Chapter 309

"Senior brother, this is the object!"

The martial monk of the Law Enforcement Hall stopped and pointed forward.

Li Yan and Master Chengjue looked and both frowned tightly.

There was indeed a secret room of considerable size hidden underground in the backyard of this meat shop, covered by a Qimen formation, and they were washing pork offal in the courtyard, making it stink to the sky, causing pedestrians to dodge.

Therefore, this group of people had been able to hide until now.

This underground secret room was not small and was divided into two areas: one for accommodation, with a dirt bed and oil lamp, very simple.

One was used for sacrifice.

Against the wall was a two-meter-long altar table, on which were not only five offerings, incense and candles, but also densely packed cat skulls.

On the altar table, there was also a statue, the upper body resembling a middle-aged man, white beard and black eyebrows, dressed in a black robe, barefoot below, revealing a pair of huge chicken claws.

One look and it was clear it was no righteous god.

And on the spirit tablet, it was written "Position of the Divine Venerable Rantong."

"Which road of hairy god is this? Do you all recognize it?"

Master Chengjue couldn't help but frown and ask.

And Li Yan, who was beside him, suddenly felt dazed.

The Gou Die was heating up and trembling, and thick fog was filling the surroundings.

Is this another mission?

Li Yan immediately understood and quickened his pace to pass through the fog.

In front, a black well appeared, covered in blood-colored oracle bone script, wrapped in bronze chains, with sticky blood water churning and swirling inside, and bubbling with gurgling sounds.

Another Demon God's demonic aura has escaped!

Li Yan knew what had happened.

No wonder that Liu Niang could control so many cat-ghosts; she must have worshipped an evil god and practiced the secret method in the "Longevity Immortal Treasury."

He didn't recognize that evil god, which was also normal.

The "Longevity Immortal Treasury" has seventy-two kinds of evil methods, representing the seventy-two Demon Gods suppressed after the Battle of the Gods.

But this book was scattered all over the Divine Land during the Qin and Han witch-gu chaos when the Fangxian Dao was wantonly suppressed by the imperial court; some have already been lost, and some are still being passed down in secret.

The book Master Yulinzi gave him on Mount Taibai was just intelligence collected by the Mystic Sect's righteous path over many years, only recording the characteristics of the evil methods, and the quantity was incomplete.

It seems that a new Demon God has been discovered, and demonic aura has already escaped from Luo Feng Mountain.

Li Yan's expression was solemn as he placed his hands on the well rim.

Soon, the blood water churned, and an illusion appeared before his eyes:

It was still a large, square piece of sandstone, covered with blood-colored talismans, with a bronze coffin wrapped inside.

Inside the bronze coffin lay a man in black, with giant chicken claws for feet, white hair and black eyebrows, exactly the same as the statue outside.

What made Li Yan even more shocked was that the limbs, Dantian, heart, and forehead of the other party were originally pierced by bronze spikes, symbolizing the seven-fold seal.

However, now the heart, forehead, Dantian, and both hands of the other party, five spikes had already separated from the body.

This Demon God had actually escaped five strands of demonic aura!

When all seven seals are lifted, the other party can completely break free!

This scene made Li Yan's back feel cold.

Just then, he seemed to sense something and looked at the Demon God's head, only to find that the other party had opened his eyes at some point, looking in his direction, the corners of his mouth curling up to reveal a mouthful of sharp teeth.

What was even stranger were the other party's eyes.

A layer of white membrane similar to a bird's eye conjunctiva opened and closed rapidly, seemingly blinking!

Li Yan was shocked, and the illusion before his eyes immediately disappeared.

Above the blood water in the black well, a scroll had appeared, and just as he expected, it was written with the origin of this Demon God:

"This demon was originally an ancient mountain god, transformed by ancient witches, named Rantong. Later transformed into a demon god, suppressed after the Battle of the Gods, suppressed in the Heavenly Palace of Mingchen Naifan Wucheng...

