Chapter 267

A Taoist priest and two monks spent the night in the wild and did not return to the county town.

At dawn, they received a message from Feixin that the Taoist priests from Qingcheng Temple had arrived. Among them was Yuan Jing's old acquaintance Taoist Qingfeng, another Taoist priest of the same generation, and their disciples.

When the Qingcheng Taoist Temple received Yuan Jing's message, they realized the seriousness of the situation. There were dozens of bodies found, and all of them had their hearts missing and their souls gone. It was obvious that this was a satanic practice, so they immediately sent Taoist Qingfeng, who was familiar with Yuan Jing, to bring a few people to investigate the situation.

In order to avoid alerting the enemy, they sent a message to Yuan Jing outside the city, and the two parties happened to meet outside the city.

Taoist Qingfeng and Monk Fusheng also knew each other. After exchanging information with each other, they immediately went to the blood pool. Taoist Qingfeng also thought that it was important to destroy the blood pool first, otherwise, no one knew how many people would die, and it would also ruin the plans of the mastermind behind the scenes.

Yuan Jing and Funeng led the team to the cave where the blood pool was hidden again. This time, Taoist Qingfeng and Monk Fusheng directly destroyed the entire formation with force. The four ghost servants guarding the blood pool were immediately alarmed and quickly flew out to check the situation.

"Oh no, it's the monk who beat the wooden fish that we met last night. Could it be that he left his presence behind last night so that they can chase him?"

"Quick, report to the Lord, quick!"

Just as a ray of dark light was about to fly out, a bowl covered it, covering the dark light and the ghost servant. The Buddha's light emanating from the bowl did great harm to the ghost's body. The ghost's power was corroded layer by layer by the Buddha's light, and the ghost servant screamed. This was the action of Monk Fusheng. He never showed mercy to such evil ghosts and evil monsters, but would eliminate all evil.

The other three ghost servants wanted to escape, but they were no match for the Taoists and monks who came. Funeng and Yuan Jing alone were enough to give them a hard time. Soon, except for the one who was trapped in the bowl and still had a breath left, the other three were all ruthlessly killed by them.

The purpose was to keep him alive, in order to see if they could get some information about the mastermind behind the scenes and the purpose of setting up the blood pool from him.

Just when the three ghost servants were completely scared out of their wits, an abnormal situation occurred again in Fengyi County. The owner of the Yunlai Inn was entertaining the guests who came to stay overnight when he suddenly vomited blood and fell to the ground. When the doctor was called, it was found that the owner had died and his body was completely black. The death was terrifying. Even the waiters in the inn showed various discomfort symptoms.

This situation made people think that there was something wrong with this inn, it was too weird. In addition, there were people saying that many foreigners who had stayed in this inn died for unknown reasons, which scared the guests in the inn so much that they moved out quickly. Soon, the inn was empty.

The same situation happened in the other two inns. In the county magistrate's house, after the vixen caused unrest in the whole house, I don't know what method she used to confuse the county magistrate, but she actually made the county magistrate fall in love with her again. It seemed that she had forgotten the shameful scene that night. But when the county magistrate was having fun with the vixen, the beautiful concubine in his arms suddenly twitched all over, and when he was not paying attention, the fox tail was exposed, and the county magistrate was so scared that he fainted on the spot.

The fox spirit did not die on the spot like the innkeeper, but she sensed that something had happened. Those ghost servants were in trouble. How could she dare to stay in the county magistrate's house any longer? So she fled without caring about anything, fearing that if she was a step too late, the monk who killed the ghost servants would come to find her. How could she have a chance of survival? You know, her strength is not as good as that of the ghost servants.

The vixen left the unconscious county magistrate and fled the county town, but before she could get far, she was discovered by Yuan Jing and his party. The smell on her body was so strong that it could be smelled for a thousand miles, so they immediately stopped her.

Seeing that she could not escape, the vixen knelt down and begged for mercy, trying to find another chance to escape. However, these men were all ruthless and would not be fooled by such a stinking vixen. Fusheng locked the vixen into his bowl again and waited for his time to interrogate her.

