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Chapter 22 The Strange Sophora Tree
If before, Shen Bai thought that this strange aura might be an illusion.

Now seeing that the locust tree began to move and wrapped around the scholar's neck, he felt that his illusion was correct.

“It’s really weird!”

A hint of excitement flashed in Shen Bai's eyes, and his hand was already on the hilt of the sword.

These past few nights, he had been thinking day and night about where to find the evil spirit, and now it had arrived at his doorstep, hadn't it?

Shen Bai casually rummaged in his arms and took out a piece of black cloth to cover his face.

Since the last time, he has developed the habit of carrying it with him at all times.

After all, carrying a black cloth can help you hide your identity when necessary.

When the black cloth covered his face, the excitement in Shen Bai's eyes became even stronger.

"Here I come, Weird."

Following Shen Bai's voice, Shen Bai jumped off the wall, the blood sword danced like a shadow, and the long sword in his hand slashed on the branches.

The branch was cut, twisted, and turned into black smoke.

The scholar who was entangled by the branches rolled his eyes and fainted on the ground.

Shen Bai ignored him. When he turned his sword, he found that the locust tree was shaking its branches, densely packed with blood, and was coming towards him.

If you are entangled by this branch, even if you are a cultivator, you will probably be powerless at this moment.

Shen Bai was not in a hurry. He performed the Blood Sword Dance, which was impenetrable and formed sword shadows around him.

When the sword shadow appeared, all the nearby branches broke and turned into black smoke and disappeared.

"Send over the evil spirit."

Shen Bai clenched his left fist, and with the Buddha's light and sound, as well as boundless murderous aura, he struck the trunk of the locust tree.

The trunk of the locust tree began to shake violently.

As the leaves shook, they fell into the yard like rain.

In the Buddha's light, Shen Bai was like a furious Buddha, and with great determination, he punched his fist through the locust tree.

Bursts of black smoke continued to rise from the branches of the locust tree.

The shaking locust tree disappeared and turned into ashes on the ground.

A trace of evil spirit appeared in front of him and was taken into Shen Bai's pocket.

Shen Bai then withdrew his hand and turned to look at the scholar who had fainted on the ground.

The scholar looked weak, with dark circles under his eyes and a dark forehead.

Shen Bai walked forward and took a rough look, then shook his head.

Even though he didn't know medicine, he could see that the scholar in front of him was in a very miserable state, and his energy and spirit had been depleted to a certain extent.

If it continues for a few more days, the outcome will be death.

Because of Shen Bai's inspection, the scholar opened his eyes weakly, then looked around with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

When he saw Shen Bai covered with a black cloth, he immediately showed a look of panic.

"Who are you and why are you in my house? Are you a robber?"

Considering Shen Bai's current attire, it's normal for the other party to have such thoughts.

Shen Bai looked at the scholar's expression, as if the scholar didn't know what was going on.

Thinking of this, Shen Bai asked his thoughts.

"Don't you remember bowing to the locust tree in your yard?"

"Acacia tree? Bowing? Me?" "There's no acacia tree in the yard. I..."

The scholar was halfway through his words when a look of astonishment appeared on his face.

He suddenly reacted, struggled to get up from the ground, and looked at the corner of the yard, his expression turning from astonishment to confusion.

"All I remember is that on my way back from school, I met a strange man who told me that my brush was cracked."

"The brush is cracked..." Shen Bai continued to ask: "What's next?"

In fact, Shen Bai didn't want to get involved, but this matter seemed to have a follow-up, and perhaps it was related to this weirdness. If he could get more evil spirits, it would be a huge profit for Shen Bai.

Nothing in this world comes for free, but Shen Bai hopes that at least he can get a stable source of evil energy so that he won't be stuck at the critical moment, so he asked this question.

The scholar frowned and tried to recall: "I didn't believe it at the time, so I took out the brush I was carrying, and to my surprise, the brush holder was really cracked."

"The weirdo took out a piece of tree branch and told me that the pen holder made of this branch would be more useful."

Having said that, the scholar scratched his head and paused for a moment, as if recalling something.

"Most penholders usually use bamboo. After all, we don't have much money to use good wood. But his wood was so good that I couldn't resist and kept it."

"After I came back, I planned to use the wood to make a pen, but the next day, the wood disappeared."

"I searched everywhere in the room and yard, and finally found the wood stuck in the corner of the yard."

Having said this, the confusion in the scholar's eyes finally disappeared a lot, revealing a hint of fear.

Shen Bai saw a clue from the scholar's fear: "After planting the locust tree, you encountered some phenomena that cannot be explained by common sense?"

The scholar nodded quickly and said, "That night, I realized something was wrong. I had a very strange dream. I dreamed that a branch took root in the soil and sprouted, eventually growing into a tree. On the tree was a beautiful woman in red, swinging on a swing."

"She called me husband, so I went over to her. Every night, we swung happily on the swings, and later we got married."

"My wife loves meat and liquor, so I buy them for her every day."

At this point, there was some confusion in the scholar's eyes.

"This memory is so vivid. Could it be that I am really married?"

"No, I'm not married. These are all dreams."

When Shen Bai saw this situation, he already understood.

Strange killings do not involve simple methods. Some are particularly strange and use special means to kill people.

If this scholar stayed there for a while longer, I'm afraid all the energy and blood in his body would be sucked dry by the locust tree.

By then, it will become a corpse, and the locust tree will go looking for its next target.

After sorting out what happened, Shen Bai asked about the purpose of this trip.

"Where exactly did you encounter him?"

Since this matter has a follow-up, Shen Bai really wants to go and see if he can get any extra evil spirits.

The scholar thought carefully and pointed to a direction: "It seems to be where the school is from my home. It's about three streets away. I'm not sure what the street is called."

At certain times, the county town was still quite unfamiliar to this group of scholars.

After all, in order to pass the imperial examinations, most scholars choose to live a life of going back and forth between home and school, and don’t worry much about things in the outside world.

But this description is detailed enough.

Shen Bai turned around and prepared to leave.

The scholar was stunned and asked subconsciously, "Who are you?"

But there was no response, only Shen Bai's back disappeared.

(End of this chapter)