I asked you to play the dungeon, but you are here to raise the BOSS?

The three of them walked out of the restaurant and found that the rainstorm had stopped and the sun was shining brightly.

"Da-Daxia, I...I finished drinking tea. Why do I feel so sleepy?"

After walking out of the restaurant, Ning Caichen staggered and asked with his tongue hanging out.

"Oh, the monster said there was some sweat medicine in the tea, I just accidentally forgot..."

Lin Xuan found a bamboo tube and filled it with some water: "Brother Ning, drink this."

"Mongolian sweat medicine?"

Ning Caichen woke up a little in an instant, quickly pulled out a piece of hair, and started playing with it in his throat.

Not long after, Ning Caichen felt a nausea in his throat, squatted on the ground and vomited.

"Okay, heroes, let's go."

After vomiting for a few times, Ning Caichen felt much more awake. He rinsed his mouth with water from a bamboo tube and lowered his head to spit on his own vomit.

"Huh? Wow wow!!"

Not knowing what he saw, Ning Caichen's face instantly turned a miserable green like a frog.

His legs went weak, and Ning Caichen lay on the ground in a panic, vomiting out all the contents in his stomach.

"You are quite a nice person. You helped others and saved some face for them."

Ao Xue lifted her veil and revealed an extremely touching smile: "Did you plan this from the beginning?"

"Actually, I didn't think so much at all..."

Lin Xuan was speechless and shook his head: "The starting point was good, but there were some problems during the process, but the result was still pretty good."

"It turned out pretty good."

Ao Xue looked thoughtful: "Although that scholar doesn't know martial arts, his fortune seems to be pretty good. Generally, small disasters can be turned into good fortune."

"Well, his horoscope should be quite hard..."

Lin Xuan smiled: "Speaking of this, what does Master Bai think of my luck?"

"There is an old saying among fortune tellers, 'Fortune tellers don't count themselves,' but I can't see that in you."

Ao Xue jumped up and down a few times: "You want to check your luck. When you see Bodhisattva in the future, ask her to check it for you."

"I don't plan to figure it out myself."

Lin Xuan was slightly startled: "I want you to help me see, does it have something to do with this ancient saying?"

"...It has something to do with it. Yeah! Stop talking, the scholar is here."

Seeing Ning Caichen stumbling over, Ao Xue's cheeks turned red and she quickly pulled down her veil.

"Brother Ning, are you feeling better?"

Lin Xuan smiled faintly and looked at Ning Caichen.

"Much better! Thank you for your help, hero."

Ning Caichen's face turned pale: "That monster is really crazy. There is something in that steamed bun..."

"Brother Ning, it's better not to think too much."

Lin Xuan patted Ning Caichen on the shoulder: "It's all over here. Go to Lanruo Temple and have a good sleep at night. You won't care about this little thing tomorrow."

"Master Lin is right!"

Ning Caichen was deeply moved and nodded repeatedly.

"There are still some evil things here..."

Lin Xuan glanced at Ao Xue: "Xiaobai, can you burn this place down?"

"Um."

Ao Xue looked around, stretched out her green-white finger, and tapped it gently.

The water inside and outside the thatched bunk evaporated rapidly and disappeared.

"Ah? Why is it burned?"

Ning Caichen didn't notice Ao Xue's little move, and asked in surprise: "At least it can protect us from the wind and rain. Wouldn't it be good if we buried the bodies inside and let passers-by rest?"

"The Yin energy in this place is too strong, and the monster has also done some tricks, and the soul is hard to escape."

"If we leave it alone, it will become a haunted house in a few years."

Lin Xuan picked up two jars of wine and poured it on the wall: "It's okay if you didn't see it. Since you have encountered it, just take care of it."

"Huh? Oh, that's what the hero said!"

Ning Caichen thought about it for a moment, nodded repeatedly, and started to help.

Although scholars have a saying that "the son is silent, the strange power confuses the spirit".

But all the real monsters came out here, and Ning Caichen immediately accepted this setting.

After a while, the two of them poured out the drinks.

A fire broke out and engulfed the entire restaurant.

"Namo Amitabha Night..."

Ao Xue sighed softly and recited the Purana Sutra while facing the fire.

Amidst the cold chanting, a few hazy figures walked out of the restaurant, kowtowed to the girl a few times, and then disappeared.

"This, this, this..."

Ning Caichen looked dumbfounded and said in horror: "Are these ghosts?"

"It's not wrong to say ghosts. It should be the souls of the people who died here. Now that their grievances have been eliminated and they have to be saved, it's time to reincarnate."

