"I don't know if it's related yet, but this reminds me of the monster abilities described by my ancestors that I saw in the audience." Song You paused for a moment, "I heard that monsters that turn into spirits from plants are rare. Some monsters turn into spirits from plants.

Spirits have longer lifespans than ordinary spirits, and some have more bizarre abilities."

"Sir, please give me some advice."

"I heard that after some plants become mature, they like to cut and reproduce everywhere. As long as the cuttings are taken from the body, or the plants reproduced by themselves, when they grow up in the future, they are considered part of themselves. As long as they are not far away, they are related to the main body.

Thousands of connections have endless magical uses." Song You said, "Sometimes an ancient tree becomes a spirit, and the entire mountain becomes his descendants, either for his use, or simply regarded as his.

As long as the tree demon's descendants cannot be completely cut down on the entire mountain, it will be difficult to remove them."

"This is happening!"

Priest Wang opened his eyes wide.

However, he has served in the Changjing City God's Temple for many years, and he has indeed caught many monsters in Changjing, but he has rarely encountered monsters transformed from vegetation.

"There are not many grass and trees. They usually live far away in the mountains or guard their roots. They will not travel far away easily, let alone come to the city easily. The Lord City God and a few military officers only take care of the affairs in the city. For this

It's normal to not understand monsters and their methods." Song You said as he sensed the monster energy remaining from the monster's injury. He confirmed his guess and continued, "Besides, with this kind of method, even if it is a monster transformed from vegetation,

, and only a few can understand it.”

"So this demon is a bamboo spirit?"

"pretty close."

"Could it be that the Bamboo Forest in Changjing is all his clones?"

"It may not be all of it, maybe only part of it, and it may not be a clone, maybe it's just his hiding place." Song You said, "There are all kinds of things in the world, and I don't know what they are."

"Then how to remove it?"

"I think this monster has been operating in Changjing for many years. I don't know how many bamboo forests of the same kind are related to him. If there is no immortal who has special skills and can find it all the way based on the connection, a divine power will remove all possible hiding places of the monster.

To destroy it, we can only use stupid methods." Song You said and shook his head, "I can't think of any other way in the next moment."

"Stupid method..."

Priest Wang looked at Lord City God.

Lord Cheng Huang was thoughtful.

The so-called stupid method was to remove all bamboo forests of the same kind in Changjing. However, Song You said it was a stupid method, but to their ears, it was already very clever.

If the teacher hadn't pointed it out, they might have been walked by this monster for many nights. Maybe they could slowly discover the pattern from the bamboo forest that appeared every time, or maybe they couldn't react all the time. It was possible.

Lord Cheng Huang thought about it and said:

"It's just that bamboo has always been stubborn. Even if it is cut down at the root, it will be difficult to completely eradicate it..."

"There is no need to dig up the roots." Song You said, "After the grass and trees become refined, they are no longer the same as ordinary grass and trees. Even if the bamboo demon lives in the bamboo forest now, it is only a temporary residence. All he needs to do is cut down all the bamboos he lives in.

Cutting it off is like cutting it in half. Maybe these bamboos will grow again next year, maybe they are still related to the bamboo demon, but the bamboo demon is dead, and these newly grown bamboos are just ordinary bamboos without Tao Xing.

What does it matter?"

Pause for a moment:

"If these bamboos are all his clones, when they were cut down by their roots, the vitality of the bamboos was severely damaged, and he must not be much better. His body was seriously injured before, how could it withstand such torture? Just let him

People who are skilled in martial arts or good at catching monsters can follow the person cutting the bamboo, identify them quickly, and remove them."

"The little god understands." Lord Cheng Huang handed over, "It's just that there are more than thousands of bamboo groves in Changjing City. They are both human things and the favorite things of literati, but it is not something that the little god can decide, so I have to ask the Ministry of Rites

Yuan Wai Lang, a member of the Priest Department, conveyed to the court that the choice would depend on the court's care and courage."

"It would be a pity to cut down all the similar bamboo forests in Changjing."

"Let the emperor of the world make the decision." Lord Cheng Huang handed over his hand again, "Anyway, thank you sir."

"With a little effort, I can give a few more priests a few days to think of this." Song You glanced at the military attaches, thought for a while, and added, "There are books in the world that record all kinds of fairies.

