Volume 5: The First Song Four Hundred and Thirty-Nine: The Thousand Needle Pine Forest (7)
Qian Chao found a tree, of course, not the pine trees that are commonly seen here, in a place in front of him, the pine trees are scarce and form a clearing, and the tree is growing alone in the middle of there, this tree is called "Cinnamon Tree", in the classics that Yan Xuan has shown him to record various spiritual herbs and elixirs, this Cinnamon Tree is the top good thing.
This kind of tree is not tall, just like a vigorous shrub, the branches are not thick, the branches and leaves are very dense, the leaves, flowers and fruits of the cinnamon tree are useless, but the young branches of the cinnamon tree just pulled out will give birth to a layer of fine powder like hoarfrost, this fine powder is a good thing, but the young branches will soon deepen and mature, so this white and greasy powder will also disappear quickly, and the cinnamon tree itself is difficult to find, so this delicate powder is more difficult to obtain.
To take this kind of white frost general fine powder is to cut off the branches of the laurel tree directly, the cut branches are called "white frost branches", the white frost branches should be left to stand for a few days after being removed, and then the layer of white thin frost can be carefully scraped off from the top with a sharp knife little by little, this fine powder can not be used to refine the elixir, but it can be combined with several other medicines to prepare a precious healing elixir, for people with serious injuries almost have the effect of resurrecting the dead, Therefore, this kind of white greasy powder is also very precious, if the small wine cup of three coins is filled with this kind of white greasy fine powder and sold it in the place where the monks gather, it will cost at least six or seven thousand spirit stones before they are willing to sell.
And although the laurel tree in front of Qian Chao is not big, it is as if it has just experienced a heavy snowfall, and many branches are full of the kind of fine powder that is cherished and difficult to find, which makes Qian Chao feel how he can't be moved.
Scraping the hoarfrost on this branch must be carried out in a windless quiet room, but those are what Yan Xuan has to do after he goes back, and now Qian Chao saw the laurel tree full of white branches, so he leaned over directly in excitement, took out a pair of scissors and began to carefully start cutting those hoarfrost branches, and then carefully placed them in the wooden box that Yan Xuan gave him, and then handed these to Yan Xuan when he went out.
Sure enough, the place with a strong aura is full of good things, Qian Chao was busy and thinking at the same time, I don't know what better treasures he will meet if he goes inside, but just when he thought of this, his heart suddenly trembled for no reason, and a dangerous chill surged into his heart, making him suddenly have a feeling of being on thin ice and under a dangerous wall!
In the cultivation world, all good things must be guarded by demon beasts, Qian Chao only cared about seeing good things and was excited, and he actually forgot about this one, he should have arranged a protective formation nearby before picking these hoarfrost branches, but he only took out the scissors, completely leaving these behind, fortunately, he was still invisible at this time, but a dangerous aura had already appeared nearby.
Vigilantly searched around, and then Qian Chao saw an unknown demon beast not far away through the branches of the laurel tree, which had already thinned a lot.
That chilling sense of crisis emanates from it.
The size of that thing is like a palace gecko that has been magnified I don't know how many times, and it is a little like a small pig dragon, the whole body is dull grass gray, the body is slender like a snake, full of scales, the head is like a big snake, the head and neck are also flexible like a snake, and it is moving four stubby legs quietly and vigilantly walking towards this laurel tree, if there are no four stubby legs, this guy looks like a big snake with the thickness of a sea bowl, its four legs are stepping on the thick pine needles and fallen leaves on the ground, and there is no sound at all, It was the proximity to Qian Chao that aroused his vigilance, if it was Li Jian here, he should have been able to find this guy a long time ago.
Qian Chao only felt a pounding in his chest, he recognized that this guy in front of him was definitely a middle-level demon beast, and he had to build a foundation monk to deal with it, although Qian Chao had also killed a lot of middle-level demon beasts in the Wok Mountain, but that was under the situation that he had arranged the formation in advance, and now it was too late to arrange the formation, and it would definitely alarm this demon beast, fortunately, he had a small wooden sign engraved with "Hidden Spirit Array", and he was also invisible, so he was not discovered by that guy for the first time.
But Rao is Qian Chao has these means to defend himself, the two eyes with pupils like hourglass on the guy's snake-like head are staring straight in the direction of Qian Chao, and after noticing this, Qian Chao's heart is even more panicked, instinctively thinking that he was discovered by the other party, and at this time, the guy also came straight to Qian Chao's direction, so that Qian Chao subconsciously wanted to launch his body to escape from here, but he couldn't help but didn't move!
Of course, the guy didn't find Qian Chao, but it found that most of the branches stained with hoarfrost on the laurel tree had disappeared at this time, which is what made this guy suspicious, it didn't know that Qian Chao was behind the tree, but suspected that some foreign demon beast had broken into its territory and destroyed the cinnamon tree it guarded, and even the guy who invaded was still hiding in this vicinity, so it was so vigilant.
Demon beasts are also territorial, especially the more powerful demon beasts, in this thousand-needle pine forest, there are a lot of good things, so the easiest way for each demon beast to divide the territory is to guard a plant or a cluster of spiritual herbs and elixirs, such as this guy in front of him, it is specially guarding this laurel tree, if other demon beasts covet it to rob, even if it invades its territory.
Qian Chao also thought of this, so he didn't flee in a panic at the first time, but it was definitely not appropriate to stay here, so he took advantage of the demon beast to come over, and his hanging figure began to slowly and quietly begin to leave the cinnamon tree.
