Starting from the sculpture of Buddha statues in Lanruo Temple

Chapter 9 Ning Caichen

A score appeared in Li Fengning's mind.

——[Bliss Heartbroken Song]

Playing this song with [jasper pipa] can hurt the viscera of evil spirits.

Li Fengning, who had never learned any musical instrument, knew the theory of music and how to play the pipa in an instant.

Now he can play the favorite songs in his previous life with the pipa.

Li Fengning was thinking about when he would be able to play songs from his previous life, so as to comfort himself in the loneliness of being in another world.

Suddenly, Yan Chixia's cursing stopped.

After cursing for nearly a stick of incense, he was tired and his mouth was parched, but none of the monsters in the forest showed up.

"Damn it!"

Yan Chixia stomped her feet, and decided to go back to the monk's room for a few sips of wine.

……

The red sun has set, the yamen servants have left, and the workers have dispersed one after another.

Li Fengning didn't leave the statue behind, he wanted to go back to the monk's room quickly and take out the [Jasper Pipa] for a closer look.

When the workers came to the monk's house, they saw Yan Chixia who smelled of alcohol.

"Shen catcher Yan, are you helping us eliminate demons during the day?"

Besides Li Fengning, some workers also recognized Yan Chixia's voice during the day.

Yan Chixia nodded.

"Swallow god catcher, what's the result?"

Seeing Yan Chixia nodding, the workers showed joy and continued to ask.

"I haven't seen a single monster." Yan Chixia replied.

In an instant, the faces of the workers who had just been a little angry fell down again.

"This place is so dangerous, why do you still live here at night?" Yan Chixia asked suddenly.

Hearing Yan Chixia's question, the faces of the workers became mournful again, and one worker said:

"God catcher Yan, you don't know that there are monsters on the road out of Lanruo Temple!

"One day someone escaped from that road at night. It was still intact before leaving, but it was found in pieces during the day!"

Yan Chixia frowned.

The worker said again:
"Besides, we are forced to work and have no money. Even if we go out at night, we can't afford to stay in a hotel."

Yan Chixia fumbled through her clothes, took out a few pieces of silver, looked at it, and reckoned that nearly 50 people should be enough for one night:
"Tonight, you go to the inn to stay, and I will take you out."

After finishing speaking, he went into the room to get the sword box and divine bow, and walked out of the monk's house.

Suddenly, he saw that Li Fengning had also packed his bags and walked out together with him.

"Fellow Daoist, are you going to stay at the inn too?"

Yan Chixia always thought that Li Fengning had used Lanruo Temple as hermitage.

Li Fengning nodded.

When he came here, not only had he never stayed in an inn, he hadn't even visited the ancient city. Seeing that Yan Chixia seemed to have some money, he wanted to go out together.

Just as they walked to the front hall of Lanruo Temple, they saw a scholar holding a lantern walking forward while looking around.

This scholar, wearing a lun scarf on his head, was dressed in gray clothes, carrying a dilapidated book case, his features were very delicate.

The scholar wiped the sweat off his face with his sleeve. When he saw Li Fengning and Yan Chixia, he was overjoyed. He walked up and sang:
"Both of you, is it possible to stay here?"

Li Fengning said: "Yes."

A smile just appeared on the scholar's face.

Yan Chixia said loudly:
"inconvenient!"

The scholar frowned: "Why is it inconvenient?"

Yan Chixia narrowed her eyes: "Inconvenience is inconvenient, let's go!"

As he spoke, he pushed the scholar's shoulder to make him turn around.

The scholar shook his body, took a step to the side, broke free from Yan Chixia's big hand, and said angrily:

"What are you doing!"

At this time, some workers had packed up and walked out to see this scene.

One of the workers laughed and said, "Scholar, the God of Yan catches it for your own good. There is a ghost here!"

Seeing that the worker looked like a hooligan, the scholar felt that the worker was playing a joke on him, so he was a little dubious.

