Chapter 064: Love and Friendship
Looking at Shi Qingxuan's shy and lovely appearance, Ni Kun touched his chin and said calmly:
"Everyone has a love for beauty..."
"Then you must be blind."
Shi Qingxuan pointed the huge and weird fake nose at Ni Kun: "Can I be considered beautiful with my appearance?"
Ni Kun raised his palm to block Shi Qingxuan's fake nose in the air, and said seriously:
"Except for the nose, everything else is beautiful."
Seeing Shi Qingxuan baring her teeth, Ni Kun said with a smile:
"Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Actually, I know that your strange nose is fake. If you take off this fake nose, Miss Qingxuan, your true appearance will definitely be like a fairy from heaven, incomparable."
"Tsk, look at your appearance, you are about the same age as me. I didn't expect you to be so good at talking. Do you often use this to coax girls?" Shi Qingxuan's tone seemed disapproving, but she was a little happy in her heart.
"I've never coaxed other girls." Ni Kun touched his cheek and sighed: "I am mainly coaxed by girls."
"Hey! Are you wearing a human skin mask, or have you practiced the Iron Face Skill?" Shi Qingxuan blinked and chuckled, "Otherwise, how could you be so thick-skinned? I'm afraid even my sword box can't cut through your skin!"
"... Naughty." Ni Kun coughed twice and got back to the point: "Well, Master Qingxuan, should we go find the tree demon's lair now?"
"Why are you calling me Heavenly Master again?"
"Since you can exorcise ghosts and catch monsters, you are truly a Taoist master. Why can't you be called a Heavenly Master?"
"It doesn't sound good. I don't like it."
"Then I'll call you Qingxuan."
"You're so polite. You called me Miss Qingxuan before, but now you call me Qingxuan. When did we become so close?"
"We fought side by side, exorcising ghosts and catching monsters. We are friends for life and death, aren't we?"
"What do you mean we fought side by side? What do you mean we were friends? I was the only one fighting hard, and you were just standing there posing..."
"It's to attract firepower."
"screw you!"
As they were talking, Shi Qingxuan had already taken Ni Kun into the forest.
Ni Kun followed her and chatted casually. His tone and mood were quite relaxed. He did not show any of the demeanor of a master that he had in front of Zhu Yuyan, Kankan and other evil beauties, or even in front of Shi Feixuan, Dongfang Bai and others. He seemed not to care about his status at all.
This may be because the environment and situation when he met Shi Qingxuan made him not need to carry the burden of being an idol.
Or maybe…
Ever since Shi Qingxuan's flute sound evoked certain emotions that had been hidden deep in his heart since he traveled through time, he felt as if he had known Shi Qingxuan for a long time before he met her. When facing her, it was as if he was facing an old friend, and he felt relaxed and comfortable from the bottom of his heart.
Then you can let go of your burdens and show your true self.
"Qingxuan, can you take off your fake nose?"
"cannot."
"Why not?"
"I'm afraid you'll be tempted by my beauty."
"Do I look like that kind of person?"
"Very much."
“…”
Let’s talk and walk at the same time.
Soon, Shi Qingxuan brought Ni Kun to a dense forest filled with gloomy air.
Shi Qingxuan stopped before the dense forest, looking at the wisps of mist floating between the trees, his expression slightly solemn:
"The tree demon's true form is in this dense forest. But there is an illusion array in the forest that can confuse people's minds and reverse their directions. If you are not careful, you will get lost. Wait, follow me closely..."
As he was speaking, he heard a loud bang nearby and a fire suddenly lit up.
Shi Qingxuan turned her head and saw a foot-long flame rising from the palm of Ni Kun's right palm.
Then he raised his hand and a blazing flame flew out of his hand, drew an arc, and landed on a big tree. With a loud bang, it burned the tree, which was as thick as a man's embrace, in half.
"Since the tree demon magic array is rooted in the forest, can't we just level the forest?"
The tree fell down with a loud bang. Ni Kun looked at Shi Qingxuan and smiled slightly:
"Qingxuan, have you never thought of this before?"
At that time, the climate in Chang'an was similar to that of Jiangdong in later times, and Jiangdong was similar to the climate of Guangdong in later times. Litchi could even be grown in Shuzhong.
