Chapter 143

"Cock-a-doodle-doo—"

The rooster heralds the dawn, the sky brightens, and a new day arrives once again.

Getting up from the bed, Lin Feng feels a bit dazed; he basically didn't sleep last night, but instead kept his mind on the Yinjian.

The first batch of ore obtained has already been transported to the military camp, and Lin Feng will be able to get a batch of new raw materials tonight.

"According to the scout Zhiren's reconnaissance results, as long as one doesn't approach the area above the mountainside, there is basically no big trouble; there are no very strong existences among the other Guiyi in the mountain."

"In that case, the real trouble is only those gray mists; this unstable factor must be resolved."

The situation inside Sacred Bone Mountain is very complex, and Lin Feng only basically figured it out after the scout Zhiren explored for a whole night.

The entire Sacred Bone Mountain is roughly divided into three areas: front, middle, and back, each with several mountain peaks; the area above the mountainside is basically shrouded in gray fog, and the scout Zhiren turn into fly ash the moment they approach.

Besides that, the Guiyi below the mountainside are not a problem, with the vast majority being Great Ghosts or Malignant Ghosts, and only a few Fierce Ghosts existing.

"Creak—"

Pushing open the door, the temperature outside is clearly a bit colder.

However, what makes Lin Feng feel somewhat surprised is that Lao Quezi has already gotten up early.

"I'm going into the city today; I heard a new Great Saint Temple has been built, I have to go and pay my respects!"

Seeing Lin Feng come out, Lao Quezi's old face immediately shows some smiles, and then he says this to Lin Feng.

"Alright, go ahead, and bring me some sesame cakes on your way back."

Lin Feng takes out some copper coins and hands them to him; this old guy believes in these things and even fooled many people, so now that he hears the Great Saint Temple is built, he naturally has to go.

"Hehe, deal!"

Lao Quezi takes the copper coins and agrees with a laugh, then walks away, leaning on his crutch, stepping heavily and lightly.

"Whoosh—there was still quite a bit of pheasant stewed with mountain delicacies left last night, just heat it up and eat it!"

Now Wangcai basically brings back some prey every day, so they are not lacking in meat.

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Inside Luohe City, Li Yanbing's expression is somewhat heavy; after the Ghost Prison mutation yesterday, she immediately contacted Li Changhe.

Upon learning that this was the result of a Saint taking action, Li Yanbing has been feeling worried.

Suddenly, she feels the Ghost Prison key in her hand become inexplicably cold, and then Li Yanbing stands up and goes outside.

"Clatter—bang!"

The Ghost Prison gate is immediately opened, revealing the eerie prison scene inside.

However, what makes Li Yanbing's pupils shrink is that a line of dark red blood characters has appeared on the wall of the Ghost Prison.

"All members of the Incense Temple may be killed!"

The chilling murderous intent on these blood characters is undisguised; just looking at them gives one a sense of awe.

"A Saint's decree!"

Looking at the line of handwriting, Li Yanbing says these four words for no reason; although she has never seen a real Saint's decree, at this very moment, she just has such a feeling.

"Is the Ghost Prison mutation related to the Incense Temple?"

However, the next moment her brows furrow; the Incense Temple's strength is powerful, and it has been acting frequently lately, but it is truly unimaginable that it would lead a Saint to issue an order personally.

"Could it be that the Incense Tower recently created by the Incense Temple concerns the safety of the entire world?"

Li Yanbing immediately thinks of the specific reason, and then cannot help but feel a bit hair-raising.

Because Mingzhou and Linzhou are adjacent to Jiangzhou; if something really happens, Jiangzhou will definitely not be able to stay out of it!

The same scene is also appearing in every Ghost Suppression Division office throughout the Great Xia; every Ghost Suppression Division head, after seeing the blood characters appearing in the Ghost Prison, understands that things that can make a Saint issue an order personally are absolutely extremely serious.

Especially the Ghost Suppression Division offices in those eight prefectures; seeing this line of blood characters, they immediately have a feeling of Mount Tai pressing down on them.

