Celestial masters don't count

Everyone fell into a sluggish and quiet atmosphere, and depression and anxiety spread in the room.

Liang Qingying took a few steps back and suddenly remembered Zhang Xiaodao behind her.Zhang Xiaodao leaned against the window and lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking.

She walked a few steps quickly and came to Zhang Xiaodao.

Zhang Xiaodao raised his head: "What's the matter?"

Liang Qingying hesitated for a while, and said, "Zhang Xiaodao, why did you disappear just now? Are you okay?"

Zhang Xiaodao shook his head: "It's okay. When I went out, I hid my tracks and got close to that tree. I want to know what the tree is. It's very evil."

Liang Qingying asked: "What is that? A tree demon?"

It should be possible to guess that so many people died, all of which had a tree vine poking into the bodies of those corpses.And it will attack people, the stems under the vines can penetrate deep into the blood vessels through the surface of the skin to suck up human blood.Isn't it like the Millennium Dryad in A Chinese Ghost Story?

Zhang Xiaodao hesitated: "I'm not very sure. I ran up and climbed on the trunk. There was a hollow in the middle of the trunk. There was a big hole, and there were corpses in the hole. They were stacked on top of each other, and a tree was stuck in the back. Trees and vines. They are all facing the same direction. I want to go down to see what it is, and I always feel that it is dangerous, but if I can determine what it is, I may be able to escape."

Liang Qingying couldn't help asking: "Then what did you see?"

Zhang Xiaodao shook his head: "I didn't see it. I didn't go far down, and the corpses underneath crawled out as if they were alive. I was entangled, and finally I couldn't come out. As soon as I came out, I saw you were attacked Fortunately, Brother Nine asked me to draw the talisman before and let me carry it with me, otherwise there would be nothing I can do."

Brother Nine had been forcing him to draw talismans before, sarcastically and extremely harshly.Others learn from others, and the speed and aura of drawing symbols like that should have been praised, but Mao Jiu is always dissatisfied.

Now he understands that as a celestial master, he will encounter many extremely dangerous things.If the Taoism is a little bit worse, he will die immediately without a place to bury him.Those things are ghosts, not humans.They have no feelings and will never show mercy.One more point of Taoism will give one more point of protection.

Liang Qingying said dejectedly: "Then there is no other way? We will all be trapped here and cannot get out?"

Zhang Xiaodao pursed his lips: "Not without it."

As soon as the words came out, the people who had been eavesdropping silently gathered around immediately, although they didn't dare to take the initiative to ask anything, they stared at Zhang Xiaodao longingly.

Zhang Xiaodao said: "I think there is something in the center of that tree, and that thing is very important. I can feel that if we kill that thing, we can escape safely."

A Xu immediately asked: "Who is going to kill the monster inside?"

Everyone was silent, they were all ordinary people.Even if you volunteer, it's just giving away your head.

Zhang Xiaodao said, "I'll go. But I need someone to cover me."

Liang Qingying immediately understood: "There are trees and vines covering the sky outside, if there is any movement in our place, the trees and vines will spread over. It will affect you."

A Xu patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, a few of us will help you attract the tree vines."

Of the remaining eight people, only two or three showed embarrassment and fear. They were all attacked by tree vines or saw tree vines attacking people just now, and they felt fear in their hearts.

And think about the dead little fish, it's horrible.

But they were afraid in their hearts, and they also knew that only Zhang Xiaodao could save them now.So they all followed A Xu to promise Zhang Xiaodao.

One of the boys hesitated for a while, but still cheekily asked Zhang Xiaodao if he had any weapons that could protect them, or the yellow talisman that he saw outside just now.

Zhang Xiaodao regretfully told him no, he sighed: "I was just planning to investigate, and I didn't mean to come in. You can obviously feel uneasy when you are outside, and I have advised you not to come in. You Came in anyway. I didn't have my stuff or gear. And..."

After hesitating for a while, he still said, "Even if I bring it, I may not be able to save you."

He currently has no equipment at all, and the equipment of apprentices in the world of celestial masters is generally given by the master.He hasn't formally apprenticed to a teacher yet, so how could he have equipment?

