Chapter 920 Guobei County

"The swordsmanship is like a flash of light, fast as a meteor, could it be that your Excellency is the top three star-chasing swordsman in the world, Xiahou Lin?" Ye Xiang narrowed his eyes and recognized the origin of the other party.

There are many masters of swords in the world, but it is rare for swordsmanship to have such power, Ye wants to go south and north, he has long heard that Xiahou Lin is famous for his star-chasing swordsmanship, and he is ruthless and ruthless to the enemy, but there is a chivalrous wind in his heart, and he does not kill innocents indiscriminately. By comparing age and swordsmanship characteristics, it is easy to know the identity of the other party.

The high-crowned swordsman Xiahou Lin, after being recognized as an identity, glanced at Ye Xiang, and through the induction of the breath, he felt that although Ye Xiang's strength was about the same as him, Ye Xiang gave him a dangerous aura, which made him a little dignified.

Needless to say, the other one is just a scholar.

"Yes, I'm Xia Hou Lin, I don't know where Your Excellency is from?" When Xia Hou Lin spoke, he focused on Ye Xiang, and he was a little curious about the master who suddenly appeared in front of him.

Ye Xiang smiled slightly, and took a step forward: "In the next Ye Xiang, I am going to go to Guobei County to have something to do, and today I can meet the rumored famous star-chasing swordsman, it is really a blessing for three lives!"

After the two exchanged names, they talked for a few words, because it was inconvenient to know each other just now, so after greeting each other, they were silent, Ye Xiang's eyes flickered, and he secretly said in his heart: "I didn't expect Xiahou Lin's cultivation to reach the late stage of refining the god and returning to the void, so it seems that Yan Chixia, whose strength is far beyond him, must be in the realm of refining the void and merging the Dao!"

"The tree demon grandma who can kill Xiahou swordsman in one move is slightly inferior to Yan Chixia's strength, with my current strength, I can barely block the attack of the tree demon, but if I meet the old demon of Montenegro, I am afraid it will not be enough. ”

According to the memory in Ye Xiang's mind, after the tree demon grandma was eliminated by Yan Chixia, the old demon of Montenegro passed through the reincarnation channel with the primordial spirit and descended to Lanruo Temple, Yan Chixia was not his opponent at all, so calculated, the strength of the old demon of Montenegro was at least in the realm of refining the void and merging the Dao!

It seems that he was right in his previous estimate, but he doesn't know how strong the old demon of Montenegro is.

Thinking of this, Ye Xiang felt a little helpless in his heart, his strength was still too low, he had almost never fought with the bronze armored corpse before, and now he entered the world of A Chinese Ghost Story, not to mention the big boss Black Mountain Old Demon, even the tree demon Grandma couldn't beat it, it was really too wretched.

He is definitely not the opponent of the Dryad Grandma and the Black Mountain Old Demon alone, and it seems that the only way is to befriend Yan Chixia and use his strength.

And this Xiahou swordsman, as a martial artist in the late stage of the grandmaster, is not weak, and is an object that can be used, of course, provided that he is not tempted by Nie Xiaoqian and is not killed by the tree demon grandma.

The three thieves did not stay here, but left in the direction of the county seat, and after waiting for a long time, the torrential rain continued, Ye Xiang and Xiahou Lin both opened their bags and took out dry food to eat.

Ning Caichen saw the steamed buns in the hands of the two of them, and then looked at the hard and iron-like nest in his hands, his stomach was full of sour water, and his stomach couldn't help but growl.

Seeing this, Xiahou Lin didn't speak, threw a steamed bun into Ning Caichen's arms, swept his eyes coldly, Ning Caichen suddenly felt awe-inspiring, and hurriedly grabbed the steamed bun and took a bite.

At this time, the rainstorm gradually stopped, and the sky after washing was extremely clear, Xia Houlin saw this, arched his hand to Ye Xiang, said goodbye, and then jumped and disappeared into the grass shed.

"It's not too early, let's go too!"

Ye Xiang and Ye Xiang flew on their horses and prepared to move forward, Ning Caichen saw that all the three of them left, and there were corpses lying all over the place, he looked panicked, and hurriedly opened his mouth to spit out the steamed buns, grabbed the tattered paper umbrella, and prepared to leave.

Ye Xiang didn't know the way to Guobei County, but Ning Caichen happened to know, so Ye Xiang didn't separate from Ning Caichen, but hurried with Ning Caichen all the way.

After nearly half a day, Ye Xiang and Ning Caichen finally saw the outline of Guobei County, the city wall of this county is dilapidated, the city gate is crumbling, and it is in disrepair, and the team of soldiers guarding the city gate are also dressed in tatters, and their strength is not bad, but their eyes are slippery, their breath is not right, and their official clothes can't hide their gangsterism.

