Longevity: Starting from Kaiyizhuang

Chapter 287 Gathering
"It's served cold, of course!"

There was no fear on Zhang Chu's face. Wasn't he here just for the tree demon grandma?

The Corpse King Banner was already in Zhang Chu's hand, ready to take action at any time.

"Such abundant energy and blood!"

As soon as the words fell, a greedy exclamation came from behind, and a figure appeared behind the female ghost.

He looked at Zhang Chu with a hint of doubt in his eyes: Can human qi and blood really be so abundant?

The blood and energy of the Taoist in front of him gave him the feeling that it was not like an individual's blood and energy, but more like the blood and energy that only a demon king could possess, and at least a demon king who was at the Jindan realm and focused on cultivating his physical body.

"Meet grandma!"

When the female ghosts saw their backstage coming, they immediately bowed and kowtowed.

This figure is none other than the thousand-year-old tree demon, the tree demon grandma.

"Ok!"

The thousand-year-old tree demon nodded without saying much. He simply waved at Zhang Chu who was surrounded by the female ghosts.

"Boom~" As the ground shook, several densely packed bolts directly attacked Zhang Chu.

"evildoer!"

Before Zhang Chu could react, a stern shout came from the sky, "How dare you!"

Along with the words came rays of sword light, which directly cut down the black snake-like roots.

The severed tree roots are like a severed black snake, dead but still alive.

The emerald green juice also splashed all over the ground as the broken tree roots squirmed.

"Yan Chixia!"

Looking at the Taoist priest who had landed in front of Zhang Chu and Xia Hou, the androgynous tree demon showed an angry expression, "It's you again, ruining my good deeds!"

"Humph!"

Yan Chixia's eyes widened in anger, "So what if I ruin your good deeds?"

"Shu~"

Before he finished his words, a beam of sword light slashed towards the thousand-year-old tree demon.

"Humph~"

After the tree demon blocked the sword light, "Let's go~"

"I just don't believe you can protect him forever!"

Looking at the tree demon and a group of female ghosts leaving, Yan Chixia turned his gaze to Zhang Chu, with a hint of sadness in his eyes.

How could he possibly protect such rich energy and blood?

It is impossible for him to be with Zhang Chu all the time.

Xiahou on the side was already stunned. He really couldn't believe his eyes.

"Are you really Yan Chixia?"

"Xiahou?"

At this moment, Yan Chixia seemed to have just seen Xiahou Swordsman, "Why are you here?"

"I"

Xiahou was suddenly speechless.

Could he say that he was challenging Yan Chixia to a duel of swordsmen?

Judging from Yan Chixia’s strength just now, he might want to kill him.

With one sword, he died.

Yan Chixia glanced at Xiahou and understood what was going on. He said to Zhang Chu, "Let's go to my place and rest first!"

After saying that, he ignored Zhang Chu and Xia Hou and walked away.

Zhang Chu and Xiahou followed, and soon they arrived in front of a dilapidated temple.

There was a broken plaque on the ground, and one could vaguely make out the three big characters "Lanruo Temple".

When they arrived inside the ruined temple, the three of them sat down cross-legged.

"Little Taoist priest,"

Looking at Zhang Chu's appearance, Yan Chixia said slowly, "You are in trouble!"

"Oh?"

Zhang Chu, however, looked calm, "What's the problem?"

"With your energy and blood, I'm afraid you can't even leave this barren mountain!"

"Are you talking about those demons and ghosts?"

"Exactly!"

Having said that, Yan Chixia looked at Zhang Chu with a strange look.

There was no trace of fear in the eyes of the little Taoist priest in front of him.

In particular, the young Taoist priest was in a strange state, and his eyes were like black holes.

"Demon, ghost?"

Zhang Chu shook his head. "What is there to be afraid of?"

"Why not just destroy it directly?"

"Went out?"

When these words were spoken, not only Yan Chixia looked as if he was joking, but Xiahou next to him also had a look of disbelief.

"how,"

Zhang Chu glanced at Yan Chixia and took out the wine and food he had brought with him. "Is it impossible to destroy it?"

"Of course it can be destroyed!"

Hearing Zhang Chu's ungrateful tone, Yan Chixia also became angry, "But, can you destroy it?"

"It is impossible for me to destroy it alone!"

Zhang Chu poured wine for Yan Chixia and said, "But, with you, senior, we may not be able to destroy it!"

"Oh?"

