Chapter 129: A few people came here to make a mistake in their lives

"What kind of demon! How dare you come to the temple to make trouble?"

Lin Jue stared at it with his sword, questioning it. Facing that huge body and fierce appearance, he undoubtedly felt a very strong sense of oppression—did the general of the previous dynasty who beheaded the Yaksha at night behead this thing?

And this Yaksha had been poked with two swords, and its anger had already reached its peak. At this moment, it roared, covering its eye with one hand and holding the fork with the other, and slashed hard at him.

The lamp light in the hall cast its hideous shadow.

Lin Jue took a cold breath, using the tip of his right foot as support, the left half of his body turned backward quickly, and he went from facing forward to standing sideways, the steel fork almost brushing his upper body and smashing into the ground.

With a boom, the floor was smashed.

"Ssh!"

Lin Jue was shocked but not afraid, instead raising his long sword, shaving upward along the steel fork, the sword blade shaving directly at its palm.

At the same time, the Junior Xiao Shimei, two bean soldiers, and even the fox rushed toward the Yaksha.

The Yaksha roared repeatedly, just grabbing the steel fork and lifting it upward, easily resolving Lin Jue's shaving momentum with its height of nearly a foot, then stepped forward, and slammed into Lin Jue, the huge body bringing the strength of an ox.

Lin Jue only felt himself flying up.

At least flew out a foot, only then landed, his feet retreated repeatedly to vent his strength, and before he finished venting, he hit the side hall wall, and the whole person almost fell backward from the window.

Stabilizing his body, looking closely.

Under the stars all over the sky, the Junior Xiao Shimei and the two bean soldiers had already surrounded the Yaksha, waving swords and knives, but the Yaksha only looked at them with one eye, holding the steel fork and turning its body to sweep a circle.

Bang, bang, bang! It was truly the momentum of sweeping a thousand troops!

Three figures were all swept away.

Even the tall, sturdy, armored bean soldiers, who had always been suppressing other evil spirits, were easily swept away in front of this Yaksha as big as an ox.

However, the Yaksha was blind in one eye after all, there was a blind spot in its vision, and it lacked some agility.

These were keenly discovered and utilized by the fox. Coupled with its own body advantage, it easily avoided the steel fork, actually stepping on the Yaksha's leg and belly to climb up, reaching the Yaksha's chest, and spitting a mouthful of cold air at its face.

"Hu..."

The cold air in the night was like white smoke, silently hitting the Yaksha's face, spreading along its face.

Although this cold air was far less powerful than the old fox in Li Village, hitting the face still made the Yaksha very uncomfortable.

Just as it was furious, opening its blood basin mouth, and preparing to bite, the fox kicked its chest with four feet, its body like having no weight, instantly swimming more than a foot away in the air.

With a crunch! It also bit into nothing!

"Shu!"

An arrow shot from overhead.

This arrow came fast and urgent, with great force and accuracy, instantly drilling into the only good eye of the Yaksha.

"Awoo!"

The Yaksha roared again, in great pain.

However, both eyes were blind now, and it suddenly felt a serious threat of death. It could only wave the steel fork, spinning randomly in the courtyard, rushing and colliding everywhere, wanting to escape.

The steel fork was powerful and heavy, constantly tearing the night sky.

For a while, the hall was full of the sound of breaking through the air.

Whether it was the divine temple or the wall, if touched by this steel fork, the corners of the tiles would collapse immediately, and the wall would be scratched with a cut, but it wasn't just dropping powder, the stone bricks inside were also broken. As for the water pool and tree planting in the middle, they didn't need the steel fork to hit, they were crushed and knocked over just by the Yaksha moving.

Lin Jue and the Junior Xiao Shimei felt dangerous and dodged repeatedly.

The two bean soldiers didn't dare to go up at all.

Only one bean soldier was left overhead, standing under the starry sky, at the highest point of the divine temple, calmly drawing his bow and shooting arrows downward.

"Shu... shu... shu..."

Arrow after arrow pierced into the Yaksha's flesh.

Occasionally there was the sound of roaring flames.

Spiritual fire outlined its huge body silhouette.

It's just that the fire couldn't last long, because after being burned by the fire, the Yaksha sensed the direction, either fiercely rushing toward this side, or fleeing in the opposite direction. Whether chasing or hiding, it had to stop casting spells first.

There was also the sound of spells.

The spell drove the flying darts, swimming in the air, shooting at the Yaksha. Sometimes it hit the Yaksha, causing a roar, sometimes it was hit by the steel fork, and immediately splashed sparks, being deeply struck into the wall.

For a while, it was a fierce fight, as if tearing down the temple.

