Fengzhou Huayun Mountain, this place was once a sacred mountain. Legend has it that an immortal cultivated himself and attained enlightenment here. But legends are so illusory that no one really believes them. They are just stories.
In recent years, Fengzhou's tourism industry has developed. Any place with some scenery has been developed on a large scale to build tourist areas. Many real estate developers have also bought land and built houses here, intending to build "original and closest to nature" convalescent villas.
There is a Taoist temple on Huayun Mountain, called Baihe Temple. It is not a big place and is not well-known. It is hidden in a secluded place in the mountains. Unfortunately, in this era, even if it is hidden in the deep mountains and forests, it will be discovered. It is no longer possible to hide in seclusion. It may even be acquired and razed to build mountain villas.
There is only one lonely old Taoist priest left in the Baihe Temple now, who lives a shabby life. The buildings in the temple are all old and dilapidated. Even if they are not demolished, they look shabby and will not last long.
The entire Huayun Mountain was contracted by a real estate developer, so the dilapidated Taoist temple in the mountain could not be left. The old Taoist received some compensation, sighed, and prepared to pack up and return to the foot of the mountain to use the money to live in retirement. However, before leaving, he said to the person in charge who came to the temple to check the situation: "Everywhere here can be demolished and rebuilt, but there is only one place that cannot be touched."
He brought the people to a narrow room about one meter tall in the backyard of the temple. The room was pitch dark with no sunlight visible. There was a well in the middle. The mouth of the well was covered with layers of yellow talismans, the marks of which were both new and old, as if something was being suppressed.
"This is a well that suppresses evil. Hundreds of years have passed since my ancestor's time. My ancestor once said that this seal must not be destroyed at will, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!"
After hearing the old Taoist's serious words, the person in charge looked around the place speechlessly and said with a smile, "Why didn't you say that there are thirty-six heavenly generals, seventy-two earthly demons, and a total of one hundred and eighteen demon kings locked up underneath?"
"Those gods and ghosts are all imagined by the ancients. How can they really exist?"
Taoist priest: “…”
"Well, I have said all that needs to be said. I will go down the mountain now. You can take care of yourselves." After the old Taoist said this, he turned around and left.
The person in charge didn't care about him. Instead, he was curious about what was in this well that was said to suppress evil spirits. He tore open the yellow talisman, shone his phone at the well mouth, and looked inside.
As the layers of yellow talismans were torn apart, a chill suddenly rose from underneath. It was still pitch dark and no one could see clearly what was happening underground.
The person in charge couldn't see clearly, so he took back his phone and muttered, "Just fill it out when the time comes."
If he built a villa on it, he would have to sell it to someone else anyway, and he couldn't afford it. It wasn't his own residence, so why did he care what was buried in the soil
Not long after that, the construction team brought a lot of building materials up the mountain and built villas nearby. Twenty villas of different sizes are located in the mountains, backed by the forest and facing the sea of clouds. Two of the villas are near the old site of Baihe Temple.
Luo Yujing spent a night in the old house. The next morning, she saw her sister coming over with some information.
"Xiao Jing, I asked someone to look for it yesterday. A total of three White Crane Temples were found, one in Jiaozhou, one in Bianzhou, and one in Yizhou. Take a look at the information to see if there is any place that you feel is familiar. If not, we will look for them one by one."
When the two sisters left the old house, Qin Shishen still sent them to the door and earnestly told his wife to come back early. Luo Yujing even wanted to let her sister stay.
Qin Mingyu, whom they had met before, and another capable girl named Qin Shiyuan, served as their assistants and brought a team of bodyguards to follow them to the three states to visit Baihe Temple one by one.
One of them was built nearly a hundred years ago. With such a short history, it is impossible that it was built by Ku Sheng.
The other one has a long history, at least five hundred years old. It is located in a busy street market and is very popular. This city also has a thousand-year history. The White Crane Temple has been bustling with people since its establishment.
Luo Yujing remembered that Kusheng once said that his master's sect was a bit remote and the place was not very big.
The problem with the last White Crane Temple was that it occupied too much land. It was originally a small temple inside the Laojun Temple, but it was simply named White Crane Temple. Luo Yujing asked around in the temple for a long time before she had to give up and confirmed that none of the three White Crane Temples were the place she was looking for.
"If it's not the one, then look for it again. Don't be impatient." While Luo Yu'an was accompanying his sister in the search, he also had people continue to collect information about Baihe Temple. Expand the scope and relax the conditions.
After a while, another one was found.
"Fengzhou Huayun Mountain..." Luo Yu'an handed the text and photo materials to his sister, "Xiao Jing, come and see, there used to be a White Crane Temple here, but it was a small temple and it no longer exists. A few years ago, someone bought it and converted it into a villa. Do you want to go there and take a look?"
Since the old sites are no longer there, you won’t see anything even if you go there, but it is somewhat of a comfort to go there in person.
Walking up the smooth road in the villa area, Luo Yujing looked at the villa roofs that were looming on the hillside and no longer had any hope in her heart.
They came under the pretext of purchasing a villa, and a consultant accompanied them to view the house, introducing them to information about the house, surrounding facilities and scenery, etc.
The consultant was very attentive throughout the journey - he had to be attentive. The client was followed by a team of bodyguards and two assistants who looked very powerful. They were guests who could afford to buy the villa.
There were only two ladies who came to see the house. One looked gentle but said nothing and it was unknown what her plan was. The other one did not seem to be very satisfied with the villa here and looked like she was worried about something.
This won’t do! If the customers are not interested in the houses here, how can they sell them
"I heard there used to be a White Crane Temple here?"
When the consultant heard the smiling lady ask this, his eyes lit up. He happened to know about this, so he immediately started talking about Baihe Temple.