However, the Ghost Suppression Division is not a monolith; for example, the Mingzhou Ghost Suppression Division has a large number of personnel belonging to the Fierce King.

"Bang!"

"A Saint's decree!"

"Why would the Saint order the killing of people from the Incense Temple?"

Seeing the secret report, the Fierce King suddenly feels a darkness before his eyes; heaven knows how many years it has been since the three founding Saints of Great Xia issued a decree.

The most critical point is that this decree is simply a bolt from the blue for him; in order to support the Incense Temple's plan for an earthly Incense Kingdom, he not only spent money and grain but also intentionally controlled the officials of Mingzhou not to disturb the development of the Incense Tower.

"How could it come to this! How could it come to this?"

"The Incense Temple takes the people's incense, this King collects the people's hearts, what fault is there in that?"

In the study, the Fierce King's expression changes constantly; a Saint's decree would never be issued without cause, but he has already invested too much in this plan!

If he follows the Saint's decree to kill the people of the Incense Temple now, then all his investments will be in vain, and his grand ambition will immediately die prematurely!

But if he doesn't follow it, then heaven knows what kind of disaster will eventually occur...

Inside an exquisite courtyard in Luohe City, Princess Qinghe slowly opens a secret letter, and then her pupils cannot help but expand involuntarily.

"Is this to completely eradicate the Incense Temple?"

"Now that Father King is already too deeply involved with the Incense Temple, this time I'm afraid he won't choose to withdraw at all; Mingzhou is likely to be in complete chaos!"

Only she knows how intense the Fierce King's thirst for that supreme power is.

She knows even better how much of a price the Fierce King paid to obtain the power of the Incense Temple.

Now that the Ghost Prison has mutated and the Saint's decree has been issued, Mingzhou will inevitably clash with the imperial court; when that time comes, even if they don't want to rebel, they will have to!

"Whoosh—Shuang'er, how much of the things sent by Father King do we have now?"

After taking a deep breath of the cold air, Princess Qingyuan slowly burns the secret letter in her hand, and then asks the young girl not far behind her.

"There are seven portions in total now, Princess; are we going to use these things now?"

This clever young girl has already realized something, even if she didn't hear what Princess Qingyuan said.

"That's right, I must go and pay a visit to that senior tonight!"

Princess Qingyuan turns around and stares at this young girl, saying this; at this very moment, her eyes are full of complex emotions.

"Good."

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At noon, Lin Feng is still sitting on the lounge chair in the courtyard sunning himself, and Wangcai is also lying beside him, sleeping with its eyes narrowed.

"The Ghost Suppression Division has actually started to take action against the Incense Temple?"

As he slowly opens his eyes, a look of slight doubt appears on his face.

Through the corpse-collecting Zhiren in various places, Lin Feng has seen some situations; the Ghost Suppression Division seems to be starting to blockade the Incense Towers and arrest Incense Temple disciples.

Especially the leaders of the Linzhou Ghost Suppression Division, Tian Qiang and Jiao Yong; they are figures who fought their way out of the rebel army in the beginning.

Both their strength and character are considered quite good, so the movement of the Linzhou Ghost Suppression Division is the largest one, and they have officially started taking action.

The main reason Lin Feng knows so clearly is that they even borrowed a batch of heavy-armored Zhiren from Li Yanbing.

With these heavy-armored Zhiren holding the fort, ordinary incense makers and disciples can't make any waves, and the Incense Temple ancestor guarding Linzhou has not appeared.

Further away, in Yuzhou, Qingzhou, and other places, the Ghost Suppression Division also seems to be blockading the Incense Towers everywhere, but the movement is clearly much smaller.

By comparison, closer places like Liuzhou and Mingzhou have no movement at all, as if nothing has happened.

"The Ghost Suppression Division really started to take action against the Incense Tower as I expected."

Through these details, although Lin Feng doesn't know the specific reason, being able to make the Ghost Suppression Divisions of multiple prefectures take action must mean a big shot gave the order.

"I can send the remaining assassin Zhiren out to take action once tonight!"

A smile appears on Lin Feng's face; for the Incense Temple that doesn't do human things, he doesn't mind adding fuel to the fire.