In the abandoned temple, the tall statues still retain their former splendor, but the ground is already in a mess.
The five people stood scattered in the room, but they were all silent. Only a suppressed voice flowed intermittently in the room.
"I'm here to kill evil spirits. That temple has existed for a long time. The incense was not very strong at first, but there are more and more evil spirits. This kind of border spiritual energy is a bit mixed. Our cultivation speed is very slow, but it is better than the many business trips. , trade is booming, and there are many ways for us to earn spiritual stones and obtain treasures from all over the world."
"There are more and more evil demons. They feed on human souls, essence and blood. Monks with higher realms can still deal with them, but mortals always easily become their meal. There must always be someone guarding here, but what we cultivate is Speed, how can the demon that eats people’s essence and blood and refines their souls come faster?”
"There has to be a way. That day, several of our higher-level Taoist friends in the city gathered together to have wine and discuss matters. Passing by the temple at night, we saw the enduring incense inside, and we also saw the temple that had never been there for some reason. The faded idol suddenly had an idea.”
"Others believe it, just for peace of mind. Maybe there is really power in the dark to protect our town."
"But how much will power can be generated by these incense sticks?"
"Several of us thought about the long-lost Incense Shinto, and it happened that we found the method of practicing the Incense Shinto from the scraps sold by merchants. The first time we used it, we met a powerful man outside the city. Demonic Cultivator, we are exhausted, and the last tool for survival is the power of will."
"As expected, the demon cultivator was defeated by us. In order to thank us, the merchants gave us a lot of things. We said it was the blessing of the gods. They also went to the temple to offer a giant incense, which was almost ten feet high and extremely majestic."
"The incense in the temple is getting better and better, and business travelers coming and going will come here to offer a giant incense stick for safe travel, and it has gradually become a custom."
"In order to purify the evil spirit in the incense and wish power, we... raised some things."
Lin Du nodded, "Ghost-faced bat and bone-eating insect."
"Everything was going in a good direction at first, until the evil spirits we killed didn't dare to come." Shen Yan's voice paused suddenly, as if every next sentence he said was particularly laborious.
"Then... the incense gradually faded away... the children in the city began to disappear."
"We didn't expect that the God of Incense and Fire would raise a man-eating spirit."
"There are fewer and fewer children in the city, and more and more people go to the temple to offer incense. I don't know what the evil spirits have noticed, and they have begun to wreak havoc outside the city. My wife... I don't know why she is outside the city. appeared, but she clearly came to the temple that day!”
"We really didn't expect...we are all here to kill the evil demon."
"How could a god who was originally meant to slay evil spirits become an evil spirit!"
Shen Yan's voice couldn't help but become excited.
Lin Du's expression never changed, without even a hint of surprise or fluctuation. He had obviously anticipated the direction of everything.
"It is true that things in the world are unpredictable, but I still have a question that I don't understand. Bone-eating insects and ghost-faced bats not only feed on resentment, but also on corpses. I dare to ask Senior Shen Yan, where do those corpses... come from? It's just evil. Do you want to repair it?”
"Or...are there the bodies of other innocent passers-by?"
The room suddenly became very quiet.
After a long time, Shen Yan's voice finally sounded, "Although I knew you were very smart when you asked me the question, but you kid is too smart."
"Yes, indeed, there are not enough corpses of evil spirits. There are also corpses of dead passers-by."
Lin Du lightly clicked his tongue, that was indeed a bit unethical.
People's hearts are always like this. It is difficult to face the mistakes they have made, let alone review the details. After all, every detail is tantamount to repeatedly questioning one's own conscience.
Perhaps compared to the pain of losing his wife and son, what is more difficult for Shen Yan to accept is that one of his mistakes led to a big mistake and indirectly led to the death of his wife. Even if he regretted and wanted to destroy the statue, everything had returned to dust. .
Although the four of them had long known that Lin Du had extremely strong judgment and extremely quick thinking, they were still shocked beyond measure every time.
There may have been oversights and omissions in the process, but she would always put that crucial chess piece in front of others at the last moment.
It is difficult to imagine that a person can accurately infer a truth that is almost the same as the truth from those trivial details.
Also shocked were the people watching in front of the water mirror. Under everyone's strong request, they alone opened the secret realm of the Supreme Sect. Although the sound was not loud, and sometimes it was even drowned out by the crowd's comments, but the spiritual consciousness High-level monks with strong five senses can hear clearly.