"Left behind the 'Tongyou Longevity Technique' in the 'Longevity Immortal Treasury', falsely claiming to be a righteous god, stealing incense and fire, teaching evil methods, causing demonic aura to escape..."

Lines of text made Li Yan's heart jump with shock.

This Demon God Rantong was actually a mountain god from the era of the Classic of Mountains and Seas, and he didn't know why he participated in the Battle of the Gods and was suppressed.

The language was vague, seemingly hiding some information.

Of course, what was even more terrifying was the characteristic of this Demon God.

He was proficient in the technique of communicating with the netherworld, controlling all kinds of ghosts and demons, and even the longevity method he passed down was borrowing the power of ghosts and demons to turn into an old yin person.

An "old yin person" is a kind of evil object similar to a zombie, but different from a zombie, the body of an old yin person can still move normally, and is even more flexible, similar to a kind of living dead.

Practicing this method can gradually restore youth, but when the lifespan is exhausted, the yang energy in the body will disperse, and the yin energy will gather, so they can only live underground where the yin evil aura gathers, and cannot see the sun all day long.

As their cultivation increases, they will also hide deeper.

There is one more point: this Demon God Rantong is very good at hiding.

He not only stays in poor and remote places, pretending to be all kinds of righteous gods and mountain gods, but also changes into various images, teaching ghost-controlling methods, and bewitching people to perform sacrifices to him.

The Song Dynasty Ghost Sect had a wide variety of ghosts and gods worshipped.

But whether it was the "Lengdeng God" of Ezhou or the "Ningdeng God" of Tokyo at that time, they were just his incarnations.

This Demon God Rantong was his true body!

And the methods he taught were also different, just like Liu Niang, who mainly used cat-ghosts.

Relying on this kind of deceptive method, the other party had actually escaped five strands of demonic aura; break two more seals, and he could break free.

The illusion disappeared completely, but it was only for a short moment.

Master Chengjue's question had just been asked, and Li Yan said solemnly, "This is the Demon God Rantong; the trouble is big!"

Having said that, he turned around and rushed out of the courtyard.

Outside, the drizzle was drizzling, and blood was flowing on the street.

The surroundings had already been blocked by yamen runners, and the common people were poking their heads to watch, whispering to each other, still having lingering fears.

Li Yan hurriedly pinched magic formulas, took a deep breath, then looked in all directions, and said urgently to Master Chengjue who was chasing out:

"Quick, have people close the city gates and search strictly!"

"Brother Lu, send all animals to scout!"

"We have all been deceived..."

In less than the time it takes to burn half a stick of incense, the city gates of Near Wuchang were all closed with a rumble; facing the soldiers who were like wolves and tigers, the common people were dissatisfied in their hearts but didn't dare to ask more, so they could only inquire in private.

And in the woods near the city gate, a scholar was silently watching all this, suddenly showing a smile, his eye conjunctiva turning white, and he turned and drilled into the dense forest, disappearing without a trace...

Baotong Zen Temple, inside the Great Hero Hall.

"Everyone has been deceived, and the demoness Liu Niang is no exception..."

"She thought she had succeeded in practicing magic techniques, but in reality, there was a strand of demonic aura attached to her, which allowed her to control so many cat-ghosts..."

"She thought she could escape, but in reality, it was the influence of that demonic aura, making her release the cat-ghosts to divert our attention, and that strand of demonic aura has already left by borrowing the body of a bystander..."

"I originally thought the catastrophe here was arranged by Zhao Zhao Changsheng with Liu Niang presiding, but in reality, it has always been this Demon God manipulating it in secret..." All the high monks of Baotong Zen Temple were there.

Listening to Li Yan's account, their eyes were full of shock.

Even Li Yan himself felt a chill down his spine.

Thinking about it carefully, from the moment they discovered Liu Niang, the other party had already thought of a way to retreat, just like a gecko cutting off its tail; no matter how happily Liu Niang jumped, she was just that twitching broken tail.

