The next day, Yan Chixia and Ning Caichen went around Guobei County and bought digging tools, dry food and cooked food, as well as four horses. Of course Jiang Hua paid for them.
After lunch, the four of them headed towards the mass grave, because the golden pagoda of Nie Xiaoqian's ashes is buried here. Taking away the golden pagoda can take Nie Xiaoqian away, and she can return to the underworld to be reincarnated without the restraint of the tree demon.
Jiang Hua did not go with the two of them, but took Li Qingyun around in the surrounding woods to see if he could find the true form of the tree demon. Instead of being together, the two of them used their spiritual power around the mass graves to start exploring. Jiang Hua's spirit Although the force only has a range of one meter, the five senses and spiritual senses blessed by spiritual power are very sharp. As long as there is a strong energy difference, he can sense it, so the detection speed is also very fast.
But it took Jiang Hua almost two hours to discover the clues. He was also very surprised, because this is a swampy wetland without a single big tree. Most people's thinking is that since the tree demon grandma is a thousand-year-old tree demon, her true body It must be a towering tree. No matter how bad it is, it can be hidden in the dense woods. Who would have thought that it is actually hidden in a swamp and muddy ground.
When Jiang Hua searched here, he didn't pay attention at first, because it was very humid here, and there was still mist floating around. It made sense to be colder, and it was very suitable for hiding some yin energy. But when Jiang Hua was about to leave, his mental strength felt that there was a wave underground. The demonic energy is very light, and you may easily miss it if you don't pay attention.
Jiang Hua did not alert the snake, but quietly explored it. It was a tree root, the same as the one controlled by the tree demon last night. He walked forward slowly, sensing carefully, and soon felt the difference in this piece of mud. , has very light mixed energy fluctuations, the same feeling as the tree demon, but this energy is very light when spread out in this nearly 100 acres of swamp, and it is not easy to detect, which is a good way to hide it.
He asked Xingkong to pass the news to Li Qingyun and ask her to quietly go to the other side of the swamp to prevent the tree demon from escaping. Jiang Hua did not stay here longer, but headed towards the mass grave and found Yan Chixia: "Taoist Master Yan , I found the body of the tree demon and am going to take care of him, have you found Nie Xiaoqian’s golden pagoda?"
Yan Chixia, who was digging a grave, paused with her hand holding the hoe: "You have found his true body. How is that possible? I have been here for a while and haven't found it yet. Are you sure?"
"I only found a large area with the same aura as the tree demon." Jiang Hua couldn't say for sure. After all, he had just started practicing cultivation, so his credibility would be reduced if he was too sure. Suddenly Jiang Hua stretched out his sword finger and struck out with a sword. The breath finger flew out and shot at a crow on the tree branch outside the mass grave.
The crow, which sensed danger but had no time to fly away, was suddenly passed through its body, and its body fell to the ground, with its long black hair scattered.
"Master Jiang, what is this?" After knowing what Jiang Hua and Li Qingyun did yesterday, Ning Caichen respected Jiang Hua a lot. Yan Chixia was also puzzled by Jiang Hua's actions and looked at Jiang Hua strangely. He believed that Jiang Hua would not do it for no reason. Do things you don’t want to do.
"I feel that this crow has a faint evil spirit on it. It must have some purpose for appearing here again, just in case." Jiang Hua explained: "What should I do next? I wonder where Nie Xiaoqian is now? If I attack the tree demon, will I hurt her?"
Just as they were talking, the two finally dug. They had dug several places. If they couldn't dig anymore, they would be exhausted. However, as the soil on the golden pagoda was moved away, the two of them were a little dumbfounded. Here is There are five urns with no marks on them. It is impossible to tell which one belongs to Nie Xiaoqian: "Why are there so many? Which one should I take?"
Yan Chixia also frowned a little. Fortunately, the golden pagoda is not very big: "It's getting dark soon, or we take them all."
