Chapter 1 The Temple Under Seal

The temple was sealed off, and no unrelated persons were allowed to enter, which caused the incense to disappear all at once. When Ji Xiang had finished experiencing the power of the Zijing Pill and was preparing to continue collecting incense to replenish his form and spirit, he found that the incense had already been exhausted.

It was late at this time.

The temple priest was not there, nor were the foreman and his workers.

In front of the statue, the incense burner was placed, but only three incense sticks remained. The temple was empty, and all the gods had lost their incense offerings.

"What's going on? Where are the pilgrims? Where are my many pilgrims?"

Ji Xiang looked bewildered.

What kind of things happened outside while he was cultivating inside the statue?

Could it be that the monk came and abducted all the pilgrims? That shouldn't be the case.

Not far away, he could sense the presence of four people, whose qi and blood were much stronger than ordinary people, but they were not cultivators, but mortals.

They guarded the door, not allowing outsiders to enter. Ji Xiang's heart moved, and the divine evil spirit in the temple was startled out. It was still the red-haired puppy, wagging its tail and appearing from the void.

"Liang Gui, who are those people outside the door?"

"Woof!"

The red-haired puppy wagged its tail. Although it had watched the fighting in the temple the whole time, it couldn't speak human language, so it barked at the door. Immediately, someone came in from outside, and the red-haired puppy disappeared into the temple again.

The government yamen runners came in and turned around, which surprised Ji Xiang.

What matter required the government to seal off the temple?

Could it be that the temple priest had committed something and was arrested?

Or had this temple offended someone and was about to be demolished?

As dusk approached, the yamen runners at the door, seeing that they had no way to return, could only chat here, talking about some ghostly matters, but they were soon ridiculed by their colleagues.

"How could there be any monsters or ghosts appearing at the door of this temple!"

"Not to mention that the temple master often displays his divine power, even Lord Zhenwu was angered by that white-faced monk today and revealed his holy wrath. What little demon who doesn't have eyes would dare to come here to cause trouble?"

The yamen runners shook their heads. This place was not a desolate wild temple, but a proper temple with great incense in Qiantang County.

Moreover, someone patted his pocket, which contained the Buddhist beads given by the white-robed monk from Lingyin Temple.

It was said that demons with low cultivation levels could not get close at all.

A young yamen runner asked curiously, "Then what if it's a demon with a high cultivation level?"

The yamen runner holding the Buddhist beads rolled his eyes: "Is there even a need to say? Then just wait for death."

The young yamen runner was immediately speechless, but suddenly thought that the divine master in this temple was not easy to get along with, and immediately said:

"However, if the temple master comes back, and we are guarding here at the door, will we be shot with a few arrows? Wouldn't that also be death? I don't want to die yet."

This young yamen runner suddenly felt a little apprehensive.

But the old yamen runner, who was holding the Buddhist beads and had been working for several years, waved his hand:

"Look at what you're saying, you haven't offended her, just explain it to her properly. Can gods still bother with us ordinary people? It's not like we want to guard here, it's just that we're afraid that the monks from Lingyin Temple will offend Lord Zhenwu again!"

The moon was bright and the stars were sparse, and the sound of the lake water rippled. There was no wind and no strange phenomena. There were no lights in the temple, but it was still bright and clear. Although the yamen runners felt strange in their hearts, it was not unacceptable, after all, there were real gods in this temple.

But they waited until midnight, and the temple master did not return.

Even Ji Xiang was a little strange.

"Before the sun rises, she worships the statue of Zhenwu, goes to exterminate demons, responds to the world, and transforms, but she hasn't returned yet. Could it be that she lost to a demon or something, and didn't win?"

Because he had borrowed the incense from this temple, Ji Xiang felt that he should also take care of this matter, but the location where the temple master went out to respond to the world, subdue demons and eliminate evil, was unknown to anyone. He needed to use the true meaning of the three teachings to deduce a tracking technique.

But Ji Xiang was reluctant, after all, the spells of the Shangqing Sect were much more important than tracking techniques.

So he decided to wait a little longer, and once again determined a new goal. At least for now, after reshaping his form and spirit, the first thing to do when he went out was to farm the White Lotus Sect dungeon, replenish his spell inventory, and ensure the normal progress of future deductions.

After midnight passed, the yamen runners guarding the door were already a little sleepy.

But at this moment, Ji Xiang heard the sound of chanting the Zhenwu incantation in prayer!

"It's the temple master, she is using the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse."

The Zhenwu statue in the temple reacted, and Ji Xiang mobilized his thoughts, replacing the statue to respond to the call of this incantation!

She wants to borrow magic power?

Easy to say!

