Chapter 97: The Incense Master Emerges

Incense Temple Ancient Town, Incense Master Main Hall.

"Dang~ Dang~ Dang~"

The bronze bell rang out, and a large number of Incense Temple disciples and masters arrived at the main hall one after another.

At this moment, the entire main hall was filled with lit incense candles, and thick smoke completely shrouded the top of the Incense Master Main Hall.

The most conspicuous item in the entire main hall was a statue standing on the altar. It was unknown what material the entire statue was made of, but just looking at it gave one a sense of historical vicissitudes.

"Disciples of the Incense Temple, hear my order!"

"The world is in chaos, ghost disasters are rising everywhere; the Incense Temple emerges to collect incense fire."

Incense Temple Sect Leader Song Zhong stood at the front and announced loudly in a hoarse voice to everyone.

"Disciples obey the order!"

Immediately, the crowd of disciples and followers below bowed and kowtowed. This meant they would no longer have to live in this isolated ancient town as they had in the past.

"The chaotic world has arrived, the Saint has appeared, the Incense Master descends to save all living beings!"

Following this, Song Zhong turned around, bowed to the statue of the Incense Master, and began to chant loudly.

"Welcome the Ancestor!"

"Welcome the Ancestor!"

Behind him, the Incense Temple disciples also followed suit and chanted.

"Hoo~"

Suddenly, the candles in the entire main hall flickered, and then a massive shadow appeared above the Incense Master Main Hall.

"It's the Tenth Ancestor! The Tenth Ancestor has appeared!"

Seeing this shadow, disciples and followers immediately began to kowtow. Seeing the legendary ancestor appear in the world made them feel exceptionally excited.

Soon after, more giant figures appeared one after another—nine giant figures, like nine exaggerated colossal statues.

Their presence suppressed the atmosphere of the entire Incense Temple to the extreme. Even though they did not release their own Guiyi, the gathering of so many ancestors still caused the surrounding environment to begin to change.

"Welcome the Incense Master!"

"Welcome the Incense Master!"

However, the next shout from Song Zhong turned everyone's voices into this single phrase.

Suddenly, everything around began to solidify, and even the burning incense candles seemed to have been paused.

But whether it was the Incense Temple disciples or the high-and-mighty ancestors, their consciousness remained; they could see everything around them and sense everything.

But they alone could not move, could not speak, and could not breathe. An unknown Guiyi had descended amidst everyone's calls.

"Creak~"

Following this, a wooden house that looked exceptionally old and black in color appeared faintly in mid-air, and then the door of the wooden house slowly pushed open.

As the door opened, a dim, ancient light poured out from the crack in the door. Then, an old man over sixty years old, wearing a long gown and holding a book, slowly walked out from the door.

"It's that time again......"

Looking at the scene before him, the old man seemed to be sighing, or perhaps reminiscing.

However, as his voice fell, everything in the Incense Master Main Hall came back to life, and then the nine giant figures bowed to him one after another.

"Greetings, Incense Master!"

The Incense Temple disciples and followers, who were already kowtowing on the ground, shouted even louder, "Greetings, Incense Master."

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Outside Luohe City, Lin Feng, who was stewing venison, didn't know why he suddenly shivered.

"This damn weather, it didn't feel like it during the day, but it starts getting cold at night!"

Beside him, Lao Quezi smelled the "gurgling" mountain delicacy venison stew in the pot and looked like he was about to drool.

"Fragrant! Too fragrant!"

"Kid, eating this venison makes this life worth it!"

Lin Feng didn't know where he got so many sighs; ever since he brought the venison back, this guy had been like this.

"You still have the nerve to say that, there's no venison at that livestock market!"

Lin Feng was somewhat dissatisfied with Lao Quezi. He had searched the market for half a day today and hadn't seen anyone selling venison.

He asked others and found out that the hunters selling venison didn't come to this side at all, but to another area specifically for selling mountain furs and game.

"Hehe, I haven't bought it before! It's all hearsay! Hearsay!"

Lao Quezi was thick-skinned and wasn't afraid of Lin Feng scolding him.

"Forget it, it should be stewed! Get ready to eat!"

Lin Feng opened the lid to take a look, then tasted it and prepared to eat.

After eating and drinking his fill, Lin Feng felt quite satisfied with this autumn venison.

"Hoo~ continue working tonight!"

Shadows flickered, and Lin Feng appeared again on another mountain in the graveyard. He didn't want to go to the back mountain; that place was bald at the top because he had chopped down too many trees yesterday.

"Dong dong dong"

Not long after, the sound of chopping trees also rang out on this mountain. The mulberry paper bought during the day was turned into paper figures by the Qianmian Zhi Gui and put onto wooden dummies.

"This much paper can probably make over ten thousand heavy-armored Zhiren, but I don't need that many for now; I just need to fill the gap of those three thousand Zhiren."

A Zhiren army composed of ten thousand heavy-armored Zhiren, ten Zhiren Xiaowei, and one Zhiren general was already quite impressive.

Adding some paper horses, siege equipment, and the like, a great army would be considered formed.

Of course, if time permitted, adding some camps, arrow towers, and walls would make the army look more decent.

But these things were secondary and couldn't increase power.

He spent two hours filling in the missing heavy-armored Zhiren and paper horses, and then Lin Feng began to continue offering sacrifices to the few Gui in his hands.

He dismembered the old woman Gui and offered it to the Xi Gui, let the Tanshi Gui eat the few small Gui again, and the remaining Gui could only harvest a stick of Gui-nourishing incense.

However, the Tou Gui was an exception. Lin Feng performed the sacrificial ritual again, sacrificing the portion of the shadow Gui he obtained during the day to the Tou Gui.

Since the Tou Gui had already fused with a part of the shadow Gui before, fusing again this time would only enhance its ability in shadow manipulation.

Soon, the sacrificial ritual was completed, and a shadow appeared under the feet of the Tou Gui.

This shadow existed regardless of whether there was light around, unlike other Gui, which didn't have such a thing as a shadow.

"Hmm? About to advance?"

However, the changes in the Tou Gui were far more than that. After it absorbed the Gui-nourishing incense in the underworld pottery bowl, it also began to change.

On the page belonging to the Tou Gui, the two words "Xiong Gui" were clearly written!

"Good! Haha, I didn't expect that after fusing with the shadow Gui part, it could directly advance!"

Lin Feng summoned the Tou Gui and stared at it carefully, discovering that the evil ghost originally printed on its red burial clothes had disappeared.

The Tou Gui held a bamboo basket in its hand, filled with some scarlet needles and thread, and stepped on a slender shadow under its feet.

It gave the feeling of a young girl doing needlework, but only Lin Feng knew that the current Tou Gui had become increasingly terrifying.

The four-armed, three-eyed evil ghost on its body had now fused with the Gui shadow, and it could turn into a terrifying shadow evil ghost at any time.

At the same time, its bamboo basket and thread ball were even more powerful tools for binding enemies and trapping them.

"But the most important thing is that the stitching ability has become stronger!"

Lin Feng tried it simply and immediately had an epiphany. Now, as long as the Tou Gui made a move, it could truly stitch different Guiyi together.

Although it could do it before, it was ultimately lacking, but now it was different! ===== CHAPTER 98 =====