Chapter 20: The Dryad Reflects the Snow
The locust tree spirit finally appeared, and I suspected that the wolf spirit that had taken me on the shoulder before, and the group of wolves that blocked me in the woods, were all instructed by her, otherwise how could it be so coincidental.
Although I don't know why Chang Xiaomeng hasn't come back for a long time, there is another Huang family fairy by my side, Huang Yongyong, I still have those talismans and mountain ghost swords in my hand, even if I fight with the locust tree spirit, I am not stunned.
I stood up with a rub, picked up the mountain ghost sword with my left hand, took out the red talisman given to me by Old Man Su with my right hand, picked out two demon suppression talismans, and was on guard.
The little girl in white didn't know whether she was afraid of the mountain ghost sword in my hand, or afraid of the demon suppression talisman, so she "swished" and hid behind the old locust tree and didn't dare to come out, and the action was faster than a rabbit.
Seeing that she was so scared, my heart was relieved, and my momentum was even stronger, and I pointed at her with a mountain ghost sword and asked: "Why did you steal the souls of those children, although it was the fault of Carpenter Zhang to cut off your branches in the first place, but I obviously let them worship you, and I also made offerings to you, and apologized, what do you want?" I took back the souls of those children with a soul detention horse, why don't you let them go, but you want to hook up their souls together! ”
I put the questions on my mind out loud and thin, eager to know the answers to them.
"Brother... Brothers! Don't get me wrong, don't be impulsive! This locust tree spirit, we have known each other for more than 200 years, she is not a bad goblin, usually she doesn't even dare to catch the bird that squats on her head and, and she can't do the evil thing of detaining the child's soul cultivation, we are all spirits who are cultivating the eight classics, and do not take the evil path. ”
Huang Yongyong saw me pointing at the little girl in white with the mountain ghost sword, and hurriedly blocked in front and waved my hand to persuade me, for fear that I would hurt her.
"Doesn't it have anything to do with the loss of the souls of the children in the village? Didn't Carpenter Zhang saw its branches, and it held a grudge and took revenge on those children? So who recruited this wolf spirit? Why did they sneak up on me, and the wolves hiding in the woods, they were obviously premeditated in advance! Doesn't these things have anything to do with the locust tree spirit? ”
I threw out a barrage of questions, leaving him stunned.
Huang bravely scratched his head, not knowing how to answer for a while.
The little girl in white, hiding behind the old locust tree in her body, leaned out her head tremblingly, and whispered timidly: "Immortal Master, I really didn't do this, and I don't dare to borrow a few guts......
"Don't embarrass her, she really didn't do this!" A cold voice sounded from his consciousness, it was Chang Xiaomeng, who had been missing for a long time.
"Brother Meng, you are back, I was almost bitten to death by the wolf spirit......" When I heard that Chang Xiaomeng was back, I felt aggrieved and complained to him.
"Well, I know, I expected you to be in danger, so I asked Huang Jiaxian to protect you." Chang Xiaomeng was still as cold as ever, and said simply.
He threw something at my feet and continued to say to me, "This is a piece of soul jade, a magic weapon dedicated to holding souls. The souls of the children in the village are all here, you can bring them back and release them, and let them call them back. ”
"What the hell is going on, Brother Meng, why are these children's souls being hooked away? Isn't it a locust tree? "I really couldn't figure out what was going on, so I asked him.
"It's not a locust tree spirit, don't look at her for more than 500 years, she can transform into shapes, but if she wants to cover up the soul breath of those children and not be discovered by me, she can't do it. I knew from the beginning that she didn't do it, but I felt that there was something strange about it, and I had something to do with her. ”
"As soon as I came here tonight, I noticed that there was a sneaky spirit hiding near the old locust tree, and there was a faint breath of those children's spirits on it, and it ran away as soon as it found me. I called Huang Jiaxian to protect you, hurry up and catch up. The guy was slippery and tight, and he almost caught up with him a few times, but he slipped away. Seeing that I was chasing after me closely, it had no choice but to drop this piece of soul jade and run away. When I confirmed that the souls of the children I had lost were inside, I would be gone to look for them. The wolf spirit and the wolves estimated that he was also the ghost, and wanted to force me to go back to save you, but he didn't expect that we still had Huang Jiaxian. ”
Chang Xiaomeng said a lot, and I probably understood the ins and outs.
But there's another question I don't understand, what the hell is that thing?
"It should be a gray fairy about 500 years old, you ask her about this, she should know more than me."
Chang Xiaomeng pointed to the little girl in white hiding behind the tree and said to me.
Seeing that we were all staring at her, the little girl in white reluctantly stepped out from behind the tree and squirmed in front of us.
"That bad guy is indeed a gray fairy, I don't know where he came from a few days ago, although he has no body, just a spirit, but you also know, when it comes to fighting, our grass and tree spirits do not have an advantage, he dominates my body as soon as he comes, and he still makes a nest in the hole in my body, bullying me all day long......"
