Reunion after a long absence always seems extremely short-lived.
"Husband, it's going to be dawn soon. It's such a pity that my husband and I have to part ways not long after we got together." Qingmei, who was still happy at first, said a little sadly when she saw Tian Tianming.
After all, there are differences between humans and ghosts, and they cannot live like a normal couple.
Li Xiuyuan smiled and said, "There is no need to be sad about this. Now that we have reunited, we will have plenty of time to get together in the future. There is no need to rush. You go back first. I will deal with the thousand-year-old tree demon and move your bones back. From now on, you and I can stay together every night."
See you."
"As long as you don't mind me being a ghost, I'll be happy. Husband, I'll take my leave first." Qingmei Yingying gave a bow, and with a shy smile, she slowly retreated into the shadows nearby.
middle.
Finally, it disappeared into a raised grave mound.
After watching Qingmei leave, Li Xiuyuan finally came back to his senses after a while.
He suddenly remembered something and looked into the depths of the dense forest; "It seems... something was delayed last night. Yes, I wanted to support Yan Chixia and Xia Houwu last night.
, I met Qingmei and stayed there all night without realizing it. They haven’t come back yet, is this okay?”
As he said this, he couldn't help showing a bit of embarrassment on his face.
"Ryoma~!"
Li Xiuyuan hurriedly greeted him, and he quickly rode his dragon horse into the dense forest along the direction where Yan Chixia entered the back mountain.
Passing by Qingmei's grave, he saw that the grave he had erected was already overgrown with weeds, and even the tombstones were a bit old. It had to be said that time flew by so fast.
Not far from Qingmei Cemetery is Nie Xiaoqian’s grave.
The tombstone is covered with weeds and is even older.
Moreover, the tombstones are tilted and the tombs are sunken. It seems that they have been excavated and the tombs have collapsed.
Li Xiuyuan knew that Nie Xiaoqian's grave was empty and now it was just an empty shell. Her ashes altar had been taken away by the tree demon in order to use it to control Nie Xiaoqian.
"Drive~!"
Dragons and horses neighed and shuttled through the forest at very fast speeds, climbing over mountains and ridges as if they were walking on flat ground.
With such a mount, Li Xiuyuan can go anywhere without worrying, which can make up for his lack of mobility to the greatest extent.
"There are signs of fighting and fighting here."
Soon, he followed the traces left by Yan Chixia along the way and came to a relatively open place in the dense forest. However, he saw that there was a fishy smell here, and there were bodies that had been buried in the grass lying in all directions.
From the looks of it, the mummy that had sucked all its flesh and blood was where the dryad grandmother ate. In addition, there were tree roots scattered on the ground, as well as several chopped trees.
It seems that there was a very fierce fight here last night.
"not here."
Li Xiuyuan turned around, but in the end he did not find Yan Chixia and Xia Houwu.
But following these traces, he found a large banyan tree with lush branches in the forest.
Although this banyan tree is not as good as the thousand-year-old banyan tree in the back hill of Lanruo Temple, it is not much different. It seems that during this period of time, the tree demon grandma wanted to graft onto another banyan tree to make up for herself again.
With the foundation, he once again embarked on the road to becoming an immortal.
But this seemed a bit ridiculous to Li Xiuyuan.
After killing so many people, even if the tree demon could cultivate to the point of becoming an immortal, the thunder gods of the Ministry of Thunder would kill it. How could such a sinful tree demon be allowed to become an immortal?
"You're finally here. I thought you were intercepted by the tree demon on the way." Suddenly, Yan Chixia's voice sounded.
But I saw him sitting cross-legged under the banyan tree. There was a lot of dried blood all over his body. It seemed that he had been injured last night.
"How dare the tree demon intercept and kill me? It was too late to run away when it saw me. I originally wanted to support you last night, but something happened on the way and I was delayed. I'm really sorry." Li Xiuyuan said apologetically.
