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Chapter 9

Chapter 9: Ancient Temple Locked in the Mountain, Hanging Corpse Forest

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Fu Yao realized that Little Ying was hiding among the crowd. Frowning, he asked, "Why is there a woman here?"

Although his tone was not aggressive, it also contained no goodwill. So, when Little Ying heard him, she lowered her head. Xie Lian was the one who answered him and said, "He's worried that we're going through something bad, so he came here to make sure."

Fu Yao turned her head to ask the people another question, "Did you guys come here with her?"

At first, the people in the group felt a little hesitant before they replied.

"I don't remember anymore."

"It's hard to say."

"That's wrong. When we came, he wasn't with us, was he?"

"Obviously, I didn't see it."

"I didn't see it either."

Little Ying hurriedly said, "That's because I followed you guys secretly."

The young man immediately asked, "Why are you following us secretly? Do you feel guilty? Maybe you're the ghost of the groom in disguise?"

As he said that, the people standing around Little Ying suddenly stepped aside, creating a vast and empty space. Little Ying started waving her hands in confusion before she said, "No... No, I'm Little Ying! I really am him!"

Then, he turned towards Xie Lian and said, "Young master, we have just met each other! I'm helping you put on make-up, and helping you dress and groom yourself..."

Xie Lian: "..."

When they heard it, everyone started looking towards him to look at him. There were even some people who started whispering something. With the sentence dismembered, Xie Lian heard words like, 'turn', 'different from normal people', 'I don't believe'.

Coughing twice, Xie Lian explained, "This is just a mission requirement. Mission requirements. Nan Feng, Fu Yao, you guys... "

Only after he turned his head did Xie Lian realize that Nan Feng and Fu Yao were looking at him in a strange way. Moreover, they started moving slowly away from him in a controlled manner.

Being stared at with such a gaze made Xie Lian feel goosebumps all over her body. He asked them, "...Do you have anything you want to say?"

How did Xie Lian know that the skill of a girl in make-up created such a legendary and amazing result? Little Ying only taught her how to fix her eyebrows by drawing them elegantly, how to powder her face with white powder and how to dye her lips with deep red lipstick. But, if she did not speak, Xie Lian looked exactly like a gentle, friendly and beautiful young lady.

So, when the two of them looked at him, it made their hearts tremble violently. They felt that the scene was hard to believe; it made them feel uncomfortable from head to toe as they began to doubt life itself. Xie Lian's face still looked like hers, but both Fu Yao and Nan Feng felt as if they did not know who they were talking to when they faced her current appearance.

Fu Yao asked Nan Feng, "Do you want to say something?"

Nan Feng immediately shook his head. "I don't have anything I want to say."

"..." - ".Xie Lian replied, "Maybe it's better if you guys say something."

At that moment, the group of people started talking.

"Eh? This is Ming Guang Temple?"

"This mountain forest really has the Ming Guang Temple? Strange, I've never seen it before."

One by one, everyone began to see the strange sight. However, Xie Lian suddenly said, "Yes, this is the Ming Guang Temple."

Nan Feng noticed that his tone was a bit strange. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lian replied, "North is definitely the territory of General Ming Guang. Unlike the incense that was burned for him did not prosper, or his spiritual strength was weak. However, why was there only the Nan Yang Temple at the foot of Mount Yu Jun?"

It would be easier to understand why the official had sent his prayers to the Heavenly Martial God Emperor. After all, he had been the number one Martial God for the past thousand years, and his status far exceeded that of General Ming Guang. Naturally, the higher and more influential you are, the more secure and certain people will feel.

However, General Ming Guang's position was the same as General Nan Yang's, and there was almost no difference between the two of them. If one really had to distinguish it, then General Ming Guang had nine thousand temples, a thousand more than General Nan Yang. Xie Lian really could not understand why General Ming Guang was willing to give up something close and instead looked for something far away.

