At midnight in the morning, Tian Xunzi came, bringing his clothes and two helpers.
There are twenty or thirty kinds of attire for Taoists to perform rituals. The largest one is the Dharma platform, which is also a table. It is usually removable for easy portability. The material is mostly peach wood, but also jujube and willow. It is taboo to use locust tree.
In addition to the Dharma platform, there are many gods-inviting flags, pardon tokens, psychic incense candles, cinnabar to ward off evil spirits, white phosphorus, peach wood swords, money swords, Bagua mirrors, gourds, magic ropes, magic whips, master swords, and three pure things. There were only a few things, besides the bell, and two living creatures, a black dog and a rooster.
Nanfeng ordered the driver to rush over to the carriage, and Tian Xunzi and others loaded many magical weapons into the carriage.
That black dog was raised by Lin Yunkuan. He usually eats and drinks well and is served by the uncle. At critical moments, it is used for bloodletting. It is difficult to find a black dog without a single hair on its body. It is impossible to do it once. Just kill one of them.
The black dog was very ferocious. It bared its teeth and barked when it saw a stranger. It barked a few times to lure Lao Bai out. Animals have the instinct to seek good luck and avoid disaster. Before Lao Bai could bark, the black dog picked up the dog. He picked up his tail and got under the car.
"Big bags and small bags, are you catching ghosts or running away?" The fat man yawned.
Nanfeng was loading dry food into the car, "I may be out for a few days this time. You stay at home and discuss with Cui Zhen if you have anything."
"Take it easy and come back soon." The fat man said.
Nanfeng nodded and loaded the things into the carriage, driving the shaft himself without a driver.
"Hey, wait a minute, Ju County is Magistrate Hu's territory, why don't you bring him something?" the fat man yelled from behind.
Nanfeng just pretended not to hear. Magistrate Hu gave him a ginseng plant. Yuan Anning only used a few roots and let the fat man eat the rest. After eating other people's food, he kept thinking about their good deeds. Son.
Tian Xunzi was a boring gourd, not good at talking, and didn't talk much along the way. Nanfeng was driving while thinking about what happened yesterday. In fact, the possibility of Momen finding the dwarf's body was very small, because he killed the dwarf in the mountains. Yes, trying to find a corpse in the vast mountains is like looking for a needle in a haystack. As long as Momen can't find the dwarf's body, there will be no need to take risks to attack him.
However, everything should be feared, and we should not take any chances. For the sake of safety, we still have to leave Yu County. To take a step back, even if there is no incident like Momen, Yu County is not a place to stay for a long time. What if Taiqing Sect finds out about it? As for his whereabouts, it is not impossible to send a purple energy master to directly check him.
Thinking of Taiqing Sect, Nanfeng began to worry about Old Taoist Tianmu again. He never knew what happened to Tian Yuanzi and the woman in white. To be precise, he didn't know the details. This time, he asked Old Taoist Tianmu to help him find out, just in case. Old Taoist Tianmu's actions were noticed by someone who was interested. If he followed Old Taoist Tianmu back to Yu County, he and Fatty would be trapped here.
Fortunately, before Tianmu Old Dao left, he asked about the approximate date of Tianmu Old Dao's return. At that time, he could hide in the mountains on both sides of the road and wait for Tianmu Old Dao to return. If anyone was following him, he would be able to find out in time.
Yu County and Ju County are adjacent to each other. The ruined temple that Tian Xunzi mentioned is located in the deep mountains in the northwest of Yu County and the northeast of Ju County. Everyone set out at this hour and arrived outside the mountains. They unloaded the carts and released the horses, leading them Pick up something and hike into the mountains.
There was no road in the mountains, so a Taoist man took a hatchet and opened the road from the front, while Nanfeng and others walked behind.
We set out at the wrong time and trekked in the mountains for two hours. By the time we arrived at Deyou, the sun was setting and we still hadn't seen the abandoned temple Tian Xunzi mentioned.
"Taoist Priest, how far is it?" Nanfeng asked.
"Right in front." Tian Xunzi said.
Nanfeng shook his head helplessly. After asking several times before, Tian Xunzi either said it was close or not far away. This time he said it was ahead. Even Tian Xunzi himself couldn't tell how far it was. He even doubted it. Is Tian Xunzi lost
But it turned out that Tian Xunzi was not lost. Before nightfall, Nanfeng finally saw the abandoned temple.
Previously, he had followed the old Taoist Tianmu into the mountains to find a palace for General Wang, and had received Tianmu's guidance. When he saw this temple this time, he immediately discovered a problem. This temple was built on a cliff, and there was a very tall road not far to the south. It is a deep canyon. The canyon is not wide but very long. It runs east-west and there is a faint sound of water coming from below.
The temple faces south and faces north. It covers an area of five miles including the wall, which is really not small. Although the wall is dilapidated, it has not completely collapsed. More than half of it has been preserved. The temple is also well preserved, even the cornices on the roof. Never damaged.
"Sir, we're here." Tian Xunzi stretched out his hand and pointed north.
Nanfeng nodded. He was not blind, so he naturally knew that he was here. His attention at this time was on the ruined temple in the distance. The temple was surrounded by trees, the thickest of which was as thick as two arms. This showed that the temple was It was built at least hundreds of years ago. The temples that existed hundreds of years ago have survived to this day despite being exposed to wind and sun, which shows how solid they were built back then.
