For ten years I practiced Gu poison in Southeast Asia; all living beings revered me as a deity.

"It's gone?"

Old Man Diao frowned.

"The strangest thing was that after several people woke the young man up, he said something."

Ding Si's expression was rather unpleasant.

The old man asked coldly, "What did you say?"

Ding Si's face grew even more bitter. He lowered his voice and said in a deep voice, "The young man said that the three corpses got up in the middle of the night and just left..."

Upon hearing this, Old Man Diao's expression turned serious.

"Are you sure? Could it be that young man, along with someone else, secretly stole the body?"

"No, no."

Ding Si shook his head.

"That young man is an honest man, he would never do such a thing, otherwise no one would have made him keep watch at night."

Diao Wudou seemed to fall into deep thought.

"Master Diao...could this be 'resurrection'?"

The first person to ask was Pan Shou.

"Don't jump to conclusions."

Old Man Diao squinted, pondered for a long time, and said, "If the body is missing, there's no point in saying anything..."

He questioned Ding Si very carefully several times.

Ding Si frankly told Old Man Diao and the others everything he knew.

After listening to his words, Old Man Diao fell into deep thought once again.

"In that case, Master Diao, please allow me to go..."

Liu Guangyang slowly stood up.

"Whatever the situation, let me go to the scene and investigate first. It would be best if I could talk to that young man..."

"Alright."

Old Man Diao nodded, then suddenly looked at Luo Feng.

"Miao Sheng, this matter happens to be right across from your house... I think you should go with your Senior Brother Liu."

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When there is trouble, the disciples will do the work.

Having received their master's instructions, Luo Feng, as a disciple, and his senior brother Liu had no choice but to act.

On this trip, Luo Feng, Liu Guangyang, and his uncle Ding Si left the Datuk Temple and headed out of the village.

"Senior Brother Liu, may I ask you about something?"

"Junior Brother Miao, what is it? As long as it's something I know and can tell you," Liu Guangyang said with a smile, "then I will certainly tell you everything I know!"

Luo Feng smiled slightly. He could sense the man's gentleness and quickly asked, "I was fortunate enough to receive the favor of two Yin Masters this time. I wonder how many Yin Masters you have 'invited' to your body, Senior Brother?"

"The first step in entering the Datuk lineage is to invite a master, and after 'inviting a master,' the next step is 'establishing an altar'... I have mastered the double altar method, which allows me to invite four spirit masters in total."

Liu Guangyang wasn't too surprised. He smiled and said, "Most of my other junior brothers only master one of the altars, and at most they can only invite two or three Yin Masters..."

Oh, right, junior brother, don't misunderstand. It's not necessarily better to have more Yin Masters. Take Junior Sister Shen, for example. She only invited one Yin Master, 'Flower Demon Goddess,' and her power and transformations are no less than those of her senior brothers who invited two or three Yin Masters."

He explained that each of the eight spirit masters had their own strengths and weaknesses. After inviting a spirit master, one still needed to help establish an altar to adjust one's compatibility with the spirit master.

When the spirit masters descend to the altar, the disciple performing the ritual needs to be clear-headed and intelligent. The better the cooperation between the two, the greater the effect.

Moreover, even if multiple Yin Masters are invited, a disciple of the Jumping Child Sect can only use the power of one Yin Master at a time when dealing with a situation.

"The more Yin Masters he has mastered, the more different strategies he can use to deal with different situations... However, this does not mean that he has more power. Unless he integrates the power of the five altars and gathers the Eight Immortals and Five Saints, then he can soar to the sky."

Liu Guangyang explained that the five Datuk worshipped in Datuk temples are red-headed Datuk, green-headed Datuk, white-headed Datuk, black-headed Datuk, and yellow-headed Datuk, which correspond to the five saints among the Eight Immortals and Five Saints, and are also known as the Five Saints Altar.

The Five Saints Altar also implicitly contains the five elements and their mutual generation and transformation, namely the Altar of Equaling Heaven, the Altar of Reaching Heaven, the Altar of Stirring the Sea, the Altar of Turning the River, and the Altar of Moving the Mountain.

By controlling one altar, one can invite two Yin Masters to assist in the battle; by controlling another altar, one can invite two more Yin Masters.

However, each generation of Datuk temple keeper, also known as the temple caretaker, is in charge of the "Tongtian Altar" among the five altars.

The Tongtian Altar is dedicated to the Red-Headed Datuk. Mr. Diao Wudou is the altar attendant in the temple. In addition to being in charge of the Tongtian Altar, he has also mastered the Three Altars Method and can summon six Yin Masters to assist him.

"If one altar corresponds to two Yin Masters, then four altars would correspond to eight Yin Masters," Luo Feng keenly noticed the problem.

"What exactly does that so-called Altar of Heaven correspond to?"

"..."

Liu Guangyang's gaze became somewhat complex and profound. He glanced at Luo Feng and said in a very low voice, "Naturally, it is the Ancestor."

