The entrance to the Cangyun Secret Realm.
Chen Lin stood in the distance and looked around for a while. In less than an hour, he saw more than a dozen monks coming here.
This place is still in the Yin Realm, but it does not affect the enthusiasm of these monks.
However, because of the palace-dressed monster wandering around this area before, other ghosts did not dare to stay here, so the danger was much smaller.
There are many obstacles in the demon world. Even if you find a node, as long as it is in the area restricted by the pass, not everyone can use it, so the nodes in the real world are particularly important.
Chen Lin also wanted to find a way to leave the real world.
The cat-headed monster hasn't shown up yet, and he hasn't caught the fortune chest, so it's still unknown whether that approach will work.
After waiting for a while and seeing more and more people gathering, Chen Lin did not delay any longer and flew to the entrance node.
After a brief question, he let Chen Bao break the node and jump in.
Seeing this, the other monks took the opportunity to follow him into the secret realm.
"Excuse me, are you Chen Zhenjun?"
Just as Chen Lin was looking around the secret realm, a man among the monks who had followed him in with borrowed light suddenly approached cautiously and asked in a low voice.
Chen Lin took a look at the other person. He looked like a middle-aged man, who had only reached the complete foundation building stage. He looked unfamiliar and he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
"Do you know me?"
He didn't want to pay attention to the other party, but after thinking about it, he asked casually.
"I am Qin Muya, my aunt. I met Zhenjun when I was a child."
The middle-aged man immediately bowed and introduced himself.
Qin Lingyu's nephew
Chen Lin looked carefully and found that the other person's appearance was indeed somewhat similar to that of the Qin family, and more like Qin Lingyu's father.
"Where have you been living all these years? Are there other people?"
Since they were Qin Lingyu's family, Chen Lin showed some concern.
Qin Lingyu has been worried about his family's condition over the years and often stares into space alone.
However, he did not plan to take the other party back. First of all, his identity could not be confirmed. Even if it was confirmed, he did not know the other party's character, so there was no need to take him back.
Moreover, now is the critical period of escape, he can't take care of Qin Lingyu and others, and has no energy to care about others.
"Reporting to the True Lord, I have been living in this Cangyun Secret Realm. As for the other members of the Qin family, I have lost contact with them."
Chen Lin nodded. In such a chaotic world, it was good enough for a person to survive.
At this time, Qin Muya said again: "Master Zhenjun, I wonder if my aunt is okay now?"
"Yeah, it's okay."
Chen Lin glanced at the other person and said something perfunctorily.
The other party was actively trying to get close to him, but he really didn't want to care. After responding with a sentence, he turned his head and looked elsewhere, looking for Nanmen Lingyue.
He sent a message to the other party asking him to wait for him at the entrance, but for some reason no one showed up.
"Your Excellency wants to go to the Demon Suppression Temple. I can lead the way, and I also know some of the strange things about the Demon Suppression Temple."
Seeing Chen Lin's perfunctory attitude, Qin Muya hesitated for a moment and spoke again.
Chen Lin glanced at the other person, smiled and said, "No need to lead the way, just tell me what weird thing you know!"
The other party is treating him as a life-saving straw. Considering that the other party has such a strong desire to survive, if he can really say something valuable, he might as well give the other party a chance.
Qin Muya's eyes flashed with joy when he heard this, then he looked around and saw that everyone who had come in had left, then he organized his words and said, "Every three years at midnight on the fifteenth day of the eighth month of the Demon-Suppressing Temple, something abnormal will happen to the Buddha statue in the main hall."
"oh?"
Chen Lin became interested.
Nanmen Lingyue never told this news, and perhaps the other party doesn't know either.
After all, it happens once every three years, and it happens in the middle of the night.
However, he asked in confusion, "Isn't it said that the Demon-Suppressing Temple is very dangerous and no one who enters it will come out alive? How did you find out?"
Qin Muya was stunned for a moment, and immediately replied: "To answer the question, senior, the one who has gone there is the tower in the backyard of the temple, not the temple itself. The temple is already in ruins, and apart from being a little eerie, there is no great danger."
Chen Lin showed a look of sudden realization. So that was how it was. Nanmen Lingyue didn't explain it in detail, and he didn't ask for details, which led to the mistake.
He glanced at the other party and said, "What's the abnormality? Are you the only one who noticed it?"
Since it is a place that can be entered freely, even if it is only once every three years and only at midnight, it does not necessarily mean that no one else has discovered it. After all, this secret place has been closed for more than a hundred years.
Qin Muya hesitated for a moment and said, "It shouldn't be, because the abnormal changes are very weak and the time is very short. I discovered it by accident. At that time, I thought I was blind. Later, I went there often when I had nothing to do. It was not until three years later that I found the abnormality again. I was sure of it. After several verifications, I finally came to the conclusion that the abnormality will appear on August 15 every three years, and this year happens to be the third year!"
“Is this the third year?”
Chen Lin touched his chin. If you want to say it's a coincidence, it is indeed a bit of a coincidence. However, it only happens once every three years, and it only happens in the same year, so it's not too coincidental.