What Nanfeng didn't expect was that this temple was not built with stones, but with large pieces of gray bricks. It was not unusual to build a temple out of stone in the mountains, but it was unreasonable to build a temple with gray bricks. Firstly, it is difficult to transport over long distances. Secondly, firing gray bricks is very troublesome and expensive.
"Who would build a temple here?" Nanfeng looked at Tian Xunzi.
Tian Xunzi shook his head, "It is unlucky to have a door facing the north, and it is even more unlucky to carry water on your back. It is still dark water that does not see the sun, which means great misfortune."
"Have you and Taoist Master Tianmu gone in before?" Nanfeng asked.
"No, more trouble is worse than less trouble. There is obviously something weird here, why bother with it for no reason?" Tian Xunzi shook his head and said.
Tian Xunzi's words were pun-intended, and more or less he was complaining about Nan Feng making trouble for nothing. Nan Feng just pretended not to have heard it and asked, "Taoist Priest, in your opinion, what kind of temple is this?"
"It doesn't seem like it was built for sacrifice," Tian Xunzi said with a solemn expression, "The mountain is backlashed, backed by the Yin water, and there is no support on the left or right. This is the Feng Shui pattern for suppressing evil spirits. What kind of evil spirits should be suppressed in this temple, or maybe It's a ghost, and it relies on the Yin water to vent its resentment."
Nanfeng didn't ask again, "You guys wait for me here. I'll go in and take a look before it's time to watch."
"We'll go with you." Tian Xunzi stepped forward.
Nan Feng walked a few steps quickly to catch up with Tian Xunzi, "Taoist Priest, do you think the people suppressing in this temple are aliens or ghosts?"
"The ghost ones may be bigger." Tian Xunzi replied.
"Are you sure you can hold it?" Nanfeng asked again.
Tian Xunzi didn't say he could or couldn't, but said, "It's already here."
Seeing Tian Xunzi's tone, Nanfeng didn't ask any more questions. He fell a few steps behind and stopped the two little Taoists. "Run quickly when the situation is bad."
One of the young Taoists smiled and replied, "Don't worry, sir. Uncle Master never does anything he is not sure of."
Nanfeng felt relieved after hearing this. This trip was purely for observation and learning, and he could not harm others' lives just to increase his knowledge.
Not far ahead, we reached the edge of the canyon. Although the canyon was very long, it was not wide. The narrowest part was only five or six feet. Everyone jumped from the narrow place to the other side and circled from the east side of the temple to the north gate.
A section of the courtyard wall on the east side of the ruined temple has collapsed. From the gap, you can see the scene in the courtyard. There are no incense burners or cauldrons in the courtyard like other temples. Instead, there are two rows of stone statues in the north and south, three in the west and one in the east. There are seven of them, a total of ten. Each of these ten stone statues is as tall as two people. They are all carved with giant pythons or dragons. They have no horns on their heads and bright scales and claws, which are very lifelike.
However, the shapes of these ten dragons are a bit strange. They are all scenes of torture. They may be burned by fire, tied up with ropes, or pierced by swords and axes, or pierced by thousands of arrows. Ten dragons, ten kinds of punishments.
Seeing these ten tortured dragons, Nanfeng felt more and more uncertain, but he had already been able to observe their complexions. Although the ruined temple was a bit eerie, there was no evil or ghostly appearance.
They come, the security. Once you have come, you will feel at ease even if you are uneasy, and you cannot go back halfway.
After looking at it, Nanfeng, Tian Xunzi and others walked around to the north. The door was a double iron door, but it was already rusty. A Taoist man stepped forward and pushed it, but it didn't move at all.
In desperation, everyone had to return to the gap in the east wall. Tian Xunzi stretched out his hand to one of the Taoist priests. The latter understood and immediately sent several exquisite flags. Tian Xunzi surrounded the ruined temple, planted flags on three sides, and returned to On the gap, draw the Tai Chi pattern with cinnabar, then wrap the talisman paper with willow branches and insert the fish eyes of the Tai Chi Pisces.
The method used by Tian Xunzi has also been used by Tianmu Lao Tao before to observe the behavior of evil spirits in the formation. However, this formation method does not seem to be very accurate because Tianmu did not detect the existence of the white dog that day. .
The result of the inspection was that the two willow branches were motionless. There are two possibilities for this situation. One is that there are no evil spirits in the ruined temple, and the other is that the monsters or ghosts inside are sealed.
Tian Xunzi seemed to have expected this to happen, and was not surprised as he stepped across the collapsed courtyard wall.
This dilapidated temple has no wings or windows, only one gate. The gate is nine feet high and eight feet wide. It is stained with rust and turns out to be an iron gate.
Iron, also known as evil metal, can block the breath. Using iron as a door also shows that there are evil ghosts sealed inside.
The iron gate was very thick, and Tian Xunzi couldn't push it. Nanfeng was confident of knocking down the iron gate due to his rising Xuan cultivation level. However, he was not in a hurry to take action, but took a few steps to the west. Here is A tree grew from the root of the wall, pushing out a crack in the outer wall.
After looking around, Nanfeng found a few loose gray bricks, stretched out his hand to pull them out, and looked in through the gap.
"Sir, what's inside?" A young Taoist was nervous and curious.
"The bell, a huge copper bell, surrounded by human heads..."