He continued to speak and said, "Normally, even if the Ming Guang Temple on Mount Yu Jun was taken over by the ghost of the groom, which resulted in others not being able to find him, he said, people could always simply build another Ming Guang Temple somewhere else. However, for what reason were the other Martial God temples built here?"

Fu Yao immediately understood and said, "There must be another reason."

Xie Lian replied, "Yes, there should be another reason that would make the people in the Yu Jun Mountain region stop building the Ming Guang Temple. You guys, please lend me some more spiritual power. I'm afraid I should go and ask..."

At that moment, someone suddenly shouted, "There are so many brides!"

When he realized that the voice was coming from inside the temple, Xie Lian immediately turned around. He had told these people to remain in the open space outside the temple, but they had actually paid their ears to his orders and ran inside!

Nan Feng shouted, "The situation is dangerous, don't go around!"

However, the young man said, "Everyone, don't listen to them! They won't dare touch us! We are all good people, do they really dare to kill us? Everybody, wakeup! Awake, awake!"

The youngster actually realized that the three of them would not seriously knock them down and beat them up. Thus, he began to become completely uncontrollable.

Seeing that, Nan Feng's knuckles started cracking, and he seemed to be trying to hold back. However, as a martial god under the Nan Yang Palace Hall, he really could not beat up an ordinary person just because he wanted to. If the supervisory Heavenly Official knew and reported it, then the consequences would really be unpleasant to deal with.

The young man laughed wickedly before sneering. "Don't think I don't know what you're trying to do. You just want to trick us and keep us in place, so you can solve the case alone and then take the prize!"

With those inciting words, at least half of the group of people became agitated. So, they followed the young man and started running into the temple. Fu Yao apathetically cleaned her sleeves and said, "Let them do as they please. This group of ordinary humans are cunning."

His tone sounded hateful, as if he no longer wanted to care about what happened to them.

Then, inside the Ming Guang temple came another loud cry, "This is all dead people!"

The youngster was also very surprised as he asked, "Everyone is dead?!"

"Everyone's dead!"

"What kind of evil ritual is this! Some brides had died decades ago, so how could their skin not have decomposed??"

However, it did not take long for the youngster to forget his shock. "It's okay if they die. Let's bring the dead body of the bride down from the mountain. After all, how could people from their families not buy it back?"

When he heard it, Xie Lian's gaze slowly darkened. And after that group of people thought about it, they started to think that it made sense. Some people sighed, some muttered softly, and some became even more joyful.

Xie Lian stood by the door of the temple and said, "It's better if everyone comes out first. For many years, a gentle breeze had not passed through this temple and thus the death qi had settled inside. If a layman inhales it, it's not good for them."

His words made perfect sense, and everyone did not know whether they should listen to him or not. Then, Little Ying spoke softly, "Everyone, stop like this. Here is too dangerous, wouldn't it be better if we listen to this young master? Come out and sit."

However, that group of people did not even listen to Xie Lian and his team, so how could they listen to him? No one noticed it at all. But Little Ying was not discouraged and repeated her words a few more times.

Ignoring him, the young man began to order to the group of people there, "Everything, we should choose the freshest corpse. If his corpse was too old, who knew that their family members were still alive in this world. This way, we don't have to waste our energy bringing these corpses down the mountain."

Unexpectedly, there were actually people who praised the youngster for being smart and efficient. When she heard him, Xie Lian did not know whether she should cry or laugh.

Then, Xie Lian saw someone start moving and she immediately warned, "Don't take off their veil! The veil could block death qi and yang qi. The Qi in your body is too strong. If the bodies absorb it, I can't guarantee that nothing will happen."

However, since this group of people wanted to retrieve the fresh corpses, they had already removed almost all the veils. Xie Lian exchanged glances with Nan Feng, who had just walked to the door, before shaking his head. He knew that he would not be able to stop this group of people. After all, it wasn't like he could beat them up until they vomited blood and couldn't move anymore.

