Starting with the Earth God, the path to immortality is deduced!

"The Void Teachings".

"I want to take that temple."

"It will become a den of demons!"

Just then.

A flash of light.

It suddenly streaked across the night sky.

Like a shooting star.

They headed straight for the two of them.

"Who goes there?!"

Ma Ling'er instantly lost her temper.

He suddenly swung the demon-subduing staff in his hand.

"Get down here, you little auntie!"

"Wait!"

Zhou Yuan grabbed her hand.

"It's Uncle Liu!"

That beam of fire.

It stopped in front of the two people.

It turned into a yellow talisman.

On the talisman paper.

The cinnabar ink was as red as blood.

It's still slightly warm.

"Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

"Sound transmission!"

Zhou Yuan pointed with his finger.

The talisman instantly burst into flames.

Uncle Liu's familiar voice.

It came from the firelight.

With an unprecedented sense of anxiety.

There's still a sliver left.

The exhaustion was hard to hide.

"Xiao Zhou."

"I am your Uncle Liu."

"The commotion over there in the slums just now."

"I sensed it."

"You did a great job."

"but."

"Don't act impulsively!"

"Never go to the City God Temple!"

Zhou Yuan and Ma Ling'er exchanged a glance.

It all comes from the other person's perspective.

A sense of solemnity was evident.

Uncle Liu's voice.

More news continues to come.

"I know you must have discovered something."

"With your current status as a local deity."

"We should be able to sense the anomaly in the earth's veins."

"But that place."

"The water's too deep!"

"City God Temple".

"That is the linchpin of the divine way."

"He was a powerful Yang God back then."

"The core of the formation to suppress all evil spirits in the world!"

"Below the City God Temple in Fengzhou City."

"Pressing down."

"It's not just about that trivial matter of the Wukong Sect."

"There are even older ones."

"Something even more terrifying!"

"That's one of the root causes of the decline of Shinto!"

"That is..."

It's sizzling!

The sound ends here.

It suddenly became intermittent.

It seemed as if it had been subjected to some kind of strong interference.

"...Don't go...unless...under a lightning tribulation...it's forbidden..."

call!

The talisman burned out.

It turned into a wisp of green smoke.

Dissipated in the wind.

"Hello!"

"Uncle Liu!"

"Explain yourself clearly!"

"What kind of tribulation?"

"Why not?"

Ma Ling'er was so anxious that she kept stamping her feet.

"That's it?"

"That old man."

"They messed up at the crucial moment!"

Zhou Yuan stared at the wisp of smoke.

There was a long silence.

"What Uncle Liu means is..."

"That thing down there."

"This may be beyond our scope of response."

Even he was somewhat wary of it.

"The root cause of the decline of Shinto..."

Zhou Yuan pondered these words.

His eyes flickered uncertainly.

"The water of Fengzhou City."

"It's even more muddy than I imagined."

Ma Ling'er scratched her hair.

She messed up her high ponytail.

"What should we do then?"

"Uncle Liu won't let me go."

"Are we just going to stand by and watch?"

"Are we waiting for those bastards to unleash their ultimate move?"

"At that time."

"We're still going to die!"

Zhou Yuan turned around.

Looking at Ma Ling'er.

A smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Who said I'm not going?"

Ma Ling'er's eyes lit up.

"I knew it!"

"You look honest, kid."

"Actually, he's full of bad intentions!"

"Speak."

"What do we do?"

"Should we just charge in?"

"Tear that dilapidated temple down?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head.

He raised his hand and tapped Ma Ling'er on the forehead.

"Are you a violent maniac?"

"All they know is demolition."

"Uncle Liu said so."

"There's something strange about that place."

"Forced entry is definitely not an option."

"That's suicide."

"We have to..."

"Outsmart them."

"Outsmarting them?"

Ma Ling'er covered her forehead.

He looked suspicious.

"How will you outsmart them?"

"Can you become invisible?"

"Or can I walk through walls?"

Zhou Yuan did not answer.

Instead, he sat cross-legged.

He closed his eyes.

In the sea of ​​consciousness.

That ancient and mysterious book, "Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters".

