Chapter 516: Waiting for the Summer Solstice
"Sir, the three flower lady said that she looked at the stars in the tree and came down later."
"Really?"
"That's what Sanhua Niangniang said."
"Sanhua Niangniang-"
Song You raised his head and looked up along the green tung tree, his vision was quickly blocked by the thick fog miasma, and then asked, "Are the stars above beautiful?" β
ββ¦β¦β
I faintly heard a voice.
The high place is cold, and the sound is gradually coming.
"I can't hear clearly."
The Taoist said very casually.
"Okay-look-"
A louder sound came from the top, dragging a long tail note, still accompanied by the sound of the wind, but this time it was clear to hear.
"Then when will the three flower girls come down?"
"Wait a minute!"
Sanhua Cat's voice paused, and then asked worriedly: "The stars above are very beautiful, do you want to come up and take a look?" β
"Sanhua Niangniang, let's jump down, I'll catch you."
ββ¦β¦β
There was an inaudible sound of wind overhead.
A three-flowered cat fell straight from the clouds.
The Taoist lifted the bamboo cane a little, and a soft breeze rose in front of him, forming an invisible air cushion. When the cat landed on all fours, it was held by the wind, and she was honest as if it was being carried, and then slowly put it on the ground in the soft wind, and then she breathed a sigh of relief.
The cat's eyes rolled quickly, thinking about how to explain, but just as she raised her head and looked at her own Taoist priest, she saw her own Taoist priest holding her small flag and handing it to her.
"This is the flag of Sanhua Niangniang, return it to Sanhua Niangniang."
"Hmm......"
I only heard the sound of the canopy.
The cat suddenly turned into a human form, lowered its head and took the flag from the Taoist's hand, and looked up at the Taoist, his eyes were shining: "You put a lot of things in again?" β
"It's not that Sanhua Niangniang's talent is too high, and the progress of Dao cultivation is too fast, although the original demon tiger wolves are powerful, the help to Sanhua Niangniang is getting smaller and smaller." Song You said helplessly, "I have to find some suitable heinous monsters to put in." β
"It's a lot!"
"It's all heinous monsters, so it's a gift for Sanhua Niangniang." Song You said calmly, "It's just that these monsters are far deeper than the demon tiger in the banner of Sanhua Niangniang, Sanhua Niangniang still has to be like the previous summoning of the Jinhe Demon Tiger, from weak to strong, one by one, gradually subdued, don't be in a hurry." Their wisdom also surpasses that of the Golden River Demon Tiger, and even more so than the wolves, and Sanhua Niangniang must also be careful when calling them and make good use of them. β
After a pause, he shook his head again, as if refuting his own words, and as if talking to himself: "Sanhua Niangniang is smart and cautious, mature and patient, and has understood the truth of Xu Xu Tuzhi since she was a child, so why do I need to remind me of these things?" β
"That's right!"
The girl did not hesitate and nodded solemnly.
Holding the flag and feeling it for a while-
The flag is a little different from what it used to be.
This is because the original wolf flag is only the natal magic weapon of the Saibei wolf king, and the Saibei wolf king's path is limited, compared with the monsters in the hall of Fangcai, it may be an upper middle level, correspondingly, there is no problem with this wolf summoning flag to accommodate a group of wolves, and it is not a big problem to accommodate a dozen or so demon tigers, but it is not possible to accommodate so many monsters who are not weaker than the wolf king.
So the Taoist gave it more spiritual power, making this magic weapon more powerful.
At the same time, there are nearly thirty more youkai in it.
It's just that the monsters at this time exist more in the way of spiritual rhyme, they are all ontologies, even if they are summoned, they can't have all the previous thoughts and skills, but it is convenient for Sanhua Niangniang to check and choose.
At first glance, she saw the first object she wanted to subdue and manifestedβ
A huge, tall white crane.
It's a pity that the Tao of the white crane seems to be high among the monsters, and none of these monsters can compare to the three flower girls, and they have to practice for a while before they can try to subdue and manifest the first one.
The first one can't be this white crane......
Sanhua Niangniang is smart and cautious, mature and patient.
The little girl thought as she put the flag away.
Song You put his hand into his arms again, and felt out a small piece that was not much bigger than a fingernail, the color was snow-white, and when he looked closely, it was actually a fan, but it was too small.
"From that willow demon, I saw another interesting thing." Song You handed it to Yanzi, "The name of this thing is not left blank, but it is a fan, which should be the top magic weapon in ancient times, even if a mortal holds this fan lightly, even the gods can't fly to the sky, so they have to fall down obediently." β
"We couldn't fly that day, Mr. rode the wind and landed again, is this fan to blame?"
"Exactly."
"Sir, this is ......"
Yanzi watched the Taoist pinching the fan, which was not much bigger than his feathers, getting closer and closer to him, and couldn't help but be stunned and at a loss.
"If you don't yearn for the way of fighting, this thing will be given to you, if you encounter danger in the future, you only need a fan, and the other party will not be able to fly, so you can leave easily." Song You paused, "It just so happens that the size of this thing can be changed at will, and it is also very convenient for you to carry it." β
"This ...... This ...... It's also too precious. β
"It's just a foreign object." Song You just said, "You can use it, you can rely on it, just do whatever you want." β
"Thank you, sir......"
