Chapter 169: Nie Xiaoqian (3)
In the Lanruo Temple, Jinhua Prefecture, Zhejiang.
As night came, after the incident in February, the newly acquired Chu army seized Lanruo Temple that day. The temple was already empty and lifeless. Every night, all kinds of insects and frogs were chirping and yelling, and some wild cats could even be seen appearing in the courtyard from time to time.
A wild cat was shaking in the courtyard of the temple, with green light emitted from its eyes. Suddenly, the wild cat seemed to have captured some information, glanced at the row room in the west wing alertly, and suddenly the fluff was standing up all over, making a long and panic-like sound, and turned around and fled out in a hurry from a gap below the gate of the temple.
After a while, a red light suddenly flashed from the gate of the west wing room. In the red light, a woman in red clothes and disheveled hair penetrated directly from the closed door.
Although the night was shrouded in the red light, the woman's appearance was still clearly visible. Without the scent of rouge, the woman looked only in her twenties without makeup, with her eyes filled with autumn water, plain teeth and red lips, and she looked as if she was ashamed of the moon and flowers.
But the woman who was as beautiful as a flower could not hide her strange and demonic appearance. She saw a ball of emerald green light floating behind her, like a woman's pet, following her and she came to the yard in a flash.
After passing through the door, the woman seemed to no longer need to activate her demonic power, and slowly put away the red light. For a moment, only the green light ball was left in the temple shaking in the darkness, and the woman's figure became half-hidden and half-appeared in the low light.
Although there was no one around, the woman still looked around alertly. Seeing that there was nothing unusual, she quickly followed the porch to the Qianyuanbao Pagoda on the north side of the temple. She once again vigilantly inquire about it. After confirming that there was no one around, she activated her demonic power and passed through the wooden door of the pagoda.
In an instant, the green light also disappeared in Lanruo Temple, and everything was as quiet as before.
On the ground below the pagoda, there is a piece of wood-paved ground, which is in sharp contrast with the surrounding stone slabs. At first glance, it looks like the ground collapsed after being disrepaired and was repaired by someone.
The woman stood on the wooden board with a green ball of light, and painted the gourd accordingly, allowing her body to penetrate it vertically and penetrate it under the wooden board.
There is not a collapsed pit under the wooden board. It is not only spacious and deep, but also the spiraling stone staircase looks decent. There are burning oil lamps hanging every three or five feet on the surrounding walls, making the passage brighter than the night market in the city.
The woman did not stay at all and quickly hovered down the stone stairs. The shadows were illuminated by different oil lamps, sometimes long and sometimes short, sometimes front and sometimes back, making the atmosphere even more ghostly.
After walking for a while, a slow and hoarse voice came from the bottom of the stone stairs. The sound was neither male nor female, nor a human being nor a ghost, so it made people feel cold.
"Is Xiaoqian back?"
The woman responded, "Yes, grandma, I'm back." While speeding up.
The woman was Xiaoshu's aunt Nie Xiaoqian. After that, she went down a circle of hovering stone stairs and came to a spacious crypt. She saw a huge red bean tree growing here that was flashing with green light, occupying three or fourteen of the space. Apart from that, there was no one else in the crypt.
Nie Xiaoqian arrived in front of the big tree and immediately knelt down and said, "Sorry, grandma has been waiting for many days. Since Lanruo Temple was sealed by the government, there have been no tourists in the temple. The legend of the Red Yasha has spread among the Jiangzuo area. Once someone gets a plague, the government will arrest and isolate all their relatives. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain three corpses. This one is also something I finally caught from the remote countryside."
Then, the voice of neither male nor female came from the tree: "Oh, my cute Xiaoqian, I'm so anxious when I see this matter... It doesn't matter. Grandma, I have absorbed enough nutrients. If you have one or two more, I can become a humanoid and walk around. By then, it will be easy to capture the three corpses and restore ten of their demonic power. It's just around the corner, hehe... Cute Xiaoqian, hurry up, throw this person's three corpses to me."
Nie Xiaoqian stood up in response, waved her right hand, and the green light ball behind her flew towards the top of the big tree.
Only the slight screams of the three corpses came from the light ball. Then, attracted by a powerful demonic aura, the light ball merged into the tree trunk, and the scream could no longer be heard.
What followed was a powerful demonic energy shaved towards Nie Xiaoqian in the opposite direction. Nie Xiaoqian's hair and clothes fluttered quickly. Against the red light of the room, the trunk swayed violently. Then, a dry and cracked old man, neither male nor female, appeared in the middle of the trunk.
This person is the tree demon grandma, and the Red Yasha who was newly named by the world a hundred years later.
As soon as Hong Yasha showed her face, she asked Nie Xiaoqian impatiently, "Hurry, Xiaoqian help me see, is my face still as delicate and exquisite as it was a hundred years ago, and it is flawless?"
Nie Xiaoqian smiled unaware of the corner of her mouth and flattered: "Grandma's face is always flawless in my heart."
Hong Yasha heard the implicit sound of Nie Xiaoqian and immediately said with a sad face: "Oh, my cute Xiaoqian, after you said this, grandma understood. It seems that there are more three corpses to satisfy me."
Nie Xiaoqian said: "Don't worry, grandma, I'll set off tomorrow. I'll capture a few people and three corpses for grandma."
Hongyasha sighed, "That's really a lot to bother my cute Xiaoqian. Otherwise, even if I can move freely and have no perfect appearance, how will it be like to meet people... Alas, speaking of it, Xiaoqian, do you know that the first thing I want to do once I come out of the mountain again when I am back in the mountains?"
