"Do you mean that in order to return to the position of Kui Jupiter Monarch, De Lao on the one hand constantly absorbs ghost qi to enhance his strength, and on the other hand, he uses the beliefs of those mortals to increase his popularity?"

"If that's what you understand, that's fine. ”

Ye Dingxi held back a smile at the corner of his mouth.

I nodded, and subconsciously looked over to Desheng's side.

All the purple smoke had been absorbed, and the two pieces of flesh on the ground instantly surged out two blood-red flames, spontaneously combusting in the snow, and in less than a moment, the original body turned into ashes, scattered everywhere with the whistling mountain wind.

"What about his soul?"

I looked around, but I didn't find an out-of-body ghost.

Ye Dingxi said coldly: "His body, mind and soul have all been eroded by the dry divine wood, and he has long been fused into a part of the evil thing, so naturally there will be no more Yin Soul Reincarnation." ”

"If you don't become an immortal, you will become a demon. ”

I sighed secretly, and suddenly remembered that there were indeed many strange and complex remnants of ghost qi in the cave that sealed me just now, as well as the scratches on the rocks, which should be those monks who had been imprisoned, right?

"Let's go, go over there!"

I grabbed his hand and was about to walk in the direction of the half-sided cave when I suddenly heard a shout not far away.

"Lord Ye, Sister Donglean!"

It's the little monk Yunjian!

I turned my head suddenly, looking at the little figure who was rushing wildly, his face covered in plaster, and his coat was gray and black, but his eyes were still sparkling and full of surprise.

"Finally, you've found it!" he gasped, his smiling face flushed with darkness.

I sneered, grabbed my sleeve and wiped the stains from his face.

"Has the fire in the temple been extinguished?"

"Hmm!"

Yun Jian nodded vigorously, looked at the air in front of him and said, "Uncle Sick and I put out the fire, but Kuixing Pavilion has been completely burned down, fortunately, the fire did not spread to the rest of the temple, but there is one thing that is very strange......"

"What's wrong?"

"Yes...... Uncle De, last night I clearly saw him snoring on the ground, but this morning he suddenly disappeared, I searched the entire temple and didn't find him, and then I was worried about Master, Sister Dongtian and Master Ye, so I ran out to find you. ”

Lost in old age?

I secretly thought: According to what Ye Dingxi said, getting old and dying are both puppets, and now that the host that made the puppet has turned to ashes, then most of the old people should also be turned into skins.

On the side, Yunjian's eyes looked around, and suddenly found ashes mixed in the snowflakes, so he asked, "Sister Dongtian, what's going on here?"

I looked up at Ye Dingxi, hesitating to explain to Yunjian, but he had already spoken first.

"In the clouds, your master is gone. ”

"How could it be ......?"

The clouds were stunned, and hazy tears welled up in their big eyes.

I patted him on the head, sighed, and simply told him about his life.

That kid is only seven or eight years old, it is the time of ignorance and naivety, if it weren't for the fact that these things are closely related to a Zen temple, I would rather weave a less shocking and terrible story for him, but although Yunjian is a child, he is also a member of a Zen temple, and he has the right to know the truth.

After listening to me, Yun Jian couldn't come back to his senses for a long time.

All around, the chaotic rocks and clods of earth had completely transformed the place, and there was no shadow of life, and if there was any evidence that he could see, it was probably the burned skin on the ground that was full of holes.

"Is this Uncle Death?"

The trembling hand in the clouds pointed to the skin.

I nodded, realizing that he couldn't see, so I said, "Yes, he died about ten years ago, and it was Desheng who injected him into ghost qi and made him into a puppet as a tool. ”

"Lord Ye, Sister Dongyan. ”

Yunjian looked at us and asked, "Are these things said by my master?"

Actually, I'm also confused.

Before the arrival of the clouds, Ye Dingxi talked about Kui Jupiter Xingjun, Thirty-three Days City, as well as the Dry God Tree and the belief in the gods, where would these things be known by a mortal person?

No matter how great Ye Dingxi's ability is, he won't be able to go to heaven and earth, right?

On the side, Ye Dingxi smiled faintly: "It's said that you have to die." ”

Belch?

I glanced at the skin on the ground and asked, "Why did he say that?" ”

"At that time, I rushed into the fire and found him under Kui Jupiter Jun Jin, and the ghost energy in his body had been almost consumed, as if

It was because of the fact that the things left by Luo Wenyu were hidden in the temple, so that Desheng had the intention of threatening Desheng, and he didn't want to be controlled by Desheng anymore, so he asked him to enter the Kuixing Pavilion late at night to negotiate, and later he was injured and sealed under the golden body, and the ghost qi leaked out, even if he was not burned to death, he would be turned into ashes because the ghost qi was exhausted. Ye Dingxi explained.

"Puppets also have rebellious thoughts?"

"A puppet without a mind, a talisman, a mantra, and a sustenance can be made, but what Kui Juxing-kun needs is a puppet that can spread his divine powers, a monk who has a mind and can blend in with mortals and attract them to a Zen temple to worship. ”

I see.

I nodded, looked at the cave again, and motioned, "Let's go, let's go over there." ”

Although Yun Jian was ignorant, he instinctively followed me, Ye Dingxi walked slowly on the other side of me, and I asked quietly, "Can Luo Wenyu's things be found?"

"Found it. ”

"Since that thing is important, why don't you take it with you?"

"Before I had to negotiate with him, I secretly hid the thing in a different place, and when I found him, I forced him to ask about the whereabouts of the thing, and I had already retrieved it by the way. ”

Pressed......

I suddenly remembered the little whip again, and the frightened look in my skin's eyes, and I couldn't help but feel a pound in my heart.

On the side, Yun Ma didn't care what we said, but his eyes wandered to observe the cave, and suddenly pointed to one place and shouted, "Look! there's something over there!"

"What is it?"

I looked at it with Ye Dingxi, and it turned out to be a dry god tree!

It was hidden under the towering ancient pine, and the intertwined roots of the tree hid the dead sacred tree very well, and it would be difficult for us to discover its existence if it were not for the purple qi that seemed to be nothing.

"This is supposed to be the place where the monks have been held for more than a decade. ”

"This is it?!"

I looked at half of the cave in amazement, and suddenly understood where the scratches were coming from.

I'm afraid that when they are imprisoned, those monks are still alive, they are devoured by the dry god wood, turned into no human and no ghost existence, and then slowly hollowed out their bodies, becoming a pool of flesh and skin, such a process, how painful and painful, all in those blood-stained scratches.

The little monk clasped his hands together and recited the mantra of the past life with devotion to surpass the monks who had long since disappeared.