At dusk, when yin and yang alternate.

Deep in the jungle of Mount Wei, near the burly century-old locust trees.

After Xuanjue's operation and awakening, the once century-old locust tree has withered, and the withered yellow leaves have fallen one by one in this midsummer.

But this does not mean that this century-old locust tree will die completely.

Or in other words, the withering of a century-old locust tree is not "death", but "rebirth" in another sense.

At the cost of his century of cultivation and Taoist behavior, he regarded the main body as the "placenta" that nurtures new life. This was born with the monster that Xuan Jue called "mountain mandrills".

Although there are not the innate nine orifices that are spiritually created like humans, the mandrill, which has transformed into ghosts and monsters, still has the most basic nine orifices and qi veins.

Rather than continuing to be an unconscious plant, being able to freely shuttle between the mountains and forests like an animal is the pursuit of mandrill.

Not to mention, Xuan Jue also promised the mandrill that as long as it can swallow and absorb Pei Wende's "earth dragon fate", it will teach it the complete method of transforming dragons.

By that time, the mandrill can completely get rid of the identity of "ghosts and monsters", and like a fish and snake turning into a dragon, it will become one of the most noble innate nine-orbit creatures in the world - the dragon!

"Crazy... dragon..."

Curled in the "tree hole" of the trunk of the century-old locust tree, the mandrill's eyes showed a look of longing and excitement.

During this period, the mandrill has not forgotten Xuan Jue's promise and has been quietly inquiring and observing the Tongqing Temple standing on Weishan.

According to the information obtained by the mandrill, the Tongqing Temple was originally a nearly abandoned temple.

Until more than ten years ago, a Buddhist master named "Lingyou" chose to settle there, and Pei Wende was the child he had always been with him.

Considering that the tasks assigned by an existence of Xuan Jue were definitely not that simple, after first learning about this information, Shan Mandrill did not choose to act recklessly.

Instead, we will further explore the details of Lingyou and Pei Wende through multiple channels.

For this reason, the mandrills ran all over the mountain and beat up all the overlords who had become spirits and had not become spirits in the mountains and forests, hoping to get some more detailed information from them.

As it turns out, mandrill's caution makes sense.

According to the geniuses in the mountains and forests, Zen Master Lingyou is not an ordinary monk.

More than ten years ago, when he chose to settle in Tongqing Temple, the monsters in this mountain forest were not as rare as they are now, and there were even some monsters with the ability to transform.

However, since Zen Master Lingyou came to Weishan, those dangerous monsters were driven away from the range of this mountain forest by them.

Fortunately, Zen Master Lingyou did not seem to have the idea of ​​killing. Except for some evil monsters and monsters, the other monsters were not in danger of life.

Of course, this does not mean that the monsters will end up being very good.

After all, although Zen Master Lingyou does not like killing, suppression and sealing are the special skills of the Buddhist lineage. Those monsters are either sealed or suppressed.

According to some geniuses who witnessed Zen Master Lingyou’s past.

Since he came here, not only the monsters in Weishan have been sealed and suppressed, but also the monsters in the entire Tanzhou area no longer dare to make trouble.

To be honest, when Shan Mandrill learned from other monsters that Zen Master Lingyou's great achievements, his inner despair was unprecedented.

With such a powerful Buddhist master suppressing Weishan, the mountain mandrill was not to take the initiative to find trouble for the other party, it would be great if Zen Master Lingyou didn't come to find trouble for it.

For this reason, Shan Mandrill has even made plans to give up the task assigned to him by Xuan Jue.

At worst, what if Xuan Jue is turned back into a locust tree?

It’s better than being sealed by Zen Master Lingyou or even completely eliminated?

Just when the mandrill was about to admit defeat and gave up this mission, Xuan Jue, who seemed to have noticed it was repelled, came to it again and brought it a new piece of information.

Zen Master Lingyou doesn’t have to worry about the mandrills, it just needs to concentrate on dealing with Pei Wende.

Because Zen Master Lingyou was seriously injured due to a fight with a Taoist master before he lived in seclusion in Tanzhou, he has been surviving for more than ten years.

The most important thing is that when the mandrill seizes Pei Wende's "earth dragon fate", someone will take action to stop Zen Master Lingyou for it.

It is naturally impossible for you to say that Shan Mandrill completely believes in Xuan Jue's statement.

However, Xuan Jue came here this time not to discuss with the mandrill, but to issue orders to it nakedly.

The mountain mandrill still dares not forget the cold and solemn glance before Xuan Jue left.

It had no doubt that if it dared to continue fishing, the other party would definitely kill it with his own hands.

So under the coercion and inducement, Shan Mandrill finally chose to believe Xuan Jue's argument and planned to take the risk of attacking Pei Wende.

Just when to take action? How to take action?

Shan Mandrill also has his own abacus in his heart and does not intend to act completely according to Xuan Jue's words.

"July...Fifteenth..."

In the traditional perception of ancient China, July 15th was an extremely special day.

Taoism calls it Zhongyuan Festival, while Buddhism calls it Ullambana Festival

Legend has it that on this day of the year, the ghost gate leading to the underworld will open wide. Those ghosts who have not yet been reincarnated and have a connection with their hearts will be escorted by the ghost crew to the sun and reunite with their relatives and friends during their lifetime.

Therefore, July 15th is also called "Ghost Festival", which is the legendary day when the ghost gate is wide open.

As for monsters like Shan Mandrill who have lived for a long time and have nearly a hundred years of cultivation and Taoism, this year's Zhongyuan Ghost Festival has another deeper meaning.

Shan Mandrill believed that Xuan Jue entrusted himself to seize Pei Wende's "Earth Dragon Fate" before July 15, which must be part of the reason.

So after thinking for a few days, Shan Mandrill decided to set the day of his action on July 15th a few days later, that is, before the final implementation of the agreement with Xuan Jue.

By that day, even though Zen Master Lingyou was not restrained as Xuan Jue said, Shan Mandrill had the confidence to escape from his subordinates.

But before that, Mandrill felt that he had to deal with the current crisis first.

"Snake...sex?"

Curled in the tree hole, the mandrill suddenly looked up, and a cruel and bloodthirsty smile appeared on his ugly face.

Rush rust...

I saw a blue-scale snake slowly crawling among the leaves and clovers in the distance.

A lonely wolf walked ahead with a timid face. Due to the power of the green-scaled snake, he had to approach the withered locust tree hiding in the mandrill little by little.

"Another...a guy who doesn't know... life or death..."
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