Even with the equipment, he is not sure of victory.

Maybe he should have stayed outside in the first place instead of coming in with them to die.It's not that he's not going to save him, at least he's safe outside, and he can call for help in various ways, instead of struggling like he is now.

As soon as Zhang Xiaodao said these words, the hearts of all the people present thumped, and they all became nervous.

Zhang Xiaodao said again: "Do your best. And I don't want you to attract the attention of the tree vine. The tree vine has strange power, and it is as terrifying as a blood-sucking insect. The most important thing is that it is pervasive and extremely flexible. Unless you are better than it It is more flexible, otherwise it will be drained of blood as soon as it appears. But it is not omnipotent, first of all, it is afraid of fire. Find some flammable cotton cloth and block it when it appears, and run to the corner .Now there is a chair over there, easy to climb up the wall. Run over and light the surrounding grass to form a barrier. Be fast, and it is best to hold something like a stick in your hand. Look in the room, you should be able to Find it. Letting you hold things in your hands is not to fight trees and vines, but to ensure that you survive the walking dead."

Everyone jumped away suddenly and exploded one after another.

"Walking corpses? Why are there walking corpses?"

"What's going on? Isn't it just tree vines and tree demons? Why did they run out of corpses?"

"Tree vines, dryads and walking corpses, is it possible for us to leave alive? It's impossible."

"Where's the walking corpse?"

"Do you still remember the photos taken on Axu's mobile phone? There are many corpses in it, and they all have a tree vine stuck on them. Could it be a walking corpse? A walking corpse controlled by a tree demon."

"Stop talking, I'm afraid."

The one who broke down was a girl. She squatted on the ground and hugged her head, crying and regretting.She was attacked by the tree vines just now, and she was still in shock and had to face even more frightening facts. It's not bad that she collapsed until now.

The girl's collapse accelerated the fear of the people present, and A Xu was a little angry: "They are not dead yet! What are you afraid of? Isn't there a chance to escape alive now? Zhang Tianshi is here! If it weren't for him, we would have all died just now. Just like Xiaoyu. To believe in Zhang Tianshi, he is modest."

Zhang Xiaodao glanced at A Xu and remained silent.

never mind.Anyway, to tell the truth now, it made the people present have no confidence to escape at all.

Hearing this, everyone looked up at Zhang Xiaodao expectantly.

Zhang Xiaodao gave a vague 'hmm', which was his answer.

Everyone regained their confidence.Whether they believed in Zhang Xiaodao or not, they had to believe it.

Liang Qingying leaned over quietly and asked Zhang Xiaodao: "Can't I contact Uncle Ninth?"

Zhang Xiaodao said: "There is no signal on the mobile phone. If you look at yours, there should be no signal either."

Liang Qingying didn't need to look to know if it was true, they had all looked at their phones when they first came in.Called the police, no signal.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have collapsed so quickly.

But she knew that Taoist spells were mysterious, and they seemed to be able to get in touch through some kind of charm instead of calling.

Zhang Xiaodao glanced at Liang Qingying in some surprise, and then said: "There are indeed some Taoist skills. One of the talismans I have been drawing a while ago is a thousand-mile-one-line talisman. If I tear it up immediately if I am in danger, brother Jiu will know. But ...I haven't tried it before, but when I rushed over, it was the last time I drew the Thousand Miles Line Talisman, so I didn't have time to try it."

"so……"

"So I don't know if it will work or not."

Hope is destroyed in an instant.

Liang Qingying held Zhang Xiaodao's hand, eyes full of sincere hope and prayer: "If God can hear my call, I hope the last talisman will be successful. From now on, I will be a vegetarian on the [-]th day of every month."

Zhang Xiaodao was a little embarrassed.

The two of A Xu are very close, and feel very uncomfortable.But in comparison, he did lose a lot to Zhang Xiaodao.Before I didn't know the situation, I could say that Zhang Xiaodao was a coward, not manly.At that time, he was full of confidence and could fight.Now, Zhang Xiaodao can be said to be their savior, what is he fighting for?

Suddenly someone screamed: "What do you see outside?"

A few people leaned over to have a look, and when they saw it, they couldn't help scolding: "Damn!"

