Liaozhai Great Sage

"Boom~!"

A thunderbolt suddenly exploded in the sky, as if responding to Li Xiuyuan's words.

For a while, the sky was dark and the wind was strong.

The sudden gust of wind blew the huge crown of the banyan tree, and as the huge and dense canopy swayed, one could vaguely see that the crown of the tree formed an old and huge face. There was a look of fear on this face, as if A helpless old man shouted to the sky.

The power of Li Xiuyuan's angry fist was so powerful that he directly smashed into the banyan tree in front of everyone. When he retracted his fist, he saw blood flow out from the hole he punched.

Scarlet and viscous blood flowed out from the tree trunk, as if a person had been torn open.

The gust of wind was getting stronger, but the sound of thunder continued in the sky.

"Look, the sacred tree is bleeding."

"Mr. Li, please stop, this is a sacred tree, you cannot insult it."

"Quickly kneel down and apologize to the Divine Tree, you can't despise the gods anymore."

The nearby pilgrims knelt and kowtowed while persuading Li Xiuyuan, hoping that he could apologize to the sacred tree and stop saying such things.

Li Xiuyuan was unmoved, but looked coldly at the bleeding wound of the sacred tree: "Sure enough, I got the incense and the demon tree of Taoism, and even the blood flowed out. I'm afraid that even the human body will be cultivated soon. , but today you killed someone, you were unlucky to meet me, Li Xiuyuan, and you must be killed today."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly drank: "Where are my guards from the Li family?"

"Here is the little one." Immediately, three strong guards strode out, respectfully cupping their hands.

"Go get the fire, and burn this demon tree down with one fire today." Li Xiuyuan said.

"Yes, young master."

Immediately, the two guards strode away, and after a while, they brought dry firewood and torches.

"Benefactor, you can't do it, you can't do it, this is a sacred tree that cannot be destroyed." The monks and abbots in Lanruo Temple hurriedly surrounded him, trying to stop Li Xiuyuan's actions.

"Kill people to pay for their lives, owe debts to pay back money, and the sacred tree killed my wife and concubine. Today I will destroy this tree demon. Don't stop it. If you stop it forcibly, it will be like an accomplice. You are all monks. Since you all pay attention to cause and effect, then today This catastrophe for this demon tree is its fate, if you don't retreat, don't blame me, Li Xiuyuan, for being rude to all masters." Li Xiuyuan shouted.

"Even if I risk my life, Mr. Li must not let Mr. Li burn the sacred tree." The host of Lanruo Temple said.

Chapter 21 A man moves to live, a tree moves to die.

Li Xiuyuan was furious because of Qingmei's death, and he didn't have a good impression of this sacred tree in Lanruo Temple. Maybe this sacred tree will be the thousand-year-old tree spirit of Lanruo Temple in the future, so today he is determined to take this tree. The thousand-year-old banyan tree was burned to the ground.

Only in this way can he vent his hatred.

Moreover, judging from the signs that the banyan tree had no wind, the trunk was bleeding, etc., it was clear that this banyan tree had enjoyed countless years of incense and offerings, and it was obvious that it had obtained the Tao, and it was not shallow.

That being the case, Li Xiuyuan couldn't believe that Qingmei's death had nothing to do with this banyan tree.

The combination of various reasons made Li Xiuyuan so determined to destroy the tree demon.

But the abbot of Lanruo Temple and the monks tried their best to stop them. For them, the thousand-year-old banyan tree is the symbol of Lanruo Temple and the treasure of Lanruo Temple. How could they let someone set it on fire?

The two parties were at loggerheads for a while.

Master Liaokong stood aside at the moment, counting the beads on his chest, and said in his mouth: "Calamity, calamity, what a catastrophe."

At this moment, he walked forward slowly and said: "Stop, let this benefactor burn this sacred tree."

"Master, how can this work? The sacred tree is the most important thing in this temple." The host of Lanruo Temple was surprised.

