The next morning.
Ao Qing woke up in Yan Zhi's bed.
She had hidden herself on the ship yesterday while Ao Qing was chatting with Jiang Long.
Jiang Long was in his physical form at the time, his primordial spirit hadn't left his body, and he hadn't fused with his golden body.
Overall, his strength could only be considered quite strong among those below the level of immortals.
He was stronger than Yan Zhi, but not ridiculously so.
Yan Zhi was determined to hide, so naturally she could escape Jiang Long's sight.
The drinking session last night had just begun.
Yan Zhi was pulled out by Jin Se and thrown into Ao Qing's arms.
The girl had been thinking about climbing into Ao Qing's bed that night.
But she ended up blushing in front of everyone.
Yan Zhi wasn't like Hua Yun, who would blush and climb out of Ao Qing's arms.
Fortunately, the outcome was good.
Yan Zhi was a newcomer, and everyone deliberately took care of her.
Ao Qing's movement to get up woke Yan Zhi.
The gentle beauty, still sleepy, yawned and began to help Ao Qing wash up.
“You should stay at the Dragon King Temple for now. After spring, I will start construction of my onshore palace there.”
“Until then, you stay at the temple and protect Xiang Yu and Jiang Xue. They don't have much martial strength.”
With the soul control curse planted, Yan Zhi naturally wouldn't disobey the order.
The girls on the ship gradually got up, and the cabin was gradually filled with their fragrance.
Upon hearing that Ao Qing was going to deal with Fa Hai.
Except for Xiao Qing, who eagerly wanted to help, everyone else only urged Ao Qing to be careful.
As Xiao Qing was dragged away by Xiao Bai.
Ao Qing’s mind moved, and her figure appeared in the high heavens.
On the other side, at the Jinshan Temple.
The small novice monk who guarded the gate was startled to find.
Before he got up and opened the door, their abbot was already standing at the entrance.
The novice monk hurried forward to pay his respects, saying Amitabha Buddha.
“Abbot, I know I'm wrong, I overslept.”
Fa Hai, clad in a scarlet cassock, stood in the mountaintop gale, the fabric of his robe billowing.
The young monk reached out and touched the novice's newly shaved head. It was smooth and oily, nice to the touch.
“It's fine. I looked, and no pilgrims have come to the mountain yet, so it's not too late.”
The novice, having received forgiveness from the abbot, was no longer anxious. He looked at the mountain gate and curiously asked:
“Abbot, what are you looking at?”
“Your master is waiting for me.”
Before Fa Hai even opened his mouth, the wind howled at the mountain gate, and Ao Qing, dressed in green, gracefully landed.
The novice was scared and hid behind Fa Hai.
Fa Hai looked at Ao Qing, and Ao Qing also looked at Fa Hai.
This Fa Hai looked like a nine-door governor.
Ao Qing clicked his tongue mentally, but his face was calm and composed.
“I am Ao Qing, the Dragon King of the East Sea, the current Dragon King of West Lake. I heard that the abbot of the Jinshan Temple is righteous and hates evil. Is it true?”
Fa Hai chanted Amitabha Buddha, his temperament was not as fiery as Ao Qing had remembered.
“It is merely the dictates of Heaven, and I am only acting on its behalf.”
Ao Qing gave a thumbs up.
“Good! Since the abbot is so aware, then I would like to ask, if there were demons wreaking havoc at this moment, what would the abbot do?”
Fa Hai clasped his hands together and calmly said:
“Subdue demons, eliminate evil.”
Ao Qing turned around and spread his hands behind him.
“Then, Abbot, please. I happen to know of a demon wreaking havoc and harming human lives, and I will take you there now.”
Fa Hai had a sudden premonition yesterday and cast a simple divination.
The divination showed that he would be entangled in trouble.
But Fa Hai didn't know where the trouble would come from.
So, he waited here early in the morning.
However, there was still a problem.
The divination Fa Hai cast showed that the visitor's intention to kill was not strong.
Fa Hai initially thought that the visitor's strength was not high, so he would use some tricks.
Seeing Ao Qing today, Fa Hai realized he was wrong.
The aura emanating from the dragon before him was ridiculously strong.
Fa Hai even doubted that even if he ascended to become an immortal, he probably wouldn't be this dragon's opponent.
The two flew away from the Jinshan Temple.
Fa Hai was pondering where Ao Qing was taking him.
A great demon in the mortal realm?
What kind of monster could be considered a great demon by the person in front of him?
Fa Hai furrowed his brows and began to recite Buddhist scriptures. He was ready for a great battle.
Ao Qing planned to take Fa Hai to the Lanruo Temple.
It wasn't because of Nie Xiao Qian, but because of the Black Mountain Old Demon behind the Tree Demon Granny.
That demon was a Black Mountain that had cultivated for tens of thousands of years. It had vast magical powers and could forcibly occupy the consciousness of others, making it extremely difficult to kill.
But it had to be difficult to kill.
Ao Qing wanted to find one that was hard to kill, to let Fa Hai and the Black Mountain play, so that he wouldn't have time to cause trouble.
In the story of Liaozhai, the temple where Nie Xiao Qian resided was called Lanruo, located in Jinhua, Zhejiang.
Xiao Qian died young, only living for eighteen years in the world.
After her death, her bones were buried in the wasteland next to the Lanruo Temple, and her soul was therefore controlled by the demon in the temple.
The men who came to stay in the temple.
Those who were lustful would have their feet pierced and their blood drained by her at night.
Those who were not lustful but greedy for money would be turned into golden corpses by the Rakshasa, and their hearts and livers would be dug out in half a day.
Xiao Qian didn't want to, but she had no way to resist.
The Tree Demon Granny was an ancient demon with high cultivation, far more powerful than her ghostly form.
Not to mention the ten-thousand-year Black Mountain behind the Tree Demon Granny.
None of them were someone Xiao Qian could handle.
Ao Qing took Fa Hai, and the two flew for a long time without saying a word.
In the distance.
A temple filled with evil energy, ghostly energy, and demonic energy appeared before them.
Ao Qing glanced at Fa Hai and smiled.
“Master, how about this demon?”
Fa Hai chanted Amitabha Buddha and calmly said:
“It is still a matter of subduing demons.”
【Liu Yifei version of Xiao Qian, and the Zhu Xian version of Xiao Qian will be in the sequel】