Chapter 157: Guan Qitian gets the monkey mask, and the divine pupil sees that there is no more Flower-Fruit Mountain [asking for monthly tickets]

Li Che's eyes narrowed slightly.

His eyebrows kept getting hot, and he subconsciously activated the magical power [Star-Picking Pupils].

Star-Picking Pupil, [Endless Analysis, Soul-Drawing and Spirit-Enlightening, Returning to the Truth, Shocking Evil and Punishing Evil]! In Li Che's eyes, any evil cannot be hidden and can be seen by the Star-Picking Pupil.

Therefore, Li Che never doubted Zhaixingtong's judgment.

In his eyes, the peaceful Xinyuan Temple in the wind and snow suddenly became eerie.

There was definitely no way something was wrong with his eyes.

There must be something wrong with this Xinyuan Temple.

"It's filled with ghostly air and a deadly aura. Is this Xinyuan Temple... actually a ghost temple?"

Li Che frowned.

Or is it that there is a ghost hiding in the Xinyuan Temple?

besides……

"Could it be related to the Corpse God Cult?"

Li Che's heart moved slightly.

I can't help but think of this, and it's not difficult to verify it.

The [Chess Saint] Dao Fruit in his chest began beating violently, and the next moment, his mind was immersed in the chessboard of heaven and earth.

The crisscrossing web of chessboards spread out, instantly enveloping heaven and earth, and covering the eerie Xinyuan Temple.

Then, Li Che's mind floated on the chessboard of heaven and earth, and he gently flicked his fingers at the Seven Element Corpse Curse letter seal that had been refined for the most part.

A Pure Heart Dao Fruit crashed into it and suddenly exploded!

Then came the second one...

It was like an ancient bell being struck! Suddenly, invisible black ripples spread out continuously, like the sound waves of a huge bell, with Li Che's body as the center...

It was like a black wave, spreading towards the Xinyuan Temple, and then under Li Che's strange gaze.

The Xinyuan Temple is surrounded by the spirit of heaven and earth. One, two, three...

The dense aura of the Corpse Curse Seal burst out.

Even Li Che couldn't help but stare in amazement.

Li Che suddenly understood where those Corpse God Cult masters who evacuated from the city had hidden.

turn out to be……

Are they all hiding in this temple? Of course...

This Xinyuan Temple might just be one of the strongholds of the Corpse God Cult outside the city.

But, isn't this just... a coincidence?

Li Che laughed.

Not only was he not frightened, but he became even more excited.

The little hands in my heart couldn't help but rub it.

I can only say that after searching everywhere for a long time, I found it by accident.

Li Che slowly dispersed the chessboard of heaven and earth, withdrew his mind, and the star-picking pupil that had been burning between his brows also returned to silence.

"Young Master Gong, this Xinyuan Temple... I heard that it is a branch of the once glorious Qitian Temple?"

Li Che asked, turning the topic to Xinyuan Temple.

Gong Yunli sneered when he heard this: "The Ape Temple is just flattering itself. In its heyday, the Qitian Temple was a behemoth that occupied six provinces and twelve states. It is not an exaggeration to call it the number one sect in the world..."

"Although due to the riot in the Weird Temple and human factors, the Qitian Temple declined and split, and now it has split into three major sects..."

"But in fact, the three major sects and the Qitian Temple have only superficial similarities."

"Qitian Temple is too strong, and the three major sects... are too weak."

"From this comparison, we can see that... the lack of Taoist tradition is too serious." Gong Yunli said.

"The sects are different from the imperial court. The sects attach great importance to the orthodoxy. A orthodoxy can be passed down for thousands of years, but it is not just talk."

Li Che nodded.

Qitian Temple is a huge organization covering six provinces and twelve states, but what is Xinyuan Temple? It is just a small sect outside Jinguang Prefecture in Yunzhou under Lingnan Dao.

The weak have their own sorrows.