"We're here!" Ning Caichen said softly to Ye Xiang.

"Let's go in!" Ye Xiang said.

Ye Xiang stepped forward and threw a little broken silver as an entrance fee, the pair of soldiers suddenly lit up, and the captain of the soldiers grabbed the silver and picked it up, smiled hehe, and let go of the city gate politely. Ning Caichen was also treated by him as a group, and he put it in without asking for an entrance fee, Ning Caichen was immediately overjoyed, and hurriedly thanked Ye Xiang, and quickly ran towards the city.

In the county seat, only the two core streets are popular, the rest of the place is tattered, muddy everywhere, on the ground, there are many filthy things, the people in the city seem to have not seen it, stepping on the ground, black muddy water splashing.

Ye Xiang didn't dislike it, but walked slowly on the road, Ye Xiang felt the ancient county town for the first time, the world he traveled through before was around the 20th century, and it was the first time he saw such an ancient county town.

Ning Caichen and Ye Xiang were separated as soon as they entered the city, after all, Ning Caichen still had to collect the debt.

Ye Xiang didn't worry about Zhao's residence, after all, this Guobei County is not a big city, and now is not the time for the imperial examination, so he doesn't have to worry about finding a place to live.

So Ye Xiang simply took a good walk around the county.

After about a quarter of an hour, Ye Xiang became a little annoyed, and came to the door of an inn.

As soon as Ye Xiang came to the door of the inn, he heard a plop, and Ning Caichen, who had just been running at the gate of the city, was pushed out and fell to the ground in embarrassment.

"The account book is pitch black and you still want to collect the accounts, get out of here!" The innkeeper had a fierce look on his face, scolded and cursed in his mouth, and casually threw a water-soaked account book into Ning Caichen's face.

Suddenly, the innkeeper saw Ye Xiang coming, and hurriedly changed his face, and greeted him with a warm face: "This son, please come in quickly, I don't know if the son is a tip or a hotel?

Ye Xiang took out a piece of silver and put it on the table, and said lightly: "Prepare two excellent guest rooms for me, and prepare another table of wine and food!"

At this time, Ning Caichen got up from the ground, very depressed, the coils on his body have been exhausted, and now the account book has been destroyed, and he can't collect the accounts, he has reached the point of exhaustion, fortunately, there are nests prepared in advance in his bag, and he can barely satisfy his stomach, but now it is getting late, and there is no place to live.

In Guobei County, sleeping on the street is equivalent to looking for death, whether it is the soldiers guarding the city or the people in the city, they are not good people, and at this time Ye Xiang walked out.

"Scholar, I opened an upper room for you, if you don't dislike it, stay here for one night!"

Ning Caichen paused for a moment, and hurriedly waved his hand: "Don't dare to bother Mr., there is a place to settle down below, thank you for your kindness!"

In the inn, after Ye Xiang heard these words, he smiled slightly, Ning Caichen was arrogant, he seemed to be powerless, but his mind was very firm, even the Xiahou swordsman whose strength had reached the late stage of the grandmaster and the strong will fell into Nie Xiaoqian's gentle trap, but Ning Caichen was not disturbed, and his heart was like iron stone!

Moreover, in the face of the fierce and powerful tree demon grandma and the old demon of the Black Mountain with mana, ordinary people have already collapsed and are waiting to die, but Ning Caichen can get out safely, many of them have the help of Yan Chixia, but it is enough to prove that Ning Caichen is extraordinary.

"If you let Ning Caichen practice Taoism, with his will, it will not be difficult to become a Taoist master in the future, but unfortunately, it is imminent to deal with the tree demon grandma and the old demon of Montenegro, and there is no time for him to grow up!"

Ye wanted to open an extra upper room, but Ning Caichen did not accept this kindness, it seems that he will inevitably go to Lanruo Temple tonight to settle down.

Since this was the case, Ye Xiang didn't pay attention to him anymore, but tasted this ancient meal well, and then called Xiao Er, who came to the inn, threw a piece of broken silver, and began to inquire about the news from his mouth.

"Xiao Er, are there any demons and monsters around here?"

"Guest officer, you, what are you asking about this?" Xiao Er's face changed, and he didn't look very good. In fact, the shopkeeper is generally very gossipy, listening to the wind is the rain, and then you have to add some of your own opinions, so inquiring about news or gossip or something, finding the shopkeeper is generally the best way.

"It's nothing, I'm just worried that I'll accidentally break in!" Ye Xiang didn't say that he wanted to kill demons or anything, saying that he was worried that he would break into the territory of demons and monsters, but it was easier for people to understand. Ye wanted to ask and play, and left a tael of silver on the table, signaling the shopkeeper to answer to make him satisfied, and the two silvers belonged to the shopkeeper.