Patriarch?

His words also gave Luo Feng a jolt.

Right, he remembered the wooden carving of the Nine Incomplete Ancestor he had seen before.

The wooden statue gave Luo Feng a feeling that was far more terrifying and frightening than any of the evil spirits he had encountered before!

"arrive."

Ding Si, who was walking ahead, stopped, and only then did the two of them notice a large tree in front of them.

That was a century-old rubber tree.

It stands a hundred feet tall, with a trunk spanning ten spans, and leaves much smaller than those of other rubber trees.

There was a pergola standing under the tree.

Under the shade, a group of villagers from Lipan were gathered, many of them whispering and discussing something amongst themselves.

"Please make way, everyone."

Ding Si shouted.

"Mr. Liu from the Datuk Temple is coming over, please make way."

The crowd then made way.

"Mr. Liu, please!"

Ding Si treated Liu Guangyang with great respect.

Thanks.

Liu Guangyang did not refuse and strode forward, while the villagers cast admiring glances at this "Senior Brother Liu".

"This is Wang Tianjiu. He was in charge of guarding the shed last night."

Ding Si followed and pointed to a young man being helped by someone.

The man's eyes were closed, his long, thin face looked even more sunken, and he looked extremely unwell.

"Junior brother."

Liu Guangyang said casually, "Did you notice his forehead?"

Luo Feng was initially puzzled, but then he looked more closely at the young man surnamed Wang.

"what?"

Luo Feng's eye twitched involuntarily as he stared at the young man surnamed Wang, noticing that something was off about his appearance.

His face was covered with a layer of dark aura, especially on both sides of his cheekbones, philtrum, and glabella, where the dark aura was quite severe.

"When people say someone's forehead is dark, that's pretty much what it means..."

As Liu Guangyang finished speaking, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a row of silver needles. Then, he quickly pricked the young man's face several times, especially the brow bone and philtrum.

In an instant, Luo Feng could see very clearly that the dark aura on the young man's face had dissipated somewhat.

Regarding the remaining black energy, Liu Guangyang suddenly made a strange movement; he seemed to take a deep breath.

A bizarre scene unfolded: the black aura on the young man surnamed Wang's face transformed into a black line, which Liu Guangyang inhaled into his nostrils.

"this?"

Luo Feng's eyes showed a hint of doubt.

Liu Guangyang took out a colorful piece of paper from his sleeve; it was a piece of colored paper with images of door gods drawn on it.

He opened his mouth and exhaled a stream of black smoke, which then attached itself to the door god statue.

In that instant, the colorful door gods' eyes flickered.

"what!"

As if waking from a dream, Wang Tianjiu suddenly stood up, and his face regained some color.

"alright."

Liu Guangyang patted him on the shoulder and made him sit back down on the bench.

"I've removed the evil spirit from you. Go back and drink some water boiled with mugwort. Wrap yourself up tightly in the blanket and sleep it off tonight. You'll sweat it out and everything will be fine... Oh, right, I have a few more questions to ask you."

"Sir, may I ask?"

Wang Tianjiu has a kind face and looks like an honest person.

Liu Guangyang asked him several questions, which he answered without hesitation.

What this young man said was not much different from what Ding Si said.

"According to you, a strange wind blew during the night, and not long after, faint black downy hairs grew on the skin of the three corpses..."

Wang Tianjiu nodded.

He said that the moment he saw the black fur, his scalp tingled.

Then, the three corpses that had grown black hair sat up straight, as if they had risen from the dead, and slowly got up and walked towards the northeast.

"It really is a corpse rising from the dead."

Liu Guangyang stroked his chin.

"Junior brother, let's go... Also, everyone else, please don't get involved in this matter. It's not good for word to get out that the body is missing. Everyone, please disperse and go home!"

Upon hearing his words, the villagers nodded and dispersed, each returning home to find their own mothers.

Ding Si stayed behind.

Liu Guangyang gave Luo Feng a hint.

Luo Feng naturally understood his thoughts.

"Fourth Uncle, shouldn't you go back too?"

"Ah... okay."

Ding Si nodded and turned to leave.

"Senior brother, my fourth uncle has also passed away."

Luo Feng looked at Liu Guangyang.

Seeing the bystanders leave, Liu Guangyang smiled.

"It's fine once you leave."

He picked up the picture of the door gods, tossed it into the air, and muttered something under his breath.

"The sky is vast and the earth is yellow."

A spark of inspiration hangs in all directions, the gentle breeze and bright moon invite me to come!

I was originally a wanderer from the Northeast, who encountered bandits and ended up on a desolate and deadly road.

Bright lamps flicker, incense turns to ash, divine talismans fly away, and immortal guests arrive.

The spirit, responding to the call, discerned the cause and effect; riding the wind and clouds, it truly descended…

He gave a low shout and uttered the word "swift".

Whoops!

A gust of wind seemed to come from nowhere, and the door god image drifted away into the distance, as if pointing the way.