Soon the five golden pagodas were put into Ning Caichen's bamboo basket. Yan Chixia said to Jiang Hua: "During the day, these ghosts will go back to the golden pagodas to hide, because the Yang Qi during the day is too strong, even if they are The same is true in the darkness. Ning Caichen is riding a horse with a golden pagoda and is ready to leave at any time. I will go with you to meet this tree demon before it gets dark, and it is best to destroy him."
"Do you have anything else to prepare?" Jiang Hua looked at Ning Caichen who had already packed up and asked the two of them.
The two of them checked it out and said that there was nothing to prepare. Ning Caichen led the horse to the official road and prepared it. Yan Chixia and Jiang Hua formed three positions with Li Qingyun to surround the swamp. All three of them held their hands. Long sword on alert.
According to the plan, Jiang Hua pinched the magic formula with his hand and fired three hot sword energy towards the center of the swamp. This was his attempt to combine martial arts with runes. There were runes written with spiritual power inside. Since they were energy, the runes could not be too powerful. Although it cannot be maintained for a long time, the positive rigidity still has a certain effect.
The three sword energy had very strong penetrating power. It penetrated deeply into the swamp, and then erupted with a fiery breath. Suddenly, water vapor spread in the middle of the swamp, and was mixed with painful screams. Jiang Hua could tell that this was the tree demon. That voice is neither male nor female.
The entire swamp began to boil, and countless tree roots covered Jiang Hua. Jiang Hua did not panic. He drew imaginary words in the air with his left hand, and the mana condensed on his fingertips formed a talisman in the air. The talisman transformed the mana into hot water. Yang Qi, following Jiang Hua's wave, turned the waves rushing towards him into a wall of fire.
Jiang Hua hadn't relaxed yet, because he felt that there was still a demonic aura in the fire wall that had not dissipated. He waved his long sword, and the golden inscription on the sword flashed, and a condensed sword aura penetrated directly through the fire wall and directed towards the demonic aura behind it. They left the condensed position, and a moment later, a huge explosion carried a shock wave and sent the wall of fire flying in all directions.
Jiang Hua jumped up directly and headed towards Yan Chixia. Because the tree demon had suffered a loss from Jiang Hua before, and now it felt even more powerful, he had the intention of retreating, and under the cover of the shock wave, headed towards Yan Chixia. The gap between Chixia and Jianghua disappeared.
If it weren't for Jiang Hua's keen spiritual sense, he wouldn't have been able to detect it at all: "Taoist Master Yan, pay attention to protection and be careful of tree demon attacks."
Yan Chixia's response came from the distance: "I know, I will pay attention."
The sword energy in Jiang Hua's hand seemed to be free, blasting deep pits in the quagmire and rising up pieces of water vapor. The dryad demon did not move slowly after diving down, but Jiang Hua still kept up, but due to the obstruction of the mud , the sword energy exploded after penetrating a certain distance, and the damage to the tree demon was not great.
After a while, the tree demon came near Yan Chixia. Yan Chixia directly used the sword control technique, and the sword transformed into thousands. The talisman in the Xuanyuan Sword was activated, and countless small swords were condensed around it using the Xuanyuan Sword as a template. Of course, these are The semi-corporeal state, similar to the appearance of a ghost, attacked the place where Jianghua's sword energy bombarded him.
After an explosion, the two of them did not continue to attack, but began to check the effect of the attack. They were already at the edge of the swamp, the land had been turned over, and there were mud pits everywhere. As the violent energy fluctuations dissipated, Jiang Hua felt the force under the soil. There is a weak evil spirit, like a candle in the wind, that can dissipate at any time.
Yan Chixia took out a hoe and dug for a while, and saw a squirming tree root, like an octopus's tentacles: "Is this the body of the tree demon?"
Jiang Hua did not answer, but began to think. After much deliberation, he didn't know what method to use except magic to check whether the tree demon had a clone: "Taoist Master Yan, I'm not sure whether you have any magic. , find possible clones through this tree root."
Yan Chixia first used the soul-locking needle to fix this section of tree root. Although the soul-locking needle was not very effective against monsters, it was still enough to deal with weak tree monsters.
