Demonic spirit.

This is the concept in this world.

To be precise, it is a characteristic of Tao power that Ye Ning discovered during his practice.

It has a very strong ability to distinguish the various properties of force.

Unlike the card system of Blue Star, the power in this world is very diverse, and the power cultivated by different power systems is different.

Powers like demon power, ghost power, etc. are not inferior to star power in terms of their forms of expression, but their characteristics are very obvious.

It can be considered to have pros and cons.

During this period of practice, Ye Ning would occasionally meet various practitioners.

Therefore, the first thing that was sensed was the traces of demonic power operating in the surrounding area.

That is evil spirit.

If nothing unexpected happens, the evil spirit in Lanruo Temple should be that old lady.

That is the thousand-year-old tree demon that has been hovering here.

However, what surprised Ye Ning was that the quality of this demonic energy was very poor. Ye Ning was very wary of the descriptions of thousand-year-old demons in some books about demons that he got from his dead father.

In theory, it shouldn't be so messy and weak.

Yes!

Feeling the demonic energy in the air around him, Ye Ning was not surprised by its power.

On the contrary, these monsters are too weak.

This level of demonic power is totally incomparable to the black aura surrounding that he sensed before coming in.

At this moment, countless branches suddenly appeared in the yard, and then quickly stabbed towards Ye Ning and Wang Defa.

Feeling the faint demonic aura in the branches, it was exactly the same as what I just sensed around me.

Obviously, these branches are the grandma's means of attack.

A golden light flashed in Ye Ning's eyes, and a talisman appeared in his right hand.

The Taoist force was directly injected into the talisman. With a flash of golden light, a golden transparent barrier enveloped the four detectives.

Golden Light Curse!
A barrier-type talisman with quite good strength.

A powerful defensive barrier can be set up at a fixed location.

It is just right to protect those constables whose current status is unknown but at least still alive.

After the Golden Light Spell was completed, Ye Ning put his right hand together and made a sword finger. Then a talisman burned in his hand, and the peach wood sword floating beside him suddenly emitted a golden light.

Then the peach wood sword shot out directly, and faced the surrounding branches with such force that it was like a hot knife through butter. Basically, a flash of sword light passed by, and then branches broken into several sections were everywhere.

On the other side, Wang Defa's performance was much worse than Ye Ning's, but the cold light of the machete in his hand flashed and he was able to cut trees and chop melons and vegetables.

weak.

Too weak.

This was not just Ye Ning's feeling, Wang Defa also felt very strange at the moment.

Although Lao Zhu's strength is indeed inferior to his, but with four constables accompanying him, he should be able to escape even if he cannot defeat such an attack.

Judging from the strength of the demonic energy in the branches, the monster hovering here is theoretically no more than a hundred years old.

Unless, there are other monsters here!
This was the judgment Wang Defa made after he felt that the tree demon was not very strong.

In fact, Ye Ning's inference was also true, but because the A Chinese Ghost Story he watched in his previous life was deeply rooted in his mind, he always felt it was very strange at this moment.

Is this a weakened version of A Chinese Ghost Story?

But that’s not true. Our own Xiaoqian is actually quite strong.

When practicing with Ye Ning, he could also make Ye Ning take it seriously.

Even Nie Xiaoqian is so strong, why is it that the strength of this tree demon is wrong?

Moreover, if this is the case with the tree demon, then what about the Black Mountain Demon behind it?
Will the strength of that old ghost change, or is it possible that there is no Black Mountain Demon in this version of A Chinese Ghost Story?

After all, this was not in the original version.

Ye Ning's mind was full of thoughts, but his hands never stopped clearing the surrounding branches.

The peach wood sword flew up and down, and the surrounding branches were completely unable to get close.

Ye Ning and Wang Defa continued to chop as they walked, and soon they passed through the courtyard in front of Lanruo Temple and came to the atrium.

There was a huge old locust tree standing in the middle of the yard.

Although the old locust tree is lush and leafy, it is covered with scars, which makes it look very consistent with the dilapidated environment around it.

Looking at the huge locust tree, Ye Ning and Wang Defa were both a little surprised.

"This old tree demon is so strange."

Wang Defa held a machete in his hand and said while looking at the old locust tree.

Ye Ning also nodded, it was indeed quite strange.

This old tree looks quite old. It is normal for a locust tree to grow to this age and be said to have lived for thousands of years.

But judging from the demonic power around here, it seems unworthy of such an ancient locust tree.

