Corpse Retriever.

Chapter 228

Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva?
Tan Wenbin subconsciously cast his gaze into the depths ahead, so, is the boy's current behavior due to the fact that he met his old leader again after changing jobs?

Then, Tan Wenbin lowered his head and looked down. If Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva was here, then the bridge he was standing on now must be the legendary Naihe Bridge?
Li Zhuiyuan walked up to Lin Shuyou, bent his ring finger, and tapped Lin Shuyou's forehead three times with his knuckles.

The panic in Lin Shuyou's eyes gradually faded away and turned into confusion.

Li Zhuiyuan: "Lin Shuyou, figure out who you are."

Hearing this, Lin Shuyou's distracted gaze refocused. He grabbed his chest with one hand, supported himself with the other hand, gritted his teeth, and slowly stood up.

At this time, although Ayou's face was still covered with cold sweat, his energy and spirit were quickly returning.

"Brother Xiaoyuan, thank you..."

"You can rely on His power, but you are not His subordinate. Otherwise, my team would only need a chief officer, not a Lin Shuyou."

"understand!"

As Lin Shuyou and Baihe Tongzi become closer and closer, they naturally become more able to empathize with each other.

Just now, Lin Shuyou was affected by the boy's emotions and his body went out of control.

"Just keep going."

The river water has pushed me here. Even if there is Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva in front of me, I will have to go to hell.

When he reached the end of the bridge, he didn't see the "Meng Po" that Tan Wenbin had been thinking about, and he didn't even see a bowl of soup.

But the end of the bridge leads directly to a temple, a towering building, and it is pitch black inside, like a dormant ferocious beast that opens its mouth and takes the bridge in.

Li Zhuiyuan recalled the scene when he was on the boat and looked down from a high place. There was a group of buildings below, and the temple in front of him should be the entrance to the group of buildings, or the "gate".

Old-style houses like to place stone lions or something like that at the door to protect the house. Temples are even more particular about this. Usually, you can see the guardian statues of the temple immediately after entering the temple.

As the five people approached, a cold wind seemed to blow up from the canyon below and into the temple. Groups of ghostly fires appeared out of thin air and began to move along the beams and walls of the temple.

It can be seen that there are signs of damage in many places here, as if they have been smashed indiscriminately, but the attacker was not too violent.

There was a plaque hanging above it, with a crack in the middle. When the will-o'-the-wisp passed by, the words on it could be clearly seen:
"Jizo Temple."

Lin Shuyou rubbed his eyes again, and White Crane Boy continued to feel uncomfortable.

Fortunately, he can now suppress the influence of this emotion on himself.

The will-o'-the-wisp fire swam to both sides, illuminating the hollows on both sides. There were stone railings, and inside the railings were stone statues, four on each side.

Each statue has different body shapes and ages, some are male and some are female.

Tan Wenbin took out a flashlight and shone it carefully, wondering: "They feel similar..."

Li Zhuiyuan: "The paint on the statues should have fallen off long ago. If the color was still there, it would be easier to see that these statues have different 'performers', but they all play the same person."

Tan Wenbin: "Just like Ah You's face opening?"

Li Zhuiyuan: “Yes.”

The appearance of the mediums is different, but the makeup on their faces is still aimed at the same Lord Yin Shen.

Tan Wenbin: "Brother Xiaoyuan, there is a stone tablet under each stone statue here, Yao Wenchang..."

There is a stone tablet on each stone statue. The words on some of the tablets are very blurry and can only be seen roughly, while some are very clear and can be read in full.

The four stone statues on the left and right all have the surname Yao, which should be a family inheritance.

The beginning of the stone tablets all have a unified format: "So-and-so from the Yao family, worshipping the gatekeeper, walking on earth."

Then it records the various achievements of each person during his lifetime, such as how many evil spirits he suppressed and how many demons he killed. Most of them are general summaries, and a small part will be listed separately to describe specific events.

Lin Shuyou said, "When I was a kid, I followed my grandfather to an old official general temple in a mountain that was not open to the public. That temple would erect statues for the mediums of all generations after their death and place them next to the adult. After death, they would continue to protect the law and enjoy glory."

"Then, sir, should be in the innermost part?" Tan Wenbin moved the flashlight to the center. The intensity of the flashlight was not low, but when the light source went in, it seemed to be swallowed up by the darkness in the depths.

Tan Wenbin patted his flashlight, shone it on his face again, and when he shone it inward again, the will-o'-the-wisp fires that were roaming around suddenly gathered towards the center.

The first thing that catches your eye is a tall altar with a stone pier on each side.

