Starting from the sculpture of Buddha statues in Lanruo Temple

Chapter 12 Nie Xiaoqian

Li Fengning was gnawing dry food in the front hall, and vaguely heard the whispers of the yamen servants.

These five yamen servants were amazed that no one died last night.

After eating the dry food, under the urging of the Yacha, the group of workers started working again.

Li Fengning climbed up the ladder and continued to carve the statue of Arhat holding a bowl.

At the same time, Ning Caichen and Yan Chixia were not idle.

Ning Caichen is studying in the monk's room, preparing for the provincial examination three days later.

While reading, he was obviously looking at the words in the book, but the images of last night kept popping up in his mind.

He slapped himself, shook his head vigorously, and then turned his attention back to the book.

Yan Chixia walked into the forest where the dryad's grandmother was.

Tried many wild ways, but failed to induce the tree demon to show up, he finally settled down and planned to use orthodox Taoism to set up a large formation and break through the illusion set by the tree demon.

……

In the evening, the sunset glow faded, the sky seemed to be extinguished, the day faded, and darkness and silence descended on the earth.

On this day, Li Fengning carved three statues of arhats.

His sculpture skills became more and more proficient, and the carving was much faster.

The first one to be carved is the Arhat holding a bowl among the Eighteen Arhats.

——[The Power of Lifting the Bowl]

This [Power of Lifting Bowl] is similar to [Power of Tota], both of which can permanently increase physical strength.

However, [Power of Lifting Bowl] can only increase the physical strength of one thousand catties, while [Power of Tota] can increase two thousand catties.

The second carved one is the Laughing Lion Arhat among the Eighteen Arhats.

——[The Power of the Lion]

There is a saying in the Buddhist scriptures that "the lion is fast", which refers to the explosive power of the lion in an instant.

[Shishi's power] can increase the strength of [-] jin in an instant, which is explosive and cannot be sustained.

The third carved one is the elephant-riding Arhat among the Eighteen Arhats.

——[The Power of the White Elephant]

This [White Elephant Power] is also a lasting power, similar to [Tota Power] and [Bowl Lifting Power], it can permanently increase physical strength by two thousand catties.

After today, Li Fengning feels completely new.

You can feel the coordination of every muscle in your body when you raise your hands and throw your feet.

Moreover, combining the additions of the four powers of [Power of Tota], [Power of Lifting Bowl], [Power of Shishi Lion], and [Power of White Elephant], he can do it with just one physical blow. Up to ten thousand catties.

……

On this day, Yan Chixia tried a few ways to break the illusion with talismans and arrows. Although she was unsuccessful, she made progress.He felt that as long as he tried a few more times, he would be able to break through the illusion.

Seeing the night fall, he remembered that those workers were still in Lanruo Temple. If the tree demon suddenly attacked and took those workers as hostages, Daoyou Li and himself would be in danger.

Tonight, the workers must be sent to the city first.

He recovered the arrow stuck in the tree, put the bow on his body again, and walked back to the monk's house.

……

As soon as Yan Chixia returned to the monk's house, she wandered around, looking for Ning Caichen.

He stopped a worker and asked:

"Have you seen that scholar?"

The worker thought for a moment and said:
"I saw that scholar at noon. It seems that he was in the monk's room during the day and disappeared at night."

After hearing this, Yan Chixia pondered for a while, guessing whether the scholar hid in Lanruo Temple, or was really scared away.

……

"Xiao Qian!"

"Ning Caichen!"

Nie Xiaoqian stretched out her catkin, took Ning Caichen's hand, and led him into the illusion, into the boudoir.

Under the candlelight, Ning Caichen stared at Nie Xiaoqian's eyebrows and eyes full of infinite charm, and suddenly said:
"In the future, after I'm in high school, I will definitely propose marriage to your family. Then we can walk hand in hand and grow old together."

When Nie Xiaoqian heard this, her delicate body trembled, her brows and eyes drooped, avoiding Ning Caichen's gaze, and suddenly tears oozed from her long eyelashes.

