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"In that case, my idea is to first explore Lanruo Temple and investigate the Ghost Tree Demon and information about Lanruo Temple..."

This allows us to roughly deduce Master Ning's true objective.

Avoid being scammed.

Master Ning is the "Demon-Clad Scholar," a powerful and intelligent dark monster boss that is hard for players to completely trust.

"Seconded."

Garp the Iron Fist didn't think much of it; he was never good at things that required thinking.

Smoker nodded solemnly, took two steps, and walked to the front of the four.

Deadly Fog...

Suddenly, wisps of purplish-red mist began to rise from within the dead leaf forest.

The withered trees, rocks, and wandering ghost tree spirits covered in a thin mist all looked as if they were soaked in sulfuric acid, with their bark corroded.

This large-scale poisonous fog can be used as a perception skill; information about all life forms that come into contact with the fog will be transmitted back to Smoker's mind.

Roar……

A ghost tree demon flapped its branches, but instead of dispersing the thin mist, the purplish-red poisonous mist gradually revealed the shape of a poisonous dragon as it fiercely devoured the tree.

"So you've finally shown your true abilities, Admiral Smoker, the Poison Dragon..."

Orochimaru smiled, narrowing his eyes to conceal the dangerous glint in his pupils.

"follow me!"

Smoker closed his eyes, receiving the information transmitted back by the deadly fog.

Half a minute later, he suddenly opened his eyes and walked around the decaying courtyard wall of Lanruo Temple.

"right here."

As Smoker finished speaking,

Iron Fist Garp had already made his move swiftly, smashing the high wall in the backyard with a single punch.

Walking into the backyard of Lanruo Temple,

Following Smoker's senses, he walked to an extremely thick peach tree, stopped, and said in a deep voice, "Under this peach tree, there seems to be something related to the old woman ghost buried."

The peach tree grows in a very strange way.

The trunk is very thick, and the cracked bark is dark red, like blood that has been poured onto the bark and dried.

The branches at the top spread out in all directions, looking like a palm.

This caused the entire peach tree to look like a blood-red arm tearing through the earth.

"found it……"

Orochimaru understood immediately and released two undead cursed snakes that burrowed into the ground and slithered around the roots of the peach tree.

Soon, two necromancer snakes arched open the ground, bringing out a black porcelain jar the size of a head.

【Nie Xiaoqian's Urn】: It contains the ashes of the deceased, which can be used as a resting place for ghosts.

Tip: You can perform a soul summoning ritual by consuming 20,000 reward points and having the owner's belongings from the urn.

"20,000 reward points."

Without hesitation, Akainu took out the embroidered purse left behind by the old woman and performed a ritual to summon the spirit.

The purse was stuffed into the urn containing the ashes.

A faint, eerie breeze began to blow.

The old woman's shattered spirit, summoned by the black urn, gradually coalesced above it, appearing as a phantom.

【Nie Xiaoqian】.

This illusory figure no longer resembled the hunched old woman from before.

Her loose brocade dress now fit her perfectly, revealing her delicate features and pale complexion, exuding a gentle and beautiful aura.

only,

None of the five had any interest in beautiful women. Garp, the Iron Fist, preferred to train his body. Kizaru just wanted to hunt down the tree spirit as soon as possible and then go home. Orochimaru was thinking about dissecting the drastically changed female ghost for research. Akainu wanted to become the Fleet Admiral of the Marines. Smoker frowned, feeling that the female ghost's revealing attire was extremely unjust...

Seeing that everyone remained unmoved,

Tears welled in the female ghost's eyes, and she knelt on the ground like a frail willow in the wind, saying, "Thank you all for saving me and freeing me from Master Ning's control."

Orochimaru ignored her attitude and laughed, "Tell me everything you know."

"Yes."

The female ghost slowly recounted the events.

People gradually learned the reason for the birth of this special space.

“My name is Nie Xiaoqian. In my previous life, I was the daughter of an official. I encountered bandits in the wild and was left to die under the roots of the tree demon Granny at Lanruo Temple. After being controlled by her, I absorbed the yang energy of living people for Granny.”

"Six months ago, a scholar accidentally wandered into Lanruo Temple..."

According to the plot of River of Destiny, the scholar named Ning Caichen will become entangled with the female ghost Nie Xiaoqian, and the lovers will eventually get together.

But fate had long since deviated from its course.

Ning, a scholar, was seduced by a female ghost who drained his yang energy. Fortunately, a chivalrous Taoist named Yan Chixia arrived in time to save him from dying on the spot, but his lifespan was also short due to the depletion of his yang energy.