If they did that and something happened later, wouldn't the injuries of those people would hinder them from escaping later? Xie Lian actually felt extremely helpless.

At that moment, a burly man removed the veil from one of the brides and exclaimed, "Br*ngsek! This young lady was truly beautiful until she could ascend to heaven!"

Everyone started to gather around him as people started discussing him.

"She probably hasn't even gone through her husband's door, has she? To die like this is truly unfortunate."

"The clothes are a bit worn out, but this girl is really the most beautiful!"

This bride may have recently died, as the skin on her face is still quite flexible. Someone provocatively asked, "Does anyone dare to touch his face?"

The young man immediately replied, "Why don't we dare?"

As he finished saying that, he pinched the corpse's face twice. The youngster only felt that the skin under his hands felt smooth like tofu, making one's heart feel itchy. He even wanted to grope this girl a few more times.

Xie Lian absolutely could not continue watching the scene anymore and was just about to go there to stop the youngster. However, Little Ying had already rushed over and said, "Don't be like that!"

The young man easily pushed her and said, "Don't stop us adults from doing anything!"

However, Little Ying crawled up again and said, "Doing something like this, you guys will really only get wrath from Heaven!"

This time, the young man became angry. "Si*lan! You ugly people! Not only are you ugly, but you are also troublesome!"

While he was cursing at him, the young man also started kicking him. Xie Lian stretched out her hand to grab the back of Little Ying's collar and lightly lifted her away from the youngster. Who would have thought that after he did that, he suddenly heard a 'bam' voice, before the youngster shouted, "Who hit me?!"

Xie Lian turned to look at him. The youngster's head unexpectedly had severe bruises, and even had a large hole. A stone covered in blood fell to the ground. Little Ying blankly looked at him for a moment before she hurriedly said, "Sorry, sorry. I was scared, and accidentally threw it... "

However, even if Little Ying rushed to admit her mistake, no one would believe her. Because, the direction from which the stone came was completely imprecise. The stone was thrown from the window behind the young man.

So, as the young man screamed in pain, everyone looked towards the window. They were just in time to see the shadow of someone's figure flashed past the window.

The young man shouted in a strange way. "That's it! That's an ugly creature with a bandage wrapped around his face!"

Xie Lian gave Little Ying to Nan Feng before taking two steps to the window. Then, he supported himself gently by putting his right hand into the window frame, before leaping out and starting to chase the creature into the forest. Some brave people who wanted to get a reward also followed him and jumped out the window.

However, when he reached the edge of the forest, Xie Lian suddenly smelled a pungent smell of blood. Being extremely vigilant, he sensed that something was amiss and immediately stopped his steps. "Don't go in there!"

Xie Lian had already spoken to warn them, but those people thought that it was good if Xie Lian no longer chased after the creature, because now they could do it. Their steps did not stop and instead they went straight into the forest. The rest of the group of people who were originally at the temple also started rushing out. When they saw Xie Lian standing at the edge of the forest, those who were not too bold began to gather around her to take a look.

It didn't take long before they started hearing some horrible screams. Then, a few black shadows began to walk out of the forest. They were clearly the ones who had led into the forest earlier. Surprisingly, those black shadows continued to run unbalanced until they reached the place where the moonlight shone and illuminated them. And when everyone saw their appearance clearly, they were instantly struck by terror because of that sight.

When those people walked into the forest, they were still living humans. So why was it that when they came out, they turned into bloodstained people?

From their faces to their clothes, those people were all covered in blood. It was as if the blood was drawing out from their bodies. If an ordinary person were to bleed that much, then it would no longer be possible for them to continue living.

However, step by step, those people still continued walking towards them. Everyone became so frightened, they started scrambling backwards simultaneously until they hid behind Xie Lian.

Xie Lian raised her hand and said, "Quiet. The blood is not theirs."

Sure enough, those people said, "Right! This blood is not ours, this..."