"Never mind all that for now, Uncle Wang, let's get rid of this old tree demon first."

"it is good!"

Although it was strange, the matter had to be dealt with, so the two did not hesitate and directly attacked the old tree.

Three talismans instantly appeared in Ye Ning's hands.

One of the red lights flashed, and then turned into two forces that instantly penetrated into the bodies of Ye Ning and Wang Defa.

The curse of burning body in fire!
Although it is called Burning Body, it is a special talisman that can give others fire enhancement.

Since the one in front of him is a tree demon, the power of fire will naturally be more effective.

Behind the red light, two golden rays of light from another talisman merged into the weapons of Ye Ning and Wang Defa respectively.

Sharp curse!
It is not difficult to tell from the name that this is a talisman that increases the sharpness of weapons.

After the two amplifying talismans were cast, a red color instantly appeared on the third talisman.

Almost instantly, the red energy transformed into a large area of ​​energy and formed a huge magic array under the old locust tree. Fire Sea Curse!
This is a large-scale fire attack talisman, which is most suitable for targeting the huge old locust tree.

Feeling the strength increasing in his body and looking at the old locust tree in front of him that was instantly engulfed in flames, Wang Defa suddenly felt relieved.

I never thought that an idea that just came to my mind on the spur of the moment could play such a big role.

Of course, now is not the time to think about these things. Wang Defa suppressed the thoughts in his mind temporarily, instantly stimulated the strength in his body, and then rushed towards the burning old locust tree with a machete in hand!

Red flames continued to burst out, and the power added by the Fiery Body Burning Curse made every attack of Ye Ning's peach wood sword and Wang Defa's machete produce sparks.

The old locust tree was already seriously injured by the Fire Sea Curse, and under the continuous and intense attacks of Ye Ning and Wang Defa, it was almost completely unable to resist.

Soon, the demonic aura around became increasingly faint.

At this time, some branches of the old locust tree suddenly circled up and condensed into a fruit on one branch. A human face suddenly appeared on the fruit, and the moment it appeared, it spoke directly: "Please spare my life, my lords. I have something important to tell you."

Seeing the changes in the old locust tree and hearing the sudden voice, Ye Ning and Wang Defa looked at each other.

Then Wang Defa said, "The evil words confuse the people, Xiaoning, please be alert."

However, Wang Defa slowed down his attack. He held up his broadsword, pointed at the fruit and said directly: "How dare you, the tree demon, hurt someone from my government office and still have the nerve to beg for mercy?"

"Sir, those four officials outside the door were not harmed by me. In fact, you should have felt it. With my meager strength, I can't make those four gentlemen faint silently. There is someone else who hurt the four officials. I am just a gatekeeper at best."

As it spoke, as if to prove itself, the branches quickly extended down from the old locust tree, and then slowly combined into a human shape.

A human figure made of branches, looks somewhat similar to the young version of Groot in the Marvel world.

At this moment, Ye Ning looked at the human-shaped branch and frowned slightly: "You are not this old locust tree."

"My Lord, I am not the grandma. In fact, the grandma died more than a hundred years ago, leaving only this body. I am the creeper that parasitized the grandma. After the grandma died, I was transformed by its power. The little demon has been staying in the grandma's body for many years and has not done anything bad. This time, I was threatened by a special existence, so I am guarding the four adults for it."

The face of the human-shaped branch actually showed an expression of sadness and grievance, which was quite interesting.

But it seems to contain a lot of information.

Wang Defa and Ye Ning both fell into deep thought.

Wang Defa's focus is on the special existence it talks about.

Ye Ning had many things to focus on. With the current situation in Lanruo Temple and the little demon's narration, he slowly formed a guess about what was happening here.

Wang Defa: "What kind of monster is this special existence that threatens you?"

"My Lord, that is not a monster. To be more precise, it is an old ghost. It seems to have been injured and just woken up, so it needs human blood to recuperate. The four adults outside are the blood it needs. However, because they are from the government, they need to be neutralized by the Yin energy in Lanruo Temple in order to help it recover without hurting it."

Perhaps because his life was threatened, the little demon told almost everything he knew.

After hearing this, Ye Ning became more certain of his guess.

Afterwards, he asked the little demon a few questions that Wang Defa was a little confused about, and Ye Ning finally figured out the key.

This Lanruo Temple was indeed the Lanruo Temple that he knew in his previous life.

But now it is hundreds of years after the story of A Chinese Ghost Story.

