Chapter 288: The Truth
Although Qianming Temple occupies the top of a mountain, it is not too big, and even the mountain is only a hundred zhang, and as for the temple, you can see the end at a glance.
Perhaps because the morning was too early, there were no pilgrims at this time, which made Mu Yi and his party a little abrupt.
"It turned out to be Lord Xu, I don't know if I'm here this time?"
Perhaps after getting the report, soon a middle-aged monk hurriedly walked out, his eyes swept over Mu Yi and others, and finally fell on Xu Hui's body, because among these people, he only knew Xu Hui, but looking at the position where Xu Hui was standing, he knew that his identity was the lowest in this line.
Such a middle-aged monk has some bad premonitions in his heart, although Qianming Temple is barely considered an out-of-town place, but in the face of some powerful figures, he still has to be cautious.
"I've seen Master Chen, is the abbot of the temple there? This time, Xu accompanied a noble person to visit the abbot. Xu Hui said immediately, and at the same time glanced at the middle-aged monk, meaning that a big man had come, let him receive it well.
"It turned out that the distinguished guests came to the door, and it was rude to the dust, and I hope the distinguished guests will not be surprised." Lichen heard Xu Hui's words, and then said to Mu Yi, after all, according to the position he was standing, Mu Yi was undoubtedly the most noble one, although he was wearing a Taoist robe, but the temperament on his body could not deceive people.
"It's okay, let's wait for me to come to the door." Mu Yi said.
"Honorable guest, please." Seeing that Mu Yi's attitude did not seem to be looking for trouble, he suddenly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, and then led Mu Yi and the others into the temple.
As soon as he stepped into the gate of the temple, Mu Yi looked up at the small bells hanging under the eaves, exactly the same pattern, the same size, the corridor, the corners, all hung with small bells, surrounded by buildings everywhere.
"Master Chen, I see that this little clock has been hanging for many years, right?" Mu Yi suddenly asked.
"Little Bell?" Lichen was stunned for a moment, and then he understood what Mu Yi said, after all, he had lived here for so many years, and he had long been used to it. Therefore, the feeling is not as clear as that of outsiders.
Although I don't understand why Mu Yi is curious about this, Lichen still pondered for a while and said: "This bell has been at least a few decades, since I entered the Qianming Temple, this small bell has always existed, how long it is, no one can say clearly, but don't look at this little bell for some years, but it is not worth anything, it is just used for viewing." ”
"Decades?" Mu Yi pondered in his heart, carefully looking at the traces of the surrounding buildings, this is not like lying, even after the establishment of Qianming Temple, there are already these small bells, and even, the reason why this temple exists is because of these small bells may not be said.
However, Mu Yi observed with the power of the mind, and did not find any magic about the little bell, and even when the power of the mind spread, he did not feel any difference, as if it was really as the other party said, the little bell was just an ornamental thing.
"Has the presiding officer of Qianming Temple been there since the temple was just built?" Mu Yi asked another question.
"Senior Brother Lifan became the host five years ago." Lichen replied.
"Five years ago? Earthquake? Whoa? Mu Yi immediately linked all of this together, if there is no relationship in this, it is obviously impossible, maybe when you see each other, you will know the answer.
"What about the previous generation?" Mu Yi asked.
"Amitabha, Master has passed away." Lichen said with some sadness.
"I'm sorry, it's just that I've heard about it before, I don't know if it's true or not, and I ask the master to solve my doubts." Mu Yi stared at the dust and said slowly.
"Distinguished guest, please." Lichen said.
"I once heard that five years ago, there were powerful ghosts in Qianming Temple." As soon as Mu Yi's voice fell, he saw a great change in Chen's complexion.
"Your guests should have heard it wrong, my temple has never been haunted." Lichen shook his head and said.
"Really? Whether it has been haunted or not, it is difficult to determine based on Master Chen's words, there are so many people in Qianming Temple, I think someone should know what happened five years ago, right? Mu Yi looked at the dust seriously, in fact, from the other party's expression, he already knew the answer.
The current persecution is just to want to know more.
The other party, as the apprentice of the previous generation, must be one of the cores of Qianming Temple, and he must know what happened five years ago.
Of course, even if he can't get an answer from him, Mu Yi doesn't care, as he just said, there are so many people in Qianming Temple, there will always be someone who will send the answer to him, he came this time, to put it bluntly, to borrow the momentum, borrow the momentum of Yan Li, believe in the prefect, want to know things, a Qianming Temple can't resist at all.
This is power, and it belongs to the power of rigidity.
"This master, if you know anything, it's better to tell the truth, by the way, the next surname is Ding, the prefect's yamen is in charge, and this trip is ordered by the prefect to help the Taoist know everything he wants to know." At this time, the prefect steward, who had been following behind, stepped forward and handed out a sign.
When Lichen saw this brand, the corners of his mouth showed a trace of bitterness, and he knew that this matter was no longer something he could stop.