Looking at Zhang Chu's confident look, Yan Chixia suddenly became interested. It seemed that he could really kill the tree monster.

As long as Zhang Chu is willing to act as bait, we can find the tree monster's real body.

However, he now wants to hear Zhang Chu's thoughts.

"Senior, as long as you can prevent that tree demon from escaping from here!"

Zhang Chu's face was full of control, "I can destroy that tree monster!"

"Don't let him run away from here?"

Yan Chixia looked at Zhang Chu strangely, "How do you plan to kill him?"

At this moment, he had already somewhat admitted that Zhang Chu might have some tricks.

Didn’t you hear what Zhang Chu said?

When he said "tree demon", it meant that Zhang Chu knew that it was the tree demon who wanted to kill him today.

It is possible that the young Taoist priest who could recognize the tree demon has some special abilities.

"Set up a great formation!"

Zhang Chu said calmly, "Just surround and kill them!"

"Set up a formation?"

Yan Chixia looked at Zhang Chu in confusion, "What formation?"

"Of course it's the Corpse King Formation!"

"Corpse King Formation?"

Yan Chixia looked at Zhang Chu carefully. He did not see any corpse qi or even magic power on Zhang Chu's body.

How can a person without any magical power set up a huge formation of corpse kings?
Are you kidding?
What’s more, how huge is the barren mountain in front of us?
Otherwise, how could a great monk have built a temple here more than a thousand years ago?
How long would it take to set up a large formation in such a large area?
When the formation was being set up, the tree demon had probably already discovered it, and it was impossible to stop the mad tree demon at all.

What's more, this place is related to the underworld.

"Why? You don't believe me?"

Seeing Yan Chixia's expression that he thought Zhang Chu was dreaming, before Yan Chixia could speak, the magic power wrapped in the power of humanity on his body flashed away, "How is it now?"

"You~"

Yan Chixia naturally felt the fleeting magical power from Zhang Chu.

However, no matter how he looked, he did not see any fluctuation of magical power from Zhang Chu.

"Then how long will it take you to set up the formation?"

Yan Chixia hesitated for a moment, then looked at Zhang Chu with a hint of hope and spoke slowly. He, Yan Chixia, could really be said to hate evil as much as he hated it.

It is precisely because there is a thousand-year-old tree demon on this mountain that he stays here, just to prevent the tree demon from harming people.

Now, there is a slight possibility of completely eradicating the Millennium Tree Demon. How could he not have hope in his heart?
Zhang Chu stood up, walked back and forth in the ruined temple several times, and gave a time, "It will take at most about an incense stick!"

"As long as you can hold off the tree monster for about an incense stick of time, I can set up the formation!"

"One stick of incense?"

Yan Chixia's already big eyes widened even wider, "How is it possible?"

"Since the junior said so,"

Zhang Chu smiled mysteriously, "Of course I have my own way!"

"Then let's take a gamble!"

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Chixia agreed directly.

Regardless of whether we can get rid of the thousand-year-old tree demon, we have to try it first.

"Drink, drink!"

Seeing that Yan Chixia agreed, Zhang Chu picked up the wine bowl in his hand.

"touch~"

The three wine bowls clinked together, and then they drank it all in one gulp.

"Then I wonder when you will be ready!"

Yan Chixia wiped the wine drops from his beard, looked at Zhang Chu, and spoke slowly.

"Anytime!"

Zhang Chu also gave an answer.

"How about tomorrow?"

Yan Chixia moved his fingers, as if calculating something, "Tomorrow will be a sunny day!"

"it is good!"

Zhang Chu naturally had no objection to this matter.

The sooner he kills the Millennium Tree Demon, the sooner he can obtain its spirit.

After obtaining the soul of the thousand-year-old tree demon, plus the dozen or so demon pills in his hands, it was a foregone conclusion that his cultivation would reach the Nascent Soul level.

With so many resources, by the time Zhang Chu enters the Nascent Soul stage, it is absolutely impossible for him to be at the initial stage. It is even possible for him to reach the middle stage of the Nascent Soul.

"anyone there?"

Just as Zhang Chu and the others had just discussed this matter, a voice came over.

As the sound came, the sound of footsteps also came.

Soon, a man who looked like a scholar came in. Seeing the two Taoists and a swordsman sitting by the campfire, eating meat and drinking wine, he walked straight over and said, "There's someone here!"

"So it's you, the Taoist priest and the hero!"

When he got closer, the man recognized that it was Zhang Chu and Xiahou, whom he had met once.

