Great Sui Guoshi

"What did Master see?"

Before he could answer his disciple's words, Taoist Ha held the wooden branch with his fins, looked at it carefully, and narrowed his eyes.

"The spiritual root of a thousand years of cultivation..."

Then, he fell to the ground suddenly and rolled half a foot away. Lu Liangsheng and Nie Honglian looked over in surprise.

"Master, this is..."

In the next second, a female voice of "Ouch..." rang out, interrupting the scholar's words. Over there, a woman in a black gauze skirt, with a high bun and a pair of treasure hairpins stuck in her forehead, was covered by He fell into a mess.

Taoist Toad's voice was majestic, and the frog flapped open.

"Liangsheng, tie her up!"

152 Chapter Chess Meets Opponent

The mountain wind swayed the forest, rustling softly.

In the blue sky, the fire in the attic was extinguished, and the remaining smoke swirled in the wind and drifted away to the outside of the mountain. Pieces of torches gathered at the foot of the mountain, and people shouted loudly.

"It's here!" "Look, there's still smoke coming out of it!"

"What the gods said, it must be here. Anyone who has nothing to build a temple here in this wilderness must be a demon!"

"Hurry up, the soft ladder in front is ready, go up and have a look!"

Pieces of flames flickered. The county magistrate at the front was wearing an official uniform. After receiving the divine appearance, he organized people to rush to this mountain. It was almost dawn in the early morning. If it weren't for the fire burning on the top of the mountain in the dark night, it might not be possible to find this place.

"Don't gossip, go up and save people!"

The county magistrate waved dozens of yamen servants over. On the cliff, the mountain people who were good at climbing fixed the ladder to the upper tree, and made a gesture of "you can come up" to the people below.

"on!"

The climbing yamen servant held a knife, gritted his teeth and climbed up to meet the colleagues below. Soon after, the crowd was almost assembled and rushed to the gate of the stele.

Tread Tread...

The sound of footsteps rushing across the white rock paved floor, as soon as you enter the inside, you will be stunned by the verandas, waterside pavilions, flower gardens and pavilions. If it weren't for the scorched wooden buildings that were still smoking and burning, this place would be the same as a paradise.

"Look around! Quick!"

Seemingly the leader, Catcher held the handle of the knife at his waist, and loudly directed a group of government servants to disperse, "Search every inch along the way, the immortal said that there are girls and children here, there must be some."

After walking a few steps, in the light of the torch in his confidant's hand, the catcher swept around, and suddenly stopped.

"painting?"

Bending down to pick it up, it was a picture scroll that had been cut open in the middle, and the fierce beasts on it were lifelike, just looking at it gave the head catcher a chill.

"It must be left over from the fight between the immortal and this evil person... Huh? Lu Liangsheng? I don't think I've heard that name before."

Things like this are rare in the world. The head catcher looked around, rolled up the scroll and put it in his arms.

Someone leaned out from the wooden building and shouted:

"I found it. There are many women and children packed in pottery urns!"

The guards scattered around surrounded them one after another. The head catcher quickened his pace, pushed away the two people blocking the way in front, and strode up to the second floor with the handle of his knife pressed. He saw the catchers under his command taking children or women from The pottery urns like this are at least hundreds of them around.

"It must have been done by those who worship evil spirits! Hurry up and inform the county venerable at the foot of the mountain, and then send some civilians up!"

"Yes!"

The arresters in official uniforms moved quickly, ran in the direction they had come, and shouted what they found down the mountain. Soon, more people climbed up the ladder, helping to tie the children or women behind their backs, one by one. Send to the foot of the mountain.

"What are you doing in such a smoky place!"

The county magistrate was also a jealous person, looking at the comatose children and girls, he ordered the arresters who were still above to burn down the temple.

Flames crackled and ignited the wooden building, illuminating the blue sky in the early morning. On an adjacent mountain, Lu Liangsheng blinked, looked away, and finally felt relieved.

"Master, we can go..."

Holding the ground with his arms blackened by the fire, he stood up, and the scholar went back into the woods. The bonfire was burning the bottom of the pot and cooking rice. Taoist Toad sat cross-legged on one side, staring closely at the tree not far away, bound his hands, Feet of a woman in a black dress.

Hong Lian squatted next to the woman, propped her chin to look at it for a while, then tilted her head and asked, "Master Toad, you said that she has been cultivated for a thousand years, why is she so easy to be caught, and... she has a silly expression."

