In the courtyard of the Zen room of Lanruo Temple.
A somewhat weak-looking but honest scholar was walking in the yard holding a scroll, reading a few verses from time to time.
"There is bright moonlight in front of the bed. I suspect it is frost on the ground."
"Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky..."
The first line of the poem did not match the last line, and his voice was a bit trembling. He was looking around, constantly paying attention to every move around him. He looked nervous and didn't even know he was holding the book in his hand upside down.
Lanterns were placed at the four corners of the courtyard, and the candlelight reflected inside, making the surroundings appear not to be dark.
It's just that the temple was silent, not a single person was around, and the surroundings were a bit strangely quiet.
"No, there can't really be evil spirits that eat people." Ning Caichen was scared to death.
He is a timid person, and he is even more afraid of this ghost. He even had to carry three lanterns before walking at night before he dared to walk.
"Master Li, where are you? Don't go too far." Ning Caichen walked in the yard for less than half an hour before he couldn't resist and started shouting.
But the surroundings were quiet, and no one responded to his words.
In a temple in Lanruo Temple, Li Xiuyuan, Yan Chixia, and Xia Houwu were condescending, watching everything that happened in the temple. They could also see Ning Caichen shivering in the courtyard while reciting poems.
, it seems that as long as there is the slightest disturbance, they can immediately rush to support him.
"Will this bait work? Can the monster really be fooled?" Yan Chixia opened her eyes wide and said, holding on to her drunkenness.
Li Xiuyuan said: "It will definitely work. The tree demon is afraid of you, so it has not shown up. But the fundamental reason is because there is no benefit from fighting with you. If there are enough benefits to convince the tree demon, the tree demon is still willing to take action.
, it has thousands of years of Taoism, and although it is wary of you, it is not afraid. Now that Ning Caichen, a mortal, is acting as bait here, it is like a fish caught in a net, how can the tree demon endure it."
"Don't risk his life then." Yan Chixia said.
"No, I gave him a needle when I left. It gives him some power to protect himself when he encounters a tree demon." Li Xiuyuan said, "Besides, we'll just watch here. Once the tree demon appears, we'll be there together."
If you take action, you won't let it have time to harm others."
"That tree demon, I must chop it up and burn it." Xiahou Wu held the sword, feeling angry and ready to take action at any time.
Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile at this. How could three people working together not be able to capture the tree demon?
As soon as you get close to the tree demon, you will immediately block its magic power so that it cannot escape. At that time, you only need a fire to kill the tree demon.
There is no need to even sacrifice the immortal sword.
There are ways, but the key is that the tree demon must come out.
"Master Li, where are you? Answer me."
Ning Caichen became even more panicked when he saw the darkness outside the yard and no one responding to him.
"If I had known earlier, I shouldn't have agreed to Young Master Li and used him as bait." He said sadly in his heart.
I remember that Li Xiuyuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "Kill the demons in order to maintain world peace and save all people from fire and water. This is an unshirkable thing. Even if you die a hundred times, you will have no regrets. National glory, now we have done a good job."
With all the preparations, there is only one less person to act as a bait to attract the monsters and ghosts out. I believe that in order to maintain the peace of the world and save all the people from the fire and water, you will definitely agree to this small favor of mine."
Being deceived by this, Ning Caichen agreed as soon as his head became hot.
The result is now like this, a man alone in the yard reciting poems and writing poems, feeling frightened and always on guard against possible evil spirits and demons.
"Click~!"
The night was getting darker, but at this moment, something suddenly seemed to roll down from the roof of the nearby Zen room and landed in the yard, making a crisp sound.
"Ah~!"
Ning Caichen screamed in fright, his face instantly turned pale, and he subconsciously looked for the sound.
"Bah, this scholar is so cowardly. He will definitely ruin our affairs when the time comes. The monster will definitely know something strange when he sees him like this." Xiahou Wu said.
"No, the ghost is already here. Look at that thing that fell to the ground." Yan Chixia was shaken, her drunkenness disappeared instantly, and then she squinted her eyes and looked into the courtyard of the Zen room.