"It's you,"

Xiahou glanced at the man and found that he was the scholar they met in the straw hut.

"My humble name is Ning Caichen. Nice to meet the two Taoist priests and the great hero!"

"Why are you here?"

Xiahou looked at Ning Caichen in front of him and said with some confusion.

He now knows the danger of this place. Seeing the weak scholar in front of him find this place safely, how could he not be confused?
"Hehe~"

Ning Caichen laughed awkwardly and explained, "I don't have any money left!"

"I had no choice but to ask around and heard there was a dilapidated temple here, so I decided to stay here!"

"Where to stay?"

Yan Chixia frowned, "This place is not safe, you should go down the mountain!"

"How can it be unsafe?"

Ning Caichen glanced at the fierce-looking bearded man and asked, "If it's not safe, why are you here?"

"Besides, aren't the Taoist priest and the hero also here?"

"you"

Yan Chixia was suddenly speechless.

Can you compete with that little Taoist priest?

An ordinary person who seemed to have no magical power dared to attack the thousand-year-old tree demon.

Can you compare to that?
And there is Xiahou Swordsman. Even if he is not a match for the tree monster or those little ghosts, he is still very famous in the martial arts world.

You are just a weak scholar, how can you compare with these two?

"Let him stay here!"

Zhang Chu glanced outside and said, "It's getting late. If he goes down the mountain now, wouldn't it be even more dangerous?"

Yan Chixia didn't say anything, just drank there.

"Master,"

As if he heard Zhang Chu speak for him, Ning Caichen was full of favor towards Zhang Chu, "What is your name?"

"Pindao?"

At this moment, Zhang Chu just remembered that he seemed to have not introduced himself to Yan Chixia yet, "I am Changsheng!"

"So it's Taoist Priest Changsheng!"

Ning Caichen nodded immediately and said, "As a fellow Taoist priest, your beard is much better!"

"good?"

Zhang Chu looked at Ning Caichen in a daze.

He really didn't expect that in Ning Caichen's eyes, he could actually be called "good"!
What a mess!
"Qua~"

At this moment, Ning Caichen's stomach growled.

Hearing this voice, Ning Caichen's face instantly became a little embarrassed.

Although the voice was small, who were the people present?
How could I not hear it?
Therefore, Xiahou glanced at Ning Caichen, as if he felt a sense of sympathy, and before Yan Chixia spoke, he said, "Scholar Ning, let's eat together!"

"Thank you, hero!"

Ning Caichen immediately sat down next to Zhang Chu and the others and started eating.

Xiahou glanced at Zhang Chu and found that Zhang Chu did not seem to blame him, so he finally felt relieved.

Why does he feel that he shares the same suffering as Ning Caichen?

Very simple!
Although he is a skilled martial artist, he is also a well-known figure in the martial arts world.

But here, in this dilapidated temple, apart from Ning Caichen, he is the weakest.

That in itself was enough to hit him hard, and now, someone weaker than him came, so of course he had to stay.

Otherwise, how could he regain his confidence?
A few jars of wine and some delicious dishes were quickly eaten up.

Of course, it was mainly Xiahou and Ning Caichen who were eating, while Zhang Chu and Yan Chixia were just drinking.

When one’s cultivation reaches the level of Yan Chixia and Zhang Chu, it basically makes no difference whether one eats or not.

"Let's take a rest first!"

Looking at the full moon in the sky, Zhang Chu said to Yan Chixia, "There is still work to do tomorrow!"

"it is good!"

Yan Chixia nodded and looked at Ning Caichen who was packing his things. "Remember, no matter what you hear at night, don't go out!"

"If you die, don't blame me for not reminding you!"

After saying this, without waiting for Ning Caichen to react, he moved and disappeared into the ruined temple.

"movement?"

Ning Caichen glanced at the disappeared Yan Chixia and asked, "Will there be any movement at night?"

"Scholar Ning,"

Xiahou glanced at the confused Ning Caichen and kindly reminded him, "Better be careful!"

Looking at Xiahou's solemn expression, Ning Caichen thought for a moment and said, "Thank you, hero!"

At this moment, Zhang Chu's figure disappeared in the ruined temple, and he also found a place to rest.

After Xiahou had packed up his things, he and Ning Caichen each found a room to rest.

Zhang Chu, who was lying on the beam, was bored and thinking in his heart, wondering if that scene would happen again!
Damn it!
(End of this chapter)