The situation inside the pagoda was beyond everyone's expectations.

I originally thought that not to mention the splendor and splendor, but with the name of Sandu Buddha, it should have some style.

As a result, what I saw when I stood on the corridor was an old monk, a pile of wood, carved utensils, and a Buddha statue with most of its body still trapped in darkness. It was incredibly shabby.

"A few distinguished guests are here, and I don't know why?"

The monk put down the wood carving he had just started working on and looked up at where Yan Jing and the others were. His eyes were covered with gray and his voice was difficult.

It was very quiet inside the pagoda, and he could clearly hear the sudden sound of wind and rain when the window was opened earlier.

Yan Jing and the others did not come here to hide, so they immediately went down the stairs.

Yu Zhen formed a seal halfway up the road, and a translucent energy barrier covered the main entrance to prevent the sounds inside from spreading out.

"We are all disciples of the Quanzhen Sect who have gone down the mountain to experience this time. In order to eliminate the many evil spirits in Jingjiang Town, we came here strangely. I heard that this pagoda was previously built to suppress evil spirits, and what the townspeople said

Sandu Buddha was able to resist the invasion of evil spirits, so he came to visit him."

Taking the initiative to step forward, Yan Jing relied on the words that had been discussed on the road and first explained the purpose of their visit.

"The situation in the town is really strange, so I wanted to ask the master for some advice."

"I don't know how many years have passed since we eliminated evil spirits... If you want to know anything, I will do my best to cooperate."

The monk turned around, his tone still calm, and no emotion could be heard.

Yan Jing was somewhat surprised by his calmness.

Using the candlelight on the side to see his true appearance, his pupils suddenly shrank, and he suddenly realized.

Previously, they were upstairs, so high up that they could barely see the monk's figure.

At this time, when we met face to face, we realized that the monk's physical condition was extremely bad.

The loose brown monk's robe covered a torso that was as gray as a dead tree. It had no color of flesh and blood at all. Only the shriveled flesh hanging on the bones was left. The monk's description looked terrible.

Horrible, the whole face is not human-shaped.

It's not that he doesn't want to be excited, but his declining body no longer allows him to make more expressions.

"The evil spirit has entered my body, and there is no room for change. I can only rely on the great power in the pagoda to stay here, and barely do my best for the people in the town... Even so,

There isn’t much time left.”

"not much time?"

Yu Ke asked.

"The day after tomorrow is the Ghost Festival. Jingjiang Town has been occupied by the three evil spirits for many years. They have changed the town and turned everything into what they want. You should have noticed that they spread the famous

For the poison of fear.”

"As soon as you enter the town and see those strange scenes, unless you escape immediately, you will be trapped in them. Even the Buddha statue I carved can only barely protect ordinary people from being harmed by other evil spirits.

"

"The earthly officials pardoned sins, and the gates of hell were wide open... The ghosts in the underworld can't compete with these evil spirits from outside the territory, and will only become their nourishment. They have been gathering momentum over the years, just to completely destroy me.

The Buddha behind him, by then, Jingjiang Town will truly become a ghost in the world."

The monk described the current situation with difficulty, pausing for several seconds after each sentence.

"Who are the three evil spirits you mentioned?"

Finally meeting someone who didn't regard Xie Sui as a god, Yan Jing and others breathed a sigh of relief.

The biggest worry of the people who came along this way was that the Buddha carving master was like the townspeople outside, asking God to bless him when he opened his mouth, which left people helpless.

Although the monk's current condition is poor, he is finally a person who can communicate normally.

"The three evil spirits that were suppressed in the pagoda took advantage of the lunar eclipse to break free from the seal. Over the years, I have also figured out their current identities in Jingjiang Town through official missions from outside."

The monk was silent for a while, as if thinking about it, and finally said three titles in a muffled voice:

"He Bo, Xiu Nu, Foolish Boy!"

Xu Shi finally met a "normal person" who could communicate with him, and his condition continued to deteriorate. Faced with the inquiries of Yan Jing and others, the monk did not hesitate to tell everything he knew without any concealment.

In his eyes, no matter whether the purpose of Yan Jing and others coming here is to save Jingjiang Town as they say, right now they are nothing more than treating a dead horse as a living horse doctor. It is great to be able to make a difference, even if nothing can be done in the end.

, and there was nothing he could do.

The flames on the oil lamp wick placed on the base of the Buddha statue flickered, and the shadows cast by several people kept rising and falling on the ground of the pagoda.

A little half an hour of communication.

Several people finally had a general understanding of the situation in Jingjiang Town.

First of all, the previous speculations of Yan Jing and others were accurate. Jingjiang Town became what it is today precisely because of the lunar eclipse twelve years ago, which caused the seal of the pagoda to break. Three of the people who were originally sealed were

Tou Xie Sui successfully escaped.

As for the other evil spirits in the town, they have been attracted here one after another over the years. Now, under the suppression of the three powerful evil spirits, they have become their tribes and will wander around once night falls.