"It is said that all life is suffering, and ghosts are just transformed from ordinary living beings, and they may suffer more than you."

Lin Xuan smiled faintly and walked forward: "Okay, the ghosts here are gone, let's go too."

Although he doesn't deal with Buddhism very much, he still quite recognizes their magical powers.

In this world view, it is indeed very useful.

Oh, the main reason for not dealing with Buddhism is because the previous plane was disgusted by those Buddhist monks who were generous to others.

Lin Xuan quite admired those monks who spoke seriously about compassion.

"..."

Ao Xue blinked and appeared next to Lin Xuan, walking side by side with Lin Xuan.

"You're right, ghosts are nothing...huh? The two masters are waiting for me!"

Ning Caichen thought for a moment and realized that Lin Xuan and his wife were walking further and further away, so he quickly ran after them.

***

Perhaps because of the heavy rain, the three of them did not encounter bandits along the way and arrived in Guobei County safely.

Although Ning Caichen was in good physical condition, he was exhausted after walking more than 20 miles of mountain roads.

It was already five o'clock in the afternoon when he entered the gate of the county town.

Guobei County is in a special location. There are thieves rampant in the surrounding mountains, and there are ghosts everywhere.

So there is no so-called night market here.

Even brothels and gambling houses have to close their doors honestly at midnight.

Nightlife is very scarce.

But relatively speaking, it is much more prosperous during the day.

Everything that should be in the market is available.

Considering that this place is poor, the transportation is inconvenient, and it is extremely dangerous...

The prices in the county town are two or three times more expensive than those in Jinhua Prefecture and even Hangzhou City.

However, there are many people doing business without capital here, and the money comes and goes quickly.

It has greatly driven the local consumption level.

In the county town, the bandits spend happily and give money to merchants in large quantities.

Outside the county town, the bandits robbed merchants without hesitation.

Bandits and merchants seek compensation from each other, and officials take advantage of both ends.

Ordinary people who live honestly have to endure high prices and live under the shadow of bandits outside the city.

They have become the biggest victims.

"Hero, the inn in front is where I collect debts."

Ning Caichen looked around all the way and finally found the target, and said happily.

"Brother Ning, go first. Let's go around outside. Call me if you have any questions."

Lin Xuan pointed to the wanted poster posted next to the government office opposite and walked over.

"Okay, see you two heroes later!"

Ning Caichen took out the account book from the suitcase and strode into the inn.

"Is this area so uneasy..."

Ao Xue looked at the densely packed wanted posters and was a little stunned.

"It is the end of the dynasty, the country is in trouble, and the world is in chaos."

"The centipede monster we challenged not only absorbed the luck of the court in order to cultivate into a real dragon, but also ate up all the civil and military officials."

"Most of the court officials now are monsters in disguise, and they are too lazy to worry about state affairs."

Lin Xuan shook his head: "Of course, even if the overall environment is not good, the county magistrate of this yamen cannot escape blame."

Although the public security here is notoriously bad.

But the county magistrate himself has big problems.

This guy doesn't have much brains to do his job, but he is good at making money, and he is ugly.

The higher-ups are going to investigate the public security issues, so this guy just grabs some passers-by to take the blame.

But the passers-by will be beheaded after taking the blame, and the original bandits will not lose a hair.

So I had to get another wanted order.

Over time, the surrounding hills have become like the style of Liangshan Marsh.

I don't have time now, I'll deal with him after I see the ghost.

"Bang!"

Ao Xue was about to speak when she saw Ning Caichen's luggage flying out of the inn.

Then, two burly waiters lifted Ning Caichen in the air and threw him out.

"How unreasonable! Too much!"

Ning Caichen sat on the ground, grinning in pain, and shouted: "Look, folks, if you don't pay your debts, you will be struck by lightning!"

"Get out of here! Strike, strike, strike your mother!"

"You want to get something for nothing with a fake account book?"

"Tell me, when did I owe you money for Jibaozhai?"

A middle-aged man dressed as a shopkeeper ran out, gesticulating and cursing.

"Brother Ning, are you okay?"

Lin Xuan was a little amused and reached out to help Ning Caichen up.

In the movie, Ning Caichen's account book was soaked by rain, and the boss refused to admit it.

Ning Caichen looked very depressed and annoyed at the time.

Now the facts show that it doesn't matter whether the account book is soaked or not.

Look, they still refuse to admit it.

