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

Ma Ling'er did not respond immediately.

She simply tightened her grip on the demon-subduing staff.

In those bright, expressive eyes.

A flicker of hesitation crossed his mind.

"Old Zhou."

"Are you serious?"

"Setting fires is easy."

"But what if we really cause all the evil spirits in the city to go wild?"

"We're both pretty much the same."

"It's probably not even enough to fill someone's teeth."

Zhou Yuan took a deep breath.

The ghostly blue flames in his eyes slowly faded away.

Her clear black eyes have returned to normal.

But that chill.

But it was even worse than before.

"Exploding?"

"Now, in Fengzhou City."

"It's like boiling a frog in lukewarm water."

"The common people are like frogs."

"The Wukong sect is like firewood."

"And this City God Temple."

"It's that pot lid that's covered tightly!"

"If we don't lift this pot lid..."

"Wait for the water to boil."

"Everyone needs to be familiar with him!"

Ma Ling'er bit her lip.

He slammed the demon-subduing staff into the ground.

It made a muffled sound.

"OK!"

"I'll listen to you!"

"You tell me what to do."

"Should we just tear those two lanterns down?"

"Should we set this dilapidated door on fire?"

Zhou Yuan shook his head.

His gaze fell once again on the two pale green lanterns.

His eyes became incredibly deep.

"no."

"Burning it is the act of a reckless fool."

"This temple is protected by a powerful array."

"Ordinary fire simply cannot penetrate it."

"and."

"We know nothing about the situation inside."

"Act rashly."

"It's easy to alert the enemy."

"What if that thing underground attacks prematurely?"

"The entire city's inhabitants."

"You'll be sucked dry in an instant."

Ma Ling'er scratched her head.

He looked annoyed.

"That won't work either."

"That won't work either."

"Then you tell me."

"What should we do?"

Zhou Yuan's lips curled up slightly.

A sly smile appeared on his face.

"Since it concerns ghosts and spirits..."

"Naturally, we must use the methods of ghosts and gods."

"The physical body is too big a target."

"Easy to be detected."

"And it's restricted by that blood-soaked soil."

"It's not convenient to go in."

"but……"

Zhou Yuan sat down cross-legged.

He formed a strange hand seal.

"I have the duty of a night-roaming deity."

"The soul leaves the body."

"Using the cover of night."

"Without anyone noticing!"

Ma Ling'er's eyes widened.

"Do you want your spirit to leave your body?"

"This place has such a heavy yin energy."

"just in case……"

"There's no 'what if'."

Zhou Yuan interrupted her directly.

"You stay outside and keep watch."

"Firstly, it's to protect me."

"Secondly, keep an eye on those puppets that just went in."

"I always felt that..."

"They weren't idle outside either."

Ma Ling'er saw that he had made up his mind.

Without further ado.

He pulled out a handful of talismans directly from his pocket.

He scattered it around Zhou Yuan.

"OK."

"Go ahead."

"Give me your physical body."

"As long as my great-aunt still has a breath left."

"I guarantee no one will be able to touch a hair on your head!"

Thanks.

Zhou Yuan closed his eyes.

My mind sank into the sea of ​​consciousness.

"Strange Tales of Gods and Monsters"

"Protect my soul!"

hum!

Within the sea of ​​consciousness.

The ancient book trembled slightly.

A golden light shone down.

It tightly enveloped Zhou Yuan's soul.

Followed by.

Zhou Yuan felt a sudden lightness in his body.

A sense of freedom, as if one has been freed from heavy shackles.

It arises spontaneously.

He opened his eyes.

I saw myself sitting cross-legged.

I also noticed that he looked very wary.

Ma Ling'er looked around.

And there's the one holding a bamboo shoot.

It was pointing directly at the direction of his soul.

The rolling of the nose twitched slightly.

"This is..."

"Night tour!"

Zhou Yuan had a sudden thought.

The soul is like a wisp of green smoke.

It instantly blended into the thick darkness of the night.

He did not enter directly through the main gate.

There is blood and soil there.

There are no restrictions imposed by the Void Religion.

He went around to the side of the City God Temple.

There is a red wall that is three zhang high.

The wall was covered with withered ivy.

They look like dried-up blood vessels.

"wear!"

