I've already ascended to immortality, and only now is spiritual energy reviving?

Opportunity favors the prepared mind.

Therefore, we can't just wait; we need to prepare more!

Bai Sheng simultaneously distributed his consciousness to his three clones.

They were all sent out.

One of his agents remained in the pine forest near the ruins, keeping watch for any movement within the cordon.

They sneaked back to the vicinity of the village and eavesdropped on every house.

There is another route that leads directly towards Cangshi Town.

These three clones are no ordinary beings; they inherited Bai Sheng's physical strength.

Even if he was shot several times, he could still keep running.

Even if in the end they really can't escape,

It can also instantly dissipate innate true energy, causing one to disappear on the spot.

With so many clones, it would be a shame not to cause trouble!

Bai Sheng refused to believe that with so many people gathered in this mountain area, there wouldn't be a single whisper of news.

You can always hear some honest things people say in private.

Mountainous areas

As darkness fell...

The mountain wind is blowing up from the valley floor.

The wind rustled the leaves.

Outside the cordon,

Bai Sheng hid one of his clones behind a bush.

Perception unfolds.

The workers on the other side of the pit haven't left yet.

They stood around the edge of the pit, shining flashlights.

"They're still working overtime!" Bai Sheng thought to himself.

After observing for a while, I noticed that very few people passed by.

Bai Sheng controlled his clone to quietly approach, gradually making out some of the conversation.

A young man wearing glasses stood at the edge of the pit, holding a measuring tape and a whiteboard.

He was talking quietly to a middle-aged man wearing a work vest next to him.

"Zhang, this depth isn't right. We dug down another half meter this morning but still didn't reach the bottom. Something feels off."

Moreover, I discovered that there was another layer of stone slabs beneath this layer of blue bricks.

The carvings on the stone slab are completely different in style from the ones on top of it.

The middle-aged man named Zhang took the flashlight and shone it into the pit:

"There's no doubt that the top layer is from the Ming Dynasty, but this bottom layer..."

Look at the depth and finishing of this engraving; it's at least two or three hundred years older than the one above!

It's probably from the Song Dynasty.

He handed the flashlight back to the young man, patted the dirt off his hands, and

"That's the problem."

A temple from the Ming Dynasty, with Song Dynasty artifacts buried beneath its foundation.

Either they buried something from the previous dynasty when they built the temple, or... the temple was built specifically to suppress that thing underneath!

"Should we continue digging?"

"We definitely have to dig, but I can't make that decision."

"The province will send people tomorrow; we'll let them see it then and then we'll discuss it further."

Engineer Zhang got up from the edge of the pit, walked a few steps to the side, and lit a cigarette.

"However, I've been doing this for almost thirty years, and I've seen this kind of layering before."

The problem is that the things stacked here are not right!

I suspect someone deliberately buried something under the temple.

"Deliberately buried? Mr. Zhang, you don't mean to say..."

"I mean, why is this temple built on a mountaintop?!"

The mountain is neither high nor dangerous, and there are no villages or markets around it.

Was the temple built in this kind of place during the Ming Dynasty for the purpose of seeking refuge and living in seclusion? Or was it for the purpose of warding off evil spirits?

And now we've dug down to the next layer of stone slabs, and you see, the slabs are covered in symbols!

Zhang Gong flicked his cigarette ash. "There are Taoist talismans under this Buddhist temple. What do you think is the point of building this temple here?"

Chapter 58 Corpse-Suppressing Talisman, Peeping

The young man squatted by the pit and pushed up his glasses:

"Mr. Zhang, do you think this might be something that brings peace to the town?"

Is it the idea that there are bad things underground, so you build a temple above to suppress them?

Zhang took out a cigarette case from his work clothes pocket, shook out a cigarette, put it in his mouth but didn't light it.

"I have something to tell you, but don't tell anyone."

This morning I managed to get some information from an acquaintance at the Provincial Institute of Archaeology.

This isn't the first time this type of stone has been unearthed in these mountains. A batch of these stones was unearthed during the construction of a quarry road in the 1980s.

But it didn't emit any light back then, and people didn't recognize it; they just treated it as waste rock to fill the roadbed.

"So what is this stone made of?" the young man asked curiously.

"How should I know!"

Zhang lit a cigarette and gestured with his chin towards the pit. "Take a look at the talismans on this stone slab. Does anyone understand them?"

"I don't understand." The young man shook his head.

"When Taoists draw talismans, which talisman do you see drawn like this?"

The talismans are all stacked one on top of another, with each stroke curving upwards at the end; this is a variant of the corpse-suppressing talisman.

You know what a corpse-suppressing talisman is, right? It's specifically for suppressing living corpses.

The young man unconsciously took a half step back, almost slipping on the gravel behind him.

He adjusted his glasses: "Engineer Zhang, the more you talk, the more creeped out I get. It's so late at night, can't we talk about something else?"

"I only told you because you asked," Zhang chuckled.

"However, these are just guesses. We'll let the people from the province see them when they arrive tomorrow."

Let me tell you, if we dig through that slab of stone tomorrow and find something underneath, the whole mountain will have to be sealed off.

Those of us who are there will all have to sign confidentiality agreements!

"A confidentiality agreement? Is digging up a temple really that big of a deal?"

"Digging up a temple is certainly not the case, but how can you be sure it's just a temple?"

Bai Sheng's clone listened to every word.

Thoughtful.

……

Another clone walked slowly along the village road.

The village isn't big; all the houses are close together.

Firewood and farm tools were piled up in the yard.

Occasionally, a few barks could be heard from not far away.

Bai Sheng had only been eavesdropping along the way and had no intention of lingering.

I slowed down as I passed a cluster of low brick houses.

"Holy crap? I actually ran into this!"

Through the half-open courtyard gate, I caught a glimpse of a familiar figure.

It's that village woman!

At this moment, the village woman was in the corner of the yard.