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

Luo Feng was also startled by Diao Wudou's expression. The old temple keeper looked shocked, his eyes wide open like two copper bells.

"Master Diao... what did you say?"

Liu Guangyang was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "What, two Yin Masters?"

Diao Wudou stared intently at Luo Feng, then suddenly burst into laughter.

"Alright, alright, I knew I hadn't misjudged you..."

"Master, what exactly do you mean by that?"

Both Zhong Laosan and the butcher A Shou looked puzzled.

"Ask your junior brother, shall we?"

Diao Wudou looked at him with a smile.

Luo Feng didn't intend to hide anything. He spat out the copper coin and explained his previous experience.

"What?"

Liu Guangyang was the most surprised: "Master Diao, could it be that Junior Brother is truly able to carry two Yin Masters on his first visit to Yin Masters...? I've never heard of such a situation before?"

"That's truly surprising."

Diao Wudou smiled, and his two small mustaches twitched.

"However, this matter cannot be said to be unheard of. The fifth generation master of the Datuk lineage successfully invited three Yin Masters on his first attempt... The fifth generation master was extremely talented and had a lofty spirit. He was also one of the few masters who had completed the Five Saints Method."

He stretched out his hand and said to Luo Feng, "Disciple, what are you standing there for? What about the bowl?"

Luo Feng quickly took the rooster bowl off his head and handed it to Diao Wudou.

"This rooster bowl is also called the 'adding son bowl'... According to the older generation, 'adding son and adding bowl' refers to the rooster bowl."

"Old Diao said slowly."

"In some places, there is a custom that when a family has an additional male member, they buy a bowl, engrave the surname and name on it, and place it in the family's ancestral hall. These bowls are not used on ordinary days, but only when there is a banquet in the ancestral hall."

Our Datuk lineage also has a similar custom: each disciple has their own bowl.

This bowl, during the transmission of power ceremony, connects your aura with that of the two spirit mediums, allowing you to connect with them and unleash their magical arts simply by performing rituals as a spirit medium.

As the old man spoke, he gently shook his right hand, and a red cloth appeared. It must have been a red bellyband, which he forcefully covered the bowl and wrapped it up.

"After you receive this bowl, take it home and offer it at night. You don't need to offer any other offerings. Just burn incense and candles, and recite the General Incantation for the Altar three times every day at midnight or 1-3 AM..."

Luo Feng blinked; he hadn't expected the method of offering sacrifices to be so simple.

"The Datuk lineage has always been like this, their practice has always been relatively simple."

Diao Wudou added, "However, you must be careful about your diet from now on. You must not eat fish and shrimp from the river, but it's fine if they come from the sea; you must also not eat birds from trees. You must remember this."

"Yes."

Luo Feng nodded, and the old man handed the bowl over again.

"Come on, put this bowl away properly... Everyone else, get ready to pack up your things too. It'll be dawn soon, let's go back to the temple and have something to eat to fill our stomachs!"

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Red Head Datuk Temple.

Outside the temple, in the main hall, there was a large table with a wooden rice steamer filled with steaming hot porridge.

On the table were fried dough sticks, fermented bean curd buns, hard-boiled eggs, braised chicken feet, two dishes of pickled vegetables, and a serving of rice cakes.

"Everyone, sit down and eat."

Diao Wudou took the lead in picking up his chopsticks, and the disciples, who had been busy all night, also picked up their chopsticks, picked up the dishes, and drank the Chaoshan porridge.

The disciples chatted amongst themselves, while Luo Feng quietly ate his breakfast. He picked up a fermented bean curd bun and took a bite.

The filling of these meat buns is made with pork marinated in red fermented bean curd, giving them a rather unique flavor.

"The mute man's porridge is really good..."

Zhong Laosan took a sip of porridge in a nostalgic tone.

"Your Zhong family is quite wealthy, why would you worry about not having enough to eat?"

Butcher Pan Shou snorted and took a bite of a braised chicken foot.

"Is business at the tea shop bad lately? Or have I lost too much money at the casino...?"

His voice was somewhat muffled.

"What nonsense are you spouting?"

Old Zhong frowned: "I do miss Uncle Ya's cooking, but since I live in the city, I can't come here all the time... Also, I've already said I won't go to casinos! Old San, in front of Master Diao, you can eat more, but don't ask questions like that!"

"You little brat, dare you swear you don't gamble excessively!"

Pan Shou sneered.

"Alright, alright, you two stop arguing."

Diao Wudou quickly interrupted the argument between the two disciples.

