Secular world: My destiny has no taboos

Chapter 368: Hungry Ghost (Part 368)
"The ruined village is a very special place."

"This place was actually mentioned many times in the information provided by the intelligence team."

Yu Changqing took out the map from the package and spread it out on the ground.

"In fact, the place where the geomancer set up the meridian-renewing altar in Luozhou was also near the ruined village."

Yu Changqing glanced at Su Hongying and said, "Because your brother happened to be born in a ruined village, he was immediately assigned by the team leader to investigate the Luozhou starving ghost incident."

"As a result, he became a half-dead vegetable who could never open his eyes again!" Su Hongying added.

This sentence caused everyone present to fall silent.

Exploring the other world comes at a price, and the authorities have lost a lot of people as a result.

Although secular children have the ability to resurrect themselves, if they are in some mysterious places, or encounter masters who play with souls and secular gods, the secular children's ability to resurrect will become the source of their pain.

"Now that we have a clue, what should we do now?" Zhao Anshi said in a slightly stiff atmosphere.

"The team leader asked us to join our two teams, but only gave us one mission. This is a huge waste of manpower."

Yu Changqing nodded, agreeing with this point of view.

Indeed, in his opinion, it was enough for them to just keep an eye on the Beiming Army.

Because from previous contacts, it seemed that the Bei Ming Army had fairly strict military discipline, and there had never been any ruffians who came out to intentionally cause trouble for them.

So he thought about it and said, "How about this, find a way to get new people into that city to observe the Beiming Army, and the senior secular prince will go with me to investigate the dilapidated village."

Zhao Anshi's eyes lit up when he heard this: "This method is feasible!"

He had long wanted to abandon these troublesome worldly men. Not only could they not help him during the investigation, but they also easily delayed his progress.

Yu Changqing's proposal really touched his heart.

The other secular sons exchanged subtle glances with each other, and then smiled in approval.

Seeing that Zhao Anshi and the others had no objections, Yu Changqing looked at He Sui and the other newcomers and continued, "What about you? Do you have any objections?"

When the new lay princes led by He Sui saw the smiles on the faces of senior lay princes such as Zhao Anshi, they knew what they were thinking.

Although he felt somewhat unconvinced, he still controlled his temper and shook his head.

"Okay, that's settled. I'll make a simple plan to ensure the tasks for each of you in the future."

Not long after, Yu Changqing and his group split into two teams again. Yu Changqing and several other senior secular princes headed towards the heart of Luozhou at a faster speed, leaving behind a senior secular prince to lead the newcomers to try to enter Wangfeng City.

Su Hongying looked in the direction where Yu Changqing left, her eyes flickering slightly.

You have to know that her purpose is different from others. In addition to the official mission, she also has relatives who need her to save.

Thinking of this, Su Hongying turned her head and looked in the direction of the Tianzun Temple.

……

However, at this moment, the area around the Tianzun Temple has completely returned to peace. Outside, the sky is filled with yellow sand and the wind is howling, forming a natural barrier. Ordinary people cannot set foot in this place at all.

However, the interior of the temple was a windless zone, peaceful and tranquil.

The Temple of the Venerable still stands quietly among the ruins, but what is different from the past is that this time it is no longer as dead silent as water. It seems to be alive as a whole, and the ancient building is full of vitality.

"Sand, sand, sand..."

Suddenly, an old-fashioned broom appeared at the door of the temple. It swept the ground intently with skilled and focused movements, as if it wanted to sweep away all the dust that had accumulated over the years.

But what was strange was that the top of the broom was empty and there was no human hand holding it, but it could move freely.

It flexibly shuttles through every corner of the temple, cleaning every tiny bit of dust, like a thinking tool.
Inside the temple, a strange scene was taking place.

Brand new candles suddenly appeared on the oil lamp that had been extinguished for a long time. A fire starter with burning sparks floated in the air, like an invisible hand guiding and lighting these new candles one by one.

The flames jumped, illuminating the dim space. Wisps of smoke slowly rose from the incense burner, spreading along with a gentle aroma. Three thick, long incense pens stood upright in the center of the burner.

"When fate comes, it goes. When fate gathers, it disperses. When fate arises, it is born. When fate falls, it disappears. All things are born from fate. They are all due to fate."

The little venerable passed lightly through the green smoke of incense.

