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Chapter 108 Returning to the Ministry, the Evil Spirit is in Shortage

When many people in the martial arts world saw this, they showed curiosity on their faces and secretly observed the expression on Jian Taiwen's face.

As Jian Taiwen listened, his brows furrowed tightly.

When the member of the Tianjian Division finished speaking, he quietly stepped aside.

Jian Taiwen clenched his fists and turned around to say, "Abbot, the Heavenly Supervisor has something important to do and will not stay here for long. Everyone, follow me and leave Xuanxin Temple. Something has happened at Sanhuo Temple."

When Jian Taiwen finished saying this, everyone present was shocked.

They had also heard of the Sanhuo Temple, which was a considerable Taoist force in Fenglin State. In terms of influence, it was second only to the Qingyun Temple.

But now, Jian Taiwen said that something happened, and they were all very curious about what had happened.

But the Tianjiansi has its own standards of conduct. If these things are not said out loud, it proves that they cannot be said.

Many members of the Tianjian Division were attending a banquet, but upon hearing this, they immediately stood up.

According to the rules of the Tianjiansi, when there is a mission, you must immediately put down everything in your hands and rush to the mission location.

Shen Bai touched Amber's soft fur.

I had been planning to work on the Formation Breaking Technique again in the evening and perfect it to level 2, but now it seems there is no chance.

He also stood up and looked at Jian Taiwen.

Jian Taiwen didn't say anything more. He waved his hand and led the way, leaving Xuanxin Temple.

Abbot Huisheng understood the rules of the Jiantiansi and did not stay long. He just accompanied him all the way to the gate of Xuanxin Temple.

I didn't walk back until they left.

……

Along the way, it was already night and everything was silent, which seemed particularly deserted.

Everyone was busy on their way, and horses were raising dust on the official road.

Shen Bai didn't ask why, he just followed behind.

While riding, he even teased Amber, causing her to meow.

Because it was night and Jiantiansi was wearing conspicuous attire, nothing unusual happened along the way, and all the people from the martial arts world they met gave them a wide berth.

When everyone arrived at Sanhuo Temple, Shen Bai looked up and found that several members of the Tianjian Division were already standing at the gate of Sanhuo Temple, waiting with serious faces.

The member of the Tianjian Division on the left saw Jian Taiwen coming and immediately stepped forward and said with a bow, "Wang Zhen of the Bing Thirty-second Division greets Master Jian."

This time, the mission of Xuanxin Temple is very important.

Since the entire Ding Division came out in full force, after the problem arose at Sanhuo Temple, it was the members of the Bing Division who arrived first.

Although the members of Division C are higher in rank than those of Division D, Wang Zhen is at the end of Division C, so when he meets Jian Taiwen, he still needs to perform the etiquette of a subordinate.

The Jiantian Division is divided into five positions: Li, Hu, Xiaowei, and Zhang. It does not mean that being in the Bing Division is necessarily better than the Ding Division.

After all, Jian Taiwen is the head of the entire Ding Department.

Jian Taiwen nodded and asked, "Is the situation under control?"

Wang Zhen agreed: "It has been controlled. The body is stored in the open space of Sanhuo Temple, but Elder Huo has not been captured."

Elder Fire?
Shen Bai was listening nearby. When he heard these three familiar words, he recalled the events in Feng Village and touched his chin.

"Sure enough, it was no coincidence that Lu Yang passed by Feng Village."

Huang Guang and Kong Fang led the horses and nodded secretly behind Shen Bai.

At the beginning, Lu Yang said that he arrived at Feng Village accidentally, but Elder Huo himself was a traitor to Sanhuo Temple. In addition, Lu Yang was also from Sanhuo Temple, so Shen Bai guessed that the incident at Sanhuo Temple was definitely not a coincidence, but was premeditated.

Now it seems that it echoes that incident.

After getting the answer, Jian Taiwen waved his hand and led everyone into the Sanhuo Temple.

Sanhuo Temple is also a good force in Fenglin Province, so the various buildings inside are numerous and extensive.

After entering the gate, there is an extremely spacious courtyard.

At this moment, more than ten members of the Tianjian Division had arrived at the scene in the yard.

In the middle of the yard, a white-haired old Taoist priest, holding a dustpan in his hand, was communicating with a member of the Tianjiansi.

