Half an hour after Li Yan and the others came over, the Taoist priest also came roaring through the air.
But after he arrived, he didn't say anything, but landed directly from the air on a futon in the middle of the platform, facing the square, with the majestic hall door facing behind him.
A yellow curtain hangs under the lights inside the door, and several giant pillars that only adults can wrap around rise from the ground to support the giant hall. Above the giant pillars, dragons soar and clouds surround them, lifelike, as if they are about to soar into the clouds and fly away.
The hall is filled with incense, and three forty-foot-tall statues are located in the center. They are the Taoist Three Pure Ones, Yuanshi Tianzun, Lingbao Tianzun and Daode Tianzun.
The entire hall was filled with light, and there seemed to be solemn Taoist voices chanting in low voices, echoing in the hall.
There are statues of immortals such as the Jade Emperor, the Four Great Emperors, and the Five Elders on both sides of the hall. Although the statues are also magnificent and majestic, they are much shorter than the Sanqing Tianzun in the center.
After sitting down cross-legged, the palace Taoist closed his eyes tightly. If he looked closely, he could see two very fine blood threads entwining on his skin, which penetrated from the middle fingers of his left and right hands and extended all the way up his arms.
Every time he breathed, these two blood streaks would flicker and disappear, which looked extremely weird.
The scene on his side had long been noticed by Li Yan and others. As Li Yan stared, he heard a man in black robe whisper.
"This is the Drop of Blood Oath Formation. I heard that only those with extremely advanced attainments in the formation can understand it. Xuanqing Temple is indeed worthy of its reputation."
With the arrival of the Taoist priests, the world gradually became quiet. Only in the gentle breeze, the bright moon in the sky gradually rose, and then slowly set in the west...
At Yin Shi, although the eastern sky is still dark, it has already ushered in the daily morning chanting time in the Taoist temple. Perhaps due to the special nature of today, the morning chanting has already begun on the square below.
As soon as the hour arrived, many disciples were already chanting Taoist sutras in low voices.
At the same time, twenty disciples stood up in the square. Each of them had an extraordinary aura and should be the best in the Taoist temple. They represented each branch and were about to go to the main hall above to offer incense.
After they lined up regularly and stepped onto the white jade steps, they first bowed deeply to the Taoist priest sitting in the middle of the platform.
Then, Luo Sanpang, Qin Chengyi, and Kong Nantai stood up and led ten of them into the main hall, while the rest were still sitting outside the main hall.
The positions vacated by Luo Sanpang and others were filled by ten new disciples who came up and surrounded Li Yan and others again.
From time to time, the melodious sound of bells came from the hall, and then a stronger sandalwood fragrance overflowed.
These sandalwood incense is not used by ordinary mortals, but is refined from spiritual grass. It not only has the effect of clearing the mind and calming the mind, but is also extremely beneficial to cultivation.
Li Yan smelled the fragrance coming from the tip of his nose, and felt that the pores all over his body relaxed, and the spiritual energy in the air jumped and danced happily. As he breathed in and out, the spiritual energy traveled happily through his muscles and veins, and his mind was clear and centered.
"This incense is comparable to first-level elixirs. If you can find some, it will be somewhat beneficial to your cultivation."
Li Yan thought in his heart, and in his consciousness, the people around him seemed to be taking the opportunity to breathe out the spiritual energy between heaven and earth.
In this peaceful scene, a sudden sound of panic broke the silence of the early morning.
"Uncle Luo, Uncle Luo..."
Then, more chaotic sounds came from the hall.
"Oh no, something happened to Master Luo..."
"Uncle Kong...Uncle Qin, come here quickly..."
Suddenly, bursts of exclamations came from within the main hall, and in the chaos, Kong Nantai's scolding voice came out.
"Quiet, everyone!"
Like a suppressed thunder, suddenly there was no more sound in the hall.
At the same time, the figure of the Taoist priest on the platform disappeared in a blur, and at the same time, his deep voice came from the air.
"Everyone must not move rashly, please stay where you are."
Li Yan, the five people on the platform, and the ten disciples also stood up one after another, but due to the words of the Taoist Gong, they all stopped in place.
Hundreds of monks in the square of the main hall immediately stopped silently chanting, and the sound of discussion suddenly sounded, but the whole group was not in chaos, which showed the foundation of Xuanqingguan as a sect with a long history.
The Taoist priest stood in the main hall. His pale face, which had been exhausted due to the manipulation of the Blood Oath Formation, was now livid. There were more than a dozen disciples around him who were trembling with fear. Kong Nantai and Qin Chengyi also stood aside with ugly expressions.