The woman with her hands and feet bound opened her eyes, lying on her side in a daze on the ground, her tight-fitting dress showed her slim and uneven figure, just motionless.

"Hmm... Maybe it was sealed in the box by the Fire Praying Cult, which hurt the soul."

The flames reflected the red toad's face, Taoist Toad embraced his fins and looked at the returning apprentice, slightly raised his chin.

"Hmph... I think about how strong this old man was back then, he was besieged by dozens of big sects, and he never got hurt. This kind of tree demon with a thousand years of cultivation is even worthy of carrying shoes for this old man."

"Master, last time you said it was only a few..."

Lu Liangsheng sat by the fire with his upper body naked. His robe was burnt last night and he had nothing to wear, so now he has to be naked like this.

He scooped up three bowls of porridge and rice, and sprinkled the diced meat on top.

"After dinner, let's go and settle down in Jinzhou first. Since I promised that Yang Su, then I can't break my promise. After that... I might as well go back to Nanchen. After being out for so long, I feel a little homesick."

"Well... that's fine too."

Toad sat cross-legged on the ground, looking at the small porcelain bowl in front of him, "The master's things must have been placed elsewhere by some Mingzun, and when his cultivation level recovers in the future, we can find him again..."

Having said that, seeing the sprinkled diced meat, the words suddenly changed.

"Put more diced meat, put more!"

The diced meat fell, and when Taoist Toad caught his gaze, the corners of his mouth split open in excitement, and then... a long and thin black shadow stretched out, wrapping around the falling diced meat.

Taoist Toad opened his mouth, where is the meat?

Turning her face slowly, the woman in the black skirt lying under the tree over there blinked her eyes, and the scarlet tongue was still licking the corner of her mouth.

Toad opened his mouth, poked out his long tongue to look, and then looked at the other party.

... He is his mother.

Roots are used in this way?You are a dryad, not a toad! !

Over there, the woman in the black dress sat up and watched Taoist Ha stick out his tongue, followed by sticking out his long tongue, dancing in mid-air, and splitting into several, like small red snakes.

On the side, Sahuan, an old donkey gnawing on the grass, trotted over, sticking out his tongue and flipping it around his mouth.

It's almost like a match.

"enough!"

Taoist Toad twitched the corners of his mouth, retracted his tongue, slapped the ground and shouted loudly, and turned the small bowl in one direction:

"Have a meal!"

The scholar looked at the discouraged master and showed a smile. After coming here, he probably already figured out the origin of the woman in the black skirt. The fire praying sect used some method to capture a tree demon, but it hurt his mind. The memory is not sound, and he is stupid, but it may have been like this before, otherwise he would not have been arrested.

And the long tongue in the mouth is actually the countless roots I saw in the box before.

"I just don't know how to deal with this dryad..."

Lu Liangsheng also felt a bit of a headache, so he couldn't kill him, right?If you let it go and ignore it, it will be a troublesome thing if it is found by the Fire Praying Cult again.

"Forget it, take it with you for the time being, go to Jinzhou first, and talk about it later."

The mountain breeze is gentle, the morning light shines in the foothills, the luggage and bookshelves are packed, Lu Liangsheng leads the old donkey westward, walks through the mountains and forests, the sun shines on his face, occasionally lowers his head, looks at the map in his hand, and turns a corner Road, move on.

In the bookshelf compartment, Toad followed the old donkey, swayed and swayed, propped his chin, and stared at the tree demon in a black skirt who was being pulled by a rope. in and out...

The old donkey turned his head, sticking out his tongue and shaking it.

"Don't learn!"

Toad yelled loudly, accompanied by Hong Lian's humming song, walked through the mountain road and woods, and went to the border of Jinzhou in a lively way.

Chapter 153 The Silence in the Forest is Lan Ruo

know...know...know...

In the green forest, cicadas sing one after another. Birds fly over, flap their wings and grab the summer cicada on the branch, and hold it in their mouths. The tinkling bells are approaching from far away. , a figure wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat led an old donkey slowly over.

At the back, the woman in the black skirt who was still tying her hands was looking around, with an excited expression on her face, sticking out her slender tongue from time to time, imitating the donkey in front to roll up the grass on the ground, chewing twice and spit out with a bah sound. to the ground.

The tinkling of bells stopped by a river, Lu Liangsheng poured water from the river and started a fire on the bank to cook. Looking at a stone bridge not far away, he took off his bamboo hat, put it aside, and sat down.

