Lin Xixue followed the sound and saw a green-robed Taoist with saliva flowing from his mouth and sunken eyes, shouting to the people around him in terror.
"We have all been deceived. The Shenxiao lineage is a complete scam. What we worship is not the real Lei Ancestor at all!"
"Bastard!" A purple-robed master heard the news and rushed to control the situation. "You guys, help me to restrain him. Don't let her go to the front hall and disturb the pilgrims!"
The purple-robed executive called to several Taoist boys around him to come forward to help, including Lin Xixue.
Everyone pulled up the rope and tied the green-robed Taoist to the ground, and tied his mouth tightly with a cloth strip to prevent him from talking nonsense again.
But the green-robed Taoist still refused to give up, and kept humming "baaaaaaah" in his mouth.
The purple-robed master turned his head and glanced at the Taoist boys who came to help one by one. He seemed to want to keep their faces in mind, and then said: "You guys stay here for now, don't go anywhere."
"But Uncle Master, I haven't finished sweeping the steps yet." One of the Taoist boys said timidly.
"If someone blames you, I will take care of it for you. Anyway, stay here and don't go anywhere. Other senior brothers will come later and give you rewards." The purple-robed master warned again.
Except for Lin Xixue, all the Taoist boys looked at each other and did not dare to say anything.
This high-level master simply ignored the Taoist boys, picked up the green-robed Taoist who was tied into a rice dumpling with his backhand, carried it on his shoulders, and walked towards the back mountain.
Seeing him walking towards the back hill, Lin Xixue naturally wanted to follow him quietly to find out what was going on, but she had only taken two steps when another Taoist boy grabbed her: "Junior sister, where are you going?"
"Go to the bathroom and be back soon."
"No, our uncle told us to stay here and not go anywhere. If other senior brothers find out that one of us is missing later and blame him, won't we all be punished together?"
"Isn't it okay to go to the toilet too?"
"Junior sister, you'd better be patient and don't let everyone suffer the punishment with you."
Lin Xixue frowned, looked at the departing master, and after weighing it, decided not to leave this place rashly.
After all, there were still so many questions that she had yet to find out clearly. If someone discovered her anomaly so easily, it would still be a bit of a loss, so she had no choice but to wait where she was.
To explore the back mountain, we have to look for another opportunity.
After a while, as expected, another high-level master came up to everyone and asked, "Were you the ones who helped my senior brother to control that slanderous person just now?"
All the Taoist boys unanimously claimed that it was.
The master stroked his beard, took out a bottle of elixirs, and said: "The blood-receiving elixir can increase the qi and blood in the body, one pill for each person."
All the Taoist boys were overjoyed, thanked him repeatedly, and then spread their hands, waiting for the elixir to be given.
Gao Gong walked in front of everyone and handed out the elixirs one by one. However, when he walked in, Lin Xixue inexplicably smelled a hint of realgar smell from him.
Although the high-ranking expert was wearing a sachet and trying his best to cover up the faint smell of rotten eggs, Lin Xixue still noticed it.
She calmly took the elixir and held it in her hand.
After the elixirs were distributed, the master took out a hand stove, and a wisp of green smoke rose, exuding a refreshing fragrance.
"Take the elixir quickly, the fragrance will help your digestion!"
Lin Xixue's apricot eyes rolled slightly, and then she followed the example of other Taoist boys and swallowed the elixir.
However, in fact, as soon as the elixir entered her throat, the potency of the medicine had not yet dissipated, and she was directly sent into the void.
Just kidding, how could she really take this kind of elixir of unknown origin?
What's more, this master took out the incense burner and urged him to take the medicine, which almost showed his weirdness written on his face.
Not long after the Taoist boys took the elixir, they began to shake their heads, and those with weaker wills even started talking in their sleep.
Lin Xixue naturally pretended to be dazed in order not to be exposed.
Seeing that all the Taoist boys had taken the elixir and were unconscious, the Taoist finally nodded with satisfaction, extinguished the stove and put it in his arms.
After a moment, this high-level master let out an angry scolding, and all the Taoist boys started up and stood up suddenly, all of them looking very confused.
"Why are you gathering here so early in the morning? You don't have to do your homework or carry water, you guys!"
Gao Gong raised the dust in his hand and said righteously and responsibly.
"Uncle Master, I...I don't know how I ended up here all of a sudden. I'll go back and do my homework right away!" one of the Taoist boys replied.
"Uncle Master, me too, I'm going back right away!"
All the Taoist boys scratched their heads and dispersed in confusion, as if they were all frustrated and fragmented.
Lin Xixue's acting skills had long been honed to perfection, and she was mingling among the crowd, so she naturally didn't show any flaws and completely deceived the master.
Moreover, this high-level master would never have imagined that a Taoist boy would be able to transport himself into the void after swallowing the elixir.
But she quickly turned around and looked in two directions.
One side is the back mountain where the green-robed Taoist was taken, and the other side is the direction where the master who gave the elixir left.
What the Qingpao Taoist said, "What Shenxiao enshrines is not the real Lei Ancestor at all" was mutually corroborating with her discovery, so she had to pay attention.
On the other hand, the elixir given was said to be a blood-retaining elixir, but it was actually a memory-erasing elixir. In addition, the looming realgar smell on this high-ranking expert was also quite suspicious.
Which side should we go to first?
After thinking for a moment, she quietly followed Gao Gong, who smelled of realgar.
Not far away, she followed the master to an ordinary courtyard.
The expert reached out and fiddled with the stone lantern in the courtyard a few times, and the floor tiles in a corner of the courtyard opened on their own, revealing a dark passage extending downward, from which a strong realgar smell reflected.
The expert didn't mind the pungent smell and walked straight into the secret passage. His figure quickly disappeared into the darkness, and the floor tiles quickly closed on their own.
Lin Xixue used her spiritual sense to investigate, and found that there was indeed a very deep groove in the stone lamp, which was obviously the mechanism that opened the secret passage.
But she did not act recklessly. If she opened the mechanism at this moment, she would inevitably be discovered. For now, it was enough to know that there was a secret room here. As for the specific details of what was in the secret passage, she still needed to make new plans.
After discovering the location of the secret passage, she dived towards the back mountain again.
With the blessing of her spiritual consciousness and the fact that she was already aware of the defenses at the back of the mountain, she could easily get past the Taoist guards.
After groping for a long time in the back mountain, she saw a somewhat deep footprint. The moment she saw the footprint, a smile appeared on her lips.
Such a deep footprint is stuck here. Either the owner of the footprint is very heavy, or the owner of the footprint is carrying or carrying something extremely heavy.
And that Gao Gong was exactly the one who came to the back mountain carrying the Taoist priest in green robe.
Therefore, there is a probability of more than 90% that this footprint is the clue she is looking for.
Following the footprints, she came to the outside of a cave that looked familiar.
The first update is delivered today! There will be two chapters later, but it may be after twelve o'clock. Friends, you can wake up tomorrow and read it again (ω)