Slowly turn the page again.

Splash!

The pages of the book are turned.

It made a sound like thunder.

Zhou Yuan's mind.

Completely immersed in it.

"We just sacrificed that evil sorcerer."

"He has been afflicted with yin energy for fifty years."

"Perfect."

"It can be used to deduce that spell."

Zhou Yuan silently recited in his heart.

"Deduction!"

"The Seventy-Two Earthly Fiend Techniques!"

"Connecting to the spirit world!"

boom!

Within the sea of ​​consciousness.

A magnificent golden light shone forth.

The yin energy of those fifty years.

It burned to ashes in an instant.

It transformed into countless mysterious runes.

It has become part of Zhou Yuan's soul.

Tongyou.

Communicating with spirits and deities.

Knowing the netherworld.

Insight into Yin and Yang!

This is compared to having the ability to see ghosts.

A divine power that is on a completely different level!

"open!"

Zhou Yuan suddenly opened his eyes.

This moment.

His pupils.

It has completely disappeared.

Instead.

They were two ghostly blue flames!

The whole world.

In his eyes.

It changed instantly.

The night sky was originally pitch black.

It turned into a hazy gray.

The walls were originally solid.

It turned into a semi-transparent, ghostly image.

And that solid earth.

now.

It's like a thin veil.

It couldn't block his view at all!

"This is..."

"Connecting to the spirit world!"

Zhou Yuan felt his own soul.

They were all trembling.

That thrill of being in control of everything.

It almost made him lose his way.

"Calm down!"

He bit the tip of his tongue.

I forced myself to calm down.

His eyes were sharp and piercing.

It penetrated directly through layers of soil.

Look down into the underground of the City God Temple!

100 meters.

Two hundred meters.

Three hundred meters!

The line of sight kept descending.

The further down you go.

The more intense that evil aura became.

It was as if even their gaze was frozen.

at last.

Five hundred meters underground.

Zhou Yuan saw it!

"That is..."

Zhou Yuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Even the all-seeing eye.

Even now, he couldn't help but tremble.

He saw a huge underground space.

This is different from what I just saw in the evil master's memories.

It will be ten times more shocking!

It was an upside-down, funnel-shaped cave.

On the rock walls of the cave.

It was covered with densely packed ancient runes.

Those runes.

It is not an evil technique of the Wukong Sect.

It is something much older.

Even more weathered and worn.

The writing carries a wild and untamed feel!

And at the very bottom of the cave.

A huge pool of blood.

It's boiling!

In the center of the blood pool.

A jet-black stone pillar stands upright.

On the stone pillar.

One is locked up...

shadow!

That's right.

It's just a shadow.

It has no physical form.

There was only a twisted, pitch-black shadow, seemingly containing all the malice in the world!

And on this shadow.

Nine dark red chains were inserted into it.

One end of the chain.

Inserted into the shadow's body.

On the other end.

But it connects to the one above...

The statue of the City God!

"this……"

Zhou Yuan gasped.

His voice was trembling.

"They are..."

"The God of Thieves!"

Ma Ling'er looked into Zhou Yuan's deep blue eyes.

Although it is unknown what he saw.

But I also sensed the seriousness of the situation.

"Old Zhou."

"Explain yourself more clearly."

"What thief god?"

The blue light in Zhou Yuan's eyes slowly dissipated.

It has returned to its normal black color.

But his expression.

But it looked even worse than before.

"That formation."

"It wasn't planted by the Wukong Sect."

"That formation."

"It has existed for thousands of years!"

"The Void Teachings".

"We're just using this formation."

"Reverse the operation!"

Zhou Yuan stood up.

He patted the dust off his clothes.

His tone was cold.

"original."

"It's a statue of the City God."

"That thing that's suppressed underground."

"Nine chains."

"It's drawing power from that thing."

"To make offerings to the City God."

"But these past few centuries..."

"The divine way is declining."

"The City God is not prominent."

"That thing."

"woke up."

"Now."

"It's that thing."

"Passing through chains."

"They're turning around and sucking the incense offerings from the City God Temple!"

"even."

"Passing through the earth's veins."