The Taoist priest looked at Luo Sanpang, who was offering incense in front of the huge statue of Sanqing. He also held three sticks of thick incense in his hand. The incense was extinguishing and the clear smoke curled up, as if he wanted to step forward and insert the incense into the incense burner. But he Just stood there, motionless.
The Taoist priest stopped his breathing when he came in. He stood two feet away from Luo Sanpang. His consciousness scanned Luo Sanpang several times from top to bottom, then looked back around and whispered.
"what happened?"
These words seemed to be squeezed out from between his teeth. In his consciousness, Luo Sanpang had already died, and his soul had also dissipated.
After he asked the question, the hall was as silent as death. The disciples around him were trembling. They felt that there was a volcano on the leader's body, which was about to erupt.
Kong Nantai frowned, snorted coldly, pointed at a rather sturdy Taoist priest and said.
"Bai Kui, tell me, you were the first to discover it."
The Taoist priest who was pointed out by Kong Nantai turned pale, his body trembled, and he hurriedly stepped forward.
"Disciple Bai Kui has met the master. Just now, under the instruction of several uncles and uncles, I cleaned the place and offered incense.
It's just that the Sanqing Tianzun has always been cleaned and incense offered by the uncles and uncles, so we went to the side hall to offer incense to the emperor, the six emperors, and the five elders.
Today, Sanqing Tianzun's immortal throne is still offered by three masters and uncles respectively. When the disciples and others passed by several times, they found that Master Luo had been respectfully holding the incense without moving.
I thought he was silently praying for something, so I didn't pay much attention at first. But after a while, the disciple discovered something was wrong. When he came up to ask, Master Luo did not answer.
She even felt that something was wrong, and then she boldly stepped forward to check, only to see that Master Luo's eyes were dull and his body was lifeless. With a glance of his consciousness, Master Luo was already... Already... "
After saying this, Bai Kui looked frightened.
What happened in the Taoist Temple in the past two days, as a senior disciple selected to enter the temple today, he naturally knows more than the disciples in the square.
Unexpectedly, in front of everyone, a powerful monk in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment died quietly. Moreover, there was also an Uncle Foundation Establishment Master in the hall, and the leader was at the entrance of the hall. This man died. It was weird, how could this not scare him.
"Oh, you two didn't find any clue at first?"
There was suppressed anger in the palace Taoist's voice, and he looked at Kong Nantai and Qin Chengyi this time. "Senior Brother Qi, there are people coming and going here, either cleaning or offering incense in the side hall.
After coming in, the three of us swept the dust and then each offered incense to the Sanqing Patriarch. After Junior Brother Qin and I finished paying respects, we saw that Junior Brother Luo still seemed to be reciting silently, so we went to arrange other disciples to do things, but... …Nothing unusual was found. "
When he said this, his expression was also uncertain.
After hearing this, the Taoist priest did not speak immediately. His consciousness once again scanned Luo Sanpang's standing body repeatedly.
The long incense of green smoke that was floating there was not poisonous, otherwise none of the people in the hall would be alive at this moment.
The palace Taoist walked slowly in front of Luo Sanpang, and suddenly opened his mouth, and a green bead exuding rich cyan wood spiritual power flew out of his mouth.
The round bead flashed green and instantly flew to Luo Sanpang's forehead. The moment it came close to Luo Sanpang's forehead, a ripple-like blue ripple appeared, followed by a "buzz" sound. in everyone's ears.
The cyan halo of the cyan bead dimmed in an instant, and then quickly flew towards Luo Sanpang.
After the ball circled around Luo Sanpang's body, it finally flew to the three pillars of sandalwood held in Luo Sanpang's hand. After another "buzz" sound, it shot back.
Looking at the round bead floating in front of him, which was flashing green light, the Taoist priest penetrated into the bead with his spiritual consciousness.
The name of this bead is "Qinglan Bead", which is a second-grade mid-level magic weapon. It has a powerful restraint effect on evil spirits and evil spirits. It is also the natal magic weapon of palace Taoists.
The palace Taoist looked at the two silky gray thin lines in the green bead, and they were bumping left and right in the bead.
Compared to the vast blue spiritual power surging inside the bead, the thin gray thread still seemed too small, but it was extremely ferocious and did not seem to be inferior at all.
He couldn't help but his face turned serious, and he let out a low drink.
"It's actually Gray Qumantra water applied on the sandalwood. It's no wonder that Junior Brother Luo looks like this. He may have been swallowed up by the sea of consciousness long ago, leaving only an empty body."
After everyone around him heard this, the disciples were still confused. Even Qin Chengyi looked confused, but Kong Nantai's expression changed drastically and she couldn't help but lost her voice.
