Volume 1 Uncle Nine's World Chapter 116: Demon Stealing the Temple
After looking at them one by one, Jiale finally realized that something was wrong.
Jiale's divination this time did not take into account the information of these people, but focused on their past traces, to calculate whether they had any connection with Jiangfu Temple and Monk Xuanming.
Following this line, Jiale soon discovered something wrong. Just like searching for keywords, these people in Qianli Town were not actually without connection with Jiangfu Temple, but the connection between them was very vague, or someone blurred the connection between the people and Jiangfu Temple. Who could do this? Perhaps it was only the monk Xuanming.
I'm afraid that monk Xuanming is also proficient in divination, otherwise, how could he blur the connection between himself and the people of Qianli Town so easily? And they must have had contact before. If he could blur the connection between the entire town and himself with just a wave of his hand, then his cultivation level might not be as simple as the Qi Refining Realm.
It is now certain that Jiangfu Temple and Monk Xuanming are definitely in Qianli Town, so the next thing is easy. Qianli Town is so small, so we just need to find them.
"Master, something is happening."
It was the middle of the night and the whole town was quiet. Jiale was planning to leave immediately, but when he was about to get up, he heard Xiaoqi's voice. Through Xiaoqi's vision, Jiale looked at Baishao.
Bai Shao seemed to have lost her soul as she walked out of the yard. The night was a little chilly, and she was only wearing thin underwear. The combination of a bellyband and underpants made Jia Le feel that it was inappropriate. However, Jia Le did not want Xiao Qi to wake Bai Shao up at this time, because Jia Le found traces of magical power fluctuations on Bai Shao's body.
Bai Shao was obviously not sleepwalking, she was being controlled by someone.
Who could it be? Where would it go?
Jiale smiled suddenly, maybe he didn't need to look for it himself, he could find the Jiangfu Temple by following Baishao.
Xiao Qi continued to follow, and Jia Le followed from a distance. Not long after, Bai Shao walked out of the town. What surprised Jia Le even more was that there was not only Bai Shao on the street of Qianli Town, but also several women. Two of them were holding children in their arms. Judging from their clothes, they should have gone to bed, and then they were controlled and went somewhere.
After leaving Qianli Town, you will reach the back mountain. Not far away, an ancient temple hidden in the mountainside is revealed. On the plaque, there are three big characters "Jiangfu Temple".
It turns out that it was this Jiangfu Temple that was causing trouble.
Bai Shao and the other women walked towards Jiangfu Temple. At this time, the gate of Jiangfu Temple was open, and they entered the temple smoothly.
Jiale looked at the Jiangfu Temple in front of him and had to say that this temple really had some ancient flavor and it should not be a fake temple. It was shrouded in Buddha's light and there were many traces of Buddhism.
Could it be that this monk Xuanming was really a real monk? But this was not something a real monk could do.
Moreover, Jiale finally understood why he could not calculate the location of Jiangfu Temple and Monk Xuanming. It would be impossible for him to calculate the location of such an ancient temple unless Jiale's cultivation level was raised to the Spirit Transformation Realm.
Xiao Qi followed him into the temple, but Jia Le was not in a hurry to go in. After all, it was someone else's territory. It would be troublesome if there were any traps. What's more, the other party's strength was unknown and he was proficient in divination. Even if Jia Le was confident of the future space and ordinary people could not predict him, he did not dare to be careless and it was better to be cautious in everything.
The temple was brightly lit. Looking closely, Bai Shao and the others all walked towards the main hall after entering the temple.
Entering the main hall, a huge Buddha appears in sight.
Bai Shao walked to the foot of the Buddha and lightly pressed on the second finger. The Buddha actually turned around, revealing the dark room under his feet. Who would have thought that there was such a secret in this ancient temple.
Bai Shao and the others began to follow the tunnel into the dark room. Jia Le, who was outside the temple, was a little hesitant. At this time, it would be inappropriate for Xiao Qi to follow in. After all, in the air, Xiao Qi would not be easily discovered. He could attack or defend, and he could be safe. But entering the tunnel was different. It would be impossible to hide from the enemy's eyes.
After thinking for a while, he took out yellow paper from his body and cut out five small paper figures in a few seconds.
The magic power was attached to the fingertips and was lightly tapped. Soon the five little paper figures became spiritual. Under Jia Le's command, they went directly into the temple, followed Bai Shao and others into the secret passage, and attached themselves to Bai Shao and others.
