() When Su Mai ran wildly and returned to the plum hermitage, nearly half an hour had passed.

The small courtyard is still the same, and the clusters of strange flowers bloom in the sun, deep red and light white, reflecting the beauty of this deep mountain hut.

Following the flower and going straight in, turning the reclining Buddha Guanyin, Su Mai saw Gu Kuang and useless.

The little monk was sitting under the acacia tree on his own, meditating quietly, and there were several eye-catching scratches on the top of his bare head, which looked very dazzling.

And Gu Kuang also closed his eyes on the stone steps and meditated, his face looked a little pale, and when he heard the footsteps, he immediately stood up, and when he saw that it was Su Mai rushing in, he was suddenly overjoyed, and hurriedly shouted:

"Su Mai, where have you been?"

Hearing this, he also stood up, hurriedly trotted over, pulled Su Mai to look left and right, and said, "Strange, you are not injured?"

"What, you still want me to get hurt?" said Useless patted Useless and said.

"That's not it, it's just that Gu Kuang and I were both injured, why didn't you have anything?"

"Maybe I'm lucky!" Su Mai looked back at Gu Kuang and asked again:

"What's going on with you guys, why are you here?"

"I don't know, after I was separated in the forest last night, I kept running forward, and then there were more and more dried corpses, and it didn't take long to be surrounded, and there was a vast area around, and I couldn't see anything clearly, so I could only cut a few by feeling, but I was accidentally bitten, but fortunately I reacted quickly and was not seriously injured. Gu Kuang said, stretching out his arm, but saw that there was a row of blood marks on his forearm.

"And what happened later?" asked Su Mai anxiously.

"After being bitten, I rushed for a while, and then I felt dazed, and after I woke up, I was here!" Gu Kuang was also confused.

"Useless, what about you?" asked Su Mai again.

"I also ran around for a while, and then I was surrounded by those dried corpses, but it seemed that they were very jealous of my lotus flower, and did not attack me much, so I fled all the way out, but there were too many dried corpses, and I also had a bruise on my head. Useless thought about it and replied.

"Then how did you get out?" Su Mai said urgently.

"At that time, I didn't know where to run, but as I ran, a voice seemed to point the way in my ear, and taught me to run out, and said that you are here to pick up plum hermitage, so I came back. ”

"Does that voice look like an old woman?" Su Mai blurted out when he heard this.

"Sounds like it. It was useless to think about it, but I was not sure.

"That's it, it must be Na Xin's girl!" Su Mai nodded and said.

"Xin girl?" Gu Kuang said in surprise when he heard this.

When Su Mai heard this, he didn't answer, but beckoned the two of them to sit down from the stone steps and briefly recounted the previous encounter, but the matter involving the Daoist priest and the tree heart was only briefly mentioned, focusing on the transaction mentioned by the bamboo fence courtyard and the night snow.

"Deal?" Gu Kuang was confused when he heard this, this old lady brought a few of her people here, the purpose was just for this transaction?

Seeing that Gu Kuang was a little puzzled, Su Mai took a deep breath, and then said: "The grievances between me and Tianlangfang, I'm afraid it's far from being as simple as this full moon flower!"

"Another grievance?" Gu Kuang said with a surprised face, according to his understanding, it seems that this day Langfang Su Mai is also meeting for the first time, so where does this grievance start?

Su Mai nodded, but he looked useless.

"Could it be that Yao Shuo's matter has been exposed?" Seeing this, Useless's heart sank, and he hurriedly asked.

"Mostly, yes. Su Mai bit his lip and said slowly.

"Who is Yao Shuo, is it related to Tianlangfang?" Gu Kuang hurriedly asked.

"I heard that this Yao Shuo is the nephew of the shopkeeper Yao, and he was killed by us!" replied uselessly.

"Shopkeeper Yao's nephew?" Gu Kuang wondered, why hadn't he heard Su Mai and the others mention this matter before.

"I'm afraid it's far from that simple!" Su Mai heard this, thought for a while, and then briefly said what Yexue said again.

"No wonder this old lady wants to propose a deal, such a big beam, I'm afraid that Tianlangfang will be difficult to be good!" Useless sighed and looked over

Su Mai said.

