Chapter 269: Kowloon Hall Meeting, in front of the Eyeless Statue
Eyeless statue!
This is a medium for Budu to use the method of "closing the eyes of gods and Buddhas" to create ghosts. Why is it here...
While being horrified, Zhou Shi suddenly realized that "closing the eyes of gods and Buddhas" was obviously a secret method that even Yu Heng of the Zhenyin Division didn't know about. Moreover, Fudu was always cautious in his actions and would not let others know his methods. Why did he choose to do it alone?
In the inner hall of Kowloon Hall, there is a statue of an eyeless god?
This is a temptation!
"Next week, I'm a wanderer of the underworld. I'm glad to see you."
He regretted it very much and tried to hide his emotions, but it seemed it was too late.
The members sitting on both sides of the long table did not speak, but only withdrew their gazes that had been observing him.
Zhou Shi recognized Jin Sansao at a glance. Her face painted as white as the wall was also very eye-catching next to the flickering candlelight.
There are two men, one tall and one short, sitting at the end of the long table. You can recognize them as the father and son of the Qi family without having to see their faces clearly.
Sitting upright, he faced Zhou Shi and said:
"Shopkeeper Zhou, you're here earlier than we expected. Please take a seat."
Zhou Shi sat down at the end of the long table, and suddenly felt as if there was an electric current flowing through his body, and then disappeared.
This table also looks unusual...
Luan Chongxiang sat down opposite him, smiled at him, turned to the top of the long table and asked:
"Rong Lao, it seems that the rally has not started yet."
The voice coming from the other side was old and hoarse, but it had a powerful and majestic air. "Yes, maybe there are new people today, please wait a moment. Shopkeeper Zhou must have many questions, please answer them."
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Sister-in-law Jin San's voice sounded, joking: "Mr. Luan, why don't you calculate whether there will be new people coming, so as to save us from waiting in vain."
"Haha, to put it bluntly, fortune telling is about asking the heavens and the earth. It's better to be careful."
After saying this unclear sentence, Luan Chongxiang turned to Zhou Shi and said:
"Shopkeeper Zhou, let me first introduce to you the current leader of the Kowloon Hall, Mr. Rongcheng Yu, we will call him Mr. Rong."
Zhou Shi stood up immediately and saluted upward. "I have met Mr. Rong."
"The other members come from all walks of life, so I won't introduce them without permission. If you come to gatherings often in the future, you will get to know each other." Luan Chongxiang said, "Since Mr. Rong has spoken, I will pretend to be a bookcase and invite Zhou.
Ask the shopkeeper."
"Thank you. May I ask where this place is?"
"For the sake of concealment, the inner hall of Jiulong Hall is located in a completely closed room without any passage connections. The only way in and out is to rely on the golden light that escaped the earth just now."
Oh, for an organization that is an enemy of gods, this kind of caution is necessary. Zhou Shi secretly agreed and continued to ask:
"I'm quite interested in the origin of your organization. Please tell me a little bit if it's convenient."
This is to check with Mr. Mo's statement to see if there are any errors or omissions, and to test whether the Kowloon Hall considers him one of its own.
Fortunately, Sister-in-law Jin San did not expose him, so Luan Chongxiang replied directly:
"The history of the Kowloon Hall can be traced back to thousands of years. Whenever the world situation changes, in order to protect themselves, people in the outer sect will re-form such an organization to stay together for warmth, and then disband after the crisis is over. And our Kowloon Hall
The meeting was initiated by Mr. Rong, and the reason, please wait, it will be revealed later when the meeting starts."
Nothing was asked... Zhou Shi sighed at the caution of the people in the outer sect, and then asked about his real doubts:
"Escape from the golden light should be a Taoist skill, right? Are there experts from outside the outer sect in the Jiulong Hall?"
The Taoist sect, like the Buddhist sect and the military sect, do not belong to the outer sect.
"That's not the case. It is true that only people from the outer sect can join here. However, some of our members have great supernatural powers and have managed to obtain this Taoist technique, but it is not complete - we can only enter and exit here through specific rituals, and cannot use golden light to come freely.
go."
