"Uncle, are there anyone left in the temple?" Xiaohua asked softly.
"No one else." Old Zhou lowered his head and continued sweeping the floor.
"Xiaohua's face changed slightly, and my pupils also slightly contracted."
No one else...then there is no executive Cangsi.
I didn't know the specific details of what Xiaohua was thinking, but her facial change made it clear to me that we should have realized something was off.
"Sister, you go back first. We'll take a walk around the temple by ourselves," I glanced at the woman.
"The temple isn't that big. You can just take a look around. I'll wait for you," he said.
"Come back for the incense in the evening," the woman said, appearing more straightforward.
"No need." I shook my head, showing no particular emotion.
Xiaohua smiled, shaking her head as well.
"Well, I'll still prepare some food for you." The woman did not seem to notice anything wrong and turned to leave.
Xiaohua and I exchanged a glance and walked through the yard towards the temple.
Soon, we entered the temple.
A deity statue stood in the middle of the temple, but there was nothing else on either side. It wasn't like at Uncle Huang's place, where there were also acolytes on either side of the deity.
In addition, a cloth was covering the top of the deity statue, leaving no face visible.
I slowly walked to the bottom of the deity statue, wanting to look up.
Whether by intention or accident, the cloth was actually so tightly draped over the statue's face that I couldn't see through the gap to the inside.
"Hey, you're getting too close to the city god." Zhou Laozhu's dry voice suddenly sounded.
I turned my head and saw that he had already stood at the entrance of the temple's threshold. His wrinkled face looked particularly hostile and displeased.
"You're not from the village. The City God Temple doesn't welcome you. Go away," he stomped his broom on the ground twice.
Xiaohua didn't say anything, standing behind me.
"I quietly watched Zhou Laozhu, and suddenly said, 'Who is welcome here? Or, who does it welcome?'"
I reached out and pointed to the deity statue whose face was covered.
Zhou Laozhu suddenly stiffened. Sweat beads appeared on his forehead, but his expression was stubborn.
"You can leave!" Zhou Laozhu took a step forward, ready to wave his broom to chase people away!
My face remained unchanged, and I took a step forward. With a swipe of my waist, I immediately had two talismans in my hand!
"Divine guardians of the door, no taboo exists, protecting the house in peace and safety! Decree of Duke Jiang!"
I suddenly threw my hands upwards!
The two talismans suddenly flew up and attached to the ceiling of the City God Temple!
In that moment, a sudden change occurred!
Thread-like gray smoke and white vapor suddenly surged up from that location!
The normally normal temple temperature became particularly cold, as if it was during the winter months, or as if one had put their hand into a block of ice!
Xiaohua's face changed instantly, showing a mix of shock and uncertainty.
Zhou Laozhu stopped in his tracks, looking extremely alarmed.
In the next second, this Zhou Laozhu actually turned around and started running towards the yard's outer edge!
His movement was so swift, as if he had been prepared for this.
I suddenly realized that something had changed inside the temple!
The temple door silently surrounded with a mist of white smoke. In the misty fog, I didn't realize when the door had completely shut.
The City God statue next to me didn't realize when the cloth covering its head had disappeared.
The statue was still a statue made of clay, but its face was that of a young woman.
It couldn't be said to be extremely lifelike, but it could only be said to resemble.
My heart pounded wildly.
After searching far and wide, I finally found it—the City God Temple is where the Five Hells Devils reside!
No wonder there's no trouble in the village—it's as if the existence of a poisonous thing prevents anything else from surviving.
My main attention was on the clay statue.
By all accounts, the Five Hells Devils should be inside?
Why isn't there any movement?
Xiaohua didn't use the bamboo mouse, and Laogong didn't come out. It was because of the talismans placed at the temple door.
However, for the Five Hells Devils, the talismans were just a suppression, not enough to prevent them from completely coming out.
During the daytime, with these changes around us, the Yin Qi is not afraid of the Yang Qi, which is an manifestation of a dangerous prison!
The Five Hells Devils have appeared... not inside the clay statue, but where is it?
Just as I was thinking this, the two talismans fell from the roof beam, still not touching the ground, and turned black and curled up.
Xiaohua immediately formed a seal, and about ten bamboo mice began circling around her body.
My body was tensed, ready to act!
However, the Five Hells Devils still haven't appeared...
Clank, clank, clank...
It sounded like heavy hammers striking and crushing something.
A shiver ran through my heart.
I can't describe it, but why is there a chill in my heart when the ghosts haven't appeared?
The clank sounded like it was coming from outside the temple.
Is it Zhou Laozhu coming back?!
"There's something off..." Xiaohua seemed a little uneasy.
"The Five Hells Devils are indeed something we can't take lightly..." I whispered in response.
Laogong's head suddenly appeared on Xiaohua's shoulder.
He licked his lips and muttered, "It's a ghost lady, very beautiful, very beautiful."
Laogong's gaze fell on the clay statue.
I furrowed my brow and carefully listened to the sounds outside the temple door.
Besides the clank, I also heard a slightly heavy, and even somewhat disordered panting.
That panting was outside the closed temple door, very close to us.
"Is there a ghost inside?" I asked Laogong in a hoarse voice.
This is different from the talisman outside the Red Ghost Village. I need to check the copper drum, and Laogong's ability is also one of the factors I'm counting on to deal with the Five Hells Devils.
By catching the Five Hells Devils, or before that, I can use the copper drum to target them, which would achieve my goal.
"There's no one inside..." Laogong shook his head.
"There's something outside."
Xiaohua lowered her voice, she cupping her hands together and whispered a spell, some bamboo mice rushed towards the City God Temple's door.
Soon, the bamboo mice pushed open the door.
What slightly stunned me was that there were no people outside the temple door, but three black dogs lined up instead.
They weren't entirely black, but close enough.
The tips of their tails had a touch of white.
Their eyes were blood red, and their tails kept wagging as if they were very excited.
Their quivering lips constantly drooled saliva, which was extremely sticky. From them, a foul smell seemed to emanate.
Black dogs are used to suppress evil spirits, even if their tails have a touch of white, they still have the effect of suppressing evil.
However, there is a problem with these dogs...
From the perspective of nine-flow systems, a completely black body with not even a speck of white means that if someone dies, evil spirits can easily enter their home. If the dog has a touch of white at the tip of its tail, head, or chest, it is considered as wearing mourning clothes.
A dog in mourning is a sign of impending death!
The bigger problem is... I should have attracted the Five Hells Devils and awakened them.
How could there be several dogs here?
Suddenly, one of the dogs barked fiercely, causing the bamboo mice that had opened the door to panic and flee in disarray, not even coming towards Xiaohua, as if they were blind flies, scattering inside the temple.
Next, the three dogs charged fiercely towards me and Xiaohua!
I remained expressionless, as it was only three mourning evil dogs.
However, Laogong shuddered and looked extremely scared.
This made my heart slightly chilled. I had planned to use a half-foot copper sword to end their lives, but I immediately changed my mind!
