Fan Ling, "I've never heard of Demon Lotus..." He looked at Shang Longyue with doubtful eyes, "Are you making this up?"
Shang Longyue chuckled, "The demon lotus is summoned by a kind of evil magic."
"It is a bloody lotus, and the color on its body is as if fresh blood has just been poured on it."
"The one we saw in the room is a clone. Its body is twice smaller than the normal lotus flower, and it emits a faint red light."
"And you can smell a faint smell of blood around it."
"This evil magic was created by a monk."
"His temple is famous in the town and has constant incense."
"Until the town's neighboring town also built a temple, and it was even better than his temple."
"As a result, people went to the temple in the neighboring town to worship Buddha. Gradually, no one went to the temple anymore, and the grand scene of the past no longer existed."
"Without the income from incense money, he will soon be unable to support the people in the temple with the money he saved before."
"Just when everything was about to end, he had a dream. In the dream, a vague figure who could not see clearly told him a way to bring the temple back to life."
"That method is the magic of summoning the demon lotus."
"The vague figure in his dream was none other than himself. It was the inner demon deep in his heart."
"Ever since the temple in the neighboring town was built, he has been dissatisfied with that temple. When all the visitors went to the newly built temple, his jealousy and resentment deepened."
"It's just that he has been burying it in his heart, suppressing it and not breaking out."
"And the inner demon will choose the moment when a person's willpower is weakest. That is when he is asleep."
"To summon the demon lotus, you need to sacrifice an adult man and use his blood as the summoning circle."
"The monk deceived a person in his temple, and after sacrificing the person, he successfully summoned the demon lotus."
"The demon lotus needs to be integrated with the Buddha statue. Its extended meridians are connected to the Buddha statue. After the connection is successful, they become one. Of course, those meridians cannot be seen or touched by ordinary people, and they are protected by special barriers."
"Over time, the Buddha statue will "come to life" and become the hiding place of the demon lotus. It will be supported by the scent of incense every day, and the demon's power will greatly increase. It is not impossible to become a little evil god in a hundred years."
"The demon lotus will split into many clones, so these demon lotuses can be seen everywhere in the temple."
Fan Ling, “Then how did it restore the temple’s popularity?”
Shang Longyue said, "The demon lotus has the charm to control people's hearts. As long as the monk gives these lotus flowers to people who come and go, these people will be controlled by the demon lotus."
"Especially for people with unstable minds. Even if they take one more look at the demon lotus, they will be charmed by it. They may even take the initiative to ask for one."
"The people in the small town were quickly charmed by the demon lotus, and the whole town became smoky and enveloped in evil spirits."
"The Demon Lotus wants more than just incense and aura, what it needs most is people."
"Eating a person's incense can last for a month. The demon lotus summoned by the monk will soon be dissatisfied with absorbing only the incense."
"It secretly eats people behind its back. Once those people get close to the pool with the demon lotus, they will be dragged down."
"But the monk had a contract with Demon Lotus, and the monk soon discovered that Demon Lotus was eating people."
"In order to prevent Demon Lotus from eating too many people out of control, he promised to eat ten people in three months. If Demon Lotus doesn't agree, he will break the contract and everything will be over."
"That's why Demon Lotus agreed."
"But evil things are evil things after all. The demon lotus gradually charmed the monk. The charmed monk had to catch people for the demon lotus to eat every day. Even so, it was not satisfied."
"It didn't stop killing for a short time until it ate all the people in that town. The monk was also eaten by it. The power of the demon lotus has long been higher than the contract, so even if it breaks the contract, the backlash effect will not be able to do anything.
it."
"The once lively town has now become deserted and deserted. The streets are deserted. The doors of every house are wide open, but there is no one inside. The whole town is lifeless."
"The demon lotus rested for a few days and finished digesting the food in its belly. It set its sights on the town next door."
"Later, a monk took action to destroy it, which prevented the tragedy from happening again."
Fan Ling felt horrified when he heard this. He looked at the lotus in the pool and shuddered involuntarily.
Shang Longyue smiled and said, "Don't be afraid, there is no demon lotus here."
Luo Wenyu, "There is only one temple that meets the requirements in the western suburbs of Yuancheng, Yuanqing Temple."
Shang Yuyue said, "Then the tentative target is it."
"It is very likely that the team members you sent before were all charmed by the demon lotus and lost their minds, so we must be careful this time."
"It would be bad to send more people. From what I see, it will be just the three of us going this time."
Luo Wenyu agreed very much with Shang Longyue's proposal.
Since the other party is an evil being who is good at controlling the mind, it is not good if there are too many people there. If someone is charmed, things will become difficult.
