Starting boy Ma Kongqun

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Then Yan Chixia introduced the information she had checked to Ma Ji.

Since last year, murders have occurred one after another in this Lanruo Temple, which has been abandoned for many years. The victims died in extremely strange ways, with their bodies exhausted and their hearts missing.

The magistrate of Jinhua County was a sensible person and knew that the perpetrators were not ordinary murderers. At that time, he announced that these people had been killed by wild beasts in the mountains and reported the matter to the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Branch of the "Huntian Supervisory Yuan".

After the young supervisor Chu Liang took over the case, he felt that the place name "Lanruo Temple" seemed familiar. He checked the archives over the years and finally found an old incident from twenty years ago.

It turns out that twenty years ago, Lanruo Temple was still very popular, with an endless stream of pilgrims coming from far and near.

I just lament that people don’t know that this sacred and solemn Buddhist temple is actually a devil’s cave. A group of kind-hearted monks who chant sutras and recite Buddha’s name all day long are actually humanoid beasts that eat people and spit out bones.

They not only secretly robbed and killed wealthy pilgrims to seize their belongings, but also kidnapped and imprisoned beautiful female pilgrims for their sexual pleasure.

The corpses of the pilgrims who were looted and killed were destroyed on the spot. The female pilgrims who were tortured to death in the imprisoned temple were buried under a big poplar tree behind the temple that had lived for an unknown number of years.

Little did they know that the big poplar tree, which had sensed the essence of the sun and moon for many years, had already become spiritual. It used its roots to absorb the essence of flesh and blood and the remaining souls of the female corpses in the ground by instinct, and it actually survived the thunder tribulation and transformed into a demon in advance.

Perhaps influenced by the devoured remnants of souls, the tree demon became so powerful that it slaughtered and devoured all the monks and imprisoned women in Lanruo Temple.

Because the commotion was too big, Wu Zhen, the young prisoner who was in charge of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang branches at that time, personally led his elite troops to eliminate the demon.

But even though the tree demon had just transformed, it had awakened a natural ability to sneak through the ground. It was also extremely alert and cunning. When it sensed the coming of a powerful enemy, it actually sneaked into the depths of the earth in advance and escaped without a trace.

After Yan Chixia came to Lanruo Temple, she first tested the depth of the tree demon, but the result gave him a huge headache.

He knew that if the tree demon of the year came back, the judges and Huntian guards in the courtyard who had not entered the third-level extraordinary realm would also bring food to their doorsteps, so he sent a message to Yan, who is now the number one master of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang branches and serves as the guest minister. Chixia, please ask him to handle the case personally.

After Chu Liang read the archive, he searched around and heard that there was indeed a towering poplar tree on the mountain behind Lanruo Temple. The strange thing was that in everyone's mind, there was no such tree there.

Wu Zhen searched Lanruo Temple for many days, but could not find any trace of the tree demon, so he had to withdraw his troops and return to Hangzhou, but kept detailed records of the matter on file.

This tree demon has been growing for an unknown number of years. The aura it has accumulated is too deep. In addition, it swallowed hundreds of monks and women in one breath. All these years of hiding underground have melted away all the accumulation. In terms of realm, it has reached another level. Having experienced the threshold of thunder tribulation to form a demon elixir, the strength is comparable to that of an ordinary elixir-forming demon king, that is, a fourth-grade elixir-holding realm warrior or a possessed monk.

Fortunately, Yan Chixia's martial arts and Taoist skills have reached the fifth level, and she has some powerful methods to suppress the situation, so that the tree demon is afraid, and they are temporarily in a stalemate.

Since the other party was open and honest, Ma Ji did not hide any secrets. He told the story of how he followed Nie Xiaoqian last night and eavesdropped on her conversation with the tree demon and the crow demon.

Yan Chixia was greatly surprised: "Dragon Media, your Taoism has actually reached the level of fifth-level divine movement?"