I saw dozens of corpses hanging from the banyan tree outside, being placed on the ground, or walking or crawling.All limbs twisted, extremely terrifying.

There is only one torso left, all limbs have been cut off, and the torso is dragging aside.The torso writhed like a fish thrown ashore.There is another one with loose hair, and the neck has been cut off, leaving only a layer of skin connecting it.Because I fell on my back, I had to choose to walk upside down.Both hands and feet are moving in opposite directions, and they are extremely twisted.

The rest were as terrifying as they could be, and they all rushed towards the house bloody.The blood-red palm prints slapped the glass, and the body without pain slammed open the doors and windows, looking for every possible way to get in.

The current scene is exactly like what happened in a zombie movie. They are like helpless cattle and sheep being coveted by the surroundings.

Fear before war.

Zhang Xiaodao is the calmest one.He lives in a house and likes to play various games.How can you never watch such a classic game as Doom Zombies?

The things in the game are much more terrifying, bloody and cruel than in reality, so now his psychological adaptability is quite good.

He said: "Have you ever played zombie games? It doesn't matter if you haven't played it. If you have played it, don't be stupid. Don't just focus on headshots. Headshots are useless. After a headshot, you can still move your limbs as usual. The most important thing is to cut off the head. Their limbs hinder their movement. You see, the speed of those without limbs is extremely slow. You don’t have to worry about it at all. So the most important thing is to use all methods to make them unable to move.”

Everyone followed Zhang Xiaodao to look over, and found that when most of the walking corpses were patting on the window, only the torso was still twisting and crawling extremely slowly.

During the period, someone asked, what if there are walking corpses and tree vines attacking?They can't even fight against trees and vines, and it's too difficult to escape from both of them.

Some people simply gave up on themselves and said that it would be better to hide in the room and wait for the dawn than rushing out to fight for their lives.Their family members will call the police if they find something is wrong, and they will be able to find here as long as they last for a while, besides, they dare not move those things at dawn.

There is some truth in what he said, but it makes some people heartbroken.

Zhang Xiaodao glanced at them, and said, "It's okay if you continue to hide here and wait for someone to save me. It's up to you. But what you need to know is that what we see is not necessarily the truth."

Liang Qingying asked, "What do you mean?"

Zhang Xiaodao: "It means that we may never see the day, and we may not wait for the dawn. We seem to be trapped in a certain space, and we have been trapped since we entered." After a pause, he continued: "But you don't have to worry too much about the walking corpses and vines. The fighting power of the walking corpses is not too strong, although there are many. But you all work together to kill one and then kill the other. The purpose is to escape. As for the vines, according to me Observe, it only moves once in a while. Every time it moves, it consumes a lot, just like the big action just now, it consumes a lot of energy. Now it is resting."

What he didn't say was that although he was resting, he didn't have much time.Because of the little fish's blood as a supplementary energy source, the whole old banyan tree is now asleep, but it won't be too long.

He just wanted to take advantage of this time to run into the center of the trunk and kill the things inside when the walking corpses came out and the old banyan tree fell into a deep sleep.

Liang Qingying took a deep breath, and clapped her hands to attract everyone's attention: "Okay, you all heard? Hiding inside is dead, running outside is dead. But if we take the initiative to go out and fight with them, there is still a way to survive. Do you think Wait for death or find a way to survive yourself. Choose."

Everyone was silent, and the atmosphere of despair and helplessness spread again.But gradually, despair turned into a wave of determination, and when they looked at Zhang Xiaodao and Liang Qingying, they all had the same meaning.

Liang Qingying didn't need to ask them anymore, she smiled and said: "Then let's discuss how to explode the walking corpse first."

Zhang Xiaodao leaned against the window and looked at the huge old banyan tree outside. There were bloody things around the window.But he ignored and thought, he was wondering what the old banyan tree was.

Dryad?

Do not be silly.An old tree becomes a demon, it is still a tree, vegetarian.How could it be possible to change the diet suddenly after becoming a demon, and it is not an omnivorous animal.