Master Liao Kong shook his head slightly and said: "This benefactor is right. Today's sacred tree should have this calamity. Everything has a definite destiny. Everything is destiny. Let him go."

The abbot of Lanruo Temple was really unwilling and persuaded again, but in the end he really had no way to disobey Master Kong's intention, so he just waved away all the monks and let the three guards of the Li family go.

Li Xiuyuan glanced at Master Kong, didn't say much, but waved: "Burn."

"Yes, young master."

Immediately, the two guards carried the dry wood under the big tree, and then raised the torch to light the dry wood. After a while, the flames were everywhere and the smoke billowed.

"Xiaodie, there is a lot of fire and smoke here, let me take Qingmei girl out of here, don't let Qingmei girl get hurt again." Li Xiuyuan picked up Qingmei's cold body, and strode away from here.

Xiaodie nodded repeatedly while crying, and followed behind wiping her tears.

Li Xiuyuan originally wanted to bring Qingmei's body to the meditation room, and then let the guards go to Guobei County to prepare the coffin, and the sacrifice planned to bury her properly.

But just after he walked not far away, dark clouds suddenly rolled over the sky, followed by a torrential downpour.

The rainstorm came suddenly and quickly, without any warning.

What's even more strange is that the impartiality under the heavy rain just covered this huge banyan tree, and the bean-sized rain fell, and directly extinguished the flames under the banyan tree in just a short moment , After the rain stopped, all the dry firewood was soaked, even the smoke was gone, and although the trunk of this huge banyan tree was a little blackened, it was not damaged much at all.

The other pilgrims were stunned when they saw this scene. The apparition of the sacred tree had shocked people before, but they didn't expect this to be even more evil. Suddenly, a heavy rain poured out and extinguished the firewood. Wouldn't it be impossible to burn this banyan tree?

It really is a sacred tree, and it really is extremely effective.

For a while, the pilgrims knelt down and prayed for blessings.

The residence of Lanruo Temple also said at this moment: "Amitabha, Li benefactor, you have also seen that even God does not allow Mr. Li to burn this sacred tree. Mr. Li should follow God's arrangement and stop here, otherwise Mr. Li will be punished." God punished."

"Eldest young master, what should we do now." Several guards also ran over in fear and asked.

As ordinary people, they have always been afraid of such ghosts.

Li Xiuyuan said at this moment: "What is the arrangement of the heavens, master, don't talk nonsense, this demon tree has been practicing for nearly a thousand years, just now it just used its magical powers, attracted rain clouds, and extinguished the fire on its body, but the more so, The more it proves that this tree demon is extraordinary, it must not stay today."

After finishing speaking, he turned around and said, "You guys don't need to set fire to it. You cut down this banyan tree with a knife. I'll see what tricks it can play."

"Young master, this banyan tree is so big. If you really want to cut it down, I don't know how long it will take. Why don't you let the little one go back to Guobei County and bring more people over. When the time comes, dozens of people will prepare the tools, and within an hour I can cut down this banyan tree," said a guard.

"Don't worry, cut down as much as you can, even if you can't cut down this banyan tree today, you can't make it feel good." Li Xiuyuan said coldly.

"Yes, young master."

The three guards immediately pulled out the sharp hundred-refined steel knives from their waists, and slashed down on the banyan tree.

"Keng~!"

But when the steel knife fell on the banyan tree, the bark suddenly became as hard as refined iron. The steel knife fell on it and did not hurt it at all. On the contrary, the guard felt pain in his palm, and the steel knife in his hand was shocked. He let go and flew out.

"Brother, young master, this tree is so weird, it suddenly became extremely hard, and the small ones can't be cut down."

"Look, young master, this knife is already curled up."

"Young master, my hand seems to be broken."

Seeing this, Li Xiuyuan became even angrier; "Okay, what a thousand-year-old tree demon is really good, but the more it is like this, the more Qingmei's death has something to do with you, let me let you go today, and I will deal with it tomorrow After finishing the work, I will come to kill you."