Chapter 210: Divine Statues, Illusion (Two-in-one, please subscribe)

With the help of the Investigation Team, Zhou Xuan took the Cleansing Talisman and went to one hospital after another to treat the strange illness.

Wherever the Cleansing Talisman took effect, laughter and cheers would naturally ring out in the rooms, and the name of the "Little Immortal Zhou Xuan" was spread by the patients' families.

There were also times when it was ineffective; some families refused to accept it and even knelt down, hoping he could try one more time.

Regarding this, Zhou Xuan could only harden his heart and refuse.

If the Cleansing Talisman had an effect, he naturally wouldn't mind using another one to let the patient defeat the illness and recover.

But if it were ineffective, continuing to use it would easily cause the power of the Talisman to exceed the limits of a mortal body.

If other complications arose then, he, Zhou Xuan, would not have the ability to cure them.

That would not be healing, but killing.

Fortunately, the Investigation Team had been following Zhou Xuan, so he did not need to face the patients' families' tactics of crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide.

"A divine doctor!"

After the Registered Disciples of the Burial Ground set up the Auction, they strengthened their cooperation with various forces.

Zhou Xuan's mouth twitched as he thought about how evil cultivators had also learned modern knowledge and started using technology to accelerate their evil Dharma Artifacts or spells for cultivation.

Zhou Xuan was slightly stunned, and he turned his head again to look at the divine statue and Talisman that looked problematic no matter how he viewed them.

"When you come, remember to bring your Dharma Artifacts; I don't want any big commotions after we arrive in Gade City!"

Zhou Xuan was naturally curious about the Burial Ground.

"So you mean, this spell itself won't cause disaster, but according to the knowledge you understand, Daoist, it is possible that most people who cast this kind of spell are evil cultivators?"

After a period of time, the transport plane was able to enter Gade City smoothly.

He then sat cross-legged in the cabin, facing the hundreds of wooden crates containing divine statues alone.

Zhou Xuan naturally knew this, and he nodded slightly as he accepted it.

He withdrew his Divine Soul, feeling only that his head was a bit dizzy.

Able to absorb the Blood Qi Living Soul of those livestock.

These wooden crates contained divine statues with Talismans stuck to them that had turned completely red.

Instead, he prepared to return quietly first, then ask the Investigation Team if they knew about the situation inside, and prepare to report it the next time he saw his master.

He did not impulsively run over to smash the divine statues at the first opportunity.

Leaving them with no choice but to hope they could get a share of the profits through cooperation, thereby obtaining the key to the transcendent...

It was with the landing of this batch of divine statues.

According to the requirements, these divine statues all needed to be replaced with new ones, and then transported back to Gade City for processing.

That is, installing the divine statues and sticking on the Talismans.

During this period, some security personnel were vaguely in a trance.

Not long after the clanging sounds rang out.

For these transcendent forces standing on the side of maintaining Order, they naturally hoped they could work together for a win-win situation.

The big fat foreman, who was about 1.8 meters tall and weighed at least 300 jin, kept sizing up Zhou Xuan with suspicion and said loudly:

The Registered Disciples determined through drawing lots that Huang Zong would take on the heavy responsibility of being in charge of transport this time.

Whether it was Zhou Xuan's side or Huang Zong's side, they were partners who had set the tone to cooperate rather than fight.

Zhou Xuan also learned why that factory dared to worship the divine statues so openly and even dared to conduct business as usual.

Cooperating with the blood threads constantly overflowing from the divine statues.

Causing this Blood Sea Illusion to collapse in an instant.

Sometimes, blood-red light flames that could only be seen by those who had entered Qi Refining would even appear.

Swish!

Zhou Xuan quickly arrived at the place where he sensed an abnormality.

Several of the divine statues seemed to be the backbone of the others; in the blink of an eye, the entire group of statues seemed to resonate and connect into one.

That is to avoid unexpected incidents as much as possible.

The wooden crates were all stored in the second basement level of the factory area.

Huang Zong stayed in front of the transport plane specially prepared for him at the airport.

But heaven have mercy, apart from being a bit cruel to bad people, they were all great philanthropists to ordinary people!

From coming to Gade City to invest and develop until today.

Then, after a period of time, these reddened divine statues had a chance to resonate with the surrounding environment, amplifying the discomfort of the people around them.

Huang Zong boarded the transport plane and instructed the pilot to take off.

"It won't be easy to cancel after setting up the altar!"

There were even wheeled robots assisting workers wearing Exoskeletons to handle chores that required heavy physical labor.

Huang Zong sighed, and that very day he boarded his private jet and arrived at the capital airport of the country.

Zhou Xuan felt that in the southeast direction of the Daoist temple, in a corner of this city, blood light was faintly emerging.