Ma Ji smiled and said: "My martial arts skills are inferior to that of the great hero Yan. The reason why the Yin Shen can leave the body and travel at the sixth level is because of the special method of practice." Yan Chixia is an old Jianghu, and she heard about this. When it came to the secret of the other party's cultivation, he knew the opportunity and didn't ask any more questions, and turned the topic back to the tree demon: "So, the tree demon came back to cause trouble twenty years later, and specially selected scholars to attack. In addition to devouring blood essence and increasing cultivation, Because, the most important thing is to seize her luck and help herself survive the calamity of becoming a pill. And what we have to do is to prevent this demon from becoming a pill, so as to prevent her from causing greater disasters in the future."

"This is exactly the reason." Ma Ji nodded and said, "I followed Master Gu on a tour of various prefectures in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. When I arrived in Jinhua, I accidentally heard about the murder case that happened here. I guessed that it was caused by evil spirits, so I came to check the truth. Last night After learning the purpose of the tree demon to harm people, we decided to join forces with Master Yan to eliminate this problem!"

Yan Chixia was a chivalrous person, so when she saw him being so eager for justice, she couldn't help but feel like a confidant. However, she didn't know that Ma Ji said it sounded nice, but in fact, he had no profit and couldn't afford it. The real reason for coming here was to target the tree. The demon made a strong sound, and Xiang stuffed her into the "demon refining pot" to refine it.

Ma Ji added: "I may not be afraid of the tree demon if I join forces with Master Yan, but it is extremely difficult to kill her. Especially when Master Yan just mentioned that the tree demon has the innate ability to sneak through the ground, this will be difficult." It’s even more difficult. Therefore, this battle cannot be fought with force, but must be outsmarted.”

Seeing that he seemed confident, Yan Chixia immediately became interested and asked, "Will the dragon matchmaker plan be implemented?"

Ma Ji said: "Last night I saw that the female ghost named 'Nie Xiaoqian' became an accomplice of the tree demon, but she couldn't help herself and her conscience was still intact. If we can win this girl over, we might be able to use her cooperation to trick her into a trap." That tree demon once..."

Then he explained the plan he had planned last night.

After hearing this, Yan Chixia showed a hint of hesitation and said: "The dragon matchmaker's plan is indeed not bad, but remember not to fake it and do it for real. You must know that people and ghosts have different paths. Once the fake comes true, it will only harm others and yourself."

His worries are not unreasonable.

Although Nie Xiaoqian was a ghost, she was born with extraordinary splendor and the most rare thing was that she also had a good character.

The Ma Ji in front of him was only sixteen years old, and he was in the period of admiration. Once he got along with Nie Xiaoqian for a long time, he would inevitably fall in love with her.

Such emotional entanglements will only cause people to lose their composure, make their judgments unbalanced, cause deviations in behavior, and most importantly, delay business.

Ma Ji shook his head and laughed: "At the time of life and death, how can I have the leisure and leisure of these children? What's more, Nie Xiaoqian was coerced by the tree demon and did many things that went against her heart. I'm afraid her heart is in tatters. Kong. I believe that after everything is over, sending her into reincarnation, forgetting her past and starting a new life is what she wants."

When Yan Chixia saw him saying this, he looked calm and his tone was indifferent. It was obvious that although she had seen Nie Xiaoqian last night, she did not have any charming thoughts.

He asked himself that at the other party's age, he never had such mental concentration in his heart, and he couldn't help but secretly marvel in his heart.

Although Ma Yao is also a quite outstanding talent, he will never be able to cultivate such a monster.

However, thinking that the more evil the other party is, the more help he will have, his confidence doubled, and he immediately said: "Without further delay, we will split into two groups. The dragon media is here waiting for Nie Xiaoqian to come to the door, and a certain family is responsible for finding a suitable place. Wherever you are, arrange some means in advance to use it as a geomantic treasure place to bury the tree demon!"

(End of this chapter)