“It’s a cooperative relationship. I do things for them, and they provide me with some protection.” Liang Chenghu gasped for breath: “Da Wuxiang Temple looks glamorous on the surface and is an important Buddhist site, but hehe… their Ruzi sect’s high monks are no benevolent people.”

"Get to the point." Ye Xingchen frowned: "What are you cooperating on?"

"Their temple enshrines many evil people, ruthless demons, war criminals from the Japanese invasion of China, butchers who kill without blinking an eye... Each one of them is a notorious figure."

"The Great Wuxiang Temple... enshrined memorial tablets for them within the temple, and even built stupas for them. If the body could be found, it was sealed inside the stupa; if the body could not be found, a cenotaph was built for them..."

"What is their purpose in doing this?" Ye Xingchen's gaze sharpened, and he was already somewhat angry.

"It all boils down to two words..." Liang Chenghu raised his head: "The fate of the nation."

"National destiny? The national destiny of their previous dynasty?" Ye Xingchen seemed to understand.

The predecessor of Dawuxiang Temple was the Royal Protector Temple, which was founded by Lu Qingchen, the Imperial Preceptor of the Qing Dynasty. After the fall of the royal family, it was renamed Dawuxiang Temple.

Although he didn't know what purpose they had in raising these ghosts, Ye Xingchen vaguely understood that they were doing it for the sake of the nation's destiny.

Of course, they weren't concerned about the current fate of the nation, but rather about the fate of their already destroyed royal family.

His own father, and all the serious criminals kept by the Great Wuxiang Temple, were all hoping to one day restore the national fortune of their former imperial family.

"Ye Xingchen, you're no ordinary person. You should understand what I'm saying now, right?" Liang Chenghu gave a bitter laugh.

"I understand a bit now. They're after the fate of the previous dynasty, aren't they?" Ye Xingchen said coldly. "The previous dynasty has been gone for over a hundred years, and they still haven't given up. I just can't understand how raising ghosts can be related to the fate of a nation?"

"That just shows your ignorance, heh..." Liang Chenghu sneered, "You really think the people who went missing from my Huimin Community have all been sent to a medical ship overseas?"

"Isn't that right?" Ye Xingchen frowned.

"Of course not. Although the medical standards on medical ships in international waters are very high, and because of the special culture medium in the medical compartments, there is almost no chance of rejection of transplanted organs."

"But they also have requirements for donors, namely, the donor must be healthy and strong. Otherwise, even with their special culture medium, the donor may die suddenly after transplantation because the organ is too weak."

Liang Chenghu struggled to sit on the sofa. He gasped in pain, then grabbed a glass of wine from the table and drank it all in one gulp.

After finishing the drink, he seemed to feel a little better. He grinned and said, "So I only send a small number of healthy people overseas."

"Most of the homeless people housed in orphanages, mental hospitals, and retirement homes were sent to Dawuxiang Temple..."

"The ghosts you raise are fed with human blood?" Ye Xingchen's pupils contracted slightly.

“That’s right, Ye Xingchen, you know all this too. You should know that ghosts, especially vengeful ghosts, love blood the most.” Liang Chenghu sneered, “And they pounce on people, bite the carotid artery in their necks, suck out the blood, and then turn into corpses.”

"Once those vengeful spirits are raised, they will be refined and fused by them using the secret methods of the evil sect, and refined into evil gods... When the evil gods are fully formed, they can send them outside the imperial tombs of the previous dynasty to revitalize the nation's fortunes. At that time, the world will inevitably descend into chaos."

"Shameless..." Ye Xingchen clenched his fists tightly.

"Haha, that's right, shameless. I know the monks of the Ruzi sect of Dawuxiang Temple better than anyone. Apart from that young monk Ruxin, the rest are all insidious and despicable people."

"They wear the cloak of Buddhism, yet they cheat and swindle, treat human life like dirt, and commit heinous acts. They believe in Buddhism, but they do such things right under the Buddha's nose. Isn't that laughable? Hahaha..."

"Indeed...it's quite ironic." Ye Xingchen nodded slowly, then chuckled and said, "Alright, thank you for telling me all this. Do you have anything else to say?"

"That's all I know." Liang Chenghu exhaled a heavy breath, took a deep breath, and then raised his head: "Because I've been working for them all these years, doing all those dirty things, that's why they spared no effort to help me when I was in danger."

"But what I didn't expect was that such an accident would happen to you. Hehe, even the two great monks of the Ruzi School couldn't deal with you."

Liang Chenghu's words were almost uttered through gritted teeth towards the end.

Yes, the monks of the Ruzi school are almost revered as living Buddhas at the Dawuxiang Temple.

However, the two people who came over failed to deal with Ye Xingchen. Instead, they provoked Ye Xingchen's fierce counterattack, which was something he never expected.

"Divine monk? Don't insult those two words, okay?" Ye Xingchen said speechlessly, "These bald monks should all go to hell. They are simply insulting the title of divine monk."

"But don't blame them for not helping you. Their Great Wuxiang Temple is too busy taking care of itself right now," Ye Xingchen said leisurely. "Do you really think Ruxin is a pushover?"

"Ruxin wants to betray her sect?" Liang Chenghu was somewhat taken aback.

"How could the people who killed his entire family be his sect?" Ye Xingchen chuckled. "Alright, since you don't know anything else, there's no point in keeping you alive. So, are you going to end your own life, or should I send you on your way?"

"I suggest you let me give you a ride. Although I hate trouble and don't want to get my hands dirty, you've told me so much and cleared up some of my doubts, so I'm willing to give you a ride..."

"If you're going to lay a hand on me, then do it. Don't insult me," Liang Chenghu said angrily.

"Alright, then I'll get to it. I really don't mean to insult you." Ye Xingchen raised his hand, intending to deal with Liang Chenghu, this troublesome person.

Just then, a cloud of green mist suddenly rose up and rushed towards Ye Xingchen with a whoosh.

The green mist carried a faint hint of blood and gore. Based on Ye Xingchen's experience, even without contact with it, he knew it contained deadly poison.

He felt a chill run down his spine and slapped back with his right hand.

Boom... The green mist suddenly exploded. At the same time, Ye Xingchen felt a chill on his face. Even with the protection of his true qi, the extremely vicious poison still managed to penetrate his body through his exposed skin.

Ye Xingchen took a few steps back, frowned, and circulated his internal energy, expelling the poison from his body in a few breaths.

However, one of his palms had turned pale green. Although the color disappeared at a visible speed and the palm quickly returned to normal, Ye Xingchen still felt an unbearable soreness in one arm, and he couldn't even muster his true energy for a while.