Chapter 103: Don't we have bean soldiers now?

The sun rose higher and higher.

On Yellow Grass Mountain, both sides exchanged salutes.

The crow flapped its wings and flew into the sky, the wolf yaoguai transformed into a large wolf and left, and the three people and one fox also began to walk back.

That yaoguai had transformed into its original form and was being held in the hand by one of the third senior brother's bean soldiers. It was just a lizard or gecko-like spirit creature about three feet long, gray all over with patterns. It was likely that its original body was weak and powerless, which was why it had always maintained a human form to fight them. However, its strength was not considered great, but its reaction, speed, and running were far superior to humans.

"These few yaoguai also just came this morning." The third senior brother said, "They are usually not in the temple."

"Hmm, they have heavy death energy. If they were usually in the temple, we would have discovered them as soon as we arrived." Lin Jue paused, "According to what they said, the Bodhisattva manifests on the third day of every month. It should be that these yaoguai come regularly once a month to take away the silver and leave the pills."

"That should be it. Those monks must be using money to exchange for pills, not knowing if they are 'life-hanging poison pills' or 'immortal pills'." The third senior brother said, unable to help but sneer, "Regardless of whether they are poison pills or immortal pills, they probably never thought that these pills are fake."

"Yes..."

"How did junior brother get to know these two?"

"Doesn't senior brother know? The Thousand-Day Wine that senior brother is always thinking about was exchanged with them for the essence of earth and wood." Lin Jue said, "That person wants to use the Thousand-Day Wine to help his old friend of many years attain the Dao."

"Thousand-Day Wine!"

The third senior brother suddenly remembered and felt regret. That wine only appeared once every ten years, and ten years for a person is not a short period of time.

Even for a Daoist, it is the same.

If delayed by a few things, one has to wait another ten years.

Even as a Daoist, and even if one attains the status of a True Person, how many ten or twenty years are there?

"Junior brother is amazing. I thought I was the one with the widest circle of friends in the temple. I didn't expect that in such a distant place, there could still be yaoguai helping junior brother." The third senior brother laughed.

"Just a chance encounter."

The three of them walked further and further against the morning light.

Below was still the red leaf forest and the village, shrouded in a long strip of morning mist. As the sun rose, the forest mist cleared, gradually revealing its true appearance.

"That crow has attained the Dao."

The junior sister looked back frequently, sighing in wonder.

"Yes..."

This was also a good thing.

Walking down the mountain, passing through the red leaf forest, and walking back along the road by the fields, they unexpectedly encountered pilgrims running out of the temple, among whom was that pilgrim surnamed Wang.

Upon seeing them, especially the bean soldiers beside them and the large lizard held by the bean soldiers, the pilgrims were all startled.

"Everyone, do not be afraid."

Lin Jue felt that his affinity should be stronger, and at this time, the third senior brother might be a murderous demon with high magical power in their eyes, so he handed his long sword to the junior sister, walked out, and saluted them:

"We are Daoists practicing at Fuqiu Peak on Mount Yishan, not evil people. This time it was truly a chance passing, and we borrowed lodging here. The ones who were pretending to be gods and ghosts and harming people for money were the monks in the temple. Because we understand some spells, their tricks were exposed by us, and when they failed to bribe us, they wanted to poison us to death. During the struggle, we discovered that they were also colluding with yaoguai, and then we simply subdued the yaoguai and eliminated the demons."

Many pilgrims were trembling, unable to believe it for a moment, but they also dared not refute.

Seeing this, Lin Jue had to continue:

"It just so happens that there is something I would like to ask you all for help with: after leaving here, please report this matter to the government in the nearby city. We will not leave and will wait in the temple."

Hearing this, the crowd finally believed a little.

In fact, among these pilgrims, there were officials.

"Is what the Daoist said true?"

"Naturally true." Lin Jue said, "Everyone, please think about it: we are just Daoists passing through and staying here, why would we kill these monks without any enmity? There are so many famous mountains and temples in the world, where is there a temple where the Bodhisattva manifests every month? These monks took so much incense money, but they didn't use it to repair the temple or gild the Buddha statues. Where did they use it? Whether there were any poor people helped by them, you are the people living in this place, and you should know better than us Daoists who came from afar, right?"