Zhou Yuan gave a low shout.

Night Wanderer's Supernatural Power activated.

The thick walls.

They were like a blank canvas in his presence.

His soul.

They passed through without any hindrance.

……

Inside the City God Temple.

Zhou Yuan's soul.

I just passed through the wall.

An overwhelming smell of incense filled the air.

It came rushing towards us.

But this taste.

It doesn't smell good.

It lacks that calming and soothing fragrance.

Instead, it was mixed with a certain...

It has a cloying sweetness, like rotten meat that's been sitting out for too long.

There is another one.

A faint metallic, metallic smell.

Zhou Yuan floated in mid-air.

Under the cover of night.

Overlooking the largest temple in Fengzhou City.

have to say.

This City God Temple is very well renovated.

The main hall is magnificent.

Flying eaves and brackets.

Glazed tiles under the moonlight.

It gleamed with a cool, clear light.

yard.

Several ancient cypress trees, some hundreds of years old, are planted there.

Vigorous and powerful.

If ordinary people were to come in...

They will surely be awestruck by this solemn and majestic atmosphere.

I couldn't help but bow down in reverence.

but.

In the eyes of Zhou Yuan, the land god.

all of these.

Everything has changed.

The vermilion pillars.

It looked as if it were smeared with blood.

It was still slightly oozing blood.

The blue bricks on the ground.

Black smoke was billowing from the cracks.

They looked like distorted human faces.

His mouth was open.

A silent wail.

And those few ancient cypress trees.

Where is this auspicious tree?

Several of them were clearly dead.

But the ghost tree is being held on by the yin energy!

On the tree branch.

Hanging there were strings of invisible...

Human skin lantern!

"All that glitters is not gold."

"Rotten inside."

Zhou Yuan sneered inwardly.

The soul slowly drifted towards the main hall.

The main hall's doors were wide open.

The room was brightly lit with candles.

But that light.

It's not a warm yellow.

Instead, it had a pale, ghastly green hue.

The statues of gods inside the temple.

The reflection made it appear particularly grotesque.

I peeked through the crack in the door just now.

I only felt that the statue was headless.

They then entered the main hall.

Zhou Yuancai saw it clearly.

The statue of the City God on the high platform.

The golden statue is still there.

A python robe and a jade belt.

Majestic and imposing.

Only on the neck.

It's completely empty!

The original head.

I don't know where they went.

Instead.

It was a swirling mass of black mist!

That black mist.

It keeps changing shape.

Sometimes it turns into a skeleton.

Sometimes it transforms into an animal head.

Sometimes it transforms into a crying face.

And in the incense burner in front of the statue.

It was filled with incense sticks as thick as a child's arm.

The smoke from the burning incense and candles.

It did not drift away.

It's as if it has a life of its own.

They transformed into thin, venomous snakes.

They disappeared into the black mist!

"This is hardly incense."

"This is clearly poison!"

Zhou Yuan drifted closer.

Observe the incense and candles carefully.

Upon closer inspection...

It made his scalp tingle.

The wicks of those incense sticks and candles.

It's actually made of human hair!

And in those spices.

It was clearly mixed with corpse oil!

"Good tactic."

"That's a brilliant tactic."

"Use this filthy incense."

"Immersed in it day and night."

Even righteous gods.

"They too must fall and become demons!"

Zhou Yuan was burning with rage.

He was the god of the land.

Although he was only a minor god of the ninth rank.

But he is also a member of Shinto.

Seeing the temple of one's own boss.

It was so terribly ruined.

How could I not be angry?

"I'd like to see."

"Can you purify yourself of this filth?!"

Zhou Yuan had a sudden thought.

Above the soul.

A divine light, yellowish-brown in color, suddenly shone brightly.

That is the power of the Earth God's Seal!

"Cleric: Purify!"

He pointed with his hand.

A pure divine power.

It transformed into a golden light.

They went straight for the incense burner.

It's sizzling!

It's like pouring cold water into a hot oil pan.

The smoke from the incense burner.

It instantly became abuzz!

A piercing scream rang out.

It exploded in Zhou Yuan's sea of ​​consciousness.

Followed by.

An extremely powerful force.

Extremely ancient.

And it carries with it an endless, majestic black power.

It suddenly burst forth from that headless statue!

boom!

