Chapter 2: The Locust Tree Demon

In the cold winter, Dongling Mountain at this time was already covered with heavy snow, and on the Sanxian platform in front of the mountain, two strong disciples were supporting a plain-clothed woman to slowly walk down the stone steps. The woman's hair was blown loose by the wind, her face and lips were as pale as paper, there was a trace of blood at the corners of her lips, her eyes were numb, she seemed to be blind but not blind, and there was a heartbreaking determination in her demeanor. Her steps trembled with every step, and she needed the help of the two men to barely stand still.

"Ling Huayin, a disciple of Dongling Mountain, because of stealing the fruit of the goddess, fought privately with his fellow disciples, injured everyone, and accidentally injured the elders, so he abolished his cultivation today and expelled him from the sect. The majestic voice of the head resounded throughout Sanxiantai, and then he asked in a regretful tone: "Ling Huayin, I think that you were once an apprentice of Yunyangzi, and you have been carefully guarding the sacred tree in Dongling Mountain all these years, and this seat will let you go down the mountain, what else do you have to say?"

Ling Huayin, who had lost her support, knelt on the ground, propped her hands on both sides of her body, and said without desire or begging: "I have nothing to say, and I have no shame to stay in Dongling Mountain anymore, thank you for the light punishment from the master." With that, she slowly bowed down and bowed twice to the master.

"Since you have confessed your sins, then hand over the Divine Maiden Fruit. ”

Ling Huayin's body paused, and said angrily: "Before handing over the Divine Maiden Fruit, can the head of the sect let me see someone?"

"Who do you want to see?" the boss gave her a cold look.

"I want to meet my brother. Ling Huayin said, and the crowd began to squirm, you look at me, I look at you, and finally consciously gave way. Ling Huayin raised her head, her eyes were like torches, and she looked at the person standing behind the crowd with some resentment.

This person's name is Su Yan, and he is Ling Huayin's senior brother and Ling Huayin's childhood sweetheart. Just three months ago, Su Yan was ordered to go down the mountain with his senior sister to eliminate demons, before parting, the two of them had just made a private lifelong agreement, Ling Huayin and Su Yan agreed to ascend together, and leave Dongling Mountain to be a pair of fairy couples, so they took the risk of stealing the divine fruit that the sacred tree of Dongling Mountain had grown for thousands of years. However, just when Su Yan returned to the mountain, after the matter was completed, Ling Huayin saw the scene of her beloved man and her senior sister kissing, and the deep friendship of more than ten years collapsed overnight. Ling Huayin never understood why the loyal and upright Su Yan turned around and loved someone else after she just finished talking to her and never lived up to her. People who have been shy for a long time to hug can kiss other women so affectionately.

Su Yan looked at Ling Huayin who was lying on the ground with painful and guilty eyes, this once close person, now his resolute and cold face was full of hesitant expressions, his fingers were clenched several times, and released several times, there seemed to be a thousand words in his expression, but in the end, he only called her name "Ayin" sadly.

Ling Huayin smiled bitterly, she already understood his choice, Su Yan would rather bear her than stand up for her and say a word for her, Ling Huayin had never felt so cold, she asked almost desperately: "Senior brother, before I leave Dongling Mountain, I only ask you one word, you tell me honestly, in the past ten years, have you ever really liked me?"

In the face of such a sad questioning, a trace of pain flashed in Su Yan's eyes, and he stepped forward, as if he wanted to say something, but was held by a hand behind him, he glanced back and saw his senior sister Li Nianxin. Seeing Li Nianxin cast a complaining glance at Su Yan, Su Yan just glanced at her, then firmly grasped her hand, turned his head to Ling Huayin and said, "I'm sorry...... Ayin, I have lost you. With that, he closed his eyes, as if trying to hide the bitterness in them.

Seeing the two of them like this, Ling Huayin suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly, making her originally pale face recover a little redness, and then her eyes lit up, and she went back and forth on Su Yan and Li Nianxin's faces, and her tone changed from unwilling to mocking: "Senior brother, did Senior Sister give you some kind of medicine so that you don't even dare to tell the truth?" Okay, since you are treacherous, then why should I expect anything from you, and this thing will be returned to you! I wish you and Senior Sister Nianxin a long time. With that, Ling Huayin threw a piece of white jade pendant at Su Yan's feet, and then she glanced at Su Yan and swallowed the goddess fruit in one gulp.

This move shocked everyone present, and when the head of the house slapped Ling Huayin in a hurry, he saw that a white light suddenly flashed around Ling Huayin, and all the people who approached were blocked from that light. Ling Huayin looked at her glowing body in disbelief, and then disappeared in front of everyone.

A few years later, a golden barrier suddenly appeared at the foot of the Great Wilderness Mountain near the left side of Zhonghuang Mountain, and followed the golden light, only to see a few demons scattered and falling, and the golden barrier gradually shrank, and finally landed on a woman in blue.

“...... Just a few of you ants, do you want to confuse me?" The contempt and arrogance that could not be concealed in the fluttering voice, the woman in blue waved her sleeves, and those demons fled, only to see a few golden rays of light suddenly burst out of the woman's hand, and then transformed into a large net, and the fleeing demons were all collected into a white bottle.

The woman turned around, walked quickly towards the yellow-clothed girl curled up under the tree, stretched out her hand to her in a friendly manner, and comforted: "Little girl, get up, those demons have been subdued by me." ”

Ji Rumeng removed the sleeve that covered her face, looked up at the owner of the voice, and the person in front of her looked like he was in his twenties, his eyebrows were like distant mountains, his hair was like a black waterfall, his eyes were full of stars, soft and elegant, just like the fairy in the sky. She timidly put her hand on the palm of the woman in blue, who nodded slightly and pulled her up from the ground.

