Chapter 553
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“Brother Xu, Young Master Zhu, how about we go to the No.1 Tian Character on the sixth floor to discuss when the gentleman from the Shiyi Studio Youdaoplaceholder0?
Chu Xiaoxiao, who didn’t notice Xu Taiping’s abnormality, once again issued an invitation to Xu Taiping.
Xu Taiping seriously looked at the Chu Xiaoxiao in front of him, and then nodded：
“Okay.”
The Fairy Lingyue had told him that after the end of the first tribulation, once something related to the second tribulation appeared, it meant that the second tribulation had already begun.
The most difficult part of the Seven Kills Tribulation lies in the fact that you cannot avoid the tribulation and can only respond to it.
So Xu Taiping now has to find a way to respond to the tribulation.
“Great. Then Young Master Zhu, you can stroll around Shiyi Zhai for a while. I will go with Qing’er to invite the shopkeeper of Shiyi Zhai to be our guarantor. We will meet in Room 1 of the Tian character on the sixth floor after a stick of incense.”
After seeing Xu Taiping agree, Chu Xiaoxiao arranged happily.
“Thank you, Your Highness Xiaoxiao.”
The Young Master Zhu from the Cloud Emerging Country smiled and cupped his hands at Chu Xiaoxiao.
“See you in Room 1 of the Tian character of Shiyi Zhai after a stick of incense.”
Xu Taiping also smiled and nodded.
Immediately, Qing’er and Chu Xiaoxiao left quickly to find the shopkeeper of Shiyi Zhai.
“Brother Xu, how about strolling around together？”
The Young Master Zhu from the Cloud Emerging Country issued an invitation to Xu Taiping.
“Young Master Zhu, please forgive me. I still have to look for a friend of mine. Young Master Zhu, you can stroll around at will first.”
Xu Taiping said with a little apology.
“Brother Xu, you are busy. I won’t bother you.”
Young Master Zhu smiled slightly and then, with his hands behind his back, looked around curiously.
After taking a deep look at the back of Young Master Zhu, Xu Taiping picked up the sound-transmitting jade slip used to contact Monk Chongde, and then, while walking towards the separate wing room prepared for him by Shiyi Zhai, he transmitted his voice to Monk Chongde with his spiritual sense and said：
“Master Chongde, come to Room No. 1 of the Earth character. I have something to ask you about.”
Soon, there was a response from Monk Chongde’s side—
“Guardian Tian, the little monk will arrive immediately.”
Xu Taiping immediately put away the sound-transmitting jade slip and then speculated in his heart：
“Judging from the eyes and aura of that Young Master Zhu, he has no malicious intentions towards me for the time being. Assuming that he really has malicious intentions, the target he wants to harm at present should be Chu Xiaoxiao.”
“And from the fact that when Chu Xiaoxiao left just now, he didn’t have the slightest intention to follow, it is very likely that he has already arranged everything and is not worried that Chu Xiaoxiao will escape.”
“Or rather, besides Chu Xiaoxiao, he has a bigger target.”
Thinking of this, Xu Taiping suddenly trembled in his heart, and the sense of uneasiness in his heart became stronger and stronger.
“Deadly Tribulation”, “Scar”, “Strange Pattern”, “Shiyi Zhai”, “Chu Xiaoxiao”.
These words kept spinning in Xu Taiping’s mind.
Finally, Xu Taiping thought of a possibility—
“This tribulation may not be aimed at me, but at the Shiyi Studio and Chu Xiaoxiao. I was just caught up in it.”
After thinking of this possibility, Xu Taiping immediately quickened his pace and walked towards Room No. 1 of the Earth character.
“The top priority is to figure out the true identity of this Young Master Zhu and know his true intentions.”
“And the key to this may lie in that strange pattern.”
Just as he was thinking like this, Room No. 1 of the Earth character had arrived.
“Heaven Protector, you are in such a hurry to find me. Is there something urgent？”
As soon as Xu Taiping pushed open the door, Monk Chongde also rushed over in a hurry.
“Master Chongde, it’s just in time that you came. I have something and want you to help me take a look.”
While speaking, Xu Taiping directly pushed the door and walked in.
After entering the room, he first picked up a pen from the table, then used his true energy to melt the ink in the inkstone, and then dipped the pen in the ink and began to draw on a piece of white paper.
After a while, a pattern that at first glance resembled a fanged evil spirit and upon closer inspection somewhat resembled a pagoda appeared on the paper.
“Master Chongde, please help me see if this pattern has…”
“Ghost Floating Pagoda？！”
Before Xu Taiping could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Monk Chongde’s exclamation.
“Master Chongde, you recognize this pattern？”
Xu Taiping looked at Monk Chongde with surprise on his face.
“Not only do I know it, this mark called the Ghost Butu was once the nightmare of all the people in Cloud-rising Country！”
Fear filled Monk Chongde’s eyes.
“Monk Chongde, can you be more detailed?”
Xu Taiping asked with a serious expression.
“Heaven Protector, you should have heard of Fire Cloud Temple from our abbot, right？”
Monk Chongde asked Xu Taiping.
“I’ve heard of it. It was once the number one Buddhist temple in Cloud-rising Country and is now one of the three devil dens in Nether Cloud Heaven.”
Xu Taiping nodded.
“This Ghost Butu is an evil cultivation organization created by the believers of the evil monks in Fire Cloud Temple. They are the minions of the devil den in Fire Cloud Temple extending to Cloud-rising Country and even the entire Nether Cloud Heaven.”
“Over the years, the Ghost Butu has committed countless blood cases in the countries of Nether Cloud Heaven. But wherever the mark of the Blood Butu appears, there must be corpses all over the place.”
“The once most famous righteous sect in Cloud-rising Country, Mingjian Villa, because the owner prepared to gather the rangers in cloud-rising Country to crusade against Fire Cloud Temple, as a result the entire villa with three thousand six hundred people was massacred by the Ghost Butu overnight.”
“When we arrived, there was not a single intact corpse in the entire villa, only seeing the blood marks of the Ghost Butu all over the wall.”
“Since then, wherever the mark of the Ghost Pagoda appears, there will be disasters.”
Hearing this, Xu Taiping’s brows furrowed tightly.
He didn’t expect that this disaster was actually related to such a terrifying existence.
“Heaven Protector, can you tell this little monk where you saw the mark of the Ghost Pagoda？”
Abbot Chongde suddenly looked at Xu Taiping nervously.
After thinking about it, Xu Taiping finally decided to tell Abbot Chongde the truth——
“It was right here in this Shiyi Studio.”
As soon as he heard this, Chongde’s face turned deathly pale in an instant.
Immediately, he forcefully bit his finger, and then suddenly clasped his hands together and began to chant scriptures loudly.
Almost at the same time as the chanting sounded, golden lights diffused out from Abbot Chongde’s body, filling the entire room.
At first, Xu Taiping was a little strange and didn’t know what Abbot Chongde was doing. When he found that one after another mark of the Ghost Pagoda began to appear on the walls around him, his heart suddenly sank.
“Heaven Protector, the Ghost Pagoda has already secretly controlled the entire Shiyi Studio！”
Abbot Chongde looked at Xu Taiping in horror.
“What are the weaknesses of this Ghost Pagoda？”
Xu Taiping tried his best to calm himself down.
“Unless we can find that Ghost King and then control it with our Buddhist secret method, otherwise the Ghost Butchers can’t be killed off.”
Abbot Chongde said with a helpless expression.