However, he had just intended to turn and leave.

The force behind it was, shockingly, the industry of those Registered Disciples of the Burial Ground Daoist in the now incredibly popular Nierbojiade City!

If this were in ancient times, I'm afraid several Long-life Tablets would have been set up!

Huang Zong now did things with an increasingly clear conscience!

It was just... every time he saw those divine statues transported back, he still felt some palpitations.

Huang Zong felt as if he possessed X-ray vision, feeling like he could see the divine statues inside those boxes!

Then he wasn't too panicked; after all, every abnormality that might occur had been recorded and provided with solutions in the Jade Slip given by Shu Daoren when he went to study at the Burial Ground before.

"I wonder if Daoist Zhou feels that if those divine statues absorb Blood Qi for too long, it will cause any disaster?"

After presenting some gifts to the representatives who came to welcome them.

Huang Zong noticed that the transport volume this time was significantly higher than before.

As this batch of divine statues was transported out of the wooden crates and placed here.

Fortunately, the Yue Kingdom is not too far from Nierbo.

However, these absorbed Blood Qi Living Souls can, in a sense, produce idealistic influences, and in theory, it is possible for them to induce hallucinations.

This caused Huang Zong and his group to fall for the trap, becoming caught in an illusion due to a moment of carelessness.

Driven by them, it is unknown how many people's livelihoods were saved, directly or indirectly.

As a practitioner, one may choose not to tell the whole truth, but one must absolutely never tell a lie.

Just at a first glance, Zhou Xuan understood that these Talismans were all the real deal!

Looking again at the domestic pigs waiting to be slaughtered on the automated conveyor belt.

The foreman said this very familiarly; clearly, it was not the first time he had encountered petty theft.

In this state of cultivation, one can vaguely perceive the various mysteries of the heaven and earth all around.

"We encountered an anomaly during this recovery!"

"You actually dared to report it?"

Huang Zong turned on the lights and looked into this underground space the size of a football field, where thousands of blood-red divine statues were neatly arranged, as if for a military parade.

Zhou Xuan was stunned upon hearing this, and immediately realized that these people were not afraid at all; one look and it was clear they had a deep background.

A sense of inexplicable worry arose in his heart.

Zhou Xuan whispered:

"Since it is the Burial Ground... then it seems I was worried for nothing!"

Thousands of fully armed security personnel wearing Exoskeleton equipment arrived here, carefully moving the wooden crates under the command of several Registered Disciples.

They had six three-inch-long Talismans stuck to their bodies, and the Immortal script on the Talismans was entirely blood-red at this moment.

"Although the Burial Ground is a Side-Door Path, it can still be considered a Side-Door Path that follows the rules."

Zhou Xuan heard the familiar sound of gratitude once again.

Afterward, it landed at a temporarily cleared makeshift airport.

Finally, after begging and pleading, offering apologies, and dealing with a large number of the personnel involved, the Yue Kingdom side finally managed to resolve the matter.

He looked again at the workers, who looked like nothing more than a group of normal people, and frowned slightly:

Zhou Xuan's heart stirred, and he entered a state of Soul Out of Body.

Like a martial arts expert, Zhou Xuan could step onto a tree trunk with a light leap, and then, stepping on the branches, he turned into a blurred shadow.

Coupled with the current backdrop of an unclear general situation.

After a fierce yet friendly debate.

They were immediately discovered by the Registered Disciples and replaced.

As more and more of the Living Souls absorbed within the divine statues became those with the potential to become a Spirit Beast.

Zhou Xuan could therefore deeply feel the scarcity of Spirit Qi in the heaven and earth, and sighed secretly at how difficult cultivation is.

"This... I do not know."

"Why did you run over so late? I'm telling you, confess honestly quickly; we have already reported it!"

After receiving the foreman's call, he had hurriedly looked for someone in hopes of contacting Zhou Xuan, fearing that the other party was young and reckless, and after learning a few skills, would treat their Burial Ground arrangements as Heavenly Demon and slash them!

These divine statues were about one meter tall, made primarily of stone and gilded with a layer of gold.

This caused not only ordinary people but even Registered Disciples like Huang Zong to see illusions.

And once these light flames are discovered, it is best to use a Talisman or Dharma Artifact to suppress them immediately; this is also the reason why the Registered Disciples have to come over to provide escort.

And they promised repeatedly that those divine statues would be replaced regularly, and that absolutely no trouble would occur.

Many large-scale slaughterhouses with a high degree of automation accepted modifications from them.

Zhou Xuan, who was scouting quietly like a secret agent, paused after entering the factory area for a few minutes, seeing the divine statues placed in the slaughterhouse and the Talismans stuck to them, without any attempt at concealment.

