Fuyao noticed a little Ying huddled in the crowd and frowned, "Why is there a woman here?"

Although his tone was not hot, it was not very kind either. Xiaoying lowered her head after hearing this. Xie Lian said, “She was afraid something might happen, so she came up to take a look.”

Fuyao asked the others, "Did you come up here with her?"

Everyone hesitated at first, then said: "I don't remember." "I can't explain it clearly." "No, she wasn't there when we came up!" "I didn't see her anyway." "I didn't see her either."

Xiaoying said hurriedly: "Because I followed you secretly..." Xiaopengtou immediately said: "Why did you follow you secretly? Are you guilty? Are you the ghost groom in disguise?"

As soon as these words came out, Xiaoying suddenly felt empty around her. She waved her hands in panic and said, “No… No, I’m Xiaoying, I’m real!” She said to Xie Lian, “Master, we just met! I put rouge on you and dressed you up…”

Xie Lian: “…”

Everyone stared at him, and some people began to whisper. He heard words like "preference", "different from ordinary people", "unbelievable", etc. He coughed twice and said, "This is the mission requirement. Mission requirement. Nanfeng Fuyao, you..."

When he turned around, he realized that Nanfeng and Fuyao had been staring at him strangely, and they were restrainedly keeping a distance from him.

Xie Lian felt his entire body crawling with fear at their gazes, and asked, “…Do you have anything you want to say?”

How could he know how amazing the girl's makeup brush was, teaching him to shape his eyebrows, make his face look like jade powder, and paint his lips red. If he didn't speak, he would be a gentle and beautiful girl. As a result, the two of them felt a huge shock in their hearts when they looked at him, and they were unbelievable, doubting their lives, and feeling uncomfortable all over. His face was still the same, but he had no idea who he was talking to. Fuyao asked Nanfeng, "What do you want to say?"

Nan Feng immediately shook his head: "I don't have anything to say."

"..." Xie Lian said, "You should say something."

At this time, someone in the crowd said, "Huh? Is this a Mingguang Temple?" "There is actually a Mingguang Temple in this mountain? It's strange, I have never seen one before."

Everyone looked at it curiously. But Xie Lian suddenly said, “Yes, Mingguang Temple.”

Nan Feng heard something strange in his tone and asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lian asked, “The north is obviously General Mingguang’s territory. It’s not like he’s not popular, and his magic power is not weak. But why is there only the Nanyang Temple at the foot of Yujun Mountain?”

It is easy to understand why the official prayed to the Emperor Shenwu, because the Emperor Shenwu was the first martial god of the thousand years, and his status was higher than General Mingguang. Naturally, the higher he prayed, the safer it would be. But General Mingguang and General Nanyang were equal in status, and there was not much difference. To be honest, General Mingguang had nine thousand temples, one thousand more than Nanyang. I really couldn't imagine why he had to go far away. He said, "Logically speaking, even if the Mingguang Temple in Yujun Mountain was occupied by the ghost bridegroom and others couldn't find it, we could obviously build another Mingguang Temple. Why did we build another martial god temple?"

Fuyao realized and said, "There must be another reason."

Xie Lian said, “Yes, there must be other reasons why the people in the Junshan area chose not to build the Mingguang Temple again. Who among you can lend me some more magic power? I’m afraid I’ll have to go and ask…”

At this time, someone shouted: "There are so many brides!"

Hearing that the sound came from the temple, Xie Lian turned around abruptly. He had told these people to stay in the open space in front of the temple, but they ignored him and ran into the temple!

Nan Feng shouted: "The situation is dangerous, don't run around!"

But the little Pengtou said, "Don't listen to them, they don't dare to touch us! We are good citizens, do they really dare to kill us? Everyone, get up, get up!"

He was sure that the three would not really break them in half, so he became unscrupulous. Nanfeng's knuckles cracked, and it seemed that he was holding back a curse. But as a military officer in Nanyang Palace, he really couldn't just break any mortal's hands and feet at will. If some supervising priest found out and reported it, it would be no fun. Little Pengtou sneered again: "Don't think I can't see what you are up to. Don't you just want to trick us into not moving, monopolize the credit, and collect the reward yourself?"

With his incitement, half of the people were ready to move and followed him into the temple. Fuyao waved his sleeves and said indifferently: "Let them go. This group of unruly people." He was so disgusted that he didn't want to care about it. In the Mingguang Temple, there was another scream: "These are all dead people!"