If the Xinyuan Temple is not in collusion with the Corpse God Cult, then there is only one possibility, that is, the Corpse God Cult has completely eroded the weak Xinyuan Temple.

Either way, it's not good news.

Li Che and Gong Yunli did not talk about anything else. The carriage convoy broke through the wind and snow and slowly drove into the large square in front of the huge temple of Xinyuan Temple.

Li Che and Gong Yunli got off the carriage, and the wind and snow were howling.

Gongyang Liancheng walked over and joined Gong Yunli.

Li Che and several other wood carving masters stood quietly in the queue, waiting for the arrangements of Gongyang Liancheng and Gong Yunli.

If we want to go to the Fire-Eyed Mysterious Ape Temple, we need two people to lead the way.

In addition to the strange temple of the Eight-Armed Hell Lotus Wrathful Prince of the Four Imperial Level, Jinguan Mansion also has two major strange temples of the Eight Extremes, namely the [Fire-Eyed Mysterious Ape Temple] and the [Iron-Crutch Happy Asura Temple].

They are all eight extremely strange temples that were suppressed by the imperial court and are now under the jurisdiction of the Temple Suppression Department.

If you want to enter the strange temple, you need a temple entry order.

Originally, Gong Yunli had applied for a temple entry permit from the Temple Administration Office a few days ago.

However, the chief envoy of the Temple Administration stationed at the Fire-Eyed Mysterious Ape Temple reported back that the strange temple's strange palace had been shaking for some time.

Therefore, the day for entering the temple to worship the gods was postponed, but now it has finally been promised.

Gongyang Liancheng looked solemn. After counting the names on the list, he nodded.

"Everyone is here. Let's get ready. We are about to go to the Weird Temple to see the temple gods."

"This is a rare opportunity for all of you, so you must seize it."

When facing many third-class guests, Gongyang Liancheng did not fawn on them as he did when facing Deputy Lin Xiujian, and he even showed off his official power.

In the distance, two old monks slowly walked out of the Xinyuan Temple.

They have kind eyes, white eyebrows and beards, and are all elderly monks.

"Master Xuanli, Master Xuanyuan..."

Gongyang Liancheng clasped his fists and bowed, then smiled gently at the two monks.

"Master Xuanli is the abbot of the Xinyuan Temple. The Xinyuan Temple has made great contributions in helping the Temple Guardian to take charge of the Weird Temple, and the help of Master Xuanli is indispensable."

Gongyang Liancheng introduced Li Che and other third-class guests.

Many guests immediately clasped their fists and saluted.

The old monk put his palms together and smiled kindly: "You are all masters of wood carving. If you can gain something from observing the temple gods, it will not be a waste of the hard work of my Xinyuan Temple and the Demon Suppression Department to suppress the Weird Temple."

Li Che mingled among many guest officials and was also in charge of etiquette.

However, Li Che's heart moved, and he activated the Seven Yuan Corpse Curse Mother and Child Seal to investigate whether these two masters of the Divine Appearance Realm of the Heart Ape Temple were related to the Corpse God Cult.

Hmm? However, as soon as Li Che stimulated it, the Seven Yuan Corpse Curse Mother Seal that was suppressed in the chessboard of heaven and earth began to tremble violently.

Li Che raised his eyebrows and directly moved the dark golden divine chess piece of the King of Heaven.

The mother and child seal was suppressed forcefully.

And Li Che also saw Xuanli and Xuanyuan, the two masters of the Heart Monkey Temple, through the chessboard of heaven and earth...

The death and corpse aura on his body was so strong that it almost turned into an evil ghost released from hell!

Good fellow! Li Che was startled and exclaimed in his heart, "Good fellow!"

Is this the evil person of Corpse God Cult in the guise of a monk? Li Che's heart was slightly moved, but his face remained calm. Over the years, he had already mastered the skill of keeping a calm face.

Ordinary people cannot detect the seal of the corpse curse at all, which is why the evil people of the Corpse God Cult can wantonly corrode many high-ranking forces in the Jinguan Mansion.