Even though their faces were covered in blood, still they could not hide their frightened faces. Following their line of sight, the other people turned their eyes to the forest. The forest there looked quite dark, so it was hard to tell what was really going on inside the forest. Xie Lian grabbed the torch and took a few steps forward as she lifted the torch to light up the forest.

Inside the forest, something dripped onto his torch, giving rise to a hissing sound. Xie Lian glanced at his torch before turning her gaze upwards. After pondering for a moment, he raised his hand and threw his torch.

Although the torch only lit up the sky for a moment, everyone could still clearly see what was on top of the tree.

Extremely long black hair, a pale face, a tattered military official robe, and arms that kept swinging about in the air...

Over forty male corpses swung about in the air, hung upside down at various heights on top of trees. Xie Lian did not know how long the fresh blood was flowing, but it was definitely not dry.

Tests, tests. Tests, tests. It created a terrifying scene from a forest filled with corpses as blood kept dripping down from above.

The group of people outside were all men and no doubt they were all strong. However, since when had they ever seen such a terrifying sight? Clearly they were all extremely frightened, they had completely fainted when no sound could be heard at all. And as Nan Feng and Fu Yao walked over to look at the scene, their two gazes became even more focused.

Fu Yao replied, "For sure, this is her favorite trick."

Nan Feng told Xie Lian, "Don't go there. If it really was him, then this would be a bit troublesome."

Xie Lian turned to ask, "Who are you talking about?"

Nan Feng replied, "The 'Near Destruction*'."

*) Near Destruction or Near Devastation.

Confused, Xie Lian asked, "What is 'Near Destruction'? Something close to the level of destruction?"

Fu Yao replied, "Not bad. Green Ghost 'Near Destruction'. He was precisely the rank of 'Dembrance' based on the assessment of Ling Wen Palace Hall, but he claimed that his kingdom was actually very close to the rank of 'Destruction'. He really likes to string up corpses on trees and make a corpse forest, that kind of game. It could even be said that it was part of his famous reputation."

When she heard Fu Yao's explanation, Xie Lian thought to herself, 'The name is really unnecessary. If dian is 'Destruction', then he is 'Destruction'. If not, then not. Just as there are only words, 'up' and 'not up'. There are no words like 'near up' or 'quite a while up'. Instead, adding the word 'close' made people feel awkward.'

Suddenly, Xie Lian recalled how the teenager who robbed her mark held her hand and brought her here. Back then, there really was a moment where a sound like rain hit the umbrella that the teenager had opened. Could it be that the reason the teenager opened the umbrella was because he wanted to obstruct her from getting wet by this rain of blood?

"Ah," Xie Lian quietly let out a voice. The two little martial gods beside him immediately asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lian gave a brief explanation of how she met a teenager on a stretcher and how the teenager brought her here. When he was done, Fu Yao said skeptically, "When we came here, I sensed that bewildering array. The array is very dangerous. But, you said the teenager just destroyed it without any problem?"

In his heart, Xie Lian thought, 'It's not 'without any problems', the teenager just stepped on it casually! He doesn't even care.'

However, Xie Lian said, "Right. So, do you guys think that this 'Near Destruction' Green Ghost is him?"

Nan Feng thought for a moment before replying, "I've never seen a Green Ghost before, so it's hard for me to say. Does the teenager have any special characteristics?"

Xie Lian said, "Silver butterfly."

Just now, when Nan Feng and Fu Yao saw the corpse forest, their expressions could be considered completely calm. However, as he said that, Xie Lian clearly saw the expressions on their faces immediately change.

Fu Yao asked in a doubtful tone, "What did you say? Silver butterflies? What kind of silver butterfly?"

Xie Lian felt that she might say something very important. He replied, "The butterflies are silver, but they also look like they are made of crystal. They're not alive, even though they look so pretty."

Then, he saw Nan Feng and Fu Yao exchange glances. Their face color becomes very ugly, paling until they look completely pale white.

After a while, Fu Yao spoke in a deep voice, "Let's go. Let's go soon."

