"Should we try lighting it?"
Sheng Rulai held the Ghost Candle and asked Mu Jinyu.
"No need," Mu Jinyu shook his head, his eyes showing a hint of wariness.
"I'm not in control of demons right now, and if we rely solely on golden weapons to fight the demons, we might be in trouble if a particularly terrifying one appears, so let's forget it," he said.
"Hmm," Sheng Rulai nodded and put the Ghost Candle away.
Then he said, "We haven't started exploring inside the shrine yet. We just got this information from them, and you arrived, so let's go in together now."
"Let's go," Mu Jinyu didn't hesitate.
In fact, on his way here, he had planned to contact Xiang Mantang for a joint exploration, but then he thought about it, Xiang Mantang was currently dealing with demons all over the world, and his main goal was still to find a solution to the calamity at hand. It was uncertain whether there were still demons here, so there was no need to call Xiang Mantang over.
To avoid wasting time and having more people die at the hands of demons.
Once they were certain there were demons in the shrine and the three of them couldn't handle it, he would contact Xiang Mantang to come over.
Gently pushing open the door of the shrine, which was like a temple, Mu Jinyu and two others stepped in, followed by many monks and cardinals.
These people were the core elites of Buddha's Light Shines Everywhere and Brilliant Divine Authority.
In terms of status, some were akin to Sub-hall Masters of Dragon King Hall, and others were Star Lords of Xingxiu.
Entering the shrine, everyone could clearly feel a chill wind blowing.
It made their bodies slightly cool, and their hair stood on end.
Yet, looking at the inside of the shrine, there were clearly no windows or vents, and this chilling wind didn't seem to be blowing in from outside.
They had stood at the door for quite a while just now and hadn't felt this.
So there was only one explanation, there was a serious issue inside the shrine.
Even though they hadn't found anything yet, everyone's pressure had already suddenly skyrocketed.
"That is..."
At that moment, someone pointed at the Divine Platform at the center of the shrine, speaking with a look of surprise.
Everyone's gaze was drawn there, where on the Divine Platform, something was covered with a large red cloth, its purpose unclear.
As they approached, they could smell a strong odor of blood and decay.
It seemed that this piece of red cloth had likely been dyed with blood.
As for the decay, could it be that a corpse was wrapped in the red cloth?
Everyone speculated in their minds.
Mu Jinyu, unwilling to get too close, used his cultivation technique and with a wave of his hand, a surge of True Yuan roared out!
"Whoo..."
Like a sudden fierce wind, the red cloth fluttered loudly, but oddly, it seemed fused with whatever was underneath, as if they were inseparable.
"Hmm?!"
Mu Jinyu frowned, let out a forceful shout, and pushed his True Yuan even harder.
In an instant, a violent wind surged, causing the entire building to start shaking as if it were about to collapse at any second.
Finally, the red cloth could no longer withstand the force and was blown away.
Underneath it was a shrine.
Inside the shrine, there was no corpse or divine image, just a blackened finger bone.
It was very inconspicuous; if one didn't look closely, they probably couldn't tell what it was.
"Hmm? What is this..."
Mu Jinyu looked at the finger bone, exchanging glances with Sheng Rulai and Reinhardt, their eyes revealing a trace of surprise.
If he wasn't mistaken, this black finger bone was probably one of the demons that emerged from the ashes after Tian Lele's death.
It hadn't seemed very noticeable at first, but later, Xiang Mantang realized something was amiss and retrieved it from the Ghost Domain, confining it in gold.
This was enough to illustrate its eeriness, and now, the sudden appearance of a finger bone here made them wary.
"Let's not bother with it for now, let's search around the area."
Mu Jinyu turned back and said to the crowd.
The crowd nodded slightly and then dispersed, searching within the shrine.
After a while.
Everyone stopped their search and turned back towards Mu Jinyu and Sheng Rulai, shrugging their hands to indicate that they had found nothing.
"Huh?!"
At that moment, Mu Jinyu faintly heard a voice echoing in his mind.
Initially, it was some strange language he could not understand.
But then, the owner of the voice seemed to realize he could not understand, so began to speak in another language, eventually switching to Chinese.
"Young man, stop looking. I am the bone in the shrine!"
Mu Jinyu's gaze sharpened when he heard this voice.
There were talking demons?
He had encountered many demons before, but most were like zombies or bitter spirits, lacking consciousness and attacking humans!
He had never encountered a conscious demon like this before.
Mu Jinyu immediately understood why Xiang Mantang was so cautious about that black skeleton and had deliberately expelled it from the Ghost Domain, confining it inside a golden container.
"Young man, I can fulfill all your needs, as long as you bring me the flesh and blood I require!"
As Mu Jinyu was stunned, that voice once again whispered in his mind.
"Huh? What kind of flesh and blood do you need?"
Mu Jinyu asked after his gaze flickered.
The voice said, "Isn't it very dangerous outside right now? There are many demons roaming around. The term 'demon' is what you have coined. You just need to bring me any demon with flesh and blood; not those rotten corpses."
"No rotten corpses?" When Mu Jinyu heard the Black Bone Demon's words, he immediately thought of the Nursery Rhyme Witch and the Knocking Ghost among the rank four demons.
These demons had intact bodies, much like humans. The only differences were their lack of consciousness and the strong ghostly aura they emitted!
Then, Mu Jinyu recalled the scene when the black skeleton was driven out of the Ghost Domain by Xiang Mantang.
The skeleton seemed to have stripped a lot of flesh from a certain demon at that time, and threads of blood began to attach and wriggle on its bones.
He had witnessed this scene with his own eyes.
Why was this Black Bone Demon telling him these things now?
Mu Jinyu guessed that perhaps the skeleton was swallowed by Le Le at the time, and its consciousness remained on this piece of finger bone, thus unaware of the Spirit Communicative Ghost School incident.
This seemed exploitable.
"Okay, then tell me, how can I suppress the Tide of Chaos and the Panicking Catastrophe!"
Mu Jinyu directly asked.
"The Panicking Catastrophe?"
Upon hearing Mu Jinyu's question, the Black Bone Ghost Voice hesitated and then explained, "The Panicking Catastrophe doesn't exist among the living; it can't be suppressed in reality."
"Then where does it exist?" Mu Jinyu asked.
The Ghost Voice echoed in Mu Jinyu's mind, "Go into the mirror, it exists in the mirror world."
"Mirror world?"
Upon hearing the response from the Ghost Voice, Mu Jinyu's mind flashed like lightning, immediately recalling the time when a member of the Dragon King Hall had his soul dragged into the mirror world.
He had indeed thought about, after dealing with these demons, asking Xiang Mantang for advice on how to handle the Mirror Demon.
But it turned out, the Panicking Catastrophe was hiding in the mirror world!