Dusk Returns to the Ruined Building

The vast Yingzhou is full of wonders!

On an unknown barren mountain in Yingzhou, there is such a dilapidated temple!

There is no temple gate, no walls, just four round pillars supporting a thatched shed. From a distance, it looks more like a pavilion, but why is it called a temple? Because there is a statue of a Taoist priest in the thatched shed, and in front of the statue there is a square stone trough incense burner. I don't know who the Taoist priest is. He is not standing or sitting, but lying down! His eyes are slightly closed, his face is outlined with a little beard, and his body is covered with dust!

There are two couplets carved on wooden boards on both sides of the statue. The left one reads:

"Sleep for a long time, dream for a thousand years and never wake up!"

On the right is engraved:

"The questioner asks, and the answer to the most difficult question of all times is answered!"

No one knows when this temple was built or what its purpose is. No one comes here, let alone burns incense, but there is always smoke rising up and the fragrance never stops!

Under the setting sun, the ancient temple looks even more dilapidated, but there is still cigarette smoke!

Suddenly, a purple light flashed in the ancient temple, and there was one more person in the dilapidated temple. This person was wearing a purple round-necked long gown, his eyebrows were like spring silkworms, his eyes were cold, but he had only one eye. He was a middle-aged man who looked to be in his forties - it was Murong Lunbo, the head of the Murong family in Youzhou!

Murong Lubo stepped forward and lit three incense sticks, then said to the sleeping statue:

"Youzhou Murong, please ask for the secret of heaven!"

Soon, a man's voice came from all around the ancient temple:

"Master Murong is not in Youzhou. Why did he come to this ancient temple in the barren mountains of Yingzhou, thousands of miles away? Is he bullying Yingzhou, where there is no one?"

The tone is very strong!

Murong Yanbo ignored him and shouted again:

"Youzhou Murong, please ask for the secret of heaven!"

"What are you asking about?"

This time, the voice that came was a woman's, sweet and crisp!

Murong Yanbo then spoke up and raised the question:

"Is Ji Yichen of the Ji family in Zhongzhou alive or dead?"

This time the man's voice was heard again!

"There are three things that Tianji Pavilion cannot answer. Master Murong, I'm sorry! Tianji Pavilion cannot answer this question!"

Murong Yanbo's face turned ugly when he heard this, and he shouted:

"I want to hear the voice of the welcoming girl!"

After saying this, he circulated his true energy throughout his body, and his palms were filled with purple light!

A woman's voice rang out again in the ancient temple:

"It's not that I won't answer, I'm just afraid that the answer will disappoint Patriarch Murong!"

Murong Yanbo's face turned cold and he said:

"Heaven's secrets solve doubts, not keep them!"

After a moment of silence, a female voice was heard again:

"Ji Yichen died thirteen years ago! But Tianji Pavilion has no substantial evidence for this news. It is just an inference, or even a rumor!"

After hearing the answer, Murong Yanbo's face changed and his brows frowned!

"I need to know the exact details of his death!"

This time the man responded to Murong Lunbo.

"Tianji Pavilion can only give you this answer, and only this answer!"

Murong Yanbo said coldly:

"Yingnv replied, don't let me hear Cinan's voice again!"

This time it was Yingnu who responded, but her voice sounded helpless!

"Tianji Pavilion really didn't know! In order to express Tianji Pavilion's apology and make up for the regret of Patriarch Murong, I'll tell you an additional piece of news: the Sea Crystal Pearl is in the Ji Family in Zhongzhou!"

Murong Yanbo was shocked to hear the news! He thought to himself,

"What scheme did the Ji family and the Ouyang family set up in the Vast Sea Desert? What is their purpose?"

After a moment, the faint light flashed and left, and the three incense sticks were burning in the setting sun, with light smoke curling up!

I don’t know how long it took, the three incense sticks in the incense burner had not yet burned out, and another person came into the ancient temple, shrouded in a pale yellow light, and I didn’t know whether it was a man or a woman!