It walked barefoot on the clean and tidy road that had just been swept by a broom, all the way to the outside of the temple, and looked up at the sky of Luozhou.

The figure that had been guarding the temple door was no longer there, and only faint footprints in the corner proved that it had been there.

Venerable Tiangang had a calm expression, with round and cute features. He stared at the sky as if he was having a conversation with it.

“Cause and effect go hand in hand, and there will be retribution in this world.

Luozhou has suffered what he deserves, so he should stop being aggressive. This way... it will be better for everyone."

"Boom!"

As soon as Tiangang Zun finished speaking, the sky seemed to respond to his words. The clouds rolled violently and faint thunder could be heard from inside.

Around the temple, tornadoes formed by wind and sand began to approach the temple.

“You don’t want to listen to nice words, do you want to be beaten?” Venerable Tiangang raised his eyebrows, gently raised his chubby little hand and pushed it forward.

In an instant, the thunder stopped, and the gray clouds gathered in the sky were suddenly blown away. An extremely huge palm print pierced through the clouds, revealing the original blue sky.

Venerable Tiangang raised his palm in front of him, as if he had only done something insignificant, and spoke calmly.

"The six realms of beings in Luozhou: human corpses, hungry ghosts, Mara, strange spirits, the womb-born, and gods."

"As a celestial statue, you developed your own consciousness earlier than them and made many arrangements in advance."

"Now, it's time to put an end to everything, but you are immersed in the rules of heaven and are unwilling to come out, allowing all living beings to be destroyed. Or do you think you can really become the cold-blooded and ruthless heaven?!"

Tian Gang Zunzhe's words became more and more severe. Although his body was that of a child, his aura seemed boundless and majestic.

At this moment, in the gray cloud that he had pierced, it seemed as if there was a huge creature swimming. Not long after, a huge gray-gold dragon head emerged and stared coldly at Venerable Tiangang.

“Only when all the living things in Luozhou are annihilated and new life is born again from the dead land, will I be able to comprehend a trace of the true laws of heaven.”

"So you want to kill all the living beings in Luozhou, including the secular gods and hungry ghosts, and let this land die once and for all?"

"So what?" The gray-gold dragon head that emerged from the clouds showed no fear in its eyes, but rather excitement.

"Damn it, I'm really going to break my vows!"

Upon hearing this, Venerable Tiangang became extremely angry. He rolled up his sleeves and took a few steps forward, as if he was ready to rush up and drag the golden dragon down to give it a beating.

However, when he took a few steps away from the temple, his brows suddenly frowned, and finally he returned to the temple door angrily.

When the dragon head in the clouds saw this scene, he couldn't help but sneer.

“Once you leave, the contract that you twelve made back then will be broken. By then, I’m afraid the entire secular world will once again fall into continuous disasters.

Last time, the Lord of the Underworld blocked the disaster for the secular world, which made it difficult for external evil to enter the secular world for hundreds or thousands of years. However, you were also affected to varying degrees and could not leave your specific location. Even when Lu Chenjiang rebelled sixty years ago, you only sent a fake body into the world to survive the disaster, and your real body had to guard the gate of the abyss to prevent the invasion of external evil and not interfere too much in the affairs of the human world.

Why, you can't stand the loneliness so soon and want to re-enter the world?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Gang Zun laughed angrily: "Do you think we are all fools like you, hoping to disturb the peace of the secular world?"

"Forget it, forget it. I'm too lazy to argue with you, someone so ignorant!" Venerable Tiangang seemed to have figured something out and sat down on the threshold of the temple.

"You know too little, and you won't understand even if I tell you. However, if you want to comprehend the laws of heaven, it is not as simple as obtaining the rules from the Land of Rebirth of Death. Otherwise, if all the great vulgar gods act like you, is there any hope for the survival of all living beings in the world?"

"Kang Jinlong, there is one more thing I want to tell you."

"Although you have the good fortune to become a deity among the six realms of sentient beings, it does not mean that you can do whatever you want."

Kang Jinlong's eyes instantly darkened when he heard this.

"Are you talking about the kid whose original destiny you forcibly changed?"

"Him? His fate is too complicated for me to understand, let alone change.

I just made a slight move and affected the transmission trajectory, but that was enough."

Tian Gang Zun looked at Kang Jinlong and said softly, "There must be someone who can bear the weight of karma in this world. Are you ready?"

"Heh... let him come, and see if he can save Luozhou, or if I have to re-establish order on this inch of land."

