It's night, and the cunning moonlight seems particularly bright tonight.
Starlight sprinkled on the earth, and the gentle breeze blowing on the treetops became the only sound in the night.
In the west wing of Mulian Temple, the candlelight life was extinguished as night fell, but the two people in the room did not fall asleep and rest.
"In other words, this temple may be hiding a man-eating tiger demon?"
After briefly exchanging information with Pei Wende, Hui Ji asked with enlightenment.
"I'm not sure about that..."
"After all, the demon I killed is still an 'enemy' in the end. Maybe she will deliberately mislead me and give me some wrong information."
Although he knew that Huiji might be a practitioner with supernatural powers, Pei Wende did not tell all his details based on the principle of "being on guard against others."
Why did you come to this temple and how did you come to this temple?
Pei Wende did not go into details. He only said that he accidentally shot a demon and learned some information about the giant tiger from the other party's mouth.
In this regard, I don't know if I saw Pei Wende's intentional concealment.
Huiji did not ask too many questions, but sighed with emotion at his chivalrous heart and compassionate heart.
No one dares to stroke the tiger's beard even though they know that there may be monsters in this temple.
Even if Pei Wende's original plan was to hide outside the temple and wait for an opportunity to shoot the eye-catching white-fronted giant tiger, such courage is not something ordinary people can possess.
"As the saying goes, 'When a man is about to die, his words are also good.' I have reason to believe that what the ghost said in the end should be the truth."
Huiji has seen too many people repent on their deathbeds, and she also knows that only under the great terror between life and death can those murderers who usually commit many evil deeds be able to repent.
"If what she said is true, the old abbot of this temple should know something."
Gently twisting the rosary beads in her hand, Huiji once again recalled every detail of the meeting between herself and the old abbot, and once again confirmed her guess - the other party's behavior of refusing to let outsiders stay overnight was really suspicious.
"There are also those girls and maids who choose to stay here. Their origins are also very strange."
Pei Wende was not a fool. During the process of sending him to the wing, the maid in green kept emphasizing words such as "must not go out at night" and "leave as soon as dawn". He had long secretly remembered it in his heart.
Even if these young ladies and maids didn't know about the existence of the eye-catching white-breasted giant tiger, they definitely knew about the fishy nature of this temple.
In particular, the maid in Tsing Yi’s constant emphasis made Pei Wende feel like he had mistakenly entered the set of a ghost movie - usually those who didn’t believe these words were either the protagonist or the supporting cast member who died first.
Pei Wende didn't know what kind of person he belonged to, but he would definitely not stay in his room as the maid in green said.
Pei Wende believed that the monk in front of him who called himself "Hui Ji" also did not belong to the type of being honest and obedient and waiting for death.
"By the way, shouldn't cultivators like you have the ability to see through monsters at a glance?"
When he said this, Pei Wende was thinking of Zen Master Lingyou in his childhood memories.
Although Zen Master Lingyou didn't take many shots, what impressed Pei Wende was that he seemed to have the ability to see through evil spirits at a glance.
Whether it's a monster wandering in the mountains and jungles, or an evil spirit sneaking into the town...
Zen Master Lingyou seemed to be able to predict the enemy's opportunities, discern their true identity at a glance, and defeat them with the simplest and crudest means.
"It seems like you have some misunderstanding about 'cultivation'?"
After hearing Pei Wende's words, Huiji smiled without hiding her identity as a practitioner.
"The common goal of Buddhist practitioners is to achieve transcendence, while the goal of my lineage's practice is to live forever..."
"Being able to see through the true form of monsters at a glance is indeed a sign of deep wisdom and self-contained spirituality, but it is not an ability that every practitioner possesses..."
"The Taoist Heavenly Eye and the Buddhist Five Eyes, one is magic and the other is supernatural power."
"The former requires years of practice, while the latter requires an encounter with enlightenment, but neither is a 'necessary thing' on the path of practice."
However, Pei Wende was not fooled by Hui Ji's rhetoric.
Because the other party said before that he was aware of the "unknown" situation in Mulian Temple, so he chose to stay here temporarily.
In other words, even if Huiji did not have the ability to practice magical powers such as the Heavenly Eye and the Five Eyes, she must have similar abilities to be able to see the "unknown".
"haha, okay!"
"I admit, I can indeed identify monsters in some way..."
It seems that she also knew that her words were a bit unreasonable, so after seeing Pei Wende's expression of "keep making it up", Hui Ji couldn't help but laugh.
"But this time, I really didn't feel any sign of the presence of demons in the temple."
After a brief smile, Hui Ji straightened her expression before continuing to explain calmly.
"There are only two possibilities. One is that there are indeed no demons in this temple. Your and my previous experiences are just an illusion."
"But this is obviously impossible, so there is only one other possibility left..."
Looking beyond Pei Wende to the moonlight outside the window, Hui Ji's voice became deeper and deeper.
"The monsters in this temple possess unimaginable Taoism or treasures, which can perfectly cover up their aura as monsters."
As soon as these words came out, Pei Wende immediately thought of those demons who could walk under the sun and were not afraid of the blood of black dogs.
As the master of those demons, he is a great demon who can hide in human society for twenty years without being discovered.
The eye-catching white-breasted giant tiger possesses an upgraded version of the monster artifact "Leather Cage", which doesn't seem to be a difficult thing to understand.
"You seem to have thought of something?"
Keenly aware of Pei Wende's sudden realization, Hui Ji asked softly.
"Painted skin, or human skin disguise!"
Although there are still some details that he has not figured out yet, Pei Wende is almost certain that the eye-catching white-fronted giant tiger must be hidden in this temple now.
Being able to abandon all the weaknesses of monsters and disguise them as ordinary mortals, even practitioners like Hui Ji cannot see through their disguise.
Apart from the eye-catching white-fronted giant tiger that could create a "skin cage", Pei Wende could not think of any other possibility.
"That tiger is capable of preying on humans..."
"No, it is to peel off the skin of any animal and then create an evil thing that can turn other people into the 'original owner of the skin'."
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