Liaozhai: A scholar should draw a sword

Chapter 22 Ning Caichen Overnight at Lanruo Temple
A few days passed in a blink of an eye.

All was well.

It was night, and Zhou Yu sat cross-legged.

He finally gathered enough luck to successfully upgrade his kendo to level 3, and Danqing to level 2.

Character: Zhou Yu

Academic school: Confucianism

Realm: scholar

Luck: 230
才艺：【书法：2级】【剑道：3级】【音律：1级】【丹青：2级】【棋艺：1级】

Exclusive skills: [Create something out of nothing] [Slick tongue]

Special props: [Zihao Pen] [Inkstone] [Hui Ink] [Qinglian Sword] [Scholar's Pen]

Zhou Yu subconsciously checked the attributes of the characters before lying down to rest.

The next morning, Zhou Yu came to the private school to teach, but found that there was one student missing.

"Why didn't Ning Caichen come? Go to the east courtyard and see if he has overslept."

As a result, as soon as the words came out, several students looked at each other with squeaky expressions.

"What's wrong? Do you have something to hide as a teacher?"

After asking this question, a student named Yu Xiu finally stood up and said in a low voice, "Sir, Caichen... he... went to... Lanruo Temple..."

"What? Lanruo Temple?"

Zhou Yu's expression changed in shock.

After crossing, he tried his best to avoid the Black Mountain and Lanruo Temple, but he still couldn't avoid it.

No wonder the sage said: If you want to avoid it, you will meet it instead.

After some shouting and questioning, several students finally explained the whole story: the reason why Ning Caichen went to Lanruo Temple was because of a bet.

Yesterday afternoon, a few students had nothing to do, so they talked about some wild fox ghost legends that have been circulated among the people.

But Ning Caichen didn't take it seriously, saying that scholars are not afraid of ghosts, and that he often walked at night before.

Yu Xiu said angrily: "If you have the ability, go to Lanruo Temple to sleep for a night..."

Several other students agreed one after another, and even gambled a tael of silver and had a meal of wine.

Unexpectedly, Ning Caichen really accepted the bet in a flash of his brain...

After hearing the reason, Zhou Yu couldn't help yelling angrily: "It's fine if Ning Caichen is fine, but if something happens, it depends on who of you will take the responsibility."

A group of students were also a little scared and bowed their heads to admit their mistakes.

"Sir, the students know they are wrong..."

"Sir, why don't we go look for him now..."

Zhou Yu waved his hand: "Forget it, you stay and study, and go to Lanruo Temple in person as a teacher."

Although Lanruo Temple was scary, it was nothing in broad daylight, and it was almost impossible for tree demons or female ghosts to appear.

Therefore, Zhou Yu had nothing to be afraid of, so he just took this opportunity to take a look.

After settling down several students, Zhou Yu immediately changed into an ordinary scholar's attire, and asked Ying Ning to pretend to be a school boy and rode out of the city together.

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Let's talk about Ning Caichen's side.

He had heard about Lan Ruolan's legend to some extent, but he didn't pay attention to it.

In addition, he is more courageous than ordinary people, so he quietly left the city and rushed to Heishan Town as soon as school was over.

When I arrived in the town and asked about Lanruo Temple, the people nearby all looked at him with pity.

"Walking three and a half miles to the east from here, there is a dilapidated and gloomy ancient temple..."

A "kind" stall owner showed Ning Caichen the way.

"Thank you!"

Ning Caichen cupped his hands to express his thanks, and quickened his pace to Lanruo Temple while it was still dark.

It was really gloomy.

The temple has been abandoned for many years, with dilapidated walls and overgrown grass.

Most of the statues in the temple have collapsed, and even the ones that have not collapsed are still incomplete, and the paint has long since faded to reveal the true colors of the mud tires.

Ning Caichen found a relatively intact wing room, lit candles, took out a book of songs, shook his head, and read aloud:

"Guanguan Jujiu, in the river continent. A fair lady, a gentleman is a good man.

Staggered Nymphaea, left and right.Fair lady, I long for it.

poo.Leisurely leisurely, tossing and turning..."

When the righteous thoughts were getting stronger, a woman's voice suddenly sounded outside the door: "My lord, my lord..."

"who is it?"

Although Ning Caichen has always been bold, but at this time he was somewhat frightened and asked in a trembling voice.

"Young master, the little girl got separated from her family, and suddenly heard the sound of the young master's reading, so she followed the sound and looked for it, and asked the young master to open the door for the little girl to come in and avoid it."

Ning Caichen hesitated for a moment, then replied: "Miss, it may be inconvenient for a lonely man and a widow to be in the same room in the middle of the night..."

"My lord, there is no one around here, do you have the heart to let the little girl sleep in the wilderness?"

Hearing this, Ning Caichen finally stepped forward and opened the door.

Standing at the door was a woman in a long purple dress. She was pretty and charming, but her complexion looked a little pale.

Seeing Ning Caichen open the door, the woman smiled sweetly and gave a blessing: "Thank you for taking me in, my lord!"

"Miss, don't be too polite, come in quickly."

"My lord, you don't need to be too polite, just call me Xiaolan."

"So it's Miss Xiaolan, Xiaosheng Ning Caichen..."

While speaking, Ning Caichen closed the door.

Xiaolan walked to the desk, glanced at the Book of Songs on the desk, and said with a smile, "My lord, you really work hard. You are still studying hard at such a late hour."

Ning Caichen was honest, scratched his head embarrassedly and replied, "Actually, Xiaosheng is trying to embolden himself."

"Courage?"

"Yes, Xiaosheng heard that Lanruo Temple..." At this point, Ning Caichen lowered his voice a little, and said mysteriously: "Haunted!"

Xiaolan was stunned for a moment, and then asked meaningfully: "Since you know that the ghost is haunted, you dare to come?"

"Hey, let me tell you the truth, Miss Xiaolan, Xiaosheng...Xiaosheng is actually betting with his classmates, so he came here to stay for one night."

"The young master is not afraid of encountering ghosts?"

Ning Caichen nodded, then shook his head again: "In Xiaosheng's mind, if there are ghosts in this world, they are also poor ghosts."

Xiaolan looked surprised: "Everyone in the world hates ghosts and is afraid of ghosts, but why does Young Master think ghosts are pitiful?"

Ning Caichen explained: "In Xiaosheng's mind, there shouldn't be ghosts in this world, because ghosts either stay in the underworld or are reincarnated.

If you stay in the world, you are a lonely ghost, presumably there is a compelling reason.

Just like people, sometimes they do things they can't help themselves..."

Hearing Ning Caichen's eloquence, Xiaolan's expression kept changing.

In fact, she is a female ghost, and she came here for Suoning Caichen's life, but at this moment she was a little shaken...

As Ning Caichen said, she was forced by the situation and could not help herself.

Back then, she died in vain and was buried in the mass grave behind Lanruo Temple.

Little did they know that there was a thousand-year-old locust tree that became a spirit here, claiming to be a grandmother, controlling all the dead souls buried here, so that these dead souls could not be reincarnated and became lonely ghosts.

Forced by the evil power of the tree demon, a group of female ghosts had no choice but to look for middle-aged men in Montenegro.

Once a target is found, it will do everything possible to lure it, and finally exhaust its yang energy.

After returning home, he transferred the absorbed Yang Qi to his grandma.

If he dared to resist, he would be severely beaten by the tree demon, and even be wiped out...

(End of this chapter)