"Senior Brother Head, are you really sure that Junior Brother Luo has been poisoned by the Hui Qu Man Tuo water? Doesn't this poison only appear occasionally in the extreme southern sea area
But even if it does appear, it is extremely difficult to collect. If you are not careful, you will die immediately.
Someone actually got this poison. This poison has not appeared in our Western Region for at least thousands of years. I heard that those who were poisoned by this poison became stiff all over but did not lose their sanity.
You can feel that your soul is entangled with this poison, like a mandala king snake that is constantly devouring it, until the soul is finally swallowed up, making the poisoned person miserable, and the soul is like being pulled out by threads, but cannot make any sound.
Even the expression did not change at all after being paralyzed. Although the whole time lasted only two or three breaths, the poisoned person felt as if he had been refining in purgatory for thousands of years, and the pain was indescribable. "
The Taoist priest looked at the gray thread that had almost disappeared in the blue bead and nodded slowly.
"It is this poison. I never expected that someone would use such a vicious method to deal with me, Xuan Qing Guan. Although there are only a few strands of this poison, it is very easy to kill a Foundation Builder.
It will probably take nearly a year to refine the remaining poison of my natal magic weapon. It seems that I, Xuan Qing Guan, have made a powerful enemy. "
When he said this, his eyes had narrowed into a dangerous thin line, and thoughts were running rapidly in his mind. For a moment, he couldn't figure out where he had attracted the powerful enemy.
After a few breaths, his body suddenly trembled slightly, and a thought flashed through his mind.
"Could it be related to the two sects that disappeared nearby?"
Thinking of this, Taoist Gong couldn't help but feel chills on his back.
The two disappeared sects together had thousands of people. They mysteriously disappeared without a trace overnight. They were all under the command of Jindan monks, but now the ancestor of his sect is not in the sect. .
The more the palace Taoist thought about it, the more chilled he felt in his heart. But after all, he had been in charge of the sect for decades. Although he was shocked, his face remained gloomy.
He felt the terror of his opponent, and every time he killed someone, he left no useful clues.
Even if Junior Brother Luo is killed in this hall, it seems that the killer must be among Junior Brother Kong, Junior Brother Qin and the ten disciples, but this is not the case.
After offering these sandalwoods every day, some sandalwoods will be placed in the same position again for easy use next time.
They only gathered here at midnight last night. Has anyone touched these sandalwoods during this day, and how many people have touched them? These are difficult to check.
Moreover, it is not possible to determine the time of poisoning, just this morning.
What's more, there is another question that puzzles the Taoist priest. If the murderer wanted to kill someone, why did he only poison the few sticks of incense that Junior Brother Luo took
If he wanted to target the Foundation Establishment cultivators, this person must already know that the Sanqing Tianzun must be offered incense by the Foundation Establishment cultivators, so why not just poison all three of them? Of course, Qin Chengyi is a person whose seniority and realm do not match.
For a moment, Taoist Gong felt that his head was swollen. The murderer either killed without leaving a trace, or killed directly, or planned to kill. There was no pattern at all, which made him more and more confused, and he had no clue.
At this moment, a ray of red light flew rapidly from the distance. The light came extremely quickly and did not stop at all. It flew into the hall in front of everyone's eyes.
After the light dissipated, Hall Master Ji's livid face was revealed. He flew back directly from patrol after receiving the message from his disciple.
He first glanced at everyone in the hall, and then came to the palace Taoist in a few steps.
Next, the two started whispering!
Later, Taoist Gong and Hall Master Ji spread out their figures and walked around the hall several times, and then went directly out of the hall. After half a stick of incense, they returned to the hall again.
"The clues here are even more confusing than Junior Brother Song's. There were too many disciples coming in and out yesterday, so it's impossible to rule them out."
Hall Master Ji's eyes seemed to be filled with fire. As the head of the sect's supervisory hall, he seemed to have lost his magical power and was under control in every aspect this day. There was no trace of an immortal at all. This made him extremely depressed.
Seeing this, the palace Taoist thought for a moment and said through a message.
"Senior Brother Ji, don't blame yourself. I have thought about it for a long time and feel that this matter may be related to the news that Master sent back a few days ago, that is, the two missing sects nearby.
There are golden elixir monks there. Something has happened, and I don’t know if the master has any other clues. "
This time, he did not call "Hall Master Ji", but "Senior Brother Ji", which shows his comfort.
Hall Master Ji started his career earlier than him and was the senior senior brother of this generation. However, since Gong Taoist became the leader, he followed others in calling him "Senior Senior Brother."
In desperation, the palace Taoists could no longer call each other senior brother. They only called each other "Master Ji" every time to show their respect for each other.