What's more, sucking human blood will not increase Taoism.For some demons, sucking human blood can indeed increase their morality, but for trees that are very close to the nature of heaven, sucking human blood will only damage and pollute their origin.

These are all from the book, he has never seen a demon.I don't know how to judge, otherwise I would have known what the banyan tree in front of me was.

In the Dharma-ending era, there are no gods or goblins, only creatures and ghosts.It is not easy for animals and trees to become demons, not to mention, if they are really demons, why have they not been discovered by the celestial masters in the imperial capital for so many years?

There are demons, but it's a big deal.

Those who died before think about it now, were they killed by ghosts, or did they have something to do with the old banyan tree?

Zhang Xiaodao turned his head and glanced at the few people who were discussing the explosion of walking corpses, and smiled.

In fact, the people present are all underage, and they are in the moment when they love to explore and are very curious.He is not afraid of heaven and earth, nor does he know awe.If he is not a celestial master, I am afraid he will also play out of curiosity and excitement.

They are not bad by nature.

After a while, Liang Qingying came over and told Zhang Xiaodao that they were ready.Zhang Xiaodao looked over and found that they were all holding weapons, some were just noodle sticks, some were kitchen knives, and one even found a long knife.

The last occupants of this house were a family of four, and there were no relatives to accept the regret when the accident happened.Coupled with bad luck, no one dared to steal things.The things inside are still preserved.

But what surprised Zhang Xiaodao was that these knives hadn't rusted yet.Thinking about it carefully, it may be because of the old banyan tree that the time is a bit chaotic.So the knives haven't rusted and dulled yet.

At this time, some thin roots protruded from the gap in the window behind Zhang Xiaodao, hooking the bolt of the window and pressing down——

"Be careful behind!"

Zhang Xiaodao turned his head abruptly, and the walking corpses behind him pressed in, and the window was wide open.The roots clinging to the window slowly retracted.

He raised his foot and kicked it up, almost being dragged out by his foot.Zhang Xiaodao realized that he had overestimated his strength, and he vowed to learn martial arts from Brother Nine when he went back.

It's so cool to watch him beat those evil spirits violently.

Liang Qingying handed him a stick, "I just found it, so I'll use it later."

Zhang Xiaodao took it and slammed it hard on the head of the walking corpse in front of him, making a hole directly, and then said: "Thank you."

Looking down at the sunken head of the walking corpse, the corners of Zhang Xiaodao's mouth twitched. He had just told someone that headshots were useless.His own conditioned reflex blows people's heads.

Forget it.The most important thing at the moment is to go to the banyan tree and kill the things inside.

At this time, all other doors and windows were broken open, and all the walking corpses squeezed in.Zhang Xiaodao and two boys beat the walking corpse to the ground at the window, shouting: "Everyone, get out of here, hurry up."

The house is about to be captured, and the doors are full of walking corpses. There is no way to run from those places, just climb out of the window.

So a few boys jumped out to meet outside, and a few backed up to block the walking corpse and let the girl go first.Zhang Xiaodao was the last to leave and closed the window.Give everyone a little time.

After going out, the two separated. Liang Qingying and A Xu led the others to run to the chair by the wall.The walking dead are chasing after them.

Zhang Xiaodao jumped onto the old banyan tree, carefully hiding his aura.So as not to wake up the old banyan tree.

The trunk of the old banyan tree is huge, and it takes more than a dozen people to surround it.The roots of the tree penetrated deeply into the ground, and there were so many branches and branches around it, covering the sky and covering the entire courtyard.

There is a hole at the top of the tree trunk that only allows one person to pass through. If you look into the hole from above, you can almost see the situation inside.The center of the trunk is empty, which also makes Zhang Xiaodao puzzled.

If the trunk is empty, isn't the tree dead?

But the old banyan tree will never know that its trunk is empty and its branches and leaves are luxuriant unless it comes up to look at it. No one would think of it.

When Zhang Xiaodao looked at it before, he only saw corpses inside the tree trunk.From top to bottom, there are only a few slits to vaguely see what's inside.

But I could only see a white cocoon-like thing at the bottom of the trunk center, which was densely entangled by tree vines.Although I don't know what it is, I intuitively know that something is the key.