Little Pengtou was also shocked and said, "They're all dead?!" "They're all dead!" "This is weird, how come this thing looks like it's been dead for decades but hasn't rotted yet?" After a few seconds, he immediately came to his senses and said, "It doesn't matter if she's dead. If we carry the bodies of the brides down the mountain, won't their families have to pay to buy them?"

Xie Lian's eyes gradually darkened. When everyone thought about it, they realized that this was the truth. Some sighed, some murmured, and some became happy again. Xie Lian stood at the temple gate and said, "Everyone should come out first. There is no wind behind this temple all year round, and corpse qi has accumulated. If ordinary people inhale it, it will be dangerous."

This sounded very reasonable. Everyone was wondering whether they should listen to it or not. Xiaoying whispered, "Let's not be like this, okay? It's so dangerous here. Why don't we listen to this young master and go out and sit down..."

But this group of people didn't even listen to Xie Lian and the others, so how could they listen to her? No one paid any attention. Xiao Ying didn't get discouraged and repeated her words a few more times. Xiao Pengtou also taught them: "Everyone should focus on picking fresh corpses. For corpses that are too old, their families may not even be alive. Don't bother carrying them." Some people even praised him for being smart and capable. Xie Lian didn't know whether to laugh or cry after hearing this. Seeing someone making a move, he said: "Don't lift the veil! The veil can block the corpse qi and yang qi. There are so many of you and your yang qi is too strong. If they absorb it, there's no guarantee that nothing will happen."

However, in order to pick fresh corpses, the group of people had already lifted up most of the veils. Xie Lian and Nan Feng, who had come to the door, looked at each other and shook their heads. He knew that he couldn't stop this group of people. After all, he couldn't beat them until they vomited blood and couldn't move. If something happened later, wouldn't they be unable to escape? He was also helpless. At this time, a big man lifted up the veil of a bride and said, "My God, this girl is so beautiful!"

People gathered around and said, "It's a pity that he died without even passing this door." "The clothes are a little torn, but this is the most beautiful one!"

The bride must have died not long ago, as her skin was still quite elastic. Someone asked, “Do you dare to touch it?” Little Pengtou said, “Why not?” He then pinched the corpse’s face twice, and it felt so slippery that it made him itch. He was about to touch it again, but Xie Lian couldn’t bear it any longer and was about to stop him when Xiaoying rushed over and said, “Don’t do that!”

Little Pengtou pushed him back and said, "Don't interfere with the master's work!"

Xiaoying got up again and said, "You will be punished by God for doing this!"

Little Pengtou got angry and said, "Damn it, you ugly bastard are really ugly!"

He cursed and was about to kick someone, but Xie Lian grabbed Xiao Ying by the back of her collar and gently pulled her away. Unexpectedly, there was a "bang" and Xiao Pengtou screamed, "Who hit me!"

Xie Lian looked back and saw that he was bleeding from the head, with a big hole on it and a bloody stone on the ground. Xiao Ying was stunned and said hurriedly, "I'm sorry, I'm... I was scared and dropped it by accident..."

However, even if she rushed to admit it, no one would believe her. Because the direction was wrong. The stone was thrown in from a window behind Xiao Pengtou. When Xiao Pengtou shouted just now, everyone looked in that direction and saw a figure passing by the window.

The little Pengtou monster shouted, "It's him! That ugly guy with the bandage on his face!"

Xie Lian stuffed Xiaoying into Nanfeng's hand, took two steps forward, gently propped up the window frame with his right hand, flipped over, and chased after him into the woods. A few brave people who wanted to get the reward also jumped out of the window after him. But when they chased to the edge of the woods, Xie Lian suddenly smelled a bloody smell, and realized something was wrong. He was alert and stopped abruptly, saying, "Don't go in!"

He had warned them, but those people thought that if they didn't chase him, they would chase him, so they didn't stop and rushed into the woods. The people who had gathered in the temple also rushed out. Seeing Xie Lian stop at the edge of the woods, those who were not so brave followed and watched. Not long after, a few screams were heard, and a few black shadows stumbled out of the woods. They were the people who rushed in first. These black shadows staggered out of the woods and walked under the moonlight. When everyone saw them, they were immediately scared to death.

He was still alive when he went in, so how come he turned into a bloody person when he came out?

From their faces to their clothes, these people were all covered in blood, and blood was gushing out like a fountain. If a person shed so much blood, he would definitely not survive. However, they were still walking towards this side step by step. Everyone was so scared that they all stepped back, all the way behind Xie Lian. Xie Lian raised his hand and said, "Calm down. The blood is not theirs."