This is because even if the seal is granted, no one will know about it, and the evil in one’s heart can be hidden.

So even if the seal is granted, what’s the harm?

However, everything changed since the Bull Demon appeared in Jinguan City.

Niu Mo was actually able to discover those evil people from the Corpse God Cult who had been granted the seal. This was an extremely heavy blow to these evil people.

The two masters naturally didn't know that Li Che had already discovered the identities hidden behind their kind faces.

Li Che did not expose it either.

It would be unwise to expose him now. He has the flying thunder chess piece in his control, so he is naturally safe and can leave whenever he wants.

But others were not so lucky.

Even Gongyang Liancheng and Gong Yunli, two virtual cultivators...

I'm afraid I'll be left behind.

Therefore, Li Che did not intend to expose it. He left a flying thunder chess piece behind and dropped a coordinate point. He planned to contact Li Qingshan later and find an opportunity...

Let’s work together to take down this stronghold of the Corpse God Cult!

Li Che has always been deeply distressed about the Corpse God Cult.

Based on the principle of rather killing the wrong person than letting the guilty go.

Now that the Corpse God Cult's base has been discovered, how could Li Che let them go so easily? Perhaps, the Corpse God Cult is still planning how to capture Xixi! Just thinking about it, Li Che felt that the Corpse God Cult should be cut into pieces.

The two masters, Xuanli and Xuanyuan, with gentle smiles on their faces, watched Gongyang Liancheng and Gong Yunli, leading the team of wood carving masters, walk towards the depths of the temple behind Xinyuan Temple.

The two monks looked at each other, and the smiles in their eyes disappeared without a trace.

Master Xuanli's figure suddenly straightened up, there was no trace of old age in his eyes anymore, and they were extremely sharp.

"Just now... my [Thousand Miles Divine Mirror] seemed to have reacted..."

"Xuan Jiu seems to be nearby!"

Master Xuanyuan's bald head was clear and bright. He wiped his head and asked in surprise: "Xuan Jiu... is he not dead yet?"

"How could he die? He was just injured by that old guy from the Imperial Observatory. It's not that easy to die... After all, he is a half-step cursed silver corpse."

Xuan Jiu was able to refine a half-step cursed silver corpse with a hint of silver energy.

Xuan Li felt that Xuan Jiu would not die so easily.

"So, you guess that Xuan Jiu concealed his identity and hid among the group of third-class guest officials of the Imperial Observatory?"

Master Xuanyuan frowned.

Master Xuanli nodded and looked at the team's figures that gradually became blurred in the snow and went deeper into the mountain path.

His eyes sparkled with brilliance.

"Xuan Jiu, please don't ruin our plan."

Master Xuanyuan's frown suddenly relaxed: "Xuan Jiu may be planning to use the temple-guarding cursed corpse in the strange temple to restore the power of Yin Gang... Why don't you send him a message and tell him not to ruin our plan."

Master Xuanli nodded, thinking it made sense.

…

…

There was a sudden snowstorm at the top of the mountain, and I walked on the mountain path for a while.

We are all practitioners. Those who can become masters of wood carving are not too weak, and naturally will not be affected by environmental factors in their journey and progress.