Apart from this, the altar is empty, but as the will-o'-the-wisp moves upward, you can see a majestic statue standing in the air. Different from the eight statues outside, this statue is obviously more exquisitely made, with more precise details and is lifelike.

Because it is located in the air, all the scenery settings are also in the air.

A man, with black wings spread on his back, soars in the clouds, looking down at the countless creatures below with his sharp eyes.

When his eyes came into contact with the ghost light, the entire temple suddenly became bright and transparent.

At first glance, its image is a bit similar to Lei Zhenzi, but it has a human face. From the face to the neck and finally to the chest and arms, it is covered with magical patterns, and it has a hidden divine power.

Tan Wenbin looked at the statue and then at Lin Shuyou.

Because Lin Shuyou has not yet digested that part of the power, the lines on his body are very obvious, and their format is 70% similar to the statue above.

Tan Wenbin: "Ayou, is this your boy relative, the Black Crane boy?"

Lin Shuyou opened his mouth to refute, but didn't know how to start, because he also found that the patterns on the statue were too similar to the boy's Dharma body. Every time he painted the face, he followed this pattern.

Yin Meng: "Isn't it written on the stone tablet that he is called the Gatekeeper True Lord?"

Tan Wenbin: "Then don't you think that this Gatekeeper True Lord sounds very similar to the Gatekeeper Boy? The Gatekeeper Boy, the Guide Boy."

Yin Meng remained silent.

In fact, everyone has noticed that the furnishings in this temple and the textual records on the stone tablet really look like the temple of an official general.

Those eight stone statues looked like eight mediums.

Li Zhuiyuan asked, "Ah You, the old official general temple in the mountain you mentioned, is the stone statue of the attendant medium just a stone statue?"

Lin Shuyou did not dare to hide it from Brother Xiaoyuan, and replied: "The bones will be processed and sealed inside, so that kind of temple is not open to believers, but is supported by the various officials and generals who head the temple. We will also send disciples in the temple there for further study regularly."

Tan Wenbin: "Is this the training class for your officers and generals?"

Lin Shuyou: "Yeah, about the same."

Tan Wenbin: "Then are there also bodies sealed in the stone statues here?"

"Click, click, click..."

Tan Wenbin: "Fuck, I'm kidding, I don't want to know!"

The statue first began to crack and then began to peel off, but the areas where it peeled off were not the alopecia areata, but the more delicate interior.

The first thing to fall off was the head of the Gatekeeper.

His eyes began to move, shining with brilliance, and then the paint on his hands fell off, he began to clench his fists, and his body shook.

"Crashing... crashing..."

In an instant, He came back to life and landed on the ground with a bang.

The black wings behind it fluttered, driving away all the dust bestowed by the years around it.

No wonder there are traces of scratches and damage everywhere. In its long history, it must have awakened more than once, sweeping out the stones attached to its body and crashing into this temple.

Li Zhuiyuan paid close attention to the other person's wings. He wanted to figure out whether this person was a human or not.

It is true that a being that can live for such a long time is bound to evolve into an image that is neither human nor ghost, but the boy wants to know whether it was a human before its death.

As the wings flapped, Li Zhuiyuan paid close attention to the changes in the other muscles and bones of the opponent.

If a creature is born with wings, the wings should be more coordinated with the bones and muscles of the body, but Li Zhuiyuan did not see this in this creature.

Therefore, it is very likely that these wings were not born naturally, but were transplanted later through some means.

But even so, it is still very shocking, because this kind of transformation is comparable to Runsheng chiseling sixteen valves on his body.

At this time, a majestic voice came out of his mouth, echoing in the temple, and finally spreading to the bridge outside and echoing in the canyon below.

"You are guilty of trespassing in the Bodhisattva's place of execution."

His gaze began to scan everyone one by one.

When he saw Yin Meng, he paused.

The right hand, which was originally clenched into a fist, slowly loosened and gradually became flat.

Judging from the posture, he will soon make a "please" gesture.

It is obvious that the Yin family's ancestral tradition of eating for free is about to be triggered.

Yin Meng also noticed this because she was somewhat used to it.

However, as a member of the Yin family, she feels guilty for receiving this kind of "preferential treatment" every time.

She really wanted to point her finger at her own brother Xiaoyuan: This is the successor of the Emperor of Fengdu.

Asking her team to take the last seat every time is equivalent to putting her, the unpromising descendant, at the highest position every time and "whipping the corpse" for him.

When I was a child, I read the travel notes of my ancestors in the appendix of my family tree. I felt that my ancestors were always treated with courtesy and respected wherever they went. I found it very interesting and even a little complacent.

