"Let's get down to business first, and we'll talk about it when you're done." Yuan Zhi hugged Zhao Yong, who was still in a daze, and stepped over the high threshold with his legs.

Entering the temple gate, the temperature inside was even lower, even lower than when I first came, and the air exhaled from my mouth condensed into a white mist, which was quite abnormal.

However, the people in front of him did not show anything abnormal, and even the most timid Uncle Zhao did not show any surprised expression, indicating that he had experienced it before.

Now I'm getting more and more curious about what's going on in this temple.

Soon the people came to the temple where they had first taken refuge from the rain, but it was still empty, only a lot of lighted candles, and a table full of tributes.

Seeing this, Yuan Zhi sighed, "Sure enough, as I thought, the real entrance to your ancestral hall should be in that pool in the backyard, right?" ”

Uncle Zhao showed a surprised expression, "It turns out that the Dao Elder has already guessed it, so let me come." ”

Yuan Zhi didn't know whether it was okay or not, and followed Uncle Zhao to the pool in the backyard.

When they came to see it, they saw that the water of the pool had long been drained, and a staircase sprang down at the bottom of the pool, and there seemed to be a voice coming from below.

The father and son of the Zhao family took the lead and went down, and Yuan Zhi and they also followed, in fact, I was very reluctant to enter the underground again, but I really had no choice, so I could only sigh and follow along.

Descending a flight of stairs, you can hear the voice of someone inside more clearly, but it sounds strange.

Let's put it this way, the voice was so deep that most people couldn't make such a penetrating sound, and although I didn't use a microphone, I could hear every word clearly from such a distance.

At the end of the staircase, a passage appeared in front of it, and at the end of the passage there was a curtain, from behind which the sound came.

"The time to witness the miracle is coming, walking." An excited smile already appeared on Yuan Zhi's face.

Influenced by him, I wonder what kind of scenery is behind this curtain.

Walking here, Uncle Zhao's waist finally straightened up, and it didn't look like the cowardice he had when he was outside.

The curtain was lifted by the senior brother at the front, and a huge square appeared in my sight, in which a hundred or so people stood densely.

Wait, those that can't be called people anymore, they should be a group of catfish with a long upper body, and the lower half of the body is the kind of scaly legs we have seen in the ancestral hall.

"It's the Scaly Man! I knew it, sure enough. Yuan Zhi let out a sigh, but succeeded in attracting the eyes of all the scales.

Soon we were surrounded by the half-human, half-fish monsters, and the crowd gradually parted, and out of them came the two tallest scaly men.

The one on the right has a milky white eye, and it is the old village doctor, and the one on the left should be the village chief.

The senior brother arched his hand forward, "Old village chief, let's meet again." ”

The fishman waved the two beards on the side of his mouth and said, "I didn't expect to meet in this way, Dao Chief, this is really not the result we wanted." The tone was full of regret.

"Why?" Yuan Zhi looked at the old village chief playfully.

The scaly man grinned and replied in a majestic voice, "Because anyone who knows our secret will die, and for the good of the whole village, I'm sorry." ”

As he spoke, he lifted his scaly paws, and the fishmen around us surrounded us in the middle, roaring like wild beasts, as if they were about to attack.

I pulled out my Yin sword, adjusted my body to an optimal state, and formed a circle with everyone to fight against the monsters that were about to rush over.

Uncle Zhao in the rear shouted, "Wait, village chief, several Taoist chiefs rescued me and Xiao Yong, you can't take revenge!" ”

"Hmph, Zhao Laosan, are you ignoring the ancestral teachings and going to be the one who betrays the ancestors?" The village chief said as he stood in the back.

Yuan Zhi waved his hand, stopping what Uncle Zhao was going to say next, and then smiled and said, "Kill us, can you deal with the attacks of those mandrills?" I'm afraid I still can't escape the fate of extermination. ”

The old village chief was stunned for a moment, and just as he wanted to continue to order the attack, he was stopped by the hunchbacked fishman beside him with a cane, and this person was the old village doctor named Uncle Jiu.

He was whimpering at the old village chief in a hoarse voice, and the old village chief turned his head and said, "There are formations outside our village, and they can't get in!" ”

"Oh? What if I told you that now the defensive circle of the Houshan Ancestral Tomb, which is dominated by corpse qi, has been broken? ”

"Today is a blood moon again, and the mandrill's ability will be greatly improved, and you are also afraid of this because you held the conference."

Every time Yuan Zhi said a word, the face of the catfish on the other side trembled, and this was not the end, Yuan Zhi finally added another sentence.

"I take the liberty of asking, Tai Sui is also here, it is better to hand it over, those mandrills see that you are sensible, and you may not be able to leave the lives of your whole village."

After hearing this, the fish-man took a few steps back, and then asked in a trembling voice, "How do you know?" We didn't tell anyone about Tai Sui! Also, how do you think our formation will be broken? ”

When he said this, my heart relaxed, it turned out that this Daomen Zhiduoxing had already taken their sore spots, no wonder he was so confident and walked down to a showdown.

Yuan Zhi took out a small bottle from his bosom, opened the stopper, and poured out a wisp of faint black liquid from it, he dipped a drop in his hand, and then sniffed it.

"This is what I found from the underground dark lake, the substance in this water is quite special, like a fungus, black and viscous, its taste has a faint salty taste, and there is a hint of sweetness in the middle, combined with your murakami totem, I thought of a possibility."

"Tai Sui, according to legend, this species is Pangu when he died, the spinal cord on the body flowed into the water, modern people believe that it is a primitive fungal substance, with the benefits of prolonging life and enhancing physical fitness."

"But those are just speculations, the real Tai Sui has been recorded in the "Foreign Object Chronicle".

"Legend has it that during the Northern Song Dynasty, an old man accidentally got a black round piece the size of a fist."

"Not only does that thing wriggle on its own, but it also oozes black liquid from its body."

"The old man was terminally ill at this time, and his time was short, so he left it to play with him when he saw that it was rare."

"It's just that the black liquid that flows out of that round lump is a little viscous, but it tastes very sweet."

"In a coincidental situation, the old man paid for it, and since then he has liked the taste uncontrollably."