Sure enough, those people said: "Yes! The blood is not ours, it is... it is..."

The blood on their faces could not hide the terrified expressions on their faces. A group of people followed their gaze and looked into the woods. It was pitch black and it was unclear what was in the woods. Xie Lian took a torch, walked forward a few steps, and held it up to explore. In the darkness, something dripped onto the torch, making a "sizzling" sound. He glanced at the torch, then moved his eyes upwards, fixed his gaze for a moment, and threw the torch away.

Although the thrown torch only illuminated the sky for a moment, everyone could still see clearly what was above the woods.

Long black hair, pale face, tattered military officer's uniform, and arms dangling in the air and swinging back and forth.

More than 40 bodies of men were hanging upside down on the trees, high and low, swaying. The blood had been flowing for who knows how long, but it had not yet dried up, dripping, forming a horrible scene of a forest of upside-down corpses and falling blood.

Although the group of people outside were all strong and sturdy, they had never seen such a scene before. They were all shocked and silent. When Nanfeng and Fuyao came over and saw this scene, their expressions froze.

After a moment, Nan Feng said, "Green Ghost."

Fuyao said: "Indeed, it is his favorite trick."

Nan Feng said to Xie Lian, “Don’t go over there. If it’s him, it’ll be a bit troublesome.”

Xie Lian turned around and asked, “Who are you talking about?”

Nan Feng said: "A 'near extinction'."

Xie Lian was puzzled and asked, “What does it mean to be close to the absolute? Is it close to the absolute?”

Fuyao said, "That's right. The 'Near Absolute' Green Ghost is a vicious creature in the Lingwen Palace who is evaluated as being very close to the 'Absolute' realm. He likes this game of hanging corpses upside down very much, and he is well-known."

Xie Lian thought to himself, “This is really unnecessary. If it is absolute, it is absolute. If it is not, it is not. Just like there is only ‘ascended’ and ‘did not ascend’, there is no such thing as ‘close to ascending’ and ‘about to ascend’. Adding the word ‘near’ makes it a bit awkward.”

He recalled the sound of rain hitting the umbrella when the young man led him along the way. Could it be that he held up the umbrella to protect him from the bloody rain of corpses? He let out a soft "ah". The two men immediately asked, "What happened?"

He briefly told her about the boy he met in the sedan chair and how the boy brought him here. At the end, Fuyao said doubtfully, "I noticed this maze in the mountain when I came up. It's very dangerous. How could he break it so easily?"

Xie Lian thought, “He didn’t do it casually. He just stepped on it casually and didn’t take it seriously.” He said, “That’s right. Could this ‘nearly supreme’ green ghost you are talking about be him?”

Nan Feng thought for a moment and said, "I have never seen a green ghost, so I can't tell you. What are the characteristics of the young man you saw?"

Xie Lian said, “Silver Butterfly.”

When Nanfeng and Fuyao saw the scene of the forest of hanging corpses just now, they were completely calm. But when these words came out, Xie Lian clearly saw that the expressions on their faces changed instantly.

Fuyao said in disbelief: "What did you say? Silver butterfly? What kind of silver butterfly?"

Xie Lian sensed that he had probably said something very serious, and said, “It looks like silver and crystal, not like a living thing. But it looks pretty.”

He saw Nanfeng and Fuyao looking at each other, their faces looked extremely ugly, almost blue.

After a long while, Fuyao said in a deep voice: "Let's go. Let's go now."

Xie Lian asked, “The ghost bridegroom has not been dealt with yet, how can we leave?”

Fuyao asked: "Solved?"

He turned around and sneered, "It seems that you have really stayed in the human world for too long. This ghost bridegroom is just a 'fierce'; even the green ghost in the upside-down corpse forest, although it is a headache, is just a 'near-death'."

After another pause, he suddenly changed his tone and said sternly, "But do you know who the owner of the silver butterfly is?"

Xie Lian answered truthfully, “I don’t know.”

"..." Fuyao said stiffly: "I don't know, but I don't have time to talk about it right now. Anyway, it's not something you can handle, so you should hurry back to the heaven to get help."

Xie Lian said, “Then you can go back first.”