If it weren't for Lu San's secret method, who could have imagined that this Liu Niang and the demonic aura would hide in such a filthy place!

The abbot Abbot Mingzhu frowned, "Is this demon so cunning?"

To be honest, what Li Yan said was too unbelievable, and he even dared not believe it.

"More cunning than imagined!"

Li Yan shook his head solemnly, "Thinking about it now, the other party could have used other methods to silence them, but they chose to use the cat-ghost evil technique to kill Wu Wu Jiucheng, just to make our attention gather in the brothel."

"If it weren't for my brother Lu San's secret method, who could have imagined that this Liu Niang and the demonic aura would hide in such a filthy place!"

"If there are no accidents, Liu Niang is hiding in the city, and she must be trying to coordinate from inside and outside to do a big thing and destroy the Feng Shui layout."

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Master Chengjue, who had just walked into the hall, also put his hands together and said, "Reporting to the abbot, Young Hero Li's guess is correct."

"According to the confessions of those martial world scum, there are three Miao people under Liu Niang, all dressed as hunters, who should be disciples of the Meishan Dharma Sect and left secretly yesterday, not knowing what they are going to do."

"In addition, there is a cargo ship from Xiangyang that has sent a large amount of gunpowder; they are responsible for transporting it to the mountains, where there are people to meet them, but I don't know where it was transported..."

One of the old monks heard this and shook his head slightly, "Demonic nature is cunning, often confusing the world, reversing yin and yang, but the path they take is biased, and they also have their weaknesses."

"Young Hero Li is a Living Yin Messenger; do you know?"

Li Yan nodded, "This Demon God Rantong is proficient in the technique of controlling ghosts, but his own weaknesses are also very obvious: he needs to borrow a host's body to do evil, and he cannot see the bright sun; he must hide underground at dawn."

"He escaped in a hurry this time, and we obtained the statue. The Daoist sect has the Altar of Subduing Demons, I wonder if the Buddha Gate has a similar method?"

The demonic path is flourishing, and the Mystic Sect's righteous path can suppress it, naturally because they have methods, and various large-scale demon-subduing rituals are prepared for it.

Just like the water monster in the Three Gorges back then, even if it dived to the bottom of the river, the Zhushan Sect could use rituals to suppress and kill it.

This kind of method usually cannot be separated from a medium.

And that statue, which is often attached to by demonic aura, is the other party's weakness.

The old monk nodded, "The Buddha Gate has it to suppress this place. Abbot Mingzhu, the water monster suppressed under the Shadowless Pagoda of Xingfu Temple has been destroyed, and it just happens to be empty; I will preside over the ritual myself to suppress this demon."

"Young Hero Li, since this demon escaped from the Underworld, I am afraid you will need to take action then."

Li Yan hurriedly cupped his hands, "Thank you, Master Master Tongxuan."

He told this matter, firstly to let the Ghost Sect's conspiracy be known to the world, and secondly to borrow the power of the Buddha Gate.

After all, with his power, it is still somewhat difficult to capture the demonic aura, and even if he can summon divine generals, he must be able to find where the demonic aura is.

The situation was urgent, so the people of Baotong Zen Temple naturally didn't dare to delay, and soon a large number of monks took various magic weapons and left the temple...

Xingfu Temple is located at the eastern foot of Hongshan.

Baotong Zen Temple is also located on Hongshan, but it is located at the southern foot, so the crowd walked for less than half an hour before seeing a temple hidden in the mountains.

Li Yan had heard Wang Wang Daoxuan talk about it; whether it is a Daoist temple or a Buddhist temple, they all pay attention to Feng Shui when built, but they are different.

The location of Daoist temples is all a pattern of the "Four Spiritual Beasts," but sometimes they transcend Feng Shui, paying attention to famous mountains and rivers, hiding the gods within, which is the so-called blessed land of the cave heaven.

The three religions of the Divine Land merge, and the Buddha Gate also absorbs similar characteristics, but except for the Four Spiritual Beasts, it is also named after the Buddha Gate's Vajra, Bodhisattva, Bright King, etc.

