The night breeze is cool, the bright moon hangs high, in the barren mound in the north of the temple, a shadow floats in, and suddenly, it comes to a poplar tree covered with a black nest.

The black crow resting on the poplar tree suddenly realized that it fluttered its wings twice in the treetops, and let out a hoarse chirp, which was especially piercing in the silence of the summer night.

The woman standing under the tree snorted coldly, glared at the black crow on the tree, and made a plucking motion with her hand, and the black crow immediately became a ball and was silent.

Seeing that the black crow no longer warned him, the figure did not stop, turned into a cloud of green smoke and drifted away, and he did not know where it went.

A moment later, under the barren mound, in a mysterious underground palace, a faint voice was heard.

"I didn't find blood food tonight, what are you doing here, now grandma is in retreat, I don't have time to see you!"

The one who spoke was a beautiful woman about forty years old, quite tall, plump, wearing a tight Biluo skirt, between her eyebrows and eyes, there were many exotic styles.

At this time, she was scolding the woman in white in front of her with a look of disgust.

The woman in white has a cold temperament and a beautiful face, but it is Nie Xiaoqian, who has just separated from Li Ji in the temple.

"Hmph, Rakshasa, it's not up to you to decide whether grandma wants to see me, get out of the way, I have something important to see grandma!"

Xiao Qian frowned and said impatiently. As she spoke, her figure had already passed the Rakshasa ghost and walked to the door of the dungeon.

"The little demon maid is so daring, you dare to trespass into the dungeon without being summoned by your grandmother, do you want to rebel?"

"It's really boring to say it like this every time, today, even if I break in, what if I break in?

Every time she fought with Nie Xiaoqian in the past, it ended in her retreating.

It's not that her mana is inferior to the other party, but every time grandma helps Xiaoqian.

She has been holding grudges in her heart for a long time, and she has long wanted to teach Nie Xiaoqian a lesson, and at the moment, her body is full of qi, and her slender ten fingers have become claws, and she is about to grab Nie Xiaoqian.

"Is it Xiaoqian? Hehe, tonight, how do you have time to come to the old body?" an old voice came from behind them, the voice was gentle, but not angry.

The rivalry between the two daughters was also invisible in the sound of vicissitudes.

Grandma was dressed in a dark red old silk dress, with a silver comb on her head, and a cane in her hand, trembling and majestic, like an ordinary old woman in a village alley.

"Grandma!" The Rakshasa ghost was busy saluting, but Nie Xiaoqian walked straight to her grandmother's side and helped her up, which made the Rakshasa even more angry.

"Tell me, what's the matter with you, you want to come here to see me?" asked Grandma softly.

"Xiaoqian lost her grandmother's magic weapon, and she knew that she couldn't escape the blame, so she came to receive the punishment!" Nie Xiaoqian made a crying and knelt on the ground.

"Oh, by whom?"

"It's Yan Chixia who lives in the south chamber in the temple!"

"Yan Sheng, you are really bold, didn't I tell you the day before yesterday not to provoke that person?" Grandma helped Nie Xiaoqian up and said with a slight reproach.

Nie Xiaoqian's expression was dumbfounded, and she hurriedly explained: "It's not that Xiao Qian deliberately provoked, tonight Xiao Qian was in the room of Lan Xisheng in the east chamber, and the scholar of Lan Xi was in harmony with me, just when I was about to succeed, Yan Sheng suddenly appeared, that Yan Chixia's magic power is profound, and I am not good at fighting with people.

As soon as the magic weapon was lost, I panicked, and when I saw that Yan Sheng still didn't stop, I was afraid that if I stayed any longer, my soul would be scattered, so I could only save my life first and come back to report the matter.

Fortunately, Lan Xisheng stepped forward to stop Yan Chixia, otherwise, Xiaoqian would not be able to see her grandmother tonight. ”

Her words are made up with reasonable evidence, and there are many details to corroborate it, so that people can't find faults, it is Li Ji's instructions.