"Hiss, I just twisted my waist... huh? Why does my waist stop hurting when you press it, Master Lin?"

Ning Caichen was stunned for a moment, then said angrily: "This innkeeper is not kind, he owes money and doesn't pay it back!"

"That's really not good."

Lin Xuan smiled and looked at the aggressive innkeeper: "This innkeeper, don't you admit something written in black and white?"

"What a joke! Which eye of yours saw that I owed money? I didn't sign the account book, they wrote it randomly."

The innkeeper was also unambiguous , and said sternly: "Go cool off, don't affect my business."

"Shopkeeper Ma, these two heroes are..., hum! Anyway, they are all very powerful masters."

Ning Caichen thought about it, and didn't know how to introduce Lin Xuan and Ao Xue, so he changed his words: "Now there are two heroes as witnesses. If you have the courage, swear to Guan Erye that if you owe us money from Jibaozhai and don't pay it back, your house will be burned to ashes immediately!"

He was a poor scholar who was sent to collect debts.

If he didn't receive the money, he couldn't report it when he went back.

Honest people will also get angry when they are anxious.

"This... uh, waiter, bring ten taels of silver and send this poor scholar away."

The shopkeeper was silent for a moment, subconsciously looked back at the Guan Erye who was worshipped, and said unhappily.

Anyone who does business is more or less superstitious.

Facing such ghosts and gods, there is still some awe.

It is better to believe it than not to believe it.

It is okay to lie to others, but it is not okay to lie to Guan Erye.

What if he shows his power...

Even if he stabs me, I will be finished!

"It says 70 taels, but you only give me 10 taels. I can't get away with it!"

Ning Caichen certainly won't do it: "Not even one tael less!"

"Young people, don't be so ignorant."

"Look for a place to hide later. These ten taels of silver will be yours."

"To be honest, it's such a mess here. Your boss must have no good intentions when he arranges for you to collect the bills."

The innkeeper said with an experienced smile: "If you don't go back after a while, your boss will definitely treat you as dead. In order to save some burial money, he won't do anything troublesome."

"You just died!"

Ning Caichen was still unhappy: "It is only natural to pay back debts."

"Do you want love or not? If you want to continue to be entangled, I don't have these ten taels of silver."

The innkeeper's face was gloomy: "Besides, there are so many bandits outside. Do you really want to take seventy taels of silver back and still want to survive?"

"As much as you want. Whether I die or not is my business."

Ning Caichen gritted his teeth and said: "I am entrusted by others to do things for loyal people. If you don't give me enough money, I will come here every day to collect the debt!"

"Bah, bah, bah, then there's no need to talk!"

The shopkeeper's face darkened and he said disdainfully: "You still come here every day to collect your bills? I only have an inn in this county. If I don't let you stay, you will have to sleep in the prison."

"Auntie, is there any place nearby where I can stay for free?"

Ning Caichen was startled, then asked an old lady who was watching the fun.

"Crazy, you are the aunt, and your whole family is the aunt!"

The middle-aged lady rolled her eyes: "We don't have to spend money to stay overnight. Let's go to Lanruo Temple!"

"..."

There were quite a few people gathered around, watching with great interest.

But the moment they heard "Lan Ruo Temple", the crowd dispersed.

It was as if these three words contained a curse.

As if she was a little shocked by what she just said, the half-year-old lady looked a little ugly, cursed a few words in a low voice, squeezed into the crowd and ran away.

"Lanruo Temple? Why is it this place again?"

"That's right. It would be too much to spend money on a haunted place..."

Ning Caichen's thoughts moved slightly, and he reached out to grab an old man who was passing by before he could run away: "Old man, may I ask how to get to Lanruo Temple?"

Although he is still afraid of ghosts.

But since Ning Caichen agreed to help Lin Xuan find this place, he wasn't going to make excuses.

People cannot stand without faith!

Abandoning one's own principles is even more tragic than being killed by a demon.

"If you want to die, then die, let me go!"

The old man looked a little ferocious: "Three and a half miles east of the city, there is a very eerie ancient temple."

"Three and a half miles? It's quite close!"

Ning Caichen quickly let go: "Sorry, thank you, old man."

"Short-lived ghost!"

The old man turned around and left with a gloomy look on his face.

"Shopkeeper, I will go to Lanruo Temple in the evening and come back tomorrow to collect the bill!"

Ning Caichen was very proud.

"..."

The remaining onlookers also looked at the dead man and turned around to leave.

"Young man, let me advise you, that place is haunted."

"I'd rather live in my doghouse than live there."

