Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Not only were the new reincarnators unable to sleep, but the veteran reincarnators were also on high alert at all times, and even Yan Chixia was a light sleeper.
Ning Caichen kept thinking about whether or not to report to the authorities tomorrow, and then he realized that he didn't even have enough money to return to Jibaozhai, so he simply sat up and forged account books.
Daoyuan was the only one sleeping soundly.
In his view, he was not only indestructible, but also protected by the god of fate, so he could sleep peacefully.
The next morning, Ning Caichen hurriedly went out.
At the Guobei Town Inn, the innkeeper stared at Ning Caichen in disbelief.
"You really stayed at Lanruo Temple overnight?"
"Of course! The ledger says seventy taels should be paid, right?"
Ning Caichen smiled as he demanded payment of the debt.
As a living person who had stayed overnight at Lanruo Temple, he was followed by a large group of people from Guobei Town who looked at him like he was watching a peculiar spectacle.
The shopkeeper hadn't recovered from his shock when he heard Ning Caichen's words.
She quickly picked up the silver from the counter and handed it to him without even weighing it.
"Take it!"
Having received the silver, and it seemed to be more than seventy taels, Ning Caichen's mood immediately improved.
"Thank you, I'm leaving now."
He was still thinking about a painting he had seen yesterday, and now that he had the money, he could buy it.
The narrow streets of Guobei Town were still quite crowded, and Ning Caichen was always followed by a group of people.
'Strange, why are the people here so sensitive to the words "Lanruo Temple"?'
The painting stall owner saw Ning Caichen from afar and muttered to himself.
"Here comes another person with high taste but low social status..."
She quickly turned all the paintings over so he couldn't see them.
Knowing that his boss was like this, Ning Caichen had already taken the twenty taels of silver in his hand.
"Boss, is that painting from yesterday still there?"
"Hey, silver! With money comes status. Here it is, this painting has been unwanted for a long time, it must be here. I'll find it for you right now!"
Because of the unexpected incident caused by the intervention of the reincarnator, Ning Caichen did not have contact with Nie Xiaoqian, and Nie Xiaoqian naturally did not take the painting. Therefore, the shopkeeper directly found the painting of the beauty and happily sold it to Ning Caichen for twenty taels of silver.
Ning Caichen was even happier to have bought the painting he wanted.
However, thinking of the two murders last night, Ning Caichen's conscience called him to report them to the authorities.
Half an hour later.
With a long face, Ning Caichen rubbed his backside and limped out of the Guobei Town government office.
"What a load of crap this government office is... They act like they've seen a ghost the moment they hear they're going to Lanruo Temple to solve cases and arrest people! They even have to pay official fees to leave! Ugh~~~"
The worst thing was that he was inexplicably beaten before he was supposed to claim the official expenses, and he's still grimacing to this day.
"That corrupt official took all fifty taels... Now we'll have to spend the night at Lanruo Temple again..."
...
Outside Lanruo Temple, a group of people were preparing to set off into the woods and mountains to find the shell of the Tree Demon Granny, which was that old tree.
According to Yan Chixia, although the thousand-year-old tree demon should have shed its skin long ago and might not be able to find the tree, if it could be found and destroyed, it would still cause some damage to the tree demon.
"Why did you come back? Didn't I tell you not to come back?"
Upon seeing Ning Caichen return with an odd gait, Yan Chixia roared at him.
"That's strange, you big bearded man. Everyone else is staying at Lanruo Temple, so why can you stay there and they can stay there, but I can't?"
Ning Caichen was already furious, and he didn't give this fierce-looking man a friendly look either.
"Moreover, in order to help you catch the criminal, I went to the yamen to report to the authorities, and not only was I beaten up, but they also forcibly robbed me of fifty taels of silver. You big bearded man, you don't know what's good for you!"
Yan Chixia was also a bit stunned. Was this scholar truly naive or just pretending? He still thought that the situation last night was the work of a criminal?
"you!"
"Let me tell you the truth, Lanruo Temple is haunted by vengeful ghosts and ancient monsters! You're no match for them. You were lucky to survive yesterday, and now you dare to come back? Get out of here!"
"A monster? You look like a monster to me!"
Ning Caichen retorted and then returned to the room he had stayed in the previous night.
But before he could even sit down properly, Yan Chixia dragged him out.
"Since you don't believe me, I'll take you to see a ghost!"
Zhao Gang pointed at Ning Caichen and asked.
"Master Yan, are you taking him with you?"
“Amitabha, Benefactor Zhao, the demons at Lanruo Temple are too strong, and it is not safe even during the day. It would be good to bring Benefactor Ning along.”
Now that Daoyuan has spoken, naturally no one will have any objections.
For an entire afternoon, more than a dozen people searched everywhere in the woods and mountains, looking in every place they thought was possible.
"Come quick, I found it!"
Xiao You stood under a huge tree and shouted.
The tree was surrounded by countless vines, and together with the surrounding trees, it was difficult to spot in the forest.
"Little You, get out of here!"
As Zhao Gang reminded him, Xiao You also felt a sudden sense of alarm. His gene lock instantly activated two levels, and he stomped his foot and jumped far away.
"Bang!"
A huge tongue struck the spot where Xiao You was standing, shattering the nearby stones into pieces.
'That was close!'
Xiao You, who had not yet landed, was sweating profusely in mid-air. He had been misled by the plot of the third movie and thought that the tree demon would not come out during the day.
But before he could even feel relieved, a dark figure quickly caught up with him.
With another "bang," Xiao You was sent flying, crashing into several trees.
"Cough~"
He coughed up a mouthful of blood. Not only was he in excruciating pain all over his body, but the mucus on his tongue seemed to have a numbing effect, making it difficult for him to move.
"Be careful not to get hit by your tongue, it will numb you!"
A female team member jumped to his side, gave him an injection, and then immediately hugged him and jumped away to the new recruits in the distance.
Meanwhile, on the other side, a battle has begun, led by Yan Chixia and supported by veterans.
Before the tree demon's true form could be revealed, Yan Chixia's spells, combined with the strange and varied attacks of the reincarnators, clashed with the giant tongue and the endless stream of vines.
Swords clashed, spells and magic were weakened, and grenades exploded continuously.
"Hahahaha... Yan Chixia, I thought you guys were something special, but it turns out you're nothing special!"
Grandma's androgynous voice echoed all around.
The newlyweds appeared very uneasy at this moment.
If they can't do anything to the old monster during the day, what will they do at night?
"Why isn't Master Daoyuan making a move? What is he doing staring at that ancient tree?"
The newcomers soon discovered that the monk Daoyuan, a key combatant, hadn't made a move. Instead, he was just staring blankly at the large tree that seemed to be the original form of Grandma.
"Perhaps it's because we need to be wary of Grandma's backup plan, after all, Grandma's true form hasn't appeared yet..."
However, Daoyuan was genuinely in a daze at that moment.
What he was seeing was not an ancient tree, or rather, not an ordinary ancient tree.
Yes, Daoyuan's perspective at this moment is different from that of everyone else, including Yan Chixia.
He saw a faint vitality shrouding the ancient tree, like a verdant mist, forming a phantom image.
The phantom was grand and majestic. Although it was only a shadow a dozen meters high, it had an aura that seemed to support the heavens and the earth!
'My goodness, so this is how I'm supposed to convert it...'
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