差不多半炷香的时间，李澈一行人便来到了那座诡异庙之前。

火眼玄惊灵猿诡异庙！坐落在半山腰处，却是将整个半山腰都给笼罩了起来。

在这儿，李澈甚至看到了不少村里旧址。

很显然，这诡异庙原本是因村落而滋生，如今村落覆灭，诡异庙也扩张到了极致。

浓郁的灰雾在翻滚着，伴随着风雪，看上去好似一座坐落在烟雾中，位于另一个时空的庙宇。

镇庙司的神差们在外围拉起了栅栏。

禁止修士无入庙令而踏足。

比起四御诡异庙的防守自然差了许多。

八极诡异庙，早已滋生出了诡阙，李澈好奇的观望着诡阙，当初飞雷城的城主曹光便打算设一场千婴宴，让诡异庙晋升位阶，诞生出诡阙。

可惜被李澈给破坏了计划。

因为有入庙令，且钦天监带木雕大师前来观庙神也非是第一次了。

所以，镇庙司的坐镇总差，只是简单的检查了一番就放行了。

总差手中出现一口香炉，点燃了三炷香后。

捧着香炉朝着前方走去。

诡阙浓雾竟是好似帘布般，朝着两侧撕开，露出了一条宽敞的大陆，直通那座高大的庙宇。

庙宇雕梁画栋，飞檐翘角，黑瓦之上沾染满了厚重的白雪，看上去颇有几分破败，墙体上则是篆刻着各种姿态的猿猴画像。

与第一次见到诡异庙时候一样。

一股磅礴的吸力顿时从庙宇之中爆发，但是，如今的李澈却早非当初第一次见到诡异庙的毛头小子。

先不说如今已经达到了熔炉宗师程度的体魄。

就单单铸就七轮神基所凝练的强大神识，就足以让他轻易挣脱这份诡异庙的诡异勾引。

“诡阙才是诡异庙最为危险的地方，普遍的认为，是诡异庙的自我防护措施……”

“只要破了诡阙，就能拨开诡雾见神庙。”

带队的镇庙司总差捧着香炉，淡淡说道。

“诡阙很危险，若是未曾攻克诡异庙，被诡阙卷入，会被拉扯入庙神幻境，容易沉沦其中，而且会遭遇到护庙咒尸的袭击……”

“八极诡异庙的护庙咒尸，可是能够达到媲美尸神教咒铜尸的程度。”

“尸神教的咒尸术，好像就是脱胎于诡异庙的护庙咒尸。”

简单的介绍了几句后。

一行人走过了差不多千米左右的诡雾路径，走到了庙宇之前。

“诸位，路就送到这儿，诡异庙之内，诸位便自行踏足吧。”

“观庙神，观庙神……要自我把握一个度。”

“若是神识承受不住了，神性扛不住了……就识趣的自我退出来。”

“否则，被庙神掌控了意识，沦为护庙咒尸，可就悔之晚矣。”

那位镇庙司的总差将燃烧着三炷香的香炉摆放在了诡异庙的门口。

“诸位，入内吧。”

“在三炷香烧尽之前，需要离开！”

