried to catch him but couldn't find him, so we were waiting for him to fall into the trap.
Several immortals followed me down the mountain and helped return the souls of the children to their places, making them all alive and kicking again.
I didn't pay much attention to those people's thanks. I remembered what my master said: "The human heart is like a tide, rising and falling!"