The shopkeeper was stunned and pointed to the kennel not far away: "I won't give you any money, but you can live in the kennel as long as you like."

"Hmph! Don't worry! I just want to sleep in Lanruo Temple today."

Ning Caichen turned to look at Lin Xuan: "Master Lin, let's go?"

"Of course we have to go to Lanruo Temple..."

Lin Xuan glanced at Ning Caichen suspiciously: "Brother Ning, aren't you going to collect the bill?"

Now it seems that although Mr. Ning is a bit dull and silly, he really has some skills.

Lin Xuan didn't even start to guide, but this man easily entered the main plot line on his own.

The operation is truly breathtaking.

"I definitely want to collect the debt..."

Ning Caichen was a little helpless: "But the shopkeeper refuses to give money, and I don't know what to do."

"It is right for scholars to be reasonable."

Lin Xuan smiled slightly: "But if others don't want to reason with us, then we might as well find another way."

"Another way?"

Ning Caichen was startled: "What other method?"

"Like this."

Lin Xuan made a fist with his right hand and waved upward slightly.

The force of the fist broke through the air, and the plaque on the upper floor of the inn made a huge explosion sound and fell to pieces on the ground.

The flying sawdust fell like snowflakes, covering the shopkeeper's head and face.

"You, you, you..."

The innkeeper turned pale with shock, and his body began to tremble involuntarily, as if he was shaking.

"Isn't this reason enough?"

Lin Xuan glanced at the shopkeeper and punched out the second time.

The violent fist force directly exploded the air, and a white air wave channel appeared in the void.

The door, which was as tall as one person, shook violently, then suddenly exploded, turning into countless scattered small wooden boards.

A small piece of wood happened to hit the shopkeeper's head, causing a big blood bag.

"Shopkeeper, do you want to hear more?"

Lin Xuan flicked his sleeves and swept away the sawdust scattered in the air.

"This..., the truth is big enough! The villain completely understands it."

The shopkeeper put his hand to cover his head and showed a smile that was uglier than crying: "We are all gentlemen. We should be friendly to make money. Don't fight or kill."

"With interest."

"Yes, yes! If you have borrowed money for such a long time, you really need to pay the interest properly."

The shopkeeper nodded quickly: "The hero has to make a special trip for such a trivial matter. The villain deserves to die!"

"Do you really think you deserve to die?"

Shopkeeper: "..."

***

Eastern suburb of Guobei County

"It is important to explain the truth, but it is more important to make people listen to your explanation patiently."

Ning Caichen was holding a cowhide bag full of 100 taels of silver, feeling mixed emotions.

After Lin Xuan punched him twice, the shopkeeper became very easy to talk to.

Not only was the silver he gave him very good quality, but the interest was also calculated at the highest level in the market.

In the end, the shopkeeper even waved his hand and took the initiative to ask for a full 100 taels to make it even.

This made Ning Caichen stunned.

"Yes, that's the truth."

"Learning literature can make you speak well, and learning martial arts can make others listen to you honestly. This is also the way to balance literature and martial arts."

Lin Xuan smiled: "So scholars all emphasize a combination of literature and martial arts, and win people over with virtue."

"This..., is this also considered 'winning people over with virtue'?"

"Of course it is. When your saint traveled around the countries, didn't he also hold a sword and punch to win people over with virtue?"

Lin Xuan said calmly: "A girl mentioned your saint to me before, saying that with the saint's temper, if he encountered such a thing, he would probably smash the pot."

"This..., if it's the teacher, it's hard to say..."

Ning Caichen thought for a moment, his eyes lit up: "I understand! Martial virtue is also virtue, and we should win people over with virtue. I'm grateful for your advice this time!"

"Well, Brother Ning, you can draw inferences from one example, and this sentence is indeed reasonable."

Lin Xuan nodded slightly and praised.

Since he was idle on the road, Lin Xuan just chatted casually.

But looking at Ning Caichen's posture, it seems that he really led me astray...

Not bad, let him practice with Yan Chixia later.

This world view is still quite dark.

If you are really a scholar who is powerless, you can only rely on fate when encountering things.

"..."

Ao Xue followed Lin Xuan, her eyes were full of water, and she covered her mouth from time to time and laughed a few times.

"Woo woo woo!"

Just then, a "rustling" sound came from the woods not far away.

Countless green lights were looming.

"...Hero Lin, Lady Bai, do you, do you feel that something is wrong?"

Ning Caichen felt a little flustered and asked subconsciously with his neck shrunk.

