"I originally wanted to ask Taoist Master Mingde from Qingcheng Temple to solve this matter, but unfortunately he was injured while out on 'business' some time ago and his vitality has not recovered yet, so it is inconvenient for him to come."

On the way, with his hands behind his back, Director Weng slowly recounted the process of inviting people: "Master Mingde is very responsible. Although he couldn't come, he recommended a young and promising Taoist priest to me."

Shi Xi nodded in understanding: "So it was a temporary replacement, no wonder he arrived just now."

"There are many scammers in the metaphysics circle, and it's hard to find a master," Director Weng sighed, "But the person recommended by Taoist Mingde is trustworthy. Even if this Taoist is too young, I am willing to trust him."

"What's the name of this Taoist priest who came to the rescue?" Shi Xi asked casually.

Director Weng touched the back of his head and said, "I was so busy looking at the Taoist priest's eyes that I didn't remember his name. I only remember that the Taoist temple he was in was called Wuwei Temple, and he seemed to be the heir. The Taoist priest also brought a little apprentice with him. Both of them were very young and handsome. I didn't expect that the appearance of people in the metaphysics circle was so high."

As they were talking, they had already arrived at the reception room. Director Weng greeted them with a smile, "Master, I've been waiting for you for a long time."

"Director Weng, you're too polite." Standing next to the tea table, Zhang Qingxuan, who was wearing a loose white shirt, glanced sideways. When he saw Shi Xi, he laughed, and his eyes curved like a fine brushstroke: "Xiao Shi, why are you here?"

Standing next to Zhang Qingxuan, Jiaming, who had just shaved his head, blinked his eyes: "Little boy, what a coincidence!"

"..." Shi Xi greeted obediently: "Brother Qingxuan, I have been guest-starring in Director Weng's crew these past two days."

Zhang Qingxuan and Jiaming knew that Shi Xi was filming outside recently, but they didn't know the exact location and didn't expect to meet in this way.

"Do you know each other?" Director Weng was also stunned and guessed, "When he was young, he called the Taoist master "senior brother". Could he also be a disciple of Wuwei Temple?"

Shi Xi corrected Director Weng: "It is Wuyou Temple."

"...Are you a disciple of Wuyou Temple?" Director Weng's old face turned red and he threw the question to Shi Xi again.

Zhang Qingxuan and Jiaming tacitly did not answer, letting Shi Xi respond.

"No, I just have some connection with Wuyou Temple. I met Taoist Qingxuan a long time ago, so I call him Senior Brother." Shi Xi pointed at Jiaming and explained to Director Weng half-truthfully, "Jiaming is my partner in the ghost-hunting live broadcast. In order to improve the quality of the live broadcast, he is learning from a master in Wuyou Temple."

"I see. It's such a coincidence that we meet here." Director Weng looked at Shi Xi and said meaningfully, "You also practiced in Wuyou Temple when you were a child, right?"

Director Weng had long suspected that Shi Xi was not an ordinary person. Maybe he was really a big shot who did a ghost-hunting live broadcast without a script, so he could suppress the evil spirits without showing off.

"No," Shi Xi "clarified" innocently, "I just learned from what I saw and heard, so I know a little bit. In fact, I survived by being brave."

Jiaming nodded in agreement: "Yes, she only knows a little bit."

Director Weng was skeptical, but when he saw Duan Jingyi and Xiao Li coming over, he stopped asking.

After introducing everyone, Director Weng went straight to the point: "Little Duan and Little Li, tell the Taoist priests about your experiences. Little Xiao, you also tell us about the information you have."

A wisp of Xiao Li's soul was hooked away, and his memory of that period was very vague. He thought for a long time but could not recall any clear information.

Duan Jingyi was very sober from beginning to end last night, and now he has a very positive attitude. He recounted what happened last night in full: "Then the teacher appeared and rescued me. The whole crew saw what happened afterwards. I woke everyone up and landed safely with everyone's help."

