Fairy, return my flying sword to me

Chapter 175 Lurking in the Dark
Lin Jian bit his fingertip and used it to form a sword to draw on the sand table.

As a large golden talisman took shape at his fingertips, the sword in the forest pointed forward.

Suddenly, a golden rune appeared above the front yard of the entire Minguang Temple, covering the entire sky and pressing down on everyone's heads.

Then, as it approached the ground, the golden symbol faded into thin air and dissolved into the air.

'Against the time.' Lin Jian thought to himself.

The golden dots of light within the lines flowed backwards, and the incense collected from the believers in the various halls also retreated and dissipated...

Light and shadow flickered across the entire sand table, and all the changes in the magic circle over the past three days were replayed before Lin's eyes.

Soon, a hint of dark color flashed across the bottom layer of the entire magic circle pattern at a certain moment.

Ugly time... Ugly time... Ugly time...

The changes happened three times in a row, and Lin Jian accurately captured the time when the changes occurred.

Finally, a look of relief appeared in his eyes.

I'm not afraid of there being no mastermind behind the scenes, I'm just afraid of not finding any clues.

The appearance of this dark color at least indicates one problem—

All the worries I have had until now are not groundless.

That bone-chilling coldness that eats away at your bones and marrow really has its source.

The abbot, who was standing by and watching the entire process, was completely dumbfounded. "What...what happened? Can the formation disk be reversed?"

Lin Jian silently waved his hand to wipe out the strange phenomenon above the sand table without saying anything more.

Waving is not an apology, but it means that I still need to practice, brother.

A little bit of backtracking, get it right.

The next step is to find out where this unusually dark color comes from.

Only by finding the core source can we truly understand what the people behind the scenes are trying to do?
Lin Jian began to mobilize his own true energy, and at the same time began to adjust the frequency of the light and dark interweaving between his own true energy and the Wanmin Fa Circle.

"Om~"

"Om~"

"Om~"

The special vibration spread outward from the forest, and naturally released the same shock wave in the physical formation outside.

The golden halo that appeared out of thin air above everyone's head spread and vibrated in waves. All the ordinary people in the formation, including the monks with lower cultivation, felt a complex and indescribable emotion in this shock wave.

"Buzz~buzz~"

The courtyard wall, which had been flowing smoothly, suddenly burst into golden light, like flowing golden blood vessels emerging on the surface of the blue bricks.

The copper bells under the eaves of the main hall rang without wind, making a tinkling sound.

"Squeak~"

Slight cracking sounds of the earth rang in everyone's ears, and many of the followers who were just mortal rangers looked around and began to panic.

"Where?! Did something happen somewhere?"

"It's over. We're trapped together. Are we going to be burned together?"

Someone among the crowd was discussing hurriedly, "Have they noticed our presence?"

"Impossible! My Lord's methods cannot be discovered by these mortals."

……

Seven pulses activated every hidden corner of the magic circle, ultimately making it impossible for the opponent's methods to escape detection. The sound of a "crack" marked the enemy's exposure.

"I found you..." Lin Jian sneered in his heart and waved his hand to draw out ten wisps of incense smoke from the magic circle.

Then he pointed his finger at the location of the crack on the array plate.

As the incense ash fell, the entire scene suddenly seemed as if some invisible object was materialized beneath the incense ash.

A small place, even narrower than the smallest side hall, slowly appeared on the formation disk, looming, half real and half fake...

"What is this place?" Lin Jian pointed at the small area that was screened out and asked.

"Really...really." The abbot, who had never encountered anything like this since taking over the formation, now had a cold sweat on his forehead. "Xiang...Xiangji Kitchen! We rarely go in and out of this place."

"Okay!" Lin Jian said and cast a spell again. With the influx of more spiritual power, the external magic circle representing Xiangji Kitchen finally appeared in front of Lin Jian and the other person in a completely stable manner.

Those who were at the scene had sharp eyes and could see at a glance that a certain direction that was originally dark suddenly lit up with golden threads like those that had been above their heads before.

However, apart from the normal silk thread connections, all the believers' wishes or the sun's true fire flowing through the magic circle will not bypass it.

It was as if this structure had never existed in the magic circle.

But how could it be?

Every night at Chou time, the magic circle changes.

"What time is it now?" Lin Jian asked.

"It's three quarters past midnight, almost the hour of the Ox." The abbot was now filled with admiration and answered immediately.

"Okay!" Lin Jian nodded and said, "Then wait!"

We are looking forward to seeing what kind of changes will happen to the kitchen at Choushi.

All previous changes can be seen in retrospect, and the real judgment can only be made on the spot.

The true purpose of any magic circle can only be discerned when it moves.

But from that fleeting dim light, Lin Jian could already roughly determine who was behind the attack—

Apart from our old friend the Demon Worship Sect, what other humans would regard demonic energy as a force that can be utilized?

"While we're waiting, could you please tell me a little about what your temple is doing?" Lin Jian gathered his thoughts and turned to look at the abbot. "By now, you should trust me."

"Young friend Lin is trustworthy." The abbot nodded vigorously and told him everything the temple had been doing.

It's actually not complicated.

The temple has been doing some small things that may not be of great significance but have always been done - eliminating harm for the people and slaying demons and monsters.

But until about three months ago, their disciples discovered an extremely powerful demonic nature while traveling around the world.

However, this evil nature only showed its ferocity for a moment, and then disappeared.

They naturally suspected that the recent events in the entire Bao Liuli Kingdom were related to this outbreak of demonic nature, so they decided to refine the spiritual liquid of all people and spread it throughout the Bao Liuli Kingdom to prevent everyone from being invaded by demons as much as possible.

In fact, they have been refining this thing all along, but the popularity of Minguang Temple has never been good, so their previous efforts can be said to be somewhat useful, but not very useful.

After the princess was rescued from the murder, even though they suspected it was a conspiracy of the imperial teacher, they jumped in willingly to take this opportunity to attract believers and accumulate incense.

But now it seems... the spiritual liquid they refined, which they thought could help the people of Bao Liuli Kingdom exorcise demons, might have been secretly tampered with by someone behind the scenes.

Thinking of this, the abbot broke out in sweat on his back.

terrible!

If it weren't for Lin Xiaoyou's timely discovery, who knows if Minguang Temple would have made things difficult for others if it had continued like this?
(End of this chapter)