"Hmph, the little demon maid who has not achieved enough things and has more than enough failures is better to die clean!" " The Rakshasa ghost woman said hatefully.

Grandma pondered for a moment and said: "Rakshasa, you go to the temple to see if Yan Sheng has left, just observe outside the temple, and don't startle the snake." Xiaoqian, you come in with me. ”

"Yes, Grandma. The Rakshasa ghost woman responded, turned around and glared at Nie Xiaoqian fiercely.

Nie Xiaoqian still had an innocent face, and followed her grandmother in with the cold gaze of the Rakshasa ghost woman.

Entering the palace, you will see that the main hall of this underground palace is very open, everything in it is beautifully decorated, gold and jade are wrong, dragon pattern columns, the color is mainly red and yellow, and there is no evasion.

There is a Maitreya Buddha statue in the middle of the main hall, there are two Dharma bodies next to the Buddha statue, and there is a black screen behind the Buddha statue, which blocks the sight behind it, and can only be vaguely distinguished, and the shadow on it is sufficient, and a swaying tree shadow can be faintly seen.

The shadow of the tree was strange in shape, unlike any tree she had seen or heard, and she didn't know what it was.

This underground palace, although she has been here several times before, but every time she has come to deliver blood food, she left in a hurry after handing over the hosta magic weapon to the Rakshasa ghost woman.

She felt that she was not the same person as the second demon, so she didn't want to get too involved in many things, and she didn't dare to observe the situation here.

This was also the first time she had walked into the depths of this underground palace.

"Xiaoqian, how many years have you been in this temple?" Grandma glanced at Nie Xiaoqian, who was looking around curiously, and suddenly asked out loud.

"Xiaoqian was born in Xining for five years, when Wang Xianggong had just resigned from the prime minister, and died of illness in the fifth year of Yuanyou, as for Chongning today, he has been by his grandmother's side for 12 years!" Nie Xiaoqian recalled.

"Twelve years, the number of treasure trees is twelve, you are really the choice of destiny, and the hundreds of years of planning before the old body are not worth your twelve years!" Grandma suddenly sighed.

Seeing that Grandma didn't continue to speak, Nie Xiaoqian restarted the topic again and mentioned the matter of magic weapons.

Grandma was silent for a long time before she said: "Although that magic weapon is an antiquity of the Holy Sect, it doesn't have much power, if you lose it, you will lose it, and now the blood food is enough, you don't need to contact the people in the temple anymore, it's better to stay here!"

"However, that Yan Sheng ......" Xiao Qian was about to say something, but she saw her grandmother sit up suddenly, and said coldly: "That Yan Sheng only has Yin God cultivation, relying on the benefits of flying swords."

I have fought with him several times before, all of them are evenly matched, if he doesn't come, everyone will be fine, if he wants to interfere in the affairs of my holy religion, then no matter whose disciple he is, the old body will definitely send him to reincarnation. ”

Nie Xiaoqian saw that her grandmother was angry, and she didn't want to say anything more, so she had to agree silently and was imprisoned in this underground palace in disguise.

After a while, the Rakshasa ghost woman saw her grandmother walking out alone, but she didn't see Xiaoqian.

"That Yan Sheng is still in the south chamber of the temple, snoring like thunder, and the other two are also there, and nothing abnormal has been found!"

After reporting what she had seen, the Rakshasa ghost woman glanced at the dungeon and said, "Grandma believes in the words of this little demon maid, if it is true as she said, Yan Sheng will make a move, how can she be dead?"

That magic weapon is so important, she deliberately lost it like this, and grandma didn't punish it?"

"Hehe, what's the matter if you don't believe it? Now that the treasure tree has given birth to spiritual wisdom, and the Ming King is about to be born, the day of the great prosperity of the Holy Sect is coming, why bother with these little things?

What's more, this woman is the furnace chosen by the spirit of the treasure tree for the king of Ming, and in the future, when King Ming ascends the throne, maybe she will be crowned a concubine.