"Oh, right," Duan Jingyi rolled up his sleeves, revealing his purple wrists. "These are the new scars I got this morning. There are also some on my ankles. I think they are the marks left by the puppet wrapping its ropes around my limbs last night."

"I have this kind of scar, too." Xiao Li stretched out his wrist, which also had two faint purple marks on it.

"These are the traces of residual Yin energy." Jiaming was very familiar with these traces. He took out a piece of talisman paper from his pocket and wiped it on the wrists of the two actors in turn, easily removing the Yin energy on their hands like an eraser.

When Director Weng saw this magical scene, his eyes widened slightly and his trust in them instantly rose to a higher level.

Shi Xi exclaimed beside him, looking like he had never seen anything like this before: "Wow, Jiaming, you have even learned this, it's amazing."

Jiaming: “…” Uncle Master, you’re exaggerating.

Jiaming gave each of the two actors a talisman. Holding the talisman, they felt much more at ease.

Shi Xi reviewed their experiences and found a question: "Why did the puppet control them to climb onto the same roof? Was it because it had a special liking for that location, or was there another purpose?"

Zhang Qingxuan said, "Go up to the roof and take a look."

The ladder that Duan Jingyi used last night was still by the wall. Duan Jingyi and Xiao Li were both in the shadow of the roof and did not dare to climb up anymore.

This job very reasonably fell to Jiaming. Shi Xi helped hold the ladder, raised his chin to Jiaming, and said in a voice that Director Weng couldn't hear: "Nephew, go ahead."

"Okay, uncle."

After this period of training, Jiaming's skills have improved a lot. He climbed onto the roof nimbly and, following Shi Xi's instructions, came to the place where Duan Jingyi was lying last night.

The sunset glow had faded away, and Xiaosu's street lights were not on yet. The daylight was limited, so Jiaming could only move cautiously. He didn't know if it was because of the evil spirits or the material, but he felt the tiles underneath were unusually cold, and the cold air penetrated through his skin, freezing him so much that his hair stood on end in the summer evening.

After Jiaming stabilized himself, he rubbed his palms to warm them up, then carefully checked the roof and said to the people below: "Nothing suspicious was found!"

Shi Xi thought for a moment and said, "The view from up there should be very broad. Look into the distance."

Jiaming looked up and said, "There is still no..."

Not knowing what he saw, Jiaming stopped talking abruptly.

Shi Xi asked: "What did you find?"

Jiaming looked at Shixi, his voice a little hoarse: "Shixi, come up and take a look."

Shi Xi climbed onto the roof and came to Jiaming very swiftly.

"Look over there." Jiaming pointed in a direction.

"It's a temple." Shi Xi's eyes darkened.

From their position, they could actually see the dilapidated temple where the movie "Sword Shining in Frost" was filmed. Through the shabby roof of the temple, Shi Xi saw the giant Buddha with cracks all over its body.

Shi Xi looked closely and suddenly saw a flash of bright red across the giant Buddha's shoulder! She immediately remembered the creepy blood-red eyes of the puppet last night!

At this distance, if it really was an eye, it would be an eye of astonishing size!

She wanted to search for the trace of scarlet, but she couldn't find it.

Jiaming didn't see the suspicious red color, but he still felt that the Buddha statue was very ominous. He felt that the surroundings were getting colder, and whispered, "A broken Buddha statue has a sinister feeling no matter how you look at it. It makes me feel uncomfortable if I look at it for a long time."

"That dilapidated temple is the filming location for the crew. I didn't have this feeling when I was filming inside, but looking at it from this place, I feel that the dilapidated temple is spooky and seems to be hiding something sinister." Shi Xi deeply agrees.

Then, Shi Xi moved to other locations on the roof and found, as expected, that only the location where Duan Jingyi had been could see the complete giant Buddha head. Other locations were either blocked by other roofs or by dense tree canopies.

Jiaming frowned: "Xiaoxiao, if this position was designed by the puppet, then what is its purpose?"

