Chapter 69: Mogao Caves

  Zhao Feiyu was dragged away by me, still muttering various dissatisfied words in his mouth. Kong Yidao is indeed good-tempered and persuaded Zhao Feiyu, but Zhao Feiyu couldn't stop anymore.

  When we walked to the last cave that could be visited, there was a long queue at the entrance. I looked at the introduction and it said No. 96 Cave.

  Ying Zheng continued to walk forward with big strides, but he stopped after just a few steps. I saw him frown and immediately retreated at the fastest speed.

  "What's wrong?" I saw Ying Zheng move so quickly, as if he had discovered something.

  Qin Zheng furrowed his brow and looked at me, pointing to the 96th cave and said: There's a problem.

  I asked in puzzlement: What's wrong?

  "Somebody has controlled the evil spirit, and that person must be right beside us!" Qin Zheng said in a low voice.

  After Qin Zheng finished speaking, I looked at the people in line. The queue wasn't very long, but after one group of people left, another wave followed immediately. How was I supposed to find someone like this?

  I was thinking of a way when I suddenly saw someone standing next to the introduction board. Although that person wore sunglasses and a hat, I still recognized her. I walked up and grabbed her arm.

  She looked at me vigilantly and seemed to relax after realizing it was me.

  "How did you end up here, Elder Suoyang?" I asked, tilting my head and intentionally sounding rather casual.

  Dai Su looked at me, then nervously glanced at the 96th cave in front of her. She seemed to have no intention of moving, and her tone was accusatory: "You're still asking me? What's going on here in Dunhuang? That child Qīnzi is crying and making a fuss for me to come! You tell me, what have you people done?"

  Another Dong Qizong.

  I gazed at him with a wry smile, just about to say something, when I felt a surge of evil energy suddenly erupting. My subconscious was ready to take action, but Dai Suo quickly grabbed my hand. Next, I heard her softly reciting an incantation, and the evil energy began to gradually dissipate.

  I think I understand why Ying Zheng rushed back earlier. He must have also felt the evil aura here, and he too sensed that someone is blocking this evil aura.

  I looked in the direction where Ying Zheng was and nodded to him, indicating that there were no problems. I stood next to Dai Suo and asked softly: How did you know there's a problem here? Was it also Dong Qi who told you?

  Dai Suoyang raised her head and gave me a white eye, saying discontentedly: "What else?"

  I looked back at Ying Zheng again, but I didn't know where he had gone. I guess he went to chase after the evil spirit. At this time, Kong Yi and Zhao Feiyu also appeared in my line of sight.

  I raised my hand and casually pointed to the 96th cave in front of me, indicating for them to go take a look. They naturally understood what I meant and blended in with the tourists easily.

  I continued to exchange words with Dai Suoyan. From her mouth, I knew that the ghost building was very dissatisfied with what happened to Qu Ye and wanted to catch me back to ask clearly. I shrugged lightly, completely indifferent to these things. However, the following events made me extremely concerned.

  Dai Suoyang said she arrived in Dunhuang last night, but as soon as she arrived in Dunhuang, she felt that something was wrong with the Mogao Caves. Later, she realized that many evil spirits were gathered at the Mogao Caves. It's as if someone deliberately gathered these evil spirits here, and the tourists who came to visit would take them away from their bodies.

  It was precisely because she felt something was off that Dai Suoyan had been carefully inspecting every tourist who passed by her side.

  Even if it's Daisō, under such high-intensity concentration, there will be times of fatigue. I can see that she's already tired. I also asked about my dad and Master Hui Pu's situation, one is enjoying good food and drink in the South Temple, while the other is happily returning to the South Temple after being released from the Ninth Ring. These two people seem to have no worries at all. As for Quyi, he has already returned to the headquarters of the Ghost Tower. It is said that he is preparing to present a gift to the Ghost Master.

  "I'm also looking for the evil spirit, where do you think it's from?" I whispered in Dai Suo's ear. "Mogao Caves is a Buddhist holy site after all, there must be some Buddha energy here, how can the evil spirit enter so easily? I feel like it's man-made. And don't you think the evil spirit here resembles the one in the Chaos?"

  My words seemed to have piqued Daisuke's interest, and he took off his sunglasses to look at me seriously. "So this is the trouble you've gotten yourself into, huh? You didn't say a word and just ran from the South Temple, and then came here? What you said is exactly what I was thinking. But the chaotic evil energy is in the Devil's Castle, isn't it? Did you also let that person out?"

  I looked at Dai Suo innocently and said: There is a master who not only knows the nine-character mantra, but can also use it on four people. What do you think we should do?

  Dai Suo heard my words, just about to say something, but I was inexplicably pulled away. The person who pulled me away was Kong Yi! What's important is that in the midst of a crowd, he pulled me away with an extremely resentful expression! The people around us looked at Kong Yi's resentful face and my bewildered face, probably thinking of something they shouldn't be thinking about.

  "What's going on?" As I walked halfway, I had to shake off Kong Yat's empty hand. Zhao Feiyu, who was not far away, saw me and Kong Yat, and also ran over with a small trot.

