Inside the secret room, a wall facing the door had several tiers of steps, which were filled with various dolls. The dolls had sealing talismans on their faces, indicating that something was sealed inside.

There are also similar steps along the wall on the right. On the top step are three bizarre statues, each about half a person's height, which are distorted and enlarged versions of the Three Pure Ones statues, exactly the same as the ones that people bring home.

The steps on the other two walls were covered with hundreds of statues of gods, identical to those held by the common people, indicating that this was undoubtedly their stronghold.

Yuan Qi was very excited; she really hadn't expected to find the enemy's lair so quickly.

Now she was curious about what was sealed inside those dolls. When she reached out to unlock the seal on one of the dolls, she was discovered by Kong Qing just as she lifted a corner of the seal.

Kong Qing noticed that one corner of the seal on a doll was curled up, and then noticed that the seal below it seemed to be pressed down by nothing.

He concluded that someone had entered the secret room.

He roared, "Who goes there!" and unleashed a fierce palm strike.

Without a second thought, Yuan Qi tore off the talisman and immediately removed the invisibility talisman, then stood before him and righteously rebuked him: "I never imagined that the royal Taoist temple, Wuji Palace, would actually be worshipping evil spirits."

Kong Qing's eyes flashed with killing intent. He condensed a ball of black mist in his palm and struck Yuan Qi's face. At the same time, he said venomously, "You have ruined my plans many times. Now that you have delivered yourself to my door, you may die here."

Yuan Qi was somewhat surprised. Although there were many disciples in the Taoist sect who practiced unorthodox techniques, it was still disappointing and unacceptable that a royal Taoist temple like Wuji Palace would have such people.

Especially since Kong Qing is the Grand Preceptor's niece and the disciple of the Abbot of Wuji Palace, could she possibly think that there isn't a single good person in the entire Wuji Palace?

Even the Imperial Advisor was no good.

She chuckled and deftly dodged the cloud of black mist: "You'll have to see if you have the ability to take my life."

A dense cloud of black mist emerged from the doll whose seal had been removed by Yuan Qi; it appeared to be a powerful and vengeful ghost.

The vengeful ghost frantically circled in the secret room, showing no intention of escaping.

Kong Qing ordered, "Go kill her!"

The vengeful ghost revealed a human face, circled the secret room once more, and finally stopped in front of Kong Qing, its killing intent palpable.

Kong Qing sensed something was wrong; it seemed this vengeful ghost wanted to kill him.

Yuan Qi laughed heartily, urging the vengeful ghost, "He imprisoned you for so many years and tortured you countless times. Take revenge!"

The vengeful ghost attacked Kongqing Gate directly.

Kong Qing was, after all, a Taoist priest. Although he was not as powerful as Yuan Qi, a mere vengeful ghost could not do anything to him.

He made hand seals and chanted incantations, and golden light rose up, enveloping the evil spirit within.

Seeing that the vengeful ghost was about to be destroyed, and looking at the evil spirits filling the room, Yuan Qi thought that since he had come all this way, he had to destroy these harmful things.

In particular, that large statue is definitely an evil formation that absorbs the faith of the people.

She took out more than a dozen Five Thunder Talismans from her cloth bag, and with a flick of her fingers, the talismans spread out one by one in her palm.

Kong Qing had just subdued the vengeful ghost and was about to deal with Yuan Qi when she saw the dozen or so Five Thunder Talismans and cried out in alarm, "No!"

The next second, Yuan Qi accurately threw out the Five Thunder Talismans, giving two Five Thunder Talismans specifically to the large statue, so that it wouldn't fail to destroy the formation and remain to continue harming the people.

The rest were thrown at the dolls and strange little statues on the steps.

Just before the explosion, Yuan Qi managed to escape using a teleportation talisman.

Kong Qing was quick to act and also used a teleportation talisman to leave.

"Bang bang bang bang..." A series of explosions rang out, not only shattering the large and small puppets and statues into pieces, but also causing the entire hall to collapse under the force of the explosions.

The explosion and collapse of the main hall was so loud that it alarmed everyone in Wuji Palace.

Kong Qing used a teleportation talisman to move a hundred paces away and quickly looked around for Yuan Qi's figure, but there was no trace of her. She had long since disappeared.

They certainly wouldn't wait for him to arrest them.

Kong Qing was furious. Yuan Qi, that vixen, that bastard! She ruined all the hard work he, his master, and his junior sister had put in over the years! All their efforts had been in vain!

He gritted his teeth in hatred, wishing he could tear Yuan Qi to pieces and devour him.

Just as he was thinking about how to deal with Yuan Qi, he was shocked to discover that countless black ghosts and demonic spirits emerged from the ruins and surged toward him with murderous intent.

In the past, in order to cultivate evil techniques, Kong Qing used ghosts to refine evil objects. Among the ghosts, the most effective ones were the primordial spirits of vengeful ghosts and demons. Those vengeful ghosts and demons clearly remembered how Kong Qing refined and tormented them.

They were previously sealed inside dolls, unable to take revenge.

Now that they've come out, they naturally won't let Kong Qing go.

With lightning speed, Kong Qing formed a hand seal and created a barrier to block the primordial spirits of those fierce ghosts and demons.

Black mist swirled above Wuji Palace, its numbers countless, relentlessly crashing into the barrier. Despite the golden light of the barrier burning them, they were willing to risk everything, even their souls being scattered, to avenge themselves. Before long, Kong Qing's barrier was breached.

Countless vengeful ghosts clung to his body, biting and scratching, making it impossible to see Kong Qing himself.

When the Taoist priests of Wuji Palace saw what was happening, they all came to check. However, most of them only knew how to chant scriptures and did not know how to perform rituals. As a result, they were only devoured and bitten by the evil spirits.

In an instant, Wuji Palace became a living hell, and countless Taoist priests suffered.

The worshippers who come here to offer incense and pray for blessings run away faster than anyone else. Most of the evil spirits and demons do not harm the people, but there are a few crazy ones who bite anyone they see.

The scene was extremely bloody, with Taoist priests and civilians trapped everywhere by the black mist, their screams echoing through the sky.

One of the largest and densest plumes of black mist fled rapidly in a northwest direction, so fast that Yuan Qi didn't even notice it.

Yuan Qi did his best to help the innocent people in the open space in front of the hall.

However, after Kong Qing died, his soul was torn apart and eaten by those vengeful ghosts. Most of the vengeful ghosts escaped in time, otherwise they would have been subdued by Xuan Qing and their souls would have been scattered.

By the time Xuanqing came out, the evil spirits of Wuji Palace had mostly dispersed.

The ground was completely gnawed and unrecognizable, no longer resembling a human figure.

Xuan Qing frowned as he looked at his disciple and assistant, whom he had carefully nurtured for many years, filled with resentment. He made a hand seal with one hand, summoning heavenly lightning to annihilate the remaining evil spirits.

The imperial advisor in the palace also noticed that there were many more evil spirits in the sky. He did some calculations and realized that something had happened at Wuji Palace. He tapped the ground lightly with his staff, and the next second he was back at Wuji Palace.

Xuan Qing frowned and said, "Junior Brother."

Xuanji asked, "What happened?"