Lanruo Temple, underground cave.

A group of ghosts gathered together, looking at Nie Xiaoqian who was standing opposite the ghosts with some fear and timidity, with strangeness and fear in their eyes.

They didn't understand how this beautiful female ghost who used to get along day and night could suddenly become so powerful, her strength turned on all the ghosts, and she was even more ruthless, and she resolutely took action soon after Grandma Shu left, and killed a few fierce and weak ghosts who were usually arrogant and domineering, the most fierce and bullying, and gathered all the ghosts together, and they were so bold that they let them go.

"Xiaoqian, do you really want to let us go? In case grandma comes back, we will definitely have no good fruit to eat. ”

A female ghost in red asked with some concern, her tone was questioning, she was good friends with Nie Xiaoqian, and the relationship was quite harmonious on weekdays.

"Naturally!" Nie Xiaoqian picked up the urn next to her, walked to the female ghost in red, pushed the box into the female ghost's arms, and said with a soothing smile: "Don't worry! Since I dare to do it, I am naturally sure, grandma is afraid that she will not be able to come back, and I don't want to say more about the specific explanation, everyone just needs to remember that from now on we will be free, take our own ashes, and go our separate ways, if you are willing to stay in Lanruo Temple, you can also stay, but no one will force us to harm passers-by." ”

Nie Xiaoqian's voice came into the ears of every ghost present, and her tone was firm and sonorous.

"You really don't lie to us?" a ghost asked timidly, still a little incredulous, knowing that it was Grandma Tree, who could defeat her.

Smiling, Nie Xiaoqian continued: "Don't worry, when did I, Nie Xiaoqian, deceive everyone, this time I swear by the ghost body, what I just said is true, and there is no nonsense." ”

After a gambling spell and vows, the ghosts finally felt at ease, and then they jumped up for joy, they had been suppressed by Grandma Tree for so long, and now they were finally about to be liberated, and they couldn't help but burst into tears.

After hugging their heads and crying, the ghosts still had to face the reality, reluctantly complaining to each other, each had a plan, most of the ghosts chose to leave, to go out to see, leave this sad place, received the ashes from Nie Xiaoqian, thanked them and hurried away one by one while the sky was dark.

There are also a few who stay here, they have nowhere to go, and they are unwilling to run, they already have feelings for Lanruo Temple, and they want to continue to stay here.

Qing'er looked at Nie Xiaoqian with a complicated face, she had always been at odds with Xiaoqian, and often competed with her for favor in front of Grandma Shu, but now that she relied on Nie Xiaoqian to regain her freedom, she had mixed feelings in her heart, and couldn't help but open her mouth to break the silence: "Is it really okay? Grandma really can't come back? How can you cultivate so strong in a year?"

For Qing'er, Nie Xiaoqian actually didn't have much hatred, on the contrary, she felt very frank about Qing'er's exposed temperament, and she didn't feel the need to hide it from everyone.

"I was fortunate enough to be favored by a senior a year ago and accepted as an apprentice, and I have been practicing in the bamboo forest for a year, and it was the master who dealt with my grandmother this time. ”

Nie Xiaoqian's eyes lit up when she mentioned Niu Man, and the light that flowed was so dazzling that she didn't even notice it, and then turned her head to look at Qing'er and asked, "Aren't you leaving?"

The remaining female ghosts looked at Nie Xiaoqian enviously, envious of her good luck.

"Let's go!" Qing'er also blushed at Nie Xiaoqian's luck, and when she heard the inquiry, she laughed at herself, and a touch of sadness flashed in her eyes, "I have been dead here for nearly ten years, and I was buried in a mass grave, so I have nothing to be nostalgic for a long time, and I don't want to be reincarnated, so it's good here." ”

"What's more!" Qing'er's voice changed, staring at Nie Xiaoqian, her voice suddenly became a little cold, "You are still here, how can I go, if I leave, this Lanruo Temple will not become your territory, if I don't fight with you, wouldn't this ghost life be boring." So not only did I stay here, but I also had to find an opportunity to beg that senior to take me as an apprentice and compete with you. ”

"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, since you have a heart, what if I take you as an apprentice?"

Before Qing'er's words fell, a hearty voice sounded from far and near, Niu Man stepped out in a few steps, and a distance of hundreds of meters instantly appeared in front of the remaining ghosts, looking at Qing'er who was stunned and stunned with a smile.

After Niu Man killed Grandma Shu, he flew all the way and rushed to Lanruo Temple at a gallop, although he had confidence in Nie Xiaoqian, but in order to prevent accidents, he still didn't dare to be careless, and he heard Qing'er's "cruel words" as soon as he stepped into Lanruo Temple.

For Qing'er, a girl who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, Niu Man likes it a little when she sees it in later generations, although she has repeatedly opposed Nie Xiaoqian in the early stage, but her heart is not bad, and later she paid the price of her life in order to help Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian. Since the other party wants to apprentice, he will naturally not refuse. Maybe it will be used in the future, and it won't hurt to have one more apprentice.

"Really?" Qing'er was still a little dazed, dizzy from being smashed by the pie, and blurted out words without thinking. Immediately came back to her senses, hurriedly knelt on the ground, and begged for mercy from Niu Man again and again with a pale face, she couldn't feel Niu Man's temper, for fear that Niu Man would kill her casually in anger.

"There is no reason to take back what I said, I want to take you as an apprentice, are you willing?" Niu Man's face was a little dark, was he so terrible?

This kind of opportunity is hard to come by, Qing'er was overjoyed, and after making sure that Niu Man was not joking, he hurriedly respectfully bowed to the teacher, "Qing'er has seen the master." ”

"Get up!" Niu Man lifted Qing'er up with a mana, stretched out his hand and pointed out, and a streamer of light disappeared into Qing'er's mind, which recorded an exercise and some magical powers.

He has gained something this time, and he is about to retreat, and it is impossible to teach Qing'er like teaching Nie Xiaoqian, so he directly uses the method of cramming, and asks Nie Xiaoqian to guide him, and everything will be said after he gets out of the customs.

In a cave where the dryad often retreats, Niu Man sits cross-legged on a smooth stone platform, and a piece of green palm-sized thing in his hand emits a bright light, which is the heart of the tree left by the dryad after his death, containing the thousand-year-old essence of the dryad.

The mana controlled the heart of the tree, refining little by little, wisps of pure energy were slowly absorbed by Niu Man, the mana around the body boiled, and the mana flowed through the limbs and hundreds of remains, growing little by little.

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Time is often a retreat for cultivators, and thousands of years have passed.

Four spring and autumn reincarnations, Lanruo Temple is declining as usual, but things are not people, some people leave, some stories are turned over, and the ghosts who stay here have achieved a little success in their cultivation, and they are no longer afraid of the sun, but they are still not used to the burning of the sun, and they still like to be active at night.

Nie Xiaoqian has been cultivating for four years, and her cultivation has become even more profound, and it is not much longer than breaking through the refining of qi and transforming gods. Qing'er's cultivation has also advanced by leaps and bounds in four years, stepping into the door of refining qi and transforming gods.

This year is the year when the plot begins, and it is also the year when Xiaoqian marries the old demon of Montenegro, and the cave house where Niu Man retreats is still silent.

In the distance, in Jinhua City, a handsome scholar with a blue face embarked on the journey to Guobei County with his bags on his back, and came in the direction of Lanruo Temple.