Nie Xiaoqian thought for a while and said, "If Yan Chixia was still there, the first thing grandma did was to seek revenge him, but Yan Chixia had already returned to heaven. At this time, the world was completely different from more than a hundred years ago. What grandma wanted to do most now should be to quickly destroy those purifying messengers who didn't know where to fight? After all, eighteen years ago, grandma ordered me to go to Yunnan to seize half of the secret book held by Pu Songling's descendants. My ability was limited. Not only did I fail to succeed, but I also alarmed Pu Weihai. What grandma was most worried about was that Pu Weihai knew about you and me, and summoned the purifying messengers to come to Zhejiang to gather to seek revenge you and me."
"Hahaha..." Hong Yasha laughed, "The purifying messenger must be eliminated, but it is not the most important thing. Grandma, let me tell you, after restoring my freedom, the first thing I do is to hold a grand banquet with my cute children. It has been more than 150 years. Grandma, I am trapped in Lanruo Temple and have lived a life of silence. I have not held a banquet for more than 150 years. Do you know how lonely grandma, I am? Looking back on the past, I was the demon king's brother, the master of the hand.
One of the four demon kings, let alone Lanruo Temple, it is the entire Jinhua, Zhejiang, and even the entire Jiangzuo area. Where is my grandma going? It’s not so popular with the children… Oh, I won’t say it anymore, I feel greedy when I think about it… Later, the old demon of Heishan took away my position as the demon king. I think it must be a sight above all the demons. Humph, it’s so cheap... Yes, when it comes to the old demon of Heishan, is that guy still in Zhejiang now?”
Nie Xiaoqian responded: "According to what I have explored, the old monster of Heishan should be no longer in Zhejiang, but has arrived in Jiangxi."
Hong Yasha asked in confusion: "Oh, why did he go to Jiangxi?" Nie Xiaoqian said: "I have mentioned to my grandma many times that the world is different from the past. The Qing Dynasty is full of holes and wars are everywhere. The largest rebel army is the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom led by Hong Xiuquan. It fought with the Qing court for fourteen years. However, with the assistance of the old demon of Heishan, yesterday's full moon night, the Qing army had already broken through the capital of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, Tianjing, and was renamed Jiangning. However, although Jiangning was broken, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom also had the most important general in Anhui. I expected that their remaining military strength would be transferred to the young master Hong Tianguifu to Anhui to meet Hong Renxuan and move to Jiangxi. I sensed the breath of Liuquan Yagi in Jiangxi. I think it was the old demon of Heishan who was waiting for the battle in Jiangxi."
"Oh, that guy is actually interested in interfering in human affairs?" Hong Yasha was stunned and then said in a slight reluctance, "Helping the Qing court is nothing more than to cooperate with the Lord of the Northern Earth to help him find the whereabouts of the Demon King. Apart from that, I really can't think of any price that can make that lazy and narcissistic guy work so diligently for humans... Humph, the old demon of the Black Mountain was as strong as me back then, and now he is pregnant with Yagi Yagi. It seems that I can't do anything I want to regain the position of this Demon King."
Nie Xiaoqian said again: "When it comes to the demon king who works for the world, there is more than one old demon in Black Mountain. I heard that Shi Dakai, the righteous king of Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, encountered a flood in the Dadu River in May last year. It was done by the demon king Xiqu. If nothing unexpected happens, these two demon kings should not work together, but each has a small plan."
Hong Yasha smiled in a cold smile and said, "Haha, isn't that enough? The desire for power is not an exclusive desire only humans have. The same is true for our demon world. The demon king Ge Duo is one of the weakest demon emperors in history, and another monster. Since he became the demon king, no matter who goes up and down, the four demon kings have never been able to pee in a pot. After Ge Duo was sealed by Pu Songling, the demon world has been in a downturn for more than a hundred years, and his prestige has dropped sharply. I'm afraid, not to mention the tension between the demon kings today, at least they have their own ulterior motives... Hahaha, this world has become more interesting... My cute Xiaoqian, don't worry, as long as grandma, I make a comeback, you will be the greatest hero. Grandma will definitely grant you the position of Prajna and make you the queen who commands the side."
Hearing this, Nie Xiaoqian was not excited at all, but frowned and said, "Grandma, I have tried my best to collect three corpses for many years to help you recover, but not for the sake of gaining power in the future, but just out of kindness to my grandma. If my grandma recovers, can I... be able to give Xiaoqian a free self, let me find a good marriage and enjoy the blessings of the world?"
When talking about the second half, Nie Xiaoqian had already raised her heart to her throat, and then knelt on the ground, lowering her head and not daring to look at Hongyasha.
Hong Yasha was shocked: "What? It turns out that my cute Xiaoqian can't forget the fun of the world after a hundred years?"
Nie Xiaoqian buried her head and begged: "I dare not deceive my grandma. Xiaoqian is indeed making a fortune with this little bit. I hope my grandma will succeed."
Hongyasha exhaled and glared at Nie Xiaoqian with a disgust, then turned dark and said, "Oh, my cute Xiaoqian doesn't have to be so polite. Grandma, I understand. When grandma sucks a few more corpses, she will recover her physical strength and beauty, I promise you."
Nie Xiaoqian then raised her head and said gratefully: "Xiaoqian thanked grandma."
Hongyasha said, "Thank you for your hard work, go and rest quickly. Grandma is afraid that you will be tired and miserable. When the banquet is held another day, my cute Xiaoqian must come to attend. I will never reject grandma, right?"
Chapter completed!