Because he had three people with him, Li Muchen could not fly to the sky with his sword.
Fortunately, it's not very far from the capital to Longmen Tianguan, and it doesn't take long to drive there. The slowest way is the way into the mountains. The abandoned ancient temple is not on the tourist route, so it's not easy to find.
Xiao Minghe is a master, and Bai Fangxing knows magic. Naturally, the two of them walk very fast, but Boss Hou is an ordinary person, so climbing up the mountain is tiring.
According to Bai Fangxing's wishes, he shouldn't have taken him with him, and he wanted to get rid of him when he arrived at Longmen Tianguan Scenic Area.
But Li Muchen didn't agree. Since he agreed to bring him with him, he couldn't give up halfway.
For Li Muchen, it makes no difference whether he leads Boss Hou, Bai Fangxing, or a grandmaster.
If you really meet a master and fight with him, no one will be able to stand up to you.
Boss Hou is familiar with the topography here, and his role may be greater than those two.
Following the direction and route given by Xiao Sheng, they quickly found the ruined temple.
It's just that there is nothing in the ruined temple.
"Mr. Xiao is not mistaken, is he?" Bai Fangxing said, looking at the empty temple.
"No, father will never make a mistake." Xiao Minghe firmly believed in his father.
"If people live here, light fires, sleep, eat... they will always leave traces. It looks like no one has been here for a long time."
"Could we be looking in the wrong place?"
"No!" Boss Hou, who was out of breath from walking too much on the mountain road, suddenly said, "I have been to this temple before, and I remember that the location of the Buddha statue is not like this."
He walked to the collapsed Buddha statue and walked around to look behind it.
"There used to be a Buddha head here, but it's gone."
Bai Fangxing said: "Why do people from the Demon Cult want the Buddha's head? It must have been stolen by you cultural relic dealers."
Boss Hou shook his head and said: "Cultural relic dealers generally don't touch the Buddha's head, because it is unlucky, and even tomb robbers rarely want to touch the Buddha's head. Moreover, the Buddha's head is too heavy, and it is easy to be discovered when it is transported from the mountains."
Bai Fangxing said: "There are always people who are greedy for profit and desperate for their lives. Your point of view cannot prove anything."
Li Muchen knelt down, wiped the ground with his fingertips, put it to the tip of his nose and smelled it.
"No need to argue, the place is right, Tantaiyu must have stayed here."
Boss Hou also imitated Li Muchen's example and squatted down, wiped his fingers on the ground, and smelled it with his nose.
"What...what does this smell like?"
The smell of moist earth, mixed with a faint fishy smell, made Boss Hou feel a little nauseous for no reason. A sour smell surged in his stomach and came up his esophagus, and his throat was burned and ached.
Bai Fangxing and Xiao Minghe also squatted down to smell it curiously.
"Blood?" Xiao Minghe said in shock.
"Human blood!" Bai Fangxing added, frowning.
"Why does human blood taste like this?" Xiao Minghe asked curiously.
"Human blood has seeped into the soil. It should still be fresh, but it has been contaminated by magic skills, so the smell is very strange. The devil must be practicing some magic skills here." Bai Fangxing said.
Li Muchen glanced at Bai Fangxing. The Taoist priests at Baiyunguan were quite good at Taoism. No wonder Jin Sanmu would be appointed as the prison guard after he left.
"While the devil hasn't come back yet, should we lie in wait and wait?" Xiao Minghe said.
Li Muchen shook his head and said: "No need, the person must have run away, and even the traces have been removed. If we hadn't arrived quickly, we wouldn't have been able to smell the smell of blood."
"The blood seeps into the soil, and the smell can be retained for a long time. And the residual evil spirit of this kind of magic method is extremely serious pollution, and it may not be able to dissipate for decades." Bai Fangxing said confidently, "
Young man, you are indeed better than me in terms of medical skills, but you can't be tricky in practice. I have practiced Taoism for a dozen years, but when it comes to Taoism, you are still far behind."
Li Muchen was too lazy to explain and just walked around the ruined temple.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Bai Fangxing felt that he had regained a little bit of the face he had lost in Baicaotang. He wanted to make a few more mocking remarks, but felt that he had lost his masterly demeanor, so he twirled his beard and smiled slightly.
Li Muchen walked around and asked: "Why do you think Tantai Yu chose such a place as his base? He has a villa in Baihua Mountain, and he may not have a house in the capital. If he wanted to avoid tracking, he should hide in a crowded place.
It’s easier to hide yourself somewhere.”
"Perhaps it's for practicing martial arts. Didn't Taoist Bai just say that Tantai Yu practices magic arts here and the soil is polluted?"
As Xiao Minghe spoke, he unconsciously knelt down again, pinched some soil on the ground with his fingers, put it in front of his nose and smelled it.
He was suddenly startled and said, "Hey, this smell...why is it gone?"
Thinking that he had made a mistake, he moved to another place, wiped the dirt on it, smelled it and said, "It's really gone!"
Bai Fangxing seemed a little disbelieving. He also squatted down and smelled the ground, with a look of shock on his face: "How is that possible?"
Only then did he remember what Li Muchen had just said, and when he thought about how he seemed to have ridiculed the other party after his rebuttal, he felt his face turn red.
Li Muchen smiled and did not laugh back at him, saying: "There is not enough spiritual energy or yin energy here, and it is not as good as the villa in Baihua Mountain. So this reason is untenable. He definitely didn't come here to practice martial arts.
Come."
Boss Hou suddenly said: "Is it possible that this is just a temporary resting place for Tantai Yu, and his real destination is somewhere nearby?"
"A nearby place? Then why do we need this temporary resting place? Isn't it unnecessary?"
"Maybe that place is not suitable for living, and he has to do something in that place, such as..."
"Like what?"
"Grave robbing."
"Tomb robbing?"
"Yes." Boss Hou was a little excited, "Tomb robbing is a project, especially robbing a large tomb, which takes a lot of time. Sometimes, it takes several months to dig just one hole. Tomb robbers dig holes at night.
, I would find a place to stay nearby during the day, usually in a cave or an abandoned temple, like here."
"Oh, as expected, Panjiayuan is an antique maker and knows a lot." Xiao Minghe said.
"I know a few tomb robbers and know some inside information about the tomb robbing business."
"You're not a tomb robber yourself, are you?"
"No, no, I only went to the tomb once or twice." Boss Hou said with a smile.
Li Muchen suddenly stared at Boss Hou and said: "You just said that you have been to this ruined temple before, and you can even remember the location of the Buddha statue and its head so clearly. You must have lived in this temple for a long time, right? Don't tell me
You are here to travel."
Boss Hou was frightened and said tremblingly:
"Many years ago, when I came here to collect things, a Feng Shui master told me that the mountains and rivers here are beautiful, and the Taihang Dragon Veins and the Yanshan Dragon Veins meet here. It is the place where two dragons play with pearls, and there is a large cave buried underneath. Later.
I found a few tomb robbers, and after several years of exploration, I found a lot of clues and confirmed that this big tomb was nearby. Unfortunately, we dug many holes and still could not find the tomb passage. Later, the tomb robbers went elsewhere.
There was a tomb robbery incident in that place, so I gave up the idea. After so many years, I almost forgot about this place."