It was also a coincidence that the person in charge who came to investigate the situation was his relative, and he also told him some interesting stories related to this, so he still remembered it clearly.
"I have never seen the White Crane Temple in person, but a relative of mine went to see it before it was demolished. At that time, it seemed that there was only an old Taoist priest left in the temple. It's quite interesting to talk about it. The old Taoist priest also said that there was a demon-suppressing well in the temple. Of course, there is definitely no demon. It's just some legends in the Taoist temple..."
At this point, the consultant noticed that the lady who had been indifferent and silent suddenly looked at him with burning eyes and asked, "Demon-Suppressing Well?"
Taking them to a villa, the consultant said, "Nearby is the site of the White Crane Temple."
In fact, he himself was not sure if it was here, and he had not been here when it was built, so how could he know exactly where it was, but the customers were interested, so he could only point to the approximate location. It just so happened that there was a villa here that had not been sold yet, so maybe they would like it.
Luo Yujing stood in this place and felt a sudden impulse. She had an indescribable strong premonition. She had never had such a feeling when she visited the other three White Crane Temples before.
Luo Yu'an understood when he saw her like this, and said to the consultant, "This is a good place."
Then she pointed to the villa in front of her and the villa next to it and said, "Buy both of them."
These two villas are the closest to this area, and the rest are some distance away.
"Yes, ma'am." Qin Mingyu took the consultant, who looked surprised, to the side to discuss the purchase.
If we talk about the Qin family god in Yuzhou, few people know about it now, but if we talk about the Qin family group in Yuzhou, it is a huge family group that ordinary people can understand. But the most peculiar thing about this group is that they only develop in Yuzhou and basically do not go to other states for activities. This may be related to the fact that Yuzhou is an autonomous state.
When the consultant heard that they were from the Qin family in Yuzhou, he was quite surprised that they would come all the way to this remote place to buy such a villa which was more of a gimmick than a use.
Just as the house purchase was settled, the consultant heard another capable female assistant contacting people to sell the villa.
Consultant: “…” A nice villa can be demoted at any time. This is the hobby of rich people.
Luo Yujing moved into the villa next door and waited nervously for Qin's construction team to start digging around the other villa.
These people all knew that they were not here to build houses but to dig something, but they were not sure what they were digging for. They dug for several days in a row, turning over the surrounding land, but they did not dig up anything strange.
Luo Yujing's mood gradually calmed down from the initial excitement.
She knew that Kusheng must be here, but she didn't know if he still existed. Maybe he just died here, or maybe a piece of soil here was his former body.
After leaving the construction site, Luo Yujing found her sister under a nearby tree. She was holding her phone and chatting with someone on the video, with the camera facing the sea of clouds in the forest. Occasionally, she would whisper something in a gentle voice, which was very ordinary, but also had a natural intimacy.
It was obvious at a glance that she was chatting with Qin Shishen again. She would contact Qin Shishen in the old house every day. Even if she had nothing to do, she liked to turn on the video and let him see the people and scenery she saw outside, as if she was worried that he would be lonely.
Noticing her sister's arrival, Luo Yu'an waved to her. Luo Yujing walked over, sat next to her sister, leaned her head against her and said, "Sister, you've been with me for a month, let's go back to the old house tomorrow."
Luo Yu'an: "What's the matter? Do you think your sister is annoying?"
Luo Yujing: "When I was in the old house, I felt pressured and it was not good to stay there for too long, but you are in a different state than me, so it is better for you to stay there. Whether I can find Kusheng or not, I will live here first. I don't have anything to do here, so you can go back first."
Seeing that she didn't seem to be showing off, Luo Yu'an sighed inwardly and agreed: "Then I'll come to see you again after a while."
Luo Yu'an returned to his old house in Yuzhou, taking only Qin Mingyu with him, leaving Qin Shiyuan to continue the excavation work. Luo Yujing lived alone in a nearby villa, rejecting her sister's suggestion to find someone to take care of her.
She is a zombie now. If there is a living person with sufficient energy and blood living next to her day and night, she is worried that she will lose control and hurt others. The person who will watch her and stop her from suffering is no longer by her side.
At dusk, the day-long excavation work stopped and the workers left one after another to rest. Luo Yujing sat on the balcony of another villa, looking at the large pit that had been dug from afar.
Deep underground, Kusheng, who had been awakened by the recent noise of digging, opened his eyes. He reached out and easily grabbed the wooden planks and soil above him, and sat up.
The sword that was placed on his chest slipped and fell beside his hand.
This sword that was once full of spirituality has lost its spirituality and is like an ordinary iron sword. He holds it in his hand without any rejection.
Ku Sheng felt the earth's energy in the darkness and found that it had changed dramatically from before he was sealed. The passage of time was also particularly clear in his mind. He naturally understood that three hundred years had passed.
There was only a simple seal on his body, with no restraints on his fingers, teeth or eyes.
He suddenly understood.
At that time, he returned to Baihe Temple and thought that his fellow apprentices felt that he was too dangerous and therefore wanted to seal him again. He did not want to harm his fellow apprentices who were approaching the end of their lives and a group of white-bearded apprentices, so he did not struggle.
But now it seems that his senior brother and nephew might have been trying to find a way for him to survive.
—Because he should have died in the well, he was sealed in the well, making him infinitely close to the state of "death", so as to conceal the secret from heaven and avoid the catastrophe when the spiritual energy of heaven and earth dissipated and the evil spirits disappeared.
There was also the Sword of Evil-Slaying, which had killed more than a thousand evil ghost zombies. It suppressed him and protected him at the same time, even exhausting its spiritual power for this.
Grandmaster, master, brothers and nephews, each of them was worried that he would bring disaster to the world, but in the end, they still chose to let him live.