Chapter 4: Visit Lanruo Temple with your own personal attention (Part 1)

In the morning, the weather in early spring is still a little chilly, and the cold morning wind blows on people makes people feel urge to pull their clothes tightly.

Especially Zhao Jiansheng, Zhang Ke and Liu Long, who stood in front of the "Ghost Forest" that made the people of Liujia Town change their feelings, looked at the deep and dark forest, and felt like a poisonous snake crawling on his back, making him feel cold.

Ouyang Xuan was wearing a white casual suit and stood proudly in the morning breeze. His faint calmness was heartbreaking.

Suddenly, Ouyang Xuan said: "Director Zhao, Secretary Zhang, and Mayor Liu, then I will go in. If there is no accident, I will definitely come back before night."

"Okay, Comrade Ouyang must be careful. There is no one familiar with the road inside here. Please be careful." Zhang Ke wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and hurriedly reminded him.

"I know, I'll meet the monsters and monsters here." Ouyang Xuan smiled confidently, bathed in the breath of spring, and walked into this daunting "ghost forest"!

As soon as I entered the woods, I suddenly became dark around me. The huge canopy of the ancient trees that had grown for hundreds of years blocked most of the sun's light, making the woods as hazy as in the evening, making people instinctively feel a sense of fear.

Although Ouyang Xuan was very skilled and brave, he was sweating slightly on his forehead at this moment, but he thought to himself: I dare to walk on the underworld, let alone this small "ghost forest". His courage became stronger and his steps became more and more agile. He stepped on the dead trees that had accumulated on the ground for many years and walked towards the depths of the woods.

After walking hundreds of steps slowly, Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but frown a little while smelling the disgusting smell of the rotten leaves.

Suddenly, among the dense leaves, a winding path appeared, extending into the depths of the woods.

The trail was built along the mountain, but since no one had walked around for many years, the dusty stairs were covered with moss and dirt. There were even some happy toads and insects who regarded this place as home, looking at the living people who disturbed their tranquility in front of them unhappily.

This should be the road to "Lanruo Temple". Ouyang Xuan thought about it and walked up without hesitation, although his feet were a little slippery.

After walking more than two hundred steps, the sheep intestine path winding around the mountain suddenly disappeared in front of a grass, as if this road only leads here.

Ouyang Xuan touched his nose, squatted down, flipped through the dense weeds with his hands, and suddenly saw an ancient and dilapidated stone tablet.

The stone tablet is already very old, with a corner missing, half buried, lying in the wet soil, with three big blood-colored characters engraved on it: Lan-Ruo-Shi!

Ouyang Xuan's pupils immediately shrank slightly: Sure enough, it was indeed "Lanruo Temple"! It seems that since no one has walked around for a long time, the road was cut off by the clusters of trees when it extended here.

At this moment, a strong gust of wind suddenly blew from the surrounding woods, causing only leaves to dance around the sky. A shrilling howling sound could not help but add a third of a cold air to the already strange atmosphere.

With his keen spiritual sense, Ouyang Xuan felt a faint evil aura in the sudden yin wind, as if something dirty was spying around him.

Ouyang Xuan stood up, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and looked carefully at the trees in front of him.

The size of the tree that grows first and the tree that grows later is different, and there are still few traces left by the ancient road on the ground. Ouyang Xuan broke through the grass and slowly searched inside and advanced.

After walking two or three hundred steps, suddenly there was a blank space in front of me, and there was a strange fog. In front of me, behind me, and outside, I could not see my five fingers.

Ouyang Xuan was a little surprised: Hey, what's going on? There was no fog this morning! I immediately figured it out: it was the dirty thing that was making a monster again.

Ouyang Xuan sneered: I want to stop me from going to the "Lanruo Temple", but there is no door. I have a genitals, and I will come out to fight now. What is the ability of those who are timid!

The stubborn man immediately activated his spiritual sense and slowly spread around. Although this was quite energy-consuming, it was dangerous in the fog and the enemy was not clear, so he was really careless.

With the cover of his spiritual sense, Ouyang Xuan continued to explore and move forward, but the evil aura that had always felt hidden beside him seemed to suddenly disappear, and the spiritual sense did not capture any trace.

After walking about two or three hundred steps, Ouyang Xuan suddenly stopped because he was shocked to find that he had walked for a long time and returned to the place where he stood when the fog just now.