With such a big movement here, how could the temple keeper sleep?

I don't know when, a figure was already standing at the entrance of the divine temple, looking at this fierce Yaksha with the starlight, seeing it break through the courtyard wall and escape, two Daoists chasing after it, the whole person was like being struck by lightning.

The Yaksha was blind, hit by twenty arrows, I don't know how many times it was hit by flying darts, and after breaking through the courtyard wall, it ran out for a distance, until it hit a mountain ridge, and only then fell to the ground in the siege of everyone.

Lin Jue used the spell to control the sword, stabbed into its heart, and the bean soldiers came up to press it, the whole sword was submerged, only then was he relieved.

The two went over to look, very terrified.

Such a demon ghost, if it put on iron armor and put it on the battlefield, I don't know how terrible it would be.

Even if it didn't know any other magical arts, just relying on strength and fierceness was scary enough. Thanks to that sneak attack with a sword at the beginning, and thanks to the bean soldier shooting arrows on the building, quickly blinding its two eyes, otherwise the battle would never have been so easy.

If the Mountain God token hadn't been used, not only would Lin Jue and the Junior Xiao Shimei be in danger, but the bean soldiers might also have losses.

Is there really a general who can behead this ghost?

Lin Jue couldn't help but think.

Suddenly remembered the martial artist surnamed Luo on the side of the road years ago, easily beheading the strange monkey, listening to his heroic words, as if he also dared to imitate the great general of the previous dynasty, also beheading the Yaksha.

Lin Jue shook his head and pulled the long sword out of it.

"Dead."

"Then this..."

The Junior Xiao Shimei pointed to the Yaksha on the ground.

"I heard that these demon ghosts can only appear at night, and when the sun shines during the day, they will dissipate without a trace, so let it fall here."

"This steel fork..."

"Carry it, it can be sold for some money in the county."

"Okay..."

The two took back their long swords, carried the steel fork and went back, but saw the temple keeper still standing in place.

Just now when the Yaksha broke through the courtyard wall and went out, it brushed past him, and he didn't move, as if he was stunned.

"Sigh, the temple keeper knows now, this is the fairy who came to pick you up to ascend to heaven." Lin Jue shook the fishy blood on the long sword and said to him, "Go back to rest."

"Then I..."

The temple keeper spat out two words blankly.

"What?"

"Then I... those silver and money?"

"I'm afraid it has already turned into the food of the silver-eating ghost, vomited into pills, and became the Many Yaoguai King's cultivation. Naturally, it can't be taken back." Lin Jue paused, "Compared to this, you should worry about the metal and stone poison you have accumulated because you ate too many fake pills."

"I..."

"The temple keeper was favored by the ancient Emperor. If you didn't be tempted and didn't have a corrupt heart, I'm afraid the Many Yaoguai King wouldn't dare to harm you for no reason and make enemies for no reason. This life would also be good." Lin Jue paused here, "It's already like this, let's stop here. You can still be your temple keeper in the future, take less money, find a physician to see a doctor, just do what you should do."

After speaking, he put down the steel fork on the spot and walked back to the room.

The side hall was still lit with lamp fire, and the red cloth was thrown on the wall.

The brother and sister had a fight, and they were also a bit tired. Although they couldn't sleep for a while in excitement, they sat against the wall and pulled the red cloth to cover their lower bodies.

The fox crawled in from the side of their feet.

The lamp light was dim, their legs were not high, and there was cloth overhead. In its view, this was a very small space. Small meant peace of mind. When it crawled and moved inside, it seemed like a small adventure world belonging to itself.

Just as it crawled halfway, it felt its head knocked.

"Ying??"

"I said why is it so cold? It turns out you little thing is hiding inside and spitting cold air secretly?"

"Ying?"

The fox raised its head to look overhead, and touched its head, its clear eyes showing a thoughtful look—

Crawling and crawling, actually still get a hit?

It really is a small adventure world!

The two sat for a long time, just about to fall asleep, and heard a sound outside.

This time the sound came from the main hall.

It was the temple keeper's voice.

So the two and one fox were only briefly vigilant, and soon relaxed, not making a sound.

Then only heard the temple keeper praying in the Green Emperor Hall, constantly crying and chanting, hoping that the Emperor could see that he had picked up his statue from the rain and mud and served for many years, and help him take back the money and cure the metal and stone poison he had because he ate too many pills.

The sound was wailing and painful, and very sincere, reaching the two here.

Over and over again, continuous.

The two looked at each other.

The fox also poked its head out from the middle.

