Li Yan Unexpectedly, Old Taoist would not cooperate.
But what he said is correct. City God Temple is responsible for the security of cities in various places, and it is true that Blessed Grotto-Heavens's Daoist temple does not belong to each other.
Gu Hanzi's original intention was for him to pretend to be a pilgrim and sneak into the mountain gate to investigate secretly.
But the matter has come to this, there is no way to retreat.
Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked to the side Centurion Zheng.
Centurion Zheng immediately understood, took a step forward, took out the token from his arms and said coldly, "Yichang Guards Station has been ordered to investigate Heavenly Saint Sect's rebellion. Are you Daoist priests still trying to stop it?"
As soon as these words came out, Old Taoist's face immediately turned ugly.
Commandery Commandant Office belongs directly to Emperor Daxuan, who oversees hundreds of officials at the top and supervises the Jianghu at the bottom. Although Xuanmen is special, it is also within the scope of supervision.
Especially when it comes to the Heavenly Saint Sect demon.
I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate to stop him verbally.
Old Taoist Feng HuaZi's eyelids trembled slightly, and his face became cold, "In that case, please come."
As he spoke, he waved his sleeves, ignored everyone, and went directly into the Shanmen Daoist Temple. At the same time, he said coldly, "Open all the temple doors and let your lords check carefully to see what kind of demon can be found!"
"Yes, Guanzhu!"
Many Tai Xuan Orthodox Sect disciples also had angry faces.
Although most of the masters in the temple have been transferred away, and they are all new disciples, the common people and officials respect everyone and have never suffered such grievances.
"Hmph!"
Li Yan snorted coldly and strode into the Daoist temple.
He is a soft-spoken man, not a tough one, and this Old Taoist is probably confused when he stays on the mountain. After such a big incident, he is still showing off here.
This Daoist temple belongs to the True Martial Palace. The main hall is naturally Attendant and Xuan Tian Zhenwu Great Emperor, and the front hall is Attendant Wang Lingguan.
In addition, there are Sanfeng Hall of Attendant Sanfeng Zhenren, Xiao Xian Pavilion of Attendant Ge Xianweng.
Li Yan came to the main hall and looked up.
I saw a towering statue of a god, wearing golden armor, with loose hair, standing on a five-color turtle, standing with a sword, and its eyes were like lightning.
At his side stood the turtle and snake generals and the Golden Boy jade girl.
It is Xuan Tian Zhenwu Great Emperor.
The majesty of Shen Gang also suppresses him and Divine Ability cannot be used.
Of course, there was no response to the ultimatum.
Li Yan had already expected that he, Living Underworld Messenger, was working for the Underworld. He would meet some minor gods and mountain gods, and he might be able to communicate with them.
But such a great god can't get rid of him at all.
Li Yan didn't care, he lit Three Incense Sticks, raised his hands and said, "The Great Emperor Mingjian, I will use this place to investigate the case. I hope that you will be so powerful that all evil spirits will have no escape."
"Be bold!"
"How dare you say something rude!"
Several True Martial Palace disciples immediately scolded him angrily.
Li Yan ignored it, carefully inserted the three incense sticks into the incense burner, bowed three more times, then turned around suddenly and said in a deep voice, "What? I said something wrong?"
"Dangyang County evil is causing trouble. You are protecting one side and are ineffective in doing things. You are so obstructive. What are you guilty of?!"
As soon as these words came out, these disciples' faces immediately turned red.
Of course they know about Dangyang County.
And there is no way to answer this.
If you rush to explain, you will feel guilty.
One of the older Daoist priests was still calm and said calmly, "This layman, there is something hidden about Dangyang County, and besides, several of our disciples have died."
"If you want to investigate the case, I'll just wait and cooperate. Don't rush to throw dirty water."
"Okay!"
Li Yan took out a brochure directly from his arms, glanced at a few people, and said, "Where is Feng Lingzi?"
Feng Lingzi is Gu Hanzi's best junior brother. It was Gu Hanzi who wrote a secret letter to inform Gu Hanzi that there was something wrong with this Daoist temple.
Sure enough, upon hearing Feng Lingzi, the faces of the Daoists in the hall suddenly changed.
It was the older Daoist priest just now who said in a deep voice, "This layman, what do you want to do with Feng Lingzi?"
Li Yan became more and more suspicious and said coldly, "Where are the people?"
In the main hall, the Daoists looked at each other and hesitated to speak.
Suddenly, an angry voice sounded outside the hall.
"The traitor has already run away!"
I saw the visitor Feng HuaZi walking towards me with a gloomy look.
He looked at Li Yan and said in a deep voice, "Your name is Li Yan? The one who found Blood Jade Cong?"
When he was outside the door just now, he was just angry. It was not until just now that he remembered the name Li Yan, which sounded familiar.
"Exactly." Li Yan nodded and replied.
"Oh."
Feng HuaZi's face softened a little, "Mount Wudang sent a letter the day before yesterday, and I only found out about it. You and I, True Martial Palace, have a good relationship. Why did you lead the troops up the mountain and be so aggressive?"
