Chapter 42: The Sealed Land
Appointed by the Hades, Zhong Kui Temple, which is dedicated to sealing the Taiyin corpse and transforming the urn, is unique in scale.
Yan Jing and Bai Ruosu went ashore and walked along the street to the prayer district.
They were on the edge of the southern part of the city, and the buildings here were much more dilapidated than the ones they had seen along the way, after all, they were far away from the city, and even the snow on the streets had not been cleared.
"I don't know if there are other cities outside of the city."
Yan Jing actually wanted to see what the situation was like outside the city, but there was really not much time left for him.
"There may be some gathering places in the wilderness, but as for a big city like Xudu, there should be no more."
Vigilant eyes roamed around, and while Bai Ruosu answered questions, he was still careful about the Shinto members who might be lurking nearby, following Yan Jing and observing his movements.
"Don't worry, there are no remnants of the Shinto people around, and they can't spare the manpower to monitor me now."
Noticing Bai Ruosu's caution, Yan Jing said very simply.
"Are you sure?"
"Heh, the Shinto people know very well that they want to spy on me, unless it's a guy with the same strength as me, if he is weaker than me, he will definitely be discovered by me, then he can't go back."
With Yan Jing's arrogant posture in front of the Shinto, if he really found out that there were members of the Shinto people nearby, it would be normal for him to send the other party back to the West.
It turns out that the Shinto people are not so stupid, and the Sandu Buddha revealed by Yan Jing in the bilge of the cruise ship is enough to "prove" his identity.
He didn't go far before Yan Jing seemed to notice something, and suddenly stopped and turned around, and Bai Ruosu's footsteps were also paused.
The two of them looked through a narrow and cramped alleyway and saw a particularly eye-catching temple.
It's not that it's opulent or fragrant, it's actually the opposite.
The Zhong Kui Temple in front of you can be called a door, and its location is even more strange.
Generally speaking, in order to attract believers, temples will always choose some areas with beautiful mountains and rivers or dense crowds, and the façade should be as eye-catching as possible, so that people can have the idea of entering and seeing.
As a result, this Zhong Kui Temple is doing the opposite everywhere.
It was built in the middle of a number of towering buildings that were crowded among each other, and which seemed to be uninhabited, and when viewed from the street, there were badly eroded walls, vertical pipes, and locked, labeled warehouse doors.
If you want to get to this Zhong Kui Temple, the first thing you have to do is to endure the debris all over the ground, the snow water mixed in the sludge after melting, and pass through nearly 100 meters of cramped lanes.
Not to mention that the temple that Yan Jing saw standing at the entrance of the alleyway was also in tatters, looking like it was in disrepair.
"Looks like we've come to the right place."
Yan Jing turned his head to look at Bai Ruosu, and motioned for her to step forward with his eyes.
You can see the dilapidated Zhong Kui Temple in this location in the capital city.
There is only one possibility, and the three law divisions did it deliberately.
The Zhong Kui Temple in front of me is not for believers to worship at all, the meaning of its existence is to seal the talisman.
Yan Jing was almost certain that the surrounding abandoned buildings were hiding the observation posts arranged by the Three Law Divisions or the government, and the arrival of him and Bai Ruosu would probably have attracted attention.
His identity can't be revealed yet, so he can only continue to pretend to be a soul warrior.
Fortunately, the two had already discussed how to deal with it on the way here, so after receiving Yan Jing's prompt, Bai Ruosu did not hesitate, took two steps directly to the alley, took out the envoy's waist card, and said loudly,
"Bai Ruosu, the inspector of the judge, came to get the talisman on the order of the judge of the underworld."
The words fell, and Yan Jing's gaze shifted to the mouth of the lane.
I saw that on the mottled wall covered with small advertisements, two lumps of earth and stones suddenly bulged, and then the head of the strange beast changed, and at the same time he turned his neck to look directly at Bai Ruosu, and said at the same time after a short delay,
"The order has been received, the gate is open."
As Bai Ruosu's identity was recognized, the walls on both sides of the roadway began to retreat at a speed visible to the naked eye.
In just a dozen seconds, it seems to have cut off a layer out of thin air.
Needless to say, these shrinkage must have been the organs originally used to fight the intruders, which shows how strong the Three Law Divisions are in guarding against the Taiyin Autopsy Transformation Urn.
This time, it was Bai Ruosu who walked in front, and Yan Jing, who was a soul warrior, became her follower again.
Even if it was expanded, the width of the alleyway would only be large enough for two people walking side by side, and the light on this side was rather dim because of the towering buildings on both sides, but it was still early afternoon, and the sky was still bright.
After passing through the nearly 100-meter roadway, the moment you step out of the laneway, the front suddenly opens up.
Yan Jing also noticed a noticeable change in the surrounding environment at this time.
What he had seen on the street outside before was only a corner of this area, but when he came to the central area where Zhong Kui Temple was located, Yan Jing realized that the surrounding buildings were not arranged horizontally and vertically, but in a circular shape, and the angles of all the buildings were slanted.
Not only that, but the side facing Zhong Kui Temple, without exception, is smooth and without any external facilities, rather than a normal house balcony......
"Is there any special purpose in this arrangement?"
Bai Ruosu also noticed the abnormality around her, she deliberately observed the nearby buildings on the way here, it looked normal on the outside, but it showed such a posture on the inside, it shouldn't be a coincidence to think about it.
"It's not just the surrounding buildings that're weird."
Yan Jing reminded beside him, and Bai Ruosu looked at Zhong Kui Temple in front of him.
The exterior of this temple, which is surrounded by many crooked buildings, is empty and flat...... No, it should be described as a smooth square.
It seems that the Sanfa Division did not choose masonry when laying the floor of the square, but chose to use a special material, so that the temple area looks like a piece of frosted glass.
The situation of Zhong Kui Temple is similar, it does not have the appearance of an ordinary temple at all, and it looks more like a prison.
Just as the two of them looked around, in the alleyway in front of them, a follower of the underworld wearing a dark blue cotton robe and holding a wooden box in both hands walked out of it and slowly walked in front of them.
Pulling down the hood on his head, the gray-haired old man looked at Yan Jing and Bai Ruosu carefully, with a somewhat helpless expression, as if he was extremely reluctant to do this.
"In order to seal the tengu, the three law divisions suffered heavy casualties, and you should understand how dangerous it is if it gets out of control."
When the box was opened, there were two bronze mirrors inside, and the old man handed them to the two of them separately while admonishing them, and said,
"We have received the order from Hades, and these two bronze mirrors are the only two tools known to be able to fight the tengu, and the power that is contained in them will be known to you when you enter the door."