Taoist Tianji replied honestly: "We are only responsible for asking about these places when we go out and telling Senior Brother about the situation in these places. We will not participate in other matters."
Huang Jin: "Why? Are you afraid that you will bear the consequences?"
Taoist Tianji: "Elder brother says we are too stupid and is afraid that we will do something bad."
gold:"……"
Qingyan: "..."
Chou Chou: "..."
Jin Yang: "..."
I didn't expect this to be the reason at all.
Huang Jin: "Then do you know where children and girls were taken away by your senior brother?"
Taoist Tianji shook his head: "I don't know everything. I only know that there are people missing in Lujiawan Village, Yangjiawan and Shuangtou Bay near our Taoist temple.
When there was a flood three years ago, someone saw a snake and said that the flood was caused by a snake, and asked my senior brother and younger brother to remove the snake..."
He then asked a few more questions, but he wasn't sure. The golden psychedelic time was coming soon, so they didn't ask any more questions.
Jin Yang used the spell he had learned before to make him forget about meeting them, and Chou Chou sent him to a place farther ahead, making him think that he had been moving forward.
After sending the people away, they entered the space and started discussing.
After all, it is inconvenient for people to come and go outside, so it is quieter inside the space.
Qingyan: "Aren't the Taoist priests in this Seven Star Temple evil cultivators? Could they have taken those children and girls to make elixirs?"
Huang Jin also thought it was possible. The evil cultivators he had heard of did use young children and virgins to refine elixirs, but the specific effects of the elixirs were not clear. After all, they had never really encountered them.
Jin Yang: "It could also be soul refining. You forgot that my previous master practiced with raw souls.
Maybe that senior brother is not a human being, but a ghost cultivator, or maybe they want to resurrect someone, and they may not use these children and girls with pure souls to sacrifice. "
Qingyan and Chou Chou looked at each other, this possibility seemed to be greater.
If the other party is not a Taoist priest, but just an ordinary person, they may be more inclined to traffickers, but this is not necessarily true for Taoist priests.
They can make a lot of money just by pretending to be gods. Just like Taoist Tian Ji, he can get ten taels of silver for just doing rituals, not to mention the talismans he sells, which are also more than ten taels.
This is still in a poor small village. If it were in the city, the price would be easy to imagine, so they don't need to take risks for money.
Therefore, they prefer to use those children and girls to practice evil arts, but in this case, those people are likely to be in danger.
Chou Chou: "I just didn't see the debt on Taoist Tianji, which means he didn't bear any human life. Although he was a little greedy, there was a bottom line, otherwise he wouldn't have let him go directly.
The problem probably lies with his senior fellow apprentices. I used my spiritual sense to explore the Seven Star Temple to see if there was a Yaoguang Taoist stationed in the temple to see if he could know anything.
Or if there is some kind of secret room in the temple, maybe we can find some clues. "
Qingyan nodded and asked Xiang Jinyang: "Shui Lingzhu should be able to contact the snake. Do you want to ask the snake in case it knows something.
I feel like the Seven Stars Monastery is talking about snakes. Whether it’s the flood three years ago or the snake demon here fifteen years ago, they seem to be in conflict with the snakes. "
Jin Yang nodded, "Let me ask Shui Lingzhu, didn't it go out yesterday? It's possible that it got in touch with the snake yesterday."
After saying that, they sent a message to Shui Lingzhu. They were now in the pavilion near Lingquan. They saw Shui Lingzhu directly coming out of the spring, then shaking and disappearing.
Jin Yang explained: "It said that it would go out and communicate with the snake again. It didn't know about these Taoist priests before, so it didn't say this."
It looked like it would have to wait a while. Qingyan took out a thick cushion from her storage bag and placed it on the stone bench in the pavilion, then sat on it with Yuan Bao in her arms.
Jin Yang and Huang Huang went to the yard to get a small stove, a teapot and cups, and picked some fruits. They were going to drink tea and eat fruits while waiting for the news.
Because he didn't know the specific location of the Seven Stars Temple, it would take some time for Chou Chou to find it. Chou Chou had to concentrate on searching, so he didn't join them.
However, Shui Lingzhu came back soon, asked about it from the dragon snake, and told Jin Yang through sound transmission.
