Cultivating for a hundred lifetimes to ascension

Chapter 1461: Chapter 791: Ten Kings of Hell, Mysterious Painting

Imagine if a group of Immortal Ruins Guests were thrown into Mingxi Town, completely unaware of the "One-Day Reincarnation" phenomenon.

Then interesting things happened!

Among them, there must be some who will try to strike first against other Immortal Ruins Guests, like the formidable Great Han, Su Heihu.

If we continue to deduce, once Su Heihu succeeds and survives until "tomorrow," he will continue seeking other targets to attack.

If he continuously succeeds, the murder cycle will persist indefinitely, until only he remains, or is counter-killed by others and the cycle is broken.

Should he be the last one standing, he would keep reincarnating in the town until the next group of Immortal Ruins Guests arrives.

Thus, a new round of slaughtered cycles begins.

Yet, who says Su Heihu is the only "murderer"?

According to the Cultivation World’s age-old customs, Zhao Sheng can easily deduce that such "murderers" are not few.

As a result, whenever a group of newcomers enters, Mingxi Town is likely to witness a murderous spree.

Throughout countless years, such murderous sprees have been repeated endlessly, but those Immortal Ruins Guests who manage to leave this town alive are exceedingly few.

No, the probability of successfully leaving is almost zero.

Reflecting deeply, Zhao Sheng suddenly realizes the "One-Day Reincarnation" can be deemed unsolvable.

Other Immortal Ruins Guests don’t have the Hundred Generations Book; they wouldn’t know that the town’s "day" repeats countless times nor perceive its terror.

The small, shaded boat moves slowly along the river, and Zhao Sheng, sitting inside the cabin, suddenly breaks out in a cold sweat.

At this moment, he has already connected the dots, realizing that Mingxi Town might be hiding a "monster," a freakish creature that survived numerous vicious cycles, qualifying as the King among Gu Kings.

Facing such a "freak," even for him, it’s difficult to feel confident in triumphing over the opponent.

Of course, the opponent can hardly kill Zhao Sheng either, as the more reincarnations, the greater the "advantage" Zhao Sheng accumulates.

If things truly get tough, one can always hide, can’t one?

As long as the identity of the person is revealed, and evading their pursuit becomes effortlessly easy.

Despite the above deduction being mere speculation for now, Zhao Sheng trusts his conjecture, believing that the "monster" pretty likely exists and is among the town’s residents.

And the Ten Kings Temple, may likely be where the "monster" frequents the most.

Because...

...

Ten miles outside Mingxi Town, stands a temple complex with red walls and yellow tiles; three courtyards at the front and back, each increasing in size, and sixteen temple buildings occupying roughly two acres.

This place is the temple with the most vigorous incense in Mingxi Town: the Ten Kings Temple.

With the sun at its zenith, Zhao Sheng walks along the earthen path and quickly arrives beneath the temple entrance.

Gazing at the three big dark gold letters "Ten Kings Temple" on the temple’s plaque, Zhao Sheng suddenly pauses to carefully discern the inscriptions.

Things are not as they seem!

After a few breaths, he shakes his head regretfully and steps toward the front door.

Just as he steps onto the third step, someone suddenly emerges from the doorway.

Zhao Sheng and the newcomer exchange glances, involuntarily hesitating for a moment.

This man is a young scholar, around twenty years old, wearing a square cap, with a refined and scholarly appearance.

In that brief moment of distraction, the young scholar approaches, glances at Zhao Sheng, and elegantly says, "Would you mind letting me through, my friend?"

"Oh, sorry!" Hearing this, Zhao Sheng snaps back into reality, steps aside, shifting two steps to the right, creating a path.

"Thank you!" The young scholar smiles gently, reciprocates Zhao Sheng’s gesture, and then descends the steps, gradually walking away along the earthen road.

Staring at the retreating figure, Zhao Sheng appears contemplative.

Then, he withdraws his gaze and turns to enter the temple gate.

Inside the temple, a very spacious square lies ahead, with a big cauldron standing in the center, filled with numerous long incense sticks, and a light stream of smoke rising, filling the courtyard with a rich sandalwood aroma.

To the east, west, and north of the square are temples dedicated to various Kings Yan. The rear courtyards also have temples housing statues of King Yan.

According to ancient books from this town, this world also subscribes to the Wheel of Hell concept, where the Ten Kings preside over the layers of hell, known as the ten deities of the Underworld.

Once Zhao Sheng learned there was a Ten Thousand Temple outside the town, he immediately thought this temple must be an extremely significant place.

Due to his experience with the Six Paths of Reincarnation, not contemplating this would be impossible.

Other Immortal Ruins Guests are naturally no exception, so when Zhao Sheng stepped past the temple entrance, he was already discreetly vigilant.

With one sweep of the gaze, the surrounding scenery was all taken in.

At this moment, the temple is quite crowded with incense-offering patrons, numbering at least twenty.

Most patrons have unmarked foreheads, being mere mortals. Yet a few caught his attention.

A robust Conical Hat Guest is walking into the western temple.

In front of the incense burner, a young woman in a red jacket is inserting incense into the burner, holding a three or four-year-old child in her arms. The child appears sickly, wearing a little red tiger-headed hat.

It seems the child is ill, and the young mother has brought him to offer incense, praying to King Yan to protect the child’s peace.

Zhao Sheng’s gaze pauses for a breath on the tiger-headed hat before shifting his focus toward the eastern temple.