No matter what, Niannian couldn't just stand by and watch her master jump into the fire pit alone.
She looked up at Taoist Qingyun. Before he could open his mouth to refuse, she said slowly, "If you don't agree, master, I won't let you go in. Anyway, you won't bear to hit me."
This half - threatening and half - pestering tone made Taoist Qingyun laugh.
The tense and bitter emotions in his heart faded a lot. Looking at his little disciple's stubborn look like a mule, Taoist Qingyun finally sighed helplessly and nodded in agreement.
Fine.
If there was danger later, he would just throw this little brat out first.
Anyway, with Niannian's ability, even if he threw her out of the second - floor window, she wouldn't get hurt.
Then he would set up a sealing barrier to keep the little brat outside.
She wouldn't be able to rush in for a while.
Having made a plan in his mind, Taoist Qingyun stepped into the small building.
Strangely enough, the shouts that could be clearly heard outside just now disappeared completely after they entered the small building.
It was pitch - black inside, and it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.
Niannian took out three yellow talismans from her bag and casually threw them into the air.
The three yellow talismans surrounded Taoist Qingyun and Niannian in a triangular formation.
The yellow talismans burned without fire, illuminating a part of the space.
The talisman formation that was once used to imprison evil spirits and ghosts was surprisingly useful as a protective shield and a searchlight.
The small building was empty.
Except for a staircase leading to the second floor, there was almost nothing.
The small building was not built in a square shape.
Instead, it was an octagon.
There was a window on each side, but the material of the windows was unknown. Not a single ray of light could shine through.
The master and disciple carefully stepped onto the stairs leading to the second floor.
At the same time, Shen Weixun and Mu Yanchen at the foot of the mountain also noticed the abnormality of the blood moon in the sky.
The Taoist priests around them followed their gazes and looked up. Their faces immediately changed.
The master - disciple pair who had blocked Shen Weixun and Mu Yanchen at the village entrance came over and asked, "Hey? Where's your little junior sister? I haven't seen her since just now."
Shen Weixun turned his gaze to Mu Yanchen, his eyes seemingly asking the same question as the old Taoist priest.
Mu Yanchen looked around and slapped his head in annoyance. "I told Niannian to wait here, but it seems she chased after master up the mountain."
"The blood moon rises, and the ghost king appears. Let's go up the mountain. Niannian and master must be in danger now."
Shen Weixun's mind went blank for a moment. He forced himself to calm down, took a few deep breaths, clenched his fists, and said in a deep voice.
Mu Yanchen felt that Shen Weixun's current state was obviously not right.
Both the little junior sister and the master were missing.
Naturally, he was also anxious, but no matter how anxious he was, he couldn't lose his composure.
Since such a big commotion had been made, the people who should be arrested must be arrested, and the things that should be done must still be carried out according to the plan.
He wanted to calm Shen Weixun down and quickly comforted him, "Niannian has master to protect her. She should be fine. Don't be too..."
"Senior brother, do you know what it means that master was captured? It means that either master's cultivation has declined greatly, or the opponent is extremely powerful. Do you still think they're in a good situation now?"
Shen Weixun's question left Mu Yanchen speechless. It took him a long time to find his voice.
"But master said..."
"I don't care what master said. He's been unreliable for a long time. I know you respect master, so you always listen to whatever he says, but I won't. If senior brother insists on doing things according to what master said, then I'll go up the mountain alone."
Shen Weixun knew that his senior brother was going to bring up the old argument again.
Master said, master said, master said...
He never had his own ideas.
Even if he did, after master put forward another idea, he would completely deny himself.
He needed his senior brother's help now, but if his senior brother was still as pedantic as before at this moment.
Or if he wanted to stop him.
Then their brotherhood might be over.
Mu Yanchen looked up at the sky, frowned and looked at the top of the mountain. After only a few seconds of thought, he nodded firmly.
"Let's go. I'll go with you."
"Okay. Let's go together."
Shen Weixun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Then he lifted his legs and ran towards the top of the mountain with his senior brother.
Black Impermanence, who was chasing the evil ghosts, also noticed the abnormality in the sky. His expression changed instantly.
The evil ghosts on his soul - hooking chain were still struggling constantly. He didn't care about the rules anymore.
He directly opened the passage to the underworld and kicked the evil ghosts in. Several evil ghosts around wanted to escape.
He got angry and tied them up one by one and threw them all into the passage.
With so many ghosts entering the path to the underworld, the ghost messengers in the underworld would surely sense it.
Although throwing these ghosts into the underworld without guiding them might cause chaos, he couldn't care less at the moment.
If so many ghost messengers stayed in the underworld and couldn't even deal with these insignificant ghosts, then they didn't need to do their jobs.
The most urgent thing now was that he had more important things to do.
After throwing all the ghosts into the underworld in a bunch, Black Impermanence flew towards the mountain at the fastest speed.
On the way, he met White Impermanence.
The two just glanced at each other and then continued to move forward silently in the same direction.
Years of tacit understanding allowed them to understand each other's meaning instantly without communication.
There was danger ahead.
Moreover, Niannian was there.
Whether out of old friendship or a sense of responsibility, Niannian couldn't get into trouble.
This time they had failed in their duty. They could talk about the punishment when they got back.
At this moment, the most important thing was to save Niannian.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
As soon as Niannian and Taoist Qingyun stepped onto the second floor, all the windows around suddenly opened at the same time.
The series of bangs were extremely ear - splitting in the quiet night.
They looked out of the windows and saw the scene outside.
The once - closed gates of the Buddhist halls that had surrounded them had somehow opened.
There were several huge arhat statues in each Buddhist hall.
Looking around and counting, there were a total of eighteen.
When the windows opened, these eighteen arhats simultaneously emitted a golden light.
Low and melodious chanting sounds came from all directions.
It was as if countless monks were chanting in unison around them, or as if the gods and Buddhas from all over the sky had descended to soothe something.
Taoist Qingyun finally saw his wife under the illumination of this golden light.
But now, the face he was familiar with seemed very strange.