The Emperor is kidnapped, and the useless daughter destroys the three realms

Chapter 299 Inhaling Ashes

Although the temple is small, it is filled with incense and offerings.

Behind the incense table, there is not a statue of a god, but a statue of a beautiful woman made of bronze and gold. The statue is dressed very boldly and openly, and there is something evil about her.

Ruan Xihe glanced at him indifferently and then looked away.

"Sir, that's it, can I go now?" the man said timidly.

Ruan Xihe didn't say anything, but walked into the temple and checked the environment inside. She came to the incense burner, leaned down and smelled the scent of burning incense.

It was not like ordinary incense, but a bit like the fragrance in the meeting hall that day.

Ruan Xihe took a little incense ash and twisted it carefully.

Seeing that Ruan Xihe ignored him, the man backed away and walked out.

But when he retreated halfway, his eyes suddenly changed. He then picked up the incense burner at hand, concentrated all his spiritual power in his hand, and smashed it towards Ruan Xihe's head.

His expression was ferocious and he looked extremely angry. "Only if you die, will the fairy not mind me bringing you here. You must give me..." Die!

"Pfft-"

Ruan Xihe didn't even turn his head.

The Sad Question Knife shot out from her fingertips, pierced his chest, and then returned to Ruan Xihe's hand.

The man hadn't even finished saying the word "die" when a bloody hole appeared in his chest.

His body fell to the ground with a loud bang, and the incense burner in his hand fell out of his hand and hit him.

Just then, footsteps came from far away.

Ruan Xihe thought for a moment, then flicked his hand slightly, and the man's body instantly moved from the ground to his own space.

She suppressed her breath and hid behind some unknown statue in the temple.

Footsteps were approaching, and a disciple dressed in the Holy Lady's clothing walked into the temple. She looked around, and after making sure that there was no one around, she poured all the ashes from the burnt incense into a bag she had brought with her.

Then, she took out another bag and poured the white-gray powder inside into the incense burner.

After finishing everything, the disciple tidied up and arranged the furnishings in the temple, and then left.

After she left, Ruan Xihe walked out from behind the statue.

She stretched out her fingers, twisted the powder in the incense burner, then picked up some powder on her fingertips and began to study it.

At this time, Gongzi Heng arrived here.

When he saw the statue in the temple, he frowned uncomfortably. A strange and depressing feeling came to his heart, making him unwilling to look at the statue any longer.

"Boss, did you find anything?"

Ruan Xihe told him what had just happened.

"Changing the incense ashes? Why?" Gongzi Heng was somewhat puzzled by this practice.

He imitated Ruan Xihe's behavior and reached into the incense ashes to stir them, but apart from causing the ashes to fly everywhere, he didn't notice anything unusual.

Gongzi Heng couldn't help but glance at Ruan Xihe, who had been staring at the incense ash for a long time. He lowered his head and widened his eyes, looking at the ashes in the incense burner, trying to find out if there was anything different.

But no matter how he looked, he could find nothing else.

"Boss, is there anything different about this incense ash? You've been staring at it for a long time."

Ruan Xihe nodded calmly, "I guess so."

"What's the difference? Why can't I see it?"

"These are not incense ashes, they are bone ashes."

She spoke in a flat tone, as indifferent and casual as if she was discussing "what we had for dinner today".

"Bones, ashes!" Gongzi Heng's face changed, and he quickly withdrew his hand from the incense burner as if he had received an electric shock.

He had calculated everything, but he never expected that the ash would turn out to be this thing. He even grabbed a handful and played with it in his hands. It was scary just thinking about it!

“The ashes here should all be from people who have been dead for more than three months,” she said.

Gong Ziheng's mouth twitched, "Boss, you know all this?"

Ruan Xihe raised an eyebrow, picked up a small piece of powder and put it to the tip of his nose to smell it, then held it in front of Gongzi Heng's nose, "It smells musty, can't you tell if you smell it?"

"I don't need it." Gong Ziheng waved his hands and stepped back a few steps, smiling a little reluctantly, "But why did they replace the incense ashes with bone ashes?"

"It should be for people who come to worship to inhale it into their bodies."

"Sucking...ashes?"

"Yeah." She said, "Breathe more you breathe, the more Yin energy they have in their bodies."

"Not only that, all the negative emotions of the deceased, such as fear, grief, resentment, etc., will remain in the ashes. If these people inhale them, their emotions and psychology will be affected and become easier to control..."

Ruan Xihe shook the powder off his fingertips, then propped up his chin and began to ponder.

The man who had just led the way did not show any obvious resistance along the way, but once he arrived at the temple, he seemed to be provoked by some emotion and was on the verge of going berserk.

Ruan Xihe frowned.

She felt as if she had vaguely touched upon the truth behind everything, but she just couldn't grasp that point.

This feeling made her very uncomfortable, and her expression became more and more solemn.

"Let's go back first. When we get back, you go find Shen Yan and meet up with him. I'll go to the 'Evidence Site' tomorrow to take a look."

Ruan Xihe waved his hand and talismans flew out from between his fingers.

The two of them returned to the Holy Maiden Church through the teleportation array, and the talisman dissipated in the air after the two left, leaving no trace.

When she returned to the Holy Maiden Palace again, Linghu Zhou was weak and had fallen asleep. Only Qing Long was waiting for her in the room.

"Sister Ruan, why didn't the person who left with you come back?"

"He has some things to do." Ruan Xihe entered the room and closed the door, then asked, "What are you going to do in the future?"

Qing Long knew that Ruan Xihe was asking about finding the traitor.

"I have checked half of the area, but I haven't found any trace of him. I plan to check the other half tomorrow."

"The man that Senior Brother Zhou and I chased in the city that night, I'm sure it was him! But unfortunately, he got away at that time..."

Ruan Xihe nodded and tapped the table with her fingers. Finally, she sighed and said, "I may not be here tomorrow. If you find him or find any clues, you can wait until I come back in the evening."

"Okay, Sister Ruan."

There are several rooms here.

After Ruan Xihe returned to the room, he entered the space.

The man's body was still lying on the ground in the space, and several small animals were surrounding the body, looking around.

Ruan Xihe walked over and glanced at the corpse.

Then, she raised her hand and summoned thirty-six bone needles neatly arranged in her hand, emitting a crystal clear and translucent white light.

Ruan Xihe lifted his hand upwards and turned his wrist.

"Shhhh-"

The bone needles floating in the palm of his hand suddenly shot out and pierced into the body of the man in front of him.