Starting from Lin Du's step-by-step questioning and clichés, the situation that had always been confusing began to gain some light.
She is like the sharpest knife in the world, with the snowy light of cold reason, she cuts through the lingering haze that has shrouded the lonely city.
"What did this kid eat to grow up and be so smart?"
"Haven't you heard? People love to read."
"That too."
Lin Du's exceptionally calm voice continued, "Senior asked us to enter the temple without mentioning the secrets inside or the existence of the Jingzhong Formation. The relics of your wife and children are here. Since you are obsessed with revenge, why don't you mention it? It led us here, then..."
She uncovered the evil talisman, then threw the wooden sword and magnolia hairpin into the mahogany box, "Juniors, I won't disturb you."
Lin Du turned around and left. The four people behind him were stunned, but they followed him subconsciously, not daring to show any doubt on their faces.
"Uncle Junior, are we really leaving?" Ni Jinxuan sent a message to Lin Du.
Lin Du took big steps and didn't even look back.
"The god of incense and fire here has been worshiped for at least hundreds of years, and the soul of this loyal formation outside can kill a Huiyang realm monk. What are we doing here? Looking for death? We can't afford to offend anyone."
“Let them take revenge when it’s time and complain and complain when it’s time.”
"Thirty-six strategies, walking is the best strategy."
Ni Jinxuan felt that the junior uncle was very reasonable and almost impossible to refute, but she also felt that the junior junior uncle did not seem to have such thoughts in his heart and should have a back-up plan.
This turn of events caught everyone off guard.
The perceptive people who were still at Qualindu just now all stopped talking, their faces full of questions.
"Just leaving like this? The formation is not broken? Is the evil god immortal?"
"You are the Supreme Sect! Righteous disciples who eliminate demons and protect the way! Are you leaving now?"
Lin Du crossed the threshold with his arms and legs crossed, and then heard a question from behind him, "Are you really leaving?"
The young ghost appeared in front of the statue, "But the statue has given birth to evil spirits. Don't you disciples of the Supreme Sect need to kill the evil spirits?"
"Senior, as you just said, I am a child, and my nephews are also children. Can you bear to see our children being given away one by one?"
Lin Du didn't even look back and walked out of the house completely. The four people behind him followed her example and followed her out of the house.
Shen Yan looked at the backs of the children for a while, then finally smiled helplessly, then knelt down and picked up the wooden sword and the hairpin.
"It's okay, it's okay, it turns out that here, today, I can be considered...a beginning and an end."
The young man turned to look at the statue, "It's just an evil spirit. I couldn't destroy you before I died. I will smash you today!"
There was a dark wind in the house, and the dark energy surged. The young man's ghost became more and more solid, his nails and long hair grew wildly, and the entity turned into what it looked like before death.
He held the small wooden sword in his hand, and the Yin Qi rioted and poured into the blood-stained small wooden sword. Suddenly, the clear laughter of a child rang in his ears.
The scene was undoubtedly comical. The tall young man was holding a child's small wooden sword. It didn't look like a sword, or even a dagger.
But no one could laugh, because the sword energy swung by the ghost was extremely sharp, and it also carried the majestic sword energy that could eliminate evil spirits and destroy evil spirits.
The moment he took action, the Jingzhong Formation outside the house sensed the murderous intent and was quickly aroused. However, because the person inside the house was not a living person and had no entity, there was no way to restrict Shen Yan's movements at the first moment.
The sword energy hit the statue, but a click was heard, and a crack appeared from top to bottom.
Lin Du and his four nephews stood in the courtyard and watched this scene. The compass in his palm was turning crazily, and finally turned to a place in the house.
The green-robed young man suddenly moved, and she strode towards the door of the house.
"Uncle Junior! Aren't we unable to defeat you? Are you still going in?"
Lin Du stopped in front of the door, felt the formation, and made sure he was only inside the house. He said, "That's right, I won't go in."
"I'm just standing at the door, cheering and cheering."
Everyone was speechless after hearing this. The four nephews felt that she was right and followed her to the door of the house.
Yuan Ye took out his erhu, "Isn't it too much for me to cheer too?"
This is called listening to my junior uncle!