The golden light emitted by Zhou Yuan.

It shattered instantly!

The black force showed no signs of abating.

It crashed hard into Zhou Yuan's soul.

"Hmm!"

Zhou Yuan felt a sharp pain in his soul.

It felt like being hit hard on the head with a club.

His body flew backward uncontrollably.

It crashed into a pillar in the main hall.

"So strong!"

"This is definitely not the power of the Void Cult!"

Zhou Yuan steadied himself.

Looking at that headless statue.

Eyes full of fear.

"That is..."

"The original power of Shinto!"

"It's the divine power of this statue itself!"

"It's resisting purification!"

"It's protecting those evil spirits!"

Zhou Yuan was greatly alarmed.

What does this tell us?

This illustrates the decline of the City God Temple.

It wasn't just foreign invasion.

Instead, it addresses the root cause.

It's already rotten!

This statue.

They have completely become accomplices of evil spirits!

Just then.

A series of orderly footsteps.

Suddenly, it came from the side of the hall.

Click.

Click.

Like rusty armor.

Friction.

Zhou Yuan quickly suppressed his aura.

The soul was hidden on the crossbeam of the main hall.

A group of people dressed in armor were seen.

A guardian deity wielding a long spear.

He walked out through the side door.

There are eight in total.

Each of them was over two meters tall.

He exuded a strong aura of malevolence.

Logically speaking...

These are the guardian spirits of the City God Temple.

It is a sharp blade for slaying demons and eliminating evil.

But at this moment.

Zhou Yuan was on them.

I cannot sense even the slightest bit of intelligence.

Their eyes.

It is grayish-white.

No pupils.

It's terrifyingly empty.

Their actions.

Rigid and mechanical.

Every step taken.

We all need to pause for a moment.

It's just like……

Those toy soldiers controlled by a clockwork mechanism.

"Even the guardian deities have been turned into puppets?"

Zhou Yuan looked at his eight former colleagues.

My heart felt ice-cold.

One of the divine generals.

Walk to the place where Zhou Yuan purified the incense burner earlier.

It stopped.

Her nose twitched.

It seemed like I smelled something strange.

It slowly raised its head.

Those greyish-white eyes.

He stared intently at the beam where Zhou Yuan was hiding.

Zhou Yuan held his breath.

The Book of Gods and Monsters was running wildly in my mind.

Suppress his aura to the extreme.

The divine general stared at it for quite a while.

It seems nothing was found.

Only then did he mechanically turn his head.

They continued walking with stiff steps.

They patrolled towards the outside of the main hall.

"call……"

Zhou Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

These divine generals, though lacking in sentience.

But that menacing aura...

But it's absolutely true.

If a fight really breaks out.

Inside this temple.

He might not come out on top.

……

at the same time.

Outside the City God Temple.

At the base of the wall.

Ma Ling'er was squatting on the ground.

One hand held a demon-subduing staff.

He held the compass he never parted with in one hand.

her gaze.

It was tightly locked at the temple gate.

Those "paper figures" that just went in.

They haven't all disappeared.

There are three more.

They've come out again.

But these three paper figures.

They did not leave.

Instead, it's surrounded by high walls around the City God Temple.

Start spinning in circles.

They moved very slowly.

It's also very strange.

Take three steps.

Take a step back.

Then move two steps to the left.

Squat down again.

Draw a line on the ground with your finger.

Then he got up.

keep going.

It's like performing a bizarre dance.

"Those bastards."

"Are you performing some kind of shamanistic ritual here in the middle of the night?"

Ma Ling'er frowned.

He muttered to himself.

She glanced down at the compass in her hand.

All that could be seen was the pointer on the compass.

It's spinning wildly.

At last.

He pointed intently at the spot where the three paper figures had just squatted down and drawn.

"wrong!"

Ma Ling'er's expression changed.

"They're not just wandering around."

"They are..."

"Set up the formation!"

She quickly pulled a piece of yellow paper from her treasure pouch.

Holding a pen.

According to the movement trajectory of the three paper figures.

Draw it on paper.

As the lines connect.

A complex pattern.

Gradually, it appeared on the paper.

That was a...

A huge funnel shape!

And at each node of the funnel.

They all correspond to a direction on the outer wall of the City God Temple.

