"Blessings from the Liang City God's Temple, Shen Lu, I've been waiting for you for a long time." He bowed his hands, looking harmless and quite humble.
However, Lin Xixue had already used her spiritual consciousness to hear the conversation between him and the little Taoist boy, and understood that this man had a deep mind and a deep city, which was far from being as simple as it seemed on the surface.
"When I returned to Xinliang City, I didn't immediately come to the City God's Temple to seek out fellow Taoists. It's no surprise that I asked for fellow Taoists." She seemed to have said this unintentionally.
"Hehe," Shen Lu laughed twice, as if to apologize, "Shangzhen is joking, you have your own arrangements, which I can't interfere with, but the altar and soul flags required for the soul-inducing technique, Xiao People have been prepared for a long time."
"Oh?" Lin Xixue smiled playfully, "Fellow Daoist Shen was really thoughtful. He didn't even think that I would break the appointment, so he actually prepared it in advance?"
How could she not know that the Temple Zhu sensed her entering the city through the Sanqing Mask, and then prepared the altar.
Saying this now is actually just a warning to Shen Lu to stop being clever in front of him.
As soon as she said this, Shen Lu showed a little embarrassment and said: "Shangzhen has so many magical powers, why do you need someone to pass on a message to trick a small temple like me? I have no reason not to believe it."
Lin Xixue thought to herself, this Shen Lu is really an unusual character, and he can answer all these questions perfectly.
"Fellow Daoist Shen is still a man of faith, but I think Friend Daoist Shen must be quite surprised by my visit today."
The Sanqing Mask in her hand had already been corroded by the evil thunder, forming a twisted flesh cocoon that seemed to have given birth to life. How could Shen Lu sense it again?
But to Shen Lu, these words had a different meaning.
He had indeed used the mask to confirm that Lin Xixue had entered the city, and then prepared the altar. Then his sense of the mask quickly disappeared in the Sanyuan Temple.
Could it be that Shangzhen discovered that I was using the mask to sense her movements, so he used my magical power to cover up his sense of the mask?
Yes, that must be the case. Shangzhen's tone was obviously a little strange after meeting him. It was obvious that he was implying that I had spied on her whereabouts and she had discovered it!
When he thought of this, he suddenly broke into a cold sweat. He knew that all his little actions were seen by Shang Zhen, so instead of making unnecessary excuses, he simply apologized directly.
"Shangzhen calm down. It's not that Xiaodao is deliberately spying. In fact, this mask is contaminated with the aura of the netherworld. As a temple blessing, I can't help but feel it even if I don't want to."
Lin Xixue crossed her arms over her chest, held her chin lightly, and said with a noncommittal expression, "I don't mean to blame you when I say this."
"It's just that the person who needs you to attract the soul next is a very important friend of mine. I hope you won't play tricks on me again."
"Otherwise, it's not a matter of blame or not!" She said with a stern voice, and then lightning arcs flashed around her body, and black and red smoke poured out from her sleeves, as if she was trying to choose the living beings to devour.
Although the Taoist boy's cultivation was still shallow and he couldn't see the evil aura, he could still feel an extremely violent and ferocious aura pouring out of Lin Xixue, as if he had seen a fierce god or evil ghost.
As soon as his feet softened, he knelt down and sat on the ground, still sitting like a girlish duck.
Although Shen Lu still managed to keep calm, he was also horrified. He bowed repeatedly and said: "Since Shangzhen is willing to pass on the teachings to me, I am grateful to Shangzhen from the bottom of my heart and I will never dare to play any tricks!"
Lin Xixue didn't say anything, she just narrowed her eyes and stared at Shen Lu. After a while, she suddenly smiled, and all the evil spirits around her body subsided.
She nodded slightly, performed a Taoist ceremony, and said with a smile: "In that case, this matter depends entirely on fellow Taoist Shen!"
"Haha." Miao Zhu swallowed his saliva, "I must, I must, I will never let down Shang Zhen's instructions!"
Lin Xixue nodded.
After thinking about it after his repeated tapping, Miaozhu probably didn't dare to change his mind again, so he took out the letter written in advance from the void and handed it to him.
"I have already prepared the letters required to convey the message in advance. As for the incense required to convey the message, I guess I don't need to send it, right?"
"Of course. Although this temple is small, it has accumulated a lot of incense over the years. I don't dare to let Shangzhen use the incense power needed to transmit salvation!"
"In that case, it's not too late. You can go and do this transmission ritual on your own. Once you have enough mana, you can use the soul-inducing technique for my friend."
"It's natural, it's just" Shen Lu hesitated to speak.
"you say."
"As you said before, Master left early, so my transmission ceremony is now being conducted without a supervisor."
"So, can Shangzhen do the monitoring on your behalf?" After saying that, he added: "I just want to ask Shangzhen to supervise the watch on my behalf. It's not troublesome!"
Lin Xixue frowned, understanding that this representative must be entering the palace, and asked suspiciously: "Aren't you afraid that I will conflict with your City God if I enter the palace?"
"Back to Shangzhen, there are scales shed by the Cheng Huang's heirs in the temple. After taking it, people can be temporarily infected with the aura of the City God, so they can avoid any risk in a short period of time."
Before Lin Xixue could respond, he kicked the Taoist boy sitting on the ground and said, "Hurry up and get these fallen scales!"
The Taoist boy finally came to his senses, ran into the temple and rummaged for something.
Lin Xixue thought about it and realized that she was determined to take this piece of skin no matter what. After all, if Shen Lu could not pass the message smoothly, the whole plan would be completely stuck here.
However, she will naturally not take any precautions.
While the Taoist boy was taking advantage of the scale skin, she secretly sent a message to Bai Qing.
Lin Xixue: "I'm going to the temple later, I'm afraid something might happen, so keep in touch."
Bai Qing: "Contact me regularly every other moment. If there is no response, I will come to help you."
Lin Xixue: "Okay"
After the two of them agreed on a contact time, she took out a bottle of Strengthening Pill and hid it in her sleeve robe, just in case of emergency.
Who knows if the scales shed by this so-called old man of the City God will contain a lot of evil energy, which will directly make him unconscious.
Not long after, the Taoist boy ran back boldly, holding a red lacquered wooden plate in his hand, which contained a dry, porous piece.
Lin Xixue took the scale skin, looked at it carefully, and then sniffed it.
The color is no different from ordinary pig skins dried at home, and there is no peculiar smell. Apart from a lot of densely packed holes on the surface, there is nothing special about it.
She no longer hesitated. It was not like she had never swallowed anything much more disgusting than this. She frowned, closed her eyes, and put this thing into her mouth.
But after this object came into contact with water, it seemed to have become somewhat alive. The dry and porous structures on the surface stood up one after another, like small and smooth scales.
Lin Xixue resisted the feeling of nausea and put the thing into her throat. It fell along the esophagus and into the stomach with almost no resistance.
When Shen Lu saw that she had taken the scale skin, he prepared a treat and led him into the temple.
At this moment, Lin Xixue's eyes flashed with green light, and it was the jade bottle that manifested itself again.
Although this is the belated second chapter, I still want to say - everyone remember to vote for recommendations in the new week!