Thunder roared, and golden lightning suddenly streaked across the sky. Its long body rolled in the clouds, and a mighty power from heaven like doomsday was pressing down on the earth.

Venerable Tiangang just glanced at it lightly, turned around and walked into the temple without interest.

……

……

Polo Village, also known as the dilapidated village.

Lin Beixuan suddenly opened his eyes and found himself lying on the ground, with pairs of eyes staring at him. An old lady with a basin in her arms, preparing to go to the river to wash clothes, looked up and down at his clothes, as if she would take off his clothes and take them away if he didn't wake up.

This scene was very similar to the scene when he woke up on the street in Huangshi Village after spending his first night in the secular world.

At the same time, there is a different kind of powerlessness.

"call--"

Exhaling habitually, Lin Beixuan stood up from the ground.

"Where is this place?"

His face was expressionless as he quickly gathered his thoughts and began to analyze his current situation.

"The Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost used magic to teleport me to his side, but suddenly an unknown force came in and forcibly changed my original position."

Lin Beixuan glanced around and found that this was a very ordinary-looking village. The houses were next to farmland where grain and vegetables were planted. A small stream flowed along the edge of the village.

The people in the village seemed very busy. Men carrying hoes and farm tools passed by him quickly. Women took the opportunity to wash clothes at home by the stream in the early morning. The children were still naughty...

“But…is this still Naju?”

Lin Beixuan frowned and stretched out his hand to stop a man passing by.

But the result was empty.

But this is not the strangest thing. What is even stranger is that the man seemed to know that Lin Beixuan stopped him, so he stopped where he was and looked at Lin Beixuan with a puzzled look.

"Brother, why are you stopping me?"

Lin Beixuan had one hand inserted into the other person's body, so he could only withdraw his hand in disappointment and cough twice.

"May I ask where this place is?"

"This is Boluo Village!" The man looked Lin Beixuan up and down and said, "You are from another place, right?"

"A ruined village!"

Lin Beixuan was shocked when he heard this.

It was the village that the Xuanhuang hungry ghost had been staring at and refused to leave even after his outer clone was killed!
Lin Beixuan raised his head and looked towards the sky, only to see two suns hanging high in the blue sky, like a pair of huge eyes.

"Hey, what run-down village? We call this place Bo Luo Village."

The man looked at Lin Beixuan strangely and was about to explain something when someone in front of him immediately urged and shouted.

"Zhang Daqiang, what's wrong with you? What are you doing there?

The weather has been getting hotter these days. If even one seedling in the field dies of thirst, your family won’t have any food to eat this month!"

The shrill voice was very harsh, and Lin Beixuan looked in the direction of the sound.

I saw a fat and strong rich man with a big belly standing under a tree not far ahead, holding a folding fan.

Beside him, there were two burly guards holding long sticks.

The man named Zhang Daqiang's shoulders trembled when he heard the fat man's shout, and he responded with fear: "Here I come!"

When Lin Beixuan saw this scene, he immediately realized what was going on.

“I am still in Luozhou, and in the dilapidated village in the very center of Luozhou.

It’s just… this village shouldn’t be like this!”

Lin Beixuan had seen this village from afar through the right eye of the Bitter River God. It was obvious that there was no one in the village anymore and it was already deserted and dilapidated.

At first he didn't quite understand why the Xuanhuang hungry ghost kept staring at the deserted village, but when he personally came to the dilapidated village, everything became explainable.

"This village must be closely related to the truth about the origin of the starving ghosts in Luozhou. The scene I am seeing now is the origin of the birth of the starving ghosts."

Lin Beixuan thought to himself, he was not sure if his guess was correct, but everything before him seemed to confirm his thoughts.

“The Xuanhuang Hungry Ghost stopped me from spying on its consciousness, but I ended up coming directly to the ruined village.

If that's what I think it is, then I should be able to find some answers here."

Lin Beixuan walked around the dilapidated village and came to the entrance of the village. Black mist and golden flames rose from his left and right eyes respectively, and he saw through the illusion and delusion.

In his sight, the entire dilapidated village instantly turned into a desolate place, overgrown with weeds, collapsed houses, and empty.

Outside the village, a huge figure that covered the sky and the sun was staring at him with two eyes wide open, without blinking.

Then he raised his huge hand, with terrifying power, and pressed down on him like a mountain.

(End of this chapter)