"The demon in the Buddhist temple has escaped, and several of your friends have disappeared with it."
Slowly releasing the Shuiyue Sword, Chai Jiangcui informed Gongsun Ji of his investigation results.
"What? The demon has escaped! How did you know, fellow Taoist?"
"I have my own detection method. If you don't believe it, you can go into the second meditation room on the left and have a look. There seems to be a bloody piece of clothing there, which should belong to your friend."
After speaking, Chai Jiangcui ignored Gongsun Ji and turned around to walk towards the Buddha statue in the main hall.
When she was doing her spiritual exploration just now, she found something interesting on the Buddha statue, and now she had to go and confirm it.
Gongsun Ji stood there blankly, with the expression on his face changing several times. Finally, he gritted his teeth and ran towards the second meditation room on the left.
The Buddha's light was flowing behind the tall Buddha statue. Chai Jiangcui reached out and gently touched a lotus petal on the base of the Buddha statue.
Click~click~
There was a sound of a mechanism turning, and a small secret grid two feet long and wide was revealed behind the Buddha statue.
"This Buddha statue really has a hidden secret."
A look of contentment appeared on Chai Jiangcui's face. She had just used her spiritual consciousness to explore the Buddhist temple, and most of the things were invisible. Only the Buddha statue wrapped in the Buddha's light made her unable to see through it.
Special places are often where treasures are hidden.
Chai Jiangcui reached into the secret compartment and found that it was very empty. The only object was a piece of rag with blood written on it. There was no secret book of magic weapons as she imagined.
"The piece of cloth is so tightly hidden, could it be a treasure map?"
Chai Jiangcui's eyes showed doubts, he raised his hand to shake open the rag, and read the contents on it carefully.
‘Demons are raging in the world, and all the monks in the temple have come out to slay them. However, the demons are so powerful that the abbot and abbot have passed away, and the Buddhist temple is about to be destroyed. If you see someone who left a letter, take this blood letter and go to the Vajra Temple to find the virtuous monk and slay the demons.'
The bloody words on the rag became more and more scrawled later on, and it took her a while to understand the last few words.
'King Kong Temple is one of the two sects of Buddhism and Taoism, the top spiritual sect in the Dayan Kingdom. What kind of evil spirit is it that needs to invite the eminent monks of King Kong Temple?
Is there any relationship between the evil spirits appearing here and the disappearance of the Yin Division in Hongling City?'
This rag contains only a few dozen words, but it contains huge information. Chai Jiangcui's eyes flashed, and he quickly analyzed it in his heart.
"The destruction of the Buddhist temple was really not as simple as the rumors in the market."
"Master, what is written on this rag? Why does your face become so serious?"
The little white fox tugged at Chai Jiangcui's clothes, looking like a curious baby.
Bai Yuan is naughty by nature and doesn't like learning. Whenever Chai Jiangcui wants to teach him how to read and write, he always runs away very fast.
Now if you want to know what's on the rag, you can only ask the owner eagerly.
Chai Jiangcui put away the rag, touched Bai Yuan's big tail and replied softly:
"As for some clues about the destruction of Jingfo Temple, the situation here is a bit complicated. Please pay attention to the surroundings and tell me immediately if you find anything wrong."
"Okay!"
Bai Yuan's two fox ears immediately stood up, as if he was really alert to the surrounding area.
The ruined Buddhist temple, the disappeared City God's Office, the demons and ghosts who have disappeared... The water in Hongling City is deep and muddy.
At the same time, Gongsun Ji in the Zen room was holding a green skirt that was half stained with blood and was in a daze.
After a long time, Gongsun Ji suddenly stood up with a ferocious face and cold eyes.
"I hope you won't break your promise this time."
After squeezing out these incomprehensible words through his teeth, Gongsun Ji carefully put away his skirt, barely restrained his expression, turned around and left the meditation room.
"What did fellow Taoist Master Jiu discover?"
"I'm just curious about Buddhist things, but I haven't discovered anything."
Chai Jiangcui thought about it, but still did not choose to tell him the contents of the blood letter. Firstly, the information was confusing, and secondly, she was always a little defensive about Gongsun Ji.
Gongsun Ji actually asked casually, not having any hope that Chai Jiangcui would find out. This place had been occupied by demons for a long time. If there were any things that had been taken away by demons, it would not be their turn.
"Friend Jiu Taoist, I have a technique that can track Xiaoqiu's whereabouts, but it only takes half a day to prepare. How about we return to the inn first and look for her again tomorrow morning?"
"Okay, but I ask Fellow Daoist Gongsun to hurry up. This Hongling City is really not a place to stay for a long time."
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist Master Jiu. If this technique fails again, it will be Xiaoqiu's fate, and I will not force you to keep me here anymore."
Gongsun Ji nodded, and he knew in his heart that although the money he gave was a lot, it was not enough to keep Chai Jiangcui with him.
Tomorrow is the last chance.
The demons have escaped, and there is no need to stay in this Buddhist temple any longer. It is time to go back to the inn.
The two seemed much more relaxed when they returned, but because the weather was cold and it was approaching evening, there were not many pedestrians on the street, making it seem a bit deserted.
"Even beggars wouldn't want to come out in this weather."
Looking at the snowflakes all over the sky, Chai Jiangcui sighed slightly.
"Master, how do those beggars survive the winter? Every time I hear you tell a story, I feel that the beggars in it are so miserable."
The little white fox licked the snowflakes that fell on Chai Jiangcui's hand, and the sound was like a silver bell.
"How many beggars can survive the winter? They are like wheat. One crop falls, and another crop appears the next year, year after year."
Gongsun Ji on the side listened to the little white fox's innocent speech and couldn't help but answer.
"Ah, then your human government doesn't care? When I was in Shixi Village, if I saw someone who had no food to eat, the old man from the village would go and deliver some food."
"There are too many people to handle, and besides, these beggars are a burden to many people."
"My own kind is a burden? What a strange idea."
…
After chatting all the way back to the inn, Chai Jiangcui suddenly discovered that there were five or six good horses in the inn's stables. Several young men dressed like knights and knights were drinking tea silently in the lobby of the inn.
These people don't look very young, but they exude an unstoppable aura.
Seeing Chai Jiangcui and Gongsun Ji coming in from outside, everyone was slightly stunned, as if they had seen something incredible.
Although she thought their eyes were a bit strange, Chai Jiangcui didn't think too much about it. She hugged Bai Yuan and often had a high rate of turning heads.
Snapped!
But when Chai Jiangcui passed by one of the girls, the girl suddenly pulled Chai Jiangcui.
"Scholar, this is not the place you should come to."
Before the girl could finish her words, she was scolded by the black-faced young hero beside her.
"Junior sister, please stop talking. Have you forgotten Master's instructions?"
"I, I was wrong."
After being scolded by the black-faced young hero, the girl quickly let go and lowered her head without daring to look at her senior brother.
Where you shouldn't be? What do you mean?
Chai Jiangcui looked at the girl deeply, then turned and walked towards the upper level of the inn.
Chai Jiangcui was going to wait for an opportunity to chat with the girl later. She seemed to know a lot from her appearance.