Xie Lian asked, "This ghost case of the groom is unsolved, how can we go?"

Fu Yao replied, "Solvable?"

Fu Yao turned around and smiled grimly. "It seems like you've really been living in the human world for too long. This groom's ghost is nothing more than a 'Entertainment'. And even if the Green Ghost was in charge of this corpse forest, he was only 'Near Destruction' and would only give us a headache."

After stopping again, Fu Yao's tone of voice suddenly became extremely sharp. "But do you know who owns the silver butterfly?"

Xie Lian replied honestly, "I don't know."

"..." - ".Fu Yao stiffly said, "Even if you don't know, right now we don't have enough time to explain it to you. In short, he is not someone you can fight. You should immediately return to Heaven and send some squads of rescue soldiers."

Xie Lian replied, "Then you go back first."

"You..."

Xie Lian explained, "The owner of the silver butterfly did not reveal any evil intentions. And if he hides his evil intentions and is truly terrible as you have said, then I fear it will be difficult for us to avoid him while we are inside the Yu Jun mountain range. For now, it is best that if someone comes back then there should be someone staying here to guard this place. So, you better go back first and see if you can help me by sending in a rescue squad."

He knew that Fu Yao did not want to stay here and deal with all these troublesome things. Since he didn't want to stay, Xie Lian obviously wouldn't force him to stay here.

Fu Yao was the type of person who was frankly. Without saying anything, he cleaned his sleeves and completely left.

Xie Lian turned towards Nan Feng. He was about to speak and ask the little martial god about the teenager earlier, however, the group of people there was suddenly in an uproar. Someone exclaimed, "We catch him, we catch him!"

With this, Xie Lian did not have the time to ask Nan Feng more questions. He immediately asked, "What did you catch?"

Two bloody figures started walking out from within the forest. One of them is a strong and strong man. He was one of the people who had led the group into the forest. He was neither afraid nor backward because of the rain of blood in the forest of the corpse. He could truly be considered a brave and fearless man.

The other figure was the boy he had dragged with his death grip. The boy had a bandage wrapped around his head and face in a mess.

Xie Lian still remembered what the tea presenter from Xiaofeng's little tavern Xian Dian had said. "Rumors say that the ghost of the groom that is always talked about is an ugly creature that lives on Mount Yu Jun. Because he was born too ugly, no woman would like him. That is why her heart breeds hatred, and she then snatches the bride from the groom to prevent the couples from feeling happiness."

At that moment, Xie Lian and the other two people thought that it was just a rumor. Unexpectedly, it turned out that there was indeed such a person.

But he exists only he exists. Whether he is the ghost of the groom or not, that's another matter. Xie Lian was just about to observe the bandaged teenage boy carefully when suddenly, Little Ying rushed over and exclaimed, "You guys are wrong! He's not the ghost of the groom, is he!"

The young man replied, "He was caught on the scene and you still said he wasn't? I'm..."

He suddenly stopped talking before his face looked like he had realized something. "Oh, I always think why are you so weird, constantly saying 'no', 'no'. Turns out you're conspiring with the ghost of the groom!"

Little Ying was shocked at her accusation and started waving her hands many times. "No-no. I wasn't involved, and he wasn't involved either. He really had never done anything before. He just...just..."

The young man aggressively asked, "What's all? Just an ordinary ugly creature?"

He held haphazardly the top of the teen's head wrapped in the bandage twice. "If so, let's take a peek at what the ghostly face of an ordinary groom, who so much likes to snatch someone else's wife from their husband."

Both of his movements caused some of the boy's bandages to loosen. The teenager hugged his head before shouting. His voice was filled with fear, sounding extremely frightened, yet also extremely pitiful. Xie Lian grabbed the youngster's elbow and said, "Enough."

Hearing the pitiful cry of the boy, Little Ying's tears instantly started flowing down his face. However, when he saw Xie Lian intervene, he looked like he was seeing a light of hope. He immediately gripped onto Xie Lian's sleeve and pleaded, "Young master... Young master, help me. Help him."