"you……"

Xie Lian said, “The owner of the silver butterfly has not shown any ill intentions. If he had any ill intentions, and was as scary as you said, then no one within a few miles of Junshan would be able to escape his clutches. Someone would have to stay here at this time. So why don’t you go back first and see if you can get some reinforcements for me.”

He could see that Fuyao didn't want to stay here to deal with all these troubles, so if that was the case, then he couldn't force her. Fuyao was a very straightforward person, she left in a huff, and she really meant to leave first. Xie Lian turned to Nanfeng and was about to ask about the young man in detail, but the crowd was in an uproar again, and someone said, "He's caught! He's caught!"

Xie Lian didn’t have time to ask any more questions now, so he asked, “What did you catch?”

Two more bloody figures walked out of the woods. One was a big man who had rushed into the woods first. He was not scared away by the bloody rain of corpses. He was really brave. The other one was dragging a young man in his hand. He was holding him tightly in his hand, and his head and face were covered with messy bandages.

Xie Lian still remembered what Tea Master had said in the Xiangfeng Shop before: “It is said that the ghost groom is an ugly guy with a bandage on his face. Because he is too ugly, no woman likes him, so he can’t stand seeing others get married.” At that time, they thought it was probably a rumor, but unexpectedly, there was such a person.

But whether it was the ghost groom or not was another matter. He was just about to take a closer look at the bandaged boy when Xiaoying rushed over and said, "You are wrong! This is not the ghost groom, he is not!"

Little Pengtou said, "You were caught on the spot, and you still say no? I..." He paused, as if he suddenly realized something, and said, "Oh, I was wondering why you are always so weird, saying 'no' and 'no' all the time. It turns out that you and this evil groom are in collusion?!"

Xiaoying was startled and waved her hands repeatedly, saying, "No, no, I didn't, and neither did he. He really didn't do anything. He is just an ordinary... ordinary..."

Little Pengtou said aggressively: "What do you mean by ordinary? Ordinary ugly?" He grabbed the bandaged boy's head twice and said, "Why don't we see what this ordinary ghost groom looks like and why he loves to steal other people's women so much!"

He tangled up a few bandages with his hands, and the boy with the bandaged face immediately held his head and screamed. His screams were full of fear, very shrill, and very pitiful. Xie Lian grabbed the little Pengtou's arm and said, "That's enough."

Xiao Ying heard the boy's screams and burst into tears. Seeing Xie Lian trying to stop him, she felt as if she saw hope. She quickly grabbed his sleeve and said, "Master... Master, help me, help him."

Xie Lian glanced at her, and Xiao Ying let go of his sleeve again, as if she was afraid that he would dislike her for touching her and would not want to help her. Xie Lian said, “It’s okay.” He looked at the bloody bandaged boy again and found that the boy had a pair of bloodshot eyes, which leaked out from the gaps in the bandages under his arms, and was also peeking at him. He only peeped for a moment, then immediately lowered his head and was busy wrapping the bandages again. Although he didn’t show his face, he showed a little bit of his facial skin. This was already extremely terrifying, as if it had been burned by a fire. It was not difficult to imagine what a terrifying face was under the bandages, which made others gasp, and he shrank even more.

Xie Lian noticed that the two men were cowering in the same way, as if they had been afraid to see the light or people for years, and he sighed inwardly. Little Pengtou at the side was alert: "What do you want to do? We caught the ghost bridegroom."

Xie Lian let him go and said, “I’m afraid it won’t be that easy for you to catch him. My friend searched the area just now and didn’t find him. This young man could have come later. The real ghost groom should still be here.”

Xiaoying also mustered up the courage to say, "You want to offer a reward... but you can't just arrest random people to make up the numbers..."

When Little Pengtou heard this, he wanted to attack again. He had been causing trouble since just now. Xie Lian finally couldn't stand it anymore. He waved his hand, and Ruo Xie Ling suddenly appeared. With a "snap" sound, Little Pengtou fell down. Nanfeng seemed to have reached his limit. He kicked him again and finally fell to the ground. This man was a troublemaker. If he didn't move, the crowd didn't know who to follow. They all became very honest. After shouting a few times, they couldn't make any more trouble. Xie Lian thought to himself, "Finally, I can do something." He looked at the young man on the ground for a moment and asked, "Were you the one who threw stones at people by the window just now?"

His voice was gentle, and the bandaged boy trembled like a sieve, secretly looked at him, and nodded. Xiaoying said: "He didn't mean to hurt anyone, he just saw that Xiao Pengtou seemed to want to hit me, so he wanted to help me..."