The thousand-year-old tree demon has been completely killed, and the Black Mountain Demon was also injured due to some special circumstances.

A hundred years later, the ivy on the body of the thousand-year-old tree demon left after its death, which is the little monster in front of him now, became a monster. Because he has a special connection with the tree demon, although he has only been a monster for a few years, he can use the body of the thousand-year-old tree demon to exert strength that is no less than that of a hundred-year-old monster.

A few days ago, the Black Mountain Old Demon woke up from his previous serious injuries, and then appeared on the top of this mountain with Lanruo Temple. After that, the Black Mountain Old Demon seemed to capture some ghosts around to help it hunt new humans.

As for the ivy, because it can control the body of the thousand-year-old tree demon, it is ordered by the Black Mountain Old Demon to guard Lanruo Temple and look after the captured humans.

"Is the person you captured today still here?"

"My Lords, those people are still alive. It takes the Black Mountain Demon a whole day to digest the blood it feeds on, and it only needs pure blood. It doesn't necessarily kill people after each feed. Except for the dozen or so people it captured at the beginning who were eaten alive by it, everyone else is still alive."

When they heard Xiao Yao's words, their eyes lit up.

It turned out that not all the people who were captured before were dead. This was really a pleasant surprise.

"When will the Black Mountain Demon wake up next time?"

"My Lord, according to the time, he should have woken up around midnight today."

The hour of Hai?

That's around nine to eleven at night?

Ye Ning subconsciously looked up at the sky, but because of the black air surrounding him, he couldn't see the sky outside.

But considering that it was still morning when he and Wang Defa came in, not much time had passed, so it was obviously still early.

He glanced at Wang Defa, and the two of them understood each other's thoughts as they looked at each other.

"How strong are the ghosts captured by the Black Mountain Demon?"

"My Lord, the Black Mountain Old Demon's main body is unable to move due to injuries, so it has been using its clones to move. Although the clones are also very powerful, because the main body cannot move, their range of movement is limited. They have only captured some ghosts around. Most of those ghosts are not very powerful and can only be effective against ordinary people. Among them, only one has reached the level of a fierce ghost."

At this point, it glanced at Ye Ning and Wang Defa in front of it and said, "However, the strength of that evil spirit is only average. It is definitely much stronger than the little demon I am, but for the two adults, it is naturally easy to capture it, so there is no need to be afraid."

Tsk, even though this little monster has only been a monster for a short time, he is quite talkative.

"Uncle Wang, the Black Mountain Old Demon only wakes up at night, so we still have plenty of time. So you take this little demon and send the survivors back. I'll watch here in case the evil spirit comes back and finds this place is blocked. We can't completely trust what the little demon says. It's hard to say the specific strength of the evil spirit, and we don't know if it has the ability to directly wake up the Black Mountain Old Demon. I'll ambush here and find an opportunity to kill the old demon directly."

"No, there's no way I can let you stay here alone. I'd better let you take the villagers down the mountain."

Ye Ning shook his head: "Uncle Wang, my family has the ability to subdue demons and catch ghosts passed down from our ancestors. I may be better than you in facing that evil ghost."

Listening to Ye Ning's words, Wang Defa hesitated for a while, and finally nodded vigorously: "Okay, I will be responsible for letting this little monster send everyone else down the mountain. After that, I will take this little monster back as fast as I can to ask the Lord of the Demon Slaying Department to take action. By then, this Black Mountain Old Monster will definitely not be a problem."

Demon Slayer Department.

This is a department in the Tang Dynasty that specializes in dealing with demons and monsters. There are many experts in it. It seems that Ye Ning’s dead father was also listed in the Demon Extermination Department.

"By the way, Uncle Wang, if you come back to the city, please go to my door and tell them that Ye Ning is working a case outside and won't be back for dinner."

Wang Defa was stunned after hearing Ye Ning's words. He had the impression that Ye Ning lived alone.

However, thinking of some of Ye's father's actions in the past, he did not delve into it further. He just nodded to indicate that he had taken note of it.

Afterwards, the two of them took the little monster directly to the back where the captured people were being held.

At this moment, all these people seemed to be unconscious. Following Ye Ning's suggestion, the little monster directly weaved rattan chairs, tied people on them, and then dragged them down the mountain.

Of course, in order to prevent the little monster from having any bad intentions, Ye Ning took out a talisman.

Heart-burning spell.

A special restriction. If it is not lifted within twelve hours, it will explode directly. At that time, with the power of this little monster, he will die instantly! (End of this chapter)