Ning Caichen looked at the teardrops splashing on the ground, and asked in astonishment:
"Xiaoqian, why are you crying?"

Nie Xiaoqian lowered her head and pondered for a while, as if deciding on something, then suddenly raised her head and looked at Ning Caichen:
"Ning Caichen, don't come to me again."

Looking at Nie Xiaoqian's tearful eyes, Ning Caichen was even more astonished:
"why?"

Nie Xiaoqian turned her back to Ning Caichen, tears gushed out of her eyes:

"You and I will never be together, let's go!"

Ning Caichen became anxious:

"Obviously you and I are in love with each other, why can't we live together?

"Does your family disagree with this marriage?"

Nie Xiaoqian pinched her gauze and lied:

"I'm actually someone else's wife who hasn't married yet, and I'm going to marry after three days."

After she finished speaking, she was waiting for Ning Caichen's response, but she didn't hear a sound for a long time.

Turning his head to look, he saw Ning Caichen standing there blankly, his originally clear eyes seemed to have lost all vitality at this moment.

She couldn't bear it, so she hugged Ning Caichen and kissed Ning Caichen with tears in her eyes.

Ning Caichen thought that tonight was their last tenderness, and a tragic desire arose in his heart, and he hugged Nie Xiaoqian.

The two were lingering, when suddenly, Nie Xiaoqian heard the sound of wood breaking from the side.

Startled, she turned her head to look, and saw that it was a huge tongue breaking through the window grille.

Ning Caichen also saw this huge tongue, and was shocked, the seven souls were frightened and the six souls were scared away.

Nie Xiaoqian knew that the dryad's grandmother had discovered Ning Caichen, so she made a decisive decision and sacrificed a long white ribbon, which instantly entangled Ning Caichen.

She made a trick, harmed herself, and used an escape method.

Seeing that he was suddenly entangled, Ning Caichen was surprised, but when he saw Nie Xiaoqian suddenly frowned, showing pain, he was worried, and suddenly felt that the white ribbon that was entwining him was binding him and flew up.

In an instant, Nie Xiaoqian was far away from him.

"Nie Xiaoqian, how dare you let me go without food!"

Grandma Dryad made an angry voice.

As soon as Yan Chixia said it last night, she kept an eye out, and tonight she found out that the female ghost under her command was hiding a man.

She waited until Ning Caichen's yang energy was about to vent, and wanted to stick out her tongue to suck the yang energy, but she never expected that Nie Xiaoqian would harm her morality and run away from him.

The dryad's grandmother put away her tongue, flew up from her seat, and chased in the direction where Ning Caichen fled.

The grandmother is a thousand-year-old demon, even though Nie Xiaoqian casts spells at the expense of Taoism, Ning Caichen is still overtaken by the tree demon grandmother in an instant.

When Ning Caichen saw such a scary-looking old woman, he was startled. Suddenly, a white shadow passed by.

It was Nie Xiaoqian who flew over and stood between the dryad's grandmother and him.

"Xiao Qian!"

he called out.

Seeing that Nie Xiaoqian dared to block her, Grandma Dryad was even more angry. The fingernail of her right hand suddenly grew, and she shot towards Nie Xiaoqian like a sharp arrow.

Nie Xiaoqian let out a scream, her wrists, ankles, and chest were pierced by five fingernails, and she was nailed to the ground all at once.

The dryad's grandmother still felt uneasy, and with a swipe of her left hand, a pale ghost flame was born out of thin air, hitting Nie Xiaoqian's body.

Nie Xiaoqian was touched by Guiyan, and her burning body struggled violently on the ground, shouting for a long time.

"Xiao Qian!"

Looking at Nie Xiaoqian's miserable state, Ning Caichen's eyes were tearing apart, and he desperately tried to break free from the white ribbon, but it didn't work at all. He just flew backwards, getting farther and farther away from Nie Xiaoqian.

(End of this chapter)