"It's rare for us to get together, so don't make a scene here today... By the way, Guangyang, you're the oldest among my disciples, so you should set an example. You should take charge when there are matters to attend to. Oh, and introduce these fellow disciples to your junior brother."

"it is good."

Liu Guangyang smiled and nodded.

"Junior Brother Miao, I'm a few years older than you, and I was one of the first to join the temple. You can call me Senior Brother Liu from now on. These are all your fellow disciples..."

He introduced the other disciples under Diao Wudou:

Pan Shou, the butcher, was the third among his disciples.

Zhong Nanhu is the third child in his family, but he is actually the fourth disciple.

The two seemed to get along poorly, and they often argued.

There are also two twin brothers, Chen Laibao and Chen Yaqing, who are the fifth and sixth among the disciples;

The last one was a female disciple. She had delicate features, slender eyebrows and eyes, and was probably not very old. However, by sheer coincidence, she had a dark birthmark on the right side of her face, which marred her appearance. Everyone called this woman Aunt Shen.

She didn't go out last night and was rather quiet, sipping her porridge in small mouthfuls.

According to Liu Guangyang and the talkative Zhong Laosan, it seems that Aunt Shen is a distant relative of Diao Laotou. She came from another place to join Diao Wudou and later became a disciple of the Datuk Temple lineage.

"The ritual of jumping is usually performed by men. However, our Datuk Temple is special. Among the eight spirit mediums, one is a female spirit medium named Flower Demon Goddess... My aunt deals with this goddess."

—Is she the Flower Demoness? She should correspond to He Xiangu, one of the Eight Immortals.

Upon hearing this, Luo Feng nodded silently.

"Alright, now you know everyone."

Liu Guangyang said very kindly, "From now on, we are all one family. We disciples of the Datuk Temple have always been united. Whenever something happens to any of us, we disciples will help each other. This is something that Master Diao has always taught us."

"Well said."

Diao Wudou immediately nodded. Just as he was about to say a few more words, a figure knocked a few times on the half-closed door of the main room.

"Is Mr. Diao here?"

"Who is it... Come in?"

Upon hearing the sound, Diao Wudou immediately called for someone to come in.

Luo Feng recognized the voice and immediately stood up when he saw the figure entering the main room.

"Fourth Uncle?"

Yes, this visitor was Ding Miaosheng's fourth uncle.

"So it's Old Ding from Lucky Number General Store..."

Diao Wudou narrowed his eyes and smiled kindly.

"Your nephew just passed on his skills yesterday; surely your uncle has come to congratulate him?"

"Excuse me, Mr. Diao."

Uncle Si smiled wryly and said, "Something has happened... There's been some trouble in the south of the village, and I hope you can send someone to take a look."

Diao Wudou's face also became more serious.

"What happened? Tell us in detail. We Datuk Temple aren't afraid of trouble, but trouble that's unclear and unexplained is something we can't do much about..."

"I was being presumptuous."

Fourth Uncle quickly spoke up and explained what had happened.

"In the south, across from my nephew Miaosheng's house, there lived a family surnamed Yang. The male head of the household was a laborer working in the mine, and he was beaten to death by the Dayak people a few days ago!"

His wife and the old woman in the house also died; one hanged herself, and the other was stabbed to death with scissors. Their bodies were left at home…

He said the incident was only discovered this morning. The neighbors, seeing how miserable the family was, thought they should provide them with two coffins and find some able-bodied young men to give the family of three a proper burial.

Unfortunately, when he asked someone to buy a coffin from the coffin shop, the coffin maker said that he had just sold a few coffins and did not have any "coffins in stock". However, he said that if he had some time, he could expedite the process and make two thin-skinned coffins the next day.

"After thinking it over, the neighbors felt there wasn't much of a problem, so they instructed the coffin maker to expedite the making of two coffins. At the same time, several elderly people felt it was inappropriate to keep the body in the house, as it would affect the surrounding families."

The elders suggested that they set up a makeshift shelter at the south entrance of the village to move the bodies of the family of three there first. Once the coffins at the coffin shop were ready, they could then be placed in the coffins and the three people buried.

Ding Si added that several older neighbors took the lead and found some young men, and the matter was handled properly.

Not long after, a shed was set up under a big tree at the entrance of the village, and the three corpses, wrapped in straw mats, were sent there.

To prevent wild animals from gnawing on the corpse, a young man was hired to guard it after nightfall.

"And then, the accident happened that night!"

Ding Si sighed: "This morning, someone went to the shed and found the young man unconscious on the ground. As for the three bodies, they are all nowhere to be found..."