Judging from the current actions of those Registered Disciples, this Burial Ground still attaches considerable importance to these divine statues.

He hurriedly adjusted his breathing to recover, then left the Taoist temple directly.

It was as if he saw the underground space before him turn into a Blood Sea.

Especially since the divine statues brought this time included the Living Soul of a domestic pig that had the potential of a Spirit Beast King, equivalent to a person with a Spirit Body among humans!

It was just that without an invisibility Talisman, this light-body technique could naturally not deceive the Investigation Team.

As for wanting to conduct destructive research on the divine statue Talismans...

Zhou Xuan noticed that there were not many workers in this slaughterhouse, and most operations had already achieved automation and intelligence.

Relying on the fact that things are easier done with more people, plus sufficient vehicles and equipment.

Huang Zong, the most frequently seen and most famous among the Registered Disciples of the Burial Ground.

"But don't talk about Taoist priests; even monks cannot trespass into the factory area!"

"Speak!"

Looking at these wooden crates.

Huang Zong hurriedly raised a Dharma Artifact, a bronze bell, and shook it.

Then, in this Blood Sea, a giant humanoid god composed of blood slowly emerged from the Blood Sea, and extended its right hand, wanting to grab the shore to hoist its entire massive body up...

This also made the other major forces who were too late to act feel a sense of awe, realizing how deep the waters here were.

Upon learning of the anomaly with the divine statues, he also felt a stir in his heart and rushed back.

That is, this slaughterhouse... what kind of force is it exactly?

Huang Zong looked at the transport plane that was gradually being filled.

*Cough, cough*, once the Talisman was forcibly destroyed, the Filth Qi erupted and scattered.

Late at night, Zhou Xuan was meditating, absorbing the Spirit Qi as it emanated from the Dharma Artifact on his wrist.

Then, without needing them to be told, the foremen would take the workers to offer incense morning and evening.

Immediately, Huang Zong and the others, having regained their senses, hurriedly knelt to respectfully welcome the personal arrival of their Master.

He also received a message from Huang Zong.

As the news of the Auction and the White Elephant Chamber of Commerce gradually fermented, the Burial Ground had become a hot commodity in the upper circles!

After all, other extraordinary forces were simply too ethereal and difficult to grasp.

Having finished understanding the situation, Zhou Xuan was about to see his guests out.

Huang Zong and the others who had followed him down were all slightly startled, appearing somewhat dazed.

Huang Zong then regained his clarity, and looking at the wooden crate again, there was nothing unusual.

Naturally thinking of his Master's mission, he shook his head and declined this suggestion.

"Luo Luo, hurry and thank the big brother!"

He said that even if they couldn't finish eating it themselves, their Master raised a Spirit Beast with a big belly, and no amount of meat was enough to fill its stomach...

The Investigation Team, on the other hand, quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

In Zhou Xuan's view, those god statues and Talismans were clearly also the handiwork of the Daoist from the Burial Ground!

A large number of relevant researchers immediately met with misfortune.

In Jiade City, Huang Zong, who was comfortably soaking in a bath, hung up the phone.

He was still quite envious of that little Daoist priest, Zhou Xuan.

Anyway, if he didn't absorb these things, they would gradually dissipate into nothingness in an environment without Spirit Qi.

"My sect is no exception."

So those research institutions secretly hid one or two, but no matter how they studied them, they couldn't understand what was strange about them, and in the end, they could only quietly send them back.

"Hum!"

The Incense God Statue Technique combined with the Blood God Secret Method.

That was equivalent to the Pig King's soul becoming the main soul within the Blood God Secret Method, instinctively causing a resonance.

However, as the message sounded again, Huang Zong had to end his favorite bathing activity, change his clothes, and head to the conference room.

There were no threats in the phone call; after a simple greeting, they took the initiative to introduce this cooperation between their Burial Ground and various slaughterhouses.

Suddenly, a harsh, booming sound rang out on the second basement level.

Zhou Xuan shook his head upon hearing this and answered honestly.

With wide eyes, he saw the name of this place:

Hao You Kuai Slaughterhouse!

Swallowing his saliva, he remembered the boss's instructions and hurriedly took out his phone to make a satellite call that cost ten yuan per minute.

"Hmm?"

It was only hateful that all they raised in their hands were trash; not one could reproduce their own products by studying these god statues, or figure out how to utilize them.

He didn't know if it was an illusion.

"Yes."

Having a method to rely on, Huang Zong took out his phone and began to alert his companions.

Recalling the inherited knowledge thrown to him by his Master, Zhou Xuan realized that this place might harbor Heavenly Demons and heretical paths.

From the moment the rear cabin door of the large transport plane opened, he had been staring intently at the large wooden crates being transported from outside toward the transport plane.

