It was afternoon when the two of them and one fox set out, and the monster temple was about eighty or ninety miles away from the capital. They stayed in a roadside store for one night, and it was already early morning the next day when they arrived at the foot of the mountain.
The morning mist, mountains, forests and villages create a quiet scene, with birds chirping and dogs barking in my ears, creating a peaceful scene.
"Woof woof woof..."
A village dog spotted the white fox and barked at it.
The white fox just turned its head and looked at it with its amber eyes. The village dog immediately closed its mouth and walked away silently, only daring to look at them sideways.
The two of them walked through the village and walked towards the path on the left in the morning mist. The road immediately became unfamiliar.
I don't know if they left too early, or if the news of someone being killed after worshiping the evil god gradually spread, not a single person was seen on this road this morning.
However, there is only one road in the mountains, and there are often scattered incense dust and grass incense ingredients on the roadside, so there is no need to ask anyone for directions.
So first the white fox walked through the morning mist. The white fox often jumped to the branches of unknown trees, stretched its neck and looked into the distance, as if searching or warning, and then either jumped down and rode the wind, or took its time.
We walked down the tree trunk. Behind us were Taoists riding donkeys and warriors riding horses, slowly going up the mountain.
A ruined temple soon appeared in the forest.
The temple is really dilapidated, and it is difficult to even protect it from wind and rain. There is only one house, and there are no people around. But in front of this dilapidated temple, an unknown number of people have walked out, and there are an unknown number of items placed in the temple.
There were melon and fruit offerings, as well as burned and unburned incense candles.
The fox was now rude again and stood on the top of the temple, looking around.
"This ghost place, even pedestrians walking at night would not easily enter it. Who discovered that it can help people get fat?" Luo Monk said.
"There is no temple blessing either."
The Taoists and warriors looked inside and out.
Monk Luo was highly skilled in martial arts and quick in reaction, so he moved into more complex temples to inspect every corner.
Lin Jue was outside looking at the ruined temple and its surroundings.
After looking at it like this, I realized that this ruined temple was not just a place with no temple blessings?
The temple has no name.
There is no plaque.
There is no door couplet.
Not a single word can be seen in the temple.
There are no builders and no names of gods.
There is only a altar, a statue of the god and some mud cubes made of mud that were probably taken from the ground in front and behind the temple. The incense candles are inserted on them. The rest are the sacrifices given by the believers.
And even this statue of the god is muddled, as if he grabbed a bunch of mud and put it together randomly, then painted it with random colors. It doesn't even have any facial features, and you can't tell whether it's a human being or something else.
Are such statues really useful?
After Luo Gong was basically sure that there was no danger in the temple, Lin Jue walked in, frowning, and carefully inspected the statue.
I don’t know if such a statue is useful. Anyway, this statue is useless.
There is no scent of incense on it.
This is due to another spell that Lin Jue has learned——
Soul-stirring.
He did not study this spell in depth, but just learned it reluctantly. Although he could not use this statue to invite the god here, he could see through this spell that the statue in the temple was basically "dead" at this time.
, unoccupied.
"This statue has no owner. The monster's purpose is not to absorb the scent of incense through it." The Taoist in the temple said.
"Then its purpose is human oil?" the warrior next to him replied.
"I don't know. But it is also very smart and did not leave any information of its own on temples or statues." Lin Jue frowned and thought, "It should be that this place is too close to the capital, and it is afraid that it will be criticized for building a temple to do evil things here.
Stargazing Palace or Zhenjian Palace knew about it, which made the gods behind it displeased, and the lower world eradicated it. Although it did not attract incense at all."
"Very cautious!" Luo Monk nodded, "It seems that they are not those mindless monsters!"
"I miscalculated. I passed by Zhenjian Palace on the way here. I should ask fellow Daoist Qingxuan and fellow Daoist Jiang." Lin Jue said.
"Not necessarily." Luo Monk thought, "Since this statue has nothing to do with it, according to the immortal's ability, how does it hear the prayers of those 'believers', how does it take the fat from their bodies, and how does it do what those believers do?
You can take as much as you want, and you can take as little as you want?"
"rational……"
Both of them are very smart and can understand everything.
Although the statue has no owner and is not connected to the monster, as long as the rumors are true, the monster will definitely come here in person.
Even if you don't come in person, you will definitely send your little demons and ghosts to come here to check and listen to the believers' wishes.
The same goes for taking human oil.
"That Wan Taoist who practices the Five Elements Spiritual Technique came to look for him the day before yesterday, but he hasn't gone back yet. He must have met him or his demons here."
"I'm afraid we came too early, and there are no believers who came so early." Monk Luo pressed the knife with one hand. Although he was talking, he turned around and looked around, and tried hard to listen to the noise outside the temple, "I'm afraid it's...
The city's police officers came to investigate the case the day before yesterday and had already alerted the enemy."