As soon as he finished speaking, he quickly got back into its spring without losing a moment.
Jin Yang explained to it, "It said that the spiritual energy outside is thin and it feels uncomfortable to stay outside for a long time, so it needs to go back to its own place to recover quickly."
Then Jin Yang told them the news that Shui Lingzhu had learned, "The dragon snake said that it had met a Taoist named Xingxu more than 20 years ago.
The Taoist was quite young, probably two or three hundred years old, and he had some Taoist qualities.
At that time, it happened that it was promoted to a dragon, made some noise, and attracted the Taoist.
As soon as the Taoist saw it, he wanted to surrender it and make it his demon pet.
Of course it didn't want to, and then it resisted to the death, and the two fought for two days and one night. In the end, the man couldn't hold on and was defeated.
It was also that Taoist who didn't have enough Taoism. He only knew some minor spells and the power of the talismans he used was limited.
After it became a dragon, its skin and flesh were as hard as iron, and those talismans hit the body without any pain or itching. In the end, the Taoist was seriously injured by it and ran away.
After that, it was never encountered again, and Shui Lingzhu also asked it if it had ever been to a flood a hundred miles away, or if it had ever appeared in a flood.
Jiao Snake said that it was devoted to cultivation and never left the vicinity at all. It usually stayed at the bottom of the deep pool. Except when it came out to feel the world when it was promoted, it would not leave the bottom of the pool at other times.
And even if he comes out, he will not leave the vicinity of the deep pool. The deep pool is called Black Dragon Pool. It was once a place where black dragons transformed into dragons.
There used to be a small spiritual vein at the bottom of the pool, but it later dried up. However, the spiritual energy inside was much richer than outside, otherwise it would not have been able to practice until it was about to transform.
You must know that spiritual energy is very thin now, many big monsters have long since died, and most of the little monsters who have not transformed have also gone into hiding to practice.
Besides, monsters like Jin and the others can accumulate merit and practice by asking for seals from people with good luck, or by finding people to help people eliminate disasters and solve problems. The rest all rely on spiritual energy.
Therefore, it will not do anything harmful, even indirectly, and it cannot bear the cause and effect. "
Qingyan: "In that case, the so-called dragon snake near the Seven Stars Temple might have been created by those Taoist priests.
Jiao She said that it met a man who was two or three hundred years old more than 20 years ago. He was probably Tianji's master. He was probably injured by Boa Snake and died when he returned.
Later, it was the so-called senior brother who was in charge. It is also possible that the senior brother heard about the dragon from his master and used it as an excuse. After all, it was a real demon. "
Huang Jin also speculated: "Is it possible that the senior brother has a deep relationship with his master and apprentice and wants to resurrect his master?
Or could it be that their master was not dead at all, but just seriously injured, and they kidnapped those children and girls just to refine the elixir to save their master? "
Qingyan and Jin Yang both looked at it. Huang Jin felt a little embarrassed when they looked at it. He swallowed and said, "I just made a random guess."
Qingyan shook her head, "No, what you said makes sense, and it's not impossible.
If this is the case, it makes sense why they wanted to arrest so many people. They just didn't know where they were. If they could be found, they might be able to save some people.
If you can't help it, killing them can still be considered as eliminating harm for the people. There is really no need for this kind of evil practice to exist. "
Jin Yang also nodded, "Yes, if we can find them, let Huang Jin take action at that time, it should be able to gain a lot of merit."
"This opportunity is right in front of us. The two brothers did not leave the Seven Stars Temple at all, they were in the secret room behind the Taoist Temple.
Yaoguang has been delivering meals to them, but Taoist Tianji didn't know it. "
Chou Chou's voice came at this time.
"Did you see them? Where are the children and girls? Are there any alive?"
Qingyan asked.
Chou Chou nodded, "When I found the Seven Stars Temple, I happened to see the shaking light going to the backyard of the Taoist temple, so I followed him there.
Unexpectedly, there was an underground secret passage in the woodshed at the back, which led directly to the back mountain. There was a very secret cave in the back mountain, which they built into a secret room.
The area inside was very large. Apart from the two Taoist priests, there were many children, probably thirty or forty, but not many girls.