"It's okay, I was injured. The tree demon was injured more than me. It's thanks to you that you damaged its roots before, causing it to lose a hundred years of Taoism for no reason. Otherwise, I really wouldn't be able to fight it. But after
After this battle, it is estimated that the tree demon will not be able to harm anyone within a hundred years, and this place will be peaceful for a hundred years." Yan Chixia said.
"It's a pity that the tree demon still ran away. If I knew how to kill demons, this tree demon would definitely die today."
Next to him, Xia Houwu was also holding a sword. He was very tired, but his momentum remained intact.
"It's good to be alive. If we really fight to the death with that thousand-year-old tree demon, the tree demon may only be seriously injured in the end, but it's us who die. The tree demon doesn't dare to fight because it's afraid of the scholar. It's afraid that the scholar will appear at any time.
If it is determined to stay, it will definitely die when the time comes." Yan Chixia shook her head and said.
Although the battle last night was dangerous, the tree demon still had some remaining strength to guard against Li Xiuyuan.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be as simple as just a minor injury.
"Where did the tree demon go?"
Li Xiuyuan suddenly asked: "Although this tree demon will not be born again in a hundred years, but in a hundred years we will all be dead. Maybe no one can subdue this tree demon, and the harm will be greater.
Leave such a scourge to future generations."
"That makes sense, but it's a pity that the tree demon got into the ground and ran away to who knows where." Yan Chixia shook her head and said.
Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly: "What you said has reminded me that since we can't find the location of the tree demon, we can let the ghosts find it. I have left many underworld soldiers in Guobei County. I will let the ghosts find it tonight.
They came over and dug three feet into the ground to find the tree demon's lair."
"This is a good idea. Manpower is limited, but it is much more convenient to let ghosts do some things." Yan Chixia said with eyes shining.
"Since we will fight again at night, let's leave here now. Even if there are no ghosts in this place, there are still wild beasts." Xiahou Wu said.
"No rush, let's burn down the tree demon's lair first. This is a clone of the tree demon. If it is not destroyed, it will continue to do evil in the future." Yan Chixia stood up and wanted to burn the big banyan tree in front of her.
Burn.
Li Xiuyuan said: "You are injured now, I can handle this kind of thing."
"Then I'll trouble you." Yan Chixia said.
When he came to the banyan tree, he found that there were urns in the weeds under the banyan tree. Some were large and some were small, and the styles were old and new. Apparently, the tree demon had collected them from unused places.
It is easy to use these urns to cast spells to control these evil ghosts.
"A good man will always fight to the end. Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian are destined to be together, so why not just help him retrieve Nie Xiaoqian's ashes and consummate their marriage." Li Xiuyuan thought to himself.
He immediately started searching among these urns.
It's just that there are no names on these urns. He couldn't find any urn that belonged to Nie Xiaoqian for a while, but he knew one detail. There was a red comb in Nie Xiaoqian's urn, which was the one in front of her.
Burial objects.
"Scholar, what are you looking for? These urns belong to the evil spirits under the control of the tree demon. Just break them all, expose the ashes to the sun, and destroy their souls." Yan Chixia said.
He won't be the least bit merciful towards these harmful ghosts.
"Don't worry, don't rush it." Li Xiuyuan said.
Suddenly, when he opened an urn, he found a red wooden comb buried inside. If his prediction was correct, this should be Nie Xiaoqian's urn.
Without hesitation, he took the urn and put it into the ghost king's bag, and then lit the tree on fire.
Soon a fire broke out, but this time the tree demon could no longer control the wind and rain, causing rain clouds to extinguish the fire.
Because of Li Xiuyuan's presence, the tree demon did not dare to appear. If it appeared, it would be killed immediately. For the sake of its own life, how could it care about this lair.
"Scholar, look over there, there seems to be something in the fire." Suddenly, Yan Chixia shouted.
"Um?"
Li Xiuyuan looked far away, but found that there was a place on the lit tree that the flames could not ignite, leaving a gap, as if there was something in the branches.
"I gonna go see."
Ryoma jumped up and used the big gun in his hand to push aside the layers of branches. Suddenly, he saw a mummy inside with a golden face and a skinny body with only bones and flesh left.
But this mummy was wearing cassocks and looked like a monk.