Fan Ling was surprised, "Just the three of us?"
Shang Longyue nodded, "Why not?"
Fan Ling, "The opponent is so strong, is it really okay for just the three of us to go? What if something happens..."
Shang Longyue said, "Don't worry, I won't let anything happen to you."
Fan Ling looked distrustful, are you really reliable?
Luo Wenyu was silent for a long time, "Okay, I'll do as you say."
Fan Ling, "???" He stared at Luo Wenyu blankly.
Luo Wenyu, "Fan Ling, do you have any objections?"
Fan Ling quickly shook her head, "No, no."
Shang Longyue took out a few small white bottles from the mustard seed bag, "Take it, one bottle for each person, there are ten pills in total. Take one when entering the western suburbs of Yuancheng, and take one when approaching the temple.
, eat all the rest when you get to the temple."
Fan Ling asked, "What is this?" He held it in his hand and looked at it.
Luo Wenyu looked at her with the same confusion.
Shang Longyue, "Elixir to prevent being charmed, to ward off evil spirits and avoid evil."
Fan Ling, "Is it really effective?"
Shang Longyue raised her eyebrows slightly, "If you don't want it, give it back to me." She stretched out her hand to take it, and Fan Ling hid the medicine behind her back, "I'm just asking, Princess, don't argue with me."
Shang Longyue, "Anyway, if you see a red lotus after going to the temple, don't touch it, as you will provoke that thing."
Fan Ling had a question for Shang Longyue, "Princess...since you have this elixir, can you give it to other monks so that we can take them with us?"
Shang Longyue, "If it's possible, why would I suggest that the three of us go?"
"The power of resisting evil in the body after taking this elixir is very strong. Only a few people are fine, and the other party cannot feel it."
"If there are too many people there, and the power to resist evil forces gathers together, the evil spirits will soon notice it and strike first. This way, the enemy will be alerted."
Fan Ling, "I see..." He looked at Luo Wenyu, "Your Majesty, when will we set off?"
Luo Wenyu, "Tomorrow morning."
Fan Ling said, "Then I will go and prepare things for tomorrow."
Luo Wenyu, "Yeah."
After Fan Ling walked away, Luo Wenyu faced Shang Longyue, "I have never heard of the story you told." He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, "Where did you see it?"
Shang Longyue looked calm and calm, "Of course I read "The Ancient Book of Demons" in the world I was in before, and it doesn't exist in this world."
Luo Wenyu's sharp eyes looked at her body, as if to confirm whether she was lying. After a long time, "There have indeed been many disappearances in the west of Yuancheng recently."
"According to previous intelligence, these missing people all have one thing in common. They all brought back a red lotus the day before going home."
"Nine times out of ten, that thing is the demon lotus you mentioned."
"And they all went to the same place, the Yuanqing Temple."
"Now it is basically certain that the group of monks sent were all destroyed in that temple." When Luo Wenyu said this, his fists were secretly clenched, the veins on his forehead were tight, and dark eyes welled up.
Strong murderous intent and anger.
Shang Longyue understands Luo Wenyu's current mood very well. She has experienced too many such things.
She was once a genius slayer of demons in that world, and people in that world regarded her as a god.
On the surface, she looks glamorous and is the person everyone wants to be like, but who knows how difficult her life is every day?
All the top SSS-level difficult demon-eliminating tasks were placed on her shoulders, and the people who followed her changed batch after batch.
Very few people can come back alive from a mission, and they experience life and death every day.
Watching your teammates die in front of your eyes over and over again, it feels like being gnawed at your heart by countless ants.
She was the one who came back alive in the end.
The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, but this responsibility is really crushing her. If possible, she also wants to live an ordinary life.
Shang Longyue took a deep breath and stopped thinking. Now God has given her a second life, and this time she will live a different life.
She gently patted the back of Luo Wenyu's hand, "The living are actually more miserable than the dead. What we can do is to avenge them by killing the evil thing that took their lives."
Luo Wenyu stared at her for a long time, feeling a little uncomfortable facing Shang Longyue who suddenly became serious.
He seemed to see a touch of sadness in Shang Longyue's eyes, as if she had experienced many things like this.
Sometimes he thought that people like her who smile all day long would not have troubles, but now it seems that he feels that there are many secrets hidden in Shang Longyue, and those negative emotions may have been suppressed in her heart.
In fact, ever since Shang Longyue traveled to this world, she has been avoiding thinking about Qin Lian.
When she could no longer hold on and was about to fall into the abyss, Qin Lian's appearance brought light and hope to her world. The well-behaved and sensible apprentice could make her happy and comfort and encourage her when she was at her lowest.