The paper-folding technique is actually very simple. Jia Le learned it after just watching it once, but he has never used it. These five paper figures are just cut out of ordinary yellow paper. In terms of strength, they are not very high and can be burned by ordinary flames. However, with these paper figures, Jia Le can see the situation in the secret passage through their vision.
And there is no cost. If the paper man is gone, it is gone. It is better than letting Xiaoqi take risks.
It was very dark at the beginning of the secret passage, but after reaching the end, it became brightly lit. Upon closer inspection, this underground space was very large, like a luxurious palace.
Bai Shao and others had a clear goal, so they didn't stop at all and continued to move forward.
The further he walked in, the more horrified Jiale became. Naked women were hung there, their faces numb and covered with scars. The only thing to be thankful for was that most of the women were not dead yet, but those who were still alive were only breathing their last breath. Even if they were rescued, they probably wouldn't be able to hold on for long. Moreover, for these women, perhaps death was a kind of relief.
Jia Le's face looked a little solemn. There were more than a hundred of these women, and all of them had lost their vital yin. Those who died also died because their vital yin was exhausted. This meant that someone was practicing evil skills, stealing vital yin, and taking yin to replenish yang.
Going further in, he found many more skulls on the ground, and upon closer inspection, they were all children's skulls. Thinking of the lost children in Qianli Town and the people who were led here with children in their arms, Jiale seemed to understand something. Taking yin to replenish yang and eating the essence of children, this could not be said to be against the harmony of nature, it was simply unscrupulous.
Walking past the front of the hall and arriving at the back, they heard bursts of lewd music. Bai Shao and others pushed open the door of the back hall and took a closer look. They saw that there were more than a dozen monks in the back hall, all naked, doing shameful things. Aren't the women under them the ones who were controlled like Bai Shao?
Looking more closely, one can see that during these movements, the vital energy in these women's bodies was converging towards these monks, and their vitality was lost in the blink of an eye. These monks were also enjoying the pleasure of increasing their power, and they became even more excited when they saw newcomers coming.
There were sixteen monks, and the one in the innermost one was currently absorbing the essence of a child. It seemed that he was at the Qi Refining Stage, and not an ordinary Qi Refining Stage, he had already reached the peak of the Qi Refining Stage. It was just that the magic power in his body was weak, and it was obvious that he had not cultivated it through his own efforts. If he relied on absorbing the essence of children and replenishing his yin with yang, how many people would have been harmed by this?
Not only this monk, the other fifteen monks are also in the Qi Transformation Realm. Like the monk in the Qi Refining Realm, their magic power is weak and is entirely accumulated by the Yuan Yin Qi.
What is the devil!
In Jia Le's opinion, this is the devil. Cultivation is also about cultivating the mind. If the mind is not strong enough, the cultivator will become a slave to power. In pursuit of power, they will abandon their bottom line, lose their mind, abandon everything, and see nothing but power. In order to increase their power, they can give up everything, just like the monks now, their minds are immersed in carnal desires, their eyes are crazy, and they can no longer see anything else.
After enjoying the thrill of rapidly increasing strength, it is impossible to stop. It is easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality. You are used to refining Qi for a year, so how can you endure not being able to improve one small realm for ten years? What's more, these monks have already had a damaged foundation, and it is impossible for them to improve their cultivation by their own abilities.
After confirming that there were no traps or other things in the secret room, let alone formations, and that the only enemies were these sixteen monks, Jia Le did not delay any longer. Some monks had already pounced on Bai Shao and the others. If these monks could succeed in front of him, Jia Le would be somewhat embarrassed.
He jumped into the hall, turned the big Buddha, and entered the secret room.
The Qimen Bagua was activated, flames began to rise, and seven fire crows appeared like elves in the fire and flew towards the sixteen monks.
Wherever he passed, fifteen monks in the Qi Transformation Realm were instantly ignited. It happened so fast that they didn't even have time to react before they passed away. Their bodies and souls were destroyed, not even their spirits were left, as they were directly ignited by the true fire.
The monk in the Qi Refining Realm's face changed when he saw this scene. After seeing that they were seven fire crows in the Demon Soldier Realm, he quickly abandoned the child in his arms and began to deal with the situation.
The seven fire crows today are completely different from before. Facing a monk who is stronger than them, they are very excited and pounce on him directly.
"Golden bell protects the body!"
Facing the attack of seven fire crows, the monk remained calm although shocked. He clasped his hands together, and golden light shone all over his body. As his magic power surged, a golden bell appeared around him.
boom!