"This is a dead knot!" Su Mai shook his head helplessly, and then said: "If it is really as the old lady said, I am afraid that I will not die in the end!"

"The old lady proposed the transaction, how did she do it, and how did she guarantee that she could settle Tianlangfang?" Gu Kuang asked anxiously when he heard this.

"Such a big thing, surely this deal is not cheap!" said Useless after pacing a few steps in place.

"That's natural, I'm afraid this transaction is more dangerous than Tianlangfang. Sumai replied.

"Could it be that we are going to kill people?" Useless leaned over, looking puzzled.

"It shouldn't be a murderous thing" Gu Kuang shook his head, and then said: "According to the current situation, this old lady's cultivation is definitely above us, and that little girl is only afraid that it is unusual, if you want to kill someone, you can't use us." ”

"If it's murder, it's better to say, I'm afraid of this, it's much more difficult than killing!" Su Mai stood up, took a few steps forward, and said with a solemn face.

"It's harder than killing someone, what is that, we have to do it?" Gu Kuang heard this, and wondered, thinking that there was nothing special about the three of them, if the old lady could really settle Tianlangfang, she should be a person with big means, even if this is the case, what is the need for them to do it?

"I didn't ask, but from words, it should be related to the ghost tree!" Su Mai thought for a moment and said.

"Haven't we been to the ghost tree? there is nothing else but those dried corpses?"

"This tree is not simple, it is rumored that he has a tree heart!" Su Mai looked at the two of them and said with a straight face.

"Tree Heart?" Useless exclaimed, and then said, "Could it be that it has already cultivated to the essence?"

"Not really. Su Mai shook his head, and then said: "Plants and trees are ruthless, if you want to cultivate, you must first generate a heart, and this ghost tree has a tree heart." ”

"Yes, if you have a heart, you will generate spiritual wisdom, and after a long time, you can gradually cultivate and take shape!" Gu Kuang said when he heard this.

"Then what is the use of this old lady wanting this tree heart?" asked Useless again.

I didn't know about it, and I didn't bother to ask, so I refused directly. Su Mai replied in his mouth, but he thought in his heart that maybe the old lady wanted to live forever, it didn't look like a twilight old man at all, but like a little girl, a daughter who loves beauty, everyone has it, not to mention women, maybe where did she learn a prescription for staying in the face, and asked this tree heart to be used as a medicine.

"It's a little strange!" Gu Kuang pondered for a moment and said with a frown.

"What's so strange?" asked Useless Hurriedly.

"We have already been to this ghost forest, and it is still difficult to protect ourselves, if we want to help her take the heart of the tree, it is tantamount to a fool's dream, and the difficulty is really better than facing Tianlangfang. This old lady insisted on inviting us to help, but what did she want?" Gu Kuang looked puzzled.

"She doesn't want us to be the vanguard and lure away those dried corpses, does she?" said Useless after a moment's thought.

"It's hard to say, if that's the case, then it's no different from sending him to death!" Su Mai looked useless and said.

"This old lady's heart is too dark, and she said that she would cooperate, and clearly let us go to death, but fortunately Su Mai, you refused!"

"In any case, we must not participate in this matter, rather than turning into a dry corpse in that ghost forest, it is better to fight with Tianlangfang. Gu Kuang nodded and said.

However, his idea was stopped by Su Mai in the next moment, only to see him stand up and say to Gu Kuang: "Gu Kuang, this matter has nothing to do with you, so don't get involved!"

"What are you talking about?" Gu Kuang looked unhappy when he heard this, and then said: "This matter is caused by this full moon flower, how can it have nothing to do with me?"

"Amitabha Buddha!" The uselessness of not announcing the Buddha's horn for a long time sang at the right time, and then said: "Su Mai is right, the cause of this matter is Yao Shuo's death, even if there is no full moon flower, it won't be long before Tianlangfang will come to the door." ”

"It's useless, don't get involved in this!" Su Mai raised his head and said suddenly.

"No, Yao Shuo was killed by us together, if there is any trouble, it should be borne together!" Hearing this, he immediately shook his head.

"He died under my sword, what does it have to do with you!" Su Mai shook the black sword in his hand and said in a deep voice.

"Come on, it's just your cultivation, no

With the help of the monk, can I kill him?" the little monk shouted disdainfully.

