"Xiaoxue, have you decided?"

Qin Gengyun asked Fang Xue.

Fang Xue nodded, and everyone saw that she had made up her mind and decided not to try to persuade her any further.

"This is the antidote that I found in Chang's mansion last night. You three will be able to recover after taking it."

Luo Wenzhi handed the antidote to Si Minglan, Fang Xue, and Mo Xiaolan, hesitated for a moment, and said:

"When I searched Chang Shengzi's room last night, I discovered something. The technique to transform into a mole was something he accidentally found in the abandoned Taoist temple in Zhentang Mountain. From what he wrote in his handwriting, there seemed to be something strange in the ruined Taoist temple."

"Broken Taoist Temple?"

Si Minglan and Fang Xue looked at each other and asked quickly:

"Is it a dilapidated Taoist temple on a hill more than ten miles away from Xingluo Town?"

Luo Wenzhi nodded: "Yes, that mountain is Zhentang Mountain."

"Zhen Tangshan?" Everyone looked at him, Luo Wenzhi said:

"The elders in the town said that five hundred years ago, when there was no Xingluo Town, there was already a Taoist temple on Zhentang Mountain, and a statue of the goddess was enshrined in it."

"It is said that this goddess can grant people superior spiritual roots."

"So every day many couples bring their newborn children to worship the statue."

"Legend has it that many newborns' spiritual roots actually rose in rank, and this Taoist temple on Zhentang Mountain became increasingly famous."

"It seems something happened later, and no one dared to go to this Taoist temple anymore. It gradually fell into disrepair, and Zhentang Mountain became a barren mountain."

"Goddess? It turns out that the dilapidated Taoist temple where my third sister and I hid had such a legend!"

Fang Xue listened with fascination, and suddenly remembered something, and quickly said to Si Minglan:

"Third Senior Sister, there are ten volumes of the Record of Heavenly Beasts. If we can find the other volumes in that ruined Taoist temple, maybe there are some techniques that can be practiced without eating humans?"

"Zhen Tang Mountain?" Qiu Zhihe frowned slightly, and Fang Xue said:

"Xiaoxue, take us to have a look."

Everyone said goodbye to Luo Wenzhi, and Fang Xue, Si Minglan and a few others quickly arrived at a small hill more than ten miles outside of Xingluo Town.

The Zhentang Mountain was overgrown with weeds and looked desolate, with no trace of the former prosperity that Luo Wenzhi had described.

"My third sister and I escaped from Xiyue Peak and were sent here by Qianli Fu. We hid in that broken Taoist temple for several days and were then captured by the Chang family. It was there."

They soon reached the middle of the mountain. Fang Xue pointed to a building in the distance that was hidden by dense forests, with only a corner of the ruins visible.

Walking into the dense forest, we came to the building, and it was indeed a small Taoist temple. However, the walls were tilted, and the door was covered with dust and cobwebs, making it look extremely dilapidated.

"Luo Wenzhi said that Chang Shengzi's handwriting recorded that he found the "Record of Celestial Beasts - Earthworm Volume" under the statue of the goddess in this Taoist temple."

Qin Gengyun remembered what Luo Wenzhi had just said and walked forward to push open the dilapidated door.

Crunch!

A shrill sound was heard, and the broken wooden door was pushed open, revealing the scene inside the Taoist temple.

The dusty ground, the broken incense burner with a missing corner, the rotten pillars, and the statue covered with cobwebs.

When people walked into the Taoist temple, their eyes were involuntarily attracted to the statue.

"ah?"

Fang Xue suddenly let out a light cry, raised her hand, and spiritual power surged out, brushing away the dust and cobwebs on the statue.

The face of the statue is revealed.

She has delicate eyebrows and eyes, and looks very heroic. Her long hair is tied into a ponytail. Although she is sitting cross-legged on the ground, one can still see that she is tall and has long legs.

Several people subconsciously turned to look at Mo Xiaolan.

"Son-in-law, isn't this statue your Taoist friend Mo? Ouch!"

Liusu covered the back of her head, not daring to say anything more under Qiu Zhihe's cold gaze, but Si Minglan next to her was equally surprised, and looked closely at the statue and Mo Xiaolan:

"Junior sister, we have lived in this Taoist temple for several days. Why didn't we find that this statue in the Chang family dungeon looked very similar to Taoist Mo?"

Mo Xiaolan was also a little dazed. She walked to the statue and looked at it carefully.

The delicate eyebrows, the heroic face, the long hair tied into a ponytail, the simple robe, every detail of them is exactly the same.

But after looking at it for a while, I felt that this statue seemed a little different from myself.

This feeling is very strange, just like suddenly meeting someone who looks very similar to you on the street, but upon closer inspection, the features and temperament are different.

"This goddess is gentler than Friend Mo. She is smiling, as if she is smiling at her husband."

Qiu Zhihe said beside him, and Qin Gengyun nodded:

"Similar in appearance but not in spirit. By the way, Xiaoxue, don't you find that this goddess looks a lot like Mo Xiaolan?"

Fang Xue and Si Minglan looked at each other and shook their heads:

"We were all so eager to practice healing in the dungeon that we didn't pay attention."

Fang Xue thought about it carefully: "And I remember that the face of the goddess statue was a little blurry at that time, not as clear as it is today."

"Yes, I remember that too!"

Si Minglan agreed, walked to the goddess statue, and sneered:

"There is something strange about this place."

She suddenly raised her hand and slapped out.

"Third Senior Sister!"

Fang Xue had no time to stop it. With a loud bang, the statue of the goddess exploded. For a moment, smoke and dust filled the air, and fragments covered the ground.

"Be careful, lady."

Qin Gengyun stood in front of Qiu Zhihe and Mo Xiaolan to prevent any changes.

Fang Xue and Si Minglan stood back to back in tacit understanding in order to deal with possible emergencies.

Liusu looked around and thought, well, I’m the only one living alone, so if anyone is going to die, I should be the first one to die, right?

After waiting for a while, when the smoke and dust had dispersed, there was only one statue missing from the Taoist temple and some debris on the ground, and there was no other change.

"strangeness."

Si Minglan frowned. She had just clearly felt that something was wrong with the statue, but after it was smashed, there was no change, which surprised her.

"Third Senior Sister!"

Fang Xue suddenly let out a soft cry, and saw a brilliant light suddenly emitted from the tattered base that was revealed after the statue was shattered.

Two colorful bones slowly rose into the air.

"Colorful bones?!"

Everyone was surprised. They didn't expect that there were two colorful bones hidden under the statue!

You should know that only great beings at least in the late Nascent Soul stage or above have the chance to leave behind spiritual bones when they pass away.

The spiritual bones are overflowing with spiritual energy and shine brightly, so they are called "colorful bones".

A piece of colorful bone contains a powerful cultivator's skills, cultivation insights, and fighting experience, and its value is far higher than a top-grade skills book.

And in this dilapidated and desolate Taoist temple, there are actually two colorful bones? !

Si Minglan was stunned: "Junior sister, how come we didn't find these two pieces of colorful bones?"

Fang Xue murmured and shook her head: "But, Third Senior Sister, when we first moved into this Taoist temple, we searched it thoroughly. It's impossible that we didn't even notice the colorful bones!"

At this time, two pieces of colorful bones were suspended in the air and suddenly collided with each other, emitting an even brighter light.

The light turned into a large light curtain, within which an unexpected scene appeared.