"Those monsters are nightmares, and the nightmares like to gather in the cold and damp forests, feeding on people's dreams, although they will not hurt their lives, but they will not do anything good. Girl, you're so young, it's best not to run around. The woman looked a few years older than she was, but she commanded like an elder.

Ji Rumeng looked around in fear, approached the woman's side, and asked, "Then will they still appear?"

"I can't say for sure. Girl, where do you live? I'll take you home just in case. ”

Ji Rumeng smiled at the woman and replied: "My family lives nearby, if my sister doesn't dislike it, then please send me back!

"You don't need to call me, you can just call me sister......"

Ling Huayin's brain suddenly became hot as she spoke, and she replied in a chaotic voice: "Ling Huayin." Ling Huayin almost blurted out, although she didn't want to reveal her name and surname easily, but seeing Ji Rumeng's sincere eyes, as if there was an inexplicable bewitching power, she actually went against her original intention.

After answering, Ling Huayin woke up suddenly, as if she was being controlled, and the palace bell hanging on her waist also made an abnormal vibration, as if she sensed an unusual demonic aura.

Ling Huayin paused, and her eyes moved to Ji Rumeng in front. Ji Rumeng seemed to notice her hesitation, turned back to Ling Huayin and smiled: "Sister Yin, why don't you leave? ”

Ling Huayin continued to walk forward quietly, thinking that she was afraid that she had left a safe place, and she hurriedly came out today without a magic weapon, so she could not discover her suspicions, if it was really as she guessed, the girl in front of her was not a human being, then she was afraid that she had been tricked, and she did not notice the demonic aura on the girl's body at all, this demon must be not shallow. Ling Huayin's thoughts were racing in her mind, she stopped, and said to Ji Rumeng: "Rumeng girl, please wait a moment, I suddenly remembered that when I was chasing those demons, I left something behind, I want to go back and pick it up first, and then send you home, okay?"

"But my house is almost there, my sister will send me back first and then go and get it, I'm scared here alone. Anyway, no one in this deep mountain will come, and no one will pick it up. Ji Rumeng stared at Ling Huayin's face without blinking, and said coquettishly.

"That thing is important, you have to take it. Otherwise, I'll draw an enchantment for the girl here, as long as you don't go out, those little monsters won't dare to approach you. Ling Huayin thought to herself, if she could trick Ji Rumeng into the enchantment, she would be able to trap her for a while.

It's just that Ji Rumeng is not so easy to deceive, she seems to realize that Ling Huayin has seen through her identity, so she smiled, "Oh, what is so important, it shouldn't be something that the negative man in my sister's dream gave to my sister, right?" Ji Rumeng giggled.

Ling Huayin clenched the hilt of the sword at his side, took a step back, and said vigilantly, "Who are you?

Ji Rumeng covered her mouth and smiled, looking innocent, "Sister, what are you talking about, I just want to make friends with my sister, so I had to peek into my sister's dream." If you don't understand your sister thoroughly, how can you be a friend?" After speaking, she walked over to Ling Huayin with a smile.

Ling Huayin glanced left and right, and hurriedly ran away. Ji Rumeng seemed to deliberately let her escape, Ling Huayin looked back and didn't see the demon catching up, she was about to take this opportunity to go back to get the magic weapon, but unexpectedly, countless huge vines like tentacles suddenly stretched out in front of her, and attacked her, cut off a few, and grew new ones in the broken place, and soon, Ling Huayin was surrounded by groups. The arm-like vines firmly wrapped around her body and lifted it high, and after a while, she felt that she couldn't breathe, and the slender branches wrapped her neck several times, and Ling Huayin's face suddenly turned purple, how could she still have the appearance of a fairy spirit before. The tiny, sharp tips pierced her skin, and the bright blood beads dripped on the vines, making a burning sound like flames.

Ling Huayin then remembered that the master had mentioned to her a great demon of the Ji family who had been cultivating for thousands of years, and heard that this demon was cultivated into a fine of a locust tree, and lived by sucking human blood and eating human flesh, and every time she ate someone, she would become the appearance of that person and continue to harm people, because this demon was too popular, so it was difficult to tell whether it was a human or a demon. Ling Huayin regretted her carelessness, and gradually became anxious in her heart, not because she was afraid of death, but because she was afraid that she would disgrace her master again.

Helplessly, Ling Huayin's mana is now limited and she can't cast a fire spell, so she tried to spell with blood, but she only hurt the demon's fur, she sighed in her heart that she was going to die at the hands of this locust tree demon today, but unfortunately the master's explanation has not been completed, and there are still some regrets. When she was sighing, Ji Rumeng walked to Ling Huayin's feet, and the vines that entwined Ling Huayin were the tentacles that grew from her body.

Ji Rumeng raised her head and looked at Ling Huayin who couldn't move above her head, the expression on her face was very strange, like surprise, and like surprise, and then she tentatively pierced another skin on Ling Huayin's neck with the tip of the vine, and quickly stretched the vine to her mouth and licked it. I saw Ji Rumeng showing a satisfied and enjoyable expression, and said to Ling Huayin unsatisfactorily: "It's been so many years, this is the first time I've tasted such delicious blood, is this the taste of divine blood!"

As soon as the words fell, I saw a few nightmare demons that appeared out of nowhere, and rushed towards Ling Huayin......