The concept of a born saint begins with Strange Tales from Liaozhai.

The white sleeves fluttered in the night wind, the movements seemingly casual, yet as if they stirred some invisible force in the world.

A vast and ethereal aura emanated from his sleeve.

This contains the power of nearly three thousand years of magical cultivation!

It is beyond the comprehension of ordinary demons and monsters, and even the Tree Demon Granny cannot contend with it!

The terror on her face intensified instantly, and she didn't even have time to think of escaping.

"what!"

A piercing scream tore through the night sky.

Yan Chixia and the others were shocked to see that the Tree Demon Granny's illusory body, formed from demonic power, yin energy, and Taoist cultivation, was rapidly twisting and shrinking under that sleeve.

No matter how much she struggled, or how much the yin energy surged, she could not stop the force of attraction.

In the blink of an eye.

Her figure was completely swept up into the seemingly ordinary white sleeves and disappeared without a trace.

It was as if it had never existed.

For a moment, there was a deathly silence in front of Lanruo Temple.

Yan Chixia stood there, stunned, his Adam's apple bobbing, feeling a chill run down his spine and straight to the top of his head.

Ning Caichen felt his scalp tingle and his mind went completely blank.

This is a thousand-year-old tree demon, a tree demon with at least several hundred years of cultivation, and it was just captured with a flick of her sleeve?

Is this the power of immortals?!

Xuan Qingzi's eyes shone with fervor and adoration, wishing he could immediately become a Daoist attendant and serve on the left side of this immortal.

Just as their emotions were fluctuating.

Su Chen swept away the Tree Demon Granny with a flick of his sleeve, glanced at Yan Chixia and the others, then turned and rose into the air.

What I just captured was merely the incarnation of the Tree Demon Granny. Her true form is still in the back mountain of Lanruo Temple. If I don't eliminate her now, the Tree Demon Granny will be resurrected in a hundred years at most.

Su Chen naturally wouldn't let go of the Tree Demon Granny herself, who possessed a great deal of Taoist cultivation.

In less than a few breaths, he floated to the back of the mountain.

The back mountain of Lanruo Temple.

A gloomy place filled with desolate graves.

The dilapidated tombstone leans and falls, overgrown with weeds, and a gloomy atmosphere lingers year-round.

And in the very center of this dead land.

A thousand-year-old locust tree, its canopy blocking out the sky, perches atop it.

The ancient tree's branches grow horizontally, twisting and winding, its thick twigs like countless withered and ferocious arms reaching towards the night sky, as if trying to seize the last bit of life.

The branches were bare of leaves, with only a few withered vines hanging down, swaying in the night wind, rubbing against each other and making a faint but grating sound, like low groans and sobs.

The trunk is as thick as a palace pillar, its bark mottled and cracked, the crisscrossing patterns outlining an old face weathered by time.

now.

His old face was filled with terror.

"Please spare my life, Immortal Master!"

The sound came from deep within the tree trunk, carrying trembling and despair.

She wanted to say something more.

Su Chen ignored her and directly used the Perfected Blooming Moment technique on her.

A thought flickered in my mind.

next moment.

It was as if a withered tree had come back to life.

On the trunk of this thousand-year-old locust tree, a huge pale red flower slowly blooms.

The petals unfold layer by layer, their patterns appearing as if naturally formed, exuding a pure and ethereal aura that seems otherworldly.

But that was not life, it was plunder!

The moment the flowers bloomed, the demonic power and cultivation accumulated within the locust tree for hundreds of years were frantically absorbed like a flood bursting its banks!

"what!"

The tree demon grandmother let out a mournful scream, her voice filled with fear and loss of control.

"What is this?!"

"My demonic power... my cultivation!"

She immediately sensed something was wrong and struggled frantically, her branches trembling and a surge of yin energy as she tried to break free.

Unfortunately, how could a mere thousand years of cultivation possibly withstand the instantaneous blooming of a Daoist flower that contains nearly three thousand years of magical power?

Struggling is futile.

Amidst her wails, fear, pleas for mercy, curses, and despair.

One by one, peaches glowing with a faint red light condensed and then flew into Su Chen's sleeve.

Su Chen sat cross-legged and began to refine the peaches that contained a great deal of spiritual power.

A slightly cool, tea-flavored peach melted in his mouth.

A moment later.

In the dim and cool mountains behind Lanruo Temple.

Su Chen opened his eyes and looked at the panel.

