Ye Longlin frowned, pulling Mu Hanqi deeper inside.
As they walked further into the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, just past the second gate, they saw blood flowing on the ground, and a strong smell of blood instantly filled their nostrils.
Traces of blood on the ground were glaringly obvious.
Something had indeed happened.
The incident at the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple must have been something terrible, and… how could the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, with Jinling's top expert Ji Kong guarding it, experience such a thing?
It was clearly not right.
"Amitabha, since donor Ye has arrived, please reveal yourself."
Ji Kong's voice suddenly sounded. Ye Longlin quickly pulled Mu Hanqi forward. After passing the Hall of Heavenly Kings, they saw the scene outside the Grand Hall of Heroes.
Ji Kong sat cross-legged on the ground, his palms clasped together. Opposite him, a bald monk with a scarred face was trapped by a string of prayer beads, unable to break free.
Bodies lay strewn across the ground.
The bloodstains seen from outside were the blood of these corpses. The entire scene was bloody, like a living hell.
"Ugh!"
Upon seeing such a scene, Mu Hanqi couldn't help but vomit, her body trembling slightly.
The impact of this scene on her was immense. After all, she was an ordinary person, and no ordinary person could remain calm after witnessing such a sight.
"You go out first."
Ye Longlin patted Mu Hanqi's back and said softly.
When had this girl ever seen such a scene? The only time was during the gunfight when Xingcheng was attacked, but that was with firearms, while this was with cold weapons. Killing with cold weapons was inherently more brutal than with firearms.
Mu Hanqi shook her head with a pale face, "I'm fine."
As his fiancée, she would definitely see such scenes, and perhaps even more brutal ones than this. What would she do if she couldn't get used to it?
No matter what, she had to get used to such bloody scenes.
"Really fine?" Ye Longlin asked, still worried.
Mu Hanqi's face was pale, and she stubbornly shook her head, "I'm really fine."
After a glance, Ye Longlin walked into the scene and asked with a frown, "What happened?"
He felt the other person looked familiar, but couldn't recall where he had seen him. He took out his phone to check.
"Amitabha, it should be about two months ago. My junior brother Kongyuan took a disciple. During the initiation ceremony that day, I could tell this person had too much killing intent and would surely cause trouble in the future. So, I advised him, but my junior brother still accepted him into the sect.
I didn't expect such a tragedy to happen today. I knew it long ago, but I could only monitor him until he did something. But still… alas, Amitabha."
Two months ago!
Ye Longlin suddenly remembered, his eyes narrowed as he looked at the person, and he immediately recalled.
"SS-class war criminal, number 300, nicknamed Gui Xie (Ghost Evil)."
"He was previously besieged by a group of experts from the Zhenwu General Command for committing the 924 massacre. He was eventually imprisoned in the Mobei Prison. His dantian was not found at the time, so his cultivation could not be crippled. He was also the only evil cultivator in Mobei Prison. I didn't expect to encounter him at the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple."
He also recalled the information about him and continued to browse his data. Before he could bring it up, Gui Xie chuckled.
"Hehehehe, Ye Longlin, the warden's son, hehehehe. You tormented a group of people in Mobei Prison back then. Why didn't you try me back then? Gagaaga, your blood must taste good."
Gui Xie's face was flushed as he licked his lips. His scarlet tongue stained his lips blood red, making him look quite ferocious.
The 924 massacre caused a sensation at the time, and the entire country attached great importance to it.
A martial artist killed over a thousand people in just one month. What was strange was that the blood of all the victims was drained, and they were arranged in extremely bizarre poses. Many of the investigators involved in the case were sent to mental hospitals because of this incident.
The methods were extremely brutal, but there were no needle marks on the bodies, nor any traces of blood-drawing equipment, as if the blood in their bodies had evaporated.
Some even proposed the drying experiment.
The drying experiment involved tying a living person to a chair and placing them in a high-temperature drying chamber, baking them with dry hot air to dehydrate them until death.
The entire process took less than 15 hours. When there was no more moisture that could be squeezed out of the body, the body would turn into a dried corpse.
Finally, the dried corpse was placed on a scale to get its weight, which was only 22% of its weight when alive. Through this cruel experiment, the conclusion was reached that the human body contained 78% water.
This team, cruel, cold-blooded, and utterly evil, was beyond description.
At that time, law enforcement officers had proposed this idea, but it was eventually rejected. They could only report it to the Zhenwu Department. The Zhenwu Department reported it layer by layer. After the General Command came down, some clues were found. This was an evil technique, used to improve cultivation by drawing on the body's vital energy. It was done by evil cultivators.
After a month of investigation by the Zhenwu General Command, he was finally arrested.
However, by then, Gui Xie had already possessed the strength of a high-grade Dragon Elephant King. Even a lower-grade Dao Realm cultivator could not kill him, so they could only imprison him and ultimately seal his cultivation, sending him to Mobei Prison.
He didn't expect to encounter him here, and moreover, he was the one who first attacked the ordinary monks of the entire Ten Thousand Buddha Temple.
"For someone like you, this King can only kill you quickly!"
Ye Longlin took a step forward, and the entire mountain peak trembled.
"Wait a moment!"
Ji Kong roared suddenly. In the next moment, the prayer beads shattered layer by layer, and Gui Xie grinned, punching towards Ye Longlin's chest.
"Boom!"
"Wood!"
Seeing Ye Longlin being blasted away by a punch, Mu Hanqi's small face showed tension and worry, with tears in her eyes.
"Hehe, is that all the strength you have? If so, you will all become my nourishment today, gagaaga!"
"I can feel your surging vital energy. If I can refine your blood, it will surely be a great supplement for me!"
With that, Gui Xie took another step forward, surging towards Ye Longlin.
However, as the dust settled, Ye Longlin gently patted the dust off his chest and said calmly, "Is that all the strength you have? If so, you can die now."
Mu Hanqi covered her mouth from the side, almost disbelieving that her 'Wood' was fine after taking a punch. This put her at ease.
But Gui Xie, seeing this, was also incredulous. He immediately turned his body and lunged towards Mu Hanqi.
"You are courting death!"