The seven fire crows launched a real fire attack, but it was completely blocked by the golden bell. However, the seven spirit crows took the initiative and were not in a hurry, and just swam around.
Jiale stood at the entrance of the hall, looking at the monk who was casting the Golden Bell Cover on him, with a strange expression on his face.
The aura of magical power was the same as that felt in Qian's mansion before. The monk in front of him should be the monk Xuanming. However, when his magical power surged, Jiale had already noticed something wrong. Although this monk Xuanming used Buddhist teachings, there was always a demonic aura inadvertently emanating from his body.
No need to think too much, this monk Xuanming is actually a demon.
This is really interesting. A demon occupied an ancient temple and became a monk. He used the temple as a cover to practice evil skills and increase his cultivation. Jia Le would never have thought of it if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
The monk Xuanming inside the golden bell seemed to know that this would continue, and he changed his hand seals again, and a golden dragon suddenly appeared on his exposed upper body.
"Dragon Subduing Technique!"
Jia Le did not dare to underestimate the power of the golden dragon. This attack was already somewhat of a spiritual realm attack. If the seven crows resisted head-on, they might be able to resist it, but injuries were inevitable. It was not worth it.
The Eight Trigrams were circulating, and the Golden Dragon was about to kill the seven fire crows. Monk Xuanming grinned, and then he saw the seven fire crows disappear.
When Monk Xuanming was stunned, a green lightning descended and blew him away directly.
"who!"
The technique practiced by the monk Xuanming should be more focused on physical training. He was hit by a thunder spell, but only suffered minor injuries. After standing up, he looked around alertly, wanting to see who was attacking him secretly.
Jiale ignored the monk Xuanming. In the Qimen Bagua, Jiale stood in the center palace and walked the Bagua. Among people of the same level, it was difficult to touch the corner of his clothes. It was even more difficult to be discovered when he hid in the hall.
If one bolt of lightning doesn't work, then use a few more. If you can be a mage, never engage in close combat.
Boom boom boom!
Three blue lightning bolts descended again in succession. Monk Xuanming dodged one, but he was unable to dodge the other two and they came towards him.
Boom!
Jiale did not stop, and thunders fell one after another, as if his magic power was free. To be honest, it was rare to be as extravagant as Jiale.
Monk Xuanming felt the magic power in his body dissipating, his physical injuries continued to worsen, and he became extremely angry.
A wooden fish suddenly appeared in his hand and he struck it immediately.
Jiale suddenly became alert, and when he heard the sound of the wooden fish, he was a little absent-minded. The Qimen Bagua paused for a moment, and he suddenly revealed his figure and was discovered by the monk Xuanming.
"kill!"
After seeing Jiale, Monk Xuanming's eyes were filled with hatred. It was obvious that he had been beaten for so long and finally caught the person, so he wanted to vent his anger.
With golden dragons surrounding him, he rushed towards Jiale.
Jiale was distracted for only a moment, then he reacted and activated the Qimen Bagua again. He had already predicted the attack route of Monk Xuanming, and with the top-grade magic sword in his hand, he slashed down fiercely.
If there were someone nearby, they would have seen that it was the monk Xuanming who took the initiative to meet the sword.
A flash of fire appeared.
The true fire of the sun flowed on the magic sword and directly cut the monk Xuanming.
roar!
It sounded like a dragon's roar, but upon closer inspection it was Monk Xuanming who had revealed his true form. After seeing Monk Xuanming's true form, Jiale almost laughed out loud. It turned out to be a big black rat. My goodness! If the Buddha knew that his temple was occupied by a big black rat and that it had done so many dirty things under his feet, I wonder what he would think. He would probably show his wrath to the rat and kill it.
boom!
Monk Xuanming fell heavily to the ground, his Sun Fire did not go out, and he roared in pain. After all, his foundation was built up by external forces. Even Jiale, who was in the late Qi Refining Realm, could not compare to him. But Jiale overestimated this guy.
"Who are you?"
Monk Xuanming glared at Jiale. He was very sure that he had never seen Jiale before, let alone provoked Jiale. He didn't know how Jiale came to him.
Jiale was too lazy to pay attention to him and just struck him with another sword. The villain died because he talked too much, and Jiale didn't want to argue with him any more.
boom!
The flames exploded directly, a rat head rolled to the ground, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
With the death of Monk Xuanming, Bai Shao and others finally broke free from control and regained consciousness.