There is a place in the mountains nearby outside the cave. There are many bones buried underneath. The other girls may have died. "
Qingyan: "Are there only those two Taoist priests there? Is there not their master? Are those children and girls okay? Are they in danger now?"
Chou Chou: "There are only those two Taoist priests there, and there are no other Taoist priests. The children and girls are still safe at present, but they are a little weak, entirely due to excessive blood loss.
The two people were using flesh and blood to make elixirs, using the blood of children, and the flesh was from girls, so more girls died than children. "
Jin Yang: "They are really making elixirs! So what kind of elixir are they making? Isn't it an elixir of immortality?"
Since it was not for the purpose of healing or resurrecting their master, it was refined for themselves. It was probably about immortality, which was what many emperors pursued.
Chou Chou: "I don't know much about this. I haven't heard them talk about it, but it must be for that senior brother. Now there are some people who are neither human nor ghosts. He has lost all his popularity."
Qingyan couldn't sit still. Since she already knew the whereabouts of those children and girls, it was better to save them quickly, lest a few more die too late.
He stood up and said to them: "Then let's go out and continue on the road. Try to get to the Seven Stars Temple as soon as possible, rescue those children and girls, and eradicate the evil ways. When the time comes, you will take action with gold, and we will plunder the formation for you."
The others had no objections and just tidied up the space.
We were still in the open space before, it was just two o'clock in the afternoon, the sun was quite strong today, the water on the ground had dried up and was no longer slippery, and we were traveling much faster.
After walking forward for a while, I met a lot of pedestrians, some driving bullock carts and some pushing wheelbarrows. Instead of goods, the cars were filled with old people or children, and young women were walking beside them.
Qingyan listened to the conversation of those people and realized that they were going to the town ahead, which was called Liuhou Town. There was a Zhongling Temple in the town, and there would be a two-day Dharma meeting tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.
Qingyan calculated the time, and it turned out that it was the fifteenth day of the month again. Today was the fourteenth day, and tomorrow would be the fifteenth day. Usually there was a Dharma assembly on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.
Qingyan looked forward with her consciousness, and Liuhou Town was not on their route.
Now that they have business to do, they won't join in the fun. Although she is quite curious about temple fairs in the south and doesn't know if they are different from those in the north, but don't worry, there will be opportunities in the future.
At a big fork in the road ahead, those going to Liuhou Town turned right and continued to go straight along the official road.
They followed the path pointed by Chou Chou and chose the nearest route. After walking for more than ten miles, they also turned right and got off the official road.
This is a small road, and there is a long mountain road. After that, the other car was put away and only the one pulled by Big Bear was driven.
Jin Yangneng could see the outside in the space, so he returned to the space to stay. Now Huang Jin and Chou Chou were driving the car in front, while Qingyan and Yuan Bao were sitting in the carriage.
The mountain road was too bumpy, so Qingyan simply sat outside and talked to them.
Qingyan asked Chou Chou: "Should we go directly to the secret room when we get there? Can we go in? Can we only enter from the woodshed of the Taoist temple? Will they be discovered, giving them time to hold the child hostage?" "
Chou Chou shook his head, "Of course not. I have explored the secret room and there is another larger entrance and exit, which is halfway up the mountain behind the Taoist temple. There is a small waterfall there, and the entrance is just above the waterfall.
There was a sloping boulder there, with water on one side and woods on the other. They made a blindfold there, and there were few people around, so it was very difficult to be discovered.
We will go in from there. We will first pass by the stone room where the children and girls are kept, rescue them first, and then go in to clean up the two evil spirits.
When the time comes, you and Jin Yang will arrange for the children and girls to leave, and Jin Huang and I will go in.
If it's really difficult to take people away, let Jin Yang knock them out and put them into space, and then release them when they get to the county seat.
We definitely don’t have time to send them home one by one. After all, they are not from the same village. Maybe some children are too young to remember where their home is, so we have to rely on the government.
The old lady of Shangenzi Village also said that they reported it to the police at first, but they never found the person, and Taoist Yuheng came to figure it out, so they thought it was a snake demon.
I believe that other families who have lost their children should also report it to the government. The government should have records, which is much better than searching blindly on our own. "
(End of chapter)