Hearing this, the crowd seemed to have some doubts indeed.

It was just that they usually believed sincerely, so naturally they did not have doubts, and even if they had doubts, they would naturally find words to explain it themselves.

And in the battle of spells just now, those monks did have yaoguai come to help, and what these three Daoists were holding in their hands were indeed yaoguai. And although those armored guards were unusual, they were ultimately more credible than yaoguai.

Of course, what was most worth believing was that these three Daoists were willing to let them go and were willing to ask them to report to the government.

"Then what about the Bodhisattva manifesting?"

"The golden light of the statue is just a small trick, and the chanting is also done by the monks." Lin Jue said, "If everyone does not have awe for the Bodhisattva and Buddha and dares to go closer to look, or returns with us at this time, you will definitely be able to find some mechanisms under the altar."

"No, no, no..."

"Then please go back. Do not worry too much about this, do not think too much, so as not to hurt your heart and spirit. No matter how far this matter reaches, it will not bring disaster to you again. At most, it is just less silver than before. Everyone should just treat it as a nightmare."

Everyone looked at him, finally losing their fear.

How could people be heartless? Listening to this Daoist speak and seeing his expression, good and evil could be distinguished a little.

The three returned to the temple, which was still a mess.

On the ground were two giant snakes that had been beheaded; they were not pythons but had grown to be about the same size as pythons, and there was also a spider that had almost been chopped to pieces, the size of a cartwheel. Looking at the crisscrossing knife wounds on the pythons and the messy wounds on the spider, which were probably over a hundred, one could imagine how intense the struggle outside the door was at that time.

Half of the monks were dead, and the remaining half were locked in the main hall, with several bean soldiers guarding the main hall at this time.

At this time, besides the smell of blood, there was also some death energy in the temple.

"Third Shixiong brother, do you feel something is wrong?" Lin Jue asked with a frown.

"What's wrong? Of course it's wrong!" The third senior brother was also smart, "Obviously there is still a demon person or yaoguai behind the scenes, using pills as a means to control these bald donkeys."

"Not just that..."

"What?"

"Silver, death energy." Lin Jue looked at him, "Third senior brother, don't you feel it's a bit familiar?"

"Hiss!"

The third senior brother was stunned for a moment.

Thinking carefully, he was even more shocked.

"This place is still several hundred li away from our Yixian County!"

"Yes."

"If there is really a connection..."

"Yes."

At that time in Yixian County, those monsters were indeed cleared away by Lord Yi Li. At least until now, more than half a year has passed. Although there were occasionally some yaoguai and ghost matters around Yixian County, and occasionally people from the foot of the mountain sought help from Fuqiu Temple, there had been no more silver theft in the city. After the statue of Lord Yi Li was moved to the city, there had been almost no similar strange things in the city.

But if the matter here is also related to the matter in Yixian County, how large is the sphere of influence of the yaoguai behind it?

"In that case, junior brother, your decision to chase just now was really correct, otherwise I'm afraid it would have tipped them off."

"I was just angry."

"Hahaha! I like this reason even more!"

"..." Lin Jue shook his head, "We must go to notify Qiyun Mountain and ask them to invite the gods to expand the scope and thoroughly investigate again."

"These gods are very lazy, especially now. I'm afraid their minds are not on eliminating yaoguai at all." The third senior brother said disdainfully, "Competing for Daoist sites and incense, and establishing status for the next few hundred years is the most critical priority."

"The Great Ritual has just been held, it should be better, right?"

"Maybe." The third senior brother said, "Anyway, we have to notify them. If the gods worshipped on Qiyun Mountain can really investigate clearly, then I will look up to Lord Yi Li and Emperor Yu Jian in the future. Whenever I see their temples, I will definitely go in and offer a stick of incense."

"Then I will go too!"

"Haha! But as it is now, we should not stay here for the time being. This evil temple in the mountains is not good. Let's escort them to the county first, just in case!"

"Third Shixiong brother is thoughtful."

Lin Jue said, then suddenly paused and turned to look at the room inside: "But I still have one thing."

"What?"

The third senior brother followed his gaze and immediately understood, revealing a smile.