When everyone heard the footsteps, they immediately turned around and saw Jian Taiwen and others walking in.

Shen Bai's gaze rested on the two corpses in the middle of the open space.

The corpse had its eyes wide open and its body was stiff. It had been dead for a long time, and even its body was covered with dense corpse spots.

In addition to the corpse spots, there were also signs of burns on the exposed parts of the body, and even wisps of black floating on them.

"The Fire Poison Method."

Shen Bai touched his chin and thought to himself.

I had learned from Lu Yang before that the wild method practiced by Elder Huo was called the Fire Poison Method.

Now it seems that it is very likely that it was Elder Huo who took action.

Jian Taiwen didn't say anything more. He walked forward and started asking about what had happened.

The old Taoist priest is the abbot of Sanhuo Temple, his name is Zhengyang.

When the abbot of Zhengyang Temple heard what Jian Taiwen said, he immediately told him the details of what had happened.

"Three days ago, everything was normal at the Sanhuo Temple. But today, the young Taoist boy who was responsible for cleaning the temple accidentally discovered these two bodies in the firewood pile in the woodshed."

"After careful observation, I discovered that both bodies died from fire poison. Only that traitor from the Three Fires Temple would know how to use fire poison."

"So I immediately asked my disciples to notify the Heavenly Supervisor."

After listening to this, Jian Taiwen nodded and said, "Master, please wait for a moment while I explain the whole incident to my colleagues."

Taoist Zhengyang nodded, did not continue speaking, but walked aside and waited patiently.

Since this matter has been reported to the Tianjiansi, it is what the Tianjiansi should do.

From this moment on, what Sanhuo Temple has to do is to cooperate with Jiantiansi.

Wang Zhen came up again and said, "We've hired a professional coroner to perform an autopsy. The results show that he was killed by a palm strike to the chest. We went back and checked various intelligence reports. After combining them, we found that these two people seemed to be in collusion with the Shang'e Sect."

Jian Taiwen thought for a moment and said, "In other words, the cause of death of these two people was because Elder Huo came to silence them. Then why did he want to silence them?"

Logically speaking, it was a very good thing that there was an insider in Sanhuo Temple. The only way to silence them was to worry that these two people would reveal some secrets of Shang'e Sect after the matter was exposed.

But what secrets are there?
Shen Bai thought for a moment and said, "Perhaps it has something to do with the trip to Fengcun. Elder Huo had planted a pawn in Fengcun back then. It wasn't a coincidence that Lu Yang passed by Fengcun. After all these things were connected, Shang'emen was on guard against the truth being exposed, so he eliminated the traitor first."

Upon hearing this, Jian Taiwen nodded and said, "There is indeed a connection between the two. So, Wang Zhen, you should first find someone to collect the bodies and return to the Heavenly Guardian. In addition, you can send some people to guard the Three Fires Temple."

"Forget it, let Ding Bu take care of these people."

The matter fell on Ding Bu's head, so Jian Taiwen had to take over.

Wang Zhen nodded and said, "No problem. I'll find someone to bring the body back. If I get any useful information, I'll send someone to inform Master Jian."

Jian Taiwen said nothing more, but instead addressed the group behind him, "Continue to search everywhere to see if there are any clues left behind at the Sanhuo Temple. Furthermore, this matter will be handled by the Ding Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Divisions. The rest of you can go back and rest. Those who are free will take turns to come over and take over."

Even the entire Ding Department has other tasks, and no one has any objection to this arrangement.

Afterwards, according to Jian Taiwen's arrangement, the tenth to twelfth divisions stayed here to guard and prevent any other abnormalities from occurring in Sanhuo Temple. The others took the two corpses and rushed towards Fenglin State.

Shen Bai was naturally among these people.

There are no clues now, only two bodies. It will be extremely difficult to find the mastermind behind this. It is better to go back and sort it out.

Besides, he has no tasks assigned to him now, so the important thing is to go back and improve his proficiency.

Soon, everyone left Sanhuo Temple, leaving only people from those three tribes guarding it.

……

On Shen Bai's side, the matter of Xuanxin Temple was over, and the matter of Sanhuo Temple was just beginning.

On the other side, at this moment, a secret place.

The sect leader played with the secret letter in his hand and fell into deep thought.

Below the sect leader, the seven elders lowered their hands, all looking as if they were listening attentively.