A vast magic power followed the call and was transmitted from the void. Ji Xiang sat upright on the divine platform and began to recite the Chapter of Subduing Demons!

Capturing life in the ten directions, subduing the ninety outer paths, and one hundred and eighty demon heads!

The darkness trembled, and the subduing magic incantation was transmitted to a distant place. Ji Xiang could feel that the demon qi in response was very strong, and the wishes of the world were entwined in the place where the subduing magic incantation appeared. For a time, the sound of crying could not be stopped!

An extremely evil power was sensed by Ji Xiang through the distant void, causing all kinds of illusions to appear in Ji Xiang's eyes.

The illusions showed some extremely fierce ghosts, a white-boned baby ghost laughing, a Daolao evil ghost howling in the wind and rain, a red-clothed vengeful ghost floating between heaven and earth, as well as white and red zombies, flying between heaven and earth, Yaksha hiding in the night, and hungry ghosts walking in broad daylight!

"What a great ferocity, it can actually make me see all kinds of fierce omens. If this monster is allowed to exist, the situation that appears in the fierce omens will be brewed. At that time, groups of ghosts will lurk on the earth, causing disaster."

"It's really strange. According to what the temple master said, she shouldn't have reached the time to subdue such a demon. She herself said that there were only a few days left. Today, she is just responding to the world and eliminating some small monsters. How could something with such ferocity appear?"

"But in this Qiantang territory, there should not only be Lingyin Temple of the Buddhist sect, but also Dongxiao Palace and the Holy Palace of Quanzhen Dao in the south, Yulong Taoist Temple, which are as famous as Baiyun Guan and Yongle Palace. Buddhism and Taoism are flourishing here, how could such a demon lurk here?"

"If it's not the righteous path protecting it, even ghosts wouldn't believe it."

No matter how much the great demon lurks, fighting so arrogantly with the folk gods, and even across the distant world, Ji Xiang can sense the opponent's ferocity through the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse. How could it be possible for the righteous path to not discover such a big fierce thing, and remain indifferent?

The ferocity that Ji Xiang sensed was from low to high, so he used the Chapter of Subduing Demons to press against the void from a distance!

Scripture of the Cavern Heavens!

Seal of the Three Capitals!

"This Chapter of Subduing Demons eliminates the evil power of the outer path, and I will use the Zhenwu incantation again, to act across the world, driving the three points of vitality of heaven and earth to form the Great Seal of the Three Capitals. Even if I can't kill the opponent, I can at least severely injure them!"

"I have just entered the Earth Immortal realm, I should still be able to do this kind of method."

Following closely, the recitation of the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse that was transmitted from the void stopped.

What replaced it was a wave of light and compassion.

"Has the evil monster been subdued?"

Across such a distance, even without knowing the direction, this was all that could be done. Ji Xiang remotely used the Chapter of Subduing Demons to provide support. This Chapter of Subduing Demons could even repel unknown psychic techniques. The mere human demons could not exceed the ninety outer paths or the one hundred and eighty demon heads.

......

In a black mountain, the temple master wearing cyan-black armor was fighting with a vaguely shaped demon. At this time, her body was filled with incense, her armor was severely damaged, and she was chanting the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse, while the vaguely shaped demon was making strange laughter:

"I already knew that you would come here to reveal your holiness, but some demons cannot be easily eliminated by you, your strength is far from enough."

"The mere incantation of Zhenwu, we have long been accustomed to it, and even enjoy devouring this method. Your use of the Zhenwu incantation is just giving us some food."

The vaguely shaped demon floated its figure, surrounding the heaven, earth, and black mountain. But at this moment, the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse suddenly made the void vibrate!

The vitality between heaven and earth gathered, and the sound of the darkness echoed throughout the week. The vaguely shaped demon, hearing the sound of the darkness, affected the inside of its soul, causing it to suddenly lose all its demon qi, and all its magic power disappeared, just like snow meeting the sun quickly melting!

And between heaven and earth, vitality suddenly gathered, turning into a large seal descending from the sky!

Scripture of the Cavern Heavens, Great Seal of the Three Capitals!

Acting across the world!

Vitality turned into substance, cracking the earth thirty miles outside the black mountain. The demon received a hit, and its form and spirit were destroyed, disappearing without a trace!

And the temple master with damaged armor, looked in astonishment at everything that had just happened!

She didn't know how this could happen, she had only recited the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse once!

In short, the demon disappeared and its life or death was unknown. Even if it was dead, she immediately left here. The black mountain territory suppressed her divine qi, and after she left, waves of light and compassionate power appeared here.