As for the blood pool in the cave, since the formation pattern has been copied, there is no need for it to exist here, so several people work together to destroy the blood pool. After the blood pool above disappears, an altar below is revealed. Monk Fusheng and Taoist Qingfeng look unhappy after carefully studying the altar. Finally, the two of them work together to completely destroy the altar.

After leaving the underground cave and returning to the surface, the two men still looked serious. They told Yuan Jing and Funeng earnestly, "This matter is no longer something you and I can intervene in. We must immediately return to report to our sect, and perhaps we should join forces with other Taoist and Buddhist sects to investigate."

When the blood pool was destroyed, Yuan Jing and Funeng studied the underground space carefully, and the things that were originally covered up were gradually exposed under their eyes.

Therefore, Yuan Jing asked, "There must be a small dragon vein hidden underground. The blood pool is trying to extract and transform the dragon vein's power, and then transmit it through the altar. Now that the blood pool and the altar have been destroyed, the mastermind behind the scenes must have known that this place is destroyed without the ghost servant sending a message."

Taoist Qingfeng and Monk Fusheng both looked at Yuan Jing with appreciation. Taoist Qingfeng said, "Yes, just as you guessed, Master Fusheng and I are worried that there are more than one altar like this in Fengyi County, so we must use the power of Buddhism and Taoism to search other places, otherwise there will be chaos in the world."

The world is in chaos, and even the Taoists and Buddhists cannot escape it. Who can have a good ending if they are involved in it? So whether for themselves or for the people of the world, they can't just ignore it.

Fusheng said, "Brother Funeng, I have to return to Yuan Temple first. You and Brother Yuanjing must be careful when you walk outside. There is no guarantee that the evildoers behind the scenes will not find you and vent their anger for the destruction of this place on you. If there is anything unusual, send us a message immediately."

Funeng nodded: "Don't worry, brother, we will be on guard."

Yuan Jing recalled something and reminded him, "That night when we went to the county magistrate's house, we found that the vixen gave the county magistrate some kind of elixir, saying it was given by the master. This is also a clue. Perhaps the power behind this is using this so-called elixir to win over a lot of people, including officials, to work for them."

Taoist Qingfeng said solemnly: "I understand. We will investigate further. You must be careful."

After destroying the blood pool and the altar, Monk Fusheng and Taoist Qingfeng rushed back without stopping, leaving a few disciples in Fengyi County to help Yuan Jing and Funeng deal with the aftermath. They returned to Fengyi County and dealt with the corpses of the Yunlai Inn owner and the like. These corpses, which were filled with evil aura, would pollute the surroundings if left for a long time, and would also infect anyone who came across them, causing endless harm.

After these hidden dangers were eliminated, several disciples of the Qingcheng Taoist Temple said goodbye to Yuan Jing and Funeng. They had to go back. In fact, they envied Yuan Jing and Funeng for their experience in the world, but unfortunately their cultivation was not as high as theirs. Although they were older, they had to go back to the Taoist temple first.

Before leaving, Yuan Jing met with the coroner Zhang Bao again and told him that the matter in Fengyi County was temporarily over. He asked him not to worry about similar situations happening in the near future. If they happened again in the future, he should send a letter to the Qingcheng Taoist Temple, and a Taoist priest would come to deal with it.

Zhang Bao was extremely grateful. In fact, he had also heard about what was going on in the county magistrate's household, and he knew better than outsiders that the county magistrate's so-called concubine was actually a vixen, because that day the vixen showed her tail and ran away, and many servants in the mansion had seen it, so it could not be concealed at all.

He whispered to Yuan Jing and Funeng: "The county magistrate is too ill to get out of bed, and even the county magistrate's son has fallen ill. I hope a good official can be sent over this time."

Yuan Jing also hopes that Zhang Bao can achieve his wish, but he cannot ensure that the next official will be a good one. After all, this incident revealed a message, that is, the upper echelons may have been infiltrated.

The two men rode on the donkey and left Fengyi County, letting the donkey slide away as they talked.

Seeing that Yuan Jing was not paying attention when talking to him, Funeng asked, "Are you still thinking about the incident in Fengyi County? Have you thought of anything?"

