Two Binding Monks escorted the Golden Box into the Demon-Subduing Hall.
The so-called Demon-Subduing Hall was the hall where Corpse Camel Temple routinely sealed away objects containing Vengeful Ghosts. Multicolored prayer flags covered its walls and courtyard walls, while auspicious clouds, lotuses, and other designs were painted along the corridors and atop the pillars...
The hall's main entrance was a thick door of solid ironwood, wrapped in pure gold on the outside, its panels chased all over with Demon-Subduing Incantations.
The hall was covered in bloody demon-subduing murals and protective incantations.
Inside the main hall, a staircase led straight down into an underground palace.
Several Binding Monks stood guard on either side here. Down the stairs were three gates, each guarded by Binding Monks.
The underground space was divided into multiple small chambers.
Each chamber had a door made of pure gold, sealed with three Golden Chains.
Carrying the Golden Box, the two Binding Monks opened one of the chambers. Its ceiling, floor, and walls were all lined with gold.
Recesses had been carved into the chamber's walls, each holding either a Golden Benba Bottle or a golden vessel. One Binding Monk placed the Golden Box in an empty recess.
Qu Zan and Doje each returned to their rooms.
Qu Zan was worried about his younger sister's and Duimu's safety. He did not know whether they had been drawn into the Ghost Mirror, and he could not leave the temple himself...
He went to the temple gates and paid a monk who was heading out some secret silver to visit his home and check whether his sister was safe.
Soon, the monk returned with word that everything was normal with Meiduo and Duimu.
Only then did Qu Zan set his mind at ease.
Toward evening, the Sutra Academy