Xiahou Wu looked at it seriously and said: "It's a good way to get a gold ingot."
What rolled down from the roof of the Zen room was a shining gold ingot.
"What kind of ingot is it? It's a piece of human bone. This is a trick. The ghost wants to seduce Ning Caichen with money. As long as he is greedy, the ghost will take advantage of it." Li Xiuyuan said.
"Shh, keep your voice down, that thing is coming." Yan Chixia was rough and subtle, but at this moment she was waiting patiently and quietly.
When Ning Caichen in the yard saw the ingot of gold that fell in the yard, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief: "Master Li is really rich, and he was willing to throw an ingot of gold over to remind me, well, it seems that Mr. Li
He is hiding not far from me, so Xiaosheng can feel relieved."
When he saw the gold, he thought it was lost by Li Xiuyuan.
After all, this is not the first time that the wealthy Li family has lost gold. He also lost it in Guo Beicheng last time.
As a result, Ning Caichen calmed down a lot and continued to sing poems.
"Huhu~!"
But then a strange wind blew at night. This wind came very suddenly and was much colder than other winds. It was like the cold wind in winter, which could blow through clothes and penetrate into skin and flesh.
"It's so cold."
Ning Caichen shivered.
"Crash..." The dark wind blew, and the four lanterns hanging at the four corners of the yard immediately began to swing violently, and then one after another the lanterns fell to the ground with a clatter.
In an instant, all the lanterns were extinguished.
The yard immediately became dark.
"Ghost."
Ning Caichen screamed in fright, ran into the meditation room behind him as if running away, and quickly closed the door. In the blink of an eye, he hid in a corner and shivered.
"Huhu~!"
The dark wind blew, and a woman in bright clothes, well-groomed, and light makeup floated slowly from the direction of the mountain behind Lanruo Temple, and finally landed in the courtyard where Ning Caichen was just now.
"The female ghost has appeared. This female ghost almost killed me before, but she still dares to come. I will kill her." Seeing this, Xia Houwu in the temple couldn't help but wanted to kill with his sword.
Li Xiuyuan stopped him: "Hey, Brother Xiahou, this is just a little female ghost who is leading the charge. The thousand-year-old tree demon behind her is our real enemy. Let's play long term and catch big fish. We will wait until the old demon appears.
Fight out together, you have to be patient."
"Okay, okay." Xia Houwu had an impatient personality and lacked patience. He was restrained by what Li Xiuyuan said.
"That female ghost is not Qingmei...then she is most likely Nie Xiaoqian. No wonder Xiahou Wuhui fell into the trap. Her beauty is truly stunning. As long as anyone has emotions and desires, there is no guarantee that she will not be tempted by her."
Li Xiu looked at it from a distance. Although his view was not particularly clear, he could still see a general appearance.
But he didn't stop Nie Xiaoqian and Ning Caichen from meeting for the first time. After all, he couldn't alert the enemy at the moment.
"Collection of Poems of the Tang Dynasty." Nie Xiaoqian came to the yard and saw a book on the ground. She picked it up and looked at it. It turned out to be poems written by the great talents of the Tang Dynasty.
"It's hard to say goodbye when we meet, the east wind is powerless and the flowers are withered..."
Nie Xiaoqian looked through it and couldn't help but murmured softly. She was a talented woman in front of her. Even after so many years after her death, she has not forgotten the past.
But soon, she woke up from her memories, sighed quietly, and then walked towards the Zen room.
"Sir, is he in the house? Open the door quickly. The little girl is passing by here and is being chased by a hungry wolf. Please open the door to save her." Nie Xiaoqian's sadness was gone, and she immediately changed her demeanor, showing a look of anxiety and panic.
At night, no matter who has a little bit of kindness, his heart will definitely be moved when he hears a weak woman acting like this.
"Girl, are you a human or a ghost?" Inside the room, Ning Caichen couldn't help but trembled as he replied.
He was afraid that if he was really a human being, wouldn't he have harmed a girl if he didn't open the door to save her?