Especially Elder Huo, the red mole between his eyebrows was flashing red light.

After playing with the letter for about an incense stick of time, the sect leader threw it down.

Elder Huo was the one who reacted the fastest. He stepped forward quickly and took the secret letter in his hands.

"Look at this, this is what the Yedao Sect thinks." The sect leader said lightly.

Elder Huo opened the letter in front of everyone, and then many elders gathered together. The content of the letter was simple, but every word made the elders' faces change.

After they spent half an incense stick of time reading the entire letter, Elder Huo's reaction was the most intense, and he clenched his fists.

"Master, this Ye Dao Sect is going too far. What's the situation now? We just killed two traitors, and now they want us to take action. They simply don't treat us as human beings!"

Another elder nodded and said, "That's right. Why do you have to kill Shen Bai? He is now a well-known figure in the entire Maple Forest State and is also Liu Wufeng's specially recruited disciple. And from what we have learned, it seems that he has made friends with many forces in Maple Forest State during this trip to Xuanxin Temple."

"Except for Qingyun Temple, all other forces in Maple Forest State want to curry favor with him. If we kill him now, it would be like hitting a rock with an egg, and we would only expose ourselves."

The other elders nodded, expressing the same idea.

The sect leader hummed softly, tapping the armrest of the throne with his fingers, and said lightly: "The Wild Dao Sect and the Wild Buddhist Sect are both top-tier forces. Although our Shang'e Sect has a bad reputation in Fenglin State, only we know our own situation. If we want to survive, we can only rely on more powerful beings."

"We can't rely on the righteous path, so we can only rely on them. Regarding the matter of Xuanxin Temple, I have gained the favor of the Ye Fomen, but the Ye Daomen doesn't have much opinion on us now."

Many elders nodded, indicating that what the sect leader said was right.

The sect leader sat up straight and continued, "Originally, sealing off the village could have won the favor of the Wild Dao Sect, but because of Shen Bai, it was completely ruined, and two of their accomplices died. This is also a significant loss for the Upper Evil Sect."

Elder Huo clenched his fists and said, "If Shen Bairuo didn't have such a formidable background, I really wanted to kill him in secret."

The sect leader shook his head: "There is no need to act secretly, just do it openly."

When these words were spoken, the eyes of the elders all widened.

Obviously, they knew what this meant.

Elder Huo hesitated for a moment and asked, "Master, if you really want to kill Shen Bai, don't forget that the situation is tense now. The Heavenly Supervisor knows that two people have died in the Three Fire Temple, and they will definitely be gathering intelligence everywhere. It's really not easy for us to act."

The other elders also nodded, indicating that they agreed with Elder Huo's idea.

If Shen Bai was a commoner, they would probably try their best to kill him.

But Shen Bai's identity is too eye-catching.

To put it bluntly, if Shen Bai was really killed, it would be a slap in the face of the Great Zhou Kingdom.

By then, if you go to the evil door, you will be really doomed.

The sect leader's calm expression finally changed, and a hint of ferocity appeared on his face.

This expression shocked all the elders present.

Ever since they joined the Shang'e Sect, they had never seen this kind of expression on the sect leader's face.

"Master, has our situation become life-or-death?" asked Elder Huo.

The sect leader smiled bitterly and said, "Haven't you noticed that the Shang'e Sect hasn't had any new disciples for a long time?"

"Furthermore, the Tianjian Division has never stopped its siege and suppression of us. If we don't have enough fresh blood, we will be finished sooner or later."

"I'm just trying to find a way to survive. I have no other choice but to do this."

Elder Huo fell silent, as did the other elders.

They looked at each other and could see helplessness in their eyes.

It doesn't mean that evil forces will necessarily have thousands of followers.

In fact, with a behemoth like the Great Zhou Kingdom present, even if the dynasty is in turmoil, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse.

No one would dare to risk their life to join the evil sect unless they were desperate.

The sect leader said slowly: "So the only way to survive is to join the wild path or wild Buddhist sect."

"This time, Shen Bai must be killed."

Elder Huo asked, "Master, even if you want to kill Shen Bai, you have to come up with a foolproof plan. As far as I know, Shen Bai's strength is terrifying. Even I am not sure I can take him down."

"But if the entire Upper Evil Sect mobilizes, the Heavenly Supervisor will definitely get wind of it and take action. We will likely be doomed."