"Absorbing the yang energy of the entire city's inhabitants!"

"The Void Teachings".

"We're helping it get out of trouble!"

Ma Ling'er was stunned.

The bamboo shoots in his hand fell to the ground.

"Oh My God……"

"This is simply..."

"Raising a tiger will only bring trouble!"

She quickly crouched down.

From the treasure bag.

He pulled out a pen made from some kind of animal bone.

He quickly started drawing on the ground.

"Old Zhou."

"Tell me the direction you are looking."

"tell me."

"I'll try to see if I can use the Ma family's 'Dragon-Seeking and Acupoint-Striking Technique'."

"Find the life gate of this formation."

Zhou Yuan nodded.

While reminiscing.

He gave instructions.

"here."

"The Qian position is missing."

"The fire element is strong in the off-position."

"The Kan position..."

"The Kan position was flooded with blood."

Ma Ling'er's pen moved swiftly.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.

Patterns on the ground.

It's getting more and more complicated.

At last.

It vaguely formed the shape of a hideous skull.

"hiss--"

Ma Ling'er looked at the pattern on the ground.

Take a breath.

"This is an ancient and ominous formation!"

"Nine Netherworld Soul-Locking Array!"

"This thing."

"It is said to have been used by the great god Chi You to restrain ferocious beasts."

"How did I end up here?"

"and."

"you're right."

"This formation."

"It's all reversed."

"The original gate of life."

"It has become a dead end."

"The original suppression."

"It has become an offering."

Ma Ling'er raised her head.

A look of utter despair.

"Old Zhou."

"This thing."

"With our current level of skill..."

"Trying to force your way in is like handing someone over to the authorities."

"Let's not even talk about that shadow underground."

"It's the backlash from this formation."

"It could turn us both into idiots!"

Zhou Yuan looked at the pattern on the ground.

in silence.

half an hour.

He suddenly looked up.

His eyes were bright and piercing.

"Forced entry won't work."

"Then let's sneak in."

"Sneak in?"

Ma Ling'er was taken aback.

"How do I survive?"

"That's the City God Temple."

"It's not a farmers' market."

"And it's the middle of the night now."

"The temple gates are all closed."

Zhou Yuan's lips curled into a cold smile.

"Who said the temple gates are closed?"

"No one went in?"

"Just now."

"When I use the Spirit Communication Technique."

"I saw it."

"It's not just underground."

Ma Ling'er looked bewildered.

"What else did you see?"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand.

The blue lamp appeared out of thin air.

The lights flickered.

The two shadows stretched very long.

"Walk."

"Go to the entrance of the City God Temple."

"Let me show you a good show."

……

Half an incense stick later.

Outside the City God Temple.

In a dark alley.

Two figures.

It was quietly pasted against the base of the wall.

It was Zhou Yuan and Ma Ling'er.

The City God Temple at this time.

The door was closed tightly.

Inside the towering walls.

It was pitch black.

There were only two red lanterns hanging at the entrance.

Swaying in the night wind.

It makes a creaking sound.

It exudes an indescribable eeriness.

"Old Zhou."

Why did you bring me here?

"Feeding mosquitoes?"

Ma Ling'er lowered her voice.

He was swatting mosquitoes off his arm.

While complaining.

"Shhh."

Zhou Yuan held up one finger.

He made a shushing gesture.

"They're here."

"What's here?"

Ma Ling'er followed his gaze.

All I could see was the empty end of the street.

Suddenly, several figures appeared.

Those people.

They walked very slowly.

Stiff movements.

Like a puppet on a string.

The distance covered by each step.

They are all exactly the same.

Exactly!

They were wearing drab, gray clothes.

They seemed like ordinary worshippers.

He was carrying a basket.

The basket contained incense, candles, and paper money.

But it's the middle of the night.

Who will come to offer incense?

Even more bizarrely...

They walked.

There was no sound!

Heels are not touching the ground!

"That is..."

Ma Ling'er's pupils contracted.

Just as I was about to exclaim in surprise.

Zhou Yuan immediately covered her mouth.

"Don't make a sound."

That's not a ghost.

"It's a living person."