Xie Lian glanced at him. Little Ying immediately took off her sleeves in embarrassment. He looked like he was afraid that Xie Lian would hate him because he touched her, which would make Xie Lian would not help him anymore.

Xie Lian comforted him, "It's okay."

Then, he looked again at the teenager wrapped in blood-soaked bandages. Suddenly, he realized that the boy was looking at him with a pair of red eyes. As it turned out, he had peered towards her through the gap between the bandages hanging on her arm. The teenager only stole a glance before he immediately lowered his head again to repair his bandage.

Although he had yet to show his face, the appearance of his slightly-looking skin was already extremely frightening. It looked like his skin had been burned by a fierce fire. It was not difficult to imagine what kind of horrible face the boy had under the bandage. The incident made others breathe cold air, and the reaction made the teenager shrink in fear.

Xie Lian noticed that unexpectedly, Little Ying and the teenager were trembling in fear in the same way, as if they had not seen the light all year and as if they did not dare to meet people. As Xie Lian sighed inwardly, the young man beside her became wary. "What do you want to do? The groom's ghost was captured by us!"

Xie Lian let go and explained, "I'm afraid it's not that easy for you to catch the ghost of the groom. Just now, my friend had searched around this place and had not found it. This kid may have just come after. The real groom's ghost should still be hiding somewhere here."

Little Ying gathered up a bit of her courage and said, "You want the reward, but you must not catch someone at random and claim that they are guilty!"

When the young man heard his words, he once again wanted to make a move. Ever since the case started, this youngster had continued to cause trouble for Xie Lian. At the limit of his patience, Xie Lian waved her hand. Ruoye's silk cloth suddenly shot out and slapped the youngster, making him lose his balance. And it seemed that even Nan Feng had reached his limit as he also quickly kicked the youngster. Finally, the young man fell on the ground and did not wake up again.

The young man was a specialist in making trouble. Once he stopped moving, the group of people no longer knew who they should follow. Thus, they were also being rather kind. In fact, even after shouting a few times, they were unable to create any disturbance.

Inwardly, Xie Lian thought, "I can finally begin to deal with this matter."

After noticing the teenage boy on the ground for a moment, Xie Lian asked, "Are you the one who threw the stone at the window?"

Although his voice sounded soft, the teenager was still trembling like a bamboo sieve. He once again peeked at Xie Lian silently before nodding his head. Little Ying replaced him and said, "He doesn't want to hurt anyone. He just saw the young man look like he was going to hit me, so he wanted to help me..."

Xie Lian asked the teenager again, "The bodies hanging on the tree, do you know what happened there?"

Little Ying replied, "I don't know what's going on, but I clearly know the bodies weren't hung by her..."

The teenager continued to tremble, but he still continued to nod his head. Nan Feng, who had been staring at him since, suddenly asked, "Do you know who Ghost Green Qi Rong is?"

When Xie Lian heard the name, she became a little surprised. On the other hand, the teenager clearly looked confused. He did not react at all to the name, and he also did not dare to answer Nan Feng. Little Ying said, "He's just scared, and doesn't dare to speak..."

He kept trying to protect the strange teenager at all costs. Therefore, Xie Lian asked in a warm tone, "Young lady, Little Ying, what's wrong with this child? Whatever you know, let me hear it first."

When she looked at Xie Lian, it seemed that Little Ying had managed to gather a bit of her courage. Even as the flames lit up his face, he did not hide.

In fact, he put his hands together as he said, "He really didn't do anything. This kid only lives in Mount Yu Jun. When he felt too hungry, he would go down the mountain and steal food to eat. Once, he happened to be in my house. I saw that he didn't really know how to talk and more, there was a wound on his face. So, I found some bandage cloth to bandage her face and sometimes, I would send her food for her to eat..."

