The people in the temple quickly turned to the "Detailed Explanation of Daoist Xuanji" and felt their connection to the temple becoming weaker and weaker before rushing out.

Behind them, a white-clothed Nuo Immortal attacked.

A woman turned around and saw the white-clothed Nuo Immortal with his back to her. His back split open to reveal a huge, grotesque mouth.

The woman screamed and was swallowed whole by the Nuo Immortal!

The Nuo Immortal's skin wriggled for a moment before spitting out a skeleton and pouncing on others. He was light and floated like the wind, wandering around the temple and swallowing anyone he caught.

However, many people still managed to escape outside the temple. Xu Ying and Yuan Qi leaped onto a giant rock, and when Yuan Qi was about to jump to the next one, Xu Ying stopped him: "Don't move!"

He suddenly urged his sword qi and split the rock in half.

The rock they were on couldn't bear their weight and slowly sank down, as if a stone had fallen into water.

The people behind them followed suit and jumped onto the rocks, cutting them in half. However, there were too many people on the rocks, and they fell faster and faster.

A group of people on the rock hugged each other and screamed in terror.

Yuan Qi leaned over the edge of the rock and looked down, saying, "At this speed, we probably won't survive."

The others became more careful and didn't cut off too much of the rock at once.

Suddenly, the great temple shook and seemed to grow countless legs, rising up and chasing after the people who had escaped.

The voice of the white-clothed Nuo Immortal came, laughing: "I must have been confused. I forgot that I can't leave the temple to catch you, but I can make the temple chase after you. Where did that sword-wielding brat and the lazy snake go?"

The temple gates were like a giant mouth, chasing after the people.

"Merge with me, become me, and I will give you the highest glory and eternal life!"

Xu Ying looked up and saw people falling from the sky, screaming in agony as they couldn't reach the ground for a moment.

There were also people flying in the air, walking on clouds and mist, and many others who couldn't fly and tried to imitate them, jumping onto the rocks and causing them to fall.

However, huge gods leaped out of the mountains, with various forms and shapes, stepping on the clouds and intercepting them. There were also giant stones that turned into flesh and blood, waving their tentacle-like veins to capture people.

Many died in an instant.

"Ah Ying, is that a Nuo Master's treasure you're carrying on your back?" Yuan Qi saw the mask on Xu Ying's back and asked suddenly.

Xu Ying was both surprised and delighted, quickly taking off the mask and saying with a smile: "Little Seven is indeed knowledgeable. This is a mask I accidentally obtained. When a prefectural official in Yongzhou wears it, he becomes a Nuo Ghost. It's quite peculiar."Yuan Qi said, "I've read in a book that Nuo practitioners often capture powerful creatures such as demon and ghost spirits, cut off their faces, and refine their essence into masks. Once the mask is refined, one can transform into the form of the powerful creature and possess its abilities. Your mask is most likely made from the face of a ghost."

Xu Ying was startled and wanted to throw the mask away, but hesitated and stopped.

The boulder beneath their feet continued to fall, and suddenly lightning and thunder filled the sky. Xu Ying looked up and saw that the governor of Yongzhou, Zhou Heng, and the magistrate Ling Tong were besieging the temple together!

A chaotic sea appeared behind Zhou Heng's head, with a deep and profound cave heaven within. The outer structure of the cave heaven had a spiral texture and extended towards the dark void.

There was a second cave heaven within the first one, with clouds swirling and forming the external structure of the cave heaven, continuing to penetrate deeper into the chaotic sea.

There was a third cave heaven within the second one, even deeper into the chaotic sea and extremely astonishing.

Xu Ying focused his gaze and saw that there were five cave heavens within the cave heavens outside of the head of the fat governor of Yongzhou.

"He's fishing for the mud pill in the chaotic sea! This governor of Yongzhou is a great master, and he has opened the fifth level of the mud pill secret store!"

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Xu Ying was envious. The ancient book that was not burned in Qin Yan's cave mentioned that in order to fish for the mud pill, one needed the assistance of a great Nuo practitioner and to use the strongest strike to hit the chaotic egg of the mud pill, creating a cave heaven from which to fish the mud pill's vitality!

Before, Xu Ying did not quite understand how to fish for the mud pill's vitality, but after seeing Zhou Heng, the governor of Yongzhou, fight against the white-clothed Nuo Immortal, he understood.

"The brain is a chaotic sea, containing endless energy. The cave heaven is like a deep well, penetrating deep into the chaotic sea of the brain, like drawing water from a well, continuously drawing out the energy from the chaotic sea." He silently thought to himself.

