Liaozhai Great Sage

Chapter 238 Nie Xiaoqian

In the courtyard of the meditation room of Lanruo Temple.

A frail looking, honest scholar was walking in the yard holding a scroll at this moment, reading a few lines of poetry from time to time.

"The bright moonlight in front of the bed is suspected to be frost on the ground."

"Don't you see the water of the Yellow River coming up from the sky."

The first sentence of the poem did not match the last sentence, his voice was a little trembling, he looked around, constantly paying attention to every move around him, seeing how nervous he was, he didn't even know that he had turned the book in his hand backwards.

Lanterns were inserted in the four corners of the yard, and the candlelight reflected inside made it appear that the surroundings were not dim.

It's just that there is no sound in this temple, there is no one, and the surrounding is a bit strangely quiet.

"No, there really won't be evil spirits that eat people, right?" Ning Caichen was so frightened that he died.

He is a timid person, and he is even more afraid of this ghost. He even had to wear three lanterns before walking at night before he dared to walk.

"Mr. Li, where are you? Don't go too far away." Ning Caichen walked in the yard for less than half an hour, then he couldn't resist anymore and started to shout.

But the surroundings were quiet, and no one responded to his words.

In a treasure temple of Lanruo Temple, Li Xiuyuan, Yan Chixia, and Xia Houwu were condescending, watching everything that happened in the monastery, and Ning Caichen was trembling in the courtyard reciting poems and fighting against each other very clearly , it seems that as long as there is a slight disturbance, he can immediately rush to support him.

"Can this bait work? Can the monster really be fooled?" Yan Chixia opened her eyes wide and asked drunkenly.

Li Xiuyuan said: "It's definitely possible. The Dryad is afraid of you, so he hasn't shown up all the time. But the fundamental reason is that he won't get any benefits from fighting with you. If there are enough benefits to persuade the Dryad, the Dryad is still willing to fight. , It has thousands of years of Taoism, although it is jealous of you, but it is not afraid, and now Ning Caichen, a mortal, is here as a bait, just like a fish caught in a net, how can the tree demon hold back."

"Don't take his life at that time," Yan Chixia said.

"No, I gave him a needle when I left, and I have the power to protect myself when I meet the tree monster." Li Xiuyuan said: "Besides, we will just watch here, and when the tree monster appears, we will go out together." Take the shot, it won't let it have time to harm people."

"That tree demon, I must chop it up and burn it." Xia Houwu held the sword, feeling aggrieved in his heart, ready to strike at any time.

Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but smile when he saw this, how could the three of them join hands and fail to catch the tree demon.

As soon as he got close to the tree demon, he would immediately block its mana so that it couldn't escape. At that time, he only needed a fire to kill the tree demon.

You don't even need to sacrifice the Immortal Sword.

There are means, the key is that the dryad can get out.

"Mr. Li, where are you? You answer me."

When Ning Caichen saw the darkness outside the yard, and no one responded to him, he panicked even more.

"If I knew it earlier, I shouldn't have agreed to Mr. Li and used it as bait." He said sadly in his heart.

I remember that Li Xiuyuan patted him on the shoulder and said: "Killing demons is to maintain world peace and save all people from fire and water. Without all the preparations, there is only one less person to act as a bait to attract the monsters and goblins. I believe that in order to maintain world peace and save all people from suffering, you will definitely promise me this small favor."

Being fooled by this, Ning Caichen agreed as soon as his head got hot.

As a result, it became what it is now, alone in the yard reciting poems against each other, fearful, always guarding against possible evil spirits and evil spirits.

"Papa~!"

The night was getting deeper, but at this moment, suddenly, something seemed to roll down from the roof of the nearby meditation room, and landed in the yard, making a crisp sound.

"Ah~!"

Ning Caichen screamed in fright, his face turned pale in an instant, and he subconsciously looked for the sound.

"Hey, this scholar is really timid. He will definitely ruin our affairs. The monster must know that he is weird when he sees him like this." Xia Houwu said.