  I pointed at Kong Yiyi's face and asked: What did you do to him?

  Zhao Feiyu patted my hand away, put his arm around my shoulder and said: Didn't you say you'd take down Chenxin before leaving? Do you know how long Kongyi has been repenting in front of the Buddha because of your threat to take down Chenxin? But now it seems like you're just teasing us again!

  Zhao Feiyu's words made me even more confused about what was happening. I looked at the two of them and said helplessly: If there's something, just say it, don't be mysterious!

  Zhao Feiyu pointed to the 96th cave and said: Inside, there is a woman kneeling in front of the Buddha. I was curious to see what that woman looked like. Guess who I saw?

  "Chen Xin?" Combining Zhao Feiyu's words from just now with that entangled expression, I said out this name.

  Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yiyi said a "yes" in unison. Suddenly, I felt hopeless about life!

  Old Guo can't possibly have gotten rid of Chenxin! Are you kidding me?!

  I subconsciously wanted to find Ying Zheng, so after telling them where Dai Suoyan was, I hurriedly went to look for Ying Zheng. In front of the cave, there is a park. As I walked through the park, I saw Ying Zheng.

  Of course, there is also Yin Zhouyang in front of him.

  Yin Zhouyang saw me and smiled, saying: "I was just wondering who it was. Isn't this Mu Lin, who is about to become one of the Three Dukes? The Nine Ministers are here to offer their congratulations first."

  "You're really not dead." I looked at Yin Zhou and furrowed my brow, subconsciously touching the fallen iron at my waist. "What do you want to do?"

  Yin Zhouyang said with an innocent face: I just came to take what Chenxin wanted, and I didn't have any other ideas.

  The words that came out of Yin Zhou's mouth verified what Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yi saw in the 96th cave earlier. It seems that he and Chenxin are not dead.

  Is this going to drive me crazy?

  "Kobayashi, go and bring Chenxin over." Ying Zheng stood in front of Yin Zhou Yang, issuing orders to me. "Bring Chenxin here, not a single hair can be missing!"

  I don't know why Qin Zheng gave me this order, but since he's already spoken, I have no choice but to do it.

  I rejoined the queue in front of Cave 96, and Zhao Feiyu and Kong Yi cooperated with me to block Dai Suchao's line of sight. I blended in with the tourists and entered Cave 96, and sure enough, that familiar figure was kneeling at the foot of the Great Buddha.

  There were many tourists around discussing Chen Xin, but I walked up to her side with ease, smiled and pulled her hand saying: You've been kneeling here for so long, aren't you tired? We should go.

  After saying that, I didn't care about anything else and just took her away. When I hastily brought Chenxin in front of Ying Zheng, I only then discovered that something was off with Chenxin.

  She was like a three-year-old child, knowing nothing, just smiling at others with all her might. When Yǐn Zhōu saw Chén Xīn, she immediately pulled her to her side and looked at Chén Xīn with a gentle gaze, saying: You're back, huh?

  Qin Zheng looked at the two of them, and with a swift step forward, he seized Yin Zhuyang's hands. Then, Chen Xin suddenly pushed me in the direction I was standing, and then kicked Yin Zhuyang's knee again. Yin Zhuyang knelt on the ground with his hands still held by Qin Zheng. I didn't understand what this master and apprentice were going to do next.

  "You have betrayed the rivers, and I suppose you are more familiar with the rules of the rivers than I am? Betrayer, lightly, one's spiritual awareness is abolished, heavily, death! You say, what do you want to choose?" Qin Zheng's face gradually emitted anger, looking like he had just ended an unpleasant conversation with me and Yin Zhou Yang.

  "I betrayed the Jianghe? It was you who betrayed me!" Yin Zhouyang almost shouted like a madman! "It was I who saved you! If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be here! The Phoenix Curse is on your body! Would the Jianghe still be yours? I was so loyal to you! But you still chose to let people kill Chenxin! And let people kill me!"

  I stood aside with my hands behind my back, watching the two of them. At this moment, I felt that all the evil spirits were on Yin Zhuyang's body... With Yin Zhuyang's power alone, it was impossible for him to tame so many evil spirits so quickly. There must be a powerful person helping him from behind!

  "She betrayed me, and I spared her only for your sake. Who would have thought that the door of my Qin dynasty is not yet clean! Meng Yi! Have that woman killed!" Ying Zheng was truly enraged!

  I could hear the sound of Yin Zhouyang's bones, which made people very uncomfortable. I looked at Chenxin beside me who still had a smile on his face and suddenly felt a little unbearable.

  But thinking of Chenxin before, I easily pulled out the meteorite iron from my waist and swung it at her neck!

  No blood...

  The person in front of me suddenly turned into a paper man, his paper head falling off from his body and rolling to one side. Only then did I see clearly that this paper man was made with bamboo as the framework, with just a layer of paper pasted on the outside.

  "Chen Xin!" Yin Zhou's face turned red with rage, the veins on his forehead starting to bulge.

  "Hmph!" Qin Zheng let out a cold snort, increasing the force in his hands. All I heard was a cracking sound, no need to say more, Yin Zhou Yang's arms were rendered useless by Qin Zheng.