"Probably..." Shi Xi said slowly, "Performing a puppet show for 'Buddha'."

A gust of cold wind blew by, and Jiaming felt a chill down his spine: "Then now...it's not looking at us, is it?"

"Who knows?"

After getting off the roof, Shi Xi asked Duan Jingyi and Xiao Li: "Did you encounter any strange things while filming in the ruined temple?"

Shi Xi needs to find out the real reason why the evil spirit targets them.

"Yes!" Duan Jingyi answered subconsciously.

"Tell me about it."

"When I was filming in the dilapidated temple last night..." Duan Jingyi started to talk instinctively, but he couldn't make any sense out of it. He felt his mind suddenly go blank, as if he had forgotten something that left a very deep impression on him!

Director Weng urged him anxiously: "Keep talking."

"I can't remember it," Duan Jingyi said anxiously, his eyes red and a little scared: "I think something happened in the ruined temple, but I can't remember it."

Xiao Li also shook his head blankly: "I have no impression at all."

"They have indeed filmed in dilapidated temples," Director Weng frowned and looked at Jiaming Shixi: "Do you suspect the problem came from that dilapidated temple?"

"After we climbed up to the roof, we found that we could see the Buddha statue in the ruined temple from that position," Jiaming said. "Although Teacher Duan couldn't remember the details, he had a vague impression. These two things combined can explain the problem."

"A ruined temple?" Zhang Qingxuan thought for a moment and asked Director Weng, "Director, did you hold a worship ceremony before shooting in the ruined temple?"

Director Weng's heart sank and he shook his head: "The new temple of Xiaosu Ancient Village has been moved to another place. I thought there were no gods in the dilapidated temple anymore, so I didn't hold any ceremony. We are not the first crew to shoot in the dilapidated temple. Other crews have filmed there before, but they have never had any accidents."

"The original gods moved away, and other things might have moved in for the sake of the temple's stability." Zhang Qingxuan said: "I heard that Xiaosu is famous for its puppet shows. Such old objects that carry people's emotions can easily give birth to ghosts, even evil spirits."

"If there are evil spirits living in the ruined temple, you may have bumped into it unconsciously during the filming, or..." Zhang Qingxuan paused: "They, and thus brought revenge."

Director Weng's face suddenly changed. "I didn't think it through before. How should we deal with this matter? What if those evil spirits are targeting the entire crew and come to cause trouble tonight..."

Director Weng was interrupted by a sudden ringing of a cell phone. He was startled and asked, "Whose cell phone is ringing?"

Shi Xi said: "Director Weng, it seems to be yours."

"Oh," Director Weng took out his cell phone, saw the caller ID, and gestured to the others apologetically, "I'll take the call first."

Director Weng did not avoid the question. He stood where he was and answered the phone: "Brother, what do you want to talk to me about? I'm dealing with something important right now..."

"Xinxin's live broadcast room is weird? What kind of weirdness?" Director Weng looked serious: "She is doing a live broadcast here, but she was fine just now... The phone call is not going through, and the positioning is also not working?! Okay, I'll take a look first, don't worry, I will find her."

When Director Weng hung up the phone, Shi Xi and Jia Ming had already skillfully found the new live broadcast room.

Shi Xi glanced at Director Weng calmly: "Director Weng, don't worry, Senior Brother Qingxuan is here. Director Weng, please contact the assistant to ask about Xinxin's whereabouts. We will confirm the status of Xinxin's live broadcast room."

Director Weng clenched his cold palms and said, "Okay, I'll leave it to you!"

Shi Xi and Jia Ming opened the new live broadcast room almost at the same time. A sharp noise suddenly appeared. Shi Xi felt as if his eardrum was scratched hundreds of times with a steel wool, which was very uncomfortable.

The Xinxin live broadcast room was pitch black, with no one in sight, only the barrage of comments scrolling rapidly.