A white-robed man, with the air of an immortal, with waves of flames wrapped around his arm, came to this place, greatly puzzled.

"That little god in the temple, I was moved by the current dynasty's grace, and saw that she was the filial daughter of the previous dynasty, so I didn't attack her. After all, she has the reputation of the previous dynasty to protect her. Killing her would be very detrimental to the cohesion of public opinion, but now she actually has such cultivation, able to kill a Yuanshen realm demon with one blow?"

"It seems that I need to visit that small temple! I can't let her mess around any longer."

......

When the day was about to dawn, the temple master reappeared. At this time, the armor she wore when she went out was already tattered. Her whole body exuded incense, not blood. Those wounds had deep imprints of fierce demon qi within them, making it impossible to recover.

Her hair fluttered, looking like it would disappear at any time, and many parts of her body were the same, fluttering, as if she had lost her substantial form. This was damage to her form and spirit.

The body of such folk gods is formed by the condensation of incense and wishes. The form and spirit are their important reliance on appearing in the world. If the form and spirit are damaged, then they can only use wooden carvings and clay sculptures to move.

When she returned to the temple, the yamen runners also heard a gust of wind blowing in the temple, and combined it with the legends of manifestation they had heard in the past, they wanted to push the door open to peek, but found that the door could not be opened no matter what.

"The temple master must have returned!"

They said this with great certainty, and the temple master, who had sealed the door, was also very strange.

"I haven't returned for a day, why are there so many yamen runners from Qiantang County in front of the temple gate?"

So she transmitted her voice to the yamen runners outside the temple, but did not intend to open the door:

"I am the Silver Vase Maiden, yamen runners of Qiantang County, why are you lingering in front of my temple!"

The yamen runners, hearing this, quickly responded outside the door:

"Is it really the divine master manifesting in the temple? Don't be some kind of demon!"

They took the Buddhist beads in their hands, and the temple master felt the power of the Buddhist Dharma, and immediately scolded: "Stop testing me with Buddhist beads! Do you want to be shot with an arrow!"

The yamen runners outside heard this, and immediately nodded. The old yamen runner holding the Buddhist beads said to the others:

"That's right, she keeps talking about shooting people with arrows, it's her."

"I didn't expect to actually see this manifestation in front of my eyes, it's just a pity that there's a door between us."

After the old yamen runner muttered, he immediately said loudly inside:

"Divine master, please forgive us! We were sent by the county magistrate of Qiantang County to guard this place, only because during the day, Lord Zhenwu revealed his holy spirit, causing those wealthy merchants and pilgrims to rush here to offer incense, and even fought each other for a stick of incense. In the end, hundreds of people fought in the temple, and the monks of Lingyin Temple said that there was the inner power of their Buddhist Dharma in the statue of Lord Zhenwu, and they wanted to move it back to Lingyin Temple, but they didn't expect Lord Zhenwu to be furious. At that time, the wind and thunder shook together, and the heaven and earth were dim..."

The old yamen runner's words were very smooth. Although he didn't understand the terms of magic power and inner power at all, it didn't matter, the county magistrate told him to say it like this, so he just said it like that, and when he said these words, those young yamen runners on the side looked at him with admiration, which made the old yamen runner feel proud.

What we said were all professional terms in the cultivation world, which ordinary people can't understand!

It seems that if we practice our skills, we can also write Qingci when we go back?

The temple master, hearing the old yamen runner's explanation, was shocked!

"The Zhenwu statue revealed its divine power in the daytime? It even alarmed the monks of Lingyin Temple to come here?"

The temple master didn't know that the white-robed monk came with the county magistrate, but thought that Lingyin Temple had sent their own people here to take the statue, and was immediately furious!

They dare to take things from her temple!

Then she looked at the Zhenwu statue again, and many questions arose in her heart.

It manifested its spirit in the daytime, and just now when she was fighting with the demon, she was about to be defeated. Using the Zhenwu incense she had taken yesterday before leaving, and performing the Zhenwu Subduing Demon Curse, the other party suddenly received a stimulus, and those evil demonic qi were completely dissolved in an instant.

Then a large seal descended from the heaven and earth, and suddenly bombarded and killed the demon!

She was truly surprised and happy at this time, because the power she had sensed before was not so mysterious. She didn't expect that in just one day, the power had changed so much. Perhaps it was the incense offerings of those people, steaming in the temple, which made the wisp of power in the Zhenwu statue get sufficient growth!

"Good power! Good power! With this power of yours, next, I can let go and act!"

The temple master obviously had her own plans. After this manifestation of holiness and demon elimination, it seemed that there was still a real big demon to be eliminated, and she was about to use this so-called "Zhenwu power" to drive it.