Yuan Muye quickly replied, "Do you think anything could happen to me?"

The Ghost King chuckled dryly upon hearing this and hurriedly said, "That's right, Big Brother, nothing can happen to you. Big Brother's skills are unparalleled. Ordinary things are definitely not a match for Big Brother."

The Ghost King didn't mind flattering Yuan Muye.

Yuan Muye rolled his eyes at the Ghost King and then walked inside. When he reached the inside, the ground was covered with thick fallen leaves, and his footsteps crunched on them.

A rustling "sha sha sha" sound echoed.

The Taoist temple was quite large, and there was a rockery inside.

The rockery's shape was quite attractive, but a sword was stuck in it. The sword was already rusted.

However, Yuan Muye still seemed to feel a faint aura emanating from the sword.

This aura permeated the air, allowing Yuan Muye to sense it clearly.

Yuan Muye walked closer, and with a leap, he landed on the rockery, ready to pull out the sword.

But at this moment, a voice suddenly rang out, "Amitabha, young friend, hold on."

As these words landed, the Ghost King's expression changed, and he quickly walked towards Yuan Muye.

"What's wrong?"

Yuan Muye asked.

A look of fear appeared on the Ghost King's face, and he quickly said to Yuan Muye, "Big Brother, I feel an aura of terror. The person who spoke those words could kill me as easily as crushing an ant."

Seeing how afraid the Ghost King was, Yuan Muye didn't delay and quickly sent the Ghost King back into the jade stone world.

Although the Ghost King's current strength wasn't that of a seventh-level evil ghost, a fifth-level evil ghost wasn't too weak either.

Ordinary people couldn't possibly put so much pressure on the Ghost King.

The person behind this must be very strong.

Yuan Muye took a deep breath and looked forward from the rockery. The voice clearly came from inside the Taoist temple.

"Who are you? Stop pretending to be a ghost in the middle of the night. Come out now."

"Amitabha, young friend, be patient. This poor Taoist will come out now."

As the words fell, a gust of wind blew, and a fallen leaf flew up. Before long, a figure appeared in front of Yuan Muye.

This figure gave the impression of being extremely thin, skin and bones.

He was wearing a tattered Taoist robe and had a haughty look on his face. Yuan Muye first judged that the person standing in front of him was a living person.

Then he said, "Is this Taoist temple yours?"

"That's right, young friend. This poor Taoist has been living in this Taoist temple. The sword you want to pull out is the temple's treasure sword, so you can't move it."

The old Taoist spoke fairly normally.

Yuan Muye happened to have some questions he wanted to ask him.

The old men and women down the mountain were definitely problematic in Yuan Muye's opinion.

Moreover, in this Ghost Head Ridge, Yuan Muye clearly felt the spread of yin energy, but there was no yin energy in this Taoist temple.

"Taoist priest, I can not pull out this sword, but I have a few questions I would like to ask you."

Yuan Muye said straightforwardly.

"Young friend, feel free to ask anything. This poor Taoist will definitely answer everything I know, and say everything I can. As long as it's a question you want to know, I will answer it if I can."

"Okay, thank you, Taoist priest."

Yuan Muye thanked the old Taoist priest before even asking his questions.

The old Taoist priest saluted Yuan Muye, indicating that there was no need for thanks.

At this time, Yuan Muye asked, "Taoist priest, I want to know if there are powerful evil ghosts in this mountain?"

"That's right, there are indeed very powerful evil ghosts in this mountain, and these evil ghosts can easily eat us both, leaving not even our bones."

The old Taoist priest replied leisurely, his sleeves fluttering.

He looked like an otherworldly expert.

"I also want to ask you, is there a village at the foot of this mountain, and are there still people living in the village?"

As these words landed, the old Taoist priest looked at Yuan Muye with a puzzled gaze, obviously not understanding what Yuan Muye was saying.

After a pause, he said, "In recent decades, this poor Taoist has never encountered a single person at the foot of the mountain."

Yuan Muye couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion in his heart. He hadn't encountered a single person in decades.

Could it be that the old men and women he encountered at the foot of the mountain were all dead people?

Impossible, it was obvious that they were all living people. Yuan Muye could clearly affirm this.

Could it be that this old Taoist priest simply hadn't gone down the mountain in decades?

"What? Young friend, did you encounter living people at the foot of the mountain?"

"That's right, I encountered dozens of them."

Yuan Muye said.

This time, it was the old Taoist priest's turn to be confused. He stared at Yuan Muye, and after waiting for a while, he questioned Yuan Muye, "You encountered dozens of living people at the foot of the mountain. Do you believe that yourself? What kind of world is this now? Young friend, you should know, right?"

Yuan Muye nodded. In fact, he himself felt that encountering dozens of living people was indeed somewhat abnormal, unreasonable, and unscientific.

But if he hadn't encountered dozens of living people?

Then how should he explain it?

Yuan Muye really couldn't think of a good explanation.

"Young friend, you may have been subjected to an illusion."

"Yes, that's possible, Taoist priest."

Yuan Muye replied.

The two communicated briefly.

The old Taoist priest suddenly asked Yuan Muye, "Young friend, what brings you to the mountain this time?"

Yuan Muye's mind raced. Of course, he couldn't say that he came to the mountain to find the Ghost Treasury. After thinking for a while, Yuan Muye finally came up with a good idea and said, "Taoist priest, I came to the mountain to exterminate the evil ghosts on this mountain and restore clarity to this place."

"Really?"

The old Taoist priest suddenly became a little excited when he heard Yuan Muye's words.

Yuan Muye nodded awkwardly and said, "Young friend, the person this poor Taoist has been waiting for for decades should be you. You are simply the chosen one. The seal suppressing the evil ghost has recently loosened a bit, and this poor Taoist doesn't know how to deal with it. With you here, we can join forces and suppress the evil ghost together."

The old Taoist priest naturally saw Yuan Muye's extraordinary nature.

Ordinary people wouldn't come to this Ghost Head Ridge.

Yuan Muye glanced at the old Taoist priest and then said, "What evil ghost? What is the strength of this evil ghost?"

Yuan Muye asked.

The old Taoist priest said, "This evil ghost is at least a ninth-level evil ghost. It has been suppressed in this place for hundreds of years. Now the yin energy here is constantly increasing, and the seal has loosened a bit. Before long, the evil ghost will break free from it. If we can take the initiative and kill the evil ghost, we will avoid a lot of trouble later on."

"Okay."

Yuan Muye agreed without hesitation.

Anyway, agreeing didn't mean he had to do it.

He would go take a look first to see if there were any treasures. If there were, he would take action.

If there weren't, then forget it.