Time passed inadvertently, and eight years passed.

Houshan Town Demon Palace, the earth soul altar is full of yin and air, empty and dead, the surrounding stone walls have been carved out dense holes, and there is a black urn altar in each square hole, and the mouth of the altar and the altar body are covered with palm-sized yellow talismans.

Whining!

Countless ghost altars kept shaking and struggling, and there were faint bursts of ghost crying wolf howls from the altar, constantly echoing in the cave, the air was surging with gloom, so thick that it almost turned out, and layers of dark frost were blown on the ground, and the cold penetrated the bones.

However, at this moment, in the center of the Earth Soul Altar, there was a circle of crimson light flames that were more than a foot long, opening up like a lotus flower.

This fire is soft and quiet, but it exudes a surging divine atmosphere, and in the center of the lotus flower sits a heroic young man with a majestic figure.

Zizi!

As soon as the surrounding yin and karmic fire came into contact, it made a sizzling sound, which was instantly devoured and refined, becoming the fuel for nourishing the spiritual fire.

I don't know how long it took, as a long exhalation sounded in the cave, the red light flame on the ground quickly contracted, flew into the air in a flash, and condensed into a lifelike red lotus, which sank into Zhao Sheng's eyebrows like lightning and turned into a red lotus flame pattern.

Zhao Sheng's skin gradually returned to its white color, his eyes opened, two rays of divine light suddenly pierced through the darkness around him, and the sound of ghosts crying in the air suddenly stopped.

As soon as his mind moved, the Book of Hundred Worlds emerged from the sea of souls, and then the pages of the book were opened, and a message quietly poured into his mind:

Name: San Bao (Zhao Sheng)

Shou Yuan: 16/106

Realm: Qi refining is complete

Profession: Second-Order Alchemist, Second-Order Talisman Master, First-Order Alchemist,

【Constitution:】Golden Fire Twin Spirit Root (Ground Level), Broken Rebirth (Ground Level)

【Talents:】Phase Shift (Ground Level)

【Skill:】

Exercises: Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra (proficient), Star God Thousand Heart Recipe (Xiaocheng), Heaven and Man Four Phases (Xiaocheng), Golden Crow Burning Heaven Recipe (proficient)

Baiyi: Taoism (...) Talisman (...), Alchemy (...), Refining Vessel (...) ）

"It took sixteen years old to refine Qi to perfection, this cultivation progress is not satisfactory! Qingyang Mountain is only a first-order spiritual land after all, and the concentration of spiritual energy is a little lower after all. Zhao Sheng muttered to himself and stood up.

Then, he walked to the stone staircase next to the cave, waded up the steps, and the hundred-step stone staircase swept by, and his figure quickly disappeared from the top of the cave.

There are two special buildings in the Demon Suppression Palace, the Earth Soul Altar and the Locked Corpse Well.

The Earth Soul Altar is a place to seal ghosts, and the lock well is a place to suppress zombies. These two places are the forbidden places in the back mountain of the Requiem Temple, which have never been open to outsiders, and are only used for the cultivation of cultivators in the temple.

Putting aside the lock corpse well for the time being, the Earth Soul Altar is divided into three layers, upper, middle and lower, and the ghost things that are sealed in each layer are also different.

Zhao Sheng's Qi refining has reached the realm of perfection, and he usually cultivates at the second layer, and the people sealed here are all some hundred-year-old ghosts, most of whom belong to the likes of fierce ghosts and powerful ghosts.

The cultivation of the "Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra" is very special, the cultivator nourishes a karmic fire red lotus by constantly purifying the ghost qi and yin evil, and then refining the aura of heaven and earth through karmic fire, cultivating a special fire spiritual power.

It can be said that any immortal cultivator who has cultivated the Red Lotus Karma Fire Sutra can be called the nemesis of all ghosts and ghosts.

People like Zhao Sheng are known as Red Lotus Walkers, and they have been the main force of the Heavenly Dao Sect to eliminate demons since ancient times, and they have always taken it as their responsibility to eliminate demons and punish demons.

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Out of the Earth Soul Altar, a bloated round-faced young man immediately stepped forward and shouted, "Senior brother, it's not good! We can't do any more business. ”

Zhao Sheng raised his hand, stopped speaking, and asked in a deep voice: "Zou Qi, what are you panicking about, let's make things clear first."

Zou Qi swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said cautiously: "The 'black market' we made was unfortunately discovered by Shen Bian's debt collector, and he was about to file a complaint with the capital. Now it's okay. Big brother, come up with an idea! ”

"I'm a bad thing. Isn't it just the black market? Let him go and sue him. The black market is gone, and another one is built. ”

Seeing the senior brother's indifferent look, Zou Qi felt at ease, but he still couldn't help but worry: "But... If the capital is clinging to the black market, what if we are found? ”

Zhao Sheng smiled and said suddenly, "Have you ever heard the words "Fa does not blame the public!" And with the master here, this old capital can't move us and wait. ”

In the past eight years, many changes have taken place in the people and things in the Requiem Temple.