Looking back now, people simply treated the descendants of the Yin family as some kind of "mascots" at the dinner table.

"Feng..."

Before the words came out of his throat, his eyes fell on Lin Shuyou.

His brows were deeply furrowed, as if filled with deep confusion.

"You are..."

Suddenly, the Gatekeeper's body froze, his sharp eyes turned cold, and his voice became gloomy:
"Anyone who trespasses into the Bodhisattva's place of execution will be killed without mercy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he spread his wings and rushed down.

When this guy's statue began to fall off, everyone had already lined up, and Li Zhuiyuan had tied the red line to everyone.

Runqi opened his Qi gate, and slammed the guy hard with a Yellow River shovel. "Bang!"

The Yellow River shovel hit the opponent's wings. The wings were not made of flesh and blood at all. They were incredibly hard and caused Runsheng to feel pain in the palm of his hand.

However, Runsheng reacted quickly and immediately pressed down the shovel handle to block the opponent in front of him.

"boom!"

"Brother Runsheng, don't resist, take him out. The rest of you, get out of the way!"

Runsheng slid backwards, and the people who were hiding behind him quickly dodged him. Even Li Zhuiyuan rolled sideways twice on the ground.

It's really rare to meet someone who even Runsheng can't stop.

The sliding continued, and Runsheng had already left the temple and came to the bridge.

The Gatekeeper slowed down his momentum, spread his wings, turned his body upside down, and kicked three times towards Runsheng.

The first kick, Runsheng blocked it with a shovel, but the shovel was kicked away; the second kick, Runsheng blocked it with his arm, but his arm was kicked away; the third kick landed heavily on Runsheng's chest, and Runsheng's body flew backwards off the ground, but suddenly sank in the middle of the kick. As he landed, he let out a low growl in his throat to steady his body.

Blood began to flow out from the valves all over his body. It was obvious that the kick just now had caused internal injuries to Runsheng.

The Gatekeeper looked at Runsheng while stretching his hands back and shaking his palms.

After a moment, nothing happened.

The gatekeeper looked puzzled and turned around.

He saw a young man standing on the altar he had set up. One of the two stone pillars on the altar was covered with talismans, and the other was sealed by the young man with a black dog blood rune.

The two stone pillars shook slightly at his summons, but they could not crack.

Li Zhuiyuan looked at the gatekeeper in the distance. He didn't know why the other party didn't take out his weapon as soon as he revived, but waited to charge and fight before waving.

Perhaps, only in this way can it be consistent with His identity.

But since they have given me this opportunity, I certainly cannot ignore it.

Your weapon will remain sealed here, don't take it.

Runsheng raised the shovel and attacked him again. Zhenjun flapped his wings to block the shovel and punched Runsheng again.

"boom!"

Runsheng was once again knocked away by gravity, but he still landed steadily, with more blood flowing out of his body.

The Gatekeeper appeared above Runsheng in a flash, and kicked him hard.

Runsheng raised the shovel, and with a "buzz" sound, his body bore the gravity and his knees bent downward, but the next moment he straightened up again, and the body of the Gatekeeper fell down and landed lightly on the ground.

He had been suppressing Run Sheng, relying on his absolute speed and strength, and the opponent could only passively defend himself.

However, He could feel that the other party's injuries were getting worse, but his aura was still increasing.

The two sides collided again. This time, the Gatekeeper was even more powerful and knocked Runsheng away again, but Runsheng still did not fall. The blood on his body stained his clothes, but the fierce look in his eyes was getting stronger and stronger.

This will also stimulate the evil spirit in the body.

With the red line connecting them, Li Zhuiyuan could feel the surging faith in Runsheng's heart. He was in pain, but he was also very happy.

This is also the reason why Li Zhuiyuan did not let others go up to help now. He realized that Runsheng was gathering strength, and there were faint signs of a breakthrough.

Uncle Qin once personally taught the Qin family's Guanjiao body refining method to Runsheng. Uncle Qin was a good teacher, but Runsheng was not a good student.

Opening the valve of the physical body is equivalent to arithmetic for primary school students. Others recite formulas, but Runsheng keeps counting beans. He can even count large amounts because he has so many beans.

Finally, after counting for so long, Runsheng began to understand the mantra by himself.

It seemed that the Gatekeeper did not want to continue wasting time with Runsheng. He flapped his wings and rushed into the temple, wanting to take back his weapons and quickly deal with the sinners here.

Yin Meng wrapped the poison can with the exorcism whip and threw it out, then pulled it back.

Poisonous fog fell.