Yes, yes, it was in place. Because Ouyang Xuan clearly remembered that there was a split old locust tree beside him at that time, and there was a big black tree hole in the middle trunk. Now, this ugly old locust tree is in front of Ouyang Xuan.

"Hey, what's going on? Did you go around the wrong way?" Ouyang Xuan touched his nose awkwardly: Although the spiritual consciousness can detect the approaching danger and the breath of life, it cannot completely command Ouyang Xuan to walk instead of his eyes.

"Let's go again." Ouyang Xuan waved his fist in a little annoyed manner and walked forward again. He was not the one who easily admits defeat.

In a blink of an eye, five minutes passed, and Ouyang Xuan suddenly saw the extremely annoying old locust tree again.

In fact, he turned back to the original place.

This time, no matter how stupid Ouyang Xuan was, he knew that something had happened.

What's going on? Is it a demon, an illusion, or a formation? Ouyang Xuan felt a little headache for a moment. He was not afraid of a head-on confrontation, but this kind of hidden cat-like contest was what he hated the most.

It is a demonic magic, so you can break it by finding the demon who casts the magic. But the problem is that the spiritual consciousness cannot find the trace of the demon now.

It's an illusion, so you can use the Red Leopard inner elixir to resolve it. But the problem is that the Red Leopard inner elixir does not seem to react.

It is a formation, so Ouyang Xuan can only know how to crack it. But the problem is that Ouyang Xuan has opened six orifices of the formation - no one knows!

For a moment, Ouyang Xuan's expression suddenly became sharp, proudly raised his chest, and shouted: "Ha, listen to the demons in 'Lanruo Temple': Grandpa Ouyang Xuan is here to subdue demons and catch monsters. If you have the guts, come out to compete in person. What is the ability to always do some kung fu that is a lie."

Ouyang Xuan's voice was very loud, because he felt that even his eardrum was buzzing, but in the deep woods, in the thick white fog, there was no reaction for a long time.

"Damn it!" Ouyang Xuan stomped his feet in anger. He really wanted to burn the bird forest with a torch. He saw what other monsters could do in the dark, but thought about it: the local people will develop the tourism industry in the future, and he burned the original ecology of his own torch. This seemed a bit unreasonable. After all, he asked himself to come to solve the problem, not to destroy it.

When he was angry, Ouyang Xuan suddenly sat down against the old locust tree and said coldly: "Okay, I won't come out, right? I'm spending time here with you, see who is afraid of whom."

Immediately, Ouyang Xuan sat cross-legged and his spiritual consciousness spread slightly to ten steps, and he maintained a state of meditation.

And deep in the deep woods, in the thick white mist, there was still no reaction, as if the "it" hidden in the dark was quite afraid of Ouyang Xuan.

...

Time passed minute by minute, and the sun turned from mid-air to mid-air in the east, and then from mid-air to west. Ouyang Xuan, who had been sitting for five or six hours, finally couldn't stand it anymore.

"Damn it!" Ouyang Xuan jumped up and said gritting his teeth: "I'm really trying to waste my time with me. I'm really annoying. I care about you, what kind of bad temples and tourism industries you have, I'll burn them all."

But even though he was ruthless, Ouyang Xuan still didn't do anything. He thought for a while and said: This dirty thing trapped him here and ignored him for a long time. Why? Is it because he realized that he was not simple, or is there another reason?

Ouyang Xuan looked at the faint light cast from the huge tree canopy group above his head, and knew that the sun had deviated westward. Suddenly, his heart moved: Could it be that this dirty thing is waiting for time? Waiting for the night that the demon and ghost like the most?

"Hmph, yes, look at the movements that Guigui admires, it is definitely not a 'character' who dares to appear in broad daylight. Ouyang Xuan will wait a little longer and see what it is." Ouyang Xuan made up his mind and waited patiently, although he was indeed a little hungry at this time.

Time passed little by little, and it was getting darker in early spring. Just after five o'clock in the afternoon, the heavy nightfall hit the earth, and the woods became more and more dizzy.

As the light became dimmer, the woods became more wet and gloomy. Coupled with the howling mountain wind, a terrifying sound of ghosts and howlings echoed in the woods.

The yin energy has become heavier.