Looking at the silver on the table, the shopkeeper immediately looked around, quickly put the silver into his arms, and then said a name, Lanruo Temple.

However, the three words of Lanruo Temple had just been exported, and the hotel, which was still chaotic, immediately became quiet. Ye Xiang even found that everyone's faces were faintly filled with fear.

Ye Xiang raised his eyebrows, it seems that the ghosts of this Lanruo Temple have a great reputation, otherwise the people in this hotel would not be like this.

After inquiring about the location of Lanruo Temple, Ye Xiang was about to leave Guobei County and walk in the direction of Lanruo Temple outside the county.

"Hey, this son!"

A man in his forties stopped Ye Xiang, Ye Xiang frowned and said, "What?"

The man licked his face and said: "I look at the son's dignified appearance and extraordinary temperament, I think the son must lack a pair of paintings, I just have some here, the son can take a look!"

Ye Xiang knew that the person in front of him was a painting seller, and he was just about to leave, when he suddenly thought of Xiaoqian's painting, and said immediately: "Where is your painting, I'll take a look." ”

The man was overjoyed, when he was sitting in the stall, he saw Ye Xiang passing by at a glance, compared with the surrounding villagers, he simply stood out from the crowd, and immediately stepped forward to sell his paintings. At this time, seeing that Ye Xiang became interested in painting, he was overjoyed and said, "Childe, please see, this is my painting." ”

Ye Xiang glanced at it and found that the flowers and plants, the mountains and rivers were complete, and they were just like paintings. Ye Xiang quickly found his goal, it was a beautiful woman who was washing her hair, and said at the moment: "This painting is good." ”

The man smiled and said: "Childe has good eyesight, this painting is from the hand of a famous artist, and it is absolutely extraordinary." ”

Ye Xiang sneered: "Don't you know the goods, don't be empty, do you know the person on this painting?"

The man smiled awkwardly and said, "I don't know the person on this painting, but this painting is definitely a good painting."

Ye Xiang nodded and said, "Okay, I bought this painting." ”

As he spoke, he threw a tael of silver to the man, and walked away with the painting.

Ye Xiang, the person on this painting, guessed that it should be Nie Xiaoqian.

Nie Xiaoqian is a beautiful female ghost, who only lived to be eighteen years old before her death, and was buried next to the desolate ancient temple in the north of Jinhua City, Zhejiang, and was unfortunately persecuted by the monster Yasha.

Later, Ning Caichen, a native of Zhejiang Province, temporarily lived in the monastery, and Xiaoqian was instructed by the monster to come to murder, but was moved by Caichen's righteousness, so he told the truth and helped Caichen turn the corner.

Caichen also lived up to Xiaoqian's trust, helped her escape from the clutches, and took her in to serve her mother and long-ailing wife, Xiaoqian was hardworking and kind, and was deeply loved by the Ning family.

Xiaoqian has gradually become like an ordinary person due to her long-term contact with living people, and the Ning family never mentions her identity.

After Ning's wife died of illness, Xiaoqian married Ning Caichen as a ghost wife, and then instructed Caichen to get rid of the Jinhua monsters who came to take revenge.

A few years later, Ning Caichen was admitted to the Jinshi, Xiaoqian also gave birth to a son, Ning Caichen also accepted a concubine, Xiaoqian and the concubine each gave birth to a son, and the three sons also became famous people when they grew up.

Of course, this is the plot of Pu Lao Xie's "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", but it is difficult to say in this world.

After Ye Xiang came out of Guobei County, he went straight to the outskirts of Guobei County, although he didn't know where Lanruo Temple was, but there was no difficulty for Ye Xiang, in the eyes of the law, he saw a dense forest not far away, a strong demonic aura with all kinds of evil karma, almost devouring heaven and earth, that is, at noon, when the scorching sun was in the sky, there was not much warmth in this dense forest.

In the depths of the dense forest, a huge locust tree waved its body wantonly, and a bloody aura emanated from it, as if the roots of the tree were not fresh sap but smelly blood, Ye wanted to know, the thousand-year-old locust was the body of the tree demon grandma, and under the locust tree, there were a group of female ghosts controlled by her.

Following the direction of the demonic energy, Ye Xiang walked straight over, the distance between Lanruo Temple and Guobei County is not far, only a few miles away, if it is not for the high trees and dense forests, plus the demonic energy, I am afraid that you can see the shadow of Lanruo Temple standing outside the city, Ye Xiang walked for about ten minutes, and faintly saw some dilapidated buildings.

I saw that although the temple in front of me was dilapidated, whether it was the specifications, or the face of the temple with a hideous face and a lifelike King Kong, it showed the grandeur of the temple back then, and after a hundred years, it could still show the beautiful scenery of the year.