However, gods in heaven and powerful people in the world often have ups and downs. The incense of this Green Emperor hasn't been prosperous for many years, and most of the gods and emperors of his era have been submerged in the dust of history. If it weren't for his divine position and power of spring and flowers, often entering the poems and articles of literati, I'm afraid his name would have been submerged long ago, and no one would worship him.

Such an ancient Emperor, and not a martial god good at fighting, not to mention whether he still has such ability, even if he has, I'm afraid he wouldn't be willing, right?

"Sigh..."

★C〇

Lin Jue and the Junior Xiao Shimei looked at each other and couldn't help sighing.

"Sigh..."

Seeing him sigh, the Junior Xiao Shimei couldn't help but sigh along.

"Hu~"

The fox spat out a mouthful of cold air accordingly.

As soon as it spat out, it felt its head knocked.

"It really is you!"

The fox stared at them with a puzzled look.

Not long after, the sound subsided.

The two were also able to sleep peacefully.

However, they didn't sleep for long before being woken up by the fox.

This time it wasn't woken up by the cold.

When waking up, only seeing firelight coming through the window, the two's first reaction was to think that some demon had come again, but holding their swords and bypassing the window to look out, they saw that the Green Emperor main hall was burning.

It was a house built of wood itself, but it was piled with firewood, I don't know if it was poured with oil or what, and it had already ignited a raging fire.

The big fire illuminated the entire main hall, the statue's windbreaker, the cloth and paper strips hanging from the temple roof, and even the carved beams and painted buildings, all burning and falling down, becoming things that helped the fire.

Lin Jue saw the broken wine gourd at the entrance of the main hall, saw the temple keeper standing in the middle of the firewood fire.

"I dug you out!

"I served you for many years!

"You don't save me!

"Then don't think about having incense!!

"Ah..."

The temple keeper's voice was full of resentment.

However, he clearly overestimated his determination and endurance.

Under the burning of the big fire, he could still endure at first, but the pain soon made him unable to bear it. All resentment vanished here. However, at this time, it had reached the time when he wanted to seek survival but could only curl up and fall down.

"Bang!"

The roof beam overhead fell, hitting the top of his head.

This scream was also gone.

Lin Jue took two steps forward, but stopped again, having to stand outside, watching the fire inside getting more and more prosperous, and the Green Emperor statue was also burned and changed color in the fire.

"An ancient Emperor with declining incense, but he encountered such a temple keeper..."

Originally, he didn't want to manage it, but thinking of the Divine Lord entrusting a dream to protect the local commoners a few days ago, thinking that there were probably not many statues of this ancient Emperor left in the world, if this one was gone, it would be one step closer to the complete extinction of this ancient Emperor, suddenly he couldn't bear it.

"Sigh..."

Then saw the Daoist point a finger—

Water come!

A wisp of clear water from the remaining half pool suddenly flew up, wetting his body, and he stepped forward, soon entering the fire.

Wind come!

The wind blew to both sides, pushing away the flames, and also pushing away the firewood all over the ground, plus the method of controlling fire, for a while, it was as if the raging fire also made way for the Daoist.

The Junior Xiao Shimei stared blankly outside.

Not long after, he came out.

Fortunately, this Green Emperor statue was not big, only about the same

I had originally intended to bring the temple keeper out with us; after all, it was a life. However, seeing that he had already lost all signs of vitality, and thinking that bringing out only his corpse would mean leaving him exposed in the wilderness—which was not necessarily better than resting in peace amidst the flames—I let him follow the path he had initially chosen. This could also be considered respecting his fate.

"Hoo..."

Lin Jue let out a long breath and hurriedly drew more water to cool himself down.

Even though he had mastered fire arts, he still could not avoid being burned by fire.

At this moment, with the Daoist's magic gone, the flames inside the main hall burned ever more fiercely. Even the roof tiles began to fall, and it was estimated that it would not be long before the structure collapsed.

Only a single statue of the Green Emperor remained, standing in the courtyard.

"Since you protected the local people once, I shall protect you once today," Lin Jue said to it. Looking at the temple, he could not help but shake his head. "The paths of the world are no more treacherous than human desire; how many have gone astray in their lives because of this?"

"Boom!"

The temple collapsed amidst the raging flames.

Yet, a flower petal, coming from who knows where, rode the wind stirred up by the fire, drifting and swaying as it fell through the night sky, landing right in front of Lin Jue.

Lin Jue reached out to catch it.

It was indeed a flower petal.

But in this late autumn season, where would a flower petal come from?

Was it a divine talisman? Or a token?

"I am not going to be your temple keeper," Lin Jue shook his head, though he still put it away, picked up his pack and steel fork, and walked out.