Secondly, the effectiveness of the Sandu Buddha statue carved by the monk actually relies on the golden body of the Buddha statue and a scripture left by his ancestors. Every time he made a Sandu Buddha statue, he would mix some of the Buddhist scriptures into it.

The scraped gold powder is then consecrated with scriptures.

It’s not that the monks don’t want to repair the pagoda.

The key to the problem is that the foundation of the pagoda was damaged. If it is rebuilt, money may not be an issue. The key is that there is still a part of the sealing circle at the bottom of the pagoda that is still functioning. This is the reason why the pagoda can persist to this day.

The monks are in such a state that they are unable to repair the magic circle, and they are even more afraid that outside construction teams will destroy the remaining parts.

By then, no matter how magnificent the pagoda is, it will not help.

Finally, and the most critical point, if you want to save Jingjiang Town, you must kill the three evil spirits before nightfall on the Ghost Festival, otherwise the many evil spirits and weirdness in Jingjiang Town will inevitably destroy the pagoda.

All three Buddha statues will become invalid.

The consequences could be disastrous!

After the monk finished speaking, he signaled to Yan Jing and others that they could stay in the pagoda for a long time and use the surrounding objects as they pleased, and then started carving the Buddha statues again.

This has become his only work or spiritual sustenance in the pagoda over the years.

Yan Jing and the others returned to where they had come in through the window to discuss the next action plan.

"The current event background exploration progress is 3%."

The information prompts given by the torch proved that these people had found the right direction of action this time.

The pagoda is undoubtedly the core of this incident.

Yan Jing was sitting on the fence outside the corridor, his eyes still falling on the monk in front of the Buddha statue, recalling what he had said before in his mind.

"Three evil spirits escaped from the pagoda. The task given to us by the Torch is to eliminate the three evil spirits. Now it seems that this may be a hint that we must find a way to eliminate them if we want to successfully survive this incident."

Zhao Qianwu was the first to speak.

There was only half an hour left before Youshi. Since they were not sure when He Bo would get married, they had to make up their mind as soon as possible.

"Two aspects, one is to find out the specific location of He Bo's marriage. The first night is a great opportunity to take action. No matter what, since this evil spirit appears on its own initiative, we must not let it go. Besides, we can also test it through it. Show the strength of the other two evil spirits and plan for future actions."

Holding the pipe in his left hand, Yu Ke blew out the smoke and said in a deep voice,

"Secondly, I have learned some knowledge about the seals in the pagoda. If I have some reference, even if I cannot repair the sealing array in the pagoda, I can still make some additions to enhance its effect and prepare for the Ghost Festival. ."

"I can help with repairing the sealing circle. In fact, I have some materials in my space that may come in handy."

Yu Zhen took the topic and took the initiative to reveal that he had attainments in magic circles. After a pause, he added,

"Although I don't know if it will come in handy, as long as it is a formation, there are some similarities. If the formation in the pagoda can be improved to a certain extent, it may be a big help to us."

"Well, while there is still time, let's go down together to check the sealing circle. After that, you two will stay and try to repair it. Yan Jing and I will be responsible for finding the location where He Bo got married."

After learning that Yu Zhen actually knew how to use formations, Zhao Qianwu couldn't help but show a touch of joy on his face and said repeatedly.

"I don't know anything about the magic circle, so I might as well stay here and watch. Don't forget that He Jianbing is still outside. He knows about the existence of the pagoda. There's no guarantee that he won't take advantage of us and do the same thing as he did in the county government. thing."

The few people were about to leave, but Yan Jing spoke at this moment.

The other people had no objections to his proposal and turned around to leave. Soon, under the guidance of the monk, they went to the inside of the pagoda to inspect the seal.

Yan Jing, who was left alone in the corridor on the second floor, watched them disappear into the shadows behind the Buddha statue, then turned around and took out an item from the space.

The Zerg egg obtained in the Hive mission.

The reason why I specifically asked to stay just now was to be on guard against He Jianbing. The rest was just the size of a fist in front of me. I don’t know when numerous black and purple-striped zerg eggs appeared on the surface.

If Yan Jing remembered correctly, when he first obtained this insect egg, it should have only had light purple patterns.

Similar to those insect beasts controlled by the mother insect.

According to the reminder from the torch, it was time to hatch. Almost at the same time that Yan Jing took it out, fine cracks appeared on the top of the egg.

Not long after, an insect with a strange appearance, no bigger than a baby's fist, crawled out of it.

Its body looks like a combination of a cicada and a praying mantis, with a worm-like torso, several tentacles extending from its tail, several jointed limbs on each side of its body, and two long and narrow limbs at its front end, its head and chest. The abdomens are long together, and the mouthparts are particularly ferocious.

The color of its body surface is also biased toward that of the female insect, with interlaced black and purple lines.

[Zerg (juvenile)]
To be continued...