"What should I do?" I lip synced to the fat man.

The fat man shook his head and made a boo gesture to signal me not to speak and wait and see.

I nodded, trying not to make any noise, but it didn't really do much of a good thing, and I pierced the stomach of the man-eating dryad, and the gastric juice flowed sideways, so it would be strange if I couldn't see it outside.

I couldn't help but feel uneasy, I didn't know how powerful the hermit was, whether it was a human or something else, but from what he could say, it should be a human or a demon.

"Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, both of you come out."

At this time, a compassionate and slightly hoarse voice came in again.

The faces of the fat man and I changed, and before we could think of how to respond, we saw that the truncated tongue above came in again, but the length was not enough, and it hung there, soft.

I looked at the fat man, and the fat man nodded at me.

I jumped, my hand on the broken tongue, and the fat man jumped up and grabbed my legs, and then the broken tongue slowly lifted us out.

The upper stomach and neck also slowly opened and expanded, becoming a gap.

Soon we saw the scene outside, the man-eating tree spirit red eyes slightly closed, closed one by one, obviously tossed lightly, a hole in the belly of the tree, green liquid flowed sideways, burning the earth on the ground into bursts of white smoke.

At this time, I realized that the man-eating tree spirit looks a bit like a pitcher plant, two or three people tall, and the largest part is its belly, which is not so much a tree as a pitcher plant, too similar, but with an extra tongue, a pair of red eyes, and countless tentacles deep in the ground.

At this moment, the sky in the distance has been white, under the faint morning light, not far away stands a huge green cow, on the back of the green cow, sitting an old man with white hair and beard, fairy wind bones, is looking at us with a smile.

I have never seen such a big green ox, not too tall, even a little short, but the back is very wide and flat, like a small bed, at a glance I know that it is not an ordinary species, a body of green hair is brightly colored.

Soon, the man-eating dryad slowly lowered us. When Qingniu saw the two of us, a pair of eyes as big as bells stared at me with interest, raised his head, and regurgitated with a chew in his mouth.

The fat man's face was grim, he pulled me, took me forward quickly, walked to the cow and bowed: "Senior Miao Zong, meet the Qingniu Daoist." ”

I didn't know what was going on, so I followed suit, listening to the fat man's words, the hermit should be a person.

"No courtesy."

The Qingniu Daoist smiled and glanced at me.

With just one glance, I felt like I was pierced by his gaze, and there was no secret at all. This gaze is even more powerful and terrifying than the Miao Wu in Miao Village. The hairs on my spine instinctively stood on end, not a reaction to danger, but a wariness of an inexplicable visit.

"Floating things on the Sansheng Stone, forgetting the river under the flowers on the other side, immeasurable Tianzun!"

Daoist Qingniu looked at me, recited a sermon, nodded slowly, and looked away.

I was relieved, and I exhaled secretly, and I was extremely shocked in my heart, what kind of strength is this person? One look can make my hair stand on end.

I can't help but think of a very famous figure in the history of Taoism, Lao Tzu!

And the most famous about Lao Tzu is that he rode a green ox out of Guguan, and finally became an immortal.

This allusion is not only in the Qimen world, but also in the world, and it is also talked about by thousands of households, and even in the textbooks of middle and high schools.

According to legend, Lao Tzu rode a bull to the west, passing through Hangu Pass, and Yin Xi asked him to write a book for himself, and Lao Tzu wrote an article on moral content of more than 5,000 words to him.

Those 5,000 words are what we call today's "Tao Te Ching", also known as "Lao Tzu", which has influenced Dongtu for thousands of years.

Lao Tzu is the most famous ancestor-level figure of Taoism, time flies, thousands of years later, and there is a Taoist who rides a green ox here. This made me feel more awe, and I instinctively thought of it in that direction.

In particular, what he said made me even more curious, and I don't know if he was moved or meant.

'Something is floating on the Sansheng Stone, and the other side is forgetting the river. ’

Immediately afterwards, the Qingniu Daoist looked at the man-eating tree spirit again, and said slowly: "Erlu is already poor, so don't return to the shape quickly!" ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw that the man-eating tree spirits that were several people tall began to turn into ashes inch by inch, drifting away with the wind, and a puff of green smoke rose, slowly rising to the sky.

A small gray-black tree man walked out of the ashes, a foot tall, slender and slender, his hands and feet were roots, his face was a little blurred, only a pair of eyes were still clear, slightly reddened.

It's a bit like ginseng, but it's longer, black at the top and bottom at the bottom, and the flesh looks like a tea sapling.

"You have gone astray, and now you have reappeared in a blessed fate, and you will not see you yet." Qingniu Daoist said again.

When the little tree man heard this, he immediately turned to me, knelt down in front of me, and kowtowed three times.

I was taken aback, instinctively stepped back, and exclaimed, "This ...... What's going on? ”

Qingniu paused, sighed slightly, and said: "This essence is a tea tree creature, after thousands of years, but unfortunately it went astray at the last moment, it is quite blessed with you, and I will follow you in the future." ”

I was stunned, and the fat man hurriedly pulled me and signaled that I would agree.