Ling Youdao, the magistrate of the Yongzhou Ghost Mansion, who joined forces with Governor Zhou Heng, also had an extremely astonishing cultivation level. With a judge's pen and a book of life and death, he had unparalleled divine power. Countless golden characters flew out of the book and struck the temple.

He was the magistrate of the Yin Court and enjoyed the incense of Yongzhou Prefecture. Not only did the common people worship him, but the gods and goddesses of the mountains, rivers, villages, and towns in Yongzhou also worshiped him!

He had been operating in Yongzhou for too long, and the incense was extremely strong, even surpassing many of the stone statue gods and goddesses in the five immortal mountains!

However, even with the two great masters joining forces, they were still in danger in front of the temple.

The temple was the hidden world of the white-clothed Nuo Immortal, constructed from countless manifestations of the great dao, with waterfalls, plants, and trees possessing terrifying divine abilities!

The white-clothed Nuo Immortal stood behind the temple door, waving his hand or pointing his finger, and terrifying divine abilities flew out from the waterfall, causing the two great masters to vomit blood and continuously retreat.

Suddenly, a residual wave of divine ability descended from the sky and stood on the boulder where Xu Ying and Yuan Qi were standing. One corner of the boulder flew up and drifted into the sky.

Xu Ying and Yuan Qi were stunned, and the boulder beneath their feet suddenly fell rapidly towards the ground.Right now, they were still several miles away from the ground. At this speed, they would definitely be smashed to pieces!

Xu Ying quickly jumped off the boulder and shouted, "Yuan Qi, wait for me at the temple gate!"

Yuan Qi's body, which was more than ten zhang long, wrapped around the boulder, trembling. However, after the boulder fell for a hundred zhang, its falling speed gradually slowed down, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Looking up, he saw lightning and thunder in the sky, like a raging torrent. It was clearly caused by the supernatural powers of the white-clothed Nuo Immortal, Zhou Heng the magistrate, and Ling Tong the judge!

In this chaotic space, a tiny figure could be vaguely seen riding a bronze-colored giant bell, shuttling through the thunder and lightning. Then, a torrent of water surged forward, sweeping the person riding the bell and the bell away, and no one knew where they were swept away to.

"Good luck always comes to Xu Ying." Yuan Qi silently prayed in his heart.

Amidst the raging storm and flood, Xu Ying rode the bell forward, the wind and rain tossing and turning like a flat boat in a stormy sea. Suddenly, a thunderbolt struck the bell's wall.

The bell rang out loudly, and countless complex and mysterious patterns appeared on the wall, forming a thick light wall that hummed and rotated, sweeping away the residual waves of the supernatural powers around it!

The power of the bell was unleashed, but it was also struck so hard that it couldn't maintain its shape and was thrown along with Xu Ying, tumbling and rolling into a nearby fairy mountain.

The mountain forest was instantly swept away, and then the bronze bell bounced up and fell again, ringing loudly and echoing through the valley. The resurrected statues in the mountains all looked up and followed the sound.

Xu Ying got up unsteadily, feeling extremely sore all over. The bell beside him was also emitting smoke, and the various patterns on its surface were in disarray.

Suddenly, there was a violent shaking and whistling in the mountain forest, indicating that powerful beings were fighting. Xu Ying sneaked up to the front and hid behind a rock, taking a peek and his heart skipping a beat.

He saw a ghost-faced deity wielding a sword, beheading a raging ape!

The headless body of the raging ape quickly shrank and turned into a middle-aged man. His head rolled off and returned to its normal appearance, with his eyes wide open and staring, refusing to close in death.

"Zhou Zheng, the military judicial officer of Yongzhou!" Xu Ying hid behind the rock, his heart pounding.

Zhou Zheng's strength was extraordinary, but he died at the hands of the ghost-faced deity. It was conceivable how terrifying the deity's strength was!

The ghost-faced deity suddenly turned his head, his gaze sharp, sweeping towards Xu Ying's direction.

Xu Ying quickly shrank his head.

The bell quickly said, "Ah Ying, things are not looking good. The ghost-faced deity is coming over!"

From the other side of the rock, heavy footsteps could be heard. Obviously, the ghost-faced deity had sensed his presence!

Xu Ying suppressed his restless heartbeat and said, "Brother Bell, you've been with me for a thousand days, and now is the time to use you! Can you be as brave as you were just now?"

"Bulls***!" The bell spat out its fragrance and angrily said, "If you really kept me for a thousand days, even ten ghost-faced deities wouldn't be able to knock me down! The key is that you haven't kept me for that long! This ghost-faced deity's strength is much stronger than that of the city god. I'm not his match now!"

