The Record of Immortal Cultivation

Chapter 659 Bait
That night.

The sky here seemed to darken very quickly. It was almost the quarter after You hour when the sky became completely dark.

Outside the temple at night, there were gusts of cold wind, and the small temple was almost packed with people.

They huddled together, listening to the howling wind outside, with unconcealable fear on their faces.

It seemed that there was some horrible man-eating monster in the gloomy wind. Anyone who was swept into the gloomy wind outside would be eaten.

Fortunately, no matter how loud the wind outside the temple was, it could not blow into the temple at all.

It was only because the statue in the temple at that moment was emitting a faint and pure light, forming a barrier that blocked the cold wind outside the temple.

However, as time went by, the light emanating from the statue continued to flicker and flicker.

It looked like it might go out at any time.

Xu Yuxiu also knew this. The protective magic left in the statue should not be able to survive long in this world without spiritual energy.

However, every time the power of the magic was about to be exhausted, the statue would absorb the incense in the temple, allowing the power of the magic to be restored a little.

Perhaps it is for this reason that the mortals in the temple burn incense and worship every day.

However, this time, Xu Yuxiu used a method to forcibly cut off the connection between the statue and the incense, making it impossible for the statue to absorb the power of the incense and replenish the consumption of the magic.

The reason she did this was simply because she felt that if this magic could continue to exist, it would delay her time in finding out the truth of this place.

Only when the protective magic hidden in the statue is completely exhausted, maybe it will be possible to lure out the evil spirit that she cannot sense.

This practice is tantamount to using the people in the temple as bait.

Xu Yuxiu naturally had a backup plan for this.

The statue was cut off from the incense, and after only half an hour, the light on it was almost dimmed to nothing.

"Crack!"

Not long after, a clear sound suddenly rang out in the silent temple.

Originally, the people in the temple were huddled together and dared not make a sound under the howling wind outside.

But this sudden crisp sound at this moment was like dropping a huge rock into the silent lake, immediately alarming everyone in the temple.

"what sound!"

Someone exclaimed and looked around.

Suddenly, the man saw a crack appear on the statue.

The moment he saw cracks appear on the statue, the man's expression changed instantly. He stretched out his trembling hand and pointed at the statue.

"Look, the statue. The statue."

He spoke haltingly, but attracted the attention of everyone in the temple.

Before he could finish his words, the eyes of everyone in the temple were focused on the statue.

When everyone in the temple saw the extremely eye-catching crack on the statue, everyone was terrified!

Just when they were panicking.

The crisp "crackling" sounds rang out again.

What followed was that extremely conspicuous cracks appeared on the statue again.

Such a situation undoubtedly made everyone in the temple despair.

The last ray of light on the statue completely dimmed, and the entire statue shattered into pieces.

"Bang bang bang!"

As soon as the statue was shattered, the windows of the entire temple were hit hard by the cold wind and were blown open, making a series of noises.

With a final loud bang, the heavy door of the entire temple was blown open by the cold wind.

Then, a howling cold wind filled the entire temple.

Under the howling wind, the people in the temple were blown all over the place and couldn't even open their eyes.

"Ah! The evil spirit is coming, help us, Lady Xuanxin, please save us!"

Cries of panic, mixed with extreme fear, came from those people.

"Jie Jie Jie!"

At the same time, a terrifying and eerie laugh was heard amid the howling wind.

But even at this point, Xu Yuxiu still didn't sense the presence of the evil spirit, which made her frown slightly.

This made her hesitate whether to take action now.

Because she had seen that some people in the temple had begun to have problems under the blowing of the cold wind. Their bodies were gradually becoming thinner, and it was obvious that their flesh and blood were being devoured by the evil creature.

"How could such a strange evil spirit be born in this world!"

Although she was still extremely confused, Xu Yuxiu felt that she could no longer sit idly by.

If we continue like this, the evil spirit may not show up yet, and everyone in the temple will be devoured by it! As Xu Yuxiu thought about it, the statue that had been broken into pieces of rubble suddenly returned to its original appearance.

The next moment, a dazzling light lit up on the restored statue, once again erecting a layer of protective barrier, which gradually dispelled the howling wind in the temple.

On this occasion.

The people in the temple also gradually felt the cold wind recede, and they could finally see the scene clearly again.

When they saw the statues in the temple restored to their original state and still emitting dazzling bright light, they were all surprised and delighted.

"Empress Xuanxin is back, we are saved!"

Some people cheered happily, and you could see the relief and joy in their eyes.

At this moment, the light on the statue suddenly dimmed, and a shadow like the image of the statue walked out of the statue.

The people in the temple who saw this scene all widened their eyes.

Soon, they all fell to their knees.

Someone cried with joy, "The goddess Xuanxin appeared, the goddess appeared!"

The one who walked out of the statue was Xu Yuxiu, but not her current incarnation, but another incarnation that was temporarily differentiated.

At the moment her temporary incarnation appeared.

The cold wind outside the temple suddenly stopped for a moment.

The next moment, the cold wind gathered and formed an eye of the wind that was as dark as ink.

Then, a ferocious-looking ghost figure surrounded by black air walked out from the eye of the wind.

As soon as the ghost appeared, it glared at the temporary incarnation of Xu Yuxiu who walked out of the statue.

"Empress Xuanxin, you hypocritical god, you are not dead yet!"

hypocritical?

Xu Yuxiu listened to this and felt a little confused.

So she let the temporary incarnation face the ghost directly.

"You are such a monster, you have committed so many evil things, why don't you just surrender!"

In response to this, the ghost laughed out loud.

"evildoer?"

"You are not worthy of calling me that. In my opinion, you gods are more like demons and evil spirits than I am. You enjoy the incense of the world for nothing, but you have to watch helplessly..."

After Xu Yuxiu patiently listened to the ghost's story, she finally understood why it had become like this.

The reason is nothing but the injustice of the government in this world.

Xu Yuxiu instantly lost interest in this.

How can she be blamed for the injustice of the government in this world? The reason is simply that this ghost was cowardly when he was alive.

Afterwards, Xu Yuxiu directly captured the ghost.

The ghost was also very surprised when Xu Yuxiu captured it.

It had fought with the Empress Xuanxin before, and under its powerful resentment, even Empress Xuanxin was no match for it.

But what happened this time?

Suddenly, two Xuanxin Niangniangs appeared, and the second one was so powerful that it didn't even have the strength to fight back.

"No, I'm not reconciled!"

The ghost roared and growled, but it could not break free of the shackles that Xu Yuxiu had placed on it.

After capturing the ghost, Xu Yuxiu carefully examined it to find out why she could not sense its existence before it appeared.

After checking it once, she finally figured it out.

It turned out that this ghost, which had devoured his incarnation, also possessed the ability to absorb incense.

This caused the ghost's aura to overlap with her own, making it impossible for her to sense the ghost's presence.

This served as a reminder to Xu Yuxiu.

It seems that the incarnations she created may not be able to completely deal with all the ghosts in this world.

The one she just captured was an exception.

It is still unknown how many ghostly creatures there are.

As soon as this thought came to mind, Xu Yuxiu immediately contacted all the incarnations.

At this connection, her eyes suddenly focused.

"Sure enough, all kinds of changes have occurred."

During the contact, she had sensed more than twenty avatars, and could no longer get in touch.