[Didn't Xinxin say he would show us Xiaosu's check-in spot? Why did the live broadcast room suddenly go black? ]

[This voice is so harsh. I have been waiting for a long time. I can’t stand it anymore. I will withdraw first. ]

[Why does this live broadcast room failure seem so familiar...]

[It's more than familiar, it can be said to be intimate. Isn't the malfunction in the live broadcast room the live broadcast style of Xiaoshi and Jiaming? Speaking of which, Xinxin just met Xiaoshi not long ago. Is this something they planned? It's quite novel. ]

Everyone was concentrating on watching the comments in the live broadcast room, trying to find useful clues. The surroundings were so quiet that only the noise from the live broadcast room could be heard. Suddenly, the noise changed its tone, and a sharp laugh jumped out, scaring everyone!

Then, Shi Xi discovered that the title of the live broadcast room had changed!

"The daily life of the actors" has become - "Want to see a puppet show?"

[Did you hear that laugh? I was almost scared to death! ]

[The title of the live broadcast room has changed, damn! ]

[How can a live broadcast studio that films actors' lives suddenly change its style? But it's still quite exciting. 】

[I guess this anchor and Shi Xi have known each other for a long time. Next is the ghost-hunting live broadcast time, and the theme is about the weird puppets in the ancient village. ]

What’s weird is that after Shi Xi noticed the comment about the weird puppet, the title of the live broadcast room changed again, becoming “Live broadcast of the weird puppet show in the ancient village”!

Here comes another evil spirit who is trying to attract attention. Does he like the feeling of being the center of attention so much? He is actually staring at the comments in the live broadcast room.

Director Weng had just received the news from his assistant, and he said in an anxious tone: "Xinxin left the crew dormitory not long ago. She didn't say where she was going, but someone saw her walking north."

Shi Xi said: "North, in the direction of the ruined temple. Combined with the 'check-in point' of Xiao Su mentioned in the comments, it can be confirmed that Xin Xin is in the ruined temple."

Director Weng's eyes turned red: "Isn't she already injured?"

"Director Weng, please tell me Xinxin's date of birth and name so I can confirm her condition." Zhang Qingyu took out a pen and paper.

Influenced by Shi Xi and Zhang Qingxuan, Director Weng slowly calmed down and told him the information he needed in a clear and articulate manner.

After Zhang Qingxuan finished writing, the ordinary talisman paper seemed to flash a faint golden light, and then the ink that had not yet dried spread downwards, actually forming a symbol that resembled "An".

There was no wind around, but the talisman paper was fluttering in Zhang Qingxuan's hand, as if it was about to fly to the north.

Zhang Qingxuan said: "Director Weng, rest assured, I judge that Xinxin is not injured and the direction is correct."

"Okay," Director Weng felt relieved, and said impatiently, "Now that the location has been confirmed, I'll go find Xinxin right away!"

"Director Weng, this evil spirit is not simple. You will never find Xin Xin if you go." Shi Xi stopped him and said, "Try to stabilize it first."

Director Weng: "How to be stable?"

Shi Xi typed quickly and sent a barrage: [Newcomer live broadcast? The noise of this glitch is too loud. Not only does it not have the effect of setting the atmosphere, it also drives away many viewers. Can't the noise be controlled? ]

Jiaming followed suit and posted several comments complaining about the noise.

After a while, the noise in the live broadcast room actually became smaller.

Director Weng: “!”

Shi Xi raised an eyebrow: "This ghost can communicate. Since it didn't hurt Xin Xin, it's not a big problem."

Director Weng was confused and did not act rashly: "So what are you going to do next?"

Shi Xi smiled and sent another new comment: [I think the anchor has great potential. Do you want to attract more viewers? I am a senior anchor. I can help you and make your live broadcast room a hit! ]

Shi Xi patted Director Weng on the shoulder and said, "Director Weng, stay put. We will go to this live broadcast room to make a 'friendly guest appearance' and bring Xin Xin back soon."

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