In recent years, Bao Yan's temple position has become more and more stable, and Zhao Sheng has gradually become the unquestioned senior brother in the hearts of many young Taoist priests in the temple.

As for Wu Xingshen and the like, Zhao Sheng used a little trick, and after three or two rounds of fighting, everyone was defeated, and then gave them a little sweetness to taste.

So, Zhao Sheng immersed himself in penance, and while his strength improved rapidly, he also passed seven years comfortably.

However, a year ago, an airborne old capital suddenly disrupted the good situation of "peace and unity" in the Requiem Temple.

This person's legal name is Yuanyang, the worldly surname Shen, Shen Bian is one of his grandchildren, and he was transferred to the Requiem Temple with him.

Yuan Yang used to be a foundation builder of the Cangnan Mansion Temple, but later had to retire from the post of Tiantou due to old age and infirmity.

Originally, this person should have escaped into the Senate to cultivate himself, but he knew that the Yuanyang people were not old-hearted, and their desire for power was very hot, so they took the initiative to send a large number of bribes, and they were lucky to get the position of the county temple capital, and finally were sent to the Requiem Temple.

As soon as Yuan Yang came, he took the initiative to win over the other two elders and some unwilling ambitions, trying to compete with the temple treasure and the division of power.

In addition to the main altar, the level of Taoist temples in the sect is divided into five levels: national temple, provincial temple, government temple, county temple and county temple.

The position of each Taoist temple is much the same, the temple is the head of a temple, which governs the size of the whole temple, and the temple is "three capitals and five masters", and the five lords can be divided into nine heads, thirteen heads, and up to eighteen heads according to the size of the Taoist temple.

The three capitals are the capital, the capital, and the library. Sandu is originally an honorary position and is not permanent, and is often used to arrange the retirement and retirement of some respected seniors.

The five masters are divided into the lord of the scriptures, the lord of Jiao, the lord of the hall, the lord of the transformation and the master of the courtyard. The five temple masters all hold the authority of one party, among which the scripture lord holds the scriptures and teachings, and is the head of the five masters, and his real power status is second only to the temple worship.

Hearing the senior brother say this, Zou Qi finally relaxed, but he muttered: "We finally got rid of those gods and goddesses, and within a few years of controlling the black market, we were ruined by Shen Bian's kid." This account must be settled with him. ”

The corners of Zhao Sheng's mouth rose, and he chuckled: "Don't worry! Yuan Yang didn't check it, and he definitely knew that he had stabbed a hornet's nest. There are not only our interests in the black market, but also who in the temple does not eat the dividends of the black market. To put it mildly, which of the large and small family forces in the entire Hufeng County has not done business in the black market? Which one hasn't ever touched the oil? Some people are more anxious than us. What the are you kids! ”

"Haha! It's still the senior brother who can see through it, and I'm convinced. After hearing this, Zou Qi turned his worries into joy, and he was as happy as a fat head.

Although Zhao Sheng said this, there were some things in his heart that he didn't tell Zou Qi.

It doesn't matter if the black market is investigated or even destroyed, what matters is the transactions in the black market.

Some things are not weighed on the scale, probably only the goose feather is light, but once on the scale, it will crush people.

If you are afraid, you are afraid, Yuanyang of the capital court found out a little clue, and then according to the map, he grabbed the handle of Bao Yan.

Over the years, the deficit accumulated in the temple is a staggering amount.

Zhao Sheng was just secretly carrying some spirit stones and spiritual materials, and his master treasure was the biggest big rat.

In the past few years, in order to succeed in the test as soon as possible, the spiritual resources that Bao Yan has invested in it have been converted into at least hundreds of thousands of spirit stones.

The territory of Hufeng County is only 1,300 li, the population is only 8 million, the county is not rich in products, the land is poor, it can be called a small county of widows.

Every year, the Requiem Temple must pay a fixed amount of spiritual tax to the higher-level temple, and the large and small rats in the temple steal the corners of the wall.

It's no wonder that the Requiem Temple is not empty!

Ordinary things can't shake the position of Bao Yan at all, but if the deficit is exposed, then... The consequences are unimaginable!

"It seems that some things must be planned in advance" Zhao Sheng thought in his heart, and his body turned into nothingness in an instant...

Next, his figure continued to appear in many important places such as the treasure house in the temple, the treasury, the account room... Begin to carefully alter the books of accounts to fill in the gaps and sweep away all sorts of tricks.

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After eight years of reincarnation, Zhao Sheng also had a general understanding of the situation of the Great Gu Dynasty.

Mother is undoubted!

The Heavenly Daoist Sect is the only force in the world, and any spiritual land within the territory of the Great Gu Dynasty is the territory of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, and there is no room for other forces to survive at all.

After thousands of years of development, the five-level Taoist temple system of the Heavenly Daoist Sect has become extremely stable, and the upper and lower levels of each other are very clear and strict.

In view of the special situation of this world, Zhao Sheng also slowly gave up the idea of breaking away from the Heavenly Dao Sect, after all, "it is good to practice with your back to the public" is an unbreakable truth.

In addition, there is an important reason why he did this.

