Mortal Bones

"Brother Xu, Master Zhu, when the gentleman from Shiyi Zhai arrives, how about we go to the No. 1 wing on the sixth floor to discuss?"

Chu Xiaoxiao, who did not notice Xu Taiping's strangeness, invited Xu Taiping again.

Xu Taiping took a serious look at Chu Xiaoxiao in front of him, and then nodded:

"Okay."

Fairy Lingyue told him that after the first calamity is over, once something related to the second calamity appears, it means that the second calamity has begun.

The most difficult part of the Seven Killings Calamity is that you can't avoid it, you can only face it.

So Xu Taiping, now you have to find a way to face it.

"Great, Master Zhu, you can stroll around Shiyi Zhai for a while, Qing'er and I will ask the head shopkeeper of Shiyi Zhai to be our guarantor, and we will meet in the No. 1 wing on the sixth floor after one stick of incense."

After seeing Xu Taiping agreed, Chu Xiaoxiao made arrangements happily.

"Thank you, Your Highness Xiaoxiao."

Master Zhu of Chuyun Kingdom smiled and bowed to Chu Xiaoxiao.

"See you in Room 1 of Shiyi Zhai after one stick of incense."

Xu Taiping also nodded with a smile.

Qing'er and Chu Xiaoxiao left quickly to find the head shopkeeper of Shiyi Zhai.

"Brother Xu, how about we go shopping together?"

Mr. Zhu of Chuyun invited Xu Taiping.

"Mr. Zhu, please forgive me. I have to find a friend of mine. You can go shopping by yourself first."

Xu Taiping said with a little apology.

"Brother Xu, you are busy. I won't bother you."

Mr. Zhu smiled slightly, then put his hands behind his back and looked around curiously.

After taking a deep look at Mr. Zhu's back, Xu Taiping picked up the sound transmission jade slip used to contact Monk Chongde, and then walked towards the separate room prepared for him by Shiyi Zhai, while using his mind to transmit the sound to Monk Chongde:

"Master Chongde, please come to the No. 1 room of Dizi, I have something to ask you."

Soon, Master Chongde responded-

"Lord Tianhufa, I will be there soon."

Xu Taiping immediately put away the sound transmission jade slip, and then speculated in his heart:

"From the eyes and breath of Mr. Zhu, he has no ill will towards me for the time being. Assuming that he really has bad intentions, the target he wants to harm now should be Chu Xiaoxiao."

"And from the fact that he didn't have the slightest intention to follow Chu Xiaoxiao when she left just now, it is very likely that he has arranged everything and is not worried that Chu Xiaoxiao will escape."

"Or, in addition to Chu Xiaoxiao, he has a bigger goal."

Thinking of this, Xu Taiping's heart suddenly trembled, and the feeling of uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.

"Death", "scar", "strange pattern", "Shiyi Zhai", "Chu Xiaoxiao".

These words kept flying in Xu Taiping's mind.

Finally, Xu Taiping thought of a possibility -

"This disaster may not be aimed at me, but at Shiyi Zhai and Chu Xiaoxiao. I was just dragged into it."

After thinking of this possibility, Xu Taiping immediately quickened his pace and walked towards the No. 1 room of the word "Di".

"The most urgent thing is to find out the true identity of this Mr. Zhu and know his true intentions."

"And the key here may be in that strange pattern."

Just as he was thinking about this, the No. 1 room of the word "Di" had arrived.

"Lord Tianhufa, you are so anxious to find me, is there something urgent?"

As soon as Xu Taiping opened the door, Monk Chongde also hurried over.

"Master Chongde, you came at the right time. I have something that I want you to help me see."

As Xu Taiping said this, he pushed the door and walked in.

After entering the room, he directly picked up a pen from the table, and then used his true qi to dissolve the ink in the inkstone, then picked up the pen and dipped it in ink, and began to draw on a piece of white paper.

After a while, a pattern that looked like a fanged evil ghost at first glance, and a little like a pagoda upon closer inspection, appeared on the paper.

"Master Chongde, please help me see if this pattern has..."

"Ghost Buddha?!"

Before Xu Taiping finished speaking, he was interrupted by the exclamation of Monk Chongde.

"Master Chongde, do you know this pattern?"

Xu Taiping looked at Monk Chongde with surprise.

"More than knowing it, this mark called Ghost Buddha was once the nightmare of all the people in Izumo!"

Monk Chongde's eyes were full of horror.

"Master Chongde, can you tell me more details?"

Xu Taiping asked with a serious look.

"Lord Tianhufa, you should have heard of Huoyun Temple from our abbot, right?"

Monk Chongde asked Xu Taiping.

"I've heard that the former No. 1 Buddhist temple in Chuyun Country is now one of the three great demon caves in Youyun Heaven."

Xu Taiping nodded.

"This Guifutu is an evil organization created by the followers of the evil monks of Huoyun Temple. They are the claws of the demon cave of Huoyun Temple that extend to Chuyun Country and even the entire Youyun Heaven."

"Over the years, Guifutu has committed countless bloody crimes in the countries of Youyun Heaven, but wherever the bloody Futu mark appears, there must be corpses everywhere."

"Mingjian Villa, once the most famous righteous sect in Chuyun Country, was massacred by Guifutu overnight because the owner was preparing to gather the rangers of Chuyun Country to conquer Huoyun Temple."

"When we arrived, there was not a single intact corpse in the whole village, only the bloody marks of Guifutu were seen all over the wall."

"From then on, wherever the mark of Guifutu appeared, there would be disasters."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping frowned.

He didn't expect that this disaster would be related to such a terrifying existence.

"Master Heavenly Protector, can you tell me, the young monk, where you saw the mark of Ghost Buddha?"

Monk Chongde suddenly looked at Xu Taiping nervously.

Xu Taiping thought about it and finally decided to tell Monk Chongde the truth——

"It's in this Scavenging Room."

Upon hearing this, Chongde's face suddenly turned pale.

Immediately, he bit his fingers hard, then suddenly clasped his palms together and started chanting scriptures loudly.

Almost at the same time as the chanting sounded, golden brilliance spread out from Monk Chongde and filled the entire room.

At first, Xu Taiping was a little strange and didn't know what Monk Chongde was doing. Until he discovered that one after another marks of Ghost Buddha began to appear on the surrounding walls, his heart suddenly sank.

"Master Heavenly Protector, Ghost Buddha has secretly taken control of the entire Shilizhai!"

Monk Chongde looked at Xu Taiping in horror.

"What's the weakness of this ghost pagoda?"

Xu Taiping tried to calm down.

"Unless we can find the ghost king and control it with our Buddhist secrets, the ghosts of the Buddha will not be able to finish them off."

Monk Chongde said helplessly.