Looking at the three unburned incense sticks in the stone trough incense burner, he thought for a moment, then lit three more incense sticks and put them in!

Shouted to the sleeping statue:

"Please ask for the secret of heaven!"

The voice is a man's voice!

A woman's voice came from the ancient temple:

"What is your question?"

The man in the pale yellow figure was delighted when he heard the woman's voice and asked:

"Is Ji Yichen of the Ji family in Zhongzhou alive or dead?"

This time, a man's voice came from the ancient temple:

"There are three things that Tianji Pavilion won't answer. In addition, you don't even know the affairs of the Ji family in Zhongzhou, but you ask Tianji Pavilion instead. Aren't you putting the cart before the horse?"

"Yingnu replied!"

After the pale yellow figure finished speaking, the aura around him radiated outward, and the entire dilapidated temple seemed to be crumbling in the wind and rain!

Yingnu was forced to answer again! But her voice was very strong.

"Ji Qingli from the Ji family of Zhongzhou, this is the Tianji Pavilion of Yingzhou, not the Ji family of Zhongzhou! Ji Yichen died thirteen years ago, and the Tianji Pavilion only knows this news! Please leave immediately!"

The pale yellow figure was shocked when he heard this, and said to himself:

"Who does Tianji Pavilion belong to? How do they know my identity?"

Although he did not get the answer he wanted, the pale yellow figure did not get angry. However, he was more certain that Ji Yichen was still alive, and he said to himself:

"Did he go to southern Xinjiang with his mother? Why hasn't he shown up in more than ten years?"

"The Tianji Pavilion is not simple! Everyone in the Ji family knows everything!"

After the pale yellow figure finished speaking, he flew away from the ancient temple!

After the pale yellow figure disappeared in the barren mountain, a third person came into the ancient temple. This person was wearing a black double-collared dragon-patterned gown and a ghost mask. He did not burn incense, but whispered to himself:

"When did Tianji Pavilion become so destitute?"

He looked up at the sleeping statue and shouted:

"Is Yingnv Cinan still here?"

In the ancient temple, the welcoming lady said respectfully:

"Master Ghost Saint has come to the Tianji Pavilion in person. What is the purpose?"

"Is Ji Yichen of the Ji family in Zhongzhou alive or dead?"

After the ghost-faced man asked the question, there was no response for a long time!

"Is this question difficult?"

The ghost-faced man said another sentence to the sleeping statue.

"Master Ghost Saint, Ji Yichen died thirteen years ago, but this is just a legend. Since Master Ghost Saint asked this, Ji Yichen should still be alive, but Tianji Pavilion doesn't know!"

"When did the Tianji Pavilion become so incompetent!"

"Master Ghost Saint, you are not the one who can judge the Tianji Pavilion! Please respect yourself!"

A man's voice was heard from the void. Although he was afraid, he was also very courageous!

"Don't be nervous. I'm just asking the Tianji Pavilion for someone else. I don't know if the answer is satisfactory or not! Is the old drunkard here?"

"The Guardian Elder is not in the Tianji Pavilion!"

The welcoming lady responded respectfully.

The ghost-faced man flew out of the ancient temple and headed north!

Inside the ancient temple, Ci Nan complained:

"The Pavilion Master is not here, otherwise how could they be so presumptuous!"

But the welcoming girl whispered:

"Where is Ji Yichen? Why are all three families looking for him? Could he be the person the Pavilion Master is looking for?"

Under the setting sun, in the ancient temple, the incense burned out and peace returned. Who would believe that the first Tianji Pavilion in Yingzhou was actually in a dilapidated temple?

As dusk fell, another guest came into the ancient temple. He looked to be about eight or nine years old, wearing a tattered Taoist robe!

When I got closer, I saw that it was Daoyuan Xiaoyingxu who was coming down the mountain!