Ouyang Xuan judged silently, and suddenly his keen spiritual sense felt that the thick fog around him seemed to be fading. He opened his eyes quickly and saw: Sure enough, the thick fog around him seemed to be pulled desperately by a huge black hole, and in the blink of an eye, it disappeared quietly, as if it was abrupt when it came.

"Okay, it's time to play, right?" Ouyang Xuan jumped up and clenched the fist in his hand: He has made up his mind now. No matter what kind of demons and monsters he encounters later, he must beat up and let out this anger.

Suddenly, Ouyang Xuan's sensitive ears caught a strange noise in the howling mountain wind: "Dingling..."

"It's the ringtone!" Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but be stunned in surprise: Could it be that the demons here still have to show off before they come on the field?

He quietly approached the direction of the bell with a puzzled look, pulled out the thick weeds and looked forward:

Then I saw a group of people coming on another rugged path. There were about eight people in the group, all wearing Taoist robes, some holding torches to illuminate, some holding various magical tools such as peach wood swords, Yin-Yang Glasses, etc. The leader seemed to be older, holding a ringing bell in his hand to open the way.

"Dao, Taoist priests!" Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but be stunned: Where did these Taoist priests emerge? What did they do here?

Just as the group of Taoist priests had already walked closer, suddenly, they saw a young Taoist priest in the team saying to the older Taoist priest in front: "Master, is that 'Lanruo Temple' coming soon?"

Unexpectedly, as soon as the three words "Lanruo Temple" were exited, a violent gust of wind suddenly blew in the dense forests around. The gust of wind was fierce and blew the woods and torches shaking. Even the crows and other birds living in the huge canopy were frightened and flew around.

For a moment, the air was filled with a very strange and uneasy atmosphere, as if the three words "Lanruo Temple" actually contained a terrifying and inviolable magic.

In an instant, the eight Taoist priests couldn't help but stop. Except for the leading elderly Taoist priests, the other Taoist priests were very young, with fear on their faces, and looked at the dark and dark forest around them with great anxiety.

"Cough--" The elderly Taoist priest suddenly coughed and said with a serious expression: "What are you panic? I have taught you that 'Man is afraid of ghosts for seven points, and ghosts are afraid of humans for ten points'. Everyone recites the 'Clean Curse' for me to see if the evil demons dare to come and seek death."

"Yes, Master!" Several young Taoists nodded quickly and began to chant. As for what they were chanting, Ouyang Xuan couldn't hear clearly.

However, for a moment, the dense forest began to be filled with a solemn sound similar to the Sanskrit sound, which was quite loud.

And the strange gloomy wind seemed to be scared by the solemn sound, and suddenly subsided, and four or five torches immediately returned to light.

"Hmph, it's indeed an evil demon, and you can't get on the table." The elderly Taoist sneered: "Disciples, continue on the road. We must flatten the 'Lanruo Temple' tonight."

"Yes!" When several young Taoist priests saw that the spell was effective, they were immediately brave and responded angrily.

Although Ouyang Xuan still did not understand the origin of these Taoist priests, at least he understood that these Taoist priests were also coming to find "Lanruo Temple". Based on the principle that multiple allies were not at fault, Ouyang Xuan suddenly pulled out the grass and walked out.

There is a saying that "people are scary, they are scary." When the Taoist priests were suspicious, a person suddenly jumped out of the grass in front of them, which made the Taoist priests jump. They immediately all held the law-enforcement tools, as if they were facing a great enemy.

The Taoist priest shook the copper bell with his left hand, waved the whisk with his right hand, and shouted loudly: "Why, who is the demon? Let's sign up."

Ouyang Xuan was stunned for a moment and looked at his outfit. Although it had been a lot of dirty, he was still a standard modern handsome man. How could he be equal to the demons? I couldn't help but smile bitterly, "I said, Taoist priests, please open your eyes and see clearly. Are demons as handsome as me, so kind?"

The elderly Taoist priest looked at Ouyang Xuan carefully in the firelight. As expected, he was a mortal. He couldn't help but blush and smiled, "This donor is all because of the dizzy eyes of the Taoist, who is accompanying the gifts."

"Forgive me, donor." Several young Taoists also bowed and swept the floor, and their young faces were a little blushed.

"It's okay." Ouyang Xuan smiled and said politely: "Da priests, how do you call me? What's the origin? What's the "Ghost Forest" doing at night?"

