Just in case, Xu Ping specially prepared eight Kongming Lanterns.
But at this time, eight sky lanterns slowly rose into the sky and floated in the same direction. Preparations were obviously unnecessary.
Only one monster exists...Xu Ping thought to himself: What a pity, I thought I could have a few more attacks.
Xu Ping led Uncle Jiu and the others all the way west, following the Kongming Lantern above their heads, and before they knew it, they came to a wilderness.
Renjia Town is surrounded by mountains on three sides and water on one side, and to the west is Luoxia Mountain.
When we got close, we saw a big mountain blocking the road, which was steep and steep.
Luoxia Mountain in the daytime, with birds singing and flowers fragrant, is so beautiful.
And so late at night, Luoxia Mountain no longer has the beautiful scenery during the day, it looks slightly ferocious and more terrifying.
Xu Ping pointed at the Kongming lantern floating towards the mountain forest and said: "Uncle Jiu, the mountain road is rugged, and the Kongming lantern has not stopped, the monster should be on the mountain."
Uncle Jiu was dressed in an apricot Taoist robe, holding a wooden sword on his right hand and a compass on his left, with a serious look on his face: "Go up the mountain immediately, but be careful and don't be careless."
Xu Ping replied: "I know this."
Uncle Jiu glanced at him and said in a low voice, "I'm not talking about you."
Although I don’t really want to admit it, when it comes to moral conduct, the young man in front of me is probably, maybe, maybe just a little bit behind me.
It's not easy to deal with ordinary monsters.
He was talking about the two people behind him.
Wencai and Awei, who were following behind them and were panting, came to their senses at this time.
Ah Wei patted the bottles and cans around his waist and said proudly: "Haha, Uncle Jiu, don't worry, having so much black dog blood around you is no joke."
That was the result of their hard work for a long time. They knew how to defeat evil spirits and were full of confidence.
Wencai also had bottles and cans wrapped around his waist, and a cloth bag hung on his body, which contained people who caught monsters and exorcised them. He also showed no fear.
Uncle Jiu nodded and said, "Be careful, don't break it."
Although Luoxia Mountain is not too high, it is not too low either. In addition, it is remote and steep, with no way to find it.
The four of them had to follow the Kongming lantern above their heads from time to time to avoid losing their way. They went through thorns and thorns all the way, and only reached the mountainside when they reached the third moment of the ugly hour.
After a while, Xu Ping and his party followed the Kongming Lantern and came to the Shanyin Trail.
Under the cold moonlight, in a place overgrown with weeds, there was a dilapidated mountain temple, and eight Kongming lanterns were parked at the front door of the mountain temple, pointing the way for the four of them.
The faint flame burned quietly, and its faint light illuminated the ruined temple in front of it.
The wooden door of the temple is in decay, the paint is peeling off, and the words "Shan Temple" on the plaque have also been corroded by weathering, and the broken walls are stained moss green.
At first glance, you can tell that this is a mountain temple without incense.
The monsters and ghosts in the mountains all like to stay in such a place to practice and absorb some fragrance.
What surprised Xu Ping was that even though it had been so dilapidated, there were still weak lights on in the temple.
Who is worshiping here late at night?
Although it is obviously depressed and dilapidated, the lights still remain on.
Thinking of this, I felt that the darkness of the mountain forest seemed even more gloomy and cold.
Xu Ping stopped in front of the mountain temple, looked at it carefully, then turned to look at Uncle Jiu: "Uncle Jiu, did you find anything?"
Unexpectedly, Uncle Jiu stared at the compass in his hand with a surprised expression: "The compass hasn't moved..."
If there is a monster nearby, the compass will spin slowly, and then use the pointer to lock the monster's position.
This was the first time Uncle Jiu encountered such an abnormal thing. He looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Is it possible that the monster is not at home at this time?"
Xu Ping also began to suspect that when it gets too late, monsters go out to do activities. Could they be out to harm people?
However, it has come.
He glanced at the mountain temple in front of him and said, "Go in and take a look."
After saying that, he stepped forward and pushed open the rotten wooden door.