When the swallow heard this, he no longer refused.
It flapped its wings and flew over, and with its beak, it lifted the feather-sized fan.
After a while, a fire rose again in the green tung forest.
This time it was a small campfire.
The Taoist sat cross-legged in front of the campfire.
The little girl, dressed in tricoloured clothes, sat beside him a pile of dry firewood that she had just picked up, and she took her little flag and looked at it carefully by the light of the fire, and the firewood reflected her face in a bright and pink light.
Suddenly, she seemed to remember something, so she asked, "Daoist, did you get rid of that monster?" β
"Nope."
The Taoist who was sitting cross-legged opened his eyes and replied calmly.
"Swallow said you burned it to ashes."
"Just beat it and burned its body." Song You said patiently, "Its doppelgangers are all over this green tung forest, and its root system is even more spread over a radius of hundreds of miles, and it is inseparable from the green tung tree, so it is not easy to completely eradicate it." β
"Is this the reason why that willow demon knows that he is invincible to Mr., but he still dares to fight with Mr. head-on?" Swallow asked, standing on a nearby branch.
"Clever."
Song You sat still, staring at the fire.
The essence of plants and trees is the most difficult to get rid of, just like the bamboo demon in Changjing, the vitality of the willow tree is also extremely tenacious in the grass and trees, not to mention that he has been practicing for thousands of years, which is really the best in the world, and he has long expected it today and has been preparing for many years in this land, and the calculation is nothing more than two points-
Whether it is a humane monk or a god of the Heavenly Palace, it is not easy for him to discover his plan and discover his hiding place.
Even if he finds out, there is nothing he can do.
Now that Dayan's national fortunes are declining rapidly, there are already chaotic times in the world, as if indicating that the chaos has become a foregone conclusion. Once the world is in chaos and humanity is weakened, it is a good time for evil spirits to emerge. In addition, the conflict between the central court and the warlords of the Chen clan in the north is likely to lead to a major war in the north, once the corpses are floating for thousands of miles and the blood stains the country, it will be an excellent soil for the cultivation of this willow demon.
So he took root here, and he will eventually cultivate to the peak of antiquity.
"So what do we do?"
Sanhua Niangniang frowned at the white brow.
"There's no hurry."
Song You looked at the barbecue on the side of the skewers, sprinkled some salt on it, and said slowly: "I have set up a big array in this Qingtong forest to seal this place, and a lot of demons and evil have come out today, so I asked Sanhua Niangniang and Yan An to work hard for some days to find it out slowly, but all those who are stained with blood and evil qi have been eliminated." β
"And how do you get rid of the willow tree?"
"Wait for the day."
After Song You finished speaking, he picked up the barbecue and ate it.
Eat, drink, rinse your mouth, and sleep on the spot.
This time I came to this green tung forest, which is different from the last time.
It was a cold winter when I came back here, icy and snowy, and the cold was biting, but this time it was already early summer, although this green tung forest was not hot at all, it was still cool, and even under the miasma of fog, every gust of wind blew with a trace of coolness, but it was already able to spend the night on the spot.
In the middle of the night, a young scholar came to visit.
The young scholar was the same deer demon who saved the storyteller surnamed Dong and reminded Song You that there was something different in Yuezhou.
The deer demon was respectful and polite, and Song You, who woke up, talked at night across the half-extinguished fire, claiming to be a wild deer in the Qingtong Forest. However, many years ago, the willow demon secretly came here, not only defiled the sacred auspiciousness of this place, but also lured many monsters to degenerate, brought them to his demon country, and became evil demons. The deer demon was kind-hearted and couldn't bear to see this scene, and when he happened to see Song You, he seemed to be very capable, so he secretly reminded him.
Now that he has destroyed the willow demon, he has come to thank him.
Song You shook his head, told him that the willow demon had not been destroyed, talked with him for a long time, and asked him to go back to pack his bags and leave this mountain forest as soon as possible.
By this time it was almost dawn.
With a wave of his hand, the miasma cleared.
The sky is full of stars.
The Taoist fell asleep again.
In the days that followed, Sanhua Niangniang often rode her tiger wolf, took swallows, and ran around the entire Qingtong forest, searching for demons and evil spirits everywhere, and exterminating them.
Song You stopped where he was, waiting quietly.
Gradually from early summer to midsummer.
Sanhua Niangniang came back for the last time and said to him: "The swallow has not found a new demon for three days, and the monsters found are all good, we will do as you say, tell them to go out, go to the edge of the Qingtong forest and wait, and go out early when the time comes." Other bad youkai may have been killed, or they may have gone into hiding. β
"It doesn't matter." Song You said to them, "You don't have to go again after today, even if there are fish that slip through the net, there are not many, and there are no waves." β
"Okay!"
"Thank you."
"It's not hard!"
Another night is falling.
The nearest green tung forest is clear, and there is no miasma at all, like the night of the winter solstice that year.
Today is the summer solstice.
(End of chapter)