Zhang Xiaodao stretched his feet in, trying to get inside.Carefully stepping on the stacked tree vines inside the trunk, he jumped down, and when he was almost in the middle, he finally saw what was underneath.

Underneath is a yellow-white cocoon as tall as an adult, wrapped in vines.The vine is now yellow-white, and the dark-brown skin on the outside has peeled off, revealing the yellow-white flesh inside.

There are four tree vines with the thickness of adult men's wrists hanging cocoons, but these four tree vines are red, as if they were stained red with blood.

Combined with the death of the little fish and the blood sucking from the tree trunk, Zhang Xiaodao can probably confirm that the function of these four tree vines is probably similar to blood vessels.The tree vines outside suck human blood into it, and then enter the cocoon through these four tree vines.

So, what's inside the cocoon?

At this time, there was a cry for help from outside.It seemed that Liang Qingying and the others were in danger and couldn't stand it.He also heard someone calling his name directly for help.

Zhang Xiaodao hesitated.

If he didn't take advantage of this time to kill the giant cocoon, he would have no chance when the old banyan tree woke up.But if we don't save the people outside now, there is no guarantee that no one will die.

Gritting his teeth, he quickly pasted yellow symbols around the giant cocoon.He ran out at the fastest speed in his life, and when he reached the top of the tree trunk, he saw Liang Qingying and others surrounded by walking corpses, trapped in the corner of the wall.

There was a girl who was wrapped in vines and pulled. They had to hold the girl and deal with the walking corpses, and they were too busy to take care of themselves and save others.That's why I called for help.

Seeing this, Zhang Xiaodao thought that the old banyan tree had woken up, but he was relieved when he saw that there was only one tree vine.But he didn't dare to relax too much, because any movement of the tree vine meant that it was about to wake up.

"Thunder and fire are calling urgently, as urgently as a law. Order!"

Zhang Xiaodao jumped down and read, just as his toes touched the ground, the sound of crackling fire came from the old banyan tree behind him.

Trees are afraid of fire, and the old banyan tree and the cocoons inside are no exception.

Flames burst out from the tree trunk, alarming the walking corpses.The walking corpses stopped, turned their heads one after another, and screamed suddenly in horror.And the tree vines wrapped around the girl quickly retracted due to the fire.

Everyone thought that Zhang Xiaodao had solved the old banyan tree, and was glad that he escaped from death.

But Zhang Xiaodao found something was wrong, he found that the panic of those walking corpses was not that the old banyan tree was burned to death, if so, it should be that they rushed to fight the fire or tore them angrily.

Rather than like now, like birds and beasts scattered, frightened and trying to escape...

escape...

Zhang Xiaodao was startled suddenly, and shouted: "Run!"

In the next second, he was wrapped around the waist by the vines and thrown into the air. The overwhelming vines rushed out from the old banyan tree, and no one could escape.

The old banyan tree was angered.

Their plan failed.

The living people are fine, because the old banyan tree wants to suck their blood.It seems to prefer the blood of the living to the blood of the dead.As for the walking corpses, they were torn apart by the furious old banyan tree, and their internal organs and limbs were scattered.

Although the old banyan tree wants the blood of living people, it doesn't mean it can't torture Zhang Xiaodao and others.It pulled on the vines, as if it wanted to break off their limbs or wrap them tightly so that their limbs would be congested, suffocated, and finally necrotic.

Either way, it's an extremely painful process.

But at this moment, no one can save them.

When Zhang Xiaodao was about to faint, he prayed that the talisman he drew would be useful, and that Mao Jiu would come quickly.

When everyone was in danger, the sound of breaking through the air came.The golden-yellow sword light passed through the thick black-brown vines that stretched their teeth and claws, found the vines that bound people, and then cut them off.

The power of the ancient copper sword to kill evil and eliminate demons is not in vain. Even if Zhang Xiaodao's fire talisman burned the vines before, it would not really hurt the old banyan tree.

As soon as the ancient bronze coin sword cut down, the righteous energy cut along the tree and vines to corrode the evil energy.The old banyan tree emitted a sound frequency similar to screams, which was extremely harsh and unpleasant.

