Before I knew it, the sky was a little bright. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

The reunion after a long absence always seems extraordinarily short.

"Husband, it's about to dawn, it's a pity, I just got together with my husband and I have to be separated again. Qingmei, who was originally still happy, saw that she was born with a slight light, and said with some sadness at this time.

In the end, there is a difference between people and ghosts, and they can't live like a normal couple.

Li Xiuyuan said with a smile, "Don't be sad about this, since we have reunited, there will be time to get together in the future, don't be in a hurry, you go back first, wait for me to solve the thousand-year-old tree demon, and move your bones back, and you and I can see each other night and night in the future." ”

"As long as the husband doesn't dislike the concubine body as a ghost, the concubine body is already very happy, husband, the concubine body retired first. Qingmei Yingying gave a salute and slowly retreated into the shadows nearby with a somewhat shy smile.

Eventually disappeared into a raised mound.

Seeing Qingmei leave, Li Xiuyuan came back to his senses after half a sound.

He suddenly remembered something, and looked into the depths of the forest.......; Something was delayed last night, yes, last night I wanted to support Yan Chixia and Xiahou Wu, but I met Qingmei and stayed overnight, and they haven't come back yet, so it's going to be fine. ”

As he spoke, he couldn't help but show a little embarrassment on his face.

"Ryoma~!"

Li Xiuyuan hurriedly greeted, and he quickly rode the dragon horse, followed the direction of Yan Chixia's entry into the back mountain, and entered the dense forest.

Passing by the mound of Qingmei, he saw that the mound he had stood on was overgrown with weeds, and even the tombstone was a little old.

And not far from the Qingmei grave mound is Nie Xiaoqian's grave.

The tombstones are covered with weeds and are even older.

Moreover, the tombstones are slanted, and the mounds are sunken, as if they have been excavated, and the mounds have collapsed.

Li Xiuyuan knew that Nie Xiaoqian's grave was already empty, and now it was just an empty shell, and her ash altar had been taken away by the tree demon, so that she could cast a spell to control Nie Xiaoqian.

"Drive~!"

The dragon horse neighed, shuttling through the forest, the speed was very fast, over the mountains and mountains, as if walking on the ground.

With such a mount, Li Xiuyuan can go in and out of any place without worrying, which can make up for his shortcomings in mobility to the greatest extent.

"There are traces of fighting, fighting. ”

Soon, he followed the traces left by Yan Chixia along the way, and came to a relatively empty place in the dense forest, but saw that there was a fishy smell here, and there was a dried corpse that had been sucked dry flesh and blood lying in the grass in all directions, looking like this should be the place where the tree demon grandma ate, in addition, there were also tree roots scattered on the ground, as well as several trees that had been cut down.

It seems that there was a very fierce fight here last night.

"Not here. ”

Li Xiuyuan turned around, but in the end, he didn't find Yan Chixia and Xiahou Wu.

But following these traces, he found a large banyan tree with lush foliage in the forest.

Although this banyan tree is not as good as the thousand-year-old banyan tree in the back mountain of Lanruo Temple, it is not much worse, it seems that during this period of time, this tree demon grandma wants to graft onto another banyan tree, make up for his own foundation, and embark on the road to immortality again.

But this is a little ridiculous in Li Xiuyuan's opinion.

After killing so many people, even if the dryad can cultivate to the point of becoming an immortal, the thunder gods of the thunder department will also kill it, how can it be possible to allow such a sinful dryad to become an immortal.

"You're finally here, and you thought you were killed by the dryad halfway through. Suddenly, Yan Chixia's voice sounded.

But I saw him sitting cross-legged under the banyan tree, with a lot of dried blood on his body, and it seemed that he had been injured last night.

"How dare the dryad intercept me, it's too late to see me running, I was supposed to support you last night, but I was delayed by a little thing on the way, I'm really sorry. Li Xiuyuan said apologetically.

"It's okay, I'm injured, the dryad is more injured than me, thanks to the fact that you broke its roots before, so that it damaged a hundred years of Taoism for no reason, otherwise it really can't fight it, but after this battle, this dryad is estimated to have no way to come out and harm people within a hundred years, and it can be peaceful here for a hundred years." Yan Chixia said.