Therefore, the temperature and rainfall are very suitable for plant growth, and the forest coverage rate is extremely high.
Many prosperous cities of later generations are now still covered with dense jungles, large lakes and swamps.
Nowadays, outside of cities of all sizes, there are only farmlands and forests.
On both sides of the official road a little further away from the city, there are often endless dense forests.
Therefore, destroying a small forest inhabited by tree demons is not considered as damaging the environment at all.
"Do you think I'm stupid?"
Shi Qingxuan snorted:
"The tree demon has a strong control over the forest where its body is located, and can even promote the growth of grass and trees. The last time I came here, I tried it. I just cut down a tree here, and when I went to cut down a big tree, the tree that had just been cut down here grew back again. It was impossible to cut it down.
"If you don't believe me, just wait and see. The tree you just burned down will grow back soon."
So the two of them stopped where they were and stared at the burnt tree.
Soon, a quarter of an hour passed and the tree showed no signs of recovery.
"So Qingxuan, you said it was very fast, how long exactly?" Ni Kunqi asked.
"Ahem..." Shi Qingxuan's eyes wandered, and she said unnaturally: "Wait a little longer, the tree will definitely revive."
Another quarter of an hour passed.
"It looks like it won't be revived." Ni Kun nodded affirmatively: "My fire can overcome the evil spirits and ghosts. I'm afraid the trees I burned won't be able to grow back in a short time. Otherwise, let's go in now?"
Seeing the smile in his eyes, Shi Qingxuan couldn't help but bared his teeth in anger and muttered:
"You bastard, why didn't you tell me earlier? Are you trying to make fun of me?"
He stamped his feet and walked into the woods first.
Ni Kun smiled silently and caught up with Shi Qingxuan in a few steps. Flames rose from both of his palms at the same time and he kept throwing out fireballs, burning down the big and small trees in front of him one by one. When he encountered a large bush of thorny vines, he threw several balls of flames at them, burning them all to ashes.
When the flames started, not only the grass and trees were burned, but even the drifting mist made a sizzling sound like frying, tumbling and retreating to the side.
Seeing that Ni Kun and Shi Qingxuan were not hindered by the illusion array and were advancing all the way, the tree demon finally couldn't hold back and launched an attack.
There were clumps of vines that came surging like a swarm of snakes.
There were more branches, like strange claws, grabbing towards Ni Kun and Shi Qingxuan.
This attack looked mighty, but in essence it was no different from the previous attack of the demonized tree roots in the Zen forest. Its power was far less than that of the one with the extremely domineering name "Extreme Devil Realm, Blood Sea Burying the Sky, Spirit Evil Showing Power".
Ni Kun then chuckled: "The tree demon has run out of tricks!"
He waved his hands continuously, throwing fireballs.
The vines and branches were densely packed together, and the target was too big. Even if Ni Kun's fireball flew two feet out of his hand and was no longer under his control, it could still follow the throwing trajectory and crash into the vines and branches.
There are fireballs everywhere anyway, so there is no need to aim, just keep throwing fireballs.
Boom boom boom!
The sound of fireballs exploding was endless, and sparks flew in all directions. The attacking vines and branches squeaked and screamed, and large areas were reduced to ashes.
Seeing that Ni Kun was finally willing to work hard, Shi Qingxuan was relieved. Holding the sword box in hand, he followed him briskly. He did not take action for the time being, but just kept on guard secretly.
Suddenly, the ground beneath his feet trembled slightly, and Shi Qingxuan shouted in a low voice: "Be careful!"
He leaped into the air.
Ni Kun reacted quickly and also bent his knees and jumped up.
Just as the two men rose into the sky, the ground beneath their feet suddenly cracked open, revealing a large hole about ten feet in radius.
A huge "tongue" covered with greasy substance roared up from the cave and swept towards Ni Kun and Shi Qingxuan.
"Ni Kun!" Shi Qingxuan called out softly and slapped Ni Kun with one palm.
Ni Kun understood what was going on, and he also raised his palm to collide with her slender palm. With a bang, they each used the force to move sideways, avoiding the giant tongue.
At the same time, Shi Qingxuan opened the sword box again and released hundreds of sword qi, which gathered into a long river of sword qi, strangling the giant tongue.
Ni Kun waved his palms and threw a series of meteor-like fireballs at the giant tongue.