The vines surged crazily in mid-air, dark brown, like a group of densely entangled black snakes.It is obvious that the scalp is numb.

Although the old banyan tree is crazy, it also senses the danger. It only moves restlessly in a certain area, and dare not take another step forward, nor dare to try to catch humans.

Everyone fell to the ground and groaned in pain. Although they were let go for some unknown reason, their escape instinct still made them crawl back as hard as they could, struggling to get up and escape.

Surprisingly, a few who could stand up did not escape alone, but helped those who could not get up to escape.

For this, Mao Jiu was very satisfied.

Everyone buried their heads in running away, and suddenly saw a pair of clean white sneakers in front of them.There was a horror in my heart, and all the goosebumps stood up.Bite the bullet and still dare not look up, for fear of seeing something terrible again.

Zhang Xiaodao's heart skipped a beat, he looked up, and saw Mao Jiu standing in front of him with a gentle smile.

"Ninth Brother!"

Liang Qingying was overjoyed, and shouted: "Master Ninth Uncle!"

This name is a bit unfamiliar.

Mao Jiu looked over, and when she saw it, she was still the same little girl she had seen before.He smiled and said, "Has the hair grown?"

Liang Qingying was even more pleasantly surprised, "You remember me."

Although he had been in contact with Zhang Xiaodao for a while, he had never been in contact with Mao Jiu. He thought Mao Jiu had forgotten her a long time ago.

Mao Jiu nodded.

The others didn't know Mao Jiu, they just saw him with one hand behind his back, holding an ancient bronze coin sword.Good-looking is good-looking and stylish, but too young.

They didn't hold out much hope.

A Xu quietly asked Liang Qingying who Mao Jiu was, Liang Qingying introduced them, and said in a proud tone: "Master Jiu is a celestial master!"

A Xu was silent. She also said that Zhang Xiaodao was a celestial master before.

Liang Qingying continued: "Master Ninth Uncle is Master Zhang Xiaodao. I encountered some things before, and Uncle Ninth saved me. Don't worry, we are saved."

A Xu let out an oh, not giving up hope.Bite the bullet, and asked Mao Jiu with a smile: "You, hello, er, have you called the police?"

The others looked at Mao Jiu expectantly, hoping that he would call the police.

Mao Jiu looked at him with a half-smile.

Liang Qingying was a little angry, they looked down on Mao Jiu.

naked.

She was worried about angering Mao Jiu.

Unexpectedly, Mao Jiu nodded.

Liang Qingying turned her head suddenly, her eyes widening.

Mao Jiu: "If there is a murder case, of course we must call the police."

Liang Qingying: This is slightly different from what she imagined.

Mao Jiu took a few steps forward: "Okay, let's all stand back. If you are tired, sit down and rest for a while, see where you are hurt, and treat it in advance."

Everyone was stunned by the order, but they really obediently stood back and sat down.

Looking up, the trees and vines are surging all over the sky, and the scalp is about to explode.

Zhang Xiaodao stood beside Mao Jiu eagerly, with his head lowered.Uneasy and ashamed.

Mao Jiu stared at him for a while, then suddenly patted him on the shoulder and said, "Thank you."

Zhang Xiaodao raised his head suddenly, with an expression of disbelief and surprise on his face.

Mao Jiu smiled: "You did a good job. At least no one... um, okay. At least you still protected most people. According to your level, you still pass."

Although this kind of praise is a bit weird, Zhang Xiaodao is still very happy.At least his Taoism has been affirmed.

Zhang Xiaodao asked Mao Jiu: "Brother Jiu, is this a tree demon?"

Mao Jiu asked back, "What do you think?"

Zhang Xiaodao shook his head: "Not like."

After speaking, he told Mao Jiuzhong what he saw from inside the tree trunk.

After listening to it, Mao Jiu said, "Brother Six and I were looking up death animations, and we found some interesting things. About No. 114, Xinsi Hutong, I know the general idea."

Zhang Xiaodao: "So what exactly is the old banyan tree?"

Mao Jiu: "Have you heard of tree coffins?"

Zhang Xiaodao shook his head.

Mao Jiu: "I'll talk to you later. Deal with it first."