The chivalrous Taoist and the tree demon Granny fought fiercely, until both were exhausted and died.

In the entire Lanruo Temple, only Ning Shusheng was able to move freely, looking at the peach tree that was about to wither and the Taoist priest who was seriously injured and unable to move.

The Tree Demon Granny promised Ning the scholar gold, silver, and a beautiful female ghost, ordering him to kill the immobile Taoist priest.

The chivalrous Taoist persuaded the scholar Ning to do good, then set the peach tree ablaze, finally killing the tree demon Granny...

Orochimaru laughed disdainfully and said, "In the end, Ning Shusheng agreed to the Tree Demon Granny's conditions and killed Yan Chixia?"

I have never believed in human nature; only inanimate objects are truly loyal.

"Do not……"

The female ghost Nie Xiaoqian gently shook her head.

Chapter 449 A Chinese Ghost Story: The Aggregator

Akainu frowned, puzzled, and asked, "Didn't you kill the Taoist priest?"

"If that's the case, how did Master Ning, who now exudes demonic energy, come into being?"

As a staunch general of the Justice League, he utterly despised Ning Shusheng's behavior, for he couldn't even uphold justice.

Smoker also looked at the female ghost with curiosity.

Nie Xiaoqian's face turned pale as she said, "At that time, Ning Shusheng didn't have much time left to live. Even if he promised the Tree Demon Granny the treasures and gold and silver, he wouldn't have had time to enjoy them."

"And he scoffed at Yan Chixia's talk of sacrificing his life."

After a pause,

A hint of fear flashed in the female ghost's eyes as she continued, "What Ning the scholar did was... peel off the bark of the dying old woman, eat the heart of the thousand-year-old demon king, and then drink the blood of the chivalrous Taoist containing power, finally becoming the current [Demon-Clad Scholar]."

Therefore, the female ghost who was originally controlled by the Tree Demon Granny is now able to be used by Master Ning.

This is all because most of the power of the Tree Demon Granny and Yan Chixia was absorbed into Master Ning's belly.

The scene was silent.

The only sound was the eerie clanging of tree branches against each other.

Even Orochimaru looked on with amusement, never expecting that the seemingly calm Master Ning would have such a crazy mindset.

Smoker seized on the key point and asked, "Wait, you're saying all of this happened six months ago?"

"Yes……"

Orochimaru narrowed his eyes and asked, "Master Ning's appearance suggests that decades have passed, and why is he unable to leave the mansion?"

If what the female ghost said was true, why would Master Ning lie to them?

unless……

"He was bluffing by pretending to be old and frail, because swallowing the demon king's heart and the Taoist's blood at the same time caused his body to suffer a very serious backlash."

The female ghost explained, "Therefore, he needs to eat the demon heart of the ghost tree every day to maintain his condition."

“If you take the Ghost Tree Demon Heart back to Master Ning, he will definitely kill you all after he recovers.”

The Demon Tree Heart is a balancing potion.

It can suppress the two chaotic energies within Master Ning's body.

Iron Fist Garp scratched his head, came up with the simplest solution, and said, "In that case, why don't we go back to the Ning residence and kill Master Ning?"

Since the other party is bluffing, it means that their current state is not good, and the Navy Alliance team can definitely consider the possibility of hunting them down.

"No."

The female ghost quickly shook her head and said, "It's not that Master Ning is unable to leave the mansion, but that even when he is in a state of backlash, as long as he is inside the mansion, he has the strength to kill everyone."

That Ning family mansion was the source of most of Master Ning's power.

Only by finding a way to destroy the mansion can we become enemies with Master Ning.

Orochimaru suddenly asked, "So, does this Lanruo Temple contain game items capable of destroying the Ning family mansion?"

The female ghost didn't understand the game items, but she understood Orochimaru's words.

She turned her head, her slender, fair hand landing on the peach tree behind her, and said, "This is the remains of the Tree Demon Granny. It wasn't completely devoured by Master Ning at the time, and a part of it was left behind."

"Master Ning created the Ning Mansion with the help of the Tree Demon Granny."

"If our benefactors can fuse the Ghost Tree Demon Heart into the corpse of the Tree Demon Granny and stimulate it to regain its vitality, they will be able to take the opportunity to destroy the foundation of the Ning Mansion."

If that's the case, the Navy Alliance squad can hunt down the weakened Demon Clothes Hideshi.

"Is that right?"