He Lili glanced at him and said, "I don't know if it's related... Well, at the same time, the Confucian school did undergo academic and organizational reforms."

"That long manhunt lasted for about 70 years. Later, the Mei family invented a magical artifact based on special magic that could accurately detect carriers of the demonization disease, including asymptomatic carriers, and the manhunt ended. The Celestial Dynasty also withdrew its troops from the western part of the continent. Due to the fanaticism and extremism of some of them, even now, the An Dynasty still does not welcome the Celestial Dynasty and sects that believe in Heaven."

"The hunter organization 'Workshop,' which originally gathered to hunt demonized beings, did not all believe in the heavens and operated solely for money. It had to find new patrons. Later, they cooperated with the Song Dynasty's military and received funding from the Tianming Temple to develop many universal spiritual artifacts."

"This mark may indicate that both the armor and the rifle are products of the workshop. As for Li Ai's dislike of this rifle, perhaps it's because there are materials in it that she instinctively finds repulsive."

Chen Jing couldn't help but ask, "Miss He, how do you know so much about this stuff?"

He Lili paused for a moment after hearing Chen Jing's words, and then said, "I found out through certain channels."

"That celestial being used the talisman from the Temple of Destiny, are these two items his?" Li Si asked. "He turned into an angel and was nailed to a stake?"

"I'll take these with me; we might need them somewhere," Chen Jing said, putting on his weapons and armor. Just to be on the safe side, he didn't wear the armor, worried about any curses or anything like that.

Chen Jing had already suffered from this before. He had fallen into a state of possession simply because he read the diary and saw the moon drawn in chalk. If it weren't for the source of darkness, Chen Jing suspected that he would still be gazing at that moon.

"It looks like there's nothing left. Shall we go to the next room?" Dao Nan said.

Everyone agreed and started walking quickly.

As Chen Jing approached the door of the third room on the left, he suddenly heard He Lili exclaim in surprise.

"There are enemies here!"

"Very strong malice!"

The group exchanged glances, ready to go. Li Ai kicked the door open with one foot, breaking the corroded and rusty lock and opening the door itself.

Chen Jing saw a being that looked more like the previous cocoon-man among the maggots, but its head had no eyes and was swollen and twisted, like a piece of flesh.

Its mouth was reduced to a straw, which was attached to the pile of maggots below, sucking up a pale red liquid.