Zhou Yuan's voice.

It rang directly in Ma Ling'er's mind.

"A living person?"

Ma Ling'er's eyes widened.

He stared intently at those people.

As they approached.

By the dim light of the red lanterns at the entrance.

Ma Ling'er finally saw it clearly.

These people.

His face was as pale as paper.

However, her cheeks were painted with two strange patches of blush.

A stiff smile hung on his lips.

It looks like...

Just like the paper figures in a paper craft shop!

But in them.

There was definitely a living presence there.

But this aura.

Pathetically weak.

Like a candle flickering in the wind.

It could go out at any time.

"Look at their necks."

Zhou Yuan's voice.

It rang again.

Ma Ling'er took a closer look.

Suddenly, I felt a chill run down my back.

All I could see was the back of those people's necks.

The area covered by the collar.

A dark mark was faintly visible.

The shape of the mark.

It was a...

A spiraling centipede!

No Empty Teachings!

"They are the spies of the Wukong Sect!"

Ma Ling'er was terrified.

"Those bastards."

"They actually turned a living person into a puppet?"

"Is this used to monitor the City God Temple?"

Zhou Yuan nodded.

His eyes were cold.

"It's not just surveillance."

"Look what's in their baskets."

The group of people walked to the temple entrance.

There was no knocking.

Instead, he knelt down straight down.

He pulled out handfuls of red...

土？

wrong!

That was soil soaked in blood!

They will shed blood and soil.

It was sprinkled on the stone steps at the temple entrance.

There are words in the mouth.

He uttered a series of incoherent murmurs.

As blood and soil were sprinkled down.

Those two lanterns, which were originally a dark red.

It suddenly lit up.

It turned a ghastly green!

Followed by.

That tightly closed door.

It opened by itself without any wind!

A gap, just wide enough for one person to pass through, has appeared.

It looks like a gaping mouth.

Waiting for the prey to come to them.

Those strange guys.

Without any hesitation.

Like a marionette.

They were queuing up.

They squeezed into the gap one by one.

They disappeared into the darkness.

door.

It closed again silently.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Only the glaring bloodstains on the stone steps remained.

This proves everything that just happened.

It's not a hallucination.

In the alley.

A deathly silence.

Ma Ling'er swallowed.

My throat feels dry.

"Old Zhou..."

"This City God Temple."

"It really looks like it's turned into a den of thieves."

Zhou Yuan withdrew his gaze.

Looking at those two pale green lanterns.

A glint of gold flashed in his eyes.

"It's not a den of thieves."

"It's a den of demons."

"and."

"I was there the moment the door opened."

"I saw it."

"What did you see?"

Zhou Yuan turned his head.

Looking at Ma Ling'er.

He said, slowly and deliberately:

"I saw it."

"The whole yard is full of..."

"Headless statue."

Ma Ling'er felt a chill.

It rushes straight up from the soles of the feet to the top of the head.

"A whole yard... headless?"

"The statues of deities in the City God Temple..."

"They were all beheaded?!"

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

He clenched his fist.

The fingernails dug deep into the flesh.

"The way of God is destroyed."

"Demons have seized power."

"The sky over Fengzhou City."

"It's already completely black."

"but."

"Now that I've seen it..."

"That's not the end of it!"

Zhou Yuan took it from his bosom.

He took out a talisman.

That was a communication talisman given to him by Uncle Liu.

only.

This time.

He didn't light it.

Instead, he bit his finger.

I added a stroke above it.

That is the mark of the earth god.

"Ling'er".

"Are you ready?"

Ma Ling'er gripped the Demon-Subduing Staff tightly.

Fear in their eyes.

Gradually replaced by the will to fight.

"What should I prepare?"

Zhou Yuan stared at the tightly closed temple gate.

A crazy smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

Uncle Liu told us not to go and get ourselves killed.

"But he didn't say."

"You can't go in and set a fire."

"Since they like to play dirty tricks."

"Then let's..."

"Give them a big one!"

"tonight."

"I want all the people in this city to see this."

"This is what's enshrined in the City God Temple."

"He really is a god."

"It's a ghost!"