镇庙司总差齐阳浩，沉声说道。

诸多三等客卿纷纷神色肃然，表示知晓，各自应下。

李澈也是随着大流应下。

继而便与诸位三等客卿们一般，越过了香炉，踏足到了诡异庙之内。

总差齐阳浩则是双手抱胸，腰间挎刀，静立在庙宇之前。

一旦三炷香烧尽，他便会第一时间捧起香炉，退去。

到时候……

诡阙回拢，这些三等客卿想要离开庙宇，可就得凭本事了。

镇守诡异庙的第一准则，能不与护庙咒尸及护庙妖兽交手，便不交手……

一旦交手多了，很容易惹得庙神复苏，惹起诡异庙暴动！至于这些三等客卿的死活……

他可不会管，因为已经规定了时间。

这些客卿贪婪想要多观庙神，那便为自己的贪婪付出代价。

……

……

李澈等诸多三等客卿，踏足到了诡异庙之内。

比起飞雷城外的那座灵婴庙，这座灵猿庙，宽大上了不少。

周围点燃着一根根白色的烛火，单纯的照明用，照亮了庙宇内的黑暗。

但实际上，这座灵猿庙并不算太大。

在一6一9一书一吧一看无一错版本！

诸多客卿涌入，便显得有些拥挤了。

小小一座庙，在祭坛之上，则是摆着三尊雕像。

一尊高大的庙神雕像，另外两尊则小上一些。

但无一例外，皆是猿猴的形象。

那尊庙神灵猿，则是穿着甲胄，双眸金灿如有流火，翘着二郎腿，坐在莲台之上。

只是看一眼，就有活泼、灵动透庙神木雕而出一般。

李澈寻了一处位置。

与其他客卿一般，盘膝而坐，仰头释放出神识，观赏庙神。

通过观看庙神雕像中所具备的神韵，于脑海之中模拟雕刻，来提升自己的雕刻技术。

有客卿凌空抬起手虚划，施展出大景钦天七元千手神雕术。

气氛一下子热烈了起来，大家都在认真的观庙神。

李澈只是看了一会儿，便明白观庙神的理论了。

就是感悟与捕捉庙神的意蕴。

庙神木雕……不知道是何人所雕刻？

听闻是伴随着诡异庙凭空而现。

其中蕴含着独特的雕刻技术。

之所以会有木雕大师这个职业，便是因为木雕大师模仿庙神木雕，通过捕捉与模仿庙神木雕的意蕴，让灵童、神童们能加速蕴养神性。

才会有如今这个世界，在原本气血武夫之道上，再度发展繁衍起来的神性修行之道。

李澈有摘星瞳在，基本上一眼就模仿学会了庙神灵猿的雕刻手法。

这种模仿，于他而言，毫无难度。

倒是【大雪崩观音莲弹】、【观音坐莲主战坦】等等存在技术性与研发性的东西，哪怕有摘星瞳，也需要一步一步的研发试错。

周围逐渐静悄悄下来。

“呼——”

“吸——”

四周安静极了。

大家似乎都陷入到了对庙神的观想中，心神被牵引走。

唯有李澈心思无比的活络。

扫视四周，确定大家都陷入沉寂之中后。

李澈才是站起身，掸了掸身上的墨衫，抬起手，点在了眉心。

轻轻往下一划。

“摘星瞳！”

万析无尽，汲魂点灵！眉心开裂，血肉好似朝着两方撕扯开来。

一只眼珠滴溜溜的转动，有淡淡的金烟，从瞳孔之中逸散而出。

随着千析手晋升成为了摘星瞳，他汲取庙神神性，甚至都不需要亲自跳上祭坛，伸出手去触摸。

只需要以摘星瞳对视庙神双眸便可。

嗡——

流光投射而出，落在了那头火眼玄惊灵猿之上。

下一刻。

李澈便看到，庙神雕像好似复苏过来一般。

那头灵猿的火眼，猛地扫视过来，天地之间，好似响彻起了灵猿的唳声！李澈眼前一阵恍惚。

仿佛周围的一切都发生了变化。

好似心神从外界到天地棋盘的挪移变化！刹那。

天地色变。

……

……

轰隆隆！诡异庙之外。

香炉静静摆放，三炷香安静的燃烧着，烟气笔直的垂直上升。

忽然。

齐阳浩猛地睁开眼，他双手抱胸，眸光锋锐。

盯着那三炷香上升腾起来的烟柱。

却发现，升腾起来的烟柱，先是向左摆动，继而又朝着右边歪扭。

好似被左右同时拂动而来的气流给撕碎！

齐阳浩汗毛倒竖，扭头看向了左右两侧，便发现那分开的诡阙浓雾。

竟是缓缓的开始闭合！齐阳浩甚至都能看到诡阙之中，若隐若现的护庙咒尸……及各种各样迷乱心神的幻境！“不对！”

“诡阙怎么提前闭合了？！”

“不是要等到三炷香燃烧尽吗？”

齐阳浩骇然。

心头大震！

诡异庙暴动！毫无征兆的暴动！要知道，往年钦天监的客卿入庙，可都是这个流程！“不好！”

齐阳浩赶忙冲到了那香炉旁。

朝着尚且在诡异庙之内观想庙神的诸多客卿嘶吼起来。

“醒来！”

“撤退！”

可是，那些客卿们，好似完全陷入了奇特的幻觉之中般。

他的呐喊，竟是没有起到丝毫的作用！

“该死……到底是怎么回事？”