Xu Ying's forehead was covered in cold sweat. "Then what should we do? Run?"

"We definitely can't outrun him!"The ghostly spirit faintly heard voices coming from behind the rocks, and came to the edge of the rocks with a fierce expression.

It saw the "person" hiding behind the rocks, but was taken aback and roared in dissatisfaction. However, the killing intent gradually dissipated.

There was no one behind the rocks, only a grim reaper ghost over a zhang tall hiding there.

The grim reaper was emaciated, with a deathly pale complexion and no trace of blood vessels. A long crimson tongue hung down from its mouth.

Grim reapers were common ghosts in the underworld, and the ghostly spirit was familiar with them. This one, however, seemed even skinnier and malnourished, and its courage seemed pitifully small as it shivered behind the rocks.

The ghostly spirit said to the grim reaper, "Hahulo (take it)!" and handed it a bloody cloth bag that was looted from Zhou Zheng.

The grim reaper nodded eagerly and took the bag. The bag contained items that were stolen from Zhou Zheng.

The ghostly spirit walked ahead without looking back and said, "Boye hulo (follow me)!" The obedient grim reaper followed behind with one foot higher than the other.

Suddenly, the ghostly spirit rushed forward with killing intent, and the grim reaper quickly looked over to see dozens of disciples from various martial arts sects besieging another divine spirit. The divine spirit had the head of a bull and the body of a human, and was covered in wounds, in a precarious situation.

However, with the help of the incredibly powerful ghostly spirit, the dozens of nushis were quickly slaughtered!

The ghostly spirit was covered in blood and waved to the grim reaper, who obediently approached with the cloth bag in hand.

The bull-headed divine spirit carefully pinched out two Wanling Pills from the pool of blood and said to the grim reaper, "Sou hahulo (open it)!" The grim reaper quickly opened the cloth bag, and the bull-headed divine spirit put the Wanling Pills inside and said to the ghostly spirit, "Bosebose hulo (this guy looks suspicious)!"

The ghostly spirit said, "Hongbodan hulo (coward)!" The bull-headed divine spirit laughed and tugged on the grim reaper's long tongue.

Xu Ying almost cried out in surprise - he was the grim reaper. He had no choice but to put on the mask and hide behind the rocks earlier. This was the first time he had used this type of nushi treasure, and he didn't know if he could transform into a grim reaper, but fortunately, the mask fit his face and he was able to pass himself off as an underworld ghost.

Strangely enough, once he put on the mask and transformed into a grim reaper, he was able to understand the ghostly speech of the two divine spirits without any training.

But when the bull-headed divine spirit tugged on his tongue, he almost had his mask pulled off and was scared out of his wits.

The bull-headed divine spirit let go of his tongue, and the two tall divine spirits walked side by side with Xu Ying in the middle, heading towards the mountaintop.

In his mind, he heard Da Zhong's voice expressing concern, "Ah Ying, how long can this mask last? What if there's a time limit...?"

"We're screwed!" Xu Ying whispered.

The bull-headed divine spirit and the ghostly spirit suddenly turned their heads in unison, looking at him with suspicion. They had clearly heard his voice.Xu Ying remained calm and said, "Boha Boha, Namoha Boha (I am newly dead, but can speak human language)!"

The two ghostly figures continued walking up the mountain without suspecting anything.

Xu Ying was sandwiched in the middle and quietly opened the cloth bag to take a peek inside. His heart was pounding as he saw seven or eight Wanling Pills inside, some of which were likely collected by Zhou Zheng!

They arrived at another altar, and the ghost-faced figure opened its mouth and spat out a few souls, which were absorbed by the statue in front of the altar.

The statue revived and spoke some ghostly words to them before joining their team.

As they walked, the ghost-faced figure revived more and more statues, and Xu Ying ended up with thirteen spirits by his side. In addition to the revived statues, there were also other spirits from various immortal mountains.

Xu Ying transformed into a ghost and was over two meters tall, but compared to these spirits who were five to six meters tall, he was still tiny and delicate.

Whenever the spirits had Wanling Pills, they would let Xu Ying open the cloth bag and put them inside.

Before long, there were already fifteen Wanling Pills in the bag!

"If I were to take all these Wanling Pills and run away... I would probably die a horrible death, right?" Xu Ying thought to himself as his eyes darted around.

The Wanling Pills were probably offerings to the White-robed Nuo Immortal by the gods. These spirits had gathered to go on a pilgrimage to the grand temple and offer the pills!

Therefore, this was a journey of pilgrimage!

"But for me, it's a journey of death!" Xu Ying thought to himself.

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