At first, Xie Lian thought that the two might be lovers. However, now it seemed like Little Ying's protection against these teenagers was more like an elder sister's protection against her younger brother, so much so that she was like a senior taking care of their junior.

Little Ying continued to speak, "After that, there were many people who started to believe that she was the ghost of the groom. I can't do anything about it, and can only hope that someone will catch the real criminal as soon as possible.I think because young master and your comrades are this strong, you know, even if you disguise yourself as the bride to catch the ghost of the groom, at the very least you will definitely not catch the wrong person. That's because he's obviously, obviously not going to go and rob your wedding stretcher. However, who would have thought that after I left, I heard that the young man and his group intended to go also to the mountain? I was really very worried, so I quietly followed them to take a look."

He stepped in front of the teenager to protect her, as if he was afraid someone would hit him again. Then, he began to defend the teenager once again, "He really isn't the ghost of the groom. Look at him, there are only enough people to be able to defeat him with his circumstances like this. How could he possibly defeat all the military officials who were accompanying the bride's palanquin...?"

Xie Lian exchanged glances with Nan Feng, both of them feeling an overwhelming headache.

If what Little Ying said was the truth, wouldn't these teenagers have absolutely nothing to do with their current duties?

Bandage-wrapped teen, groom's ghost 'Makurkaan', 'Green Ghost Near Destruction'. Oh, and they couldn't forget the owner of that powerful silver butterfly, someone who could even make the color of a Heavenly Official's face change when he talked about it.

The small mountain of Yu Jun truly had many guests who continued to visit him. It really made it impossible for ordinary people to deal with all of this. Who's who who? Who's related to who? Xie Lian felt her head floating.

Xie Lian rubbed the place between her eyebrows. For now, he did not think of how many sentences Little Ying had right or how many were wrong. In fact, he suddenly recalled the question he had always wanted to ask. "Young Miss Little Ying, have you always lived around the territory of Mount Yu Jun?"

Little Ying replied, "Right. I've always lived here, so I can guarantee that he never does anything bad."

In response, Xie Lian said, "No, I want to ask you another question. In the territory of Mount Yu Jun, other than the temple here, was there another Ming Guang Temple built?"

Little Ying momentarily stared blankly. "That's..."

After thinking about it, he continued, "Yes, they should have been built."

When she heard his reply, Xie Lian suddenly had a faint feeling that she had discovered something very important.

He asked, "Then why is it at the foot of the mountain, only Nan Yang Temple was built, and not Ming Guang Temple?"

Little Ying scratched his head before replying, "The Ming Guang Temple has indeed been built before. But, I had heard that whenever they decided to build the Ming Guang Temple, it would always burn for no reason before its construction was completed. Someone then said that they were afraid that General Ming Guang would have a reason not to be able to protect this place. So, they chose to build the Nan Yang Temple instead..."

Nan Feng noticed that Xie Lian's gaze had become focused. He asked, "What's wrong?"

Xie Lian suddenly realized that everything was too simple.

The bride who could not smile, the shrine that burned for no reason, the Ming Guang Temple that was locked by a puzzling array, the imposing Divine statue of General Pei, the, and the ghost of the groom who disappeared after being exposed to Ruoye—'s silk cloth

That's too simple!

However, something had been constantly blocking his view, making Xie Lian oblivious to that simple fact from the start!

He suddenly held Nan Feng firmly and exclaimed, "Give me spiritual strength!"

Being held like that, Nan Feng momentarily stared blankly before he hurriedly slapped Xie Lian's hand on his arm. He once again asked, "What happened?"

Xie Lian dragged him along as she started running. "I'll explain later! For now, think of a way to deal with the eighteen corpses of the bride!"

Nan Feng asked, "Are you confused? There are only seventeen brides there, unless we add you to make it eighteen!"

Xie Lian replied, "No, no, no! Previously, there had only been seventeen corpses, but now there were eighteen! Of those eighteen brides, there was one that fake—the groom's ghost had mixed themselves with the corpses!"

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