"Ah! Where is this?"
"Why am I here?"
“Ghost!”
…
Screams rang out, and Jiale glanced at everyone. Bai Shao and others were looking at the scene in horror. At the beginning, they were still busy covering themselves, but now they were too scared to care about anything else.
"Is it you?"
Bai Shao pointed at Jia Le and asked in surprise. Jia Le nodded, "If it weren't for me, you would be like the people on the ground today. There is indeed a demon in your Qianli Town. Look, it's this rat demon."
Rat demon!
Looking at the huge rat head on the ground, everyone became even more frightened, but they also believed Jiale's words to some extent. Not to mention, Bai Shao's first reaction was that she was abducted here by Jiale.
"So where is this place?"
After all, as someone who had suffered hardships since childhood, Bai Shao was calmer than the others. Looking at the surrounding environment, although she was afraid, she still asked.
"Jiangfu Temple."
"Jiangfu Temple!"
Hearing Jiale's answer, everyone was shocked. At this time, Monk Xuanming was dead, and his methods were useless. They finally remembered the past memories of Jiangfu Temple.
Jiale didn't rush to ask what was going on, but first let down the women hanging in the air.
"Kill me."
A woman pulled Jiale's sleeve, her eyes full of pain and a hint of pleading. Jiale hesitated, but Bai Shao had already picked up a knife on the ground, stepped forward, and killed the woman.
Jiale had already discovered Bai Shao's actions in advance, but did not stop her.
"If it were me, I wouldn't want to live like this and see my family."
Bai Shao's voice was trembling a little, but her words were very firm, which made Jia Le amazed. It was a pity that she was too old, otherwise she would be really suitable to be Uncle Jiu's apprentice.
“Kill us!”
Faint sounds were heard one after another. Bai Shao's hand holding the knife was still shaking, but she swung the knife down without hesitation. More than 20 women who were still breathing died.
ruthless!
Jiale couldn't help but give him a thumbs up. He was somewhat moved by such determination, but unfortunately, this was bigger than Jiale could handle.
Those who were controlled together with Bai Shao were now looking at Bai Shao in horror, fearing that Bai Shao would stab them as well.
Jiale looked at the remaining few people. They were lucky to have met him. "Let's go back."
After hearing Jiale's words, the women left in a hurry as if they had been pardoned.
Jiale gathered all the women in the palace together and burned them.
More than a hundred dead souls were wailing in agony. Jia Le sighed inwardly and began to recite the text on salvation from the Sutra of the Redemption of Human Beings.
As the scriptures were recited, the wailing of more than a hundred dead souls became slower and slower, and gradually calmed down. All their sins were wiped out, and they bowed to Jiale.
This time, Jiale didn't need to summon the ghost, because the ghost appeared on its own initiative.
Jia Le did not intervene. More than a hundred ghosts followed the ghost away, and the hall returned to peace again. If it were not for the lingering smell of fireworks, no one would have been able to tell that such a tragic scene had happened here.
"Aren't you leaving yet?"
Jiale looked at Bai Shao and asked, any normal person would have left, but now Bai Shao was quite different.
"Can I stay here?"
Stay here?
Jiale was a little confused. What was he doing here? To be a monk? No, a nun?
But this was none of Jiale's business. After the matter was settled, Jiale was about to leave, so he just asked one more question. He picked up the rat body, said nothing more, and went straight down the mountain.
The rat body of the demon soldier realm is a good material for refining weapons and cannot be wasted.
As for the good things in the temple, the five little paper figures and seven fire crows have already looted them all. Ever since his cultivation level has improved, Jiale no longer likes to collect spoils. We must present a positive and tall image in front of others. Searching for things is too low-level.
In Jiangfu Temple.
Bai Shao looked at the impoverished temple. Although it looked magnificent, those were all decorative materials. Although they could be exchanged for some money, it was still somewhat taboo. If the temple was demolished to exchange for money, the Bodhisattva might appear in her dreams.
After going around in circles, it is at least a place to stay. In fact, Bai Shao did not come for the property of the temple, but because she had killed more than 20 civilians. After those women returned, the news would definitely spread. If she went back, with the influence of her previous reputation, who knows how those civilians would treat her, so she thought of staying.
Ordinary people might not think so much, but Bai Shao, who has suffered hardships since childhood, is different from others.
She walked through every inch of the temple. This would be her home from now on and she wanted to get familiar with it.
"Hey, what is this?"