Li Yan said in a deep voice, "At this time of great calamity, we can only be rude."
"Great catastrophe?"
Feng HuaZi felt a sudden thought, but did not rush to ask. Instead, he said, "Feng Lingzi stole the magic weapon in the mountain. He has already escaped and is missing. Where did you learn his name?"
Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "This Daoist priest wrote a secret letter to Yunyang Prefecture City God Temple, saying that people in the Daoist temple have been killed one after another, but the reports are all normal."
"He noticed something fishy and investigated secretly. Why did he suddenly become a traitor? Senior, can you explain?"
Feng HuaZi was stunned, "Is there such a thing?"
He also calmed down at this moment and said thoughtfully, "Since layman Li asked, there is no need for Pindao to hide it. Since last year, several disciples have indeed died in the temple, but they all died of illness. There is nothing abnormal."
"Attendant Ge Xianweng, a poor Daoist, knows a little bit about Qihuang Daoist medicine. If there is any abnormality, how could he not see it?"
Li Yan pondered for a moment, "Then what's going on Feng Lingzi?"
Feng HuaZi shook his head and said, "Some time ago, Pindao went into seclusion to refine elixirs. He only found out about this after leaving seclusion."
"Inside the Xiao Xian Pavilion, Attendant originally held Colorful Cloud Shoes, which is a precious magic weapon left by the immortal. It can be used to climb mountains and risk dangers, just like walking on flat ground."
"He stole this treasure and went down the mountain. Pindao sent people to search at various docks, but no one was found."
"That Feng Lingzi is the son of my senior brother and he is quite clever. I want to find him in advance and persuade him to turn around. But the matter has come to this point and there is nothing we can do. We are preparing to report Enforcement Hall as wanted."
"Oh?"
Li Yan listened, but became more and more suspicious, "He stole the magic weapon and went down the mountain. Did anyone see it with his own eyes?"
Feng HuaZi turned around and said, "Feng Gangzi, it's up to you to handle this matter. Tell layman Li about the situation."
"Yes, Master."
It was the older Daoist who answered just now. He held up his hands and said in a deep voice, "More than one person saw this, Feng Lingzi even injured several disciples who blocked it."
"That's right, I'll see it with my own eyes!"
Several young Daoists stood up.
One of them said angrily, "This Feng Lingzi is usually very cunning and weird. He often teases me because of his advanced skills."
"When the war in the Southwest started, those powerful senior brothers had just been transferred away, and he took advantage of the night to take action. After being discovered by us, he directly injured people and fled."
Li Yan was silent for a moment and said thoughtfully, "Did Feng Lingzi do anything unusual or say anything before he left?"
One of the Daoists said bitterly, "Who knew, he has always been like that, cunning, weird, mysterious, and has a bad relationship with all the brothers. He must have had evil intentions for a long time."
Several other Daoists also said:
"Yes, it's not surprising at all to do this!"
"Perhaps I have already entered the evil path..."
Outside the main hall, a thin little Daoist boy was filled with anger. He could no longer bear it, gritted his teeth and rushed out, saying loudly:
"Senior Brother Feng is not that kind of person!"
A Daoist priest immediately cursed, "Jing Kong, how can you speak here? Go and sweep the floor!"
"Shut up!"
When Feng HuaZi saw the sarcasm in Li Yan's eyes, he suddenly couldn't keep it off his face and scolded them, causing these Daoists to shut up one after another.
He glared at a few people fiercely before sighing, "Make Master Li laugh."
After that, he looked at the little Daoist boy and said softly, "Your name is Jing Kong? Don't worry, just tell me if you have anything."
The little Daoist boy had obviously been holding it in for a long time. He cried a few times, then stared at the Daoists and said angrily, "Senior Brother Feng is teasing you because I can't bear to see you bullying others."
"You guys, because you started early, often bully us and command us, and you don't recognize True Disciple to teach you kung fu. If it weren't for Senior Brother Feng, we wouldn't even be able to learn all the basic boxing techniques..."
Listening to the little Daoist boy's accusation, the young Daoist priests suddenly looked embarrassed and their eyes wandered.
Feng HuaZi's face became even more livid.
He was obsessed with medical skills and alchemy, often practicing in seclusion, and left all matters of concern to a few disciples.
I didn't expect the trend to become like this.
I also lost face in front of outsiders...
Thinking of this, Old Taoist turned his head and gave the disciples behind him a serious look.
Li Yan ignored these nonsense and asked, "Jing Kong, Feng Lingzi, was there anything unusual before you?"
"Yes."
The little Daoist boy nodded quickly and said, "One month before the accident, Senior Brother Feng was a little uneasy when he was teaching us boxing. But when I asked him what happened, he didn't say anything."
"Later, he didn't even bother to teach us boxing. He often went to the Scripture Pavilion to read classics, sometimes even delaying his morning and evening classes."
"Another time, I watched him talking to the air, as if he was very scared..."
"Huh?"
At this time, even the viewer Feng HuaZi felt something was wrong. He frowned and said in a deep voice, "Did he say what he discovered?"