The sect leader nodded and said, "Several elders, myself, and many disciples have set up a vicious formation, which may be able to break it, but I also understand your intentions. This matter requires long-term consideration."

"It's just putting Shen Bai's death on the agenda. I will find a way to avoid alerting the Heavenly Supervisor."

Everyone nodded, knowing that the Shang'e Sect was in a critical situation, and they all agreed with the Sect Leader's idea.

No one objected. After all, everyone here already had blood on their hands.

Even if he surrendered himself to the Heavenly Supervisory Office, he would only be sentenced to death.

Soon, the place returned to silence.

……

Time passed slowly, and many days passed in the blink of an eye.

Ever since the last incident at Xuanxin Temple in Fenglin Province, Shen Bai's name has gradually spread throughout Fenglin Province.

Liu Wufeng is a special recruit, a distinguished guest of Xuanxin Temple, a distinguished person of the Five Immortals Sect, and a distinguished guest of Baiyi Valley.

The combination of these identities makes Shen Bai more eye-catching in Fenglin State, like a towering tree.

During this period, the affairs of Sanhuo Temple seemed to have reached a bottleneck.

Since the two traitors died, the Tianshi Division found nothing after thorough investigation. During this period, Shen Bai resumed his regular life every day.

Check in, improve proficiency, eat some food, improve proficiency again, and get some amber in between.

This regular life made Shen Bai feel as if he was back in Shengyun County.

But Shen Bai knew that the current calm was just the calm before the storm.

The Shang'e Sect has taken action, and coupled with the entanglement between the two forces of the Ye Fo Sect and the Ye Dao Sect, the situation in Fenglin Province seems to be getting deeper and deeper.

During this period, in addition to improving his proficiency, Shen Bai also received one or two guests every day.

These are the various forces in Maple Forest State.

What Shen Bai found interesting was that Qingyun Temple seemed to have completely disappeared.

Ever since the last incident at the city gate, he has never caused any trouble again, which has made Shen Bai less worried.

During this period, because everyone was busy dealing with the affairs of the Three Fire Temple, Shen Bai had fewer tasks. This also led to Shen Bai frantically working on his proficiency, and he even felt as if he had not joined the Heavenly Supervisory Division.

The harvest was naturally not small, but Shen Bai also had a headache.

"This evil spirit is really not enough."

In the bright room, Shen Bai poured himself a cup of tea, looked at the proficiency in front of him, and fell into deep thought.

The smoke gradually condensed and floated in the air, forming new words that appeared in front of Shen Bai.

【血剑舞lv.4（剑术+8，破魔+8，震荡+8，剑气+8）：8500/10000】

【金刚法相拳lv.5（拳术+16，佛光+16，力道+16，拳罡+16，法相+16）：0/15000】

【晧玉邪身lv.4（坚硬+8，韧性+8，反伤+8，反封+8）：0/10000】

【玄心咒lv.4（清心+8，平性+8，加持+8，不侵+8）：0/10000】

【暗影行lv.4（隐藏+8，藏踪+8，驱影+8，夜战+8）:0/10000】

【神行百里lv.3（速度+4，耐力+4，躲闪+4）:0/5000】

【避毒回春术lv.3（治疗+4，恢复+4，避毒+4）：1000/5000】

【混元破阵诀lv.3（阵法+4，聚阵+4，布阵+4）：0/5000】

This is all the magical powers Shen Bai currently has.

First of all, after working for such a long time, his formation-breaking technique underwent its first transformation and became the Hunyuan formation-breaking technique.

The attributes of formations and gathering formations have been doubled, and an additional formation attribute has been added.

The so-called formation is to arrange the formation according to the on-site environment.

The formation attribute allows Shen Bai to understand the formation, and the gathering formation attribute allows Shen Bai to set up the formation in his body and improve his combat power.

The formation attribute allows you to set up formations in the outside world.

The three attributes complement each other.

But these are not what Shen Bai is worried about. What Shen Bai is most worried about is the proficiency of Blood Sword Dance.

After such a long period of hard work, Shen Bai's Blood Sword Dance has improved greatly.

Now, it has reached the 8500 point mark.

Only 1500 points away from a second qualitative change.

But the problem is, he really has no evil spirit now.

(End of this chapter)