"There is a stone bridge, which means that there are villages or towns nearby. Maybe you can find out where this is."

On the grass, Toad held a small bowl, took a sip of tea, and let out a mouthful of hot air.

"My guess is right, I should have entered Jinzhou. As for how far it is from Shangyong City, I don't know. By the way, Liangsheng, if you have time, you should practice "The Righteous Way of the Universe" as soon as possible to refine the golden elixir." .”

Lu Liang took care of the leaves on his coir raincoat and traveled all the way for several days, but he didn't meet any towns on the way and had no chance to change clothes. He didn't have much money in his pocket, so he had to buy this set of coir raincoat and bamboo hat from a family in the mountains.

Hearing the master's words, he smiled and stirred the soup pot.

"Golden core is not so easy, I just feel that there is a tendency to do so, but speaking of it, Master, I lost my mind that day and acted with a demonic nature, which gave me another level of understanding."

"Haha, then take a good look at it." The toad took another sip from the small bowl, and when a dragonfly flew over, it swished out its long tongue, rolled it into its mouth and swallowed it, patted its white belly, and lay down on its back. , watching the sun pouring down.

"You have to comprehend the demon nature and human nature, and you can still stick to your heart, which means that you are not far away from realizing your own way."

"Did Master realize anything?"

"Hehe... As a teacher, I didn't realize anything."

Toad Taoist looked at the tree demon who was also sticking out his tongue and rolling over the flying insects by the river... The old man has been a demon all his life, eating countless people, how can he have time to comprehend those things.

As he spoke, he lazily stretched his limbs and yawned.

"Actually, it doesn't matter whether you are a man or a demon, it's not as comfortable as it is now."

Scooped up the broth and poured it into bowls, Lu Liangsheng handed one bowl to Master, and put the other bowl into the hand of the tree demon in black skirt. Looking at the bewildered expression, he smiled and said, "Thank you Master for teaching, I understand."

swoosh~

After taking a sip of the hot soup, Toad raised his face... The old man didn't even understand, but he understood?

The master and the apprentice talked for a while, after lunch, they packed up, it was past noon, Lu Liangsheng practiced "The Righteous Way of the Universe" for a while, then he took the old donkey and crossed the stone bridge.

Wow--

After traveling for a few miles, the sun was westward, and the old crows were neighing on the dead trees. Far and near the front of the road, I vaguely saw the outline of a small town.

"Don't run!" "Stop in front, turn around!"

A few shouts sounded, and four figures rushed out of the woods with swordsmen, chasing one of them and started fighting. There was a chaotic bang, and they rushed into a piece of reed in a blink of an eye.

The green forest guest wearing a one-eye patch turned around, looked at Lu Liangsheng, and the woman in black skirt who was following behind him. Hearing the screams from his companion, he snorted, turned and chased after him.

Lu Liangsheng led the old donkey and continued on. He looked among the swaying reeds, smiled and shook his head, and pulled the rein over the donkey.

"I didn't expect it to be a little messy here."

In the compartment, Toad's voice sounded: "Why don't you leave it alone?"

"This kind of vendetta, no matter what the use is, is all self-inflicted."

Walking to the town in the distance, the sound of clinking wrought iron resounded throughout the town. The green knights with swords in the town hurried past either together or alone. Several weapon shops were booming, and all kinds of weapons were hung outside, buddy He was bare-armed and bargaining with a Jianghu man for advice. When he was in a hurry, the muscular blacksmith picked up the big knife that had just formed in his hand and slashed it on the table next to him, causing the passing knights to look at him.

Not far from the end of the street, paper money was sprinkled, and the funeral procession playing the suona passed by weepingly, and the shafts of passing business travelers gave way to the deceased.

There were also others whispering.

"What's the number of this month?" "It's the sixth one, and eight people died last year."

"Just say it's okay, what are you running into the woods for?"

"Probably bewitched by ghosts... But I heard that it seems to be a vixen."

"Vixen? Is she beautiful?"

"Tsk... Do you want to go? Then I will go to your house for dinner."

.......

"This town is lively enough."

Lu Liangsheng moved away a piece of paper money under his feet, told the woman behind him not to stick out her tongue, and then walked to an inn in front, where there was a lot of noise from the green forest guests, vulgar laughter and cursing, teasing the singing girl, which attracted a lot of whistles.