Mingzhuo looked around and was not surprised. "The person who built this cave was skilled in feng shui. If used properly, building a shrine here can indeed protect future generations."
Unfortunately, human greed knows no bounds, and this place, with its excellent feng shui and spiritual energy, eventually became a breeding ground for filth and corruption.
Furthermore, due to the cover provided by the magic array and spiritual energy, those above would never notice anything unusual below.
Ji Yong: "As soon as we arrived, we had the village chief open the ancestral hall and come in to check, but we didn't find anything wrong! It was Teacher Ruan who had the keen eye to find the evil spirit's lair!"
He Wangyao whispered to the others, "Don't you guys think this Mr. Ji's flattery is a bit too exaggerated? His acting is so over-the-top."
Ji Yong, with his sharp ears, actually heard it. "Really? And I wasn't acting, I genuinely admire Teacher Ruan!"
He turned to look at Mingzhuo, his eyes practically sparkling. Look at that, that's the demeanor of a true master.
Li Wenhe: "..."
Okay, this person has already put on a heavy idol filter, and probably won't wake up anytime soon.
He coughed lightly and asked Mingzhuo, "What was the story with that Taoist priest back then?"
After learning that Hu Shengnan had committed suicide by drowning, Hu Mazi vaguely sensed something was wrong. In grief and anger, he offered his own flesh and blood as a sacrifice to curse the real culprit.
He did indeed cause unrest in the village after his death, and the village invited that Taoist priest to try and destroy his soul.
However, the corpse was stolen by the Taoist priest and buried under a stinking pond behind the village, with the intention of refining the corpse into a malevolent spirit.
This wasn't the work of the village chief and the thousand-year-old evil spirit. They were genuinely unaware of it at first, but later took advantage of it.
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