Chen Lin frowned slightly at the sight before him.
This Demon-Suppressing Temple was growing ever more mysterious and eerie, which was hardly good news for him.
He had never imagined that merely obtaining an inherited Buddhist body-refining technique in the underground Ancient Temple of Guyuan City would lead to all this.
Still, the Diamond Body-Refining Technique had truly served him well, helping him greatly as he grew stronger. Without it, he might not have survived this long.
Was this what they called karma?
"Fellow Daoist Nanmen, has nothing unusual happened here from the very beginning?"
Chen Lin watched the cultivators moving back and forth around the enormous Buddha statue as he asked.
With yin nether entities running rampant outside, this Secret Realm, which people could enter and leave freely, had become a haven beyond the troubles of the world. Moreover, it supposedly contained a passage to the Otherworld, drawing countless cultivators who had heard the news.
A rough count put their numbers in the thousands. No wonder they had managed to clear away an entire mountain.
"Nothing so far."
Nanmen Lingyue stood beside Chen Lin, also gazing at the Buddha statue.
Then she continued, "But the temple's outer buildings were ordinary to begin with. All the danger lies inside that Black Pagoda. Some Nascent Soul True Lords are already gathering people to explore it. Would you like to join them, Brother Chen?"
Chen Lin shook his head without hesitation.
Only a little over a month remained until the fifteenth day of the eighth month. He planned to first observe the unusual phenomenon Qin Muya had mentioned before making a decision. In the meantime, he could watch how the others' explorations turned out.
With that thought, he said, "I'll leave the Black Pagoda alone for now, but I do want to