In the past eight years, Zhao Sheng has rummaged through the ancient books and jade books in the temple, but he has not found any information about the Heavenly Pillar Realm and the war between the two realms.

That's very wrong!

You must know that the previous Pope of the Heavenly Daoist Sect was from a foreign race, and this person was also an "acquaintance" of Zhao Sheng.

In the Ghost God Realm, the original ghost remnant clan actually changed their name and surname to the famous Shura clan.

Nowadays, the Shura clan has become the protector race of the Heavenly Daoist Sect, and the whole clan has been guarding the main altar of the Heavenly Daoist Sect for thousands of years.

The ghost pope has been sitting for a thousand years, and it has been 1163 years since the new pope succeeded him, and the heavenly calendar has also turned to the seventh age.

In other words, the Great War of the Two Realms is at least more than 1163 years ago.

As for how many years to push forward, Zhao Sheng is still confused.

Of course, there are countless mysteries that lie in the mind and can be left for later to be solved.

Now a sudden crisis has struck Zhao Sheng.

Only half a day later, the black market at the foot of the nameless mountain forty miles northwest of Qingyang Mountain was really exposed by the power-hungry Yuanyang.

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This person's boldness and black heart really exceeded the expectations of Zhao Sheng and others.

This person had already secretly made a small report to the temple, and through one of the hall masters of the temple who was behind him, he borrowed a group of capable inspectors in advance.

The so-called Shen Bian's exposé of the black market is just a cover on the surface.

Yuan Yang personally led a raid on the black market, not only arresting a large number of people involved in black market transactions in one fell swoop, but also naturally seizing a batch of ledgers.

There are many people from the major families in Hufeng County who were arrested, and there are also "their own people" from the Requiem Temple.

But on the same day, Yuan Yang didn't even return to the temple gate, so he took the "prisoner" and went straight to the temple.

This hand is extremely ruthless, completely beyond everyone's imagination.

Zhao Sheng also miscalculated, but he didn't expect someone to come directly to a broken jar.

It would be strange if there was no expert in this to guide secretly.

If Yuan Yang had such a skill in his early years, he would not just stop at the position of Tiantou.

Due to the suddenness of the incident, most of the people panicked. Zhao Sheng was even more faintly aware that Bao Yan had signs of killing people.

But before it was officially implemented, he was painstakingly persuaded by Zhao Sheng.

It's okay if you don't do it, maybe you won't be able to find anything out of the temple. But if you really do it, it's like not admitting yourself, and fools know that there is a big problem here.

Over the years, due to the outstanding performance of the apprentices, Bao Yan has long regarded Zhao Sheng as a confidant, and except for the most secret things, he has not hidden anything from Zhao Sheng.

"Sambo, can you get an idea? The teacher was a little upset. ”

In a secret room, Bao Yan's expression was extremely gloomy, and he asked Zhao Sheng.

Zhao Sheng walked two steps in front of him, suddenly shook his head, and said in a deep voice: "It's better to be quiet than to be motionless in this matter!" It's too common to secretly resell spiritual resources, as long as we don't check the deficit over the years, we have a way to prevaricate the past, and it's a big deal to hand over a few scapegoats! ”

Hearing this, Bao Yi's expression was a little gloomy, but the next sentence made his face change greatly.

"But... I'm afraid that Yuan Yang will not give up. When he resorts to such taboo methods, he must already have the intention of becoming a benevolent person if he does not succeed. Master, it's time to use the old relationship. You've been operating in the temple for decades, so it's time for those gluttons to help. ”

Bao Yan smiled bitterly, spread his hands, and said helplessly: "My old benefactor has been sitting for three years, and the other old relationships are not as hard as that hall master." Otherwise, how could that damn Yuan Yang be parachuted. He saw that he had no backer for his teacher. ”

"It's a little hard now! Master, you must prepare a heavy salute, rush to the temple immediately, and take advantage of the fact that nothing has been found, take a step up and down first, and do your best. Zhao Sheng sighed.

"Well, that's a lot of money! But now the temple warehouse is empty enough to starve rats to death, and even if Yin eats grain, it has been supported for more than three years in advance. There is no difference in the hands of the teacher, and there is no treasure in his hand.

Apprentice, as a teacher, you know that you are quite wealthy, so it is better to lend a sum of spirit stones first. After this catastrophe, the teacher will naturally return you. ”

When Zhao Sheng heard this, the expression on his face remained unchanged, but he had already sentenced Bao to death in his heart.

Based on what he knew about Bao Yan, this guy either wanted to run away, or he was going to do it to himself.

It's just that the situation is not an irreparable step, and Bao Yan will not choose to launch it in advance.

After all, human trials have not yet been successful, and there is no guarantee of survival after bone marrow and heart transplantation.

"Where does the master say, my master and apprentice are one, why do you need to mention a borrowed word. This Nakong Seal contains all my savings over the years, which is converted into at least 10,000 spirit stones. Shizun can take it, and then calm down the matter first. Zhao Sheng generously took off the empty seal on his waist and handed it to Bao Yan.

"I have a heart. I am very pleased to be a teacher! A smile barely appeared on Bao Yan's face, but a cold light flashed in the depths of his eyes.