Chang'an City, Yongle Town, in the dilapidated Earth Temple.

"You're causing trouble for yourself again."

Sitting on the beam not far from the altar, Xiaoqing stared at Pei Wende below from an almost overlooking perspective.

It's not that Xiaoqing likes this kind of condescending perspective, but that Pei Wende is chanting sutras with his eyes closed at the moment and has no time to pay attention to her.

"Namo Amitabha Night..."

"Dortagadoye..."

Although the rebirth curse was still ringing louder than the last one, Pei Wende kept his brows furrowed and showed no intention of stopping.

Because the person Pei Wende wanted to save was never saved, but appeared in the "horizon" of mortals in a manner that he had never imagined.

"Duo Diye..."

Within three feet of Pei Wende, two masks, one large and one small, were floating quietly and turning, and they were turning faster and faster with the sound of the rebirth mantra.

Buzz!

It's like the whisper of an evil spirit, and it's like the vibration of a mask...

When Pei Wende's chanting sound reached a certain critical value, the two masks, one large and one small, finally fully materialized and were exposed to Xiao Qing's eyes.

Buzz!

The big mask looks like a ghost, with furrowed brows, sunken eye sockets, and two strange horns extending from the top of its head.

From a distance, it looks like a ferocious evil ghost, staring at its big copper bell-like eyes and showing a terrifying and weird smile to outsiders.

The small mask on the other side is only about one-third the size of the large mask.

But the weirdness and terror it showed were no less than that big mask with a green face and fangs.

Because this little mask is like a face without facial features.

Only a hint of vermilion outlines a smile, and together with the eyes and eyebrows that seem to have been painted randomly, it looks particularly eye-catching.

"Amitabha!"

Almost at the moment the two masks took shape, Pei Wende also opened his eyes.

But compared to Xiao Qing, who looked at the fun, Pei Wende's expression was a little helpless.

"I told you, you are wasting your efforts!"

As early as when Pei Wende chose to stay in Yongle Town, Xiaoqing once said that this was a waste of their time.

Because the resentment that remains in this earth temple is not human resentment at all.

Or to be more precise, the evil ghost who once left this resentment has long since disappeared, and what is entrenched in this earth temple is just a lingering resentment.

The evil ghost's resentment persists, but its true form disappears inexplicably.

The evil ghost has most likely lost its soul, and the remaining resentment only survived by chance.

"How can this be considered wasted effort?"

He rolled his eyes angrily, Pei Wende's thoughts were different from Xiaoqing's.

"Even if the resentment here no longer has the intention to actively hurt others, it is still a potential crisis after all."

"If someone accidentally activates the resentment here, they don't have the ability to deal with such a thing."

Pei Wende is telling the truth. Ordinary people have no good way to deal with evil spirits, let alone this kind of resentment that is more invisible than evil spirits.

"This resentment has not been activated in this place for more than ten years. You are just worrying blindly."

Xiaoqing is different from Pei Wende. She never thinks that anything will happen inevitably.

These resentments have been quietly staying in this Tutu Temple for more than ten years. If it hadn't been for Pei Wende's arrival, I'm afraid no one would have activated them for more than ten years.

"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected. If some hidden dangers can be eliminated, do your best to eliminate them first."

Faced with Pei Wende's remarks, it was Xiaoqing's turn to roll her eyes.

"So, this is what you mean by 'getting rid of'?"

Pointing at the two masks floating around Pei Wende, Xiao Qing said loudly.

"You are just transferring the 'trouble' onto yourself."

These resentments were originally entrenched in the Earth Temple, but with Pei Wende's death spell, they were transferred from the Earth Temple to Pei Wende.

For the people living in Yongle Town, this naturally means the eradication of these "trouble".

But for Xiaoqing, Pei Wende only transferred the "trouble" to herself and did not fundamentally resolve these resentments.

"These resentments are troublesome to Yongle Town, but they are not much trouble to me."

After denying Xiao Qing's statement, Pei Wende just raised his eyebrows slightly, and then explained in a leisurely manner.

"Generally speaking, resentment is transformed from the unwillingness and anger of mortals during their lifetime. They must be attached to the earth soul before they can transform into evil spirits and cause harm to the world."

"However, after the evil spirits died, these resentments unexpectedly remained on the statues in the Tutu Temple."

"The statues of the earth gods are worshiped with incense all year round and are quite spiritual. Being tainted with these resentments will only cause them to degenerate into evil gods."

"Now that I have stripped away these resentments, even if this earth god statue becomes refined in the future, it will no longer be affected by resentments and become corrupted."

After a slight pause in his tone, Pei Wende continued.

"As for me?"

"Do you think mere resentment can affect my mind and make me go crazy and fall into evil ways?"

Looking at Pei Wende silently, Xiaoqing naturally knew that what the other party said was indeed correct, because the resentment that could affect his mind in this world may not have been born yet.

But knowing that he knows does not prevent Xiaoqing from complaining about Pei Wende's reckless behavior.

"A thousand-mile cave collapses in an ant nest."

"Who knows when these resentments will become the straw that breaks the camel's back?"

"You are confident to suppress these resentments now, but what about the future?"

"Can you guarantee that you will never be weak and that your mind will never be eroded by resentment?"

This is not some groundless speculation, but an established fact.

Pei Wende will grow old one day, and one day he will be unable to suppress his resentment.

By then, no one knows whether this resentment will really be the straw that breaks the camel's back.

"I'm not a fool, and of course I won't let that happen."

Hearing what Xiaoqing said, Pei Wende suddenly felt that she always seemed to habitually underestimate him in some aspects.

This may be a sign that Xiaoqing is becoming more humane and that her relationship with Pei Wende is getting closer.

But in Pei Wende's view, this clearly means that Xiaoqing thinks from the bottom of his heart that he is a reckless man and a person who does things regardless of the consequences.

"After ordinary creatures become enlightened, they can be called 'jing'."

"If a dead creature becomes intelligent by chance, it will be called a 'strange'."

"And when a living creature dies and regains life for some reason, it is the so-called 'ghost'."

"For example, these two 'Prajna Ghost Masks' in my hand now!"
Chapter completed!