"I'll give it a try." After taking precautions, Yan Chixia took out a piece of talisman paper from her pocket, cut a section of roots from the root of the tree, and wrapped it in talisman paper: "This is a tracking talisman, it should be useful."
Hand pinching technique: "Search for thousands of miles, as urgent as a law or order."
The talisman paper wrapped the roots and transformed into a paper crane, floating towards the roots of the tree. Jiang Hua was not surprised. Even the clone had the aura of a tree demon. Jiang Hua threw out his long sword, destroying the tree roots first and tracking the talisman. He turned a corner and flew towards the interior of the swamp. Apparently the tracking charm was quite useful.
Jiang Hua followed the paper crane and floated towards the swamp using Qinggong. Yan Chixia also followed. Jiang Hua asked Xingkong to send a message to Li Qingyun to pay attention to prevent the tree demon from escaping.
Yan Chixia and Jiang Hua followed the paper crane at an angle, until the paper crane flew to a corner of the swamp and sank into the muddy water: "It looks like it's here, hidden under the muddy water."
Jiang Hua retreated a distance and stood on a piece of hard ground: "You attack, and I'll hold you back."
Yan Chixia didn't say anything. After standing still, she directly picked up the sword control technique, controlled the Xuanyuan Sword and stabbed directly from the position where the paper crane fell. After a moment, the area suddenly exploded, and the screams were extremely sad. It was obvious that the target was hit. Countless tentacles were waving randomly, and Jiang Hua did not watch. He spread the sword energy for free, and then the explosion continued until all the water vapor in the area was almost evaporated before stopping.
After everything calmed down, Jiang Hua stood on the dry land and looked around with his mental strength. After a while, he found a palm-sized jade-like tree with roots, trunk, crown, and even leaves. It was a mini tree. Jiang Hua dug him out of the big tree with a long sword, and asked Yan Chixia on the other side: "Do you think this is the true form of the tree demon? Don't let him escape."
Yan Chixia frowned and looked at the miniature version of the towering tree in the pit: "I'm not sure, but it seems to be the case, but I'm not sure. I also became a monk halfway, and this knowledge has not been passed down."
Jiang Hua picked up this small green tree and saw that it was very beautiful at first glance. When his spiritual power swept through it, Jiang Hua could feel that there was a strong evil spirit in this small tree that looked like a work of art. Anyway, he I have only seen this one monster, so let’s call it a monster. Compared with the mixed monster energy and soul energy of the tree monster that I experienced before, this one is relatively pure. Obviously, after the tree monster absorbs people’s yang energy, it can also It needs to be refined, purified and then absorbed. It seems that this is the core of the tree demon's body.
Jiang Hua raised his right hand with his sword fingers and drew a Sun Gathering Exorcism Talisman in the air. Although it was a basic spell, it could not withstand Jiang Hua's powerful magic. As soon as he put the core of the tree demon in, there was a scream. It was not the kind that could be heard. The scream was a shock to the soul. After that, the tree demon's core no longer had that kind of demonic energy. Obviously, the tree demon's mana has been exhausted.
Jiang Hua had another soul impact, and the screams suddenly stopped. At this moment, the dryad's core shrank a lot and became much more refined. It looked like the material was no longer made of matter. It was almost the same as the energy crystals in the Star Wars world. It was just composed. The structure is differentiated and is ideal for the soul and specific energy storage.
Yan Chixia just looked at Jiang Hua Shiwei and said, "This tree demon was wiped out just like that?"
Li Qingyun received the news and headed towards Ning Caichen's position. Jiang Hua shrugged: "Yes, the thousand-year-old tree demon no longer exists. Let's leave too. Lanruo Temple is no longer habitable. It seems we have to find another place. .”
Jiang Hua put away his long sword, tightened the refined dryad core in his pocket, and then used his mental power to replace Yan Chixia's Xuanyuan Sword while Yan Chixia was not paying attention. The one made by Jiang Hua was exactly the same as the original one, but Jiang Hua still wanted to collect the original one. of value.
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