"Daoist Zhou, Huang Zong from the Burial Ground is looking for you."

But others are approachable and target the mass market!

They were also the force most likely to be contacted by those of them who were extraordinary!

They were shaped in various ways, but mostly they were Ghost Gods with Three Heads and Six Arms or two heads and two arms in a threatening posture.

Yet he saw the investigator pause as if he had heard something in his earpiece, and then his phone rang.

"And because of this, the Immortal Sect and other large sects have tacitly approved of all the actions of that Daoist."

In a hospital located in the mountains, as Zhou Xuan found another patient for whom the Filth-Cleansing Talisman was effective.

As for side effects, there don't seem to be any at the moment.

After all, that was a Daoist seed who had encountered Immortal Fate!

It is rumored that after going to Beidi, he even subdued a white tiger as a mount!

After Huang Zong finished speaking, he sat cross-legged in the cabin, shaking a bell from time to time, waiting for the plane to land.

Zhou Xuan did not hide his encounter that night; after entering the room and brewing tea, he voiced the doubts in his heart.

Following the investigator's explanation.

Water Blue Star truly has no Spirit Qi.

"I only know that this method of absorbing Blood Qi and Living Soul belongs to the Side-Door Path, and those who are proficient in this method often cannot hold their bottom line and will degenerate into evil cultivators!"

Zhou Xuan nodded again, then asked the question he was curious about.

It was truly so majestic and imposing that it made him quite envious.

The Investigation Team just watched from afar, not being tactless enough to run over and ask where the other party was going in the middle of the night.

Although their Burial Ground does indeed look a bit villainous.

If these reddened god statues were just one or two, it would actually be fine, and there would be nothing unusual.

And Zhou Xuan learned from the investigator that it was not just this city.

The investigator took out his phone and placed it on the table:

The investigator was clearly very interested in the divine statues and the blood-colored light from the Talismans that Zhou Xuan spoke of, and recorded it with emphasis.

Afterward, Zhou Xuan declined the banquets offered by the local wealthy elites and went to stay at a Daoist temple.

After making a few inquiries, he learned that partners in the surrounding regions had also transported divine statues to the Yue Kingdom during this period.

As for the Burial Ground, although it looked like it reeked of a small, minor sect, it probably didn't rank very high in the transcendent circle.

Those with even greater connections knew that what was packed inside the wooden crates were the divine statues that these people had been distributing recently.

Afterward, acting as the host, they wanted to invite Zhou Xuan, this fellow practitioner, to come to Jiade City for a visit.

"It looks like the quality is too good, just as Master mentioned! And then it encountered me, who has entered the gate and possesses Dharma Power, so it was stimulated!"

According to the requirements of Shu Daoren, to ensure safety, the transportation process had to have at least one Registered Disciple from the Burial Ground sitting guard, holding a Dharma Artifact and a Talisman.

The Registered Disciples even took the lead in purchasing meat products from these slaughterhouses, patting their chests and declaring that they would buy as much as there was if people were worried.

Furthermore, because of their subsidies and the modifications and upgrades from mysterious technology from the East, the partners' business became even better, and their efficiency became even faster!

This also caused the speed at which the divine statues turned red to accelerate.

This somewhat horrifying scene forced Huang Zong to shake the bell again to suppress the abnormal movement of the divine statues.

These divine statues were an attempt Su Ping had figured out to make the most of local advantages in an environment without Spirit Qi after he learned the Blood God Sect Secret Technique.

Yet he hadn't expected to encounter a surprise.

The second basement level.

Suddenly!

During this period, it naturally also attracted the attention of many busybodies.

This time, the feeling of being thanked and praised still made Zhou Xuan feel warm inside.

"Does he really look like a Daoist priest?"

On the other side, when Zhou Xuan returned to the Daoist temple, he saw members of the Investigation Team waiting for him there.

He saw more than a dozen workers wearing helmets and Exoskeletons standing at the entrance.

The one who broke the illusion with a shout was naturally Su Ping, who had run back after finishing off monsters in the Southern Hemisphere.

Although he had already heard it many times.

He did not continue to entangle himself with these ordinary people; his figure moved, and he turned into an afterimage, flashing past these workers' eyes.

The big, fat foreman opened his mouth and stared at the ground where Zhou Xuan had been standing.

However, the next second, Huang Zong, who was circulating Dharma Power in his eyes, discovered that red light had appeared in several wooden crates!

Moreover, some of the wooden crates began to shake and make noise.

However, even if Su Ping was not here this time, it actually wouldn't be a big problem.

The Dharma Power in the Talismans could only barely maintain the survival of the Living Souls inside the divine statues.

Even if they formed an array, it would only scare Huang Zong and the others; without support, the illusion would soon dissipate.