"If I ever enter here again..."
"Just draw patterns at a few fixed places in the capital like I just did. However, the patterns will be different every time. The patterns used in the next meeting will only be informed at the last meeting."
"Also, this statue is..." Zhou Shi then asked what he wanted to know most.
"This is the issue to be discussed at this meeting. We will know later."
"Then can I ask how many members the Kowloon Hall currently has?"
"In the inner hall, including the headmaster Rong Lao and you, there are a total of twenty-one people. Don't look at the small number of people. We have gathered many experts here who are experts in their fields. In terms of the ability of the members alone, they are not under the suppression of the Yin Division.
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Having said this, Rong Chongxiang smiled somewhat prevaricatingly and said: "Almost all of you here have been invited by the Zhenyin Division, which proves our strength. Shopkeeper Zhou has made a name for himself in Jiangdu, so he must have been poached by them."
"Yes." Zhou Shi replied calmly, "But I refused."
"Okay, I have no problem."
At this time, Rong Chengyu suddenly spoke: "We've waited long enough. It seems that no new people will join today. Let's start the gathering."
The members who had been listening to the conversation between Zhou Shi and Luan Chongxiang suddenly regained their energy and sat up straight. One of them raised his hand and began to speak after Rong Chengyu nodded slightly in agreement:
"Everyone has been waiting for a long time. My speech is about this eyeless statue."
Sister-in-law Jin San reminded: "There are new members here, please introduce yourself before speaking."
"Oh, sorry, sorry, I am Qiu Congyun, born in a witchcraft family. Three days ago, I went to help a family 'send the gods'——
"Everyone should know that as the saying goes, 'it is easier to invite gods than to send them away.' The statues of the gods that have been invited have been smudged by incense all year round, so they must be sent away respectfully so as not to cause trouble. This family is doing business. At home,
Such a statue of the God of Wealth was enshrined, but as soon as I arrived, I discovered that someone had erased the eyes of this statue.
"What's even more strange is that the family was completely unaware of this matter. It wasn't until I reminded them that they discovered that the statue they worshiped day and night had no eyes!"
"Is there something wrong with that family, or is it an illusion?" A member asked in a gloomy voice, "Oh, by the way, I'm on the 18th, the coffin sealer. Shopkeeper Zhou, we've met."
"I had the same suspicion at the time, so I used various means to confirm that none of them had desecrated the statues or been under any illusions." Qiu Congyun denied it.
Could it be that there is something wrong with you... Zhou Zhi murmured in his mind, thinking this was a very reasonable speculation.
But he quickly gave up this idea, because a female member sitting next to Rong Chengyu said in a numb voice:
"This is the eighteenth recorded eyeless statue. It is the same as the records of the ninth, tenth, twelfth, and seventeenth statues. No one who worships the statue has noticed that the eyes of the statue have been erased."
Well, it turns out that's the case. If it's not an isolated case, Qiu Congyun's suspicion will be greatly reduced... Zhou Shi secretly blamed himself for taking it for granted.
"By the way, I am Yin Xue, a corpse exorcist, and I am a temporary clerk in the name of Mr. Rong. Shopkeeper Zhou must have met my sister."
Zhou Shi was stunned for a moment, then realized: I have seen a corpse exorcist, a woman... Is it the witch under Budu who can refine corpses, but was ultimately defeated by Zhang Huanming?
"So I brought the statue and asked Mr. Rong to take it into custody on my behalf."
Rong Chengyu nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Which member wants to speak next?"
A trembling hand was raised at Zhou Shi's side.
It was a thin young man sitting on his right. By the candlelight, he found that this man's face was as haggard as a ghost, and his whole body was shivering uncontrollably.
"This is Lu Zhengjiu." Luan Chongxiang introduced Zhou Shi in a low voice, but did not say which sect he belonged to.
His surname is Lu and his given name is Lili... Zhou Shi became alert, could this be someone from Ermu Mountain?