"This is……"

"Gathering Evil and Diverting Flow Formation!"

Ma Ling'er gasped.

"These guys."

"It's dispelling the evil energy of the entire city."

"Lead them towards the City God Temple!"

"They're going to take this place."

"It'll turn into a giant pressure cooker!"

"Old Zhou."

You'd better hurry.

"The fire outside."

"It's already on fire!"

……

Inside the temple.

Zhou Yuan floated down from the crossbeam.

He did not rush to the inner palace.

Instead, it drifted to a corner of the main hall.

There.

Huddled in a seemingly inconspicuous shadow.

That was a low-ranking underworld official.

Look at their clothes.

He must have been a menial servant in the government office during his lifetime.

at this time.

It was huddled in the corner, trembling.

He was holding a broken broom.

They kept sweeping away non-existent dust from the ground.

He was still muttering to himself.

"Sweep it clean..."

"Sweep it clean..."

"Otherwise, the master will beat you..."

Zhou Yuan floated down to it.

It did not display any divine power.

Instead, try to make your breathing as gentle as possible.

"This officer."

Zhou Yuan's voice.

The message rang directly in the mind of that underworld official.

The underworld official shuddered.

Like a startled rabbit.

His head jerked up.

That pale face.

They were filled with terror.

"Who?!"

"Who is speaking?!"

"Don't hit me!"

"I've swept it clean!"

"It's really clean!"

Zhou Yuan felt a pang of sadness.

These were originally spirit messengers worshipped by the people.

It's unbelievable that we've fallen to this state.

I won't hit you.

"I am the land of Fengzhou."

"He is also a Shintoist."

Zhou Yuan extended one finger.

Place the dot on the space between the eyebrows of the underworld official.

"The Art of Spirit Communication!"

"wake up!"

hum!

A faint light.

It entered the mind of the underworld messenger.

Those murky, ghostly eyes.

A moment of clarity.

It looked at Zhou Yuan.

There seemed to be some doubt.

"Earth... Earth God?"

"You...you're here?"

"Hurry up!"

"Hurry up!"

"I can't stay here!"

Its emotions suddenly became agitated.

Throw away the broom.

It was shoving Zhou Yuan's soul.

"The master has gone mad!"

"Everyone's gone mad!"

"That black thing..."

"It's eating people!"

"It's eating us!"

Zhou Yuan grabbed its shoulder.

"Calm down!"

"tell me."

"What exactly happened?"

"What happened to the City God?"

"What is that black thing?"

The underworld messenger heard the words "City God".

Suddenly, he clutched his head.

She screamed in pain.

"ah--!!"

"have no idea!"

"I have no idea!"

"I can't remember!"

"Master...Master gave it his head!"

"It's right behind us!"

"It's in that well!"

"There's a ghost in the well!"

"There's something terrifying in the well!"

boom!

Before he could finish speaking...

The underworld official's body suddenly swelled up.

It looks like an inflated balloon.

Followed by.

Under Zhou Yuan's horrified gaze.

It exploded into a cloud of black smoke!

It vanished without a trace.

"Prohibition!"

Zhou Yuan's face turned ashen.

"Deep within its soul."

"A restriction has been placed on it!"

"As soon as the core secrets are touched."

"Then your soul will be scattered!"

"What a ruthless method!"

but.

Although the underworld messenger died.

But its last words.

However, it pointed Zhou Yuan in the right direction.

"It's right behind us..."

"Right in that well..."

Zhou Yuan turned around.

His gaze pierced through the layers of palaces.

I looked towards the deepest part of the City God Temple.

There.

It is the rear hall.

It was originally supposed to be the City God's bedroom.

But at this moment.

However, a layer of mist shrouded the area.

The black aura was a hundred times denser than that in the main hall!

That black mist.

If there is substance to it.

It is slowly rotating.

It's like a giant whirlpool.

"well……"

Zhou Yuan gritted his teeth.

The soul transformed into flowing light.

Avoid the patrolling divine generals.

They rushed towards the rear hall.

The further you go, the more you realize that.

The more viscous the air becomes.

That kind of evil pressure.

The larger it is.

It's as if every step forward...

They all bear a heavy burden.

at last.

Zhou Yuan arrived at the courtyard of the rear hall.