总差齐阳浩脸色难看。

却也顾不得了。

甚至连香炉都来不及抓起，直接迈开步子，气血迸发，飞速朝着即将如帘布垂落在一起的诡阙之外狂奔而去。

咻——

在两侧诡阙如两股大浪拍打在一起的最后一刹那。

总差齐阳浩才是冲了出来。

远处。

公羊连城和宫云鲤顿时色变，纷纷赶赴了过来。

“发生了什么事？！”

公羊连城趁着脸。

齐阳浩落地之后，站起身，拍了拍差服之上的尘土，单手落在了腰间挎刀之上。

眼眸森冷。

“还能发生什么？”

“诡异庙……”

“暴动。”

……

……

喊杀声、流火声、爆炸声！

李澈睁开眼，便看到了一片残垣断壁般的景象，一座宫殿分崩离析，无数的碎石横飞崩塌。

地上，密密麻麻的，皆是猿猴的尸体……

散落满地，浓郁的血腥充塞在天地之间。

李澈不受控制的仰起头，便看到了天穹之上。

一道大红披风滚滚，头上两根长翎飞扬甩动的身影，身披鎏金玄灵宝甲，攥握一柄金色神兵棍，威势滔天，好似天地云流为之翻覆。

Opposite the figure, there were dense black clouds rolling, and above the black clouds, countless figures stood in a row, with an aura that was earth-shaking, oppressive, and cramped!

It's too far away.

I couldn't hear the conversation between the two parties.

All of a sudden, the heaven and earth were shaking with the sound of mournful laughter!

Full of sadness, endless sorrow...

Li Che just raised his head and took a look.

He wanted to take one more look.

But he couldn't do it at all. No, it wasn't that he couldn't do it...

But the perspective he occupied at this moment began to turn around and flee at lightning speed.

It seemed to be upholding the will of the powerful divine ape holding the golden stick and facing the endless weirdness.

Stay alive...

A huge sense of sorrow spread, eyes became blurred, and the picture was shattered.

Countless streams of fire burned up, turning into dripping tears of fire! Like a weeping ape, it leaped and ran nimbly across the mountains and fields.

"Qitian——"

"Qitian!!!"

Ear.

The endless sounds of the apes' fanaticism, excitement, and roars suddenly exploded in Li Che's ears!

Bang...

Endless perspectives shattered.

Li Che felt a sharp pain.

The possessed ape's vision was spinning around, and finally, it fell heavily to the ground.

He has fled to the foot of the mountain.

He struggled and staggered to a standing...

A burnt and cracked stone tablet.

He raised his hand with difficulty, and slapped the stone tablet with his blood-stained palm.

Slowly, stroking and pulling out a blood mark...

It seems as if a sense of belonging is engraved deep in the ape’s soul.

Just because there are three words written on the stone tablet.

"Huaguo Mountain."

Click, click...

Flame-like tears dripped from the flaming eyes.

"But in the future."

"There is no more Flower-Fruit Mountain."

"No more Qi Tian."

…

…

The picture is fragmented.

The star-picking pupil in the mud ball between Li Che's eyebrows exuded endless heat.

His eyes opened and closed, then slowly opened.

I don't know when, my cheeks were already wet with tears.

Li Che was still stunned.

Touched his wet cheek.

It felt like I hadn't yet recovered from what I had just seen.

What was that? The obsession of the temple god? But he had no intention of watching the obsession of the temple god...

He just intended to absorb the divinity of the temple god.

Why?

Why can he see the remaining obsession of the temple god? Is it because of the magical power [Picking Stars]?

Li Che didn’t know, couldn’t figure it out, and didn’t want to think about it.

Suddenly.

In his chest, [Chess Saint] Daoguo's heart was pounding!

His mind was suddenly immersed in the chessboard of heaven and earth.

But see...

Above the crisscrossing chessboard lines of heaven and earth.

Quietly floating a...

Monkey mask.

I'm stuck, it took me a while to write, I'll revise it, everyone please vote for me, give me some recommendation votes, so that I can get my thoughts straight! (End of this chapter)