"Where were you last night?"
Wan Zhuliu suddenly asked.
"Last night, last night I..." Ding Dian was speechless for a moment, then lowered his head, his eyes flickering as he said, "Last night I went to see Master Huiyuan to ask for Buddhist teachings!"
"How did you ask for advice?"
"Isn't your Excellency being a bit lenient?"
At this time, the voice of Master Huiyuan was heard outside the door. Her voice was still as charming and filled with a hint of temptation.
Ding Dian turned around immediately and asked, "What are you doing here? Didn't I tell you to leave immediately?"
"I will stay with you, and will never abandon you no matter how hard it takes!" Huiyuan's tone was sad, with a hint of tenderness.
“Nonsense!”
Ding Dian was furious. "I'll help you get what you want. This place is very evil. If you don't leave now, once the underground palace is fully opened, none of us will be able to leave!"
After hearing the conversation between the two, Wan Zhuliu felt a headache.
This Ding Dian, it seems...
It’s different from yesterday and the day before yesterday. Instead, it’s more like the original Ding Dian.
He rubbed his slightly bulging temples. "Wait a minute, can you tell me what happened these past two days? You two are like ghosts, especially you, Master Huiyuan. You led me to the lake last night. You have to give a reasonable explanation, right?
Otherwise, I will have to beat you two to death!"
Hearing this, Ding Dian was stunned.
"Sir, it seems that you have encountered it too!"
"What happened?"
"A ghost is blinding us!" Ding Dian's face was solemn. "To be honest, Huiyuan and I haven't left the yard for the past two days since we arrived in the village. We're just afraid that a ghost might be blinding us!"
"What's the meaning?"
"The yin energy is very strong around Xuanyan Lake, especially at midnight. It's easy to have all kinds of hallucinations. So before the underground palace is opened, we didn't want to come out. We let our men do everything. But this morning, I found everyone dead!"
Upon hearing this, Wan Zhuliu's face became even colder.
"So, you two knew from the beginning that something was wrong here?"
"To open the underground palace, we need to sacrifice some lives. Lord Wang is also aware of this, so he asked us to bring so many people here!" Ding Dian answered indifferently.
"So, were the officers from the prison and the patrol department here all the ones you prepared as sacrifices?"
"That's about right. A true master like you, sir, can naturally survive to enter the underground palace. Others, even if they can leave the village alive, cannot leave the underground palace. It doesn't matter whether they die early or late, but-"
His face looked a little pale. "It's just that too many people have died here, and the underground palace emits too much negative energy every day. This has turned this place into a place of resentment. It's unlikely that we can wait until the underground palace is truly opened!"
"What about now?" Wan Zhuliu continued to ask.
“This is for you!”
Ding Dian handed over a stack of yellow paper, about six or seven sheets in total, covered with densely packed black symbols like tadpoles. A glance at it made people feel blurred vision and dizzy, making it difficult to recognize any specific content.
Without waiting for Wan Zhuliu to ask, he took the initiative to explain, "This is the Qinglian Evil-Repelling Talisman from the Qinglian Temple. It can help us avoid the influence of Yin Qi and prevent hallucinations. The closer the underground palace passage is to opening, the denser the Yin Qi will be, and the more serious the pollution to our spirit will be. Each talisman can resist for half an hour!"
Wan Zhuliu took the talisman paper with half belief and half doubt, picked out a piece at random, and secretly injected a trace of true energy into it.
In an instant, the paper surface began to heat up, but there was no major change overall.
"Yes, that's how it's used. We have to wait until noon! It's in this yard, we can't go out."
After saying that, Ding Dian pushed Huiyuan out of the yard with a serious expression, "Follow the route we agreed on and leave quickly. Otherwise, when those people arrive, you won't be able to leave even if you want to!"
Huiyuan looked hesitant and was about to speak.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the courtyard. "Since you're already here, why are you leaving?"
A group of more than ten people came over, each wearing a blue-gray Taoist robe, with their hair tied in a bun, holding a willow-leaf rapier with a white jade handle, and the scabbard engraved with runes, which looked quite elegant and gorgeous.
"Taihe Palace, Yuan Ting?!"
Huiyuan exclaimed.
"Why? Junior Sister Huiyuan, you can come to Qinglian Temple, but I can't come to Taihe Palace?" The middle-aged Taoist with a long beard who was in the lead smiled faintly and asked.
Ding Dian seemed unable to bear it any longer and walked forward to stand in front of Huiyuan.
"Yuan Ting, what do you want to do?"
"I don't want to do anything, but that thing belongs to the capable. My Taihe Palace has many talented people, especially those who are good at geomancy and qi-reading. They should be the ones who can easily go down to the underground palace, right?"
Yuan Ting's tone remained calm.
"As for you..." Yuan Ting showed a slightly evil smile, "You are quite strong. It would be a good choice for us to form a partnership!"
"What if we don't agree?" Ding Dian responded coldly.
"Then you have to ask the sword in my hand!"
Buzz!
The long sword hummed, and before it was unsheathed, it already revealed its innate sword energy and rushed towards the three people.
After just one encounter, Huiyuan covered her chest with her hands and her face turned pale.
Ding Dian also felt uncomfortable.
Only Wan Zhuliu looked calm as he quietly looked at the Taoist priest in front of him.
The opponent's blood and energy were like a dragon, his aura was pure, and sword energy was emitted from his body. It was obvious that he was a master in the Return to Void Realm.
And Yuan Ting also saw Wan Zhuliu.
He looked Wan Zhuliu up and down with some surprise, and found that he could not see through the other party's realm, but the other party's aura revealed that he was around the state of concentration.
"Did you use any special secret method?"
“Who are you!”
He asked twice in quick succession.
"How dare you, Yuan Ting! Lord Wan is the Chief of the State Prisons and the acting head of the State Administrative Office. He has come here on the orders of the Governor. If you stop him, does that mean that the Taihe Palace no longer wants to enjoy the incense of Luozhou?"
"State Affairs Office...Feather Division?" Yuan Ting was stunned, his expression becoming more serious. "You are the leader of the Feather Division, Brother Wan from Tianji Tower, right?"
"Yes, Your Excellency?"
"I am Yuan Ting, the chief of Taihe Palace in Luozhou!" The middle-aged Taoist clasped his hands slightly and saluted.
Wan Zhuliu's heart was slightly moved when he heard this.
No wonder.
Taihe Palace is the Taoist palace second only to Xuanqing Palace in Luozhou. The current palace master, Yuan Yuan, was canonized as Taihe Zhenren by the court, and his strength is not inferior to that of the current palace master of Xuanqing Palace.
Since the person in front of him is the chief of Taihe Palace, he must be the one who will succeed the position of Palace Master in the future, so his strength is naturally not weak.
Thinking of this, Wan Zhuliu nodded, "Chief Yuan, do you mean to stop me?"
“I dare not!”
Yuan Ting immediately waved his hand. "Since Brother Wan has come in person, I'm sure other experts from the Tianji Tower have also come along, right? I've met your tower's Flash Envoy and Ghost Wind Envoy several times before. They are both masters among masters. You are the Black Wind Envoy, so I'm sure you are also very powerful. You are fully qualified to work with me and conspire for great things together!"
"In that case, thank you very much!
I don't understand the art of feng shui. If I want to explore the underground palace, I have to rely on Chief Yuan!" Wan Zhuliu also gave him face and bowed slightly.
After all, he was confused now and needed a guide.
Yuan Ting is obviously powerful enough, and he comes from a Taoist temple. No one is more familiar with Feng Shui than them.
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