"The poor monk didn't know much about the things back then, if you really want to know, please follow the poor monk to meet the host brother, maybe the guest can get the answer you want from the senior brother." Lichen finally said.
"Okay." Mu Yi took a deep look at the other party and nodded.
Then, Lichen took Mu Yi and others to the backyard, and along the way, Mu Yi saw many monks, most of whom were not very old, like Lichen, who was already relatively old.
Along the way, Xu Caiwei didn't speak, originally she was married to a woman, and she shouldn't show up again, but this matter is very important, and she is not at ease if she doesn't come, but she is still wearing a scarf on her face, only revealing a pair of soul-grabbing eyes.
"Wait here, the poor monk will go in and talk to the senior brother." After coming to a small courtyard, Lichen said to Mu Yi and the others.
"Yes." Mu Yi nodded, he naturally knew that the other party wanted to tell the senior brother about their intentions in advance, but as for whether he could see it or not, Mu Yi never doubted it.
After only half a pillar of incense time when Lichen entered the room, he walked out, "Senior brother said, the distinguished guest wants to know the truth of the year, and invites someone to enter." ”
"Bold." Listening to Chen's words, the Ding steward was immediately furious, as if he didn't expect that he had already revealed his identity and the other party dared to snub him, he was on behalf of the prefect, before coming, the prefect explained to him again and again, and reported everything he saw and heard on this trip truthfully, if he couldn't go in, how to explain to the prefect at that time?
"It's not that the poor monk is bold, it's just that the matter back then was too involved, and if you are not careful, it will cause a big disaster, so please forgive me." Lichen did not regress, but explained seriously.
"Okay, I'll go in alone, and you guys will wait here."
That steward Ding obviously wanted to say something, but after being stopped by Mu Yi, he could only retreat unwillingly, because the prefect still had an order, everything should obey Mu Yi's words, so after Mu Yi said it, even if he was unwilling, he could only retreat.
Subsequently, Mu Yi entered the room alone, and the room was lit with sandalwood, which made people smell and shock, and after Mu Yi entered the room, he looked directly at a monk sitting there.
After seeing the other party, Mu Yi was stunned, because the other party's age was much younger than Lichen just now, only in his twenties, but Xu Hui did not explain this, in fact, Mu Yi did not ask.
Although this host is only in his twenties, there is a kind of calmness in his body, a kind of precipitation after the baptism of the years, and there is a wisdom in his eyes, and at the same time, Mu Yi also feels a trace of threat in him, the other party is also a cultivator.
Maybe the path is different, but there is no doubt about the identity.
At the same time as Mu Yi looked at the other party, the other party was also looking at him, maybe Lichen had explained to him Mu Yi's appearance before, so the other party didn't look too surprised, just gestured to Mu Yi and asked him to sit down opposite.
"You want to know what happened five years ago?" Lifan asked directly.
"Yes, more than a year ago, the beloved daughter of the Yan Governor's Mansion was possessed by a ghost, and before she was possessed, she had come to Qianming Temple." Mu Yi said.
After listening to Mu Yi's words, Lifan was silent for a moment before he said: "In fact, the poor monk of Yan Zhifu's beloved daughter knows a thing or two, and he has also secretly gone there, but the ghost is powerful, and the poor monk is far from being an opponent, so he can only be injured and flee, and the truth is as expected by the distinguished guest, all the reasons are from my temple, so the poor monk has always felt guilty about this matter." ”
"Is that all? If Governor Yan knew the truth, what would the master think? Mu Yi asked.
"The Qianming Temple was destroyed, and a radius of 100 miles turned into a ghost domain." Lifan said with a solemn expression.
"Ghost Domain? Is the master exaggerating? Mu Yi stared at Fan, but the other party looked calm.
"You must have come into contact with that ghost, right? I wonder what you think of her? Lifan asked.
"The strength is very strong, even in my heyday, I don't dare to say anything about it." Mu Yi thought for a while and said, although his strength has increased greatly now, and Nanming is out of the fire, but the ghost has not returned to its heyday.
"What if the poor monk tells the donor, then the ghost is just a trace of the soul?" Lifan said word by word.
"Impossible?" Mu Yi, who had been keeping his composure, finally couldn't help but lose his temper, mainly because Liao Fan's words were too terrifying, and such a powerful ghost was just a trace of soul? How is this possible? If she was in a perfect state, how strong would she be?
The pinnacle of fierce ghosts? No, Ghost King!
It is precisely because of this guess that Mu Yi can't believe it, the Ghost King, that is a terrifying existence above the fierce ghosts, it is equivalent to the third difficult existence, I am afraid that Ning Wuqian and other old monsters are as weak as chickens in front of the Ghost King.
If the other party is really the ghost king, then the land of a hundred miles that Li Fan just said is not only not a joke, but the truth.
The destruction of Qianming Temple is equal to a disaster, could it be that under Qianming Temple, suppressing a ghost king? As for Yan Qing, is it just a trace of the other party's escape?
Mu Yi's heart beat violently.