This temple in front of him is the same, hidden between the mountains and forests, with towering trees lush and green; if you turn the direction, you can only see a pagoda revealing its head.

Cheng Yuan walked and introduced, "This Xingfu Temple was built in the first year of Renshou of Emperor Wen of Sui, later destroyed by the flames of war, and rebuilt during the Southern Song Dynasty."

"Some years ago, a water monster in the Yangtze River made trouble, causing waves; after it was suppressed and killed, its soul was still uneasy, so it was suppressed under the pagoda."

The old monk in the lead was named Master Tongxuan; Li Yan couldn't smell any scent on him, he was already an expert who had entered the Dan Jin stage, and he was also proficient in Buddhist dharma, which could be considered one of the foundations of Baotong Zen Temple.

He heard this and shook his head slightly, "This pagoda was built during the Southern Song Dynasty, also to deal with the Ghost Sect demons, which can be considered a cycle of cause and effect."

Outside Xingfu Temple, the monk in charge had already received the news, opened the main gate, and came out to greet them.

The monks didn't talk nonsense, entered the temple directly, and arrived in front of a towering pagoda.

This pagoda had only four floors, all built with stones. It was octagonal in plan, standing on a Sumeru base and an upward lotus base, with wooden flying eaves and bucket arches, and bells hanging from them.

On the pagoda body, there were also carvings of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas, Arhats, Heavenly Kings, and Vajras, which looked very exquisite.

This "Shadowless Pagoda" Li Yan had also heard of; it is rumored that during the summer solstice every year, the pagoda body has no shadow, which can be considered a scene in Near Wuchang.

He didn't expect it to have the use of suppressing demons.

There was also a water well under the pagoda, with water churning inside, and a stone tablet standing beside it, written with "Build a pagoda to settle the waves."

Cheng Yuan saw Li Yan's curiosity and explained, "There is a water vein under this well, leading directly to the Yangtze River; water monsters appearing in the river can all be suppressed here by rituals."

Li Yan praised when he heard this, "Good means!"

He could smell that this pagoda was rich in sandalwood fragrance and integrated with the innate rigid evil aura of the surrounding earth veins, which could be considered one of the town objects of Near Wuchang.

The Buddha Gate Zen Sect could stand here, which was indeed extraordinary.

Of course, these Buddhist disciples didn't care about nonsense and quickly surrounded the pagoda to set up the altar.

At the same time, a few monks uncovered the scriptures at the entrance of the pagoda and lifted a wooden box similar to a treasure box from inside.

Inside the box, there was actually a skeleton, resembling a snake and fish, but with a pair of human hand bones, all five fingers complete, which was very strange.

The skeleton had already decayed, and the last trace of yin evil aura dissipated instantly after being lifted out of the pagoda.

Subsequently, the monks wrapped the statue of the Demon God Rantong with scripture banners, nailed down demon-subduing pestles around it, and lifted it into the pagoda.

Rumble!

As the stone door of the pagoda closed, the monks immediately chanted scriptures and struck wooden fish under the command of Master Master Tongxuan.

At this time, night had already fallen.

The sound of wooden fish and the fragrance of incense filled the air, and the sound of chanting echoed in the temple, seemingly drifting into the sky.

Li Yan also sat cross-legged, pinching the Gou Die tightly.

As long as that strand of demonic aura is hooked over, he can immediately summon the Underworld divine generals...

Outside Near Wuchang City, in the mountains and forests.

The three Meishan brothers shuttled through the dense forest at high speed.

The events in the city had already spread, and their eyes were full of anxiety as they headed to the meeting place agreed upon by Liu Niang in advance.

To be honest, they were just holding onto a glimmer of hope.

Arriving outside a ruined temple in the woods, the three brothers were suddenly happy.

Under the moonlight, a scholar stood there, his face pale, and the yin evil aura around him turned into black mist, baring fangs and brandishing claws...

(End of chapter)