"Little demon from Dongshan, come and see the venerable!" A lame voice sounded outside the ruined temple, mixed with the faint roar of a tiger. The few rangers who were still sober in the temple were shocked when they heard this. .
"That tiger spirit can actually talk!" Luo Xing and Zuo Hong looked at each other, horrified in their hearts.
"You are an evil beast who drives demons to harm people's lives. Are you here to ask for death?" Chen Shouren asked in a deep voice. The tattered door of the temple suddenly opened, and in the darkness of the wind and snow outside, a figure was crawling. The huge figure, with hanging eyes and white forehead, even though his tiger eyes were lowered, not daring to look directly at the scene in the temple, those strange eyes still swallowed up the light, looking very dangerous.
As Bai Ze thought, the wind and snow roared outside the door, but not a single snowflake floated into the temple.
The few rangers sitting around the bonfire witnessed such a scene, and each of them felt as if they were facing a formidable enemy. They subconsciously stretched out their hands to hold their swords, and they were thankful in their hearts. Fortunately, they met an expert in this ruined temple during this trip, otherwise they would have been in danger tonight. It’s hard to survive!
"Mr. Mingjian!" The tiger spirit became frightened and explained quickly: "The little demon has never killed a good person! Those who were devoured by the little demon are all evil people. Only some are warriors who want to kill the little demon. All the little demons are I choose to escape, but sometimes there is no way out. I have no choice but to kill a few people. But none of those little monsters dare to eat them!"
Chen Shouren took a closer look and saw that there was indeed no blood-black evil aura on the tiger spirit. He said, "Oh? In order to protect yourself, it is indeed excusable to hurt others. But you, a goblin, have such kind thoughts. Is there something hidden in this?" ?”
Hearing this, the tiger spirit quickly kowtowed and said: "To be honest, sir, when the little demon first became wise, he once met a swordsman. The swordsman had extraordinary powers and could lift mountains and clouds. The swordsman was very interested in the little demon. The demon said that if you always have a kind heart and enjoy the essence of the sun and the moon in this mountain, you may be able to reincarnate yourself and transform into a human form in a hundred years."
The rangers sitting around the campfire were all shocked when they heard this.
It turns out that there really are monsters in this world that can take the form of humans!
"How do you explain the incident at the temple tonight?" Bai Ze suddenly asked.
The tiger spirit hesitated for a moment and responded: "I am afraid that the two venerables will laugh at me. Now a hundred years have passed, but the little demon has not been able to transform. In the past few decades, the little demon has been thinking hard, but he has never been able to reincarnate. Therefore, I sometimes use some means to 'invite' some passers-by to the cave and ask them for advice on how to transform."
"Young hero, sir!" Luo Xing said suspiciously, "Don't listen to the nonsense of this monster. If you two were not here tonight, we all would have been harmed by the evil spirit a long time ago! Besides, this is still the first time for us. See you later, immortal, how do you know the method of transformation?"
When the other rangers heard this, they all nodded in agreement.
The tiger spirit suddenly became anxious and quickly explained: "Fellow warriors, please listen to the words of the little demon! The little demon has no intention of harming anyone. It was because the woman had an affair with a man during her lifetime and was discovered by her father and brother, so she ran away with the man. to this mountain. The woman's father and brother chased her all the way. They originally wanted to take their daughter home, but unexpectedly, the man had evil intentions and actually pushed the woman's father and brother off the cliff! The woman's father fell to death on the spot, but the brother There is still one breath left.”
"At that time, the little demon was at the bottom of the cliff. Suddenly he saw two people falling down, and he was shocked. The little demon saw that the woman's brother probably had no way to survive, but he couldn't bear it, so he took him to a safer place. We are preparing to get him some herbs to stop bleeding. Whether he can survive or not depends on his luck."
"Unexpectedly, when the little demon went back after searching for the medicinal herbs, he happened to encounter the man encouraging the woman to take her brother's life! At that time, the little demon felt angry, so he bit the two people to death and took them into custody. Ghost." The tiger spirit said, and spat out a ghost shadow. It was a frightened tiger ghost. It seemed that it was most likely the one the tiger spirit said, who had an affair with a woman and took her father and brother away. The man who pushed off the cliff.
"Two venerable sirs, this one was that man when he was alive." The tiger spirit said, "What happened tonight was indeed the little demon's fault. But please be clear to me, the little demon is just suffering from not knowing when he will be able to recover." After being reborn and transformed into another form, I had been ill for a long time and sought medical treatment, so I wanted the ghosts to lead the warriors to the cave and ask for advice on how to transform into another form."
"Then how do you explain what the ghost said, that there is only one person left to be liberated?" Luo Xing still didn't believe it.
"This is an agreement between the little demon and the ghost." The tiger spirit said, "The little demon promised the ghost that if he could find an expert to guide the little demon, or attract ten evil people, , the little demon let her go and no longer held her as a puppet."
Bai Ze remained silent.
He was indeed not very interested in this matter. Whether the tiger spirit lived or died depended on what Chen Shouren thought. In the ruined temple, Mr. Sloppy questioned the ghost released by the tiger spirit. Under the pressure of the aura of awe-inspiring power, the ghost did not dare to lie at all. He told the whole story of the past, and it was indeed very different from what the tiger spirit said.
On a whim, Chen Shouren said: "You weirdo, you are practicing alone in front of me. You don't know that you have entered the heresy."
The tiger spirit turned pale with fright, buried its huge head even lower, and said eagerly: "Please ask the venerable to give the little demon some guidance! The little demon is willing to follow the venerable and become his mount."