The little girl in white seemed to be thinking of the grievances she had suffered these days, and the crying pear blossoms brought rain, which made people feel distressed.
"That day, several children in the village were clamoring to go up the tree to dig out the bird's nest, but the bird's nest was not digged, and the son of the Sun family saw that there was a nest of small rats in the hole, so he directly took the nest, took out the little rats and threw them down the tree and fell to their deaths......"
"The gray fairy went out and came back to see the child's tragic death, gritted his teeth to take revenge, and was angry with me. Forcing me to self-destruct my Taoism, let me blossom and bear spiritual fruits in the winter. It wants to use the souls of those children, plus the spiritual fruit I have produced, to resurrect its children with evil methods. ”
"I can't beat it, I don't dare to be angry or speak, I can only secretly give the white immortal master a dream, and I want the immortal master to save me......"
It dawned on me that it was no wonder that the little girl in white in the dream seemed to be bullied and cried, it turned out that she was guiding me in the dream and asking me for help. It's a pity that I didn't figure it out, and I thought she was doing something wrong and stole the souls of those children.
"I'll tell you all I know, if the gray fairy comes back to me to settle accounts, I'll be miserable, it won't let me go, I can't beat it... That one... That one... White Immortal Master, can I enter your hall? ”
The little girl in white said to me timidly, her tone a little pleading.
I looked at Chang Xiaomeng and Huang Yongyong and wanted to ask for their opinions.
Chang Xiaomeng nodded, indicating that it was okay, Huang Yongyong was even more exaggerated, grinning, his head was like a chicken pecking rice, he couldn't wait to let the locust tree enter my hall.
The little girl in white looked very happy and clapped her hands happily. I wasn't so nervous anymore, I repeated what I said to Huang Yongyong to her, telling her that I was a dark hall, and that I didn't have so many offerings and incense, and I might be wronged.
The little girl in white didn't care, she said that these grass and tree spirits were no easier to practice than animal spirits, and it was more difficult to cultivate the Tao by themselves than to ascend to the sky, it was basically impossible.
Even if I am a dark hall, it is many times stronger than her groping for cultivation alone, and she is willing to do a hundred in her heart.
Watching Huang Yongyong wink at her and make a secret comparison, I felt like I had fallen into a trap, and felt that they were colluding in advance to calculate me.
But it's come to this, and that's it, and it's a good thing to have an extra locust tree spirit that has been cultivated for more than 500 years in the hall, maybe when it can be useful.
I saw the little girl in white waving at the old locust tree, full of green leaves and blood-red locust flowers without wind and automatic, flashing with pale light, falling gracefully from the tree, turning into stars before landing, like countless fireflies, in the air have turned into streamers coming towards her, I know that these are her cultivation, and now return to the body.
As soon as the streamer entered the body, the little girl in white changed her body greatly, and in an instant she turned into a girl with a graceful figure, which was concave and convex, and it was simply a thing in the world. Dressed in white like snow, under the moonlight and snow, a beautiful picture is outlined.
Looking at the old locust tree again, the green leaves and red flowers have been scattered, and then it has turned into a dark appearance, returning to calm, and seems to be asleep.
The locust tree spirit had a crisp voice, as tactful as a lark, and said to me with a smile that she didn't have a name either, so let me give her a name.
I stared blankly at the shadow in the snow, there was a kind of artistic conception of beauty, my heart moved, turned my head and said to her, just call it "Bai Yingxue"!
The locust tree spirit liked the name very much, and laughed happily, like a silver bell.
Huang Yongyong stood aside and scratched his head, his face was embarrassed, and asked me if it was possible to change his name?
He said that when he compared it with "Bai Yingxue", he knew how earthy the name I gave him was, it was too perfunctory!
I remembered that he colluded with Bai Yingxue's routine to me, pretended to be angry and glared at him, and told him to change his name and roast chicken, and let him choose one of them, he was silent for a while, touched his nose and made no sound, and seemed to admit it.
The truth is revealed here, but it's a pity that the culprit ran away, and I don't know if the gray fairy will come back to take revenge.
I carefully put away the piece of soul jade, and planned to bring it back to save those children, after all, I took other people's things, and I had to save people to the end, and the master's reputation was saved.
As for Bai Yingxue, a few of us really wasted our brains. She's a grass and tree spirit, and her body grows in the soil, so she can't dig it up and take it away! Let her stay here, and she is afraid that the gray fairy will come back to take revenge.
In the end, Huang Yongyong had a lot of ideas, he came up with an idea, and several immortals worked together to make a formation around the old locust tree, which was equivalent to a trap, as long as the gray fairy dared to step in, the formation would be triggered immediately, even if he had 500 years of Taoism, he would not want to escape easily. It just so happened that we couldn't find him if we wanted to catch him, so we waited for him to throw himself into the net.
Several immortals followed me down the mountain, helping to return the souls of those children to their places, and they were jumping around one by one.
I didn't pay much attention to the gratitude of those people, I remembered what the master said: "People's hearts are like tides, ups and downs!" ”