Yuan Jing sighed, and his old-fashioned look made Fu Neng laugh. Yuan Jing glared at him unhappily and said, "Yeah, actually, I have an incredible guess, and I guarantee you'll be shocked when I tell you."

Funeng said cheerfully: "Just tell me and see if I will be shocked."

Yuan Jing cleared his throat and said, "If I say that I think that Taoist Ling Xiao from the capital might have something to do with this, would you think I'm talking nonsense?"

The reason why Yuan Jing said this was because he was familiar with the subsequent plot. When he first came to this world, he only regarded the demon as the ultimate villain BOSS in the plot, but the incident in Fengyi County made him think deeply.

There is not a single word in the plot about the conspiracy involving the dragon veins. It only talks about how the evil Taoist priest disrupts the government and how the hero and heroine join forces to defeat the evil Taoist priest. However, as he goes deeper into this world and becomes more and more involved with the people in this world, he feels that some things are not as simple as described in the plot and those plots are just superficial.

He even boldly speculated whether the death of his original body and his master had something to do with the conspiracy behind the scenes. Perhaps from the very beginning, he could not be a bystander.

Funeng was really shocked: "Then Taoist Lingxiao? The imperial teacher of the court? Yuan Jing, do you know something?"

Although his master didn't seem to like this Taoist Ling Xiao, Funeng never thought about it deeply. He thought his master was not happy that a Taoist priest became the national master instead of a Buddhist monk. But if this Taoist Ling Xiao was involved in this conspiracy, it would be much more difficult for his master to investigate the matter.

Yuan Jing fiddled with his puffy cheeks and said, "It's just a hunch. I can't give a specific reason, but I will definitely go to the capital. This matter is related to my life experience. The reason why I have the current result is inseparable from this Taoist priest."

Funeng was unhappy when he heard this, because he knew that before Yuan Jing became the disciple of Taoist Bixu, he was a little beggar who was wandering outside. If he hadn't met Taoist Bixu, how long could such a little beggar live? What kind of Taoist priest is this? He has no mercy at all.

"I'll go with you. I want to see what this Taoist priest who can become a national teacher looks like."

Seeing that Fu Neng was feeling sorry for him, Yuan Jing smiled and said, "Well, aren't we training together? If I go to the capital, I will definitely leave you alone. Our cultivation is still a little weak now, and we are no match for that demon. But before we go to the capital, there is a place I want to visit first."

"Where?" When Funeng heard Yuan Jing say that he would not get rid of him but would go together, he felt sweet in his heart.

"Yingtanjian."

"Yingtanjian?" Fu Neng searched his memory, but found nothing related to Yingtanjian. "Is there anything unusual in Yingtanjian?"

Yuan Jing couldn't say that his master would die in Yingtan Gorge in the future, so he could only say: "Just think of it as another intuition of mine. This time, maybe we won't find anything, or maybe we'll find that there is another Fengyi County there."

"Okay, I have nowhere else to go anyway, so of course I'll go with you." Funeng immediately gave up the idea of getting to the bottom of the matter, and took out the map to find the route to Yingtanjian, planning how to get there.

At Liuzhuang Taoist Temple, the old Taoist priest was always very happy when he received a letter from his disciple, especially when his disciple went to Qingcheng Taoist Temple and surpassed many other disciples there, causing the temple master to write to him to complain. The old Taoist priest was even more delighted.

But what happened in Fengyi County next made his heart skip a beat. He first learned about this from the Qingcheng Taoist Temple. Yuan Jing's letter would take a few days to arrive. When the old Taoist saw the letter from Qingcheng Taoist Temple, he became anxious. How could his apprentice have such bad luck when he went out for training that he would run into such a big conspiracy? Could it be that something involving the dragon vein was a small matter?

If you get involved in such a conspiracy, it would be good if it can be resolved in the end, but if you are not careful, you may die in the middle.

Because it was discovered by the apprentice and the young monk Funeng, the old Taoist knew that his apprentice could not get rid of this conspiracy, so he was anxious. What if the mastermind targeted his apprentice? The apprentice was so young and talented, and his achievements would be higher than his in the future. He would rather replace his apprentice himself.