"Borrowing senior brother's good friend for a use."

"Good!"

Then Lin Jue walked to the door of the innermost room. The fox nimbly jumped over the corpses on the ground and followed him, followed by several bean soldiers carrying the monks' corpses.

At this time, the room door was still locked.

Lin Jue split it open with his sword and pushed the door to enter.

The residual souls inside had deep obsessions and heavy resentment, and they were not at peace even during the day. It was just that their shadows were so blurry during the day that they were almost invisible. One had to look very carefully to see them baring fangs and brandishing claws, wanting to tear at Lin Jue but fearing the sunlight, hiding in the dark corners of the room.

The bean soldiers walked in with heavy footsteps.

"Bang..."

The monks' corpses were thrown on the ground.

As the door closed, the room suddenly became dark.

Only a little light leaked through the gaps in the room, illuminating the trajectory of the dust dancing in the room.

Several residual souls drew knives and swords, just about to rush toward Lin Jue, when their figures suddenly stalled, looking at the monks' corpses on the ground.

"You heroes must have discovered their tricks, and could not stand them scraping oil and water from the poor people, and were unwilling to collude with them, and that is why you were harmed by them, and you are not reconciled even after death!"

Lin Jue did not know if this was the case, but he said so anyway.

However, they were actually already dead, without flesh, leaving only residual souls and obsessions, not even counting as ghosts, and they could not hear words. They could only recover their five senses when they entered the bean soldiers, and at this time, they could only feel intentions.

How intentions are transmitted lies in the words.

When intentions and words are one, ghosts and gods know it themselves.

"Now these monks have been eliminated by us, and three yaoguai have also been slaughtered by us. Your obsessions can be let go."

Lin Jue said so, and his heart thought so too:

"Staying in the human world for a long time is also a torture. Those who can disperse, please disperse. Dust returns to dust, earth returns to earth."

"If you are unwilling to disperse, you can follow me!"

"Nothing else, just help me punish evil and promote good, kill evil and eliminate demons, step on such injustices in the world, add a touch of peace in the troubled times, and have fewer such things!"

The obsessions of the several residual souls had calmed down.

Two of the residual souls were already faint, and they obviously became fainter and gradually dispersed. The remaining three looked at Lin Jue.

Lin Jue took out a bottle.

"If you are willing to follow me, I am very grateful. You can temporarily reside in the bottle. When I return to the mountain, I will naturally build bodies for you heroes. I thank you here first for the things that will trouble you in the future."

"Shu!"

The three yin souls rushed toward him.

Lin Jue was very respectful and put away the bottle.

Don't we have bean soldiers now?

As for the two that disappeared, it might be that they did not match Lin Jue's intentions, or it might be that they had no feeling for what Lin Jue said, so they naturally left. And these three who could stay because of Lin Jue's words and state of mind at this time must be consistent with what Lin Jue said, and must have been attracted by Lin Jue's intentions and character at this time. Naturally, they were three heroes.

It was only natural to show them more respect.

While still on the road, they encountered the constables from the city.

The third senior brother showed his ordination certificate, explained the matter in the temple, let them take some of the monks back to the city for detention and interrogation, and took some back to the temple. That scene shocked the many constables, making their eyes round.

Then they were delayed in the city for a few days.

Although many people saw the monks summoning yaoguai at that time, and the yaoguai's corpses were still placed in the courtyard, other evidence such as the breakfast provided by the monks, the space under the altar where the monks could hide and chant, and even the corpses of the people harmed by them buried behind the temple were found. Moreover, the third senior brother held an unusual ordination certificate, but this matter was of great importance after all, so it naturally could not be closed in a moment.

If this kind of thing spread out, I'm afraid it would shock the people of one side, and I don't know how many years it would be passed on by word of mouth. It might even be passed to the imperial court, and maybe it would even enter someone's book.

Unfortunately, this is a mediocre official.

This county magistrate did not care about any temple demon monks, yaoguai harming people, or the swindled money, as long as he was not swindled or harmed. Once he saw that the three had high Daoist skills, he immediately treated them as guests of honor, which made Lin Jue find it hard not to feel that if the group of demon monks had won, he would still do the same. ===== CHAPTER 104 =====