"No."
The little Daoist boy shook his head and said, "Senior Brother Feng didn't say anything. By the way, he said something inexplicably that day."
"What did he say?"
"Senior Brother Feng said, don't go near the Xiao Xian Pavilion at night. If you hear someone calling your name, just pretend you didn't hear it."
After Li Yan heard this, he immediately said in a deep voice, "Senior, I want to go to the Xiao Xian Pavilion to have a look."
"That's natural."
Feng HuaZi also looked ugly and strode forward to lead the way.
He was just obsessed with alchemy and medical skills, but he was not a fool and had already noticed something was wrong.
Everyone quickly came to the backyard of the Daoist temple.
I saw a main hall standing in the middle. Judging from the masonry and wooden beams on the top of the mountain, it was very old.
Because of Feng HuaZi's order just now, the main door of the hall has been opened, and Attendant is Ge Xianweng inside.
There are three women and one man worshiping the gods next to them. They should be the couple Liu Gang, Lady Fan, and Qu Sisters.
The hall is very clean, the bluestone floor tiles are smooth, and the surrounding walls are covered with murals describing the deeds of Ge Xianweng.
A few rays of sunlight slanted through the carved windows, and dust slowly danced in the light beams. The altar table was filled with sacrifices, and the fragrance lingered.
Further up, there are also large and small wooden boxes and jade bottles placed, which are obviously borrowed from Ge Xianweng's magical power to preserve the blessed medicine.
This hall also has restrictions and Divine Ability cannot be cast.
At least at first glance, there's nothing wrong with it.
Li Yan didn't waste any time, turned around and said, "Senior, can you open the ban?"
Feng HuaZi naturally knew what he wanted to do. He just hesitated for a moment and then ordered, "Go and open the restriction."
It is obviously disrespectful to do this, but after such a big thing happened, we must find out clearly.
"Yes, Master."
Several disciples left immediately, first returned to the True Martial Great Hall, turned the direction of several bronze mirrors on the beam, and then ran to other areas of the Daoist temple to pull out the five-color flags.
In an instant, the power of rich incense, mixed with the aroma of medicine, hit their faces, Innate Gangsha Energy, and it was like a mountain, making everyone unable to breathe smoothly.
This kind of restriction is not only to protect against enemies, but also to protect. Otherwise, being in this kind of place all the time would be unbearable for a new disciple.
Li Yan pinched Yang Seal and took a breath, his face suddenly changed.
"Evil Creature, be bold!"
The Feng HuaZi next to him roared loudly, and even became a little angry. He rushed directly into the hall, stretched out his hand, and four ancient bamboo charms roared out and hung at the four corners of the hall.
It was obviously some kind of formation.
Not only him, but several Daoists also changed their expressions.
Even Li Yan finds it a bit ridiculous.
Whenever a Xuanmen statue is made, it must be filled with internal organs, the body is hollow, and various magic weapons are placed, so that it will appear more magical.
And inside the statue of Qu Sisters, there are actually two fishy auras, which look like two rat demons have penetrated into it.
"This... no wonder the tributes keep getting lost."
A young Daoist looked ugly and muttered, "I thought it was some senior brother who was greedy and secretly eating, so I ignored him. It turned out to be these two beasts."
Others were equally furious.
The rat demon hides in the statue, and not only steals the tributes, but also accepts their incense Attendant every day, which is much better than practicing alone in the mountains.
The statue was contaminated and obviously no longer usable.
Feng HuaZi's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he pulled out Treasure Sword with a clang. With just a slight stroke, the two statues broke from the middle.
True Martial Palace is famous for his martial arts. Although this Old Taoist is more obsessed with the Qihuang technique, he has also reached the level of Transformed Strength. Coupled with the martial arts, he can actually exert a power similar to that of Jian Gang.
Click!
The statue was broken, and two shiny rats came out, shivering, lying on the ground and kowtowing, obviously having spiritual enlightenment.
They were obviously frightened and screamed.
"Evil Creature suffer death!"
The older Daoist Feng Gangzi from before, his eyes full of anger, his feet Hidden Strength erupting, and with a swish, he jumped out of the crowd, drew his long sword in mid-air, and wanted to kill the two rat demons.
At this moment, Li Yan suddenly turned sideways, shook his long arm, passed under his arm, crossed his sword leg, and threw the man directly away.
Li Yan didn't kill him, Feng Gangzi twisted around in mid-air, landed firmly on the ground, and said angrily, "What are you doing?"
"What are you in a hurry for?"
Li Yan narrowed his eyes slightly, "Although these two rat demons are treasonous and immoral, they are hiding in the palace. They must have seen or known something. Let's ask first before talking."
"Ask the demon?"
Feng Gangzi smiled, "Are you kidding me?"
Li Yan ignored it, but looked at Lu San next to him, "Brother Lu San, please excuse me."
Lu San nodded, took a step forward, made a clicking sound in his mouth, and started communicating with the two mice.
"Superior Language?"
Several Daoists suddenly looked surprised.
And that Feng Gangzi's eyes also became suspicious...