"Something's not right?"

Lin Xuan looked around: "It's okay, there are just more wolves here, nothing wrong."

"Is that so..."

Ning Caichen suddenly reacted: "Wait a minute! Are those green things in the forest ahead the eyes of wolves?"

"Do you think they are fireflies?"

"Wolf? Wolf...Wolf!"

Ning Caichen's hands trembled, and he almost dropped the cowhide bag on the ground.

"Awooo!"

At this moment, a huge brown wolf appeared on the top of the barren mountain.

After the wolf howled, it rose and fell on the mountain several times, like a master of Qinggong, and landed lightly in front of the three people.

In the deep pupils, cruelty and greed flashed.

After hearing the boss's order, countless wild wolves emerged from the forest and surrounded Lin Xuan and the other two.

"There are wolves in the east, west and south, but the forest in the north is quiet."

Lin Xuan's eyes flashed, and he smiled: "This means that Lanruo Temple is right in front of us, and we can get there in a few steps."

In the movie, there is indeed a large group of wolves in front of Lanruo Temple.

However, this group of wolves is quite sensible.

Even if they are hungry, they dare not approach the area of ​​Lanruo Temple.

Lin Xuan estimated that in addition to eating people, the tree demon grandmother...

should also eat some wolves as dessert after dinner.

After generations of evolution, the young wolves died out, and only some steady wolves were left to reproduce.

Staying away from Lanruo Temple is also engraved in the DNA of wild wolves.

"With so many wolves, we should run away quickly. If we don't run away, we are afraid that we will have to rest in the wolf's belly."

Ning Caichen cried: "That lady is also very bad! There are wolves, but she lied to me that there is a ghost!"

"..."

Ao Xue shook her head speechlessly and released a ray of dragon power to the wolf leader.

"Awoo! Awoo? Woof!"

The alpha wolf seemed to have been hit by a thousand-year-old killing blow. The whole wolf jumped several meters high and stared at Aoxue in a daze.

As if he understood something, the alpha wolf trembled and showed his foreign language skills, and shook his tail hard.

It seemed that this simple action used up all his strength.

The alpha wolf screamed and fell to the ground neatly, foaming at the mouth and fainting.

The huge wolf body was still trembling.

"???"

The wolves surrounded the alpha wolf in a daze, screaming one after another.

During the hunting, the boss lay down before he had time to give an order?

With their wisdom, they had no idea how to deal with such a thing.

"Let's go in. The alpha wolf suddenly got epilepsy, and these wolves can't take care of us for a while."

Lin Xuan looked at Aoxue who pouted and smiled, "Brother Ning, let's go north."

It seems that this girl originally planned to scare the alpha wolf away and lead the group of wild wolves away.

But the wolf leader's psychological quality was a bit poor, and he couldn't even withstand a trace of dragon power.

This made the girl a little embarrassed.

"Oh, okay, let's go!"

Ning Caichen calmed down and plunged into the lush forest.

It seemed that a certain formation was triggered, and a deserted temple appeared in the distance, desolate and ancient.

"There are problems with these trees in the forest..."

Ao Xue frowned slightly and sent a telepathic message: "Should we burn them all?"

The forest is surrounded by evil spirits, and almost every big tree is filled with strong evil spirits.

In the distance, these trees have turned into a maze.

"Can it be burned?"

"I can definitely do it if I turn into my original form and breathe."

Ao Xue's cheeks are slightly red: "My dragon body looks a bit ugly, don't dislike it."

"Not really, I still like dragons, as long as they are not dinosaurs."

Lin Xuan thought for a while: "Let's do business first, don't alarm the snakes, so as not to let the tree demon grandma escape."

If you want to enter Lanruo Temple, these trees should not cause trouble.

But if you want to leave, these trees will automatically operate the formation, convert the evil spirit into demonic power, and can rise from the ground at any time.

Then it will turn into a ghost wall effect, making people lose their sense of direction and space.

As a result, no matter whether it is a mortal or a ghost, they cannot escape from this forest, and are then swallowed by the tree demon grandma.

However, the celestial warriors flew directly into the air, which was an air force...

These little tree demons immediately became complete targets.

Even if they turned into ancient war trees, it would be useless.

"Well, that's good! I'll listen to you."

Ao Xue's eyes condensed: "What should we do with the scholar later?"

"Just find someone to take him out."

Lin Xuan smiled: "Just in case, let's book Lanruo Temple later, so that the serious female ghosts will only come to me."

Ao Xue: "..."