He looked at the dilapidated and gloomy ancient temple, and seemed to feel that there was a ghost, lowered his voice, and seemed to mutter to himself:
"Even if there are ghosts, the inns in Jinhua City are so expensive..."

The worker laughed loudly when he heard this:

"Poor scholar, just follow your grandpas' butts, we will make room for you when we go to the hotel tonight!"

The scholar looked at the worker's arrogant expression, and heard his almsgiving tone, and suddenly he felt angry:

"Thanks, I can stay here tonight."

With that said, he passed Yan Chixia and walked towards the depths of Lanruo Temple.

"stop!"

Yan Chixia stopped drinking.

Li Fengning saw that the scholar's body trembled obviously, but he walked faster.

With a soft "choke", Yan Chixia drew out the long sword at her waist:
"If you must live here tonight, I will kill you!"

The scholar stopped completely, then turned around, pointing at Yan Chixia with a trembling hand out of fear:
"They actually called you a god catcher?
"You still want to kill people at will?

"It is because there are people like you that the imperial court is so chaotic!
"The world will be full of robbers and bandits, and the people will live in dire straits!"

The more the scholar talked, the more gloomy Yan Chixia's face became. Suddenly, he saw the bearded man with the sword move.

His body trembled violently, ready to die.

However, he saw Yan Chixia put the sword back into its sheath.

Although Yan Chixia resigned from office for seven years, the scholar's words still made him extremely uncomfortable, as if someone had stabbed him in the heart a few times.

"Let's go."

Yan Chixia turned around and said to the workers in a low voice.

Li Fengning saw that the scholar continued to walk deep into the temple, and suddenly asked:
"Scholar, what's your name?"

The scholar straightened his back suddenly, stopped the trembling of his body, and replied:
"Ning Caichen."

Sure enough... Li Fengning smiled in his heart, and followed the workers to the outside of the temple.

This scholar is safe tonight.

……

After Yan Chixia settled the workers, she asked Li Fengning to drink with him.

Li Fengning and Yan Chixia sat at the table, with two jars of wine and five dishes in front of them.

——Goose feet, trotters, kidneys, steamed fish, fresh water chestnut.

It was the first time for Li Fengning to eat such delicate dishes when he traveled here.

While eating, suddenly "Uncle Yan" came from the side.

Yan Chixia shook her hands and spilled the wine that reached her mouth.

Li Fengning put down his chopsticks and looked up, but saw a bald head.

——Empty Monk.

Behind the monk are Situ Chong and Yi Xin.

Although these three people were able to move, their faces were still pale after injuries.

When Yan Chixia saw them, she remembered that Ye Lanxue didn't know Li Fengning, which also meant that they didn't know who their savior was.

"You guys came just in time." Yan Chixia said, "You know that he is your savior."

"I know."

Monk Kong Xiang clasped his palms together and bowed to Li Fengning.

He remembered that night, he begged this benefactor to take them to Qingfeng Temple, and on the way, this benefactor met Uncle Yan.

They owed a great debt of gratitude to this benefactor.

Yan Chixia glanced at Monk Kongxiang, then at Li Fengning, and suddenly realized.

——This fellow Taoist knew Monk Kongxiang. That night, he used his mana to destroy the evil spirits very quickly. It seems that his mana has a connection with Buddhism. Maybe he is the master of the young monk Kongxiang.

"As long as you know it." Yan Chixia drank the wine in the bowl, looked at the pale faces of the three people, and said, "You are so injured that you still want to fight swords?"

Monk Kongxiang said: "Tomorrow, Junior Sister Ren Ziying from the Emei Sect will come, and when she arrives, she and Junior Sister Ye Lanxue Ziqing will combine their swords. Although we have unhealed injuries, we still have a great chance of winning.

"Besides, after the sword fight, if Master Yan is willing to help, together with our juniors and Master Changchun, maybe we can get rid of that tree demon in Lanruo Temple."

(End of this chapter)