At that time, she will be our master, if you treat her like this now, you are not afraid that she will hold a grudge, and if the king of Ming speaks, I am afraid that the old body will not be able to protect you!"

Grandma is on crutches with a leisurely expression.

"It's just a furnace, but it was chosen by the treasure tree before he enlightened his wisdom, so wouldn't King Ming take a fancy to her kind of goods?" said the Rakshasa ghost woman in a gloomy tone.

The women of the Rakshasa clan are all known for their beauty, but she is too old to serve the king of Ming, and she sees that Xiaoqian is beautiful, and she is even better than the women in the clan she has seen in the past, so she has always hated this woman.

The dryad grandmother shook her head, and she didn't distinguish between these little things.

"That ritual vessel is a burial object for a generation of religious masters, and I brought it to Middle-earth from the Persian altar, but I did not expect it to be the hope of the revival of the Holy Religion. Worship the treasure tree, only the blood it is contaminated with has an effect, and this magic weapon can only be made by Xiao Qian, and sure enough, everything has a fixed number.

Now, the treasure tree is about to be completed, although I don't know if that thing will be used in the future, but it must be taken back before the birth of King Ming, otherwise if King Ming asks, it will be difficult to explain at that time. ”

She looked at the crystal clear blood-colored treasure tree in the depths of the dungeon with gloomy eyes, but her mind turned a hundred times.

She only hoped that Yan Chixia could recognize the treasure weapon, and not easily destroy it because it was contaminated with human blood, otherwise things would be really troublesome.

Early the next morning, the red sun rose from the window, and the morning light sprinkled on the face through the gap, making people feel lazy out of thin air.

Li Ji opened his eyes, his whole body rolled off the monk's bed, his arms suddenly fell to the ground, and then he waved hard, and suddenly felt refreshed.

He took out a handful of green salt and a willow branch from the cloth bag of the book, got up and walked towards the pond in the courtyard.

The greenness of the willow branches and the bitterness and saltiness of the green salt melted in the mouth, although it was a mixed taste, but it also made him experience the fireworks of life in the Great Song Dynasty.

Li Ji spit out the foam in his mouth, but saw that Yan Chixia in the south chamber had already prepared his bags, picked up his mouthpiece and walked out of the courtyard.

Only then did he remember that after Yan Chixia left this morning, she would not be able to return until tomorrow evening. If this is the case, the strategy he and Xiao Qian set up to "destroy the treasure tree first, and then get rid of the two demons" cannot be planned.

Yan Chixia must be left in the temple.

"Brother Yan stays!" Li Ji shouted, and when he saw Yan Chixia paused to look at him, he hurriedly bowed his hand, stepped forward and asked, "I don't know where Brother Yan is going on this trip?"

"It's not that it doesn't matter, it's just that there is no food and wine in this temple, and I am greedy for some appetite, so I want to go to Jinhua City to find some food and drink, and by the way, I will also take a turn in the city!" Yan Chixia said truthfully.

"So that's the case!" Li Ji smiled and said, "Hehe, Brother Yan is so good with Zaixia."

However, Brother Yan was wrong, there is not wine and no food in this temple.

Brother Yan, let's see, the crucian carp in this pond, the lettuce on the water, the wild lotus root in the pond, and the tender bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest, if there is a clever mediation, each dish is a rare delicacy, why is there a saying that "there is wine but no food"?

"Oh, then Zhong Xuan has a magic hand?" Yan Chixia's eyes lit up when she heard this, and she turned around and talked to Li Jishi with some words.

"Haha, I will live up to the name of the gourmet!"

"Good, good, good, there is still a jar of aged wine here, which will match Zhongxuan's delicacies. ”

"Haha, you have good wine, I have good food, and there is still a lack of a guest, it is Brother Ning!"

In fact, Li Ji wants to say that what is missing is the beautiful girl Nie.

"Haha, that's how it should be!"