Chapter 153 It makes sense, and it cannot be refuted

In the abandoned temple, the tall statues still have the splendor of the past, but the ground is in chaos.

Five people stood in the house in a disorderly manner, but they were all silent, only a suppressed voice flowed intermittently in the house.

"I came here to kill the evil spirits. That temple has existed for a long time. At first, it wasn't very popular, but now there are more and more evil spirits. The spiritual energy in this border area is a bit mixed. Our cultivation speed is very slow, but there are many merchants coming and going, and trade is prosperous. We have many ways to earn spiritual stones and obtain natural treasures from all over the place."

"There are more and more evil spirits. They feed on people's souls and blood. Cultivators with higher realms can still deal with them, but mortals always become their meals. There must be someone guarding here, but how can our cultivation speed be as fast as the evil spirits that eat people's blood and refine their souls?"

"There has to be a way. That day, several of our fellow Taoists with higher cultivation levels in the city got together to drink and discuss matters. We passed by a temple at night and saw the ever-lasting incense inside. We also saw the statue that had never faded for some reason, and suddenly we had an idea."

"Others believe in it, but they just want peace of mind. Maybe there really is a power in the dark that blesses our town."

"But how much power of vows can be formed by these incense sticks?"

"Several of us thought of the long-declined incense Shintoism. It just so happened that we found the practice method of the incense Shintoism from the fragments sold by traveling merchants. The first time we used it was when we encountered a powerful demon cultivator outside the city. We were exhausted, and the last tool we had to fight for our lives was the power of vows."

"Sure enough, we defeated the demon cultivators. To thank us, the merchants gave us many things. We said it was the blessing of the gods, so they went to the temple to offer a giant incense stick, which was almost ten feet high and particularly majestic."

"The temple's incense became more and more popular. Merchants and travelers would come here to offer a giant incense stick for travel safety. It gradually became a custom."

"In order to purify the resentful and evil spirits in the incense and vows, we... raised some things."

Lin Du nodded, "Ghost-faced bats and bone-eating worms."

"Everything was developing in the right direction at the beginning, until the evil demons we killed dared not come." Shen Yan's voice paused abruptly, as if every sentence he said next was particularly laborious.

"Then... the incense gradually decreased... the children in the city began to disappear."

"We didn't expect that the god of incense would raise a man-eating monster."

"There were fewer and fewer children in the city, and more and more people went to the temple to burn incense. I don't know what the evil spirits noticed, and they began to wreak havoc outside the city. My wife... I don't know why she appeared outside the city, but she clearly came to the temple that day!"

"We really didn't expect it... We all wanted to kill the evil spirits."

"How could a god who was supposed to kill evil spirits become an evil spirit!"

Shen Yan's voice couldn't help but become excited.

Lin Du's expression never changed, without even a trace of surprise or fluctuation. It was obvious that he had already anticipated the direction of everything.

"It is true that things in this world are unpredictable, but I still have a question that I don't understand. The bone-eating worms and ghost-faced bats don't just feed on resentment, they also feed on corpses. May I ask Senior Shen Yan, where do those corpses come from? Are they just evil cultivators?"

"Or... are there other corpses of innocent passers-by who died in vain?"

The room was suddenly very quiet.

After a long time, Shen Yan's voice finally rang out, "Although when you asked me the question just now, I knew that you were smart beyond compare, but you, kid, are too smart."

"Yes, indeed, the corpses of evil demons are not enough, there are also corpses of passers-by who died."

Lin Du lightly sighed, that was indeed a bit unethical.

People's hearts are always like this. It is difficult to face the mistakes they have made, and they dare not review the details. After all, every detail is tantamount to repeatedly questioning their conscience.

Perhaps compared with the pain of losing his wife and son, what is more difficult for Shen Yan to accept is that his own thoughtlessness led to a big mistake and indirectly caused the death of his wife. Even if he regrets and wants to destroy the statue, everything has returned to dust.

Although the four people have long known that Lin Du has a strong judgment and extremely agile thinking, they are still shocked every time.

Maybe there have been neglects and omissions in the middle, but she will always put out the crucial chess piece before others at the last moment.

It is hard to imagine that a person can accurately infer a truth that is almost the same as the facts from those insignificant details.

