The Dominance of the Son-in-Law: My Wealthy and Beautiful Wife

Chapter 382 - 382: Black Mountain Temple!

Hall Master Chen and the others, upon hearing this, couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "Is this thing really in here? That's too bizarre!"

"Indeed! Just by using a single bead, it could bring decades of drought to the area surrounding our village, that seems far-fetched," Ai Yeqing added.

Qin Feng blinked his eyes, looked around at them, and said, "You are all from the Hidden World, haven't you ever heard of the 'Heavenly Water Pearl'?"

"..."

Everyone exchanged looks, indicating they hadn't heard of it.

Feeling a bit embarrassed, Qin Feng said, "Well, it's better that you don't know, if you were aware of its preciousness, you might even fight me for it."

While speaking, he put away the Heavenly Water Pearl.

Hall Master Chen and the others were speechless.

Although Qin Feng was their new boss, his cultivation was not high, and he was from the Mortal World, they respected him only because he was the new boss and might have a deep background, but they never thought he had much knowledge.

It seemed as if Qin Feng were suggesting they were unsophisticated countryside folks...

"However, just having this thing is certainly not enough, there are treasures inside."

Qin Feng continued speaking.

Then, they stepped across the surface of the lake and moved further inside.

Upon entering.

Everyone was truly stunned this time.

Inside was like a huge palace, as if a royal palace had been buried, extremely cold and gloomy.

"Everyone be careful, that group of people should be inside,"

Qin Feng warned.

At that moment.

Suddenly, with a "whoosh", torches lit up all around the beads of the palace, completely illuminating the area.

In front of the great hall, four bald monks clad in linen kasayas appeared.

The leader was an elder monk.

His eyebrows were sharp like swords, his gaze was piercing like an eagle's, and his lips were purple, looking fierce and malevolent.

"Amitabha Buddha."

The elder monk then addressed Qin Feng and the others, "I am the abbot of Black Mountain Temple, may I inquire what brings you distinguished guests to this place?"

"Black Mountain Temple?!"

Upon hearing this, Hall Master Chen and the others were immediately shaken, their legs nearly trembling.

Black Mountain Temple.

While its name suggested a temple, everyone knew they were pseudo-monks, their actions brutal, they killed innumerous people, without any principles, and the key point was that their strength was very formidable, renowned for being a dark force in the Hidden World.

Especially their abbot—Black-faced Buddha, a Third Grade Grandmaster!

And the whole Hundred Herbs Hall did not even have a single Grandmaster.

"No, no trouble, we happened upon this place by mistake, and it turns out we've encountered the Black-faced Abbot of Black Mountain Temple, our apologies, we'll leave immediately..."

Hall Master Chen hurriedly apologized with clasped hands.

There was no choice.

Hundred Herbs Hall was simply not on the same level as Black Mountain Temple!

"Master, let's withdraw first!"

Seeing Qin Feng wasn't there, Hall Master Chen anxiously whispered, tugging at his clothes.

"Why should we leave?"

Qin Feng asked.

"They are from Black Mountain Temple!"

Hall Master Chen said in frustration.

"Black Mountain Temple..."

Qin Feng pondered for a moment, then said, "Well, as I recall, Black Mountain Temple has been on the wanted list by Dragon Group, right? Settling things with them would count as a big merit."

He was now a member of the Tiger Shark Team, under the Dragon Group.

Since they had to deal with Black Mountain Temple, it was a good chance to earn merit.

"... Please."

Upon hearing that Qin Feng wanted to confront Black Mountain Temple, Hall Master Chen almost went weak at the knees and said, "Master, we're no match for them! I know you have a deep background, otherwise, you wouldn't be our Master, but Black Mountain Temple won't care about that, they dare to kill anyone they face, let's withdraw first!"

"Quit it, you all stand back, I didn't say you have to do anything."

Qin Feng said.

"..."

Hall Master Chen was again confused.

Not letting them do anything, was he going to act alone? He was just an Inner Strength Martial Disciple!

At that moment, Ai Yeqing also frowned and said to Qin Feng, "Are we truly going to fight? I've heard of Black Mountain Temple, I heard the Black-faced Buddha is a Third Grade Grandmaster, way more powerful than the White-clothed Ghost King we encountered in Yanjing before."

"They intended to kill everyone in your village, are we not going to fight?" Qin Feng stated. This chapter was made possible by the community at *.

"What?!"

Ai Yeqing's eyebrows knitted together in confusion.

Qin Feng then turned to the Black-faced Abbot and said, "If I'm not mistaken, the temple above was built by you decades ago, and you've been waiting here for decades for this treasure."

"Hahaha, correct," the Black-faced Buddha laughed and said, "I didn't expect that a junior would be able to see through it."

Ai Yeqing suddenly realized.

So this Black-faced Buddha was the Master who came to the village to help build the temple to pray for rain during the drought decades ago.

"But if he truly built the temple to save the village years ago, why does it sound like he wants to destroy the village?"

Ai Yeqing was puzzled.

"He saved the village back then by using human's original energy to cultivate that treasure," Qin Feng explained, "According to my observations of Xiaozhai Village's feng shui and the temple's location, as well as the uniqueness of the Buddha statue, I realized the statue's eyes in the temple, aside from intimidating others, are also designed to absorb the Yuan Qi from people within a ten-mile radius."

"Absorb Yuan Qi?"

Ai Yeqing's eyebrows arched.

Qin Feng then looked at the Black-faced Buddha, smiled, and continued, "If I'm not wrong, a treasure appeared in this underground palace decades ago, and it was that treasure that caused the extreme drought and even affected the climate above, leading to no rain in the village."

"Later, this anomaly was discovered by you, and you sensed that there was a treasure here."

"However, the treasure was not fully matured; it needed time to accumulate, and even required the aid of potent Heaven and Earth Essence Qi."

"But you had no Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, so you decided to substitute it with human's original energy."

"So, to keep Xiaozhai Village from relocating, you constructed the temple, set up a rain-praying array, and finally brought rainwater to the village, barely making it possible for people to survive."

"The eyes of the Buddha statue in the temple were crafted by you to attract the original energy of people in a ten-mile radius and refine it into Essence Qi to nourish the growth of the treasure."

"The Spiritual Monkey in the temple is the 'Array Eye'; its intelligence is high, and by placing it within the array, its emotions can stimulate the array, causing it to rain occasionally, which is why the villagers worship it as a 'God'."

"Only after several decades, more recently, the treasure finally matured, and it was time for you to claim it."

"So first you had someone poison the Spiritual Monkey—it wasn't literally poison but a substance that would rapidly deplete one's original energy—and then allow the monkey to infect the entire village, wanting the eyes of the Buddha statue to refine the entire village's original energy in a short period."

"That's also why their illness seems mild, yet they are weak and have dark circles under their eyes."

"If a person completely loses their original energy, they will die."

"You are using the lives of the entire village to nourish that treasure!"

"What you didn't expect was that I would suddenly show up, afraid that delaying any longer could complicate things, you decided to come directly and take away the treasure."

"Right?"

"..."

After Qin Feng finished speaking.

Everyone was looking at him in stunned silence, utterly astonished...