"Okay, don't argue, now is not the time to discuss who is responsible, you should think about how to act!" Gu Kuang saw that Su Mai wanted to bear it alone, so he had a heart to open his mind and said.

"Since that old lady said that there is a way to get rid of Tianlangfang, we might as well go and ask and see if there is any other way to trade besides this tree heart?" Useless smiled and said suddenly.

"No!" Su Mai heard this, and immediately stopped, this big husband said it as soon as he said it, how could he regret it, it must not make people laugh off his big teeth.

"Why?" Useless didn't notice Su Mai's careful thoughts, and then asked again.

"Ahem......" Su Mai coughed lightly, and then said: "Well, you see that we are a few big men, we can't hide behind women, besides, can she keep it for a while, and can it be saved for a lifetime? Do you still want to follow that old lady for the rest of your life?"

"That's absolutely impossible, I'd rather be caught by Tianlangfang than follow!"

"Su Mai, what are your plans?" Seeing this, Gu Kuang naturally couldn't look for the old lady anymore, but what about the plan for now?

"I think the most important thing at the moment is to determine the safety of a few Shentu brothers first!" Su Mai thought for a while and said.

If what the old lady said was true, at this moment, Tianlangfang was only afraid that he had found out about the Shentu brothers, and with their cultivation, it was almost impossible to get out. If they are caught, they will definitely deny it to death, and when the time comes, they will only be afraid that they will suffer a lot.

"Then let's go back to Wuyue City?" asked Useless as he stared at Su Mai with wide eyes.

"No, if we go back at this time, we will be caught in the net!" Su Mai shook his head, then looked at Gu Kuang, and said: "I and Useless can't appear again, only your identity has not been exposed at the moment, and it will not arouse suspicion!"

"Hmm......" Gu Kuang nodded, and then said: "I'll sneak back to the city at night to see if Brother Shentu and them are still there, and by the way, I will quietly go to Tianlangfang to investigate!"

"That's right!" Su Mai seemed to think of something, and suddenly shouted, and then said, "Your full moon flower, that old lady has not yet returned to us!"

"It's been returned!" Gu Kuang took out a Dan bottle from his bosom as he spoke, and shook it in front of the two, Su Mai saw that the small purple flower was the gift of the shopkeeper Yao.

"When will you come back?" said uselessly and strangely, the three of them traveled all the way, only Su Mai had seen the old lady, and it was said that if he wanted to return it, it was also for Su Mai, how could it appear in Gu Kuang's hands.

"I don't know very well, I fainted in the ghost forest before, and then I went to Shimei Nunnery, and when I woke up, this Dan bottle was placed on the table, and I don't know who did it!" Gu Kuang looked confused, and he didn't figure it out after thinking for a long time.

"Probably the old lady!" Su Mai thought about it, and then felt that something was wrong, the old lady and Xin Yatou were both women, how to get Gu Kuang back here?

Could it be that Deputy Envoy Zhao?

After thinking about it, I felt that it was wrong, that person thought very highly of himself, and it seemed unlikely that he would do this kind of thing for a junior?

"Su Mai, what are you thinking?" Seeing that Su Mai was still in a daze, he asked.

"Oh, it's nothing, I'm thinking about this Deputy Envoy Zhao and the Forgotten Fairy, why aren't they here?" Su Mai heard this, looked around, and said.

"When I get here, they're gone, maybe they're gone!" Useless scratched his bald head, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "It's just that they're all gone, so who will take care of these flowers?"

"I said it's useless, you Buddhists often say that all beings are equal, these flowers and plants are also life, the great monk asked you to save all sentient beings, why don't you start by taking care of these flowers. Gu Kuang and Su Mai have been together for a long time, and they also joked.

"Amitabha Buddha!" uselessly recited the Buddha name, then hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, and said: "If you want me to eat meat, drink wine or chant scriptures, but take care of these flowers and plants, the monk is not good, forget it!"

"Don't worry, the master here is a person who cherishes flowers, so there will naturally be arrangements, let's worry about ourselves first!" Su Mai said with a smile when he saw the little monk's eager look.

"Yes!" replied uselessly, and then asked, "Where are you going now?"

"Chengxi Water Temple!" Su Mai thought for a moment and spit out five words.