Just when Qian Chao's figure slowly left the cinnamon tree less than ten zhang, the guy also approached the cinnamon tree, and the short distance this guy has been vigilantly looking around, of course it can't find the intruder, and finally the demon beast snorted heavily as if it was very dissatisfied, and then looked left and right before raising his head at the cinnamon tree, the big mouth full of fine and sharp teeth cracked, and a long wet and sticky red tongue stretched out, The long tongue was like a long thin snake on a branch full of hoarfrost and then retracted into the mouth of the demon beast, and all the hoarfrost on the branch was eaten into the stomach by this guy, thinking that this guy guarded this cinnamon tree for the fine powder like hoarfrost on the branch, that thing must also have a lot of tonic effect on this demon beast.
Qian Chao felt a little pity when he saw that the hoarfrost on the remaining branches of the cinnamon tree was about to become the belly of the demon beast, but he also gained a lot, and he didn't want to do much, so he was ready to leave here.
Just when the demon beast greedily licked the branches of the cinnamon tree and Qian Chao was quietly leaving, suddenly directly above the cinnamon tree, the wings first fluttered, and then immediately came a terrible and piercing chirp, and then Qian Chao felt a strong wind pressure from the top of his head pressed straight down, fortunately, Qian Chao was almost twenty zhang away from the laurel tree at this time, so he barely fell to the ground directly pressed by the wind pressure, And the cinnamon tree fell to the ground almost all of a sudden, and at the same time, there was an even more piercing hiss there, which was emitted by the demon beast like a big gecko, which sounded as uncomfortable as using a long needle to poke into his ears and stir, so that Qian Chao couldn't help but cover his ears with his hands, and staggered away from here.
At the same time, the thing that made a terrible roar in the air had already swooped down, and when Qian Chao looked back, he saw that under a pair of big chestnut wings, a pair of big bird claws like steel hooks had been caught in the flesh of the back of the big gecko!
Suddenly there was a shrill hissing sound!
……
Beyond the thousand-needle pine forest.
Lou Qingyao sneered and said to Zong Yan:
"Zong Yan, your parents have wasted a lot of effort, the investigation is not true, they didn't inquire at all, I might as well tell you clearly, I, Lou Qingyao, did not have a marriage contract with one person, but five or six men before and after have made a marriage contract with me, and I didn't even ask about these, isn't your father busy in vain?"
"What ......"
Hearing this, Zong Yan was a little stunned, and Zhang Yi also vaguely heard it from a distance, and couldn't help but want to look back at this side but held back, Zong Yan stared at Lou Qingyao and said in disbelief:
"How is this ...... What's going on here? ”
Lou Qingyao's face began to change from the red of the tide to the white of frost, and she sneered and continued to Zong Yan:
"Hmph, what's going on? Zong Yan, I guess you should have heard of a nickname I was given in the Lion Forest, hehe, no one dared to provoke me in the Lion Forest, and because of what I did, people secretly called me 'Pink Ghost' behind my back, you should know my nickname, right? ”
"This ......"
"Well, it seems that the sect brother knows, but does the sect brother know how I got this nickname?"
“…… You said! ”
"You're right, we have similar identities, whether you are in the Five Spirits Sect or I am in the Lion Forest, we are all big friends, so it is impossible for you and me to choose a Taoist partner for ourselves, I don't know how your parents chose a Taoist partner for you, but my elders chose a Taoist partner for me, I don't match any of them, all of them are vulgar and obscene, and it is difficult to become a big thing, and I don't take advantage of my heart, but I still have to accept that man, hum, how can I be willing!"
When she said this, Lou Qingyao suddenly smiled, she stared at Zong Yan's eyes and said:
"There is also a Qi Ruoyuan who is similar to me and remains in the Five Spirits Sect, the reason why she came to the Five Spirits Sect must have been heard by you, right? Do you admire her a little, do you think she is a fierce strange woman? That's right, she is in a similar situation to me, the difference is that she was not forced by her elders but forced by Meng Cailou to marry, of course she didn't want to marry, so Qi Ruowei didn't hesitate to stab the man with a sword in order to show Meng Cailou her resolute intentions, and almost stabbed the man to death, for which she was willing to be severely punished, and finally in order to get a clean and easy future, she even gave up Meng Cailou, it's amazing, right? Ha ha...... Zongfang, let me tell you, I have also done such a thing, and more than once, I have indeed made marriage contracts with five or six men before, and you also know that a woman cannot marry more, and now except for the last guy who signed a marriage contract with me, I am lucky to be alive, guess what happened to the others? ”
Hearing this, Zong Yan's eyes widened suddenly, and Zhang Yi also looked back in shock.
And Tang Ping and the other four people, who were quietly eavesdropping on these in a hidden figure, were even more stunned, especially Lu Pingchuan, although he couldn't see it, his throat couldn't help but move after hearing this.
They all guessed that it was natural for a daughter not to marry more, and Lou Qingyao said that except for the luck of the last one who made a marriage contract with her, what else could happen?
Probably all dead!
"You...... You ...... them."
At this time, Zong Fang felt that the white teeth exposed by Lou Qingyao when he spoke had turned into a terrible bone white, which made him stammer, and he was interrupted by Lou Qingyao before he finished speaking:
"Naturally, they were all killed, do you want to keep them disgusting me all the time? Hmph, Brother Zong now knows where my name came from? ”