There are no lights here.

It was pitch black.

Only the moonlight from the sky.

A meager sliver of moonlight managed to spill down.

In the center of the courtyard.

There was no bedroom.

Just one bite...

Ancient well.

The well opening is very large.

It was about the size of a millstone.

On the edge of the well.

It was covered with densely packed runes.

Those runes.

It's exactly the same as what Zhou Yuan saw in the underground cave!

desolate.

ancient.

It exudes an endless aura of evil.

at this time.

Inside the well.

Black smoke was constantly billowing out.

That black smoke.

It did not dissipate.

Instead, it flows along the ground.

It flowed into the main hall.

It flowed into the statue.

It flowed into the bodies of those guardian deities!

"This is the source!"

Zhou Yuan floated above the wellhead.

Look down.

That one glance.

Make him feel his own soul.

They're about to freeze to death.

Bottomless.

Down in the well.

It seemed to connect to the deepest hell.

Indistinctly.

He heard the rattling of chains.

I heard the wails of countless wronged souls.

I also heard a sound...

Heavy.

Like thunder.

Heartbeat!

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Every heartbeat.

The shock made Zhou Yuan's soul unstable.

"This is the entrance to that underground cave!"

"This is the throat through which that monster breathes!"

Zhou Yuan sensed it.

This well.

It's not just about connecting underground.

It is continuously drawing upon the earth's vital energy from Fengzhou City.

Transform it into that evil black energy.

Giving back to the entire City God Temple!

"This is the teaching of emptiness."

"This is simply a sin!"

"They've destroyed the very foundation of Fengzhou City."

"They were all used as nourishment for that monster!"

Just then.

Deep at the bottom of the well.

Suddenly, two red lanterns lit up.

Do not!

That's not a lantern!

Those were eyes!

A pair of eyes filled with savagery, greed, and murderous intent!

It was separated by endless darkness.

He stared intently at Zhou Yuan!

"We've been discovered!"

Zhou Yuan felt a chill rush straight to the top of his head.

The fear of being targeted by a natural enemy.

This instantly made him furious.

"run!"

Without any hesitation.

Zhou Yuan mobilized all his divine power.

They retreated frantically.

roar--!!!

A roar that could not be heard.

It burst forth from the bottom of the well.

It transformed into a visible sound wave.

It slammed into Zhou Yuan.

"Strange Tales of the Supernatural!"

"Block it!"

Zhou Yuan roared.

Golden light protects the body.

boom!

The golden light trembled violently.

Zhou Yuan's soul was violently thrown out.

It crashed straight through the wall of the rear hall.

But he took advantage of this recoil.

The speed increased dramatically.

"Night tour!"

"disease!"

Don't run now.

When will we get here?

Zhou Yuan was like a bolt of lightning.

They passed through the main hall in an instant.

Cross the square.

Pass through that red wall.

They rushed out of the City God Temple!

……

Outside the temple.

In the alley.

Zhou Yuan's physical body, sitting cross-legged.

He suddenly opened his eyes.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood.

It sprayed out directly.

It dyed the land in front of us red.

"Old Zhou!"

Ma Ling'er was startled.

He rushed over and helped him up.

"What's wrong with you?"

"He vomited blood?"

"Did those bastards find out?"

Zhou Yuan was panting heavily.

His face was as pale as paper.

I was covered in cold sweat.

But the light in his eyes.

Yet it was brighter than ever before.

That was the excitement of discovering prey.

It was also a solemn occasion of facing a life-or-death enemy.

He grabbed Ma Ling'er's wrist.

His strength is terrifying.

"Ling'er".

"There's no need to look for a way out."

"We don't need to worry about those paper figures anymore."

Ma Ling'er was taken aback.

"What do you mean?"

"Not playing anymore?"

Zhou Yuan wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth.

He turned his head away.

He stared intently at the building shrouded in the night.

The City God Temple looks particularly ferocious.

Hoarseness.

Yet it carried an undeniable firmness.

"beat!"

"Of course we have to fight!"

"But I've found its Achilles' heel."

"Not at the main gate."

"Not in the main hall."

"It's in that backyard..."

"In that well!"

"There."

"It is the entrance to hell."

"It's us too..."

"The only chance of winning!"