For some reason, he always felt something strange.
"Just wait a moment."
"Um."
The two of them were not worried about this.
It's best to be able to guard the monster here. If you can't guard it, this monster is probably also in this mountain, and you can find it if you search hard.
Just searching hard is not a good idea.
If you can't find it even after searching hard, the worst case scenario is that the temple will be demolished and the statue of the god will be smashed, so that no one can come here to worship him again, and he can no longer get human oil.
What's more, it's not even sure it's the one causing harm.
At this moment, the fox next to him lay on the ground, turned around and scratched his head with his hind feet, feeling something strange.
I feel a little itchy all over my body and it is indescribable.
Just like the itchy white hairs on the body.
Fuyao scratched for a while, then stood up and shook his body. He carefully examined the source of this strange thing and looked around several times. Then he raised his head and fixed his gaze on the beam.
But suddenly he met a pair of eyes.
"Hey!"
The fox barked immediately.
The two people around him moved with the sound and looked at it at the same time. One held the handle of the knife, the other held a handful of beans, and immediately looked up following its gaze.
Lin Jue didn't feel anything. At first glance, he only saw a tattered and dusty roof. Although the beams were not carved, some patterns were painted on them. The paint had already faded due to time.
I can only vaguely guess that the paintings are of some gods and auspicious patterns, and at the same time there are many faded and dirty cloth strips hung, making it very messy.
Nothing else was seen.
He hoped to take a few more glances and find out the problem, but Luo Monk beside him did not give him this chance. Instead, with a slight exertion, he jumped into the air, flew upwards, and grabbed the beam with one hand——
Luo Gong, who was already excellent in martial arts, took three giant spirit pills and obtained the white jade bottle. He drank tea and wine with the essence of heaven and earth every day. It is hard to imagine how strong his physical strength is now. All he knows is that these five
As soon as he grabbed it with one finger, the beam made a snapping sound.
Sawdust fell and dust spread.
Luo Gong fell back to the ground.
At this time, in his hand was a folded piece of talisman paper, along with half a hand of sawdust, some rags and a lot of dust.
Previously, this talisman paper had been stuck on the beam, covered by cloth strips and dust, and confused by the patterns on the beam. But when Luo Gong grabbed it, he actually grabbed it along with some rotten beams.
Luo Monk handed it to Lin Jue.
Lin Jue picked up the talisman paper and dusted it off. Although he couldn't understand what was written on it and whose seal was on it, he could see a symbol similar to an eye painted on it.
"Um?"
The two looked at each other very solemnly.
Then without hesitation, the two of them searched the temple separately, and unexpectedly found a similar talisman paper, and this one looked like a symbol of an ear.
This can't be a coincidence.
The expressions of the two of them became more solemn.
What they just thought was absolutely correct——
Since this monster has nothing to do with the idol, there must be another way to listen to the prayers of believers. Since it is not the path of incense and fire, there must be another way.
It's just that the magic in this world is ever-changing and mysterious. Before they encountered it, they never imagined that there was such a magic.
"We are from Juxian Mansion, and we are here to investigate the recent murder of a woman. Since you can hear it, please show up and tell us clearly to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings and fights." Lin Jue spoke to the ear in his hand.
Fu said, "We know that we are cultivating in this mountain..."
Before he finished speaking, the paper talisman burst into flames and burned to ashes in the blink of an eye.
"This guy seems to have a bad temper."
Luo Gong held the knife and sounded leisurely, but his tone was very cold.
The two looked at each other again and quickly walked out of the temple.
…
In the Houshan Cave Mansion.
A short-looking man in a floral robe suddenly slapped the table, furious and gritting his teeth:
"Juxian Mansion! Juxian Mansion again!
"It's too much to deceive others! It's beyond stupid!
"These trash from Juxian Mansion don't have much ability, but they are extremely courageous, and they come to disturb the poor Taoist Qingxiu again!
"Do you think Pindao is easy to bully?
"You don't look down on poor people!
"If we don't show them how powerful we are, where will Pindao's face be from now on? You think so?"
The man in the flower robe looked around as if talking to someone.
But in this cave, although there were indeed many figures standing, some were as big as a human, some were extraordinarily tall and strong, and some were as tall as one foot, and they were Yakshas with green faces and fangs, and tiger-backed waists, but they all stood motionless, with stiff faces.
, the body is smooth and shiny, just like a piece of paper.
"Two generals, lead your troops and go and deal with that Taoist priest and that charlatan!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a breeze blew up in the cave.
In the breeze, these paper figures and yakshas swelled up immediately, and suddenly turned into living soldiers and yaksha ghosts.
Those soldiers all wore wolf heads, wore rattan armor, and held shields and knives in their hands. They looked fierce, especially the two Yaksha ghosts. When they opened their eyes, they were like two lanterns, and when they exhaled, they were like bellows.
Chapter completed!