I said yes, and then I saw the little tree man come towards me, swishing up my trouser leg and into my bag.

Seeing this, the Qingniu Daoist nodded with satisfaction and said, "Come up, the poor Dao will give you a ride." ”

I nodded stunned, and then the fat man climbed onto the broad back of the cow.

The green cow called softly and turned around and left.

Its steps are slow, but the speed is frighteningly fast, and this speed has been shown by Aunt Hong before, and it is even a little faster.

Shrinking the ground into inches, it is as if it is not walking by itself, but the ground is automatically retreating.

The reckless jungle retreated quickly at the foot of the green ox, and in less than ten minutes I saw the road out of Shennongjia, and after careful calculation, it had to be three or four hours away from us.

But Qingniu did not stop, and walked for another while, until he was about to walk out of Shennongjia, he slowly stopped.

The fat man and I jumped off the green cow and thanked the green cow Taoist.

But by the time we got up again, the Qingniu Daoist had already disappeared from the people and the ox.

The front was empty, my heart was slightly one, coming and going without a trace, the fat man changed color slightly, didn't say anything, recognized the direction and pulled me away quickly.

It wasn't until he walked far away that the fat man said the first sentence, saying: "Don't talk about the matter of the Qingniu Daoist to people who don't trust you." ”

I nodded and said that I knew, and I was not a person who chewed the root of my tongue, and immediately opened my bag to look for the little tree man, only to find that the little tree man was gone, and rummaged for a while, only to find a round tea tree seed in the corner of the backpack.

The fat man looked at it and said, "It seems that the tea tree has become a refinement, but it turned out to be misguided by cannibalism and soul devouring; Let's leave it there for now, and we'll talk about it when we get back. ”

After that, the fat man and I picked up speed, found a nearby road, and took a truck out of the mountain.

Arriving at the nearby town, we drove all the way to Chongqing, spent a lot of money to open the way, and finally arrived in Chongqing at nightfall.

Xu Dashan had already personally led someone to wait for us at the exit of the expressway, and as soon as he saw us, he greeted us, checked the wound on my shoulder that was scratched by a zombie, and quickly took us back to Evergreen Garden.

On the way, we told the general situation of this trip, Xu Dashan's face changed several times, and he also checked the tea tree species, and said: "According to legend, the Qingniu Daoist has passed away decades ago, but I didn't expect the news to be false, he is still alive." ”

After a pause, he looked at me and the fat man seriously, and said, "Don't tell others this news easily, and don't inquire too much, it is very deep, and I only know a little bit of the skin." ”

The fat man and I listened to the drums in our hearts, what kind of person is this? How can a name alone change the face of a big eye?

Back at Evergreen Garden, Xu Dashan immediately began to pull out poison with me, he was a medical saint, proficient in pharmacology, and familiar with it.

And he also said that Miao Zhai also sent someone to send some medicine to deal with zombie poison, and it must have been sent by the poisonous butterfly to Miao Zhai.

Xu Dashan spent about an hour, used a lot of medicine, pulled out all the zombie poison, and then said that he would do acupuncture and cupping with me to completely remove the hidden dangers.

I naturally agreed, lying on the bed in the pharmacy, I suddenly remembered the matter of the alliance, and asked, "Uncle Xu, how is the matter of the alliance?" ”

Xu Dashan planted a fire pot on my back and said with a smile: "The alliance has been announced, and it has been widely rumored by the outside world, the two sides have been set as an offensive and defensive alliance. ”

I nodded, and now that was done, it was up to us to see how the corpse gate reacted.

"Is there any movement over there?" The fat man sat idly on the other side of the bed and asked for me.

"We're monitoring closely, but there's no intelligence yet, so I think it's going to be soon."

Xu Dashan said, after speaking, he groaned for a while, and said: "In addition, we captured an intelligence, a few days ago there was an internal strife in the corpse gate, it is said that two very influential people in the door clashed, and there was blood, but this matter came and went quickly, and the corpse gate quickly blocked the news, and we are now investigating with all our might." The corpse door was slow, and I don't know if it had something to do with it. ”

"Infighting?"

My eyes couldn't help but light up, that night, when I walked out of Shennongjia with the poisonous butterfly, I borrowed a phone call from a farmer's house to inform Gua Ge to encircle and suppress Shi Changgeng, but it was calculated and the tea was poisoned.

In order to delay my life, I deliberately said that Shi Chang'an and Shi Changgeng were calculated, and someone inside the corpse gate wanted to get rid of the two of them. It's all nonsense, but the man and the woman said that they already knew who it was, and I was baffled.

The heart said that it must be that thing, right? I inadvertently lit the cannon of the corpse door?

Xu Dashan saw that my face was different, so he asked me what was wrong.

I thought about it for a moment, and then I told it in detail, as it was.

Xu Dashan couldn't help but be happy when he heard this, and said, "Could it be that it is really unintentionally planted in the willows?" ”

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