Rao is a person like Beiqi who has always been leisurely, and he is also very cautious at the moment, he gently opened the door and turned his head to signal us to follow carefully.

The situation inside the door is not special, and the building inside the house is not peculiar, but it is more magnificent than the average house. Walking all the way through the winding stone road, around the small courtyard pavilions, we stopped in front of a house. This house is a little different from the previous building, not only is the terrain more remote, but also the appearance is relatively simple, but it shows a sense of incompatibility with the whole house.

My uneasy feeling in my heart grew stronger and stronger, why the entire town of Ping'an had been reduced to ruins by decades of wind and rain, but this house was undamaged. And the furnishings in the house are also particularly clean and tidy, as if there have always been people living here, and people are cleaning and tidying up all the time, but what I can't ignore is that this is obviously a place where mortals live, but I don't feel the slightest smell of fireworks from here.

Song Yunjing walked past me who was in front of the hut and walked in, and I hurriedly followed. The furnishings in the house are extremely simple, the ground is paved with cool silk bamboo strips, there is a small case that is usually used to read books, at this time a good rice paper is also laid on it, and there is an inkstone next to it, a brush, all this is like just put the look, just waiting for the master to pick up the pen and write down.

There is a small screen next to the small case, and unexpectedly, there is no full moon and splendid wealth on the plain screen, only a towering ancient tree growing in the stone wall. It looks like a pine tree, but it is not tall and straight, the trunk is a little crooked, and the black-gray bark grows in the cracks, but it reveals a vigorous and infinite appearance.

I called Song Yunjing and Beiqi, who were looking around: "Look, this tree is painted on this screen. ”

Hearing my scream, they both leaned over at the same time and looked over the screen.

Song Yunjing looked at the screen for a long time, couldn't help frowning, and said: "It seems that there is indeed such a thousand-year-old tree in Ping'an Town, presumably the owner of this room should have seen it with his own eyes before he depicted the appearance of this tree on the screen." ”

Beiqi silently looked at the ancient tree on the screen for a long time, without blinking his eyes. He slowly stepped forward and reached out to touch it, and the corners of his mouth curved a little when his fingers touched the crown of the ancient tree: "Although I have not seen it with my own eyes, it seems from the painting that this tree must have lived for more than a thousand years. ”

I couldn't help but squint at Beiqi, which may have been my unfounded instinct, but I always felt that Beiqi had become very strange since I heard that there was a thousand-year-old tree. Just like at this time, he seemed to be very happy, but I really couldn't figure it out, we didn't come to this ancient tree to be friends with it, but to know what it did to the inhabitants of Ping'an Town decades ago, so that none of the inhabitants of the town survived. If the cultivation of this tree is far above us, then our trip must be full of dangers, how can he still be happy?

I pouted disdainfully and said, "It's just a painting on the screen, how do you know it's not the imagination of the owner of the room?" Besides, even if this tree town exists, we may not be able to meet it. ”

Beiqi's complicated gaze stared at me tightly, with an expression of unprecedented concentration: "As long as this tree is in this town, we will definitely be able to find it." ”

I don't know why, but I was very disgusted by his convincing appearance, and a trace of displeasure suddenly rose in my heart, filling my whole head. I smiled coldly: "Really? Don't forget, when we were still in Qinghe Town, the top of Ping'an Town was struck by thunder. According to Boss Chen, the lives of the people who had an accident in Ping'an Town are inseparable from the tree, and it is difficult to guarantee that the thunder that day is not a punishment from heaven, but the old tree demon who mutilated the lives of mortals. You also know how powerful the Heavenly Punishment is, do you think that old dryad can get away with it? ”

The smile on the corner of Beiqi's mouth slowly faded, and he said lightly: "If it is a heavenly punishment, it should have befallen the ancient tree after the accident of the people in Ping'an Town, why should it take decades to punish it." I'm afraid that the thunder of that day is not a heavenly punishment but a heavenly calamity, and I think that the cultivation of the ancient tree has been refined to another level. ”

Beiqi usually doesn't talk to me like this, his attitude towards me today is too tough, and I feel that the anger in my heart is about to be overwhelmed, and I always want to do something to vent it. The remnants of consciousness in my head told me that I must endure it, and that I must not degenerate into a monster that does whatever I want and acts recklessly.

I clenched my fists secretly, my nails digging deep into my palms, hoping to force myself to calm down with the pain. After a long time, I finally gained a certain understanding of the endless words of the past, and I don't know when some subtle changes are gradually taking place in my body, which makes me less and less like myself when I first started cultivating.

In the past few months in the world, my temper has sometimes become extremely irritable and weird, often losing my temper at others for no reason, I can't stand the disobedience of others, and I will even have some terrible thoughts, just like when I was in Qinghe Town, because of a few provocative words from Zhuzhi, I had the idea of taking his life. And now, I feel as if I have fallen into the abyss of irrationality again, and the tough words of Beiqi keep echoing in my head.

I let go of my fist and looked up at him coldly, the corners of my mouth slightly raised. It's ridiculous, but a mere nine-tailed fox who has practiced for hundreds of years, a forgotten and down-and-out divine beast, has no qualifications to speak so boldly in front of me. Besides, I am his and Mingyue's savior, he should grovel to me, only promise, why is he so imposing, and why do he contradict my words?

As my mind wandered, I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around and looked at it puzzled, and what I saw was Song Yunjing's smiling face, and there was a heavy look under his eyes. He gently squeezed my shoulder, and pretended to smile easily: "Big Black Snake, aren't you worried that the Dryad is taller than you, and when the time comes, we will have a conflict with it, and you will lose face if you can't beat it, right?" ”

I looked at his smiling face in a bit of a daze, and my mind was empty, not knowing how to react.

Seeing that my face was expressionless, Song Yunjing burst out laughing, his eyes swept over Beiqi, and then fell on me: "Could it be that I guessed right?" He shook his head and said in a straight voice: "This is not good, you once promised to be my safety barrier, if even you are afraid, where will you let me, a mortal who has lived for more than 20 years, go?" ”

I glanced at Song Yunjing, and said angrily: "I'm really a little scared this time, if it cultivates too much higher than me, I can't beat him, it's not just a shameful thing, maybe even my life will be lost." So for the sake of our lives, let's give up as soon as possible and go home......"

Song Yunjing turned my body vigorously and pushed me out the door: "Let's find the tree first, look at the appearance on the screen, this tree should be growing on the edge of the cliff." We've been going around Ping'an Town, no wonder we can't find it. ”

I couldn't help but mutter, "Daoist Murong is not here, you are arbitrary." ”

He withdrew the hand that was placed on my shoulder and grinned, "Don't worry, I won't let you lose your life." ”

I felt a little funny in my heart, thinking that with his little cultivation, how dare he say such a thing. After thinking about it, the corners of his lips couldn't help but turn up slightly, he must do what he said to me, otherwise I would slap him to death with one paw.