Although most of the ghosts and weird stories are made up, they are quite interesting to read. Since some adults often deal with monsters, why not go and take a look, maybe one day you will be able to use them."

"Thank you sir for your advice..."

"It's getting late, I'll take my leave now."

"Little God, send sir back."

"Thank you City God..."

Song You did not refuse.

It has been more than a month since I came to Changjing. Although I often deal with the monsters outside the city, I have made money recently and often go to the teahouse diagonally opposite to drink tea. I often hear things about this city god.

He doesn’t know if it was his previous words that awakened him, or his being in Changjing gave him the confidence and courage to change, or it was the new path he pushed him to try that finally made him feel the normal spirit.

How to enjoy the benefits of being worshiped and inhaled by others, maybe there are three kinds of things. In short, this city god has been really diligent during this period of time.

In the past, we often heard rumors about certain households in Changjing City having little monsters and imps. Usually, we would hire a bold and strong man or a gentleman to settle the matter. In recent days, there have been fewer such rumors, but there have been many more priests.

There are rumors about ghosts being seen at night.

Although this will inevitably affect the livelihood of some private gentlemen, it is ultimately a good thing for the common people.

I heard that the imperial court was also searching for monsters and catching ghosts in the city.

But when it comes to searching for monsters and catching ghosts, whether it’s the forbidden army, Buddhist masters, or the masters raised by Juxian Mansion, how can it compare to the city god who is dedicated to his job?

Gods who do good for the people deserve respect.

Song You walked with him in the city and chatted quietly.

He did not forget to tell him that his cat has often been hunting mice in the east city recently, and asked the priests to take care of him and not to catch him as an ordinary monster.

…

The next afternoon.

The Taoist and the cat were sitting at the door and basking in the sun. Suddenly, they saw several officials coming to the teahouse diagonally opposite. Then there was a bustle and people, and they didn't know what they were doing.

The Taoist glanced at it twice, then lowered his head and stroked the back hair of the calico cat on his lap:

"I heard that people from the imperial court are searching for demons and ghosts in the city every night recently. Empress Sanhua goes to Dongcheng every night to hunt rats. Have you encountered them?"

"People from the imperial court~"

The calico cat opened its eyes just a slit, and its voice was so small, it made a milky sound.

"Just the people walking down the street at night."

"Miss Sanhua is in the house."

"That's true."

Song You nodded.

It's not that those people only patrol the streets and don't go to people's homes. In fact, many of the monsters hiding in Changjing are probably in human form, living in rented houses, and even have regular businesses in Changjing. It's just that Sanhua recently invited

The people the empress went to catch rats were all high-ranking officials in Dongcheng. Those who searched for them should rarely go to these people's homes to search unless they noticed something bigger.

In addition, Sanhua Empress is not of high moral character, has never harmed anyone, has no sinister aura, and is inconspicuous.

"But Sanhua Empress must be careful. If someone wants to arrest you..." Song Youyou paused here, "Sanhua Empress knows how to tell them, right?"

"I don't know..."

"How do you say that?"

"Just say that I am the Taoist priest Fulongguan's cat. I live on Willow Street and was invited by the Taoist priest to help people catch mice."

"Miss Sanhua is really smart..."

Song You continued to stroke the cat's back.

From time to time, a piece of cat hair will float up.

In the past month, Sanhua Empress would occasionally lie on top of him, especially when basking in the sun. I have to say that this was really a gift.

Just then, a woman came over.

"Are you playing with the cat again?"

Song You turned around and saw the heroine next door, and smiled: "The heroine came back early today."

The heroine also grinned and said, "Come back and see the fun."

"What's the excitement?"

"Last night there was a thunderbolt on a clear night in West City. It was said to have chopped the bamboo forest in the courtyard of a family to pieces. The neighbors were all awakened, but his family did not wake up. And guess what happened this morning?"

"tell me the story."

"This morning, the court issued an order saying that the monster that caused chaos in Changjing was a spirit made of bamboo. At least half of the Xiangfei bamboos in Changjing City are its clones. They said that all the Xiangfei bamboos should be chopped down. Many civil and military ministers felt that

It's ridiculous. But the Imperial Master made a prediction, and it was indeed the case, so the order was implemented." The female hero chuckled, "I don't know how many dignitaries will feel sorry for me."

"The imperial court is so courageous."

Song You glanced at the teahouse diagonally opposite again...

Yes--
To be continued...