Thinking of this, the old Taoist priest ignored Yuan Jing's instructions before he left, which told him not to leave Liuzhuang Taoist Temple before Yuan Jing came back. The old Taoist priest had gone to Qingcheng Taoist Temple, and his disciple could no longer escape from him, so he would take the initiative to get involved. If there was any disaster, he could also protect his disciple from it.

Only when he arrived at the Qingcheng Taoist Temple did he send a message to his disciple, telling him that he was at the Qingcheng Taoist Temple and that any next letter should be sent to this address.

Yuan Jing and Funeng were on their way to Yingtanjian when they received a message from their master: "My master has gone to the Qingcheng Taoist Temple. That's good. I feel relieved."

Yuan Jing thought this was a good thing. There was only his master in Liuzhuang Taoist Temple, so no one would notice anything that happened. There were many eyes and ears in Qingcheng Taoist Temple, so it would be difficult for anyone who wanted to harm his master to find an opportunity to do so. However, he sent a message to him, asking him to discuss any action he might take with him first, otherwise he would stay outside for a few more years before returning.

This is a blatant threat. I wonder what expression the old Taoist priest had when he received such a threat, but he was quite happy anyway.

After delivering the message, Yuan Jing also laughed. He took out two apples and started eating one with Funeng. When he was away from his master, he could eat the fruits and vegetables grown in his space. During those years in the mountains, he had no excuse to take them out, so he could only go into the mountains to collect some good medicinal herbs. His master knew what was in the mountains better than he did.

He also had a plan for this training trip. When he returned, he would sort out some spiritual herbs that would be useful to his master from the space and take them back with him, as if they were found during his training outside. These spiritual herbs might be able to help his master prolong his life, or even allow his master to advance. In that case, his master could live many more years.

Yuan Jing had to hide it in front of others, but he didn't have such an idea in front of Funeng. He had been living like this for many lifetimes.

So at this moment, Funeng just blinked, took the apple and started to bite it happily. His mouth was full of spiritual juice and it tasted great. If he kept eating like this, even if he didn't practice very diligently, his cultivation level would improve rapidly.

Even the tea he drank, both the tea leaves and the water used to make it, were not ordinary things. Funeng was extremely happy that Yuan Jing did not treat him as an outsider, but he felt nothing else. Yuan Jing took it out openly, and he ate it openly.

Yuan Jing also gave one apple to each of the two donkeys. After eating the apples, Yuan Jing's ears suddenly moved and he said, "There is a sound of fighting coming from the front. Do you want to go and take a look?"

"Then go ahead." They are the ones who are skilled and courageous, and they are not afraid of being involved in any conspiracy again.

The two men patted the donkeys under them, and the donkeys let out a "whoa" and started running away at a very fast speed. Because they followed Yuan Jing and had good food and drink, the two donkeys were well-fed and shiny. One of them had just taken a bite of an apple, and the two donkeys were showing off.

It didn't take long for the two men to see the situation clearly in front of them. One person was running in front and two were chasing him from behind. The man in front was injured and obviously couldn't beat the two behind, so he tried to run away.

The situations of these three people were obvious to Yuan Jing and Funeng. To be precise, none of them were human. The one in front was half human and half demon, and the two behind were transformed demons.

Seeing this half-demon, Yuan Jing was stunned for a moment, because he thought of the male protagonist in the plot. Isn't the male protagonist a half-human, half-demon? Looking at the aura of this half-demon, deep red with purple, it wouldn't be such a coincidence that he ran into the male protagonist, right?

The three people who were fleeing and the other two chasing were all stunned when they saw two people suddenly appearing in front of them to block their way. Who could have thought that people would suddenly appear in this wilderness, and they were a combination of a Taoist priest and a monk. It was very unfavorable for the three of them, and no one knew whether they would suddenly attack them.

He was stunned for a moment, and then the two monsters behind him laughed triumphantly. Seeing that he dared to come out and explore the world at such a young age, he couldn't be here to get food for them.

"Get out of here if you're blocking my way! Don't bother me or I'll eat you up!"

The half-demon's eyes flashed as he analyzed the current situation and decided what to do that would be most beneficial to himself.