As the wooden door slowly opened, the connecting spider web broke, and what came into view was a shrine with candles lit and an incense burner.
Above the shrine, a statue of a kind old man with a drooping beard stands impressively.
The candlelight on the incense table swayed, the aroma hovered into the sky, and the curls of green smoke lingered around the clay statue and gradually disappeared.
Xu Ping saw this and couldn't help but be surprised.
Seeing that the statue is obviously abandoned, but the incense is still burning late at night, is it possible that the nearby villagers are still worshiping?
But when he saw the blood-red things on the incense table, his eyes froze and he said, "Uncle Jiu, those missing internal organs are indeed here."
Upon hearing this, Uncle Jiu took a few steps forward, his face darkened, and after looking around, he shouted loudly: "Where is the temple blessing?"
Where are the temple blessings... There were echoes, but there was no response.
The small mountain temple can be seen at a glance, and there is no hiding place at all.
Xu Ping stared at the clay statue on the shrine and muttered his judgment: "Uncle Jiu, maybe the temple priest here has been harmed by a monster. He sensed our approach and ran away."
Uncle Jiu nodded and pointed to the clay statue: "What you said makes sense, but why do you worship the mountain god with your internal organs? What do you want?"
Xu Ping shook his head, "Worshipping gods means worshiping desires. If you think about what the monster wants, it will be in vain after all."
"It's also possible that the monster got the internal organs and worshiped itself."
Seeing that there was no danger, Ah Wei also walked in, looked around, and said with a forced smile: "Uncle Jiu, since the internal organs have been found and the monster has escaped, let's go."
He was happiest when he didn't meet any monsters.
Uncle Jiu put away the mahogany sword and nodded: "Go to a nearby village tomorrow and ask if anything strange has happened in the mountain temple here in the past few days."
Ah Wei nodded, then asked Wen Cai to come forward with him, took out a piece of black cloth, spread it out, and held his nose to get the internal organs.
Unexpectedly, as soon as the fingertips touched the seemingly intact internal organs, the internal organs placed on the incense table suddenly turned into powder like weathering.
The scene that happened in front of them scared Ah Wei and Wen Cai so much that they stepped back and screamed: "Nine...Uncle Jiu, how could this happen?"
Uncle Jiu's face also changed slightly, and he hurriedly took a few steps forward, but as soon as his fingers touched the internal organs, the internal organs immediately dissipated like before, leaving only a pool of blood.
Such a strange sight made Xu Ping couldn't help but step forward to test it.
He stretched out his palm, and the true energy in his palm turned into silk thread, which was wrapped around the internal organs on the incense table.
After a while, the internal organs were still weathered, but Xu Ping had already understood. He raised his head to look at the clay statue on the shrine and said in a deep voice: "The blood evil spirit in the internal organs has been drained away."
Uncle Jiu was silent in thought.
And Ah Wei couldn't wait to ask: "What do you mean?"
Xu Ping glanced at him, pointed to the clay statue on the shrine, and said leisurely: "That is to say, nine times out of ten, the mountain god here has appeared."
"Ah?!" Ah Wei's eyes widened in disbelief.
Suddenly, he woke up with a start, knelt down with a pop, and clasped his hands: "My name is Liu Wei. I ask Grandpa Mountain God to bless me and let my cousin Ren Tingting marry me. As long as my cousin is willing to marry me, I will burn incense and kowtow to you every day."
Serve as your parents."
When Wencai heard this, he didn't want to be left behind. He also made a noise, knelt on the ground, and followed suit, "Grandpa Mountain God, my name is Wencai, please bless Miss Ren Tingting..."
"Literary talent!!!"
Uncle Jiu yelled angrily, wanting to clean up the house.
He glanced at Xu Ping awkwardly, stepped forward angrily, pulled Wencai up, pointed at the shrine and lectured: "It is better to ask for yourself than to ask for others. If Miss Ren doesn't like you, it will be useless for you to worship any god."
When Ah Wei heard this, he had something to say: "Hey, Uncle Jiu, you can't say that. I won't lose anything by worshiping him. What if he is really spiritual?"
After saying that, he banged his head and dug into the ground again.
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