My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 383 Doubts

Luo Zhi shuddered.

That thing seemed to sense Luo Zhi's spying, and stopped for a moment, turning back to look in the direction of Luo Zhi behind it.

Feeling the thing's gaze, Luo Zhi could only suppress the fear in her heart, turned around as if nothing had happened, and with slightly trembling hands, led the still usable bone soldiers in the courtyard into the Taoist temple.

But this did not dispel the suspicion of the thing. Luo Zhi could feel the eyes of the abominable thing behind her pass over her body, with some kind of sarcasm that was difficult for humans to understand, and it was so smooth that it made people sick to their stomach.

After just one more glance at Luo Zhi, the thing seemed to be bored and moved away on its own.

Maybe he didn't realize that Luo Zhi had noticed something unusual about him.

Maybe he has discovered it, but he doesn't care about the fears and suspicions of these mortals.

When the voice behind him slowly faded away.

Luo Zhi's back was soaked with cold sweat.

She was still immersed in the suffocating fear just now.

Along with the Bone Soldiers, they poured into the Taoist temple in droves.

She took one last look at the warm sun hanging in the sky despite the cold weather.

With a sigh, he resolutely chose to turn around and plunge into the darkness behind him that led directly to the darkness that hid countless secrets that Han Ting wanted to completely bury. After all, he still could not abandon the path he had been walking for a long time.

……

Xu Youbang and Yu Dayou were wandering around the door of the Taoist temple that suddenly appeared in front of them, as if it really could lead to another world.

"There is no need to wait any longer, General Li. You and Mr. Liu will wait here for the masters of Qintian Prison... Dayou and I will go first to eliminate these Luo Jiao rebels around us."

Xu Youbang said.

He looked at the black Taoist temple in front of him, which was showing signs of fading as time went by, and realized that no one knew what would happen if he waited any longer.

The Taoist temple in front of you may disappear at any time.

So it was proposed that the Forbidden Army enter first with equipment, leaving Liu Zhen and Li Changshou waiting for reinforcements to clean up the mess in the town.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

Liu Zhen even said that after confirming that his mother was fine, he would immediately ride to the nearby guard station to recruit soldiers to block the passes and hunt for possible White Lotus cultists here.

Everything has been agreed upon, but few people have yet to take action.

"Wait a minute—"

There was a sound of objects falling to the ground and the sound of strangers' footsteps coming from the Taoist temple in front of them.

It made five people look sideways.

Li Changshou felt increasingly clear footsteps coming from the Taoist temple.

Subconsciously, he clenched the weapon in his hand and stood in front of Liu Zhen.

Yu Dayou and Xu Youbang also increased their vigilance.

But when that person really appears in the sun, his true face is revealed.

Yu Dayou immediately recognized the identity of the soldier in front of him holding a spear and wearing Ming army armor.

"General Gao——"

Yu Dayou clasped his fists and took a deep look at the armor with many dents and scratches on the strong warrior in front of him.

Judging from his experience, these scars were obviously recent.

Even just now, General Gao suddenly appeared in front of this half-true Taoist temple, and a fierce battle broke out with something that humans could not fully recognize.

Yu Dayou's gaze lingered on Gao Lin's slightly blue eyes for a while.

The aura of the sharks made this soldier who had participated in the Eastern Expedition feel a little uncomfortable.

"The monster in the Taoist temple was really difficult to deal with. I had to use some magic medicine to come back..."

Gao Lin realized the subconscious warning of the imperial army in front of him.

He opened his mouth to explain.

Yu Dayou noticed that the left hand of the soldier in front of him was tightly holding a thick book similar to the county annals.

Liu Zhen behind him was looking at General Gao, who had been testing him many times, intentionally or unintentionally, before coming to Niumao Town.

Looking at the local county journal in his hand.

His eyes became a little unnatural subconsciously.

"Thank you! I'm about to go chase the demons of the Luo family. I wonder what's going on inside?" Yu Dayou asked.

"The land connected behind the door is extremely vast, and there is not only one Taoist temple in front of you... And judging from previous investigations, the reason why it appears in the form of a Taoist temple is probably because of the influence of the Taoist temple's body in the local area."

Gao Lin replied.

His eyes were fixed on Liu Zhen.

"Mr. Liu, do you know where the local county records are stored? I have some conjectures during this trip to Pofengguan and I want to verify one or two -"

"The local county annals have always been kept by the Zhao family. The general can order people to search here. Maybe they can still find it."

Liu Zhen replied that he realized that the person in front of him was not good.

But what did Gao Lin find in that Taoist temple?

Liu Zhen wasn't sure how much he knew.

He had to proceed with caution before things got worse.

……

"Did those monsters come up from there?"

Liu Zhen and Gao Lin walked side by side, and Li Changshou hung not far behind, holding a sword to protect them.

Liu Zhen used his cane to push away the gravel in front of him, looking at the mostly eyeless and grotesque monster corpses in front of him, and said.

The thing in front of him looks like a bear with a small head, low legs, black and white hair, and light and shiny fur.

The tapir demon is very similar to the dream-eating monster in Dongyi legends.

But at this time, the corpse of the monster in front of Liu Zhen was in a miserable shape.

The bear-like monster in front of him was covered in scars.

And a huge white bone spike penetrated its chest.

This is probably the direct cause of its death.

"It is said that Niumao Mountain was once selected by a certain emperor as one of his many tomb options. In order to warm the dragon veins in the tomb and protect the dynasty forever, the imperial court at that time collected the monsters and beasts and kept them in the tomb."

Gao Lin took out his dagger and opened the skin on the chest of the tapir demon in front of him.

He took out a purple-red hexahedral crystal.

Put it under the sun and shine.

A smile appeared on Gao Lin's lips, and he stuffed the object into his arms.

After explaining, he said to Liu Zhen.

"This thing is of great use to me. When the task is completed, I will send jewelry and jade for you to choose as compensation."

"It's a waste!"

Without waiting for Liu Zhen to answer.

Li Changshou behind him lit up when he heard this.

After all, the General Gao in front of him came from the Bohai Gao family.

A famous family in the empire.

Since you can make such a promise, you will definitely not break your promise.

Li Changshou didn't feel any embarrassment at all.

He agreed with a smile and wanted to make some extra money from General Gao.

"That's how it should be."

Gao Lin was not angry and continued to the Zhao family's study room while answering.

The mourning hall in front of me is because of the demon that walked out of the heavy fog not long ago.

There was a strong smell of blood floating around.

There were bits and pieces of broken limbs everywhere.

In the shadows deep in the mourning hall, there were waves of creepy chewing sounds of bones.

Liu Zhen saw the shriveled head of the Jurchen warrior guarding Mr. Zhao, whose brains had been sucked dry, being casually abandoned on the ground.

The Zhao family's sword beside him had already been broken into two pieces.

(End of this chapter)