The people watching in front of the water mirror were also shocked. At the strong request of everyone, they alone opened the sound of the secret realm of the Supreme Sect. Although it was not loud, and sometimes even drowned out by the discussion of the crowd, the high-level monks with strong consciousness and five senses could hear it clearly.

Since Lin Du asked questions step by step, the confusing situation has just revealed a little light.

She is like the sharpest knife in the world, with a cold and rational snow light, breaking through the lingering haze that shrouds the lonely city.

"What on earth did this kid eat to grow up so smart?"

"Didn't you hear? He loves to read."

"That's true."

Lin Du's exceptionally calm voice continued to come out, "The senior asked us to enter the temple, and never mentioned the secrets inside, nor the existence of the Jingzhong Formation. The remains of your wife and children are here. Since you are obsessed with revenge and have led us here, then..."

She unveiled the evil-repelling talisman, and then threw the wooden sword and magnolia hairpin into the mahogany box, "The juniors will not disturb you."

Lin Du turned around and left. The four people behind him were stunned, but they followed him subconsciously, not daring to show any doubt on their faces.

"Little Master, are we really leaving?" Ni Jinxuan sent a voice message to Lin Du.

Lin Du walked with big steps, not even looking back.

"The incense god here has been worshipped for at least several hundred years, and the spirit of the Jingzhong formation outside can kill a cultivator of the Huiyang realm. What are we doing here? Seeking death? We can't afford to offend them."

"Let them take revenge and complain."

"Of the thirty-six strategies, running away is the best one."

Ni Jinxuan felt that the junior master's words made sense and were almost irrefutable, but she also felt that the junior master didn't think so in his heart and should have a backup plan.

This change caught everyone off guard.

Those who were just praising Lin Du for his sharp insight fell silent, their faces full of doubts.

"Just leaving like this? The formation won't be broken? The evil god won't be destroyed?"

"You are the Supreme Sect! You are the righteous disciples who fight against demons and defend the Way! Are you leaving now?"

Lin Du crossed the threshold with one leg hugging her arms, and then she heard a question from behind, "Are you really leaving?"

The ghost of a young man appeared in front of the statue, "But the statue has been given birth to an evil spirit, don't you disciples of the Supreme Sect have to kill the evil spirits?"

"Senior, you just said that I am a child, and my nephews are also children. Can you bear to see us children die one by one?"

Lin Du walked out of the house without even turning her head. The four people behind her followed her and walked out of the house.

Chen Yan looked at the backs of the children for a while, and finally smiled helplessly, then squatted down and picked up the wooden sword and the hairpin.

"Well, well, it turns out that here, I can finally have a beginning and an end today."

The young man turned and looked at the statue, "It's just an evil spirit. I failed to dismantle you before I died, and today I will smash you to pieces!"

The house was filled with cold winds and yin energy. The young man's ghost became more solid, his nails and long hair grew wildly, and his body became what it was before his death.

He held the small wooden sword in his hand, and the yin energy was rioting, rushing wildly into the blood-stained small wooden sword. In a trance, he could hear the crisp laughter of a child.

The scene was undoubtedly funny. The tall young man was holding a child's small wooden sword. It didn't look like a sword, and it was even less useful than a dagger.

But no one could laugh, because the sword energy wielded by the ghost was extremely sharp, and it also carried the majestic sword energy to exorcise demons and break evil spirits.

At the moment he made his move, the Jingzhong formation outside the house sensed the murderous aura and was quickly aroused, but because the person inside the house was not a living person, there was no entity, so there was no way to restrict Shen Yan's movements at the first moment.

The sword energy hit the statue, but there was a cracking sound, and a crack appeared from top to bottom.

Lin Du and his four nephews stood in the yard watching this scene, and the compass in his palm was spinning wildly, and finally turned to a place inside the house.

The young man in the canopy robe suddenly moved, and she strode towards the door.

"Junior Master! Aren't we defeated? Why are you going in?"

Lin Du stopped in front of the door, felt the formation, and confirmed that he was only inside the house. He said, "Yes, I won't go in."

"I'm just standing at the door, cheering and supporting."

Everyone was speechless after hearing this. The four nephews thought it made sense and followed her to the door.

Yuan Ye took out his erhu, "Is it okay for me to cheer and support too?"

This is called listening to the words of the junior master!