"No, the ghost has come, look at the thing that fell on the ground." Yan Chixia's body shook, and the drunkenness disappeared instantly, then she squinted her eyes and looked into the courtyard of the meditation room.

Xia Houwu looked at it seriously, but said: "It's good to hit a gold ingot."

What rolled down from the roof of the meditation room was a gleaming gold ingot.

"What kind of ingot is it? It's a piece of human bone. It's a blindfold. The ghost is trying to lure Ning Caichen with money. As long as he becomes 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 waited patiently and quietly.

When Ning Caichen in the yard saw the ingot of gold that fell in the yard, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief: "Mr. Li is really rich, so he was willing to throw an ingot of gold over to remind me. Well, it seems that Mr. Li It’s hiding not far from me, so Xiaosheng can rest assured.”

When he saw the gold, he thought it was Li Xiuyuan who lost it.

After all, it's not the first time for this local tyrant of the Li family to throw gold. He also threw it in Guo Beicheng last time.

As a result, Ning Caichen calmed down a lot and continued to sing poems.

"Hoohoo~!"

But then a strange wind blew at night, this wind was very sudden, and much colder than other winds, like the cold wind in winter, it could blow through the clothes and penetrate into the flesh.

"It's so cold."

Ning Caichen shivered
"哗啦啦" the wind blew, and the four lanterns hanging in the four corners of the yard immediately swayed violently, and then the lanterns fell to the ground one after another with a thud.
In an instant, all the lanterns were extinguished.

The yard immediately became dark.

"Damn it."

Ning Caichen screamed in fright, and ran into the meditation room behind him as if fleeing, and then quickly closed the door, and in a blink of an eye, he didn't know where to hide in a corner and shivered.

"Hoohoo~!"

As the wind blew, a woman in gorgeous clothes, well-dressed, and light makeup floated slowly from the direction of the back mountain of Lanruo Temple, and finally landed in the courtyard where Ning Caichen was just now.

"The female ghost appeared. It was this female ghost who almost killed me before, but she dared to come. I will kill her." Seeing this, Xia Houwu in the treasure temple couldn't help but wanted to raise his sword and kill her.

Li Xiuyuan stopped him: "Hey, Brother Xiahou, this is just a little female ghost leading the charge. The thousand-year-old tree demon behind her is our real enemy. Let's put a long line and catch big fish. We will wait for that old demon to appear." Go out together, you have to be patient."

"Okay, okay." Xia Houwu was impatient and impatient, so he was suppressed by Li Xiuyuan's words.

"The female ghost is not Qingmei, so it is very likely to be Nie Xiaoqian. No wonder Xia Houwu will be recruited. This beauty is indeed overwhelming. As long as it is a person with seven emotions and six desires, it is hard to guarantee that she will not be tempted by her."

Li Xiu looked at it from a distance, and although he couldn't see it very clearly, 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 startle the snake right now.

"Poetry Collection of the Tang Dynasty." Nie Xiaoqian came to the yard, saw a book on the ground, picked it up, and found that it was a poem written by the great talents of the Tang Dynasty.

"It's hard to say goodbye when we meet, the east wind is weak and the flowers are gone"

Nie Xiaoqian glanced at it, and couldn't help murmuring softly, there was a talented woman in front of her, and even after her death for so many years, she still hasn't forgotten what happened before.

But soon, she woke up from her memories, sighed faintly, and then walked towards the meditation room.

"Young master, is your master in the house? Open the door quickly. The little girl was passing by here and was chased by hungry wolves. Please open the door and save me." Nie Xiaoqian calmed down and immediately changed her expression, showing anxiety and panic.

At night, no matter who is a bit of a kind person, he will definitely be moved when he hears this from a weak woman.

"Gu, girl, are you a human or a ghost?" Inside the room, Ning Caichen couldn't help but tremblingly replied.

He was afraid that if he was really human, if he didn't open the door to save her, wouldn't he be harming a girl?
This is unacceptable to him.

(End of this chapter)