"It's a pity that I was still run away by that dryad, if I also have some means to kill demons, this dryad will definitely die today. ”

Xiahou Wu next to him was also holding a sword in his hand, and he was very tired, but his momentum was still undiminished.

"It's good to be able to survive, if you really fight to the death with the thousand-year-old tree demon, in the end, maybe the tree demon is only seriously injured, but it is us who die, the tree demon does not dare to desperately be afraid of this scholar, it is afraid that this scholar will appear at any time to give it a stop, and then it will definitely die. Yan Chixia shook her head and said.

Although last night's battle was dangerous, the Dryad had the strength to guard against Li Xiuyuan.

Otherwise, they wouldn't have been as simple as a little injury.

"Where's the dryad?"

Li Xiuyuan asked suddenly: "Although this tree demon will not be born again in a hundred years, but we are all dead in a hundred years, maybe this tree demon has no one to subdue it, and the harm is even greater, and we can't leave such a scourge for future generations." ”

"That makes sense, but unfortunately the dryad got underground, and the devil knows where it went. Yan Chixia shook her head and said.

Li Xiuyuan's eyes moved slightly: "What you said is to remind me, since we can't find the location of the tree demon, then let the ghost go to find it, I left a lot of Yin soldiers in Guobei County, the ghost is poor, I will let them come over at night and dig three feet into the ground to find the old nest of the tree demon." ”

"It's a good idea, manpower is limited, but it's much more convenient for some things to be done by ghosts. Yan Chixia's eyes lit up and said.

"Since we're fighting again at night, let's get out of here now, for there are wild beasts in this place, if not ghosts. Xiahou Wu said.

"Don't worry, burn this nest of this dryad first, this is a doppelganger of the dryad, if it is not destroyed, it will continue to do evil in the future. Yan Chixia stood up and wanted to burn the big banyan tree in front of her.

Li Xiuyuan said: "You are injured now, I will do this kind of thing." ”

"Then I'm bothering you. Yan Chixia said.

When he came to the banyan tree, he found that there were ashes altars in the weeds under the banyan tree, large and small, with different styles and old and new, which were obviously collected by the dryad from places where they were not used, so that they could use these ashes to cast spells to control these ghosts.

"A good person does it to the end, this Ning Caichen and Nie Xiaoqian have a fate, it is better to simply help him retrieve Nie Xiaoqian's ashes altar and complete a marriage. Li Xiuyuan said secretly in his heart.

He immediately searched among the urns.

It's just that there is no name and surname on these urns, and he can't find any urn for a while that is Nie Xiaoqian's, but he knows a detail, there is a red comb in Nie Xiaoqian's ashes, which is the burial object in front of her.

"Scholar, what are you looking for? These urns are all those terrible ghosts under the hands of the tree demon, so they should simply break them all and expose the ashes to the sun, so that their souls will be destroyed. Yan Chixia said.

He won't be merciful to these harmful ghosts.

"Rest assured, not in a hurry. Li Xiuyuan said.

Suddenly, when he opened an ash altar, he really found a red wooden comb buried in it, if it was expected, this should be Nie Xiaoqian's ash altar.

Without hesitation, he took the urn and put it in the ghost king's cloth bag, before setting fire to the tree.

Soon a fire broke out, and this time the dryad failed to call the wind and rain again, summoning rain clouds to extinguish the fire.

Because of Li Xiuyuan's presence, this tree demon did not dare to appear, if it appeared, he was only afraid that he would be killed immediately, for his own life, where would he take care of this old nest.

"Scholar, look over there, there seems to be something in the firelight. Suddenly, Yan Chixia shouted.

"Huh?"

Li Xiuyuan looked at it, but found that there was a place on the lit tree where the flame could not be ignited, leaving a gap, as if something was in the branch.

"I'll take a look. ”

Ryoma leaped forward, and the spear in his hand swept away the layers of branches, and suddenly, he saw a dried corpse with a golden face, emaciated and only bones and flesh.

But the corpse was dressed in a robe and looked like a monk.