Xie Lian asked the young man again, “Do you know what the corpses hanging in the woods are about?”

Xiaoying said: "I don't know what happened, but it was definitely not him who hung up..."

The bandaged boy was shaking and shaking his head. Nan Feng stared at him and suddenly asked, "Who are you, Green Ghost Qi Rong?"

Hearing this name, Xie Lian was slightly startled. The bandaged boy was obviously confused. He did not react to the name he said, and did not dare to reply to Nan Feng's words. Xiao Ying said: "He...he is afraid and dare not speak..."

She had been trying her best to defend this strange boy. Xie Lian said in a gentle voice, "Miss Xiaoying, what's going on with this child? Tell me what you know."

Seeing Xie Lian, Xiao Ying seemed to have mustered up a little courage. The firelight shone brightly on her face, and she did not hide. She twisted her hands and said, "He really didn't do anything bad. This child just lived in Yujun Mountain. Sometimes when he was hungry, he ran down the mountain to steal some food. One time he happened to steal into my house... I saw that he couldn't speak much and there were wounds on his face, so I found some cloth to wrap him up, and sometimes I also brought him some food..."

Xie Lian originally thought that they might be a couple, but now it seems that Xiaoying's protection of this young man is more like that of a sister, or even like that of an elder who takes care of him. She continued, "Later, many people thought that he was a ghost groom, and I couldn't say anything. I just hoped that we could catch the real evil as soon as possible... I thought that since you guys are so capable, if you want to pretend to be a bride to catch the ghost groom, you won't catch the wrong person, because he definitely won't rob the sedan chair. Who knew that as soon as I went out, I heard that Xiao Pengtou and his men were also going to search the mountain today. I was so worried that I secretly followed him to see for myself."

She stood in front of the young man, as if she was afraid that someone would beat him again, and defended herself, "He is really not a ghost groom. Look at him, he was beaten like this by just a few people. How could he beat so many military officers escorting the bride's sedan chair..."

Xie Lian and Nan Feng looked at each other and both felt a headache.

If it is true as she said, then doesn't that mean this young man has nothing to do with the matter at all?

The bandaged boy, the "evil" ghost groom, the "near extinct" green ghost, and the Lord of the Silver Butterfly, who was so famous that the heavenly priests were terrified. A small mountain like Yujun Mountain was full of strange visitors. It was really hard to handle. Who was who? What was the relationship between who and who? Xie Lian felt his head was several times bigger.

He rubbed his brows, not wanting to think about whether Xiaoying's words were true or not. Suddenly, he remembered something he had always wanted to ask, and said, "Miss Xiaoying, have you always lived near Yujun Mountain?"

Xiaoying said, "Yes. I have always lived here. I can guarantee that he has never done anything bad here."

Xie Lian said, “No, I want to ask you another question. In the area around Yujun Mountain, apart from the one on this mountain, have there never been other Mingguang temples built?”

Xiaoying was startled: "This..." She thought for a moment and said, "It should have been built."

After hearing what she said, Xie Lian suddenly felt that he had grasped something important.

He asked, "Then why is there only Nanyang Temple at the foot of the mountain, but no Mingguang Hall?"

Xiaoying scratched his head and said, "It was built, but I heard that it seemed that every time they wanted to build the Mingguang Palace, a fire would always break out for no reason during the construction. Some people said that they were afraid that General Mingguang could not control the place for some reason, so they replaced him with General Nanyang..."

Nan Feng noticed that Xie Lian’s expression was tense, and asked, “What’s wrong with you?”

Xie Lian suddenly realized that it was too simple.

The bride who couldn't smile, the temple that caught fire for no reason, the Mingguang Temple locked deep in the mountains by a maze, the majestic statue of General Pei, the ghost groom who disappeared out of thin air after being injured by Ruo Xie Ling -

too easy!

It's just that there was always something else distracting his vision, so he didn't realize such a simple fact at the beginning!

He suddenly grabbed Nanfeng and said, "Lend me some magic power!"

Nan Feng was startled by his grasp, and hurriedly slapped him in the air, asking, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lian dragged him away and said, “I’ll explain later. First, find a way to suppress the bodies of the eighteen brides!”

Nan Feng said: "Are you confused? There are only seventeen bodies of brides, and you are only the eighteenth!"

Xie Lian said, “No, no, no, there were only seventeen before, but now there are eighteen. Among the eighteen bride corpses, one is a fake—the ghost groom is mixed in!”