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

A makeshift shower room was set up.

The metal partition reached up to their shoulders.

Her wet hair and a section of her white shoulder were exposed.

Steam from the hot water rose from above the metal sheet.

The scent of shampoo wafted over the courtyard wall.

Bai Sheng had no intention of spying.

He planned to use a clone to sneak away.

Suddenly, a man's voice came from inside the house.

Fangfang—

I've brought you the towel.

A man opened the door and went into the yard, wearing only his underwear.

He draped the towel over the metal partition.

But instead of leaving, he leaned against the side and lit a cigarette.

He chatted with the beautiful woman in a casual, informal manner.

Bai Sheng stayed behind, wanting to hear if there was any important information.

Before they could exchange more than a few words, the beautiful woman reached out and tugged at his arm.

The metal door creaked open.

The two shadows overlapped under the lamplight.

"...Damn it, they didn't talk about anything useful at all."

Bai Sheng rubbed his face on his sofa, then controlled his clone to turn around and leave.

Canvas shoes stepped on the gravel ground outside the courtyard wall.

It knocked over the bricks that were haphazardly piled up against the wall.

pat!

It made a soft sound.

Bai Sheng: "...Are you just placing bricks like this?"

Almost at the same time,

The man's alert voice came from inside the house:

"Who?"

The footsteps approached rapidly.

The courtyard gate was suddenly ripped open.

The man rushed out shirtless, carrying a carrying pole in his hand.

He glanced around and then walked a few steps to either end of the alley.

There was only a stray dog ​​rummaging through the trash can near the gate of the courtyard.

Its tail flicked slowly twice.

"You stupid dog, you ruined my good time!"

He spat on the dog.

Another kick

The dog whimpered and ran away.

The man turned and went back into the yard, bolting the door shut behind him.

On the roof,

The clone crouched low and lay motionless on the roof tile.

Watching the man enter the house,

Bai Sheng leaned back on the sofa and breathed a sigh of relief.

I was almost chased by a shirtless villager...

He waited a moment,

I listened to the sounds coming from the yard.

Once the men in the yard started working,

He silently controlled his clone to leap off the roof and quickly leave along the village road.

The next morning,

It was still dark.

Bai Sheng controlled his clones, which were hidden in the ruins.

I found a lush old pine tree and climbed it.

They hid in the tree canopy less than twenty steps from the pit.

In fact, even if one hid two hundred paces away from here...

With his extraordinary perception, Bai Sheng's clone could also hear what they were saying.

But he was not satisfied with just hearing about it.

If given the chance, he would even like to give it a try.

According to Engineer Zhang...

People from the province arrived today.

The sun gradually rose.

Two black minivans bumped along the quarry road.

Stopped outside the warning line.

The first to get off were the young man from yesterday and Engineer Zhang, who stood by the car waiting.

Then three men in dark jackets got out of the first car.

The leader was an elderly man with gray hair, wearing gold-rimmed glasses.

A man and a woman followed behind.

His expression was serious.

Engineer Zhang stepped forward and shook hands with the old man, his gesture very respectful.

"Professor Sun, it would be a trouble for you to make this special trip."

Professor Sun didn't exchange pleasantries and went straight to the edge of the pit: "Where's the thing?"

After leading them to the edge of the pit,

Professor Sun looked down into the pit for quite a while.

A man carrying a metal box,

Open the box.

Inside is a portable ground-penetrating radar.

Engineer Zhang squatted down next to Professor Sun. "Professor Sun, this temple is a Buddhist temple. What kind of explanation is it to have Taoist talismans placed under a Buddhist temple?"

Professor Sun shook his head: "Who told you this temple is a Buddhist temple?"

Look at the carvings on the top layer of blue bricks; they are all Buddhist scriptures, that's for sure.

But the talismans on the stone slab below were not drawn by Taoists.

These people were likely folk Taoist practitioners; after the mid-Ming Dynasty, official Taoism declined.

Many sorcerers dispersed to the common people, and their magic was a mixture of Taoism, Buddhism, folk witchcraft, and everything else.

These people draw talismans without any rules or methods, only caring about their effectiveness!

Engineer Zhang nodded thoughtfully.

Professor Sun gestured to the man carrying the metal box to begin setting up the ground-penetrating radar.

"You should be prepared to report this to higher authorities; this is not something the province can handle."

Engineer Zhang asked, "So what do we do now? Should we keep digging?"

"Let's check the radar first."

Professor Sun walked to the side of the ground-penetrating radar screen.

The waveform curve on the screen is still jumping.

A dense ring of echo signals appeared at a depth of approximately nine meters.