"Oh, the old Taoist is the 112th generation disciple of Zhang Tianshi, Longhu Mountain, Jiangxi Province. The Taoist is called "Yu Zhenzi". They are my disciples' Qing. Recently, the old Taoist took these disciples out for a trip. I heard that the town people's congress said that there was a "ghost temple to celebrate" here, so I went to the government to invite him to the forest to subdue demons. Originally, the old Taoist wanted to rest for a night and go back to the forest tomorrow, but later I heard several leaders say that a comrade from the Ministry of Public Security who came to BJ has not returned yet. They were very anxious. The old Taoist then entered the forest overnight, hoping to help one or two. Could it be that the little donor?" The old Taoist said politely.

Ouyang Xuan was overjoyed: No matter how capable he is, it is always good to help multiple people. However, since he was carrying Zhang Tianshi's signature, he would not be too frugal. He hurriedly said, "I am Ouyang Xuan from BJ. Thank you for your kind help."

"It is our duty to subdue demons and eliminate demons. Why should the little donor thank you?" Yu Zhenzi hurriedly said politely: "But, the donor has arrived here in the morning for one day, and I wonder if he will find out?"

Ouyang Xuan shrugged and said, "This monster is very cunning. It locks around the Lanruo Temple with a monster fog. I walked several times and returned to the original place, so I couldn't get out of the door. I originally wanted to use my superpowers to break out of the formation, but my superpowers were too domineering and probably ruined the entire forest, so I hesitated for a while and waited. I thought the demon would appear automatically after nightfall, but the demon didn't come, but waited for the Taoist master and disciple."

"Oh, is there such a thing?" Yu Zhenzi said with a little surprise: "It seems that this monster is quite capable. However, since the donor is a member of the public, why does he also understand superpowers?"

Ouyang Xuan smiled and said, "Since the Taoist priest is a fellow Taoist, I won't hide it from the Taoist priest. In fact, I am a member of the 'China Dragon Group' and I was ordered to come to handle the case."

"Oh, so that's it. It's really a shame. It turns out that the donor is actually a master of the 'Dragon Group'." Yu Zhenzi suddenly realized.

"You are polite to Taoist Master. I am only familiar with combat abilities, but I am not good at spells in abilities. Otherwise, I wouldn't have caught them blindly just now." Ouyang Xuan said with a smile.

As he was talking, the strange thick fog that had just disappeared suddenly came up quietly from all around, as if a huge white enveloped it wrapped the entire forest tightly.

"Look, it's coming again." Ouyang Xuan shrugged with a wry smile.

Yu Zhenzi suddenly laughed and said, "Since the donor Ouyang is also a fellow Taoist, the old Taoist will respectfully call him a fellow Taoist. What's the point of this little trouble? Leave it to the old Taoist to handle."

"Then it's time for Taoist priest." Ouyang Xuan was immediately overjoyed.

Yu Zhenzi shattered the copper bell and shouted: "The power of the ancestor saint is in my body, the golden bell shakes, and the evil thing disappears--"

Amid the long "san" sound, Yichenzi waved the whisk with his right hand towards the copper bell. In an instant, the copper bell rang out and thousands of dazzling golden lights burst out.

Where the golden light passed, the strange fog immediately dissipated and was driven away without a trace in a short moment.

"Okay!" Ouyang Xuan couldn't help but admire.

"Wow, Master is so amazing." Several Xiaodao's eyes lit up and his face looked complacent.

"Haha, some small magic power made the donor laugh." Yu Zhenzi bowed politely.

"This, Taoist priest, it's too late now, which is conducive to demons showing their power. Do you think you should continue to move forward or come again tomorrow?" Ouyang Xuan asked politely when he saw that Yu Zhenzi was older and should be more experienced than him.

Yu Zhenzi smiled confidently and said, "Fellow Daoyang, since he is 'ghost land', how can he retreat because of the night? Wouldn't this be a joke to make fun of the evil demons? Why don't we wait for a moment to break into the 'Lanruo Temple' and kill him."

Young Ouyang Xuan, who was also proud of his talent and courage, suddenly became competitive and shouted: "Okay, since the Taoist priest has such ambition, then I should give up my orders and accompany him. Let's go--"
Chapter completed!