"That's okay," Chen Shouren said, "it's okay to tell you. Tell me, how many scoundrels have you restrained in total?"
The tiger spirit paused and said truthfully: "Reporting to the venerable sir, the little demons gathered together and arrested about a dozen ghosts."
"That's right." Chen Shouren said, "You restrain the ghosts. These ghosts are inherently evil when they are alive. These evil spirits are entrenched in your body and will not dissipate. Even if you have some merits in your body, the evil karma of these ghosts will not be eliminated. It has been transferred to you, and with such accumulated evil energy, how can you be reborn?"
"Your Majesty taught me to let go of these ghosts?" the tiger spirit asked.
"Nowadays, troubled times have arisen. If such ghosts are left alone, it will be a disaster." Chen Shouren said, "It doesn't have to be like this. I have a better way to help you transform."
"Please express it clearly, Your Majesty!" The tiger spirit was overjoyed and quickly asked for advice.
"The words of saints have unfathomable power." Chen Shouren said, "Just follow me for a while, and if you have nothing to do, I will read some articles of saints and listen to you. In less than ten years, I will definitely be able to get you through. The stagnation of bad energy in the body has taken shape."
"Thank you sir, the little demon will follow you to the death!" Upon hearing this, the tiger spirit couldn't suppress the ecstasy in his heart and roared, startling all the rangers in the ruined temple.
"In that case, I will give you a name." Chen Shouren said, his tone rarely becoming serious, "You heard me clearly. If you accept the name assignment, this name will become your real name. If you want to do evil in the future, I will I can use this real name to kill you directly."
Bai Ze glanced at Chen Shouren in surprise and asked, "Are you serious?"
He didn't expect Chen Shouren to do this for a tiger spirit.
To give a name to a monster is not only to use the Confucian mantra, but also to bear the cause and effect of the name. If Chen Shouren releases the tiger back to the mountain after a period of sixty years, and the tiger spirit falls into the ways of demons, the force of the backlash of cause and effect will be considerable.
Chen Shouren wanted the tiger spirit to follow the right path of Confucianism.
If something goes wrong, Chen Shouren will have problems with his state of mind at least, and at worst it will be difficult for him to improve his cultivation. In the future, he will be able to withstand heavenly tribulations far more fiercely than ordinary monks.
This is different from when Bai Ze named Lu Hao and Qing Lin. When Bai Ze chose a name, it was really just a name, and it did not involve the field of mantra at all. But when Chen Shouren spoke, he was quite crazy and actually wanted to give the tiger spirit a real name!
The tiger spirit did not hesitate and immediately agreed and made an oath.
Chen Shouren looked at Bai Ze, smiled, and said, "Of course I am serious. I have already made a great wish to travel around the world and do three thousand good deeds to sharpen my mind and accumulate merit."
"I used to hear that Confucianism has a saying that 'a gentleman will not be saved', but now it seems that you don't want to be a gentleman anymore, you want to be a saint." Bai Ze said, "What, I have to change my name and call you Chen Haoren in the future?"
"Call it whatever you want." Chen Shouren stood up slowly, walked into the wind and snow outside the temple gate, stood in front of the tiger spirit, and gave the spirit his real name "Chonghou".
In an instant, the clear light in the wind and snow was swallowed up, and Bai Ze saw with his own eyes that the face of the tiger spirit had gained three points of popularity in a short period of time!
It's really a Confucian sect's magical power, it's really amazing.
Bai Ze saw Chen Shouren finishing the naming, and the tiger spirit slowly stood up from the wind and snow, ran slightly away, raised his head to the sky and roared excitedly, and the roar shook the world.
"Roar!!"
After Chonghou vented the ecstasy in his heart, he opened his mouth and swallowed the demon into his belly. He stood up and imitated the human gesture of cupping his hands, saluted Chen Shouren and said, "Hou Chong, meet you sir!"
It should have been a funny scene, but in the eyes of the knights in the ruined temple, they didn't find it funny at all. They only admired the sloppy gentleman in the big cloak in their hearts.
Chen Shouren brought Chonghou into the temple and closed the temple door.
After a night of tossing, things are finally settled. In the ruined temple, Zuo Hong and others experienced ups and downs in mood, and they could no longer stand the torment. After a while, they dozed off by the campfire and fell into a drowsy state.
A night of silence.
On the second day, Chen Shouren rode a tiger and walked over the mountains with the rangers, sending them to the town where the Xiling garrison was located.
Bai Ze and Chen Shouren parted ways.
The young swordsman stood in front of the ruined temple gate, watching the group of people leave, his figure gradually disappearing in the wind and snow. After a long time, his thin figure rose from the ground, flew into the sky, took out the spirit boat, and galloped away to the north. .
After hesitating all night, Bai Ze still couldn't make a decision and handed the book to Chen Shouren. The sloppy gentleman exchanged two words with Bai Ze based on the Confucianism's magical power. Even if Jixia Academy found out about it, it would just break the young gentleman's legs.
But if Bai Ze handed that book to Chen Shouren, he would really be acting as a master and accepting a disciple. If the people at Jixia Academy knew about this, it would be Bai Ze himself who would have his legs broken.
We are getting closer and closer to the Great Wall of Despair.
The further north you go, the colder the weather becomes.
A few days later, Bai Ze came to a northern town, entered it, found a restaurant, and ordered the waiter to serve wine and food. Just as he was about to satisfy his appetite, he accidentally glanced at the window on the second floor. I saw a familiar figure unexpectedly appear on the long street of the town.
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