[Realm: True Person (33%) 3,359 years of cultivation]

Feeling the increasingly powerful aura of cultivation and the pure spiritual energy within him, Su Chen's face flashed with satisfaction as he murmured, "My cultivation has finally truly broken through to over three thousand years..."

He is not far from achieving the cultivation level of ten thousand years and breaking through to the realm above True Person!

He looked up and down.

The thousand-year-old locust tree that once perched atop the desolate tomb is no longer there.

With the complete transformation that occurred the instant the flower bloomed, the demonic tree, which bore countless wronged souls and blood debts, was completely destroyed, leaving not even a remnant, but only a bottomless pit.

Near the edge of the pit, there were scattered skeletons.

Su Chen glanced at it, but didn't look at it much, and shook his head slightly.

Then.

After taking one last look around, he moved and drifted towards the side hall of Lanruo Temple, where Ning Caichen and the others were.

now.

A dimly lit side hall of Lanruo Temple.

"Young man...where did the immortal go?"

"do not know……"

Ning Caichen and the others were discussing it with awe.

suddenly.

A sliver of bright moonlight shone down from the night sky.

The chaotic scene of lawsuits and disputes led to Yu raising his head.

All I saw was...

In the darkness of night, a boy who seemed like a god or an immortal slowly drifted down.

Chapter 42 Leaving Lanruo Temple

Gazing at this figure, who seemed both divine and ethereal, as if the moon goddess had descended, Yan Chixia and the others were shaken, their eyes filled with awe, and their thoughts churned.

Amidst the crowd, Yan Chixia couldn't help but sigh inwardly.

Previously, he had even considered joining forces with this young man, thinking that having such a mysterious figure would greatly increase their chances of winning.

But looking at it now...

What need is there for cooperation?

Such a being is simply not someone he can stand shoulder to shoulder with.

Having lived most of his life, roaming the martial world and slaying countless demons, he had never seen such a person before.

Yan Chixia felt a deep sense of awe.

Ning Caichen subconsciously looked at Daoist Xuanqingzi.

The Taoist priest had once said that the young man's identity was beyond his comprehension, and that he should remember his words, as they might save his life someday. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be true.

This person is actually a deity!

Thinking of this, Ning Caichen felt a surge of excitement and warmth in his chest, a feeling of indescribable exhilaration and awe.

Nie Xiaoqian stood to the side, her eyes clear and filled with awe.

At this moment.

Master Xuanqingzi was the first to regain his senses, and quickly bowed in respect, his voice trembling slightly.

"Immortal..."

Looking down at the respectful Xuan Qingzi and the excited Ning Caichen and the others, Su Chen calmly said, "The tree demon's true form has been eliminated by me."

Upon hearing this, Yan Chixia and the others were startled, their eyes showing a look of sudden realization.

So this person just went to remove the tree demon's true form?

Before they could say anything, Su Chen said, "The matter of the Tree Demon Granny is settled. You can handle the rest yourselves. If anything happens, you can come to the Zhang family in Nanliu Lane to find me."

After saying that, he glanced at the distance and found that the female ghosts had disappeared, and he was too lazy to go look for them.

Then, without looking at Yan Chixia and the others again, he turned around, his whole body soaring up and transforming into a bright stream of light, flying towards the outside of Lanruo Temple.

below.

As the figure disappeared into the distance, the moonlight faded, and Lanruo Temple fell back into darkness and silence.

Ning Caichen and the others gazed at the night sky, a sense of inexplicable melancholy rising in their hearts.

Yan Chixia was the first to come to his senses. He grinned and scolded, "Alright, scholar, stop acting like a little girl."

"That person didn't disappear; he's still at the Zhang family's house in Nanliu Lane."

"If we really encounter any insurmountable obstacles, we can always go and visit them again!"

Ning Caichen and the others were taken aback, then suddenly realized.

The slight sense of bewilderment in my heart dissipated somewhat.

……

On the other side.

In the darkness of night.

After leaving the gloomy and dilapidated Lanruo Temple, Su Chen did not rush back to the Zhang family in Guobei County.

The night was still deep, and the yin energy between heaven and earth had not yet dissipated, which was the time when demons and ghosts were most active.

With a thought, he decided to follow the lingering yin energy around him and head towards a nearby county town, intending to clean up the area along the way.

After a few incense sticks had burned.

The outline of an unfamiliar county town appeared at the edge of the night.

Using his senses, Su Chen quickly located a place outside the city where the yin energy was the strongest.

Mass grave!