The Gatekeeper flapped his wings, and cyclones formed on both sides, enveloping the poisonous fog. His speed was hardly hindered.

But the next moment, a giant eye appeared under his feet and his speed slowed down.

Li Zhuiyuan swung his right palm and two evil-breaking talismans flew out and sank into the two cyclones respectively.

"Boom!" "Boom!"

The cyclone was blown apart, and poisonous fog gushed out again.

The Gatekeeper spread his wings and wrapped himself up.

The corrosiveness of Yin Meng's toxin lost its effect for the first time. Not only did it fail to penetrate the wings, but it seemed to have applied a layer of wax to the wings, giving them a shiny black luster.

This pair of wings is really useful, but everything has two sides. Li Zhuiyuan discovered that although he has wings, which can be used for defense and to accelerate his body, they cannot support him to fly too high.

Seeing this, Yin Meng wanted to continue throwing poison cans.

A voice came from the bottom of my heart: "Stop!"

Yin Meng stopped immediately.

Although Yin Meng's poison ratio may have miraculous effects, it is impossible to pin hopes on an unknown probability in a normal battle.

Since it has been proven that the effect is not good, it is better to save the poison and not waste it.

"Brother Binbin, come on."

"Ah, try to possess a spirit."

After avoiding the poisonous fog, the Gatekeeper spread his wings and headed towards the altar.

Tan Wenbin stood under the altar and thrust two formation flags into the ground with his hands. The two godsons on his shoulders began to applaud loudly.

"Boom!"

A ghost wall appears.

It stands to reason that setting up a ghost wall in this situation is very risky. What if this guy has vertical pupils like Baihe Tongzi, then setting up the ghost wall is as good as not setting up anything.

But this was also done intentionally by Li Zhuiyuan. He noticed that after the Gatekeeper Master woke up, his consciousness switched for a moment. At first, he wanted to invite Yin Meng to take the seat.

The former gatekeeper had sharp eyes, as if he had the ability to see through illusions, but it doesn't make sense that your eyes can still be clear when you yourself are confused.

Sure enough, the Gatekeeper stopped walking and lost his sense of direction.

Anger appeared on his face, angry at why he was confused by such a low-level trick.

“Hey, it actually works.”

Tan Wenbin simply clapped along with the rhythm of his two godsons, as if they were playing a parent-child game in this gloomy temple.

Unfortunately, this warmth between father and son did not last long.

The Gatekeeper opened his mouth and let out a hissing sound from his throat. The sharp whistle made the two godsons on Tan Wenbin's shoulders cover their ears in pain.

Hanging above is the sign of Dizang Temple. The statue of the deity that can be placed here naturally has a strong restraining effect on evil spirits.

Lin Shuyou was still trying to possess the spirit world. In the past, he had achieved the ability to make a boy descend just by staring at him, but after crossing the bridge, this tacit understanding seemed to disappear.

Ayou was very anxious. He kept shaking his hands and stamping his feet, but he just couldn't succeed.

Runsheng had arrived by then, waving the Yellow River shovel.

The Gatekeeper's wings spread out from behind.

"boom!"

This time, the Gatekeeper Master still used his wings to block Runsheng's powerful attack, but his body trembled as a result.

This means that the person behind him, although injured, has become stronger.

Zhenjun ignored Runsheng and continued to move forward, heading straight for the altar.

"Brother Binbin, back off."

Tan Wenbin did not hesitate and moved away from under the altar.

A glowing battle flag appeared on the palm of Li Zhuiyuan's right hand, and he planned to use the battle formation to block the opponent's attack.

Li Zhuiyuan had already taken into account the problem with Lin Shuyou, and he did not include Ah You in this round of battle plan.

From the current perspective, although this gatekeeper is powerful, he is also within the controllable range. The process on my side will be a bit embarrassing, but I will still be the winner in the end.

However, changes beyond Li Zhuiyuan's calculations still occurred.

Fortunately, it’s not on the bad side.

People are forced to do things. Lin Shuyou had just received a big gift package and he really couldn't accept that he was silent at the critical moment.

He could understand the boy's concerns and panic, but he could not accept it.

All he heard was Lin Shuyou roaring, "If He is real, then you are fake!"

The next moment, the vertical pupils opened and the spirit possession was successful!

In the past, when Lin Shuyou was possessed, it was the boy who spoke and did things. But this time, Lin Shuyou's voice came out of his own mouth after he was possessed:

"If He dies, even if you are fake, it is still true!"

The White Crane Boy, holding a trident, appeared directly under the altar and stopped the gatekeeper.

"Evil God, only kill but not save~"

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