He calculated the days and found that it was less than two months until August 15th.
"What exactly is the anomaly? Tell me about it."
Chen Lin asked again.
In fact, he was very reluctant to have anything to do with the Demon-Suppressing Temple anymore, but this place was related to the passage to another world, and the two hidden dangers he had were suspected to be related to this place.
One is the thread of cause and effect, and the other is the demon seed.
He didn't feel the demon seed from beginning to end, but he did not doubt that the traveling merchant was deceiving him, so he never took off the golden ring on his head.
However, although he did not suspect that the traveling merchant had cheated him, he doubted the effectiveness of the golden ring.
The traveling merchants said that this item can suppress the demon species and prevent them from growing, and it can also block the demon species' breath from being sensed.
He had no idea whether the demon species was growing or not, but the shielding effect was not as strong as the other party said, otherwise Xingmang would not have attacked him alone last time.
This hidden danger must be eliminated.
It is a mystery who exactly created the cause and effect. He only suspected that it was the monk from the Demon-Suppressing Temple who broke through the Arhat realm, but if it was, he didn't know what the other party's intention was.
But no matter what, such a strange thing cannot be kept on the body, not to mention that now there are abnormalities and things are starting to become clear.
So even if he didn't want to have anything to do with the Demon-Suppressing Temple, he had to come here to explore.
Qin Muya didn't know about Chen Lin's troubles. At this moment, I had already regarded Chen Lin as my hope for survival. Upon hearing this, he immediately replied: "Reporting to the senior, when the time is up, the handprint of the Buddha statue there will change, but it will be very slight. If you don't observe it specifically, it will be difficult to notice."
"that's all?"
Chen Lin frowned and asked again: "Is it a certain Buddha statue that has changed, or all of them?"
Qin Muya said immediately, "It is a part. There are many Buddha statues there. According to my observation, there are always a few Buddha statues that will change, but it is not fixed, and the change lasts for a very short time. It will return to normal in about a cup of tea."
Chen Lin thought about it for a while, but couldn't figure out what this change meant.
However, the other party had lived in the secret realm for hundreds of years and still hadn't figured it out. It was impossible for him to guess it based on just a few words. He had to conduct on-site observations.
He was about to ask something else when he saw a figure flying towards him from a distance.
Then he changed the subject and said, "Okay, this information is still useful to me, but your aunt is very far away from here, you can't get there. Here is a pill and a communication talisman. If I find a way to leave this world in the future, I will notify you!"
This is exactly what Qin Muya was waiting for.
He immediately took the thing respectfully. When he found out that the pill was actually a double-patterned seven-star pill, he became even more ecstatic and hurriedly expressed his gratitude.
"Thank you for your help, uncle. If I find anything else in the future, I will inform you immediately!"
At this time, Nanmen Lingyue's figure fell, looking at Qin Muya in surprise and asked: "Captain Qin, how did you become Brother Chen's nephew?"
Qin Muya was also stunned when he saw Nanmen Lingyue, and his eyes flashed when he found out that she seemed to be very close to Chen Lin.
He hurriedly bowed again and said, "Greetings, Elder Nanmen. I heard that some seniors wanted to organize a group to explore the upside-down tower, so I came to take a look. Unexpectedly, I ran into Senior Chen, who is my uncle."
Nanmen Lingyue didn't know much about Chen Lin. She only knew that he and Luo Qinglan were a dual cultivation couple. After all, many people knew about this.
However, Qin Muya’s surname is Qin, so he cannot be Luo Qinglan’s nephew. That means Chen Lin has other women.
This made her feel a little resentful.
He glanced at Chen Lin and said, "It seems that Captain Qin's aunt must be very outstanding, otherwise, with Brother Chen's vision, she would definitely not be worthy of your attention."
Chen Lin felt a strong sense of jealousy, smiled and shook his head, then waved his hand to signal Qin Muya that he could leave.
Qin Muya immediately bowed and took his leave. He did not go to the Demon-Suppressing Temple again, but went to other places in the secret realm, preparing to rush into the Golden Elixir.
"What's going on at the Demon-Suppressing Temple? Let's talk as we go."
Chen Lin changed the subject.
Ignoring the other person's resentful look, he really didn't want to have anything to do with anyone now, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take care of them all.
Nanmen Lingyue took a deep breath, and without thinking any more, she took Chen Lin and flew towards the Demon-Suppressing Temple.
Soon, the two arrived nearby.
Chen Lin saw from afar a huge Buddha statue as big as a mountain. Although the statue was huge, it was carved to be lifelike, and a sense of solemnity came over him.
One of the Buddha's hands stands in front of the body, as if chanting Buddhist scriptures, while the other palm is stretched out, dragging an inverted black tower.
The tower gets bigger as it goes up, and at the very top forms a base, on top of which is a dilapidated ancient temple that has fallen into disrepair.
This scene is so weird no matter how you look at it, I have no idea what it represents.