The location of Doushi Temple is in the suburbs of the Provincial City.

With a long history and having produced high monks, the incense is relatively prosperous, tourist visits are frequent, and Doushi Temple holds a unique status unlike ordinary temples because it is a member of the Cultivation World with many strong individuals. It used to be one of the two major cultivation forces in the Provincial City, alongside the Long Yan Sword Sect.

However, as a cultivator, Shen Qiang's understanding of Doushi Temple is limited to this.

Because the people of Doushi Temple are usually very low-key.

Firstly, they do not ask for alms.

Secondly, they do not run companies or do business.

The entire temple's income mainly relies on donations from Buddhists, selling some incense, and performing some religious services.

Therefore, it is very difficult to see their traces in the Provincial City.

Even if one occasionally encounters monks selling consecration items or asking for alms, there's no need to think about it, they are basically all frauds.

Arriving in front of the temple's mountain gate.

Several people got out of the car.

Because it was already winter and the weather was relatively cold, coupled with it being work hours, there were not many tourists in Doushi Temple.

Likewise, there were not many monks.

The few young monks in sight were observed with Divine Sense, and they were all ordinary people.

Walking all the way inside the temple.

Soon, they reached the main hall of the temple.

There were sincere worshippers burning incense.

Shen Qiang glanced at the incense placed on a table to the side, there were small incenses and incenses taller than a person, with different prices, the cheapest being ten yuan and the most expensive 8888 yuan. Shen Qiang unhesitatingly took out money and took some of each kind from the smallest to the largest.

This drew the side glances of the worshippers burning incense.

But Shen Qiang didn't care.

He just lit each kind of incense and asked Ye Xiaolei one by one.

"If you find the same scent, tell me."

But soon, everyone was disappointed because after using more than a dozen kinds of incense, Ye Xiaolei clearly stated that none of them was the kind of sandalwood scent smelled in the cave.

This made Ali, Ye Xiaolei, and Qian Shanxue a bit disappointed.

But Shen Qiang just smiled and said, "Follow me."

After saying that, Shen Qiang led the three women, wandering around Doushi Temple like tourists.

Soon, they circled to the back of Doushi Temple.

Here, after exiting through a side door, everyone's eyes lit up.

Because the previously seen temple and main hall, although solemnly and impressively decorated, were obviously not built in a distant era.

At this moment, behind that main hall, not far from the roadside, leaning against the mountain, appeared a mountain gate that looked quite ancient.

Doushi Temple!

Outside the mountain gate, about fifty meters away, there stood a sign saying "tourist stop."

Shen Qiang smiled, leading the three women directly over to knock on the door.

At first, there was no response from the entire Doushi Temple, as if no one was there, and knocking for half an hour yielded no reaction.

Until the completely impatient Shen Qiang pulled away Ye Xiaolei and Ali who were knocking, and started kicking the door hard.

A small door by the mountain gate opened.

"Amitabha, why does this benefactor attack the mountain gate?"

An old monk around fifty years old, along with several brawny monks enveloped in Spiritual Energy, came out from the side door.

Shen Qiang smiled: "Because someone likes to play deaf and dumb, you have to kick the door to get their attention."

"Shen Qiang! Don't be too presumptuous!" A muscular martial monk behind the old monk, stepping forward without hiding his formidable Mixed Element Realm aura, said harshly: "Daring to kick our mountain gate, you must pay the price."

Seeing the fiercely angry eyes of the martial monk.

Shen Qiang smiled again, kicking the mountain gate twice.

He then raised his eyebrows and smiled indifferently, saying: "Go ahead, then I can mobilize all the demons of Heshenghe and all Dragon Group members to turn this place upside down."

"You!" The martial monk was furious.

Shen Qiang stepped forward with a calm look in his eyes, gazing at him steadily.

At this moment, the old monk reciting a Buddhist mantra calmly stepped in front of Shen Qiang, saying: "Master Shen, why resort to this? Doushi Temple has no intention of competing or fighting, please show mercy and spare Doushi Temple."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang laughed.

"This sounds so aggrieved, as if I, Shen Qiang, came here specifically to bully you." He said coldly: "But the real situation is that the Dragon Group found a den of evil cultivators on the mountain ridge, with one hundred and thirty-seven corpses inside."

"So, we suspect that the perpetrator is from Doushi Temple and came here to investigate." Casting a glance at the angry and fierce-looking martial monk, Shen Qiang smiled indifferently: "But since you pretend to be deaf and dumb, I certainly won't be polite to you."

Hearing this, the martial monk became anxious: "Adding insult to injury, Shen, if you dare to talk nonsense, I will fight you."

At this moment, Qian Shanxue stepped forward coldly, standing beside Shen Qiang, and said calmly: "Master, I am Qian Shanxue, Captain of the Dragon Group Combat Team, please step aside and let us investigate inside the temple."

The old monk glanced at Qian Shanxue, with drooping eyebrows and eyes, said: "Sorry, our temple prohibits female benefactors from entering."

Qian Shanxue frowned.

At this moment, Ye Xiaolei suddenly had a bright idea, and she said: "Then please let our Dragon Group's security advisor go in and take a look."

Shen Qiang smiled, although going in alone was indeed dangerous, the problem should not be too great.

But just as everyone thought the old monk would agree.

The old monk didn't even lift an eyelid, instead, he put his hands together and said: "In a solemn place, the chief of demons cannot enter."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang's eyes lit up.

"So, you mean that Doushi Temple will not cooperate with the Dragon Group's investigation and won't allow anyone to enter, right?"

Hearing this.

The old monk said: "Please do not be angry, the Buddhist place of purity should not be disturbed at will. If the benefactors have evidence proving that the evil cultivator is indeed inside the temple, Doushi Temple will certainly cooperate. But if it is based merely on speculation, then I'm sorry, our temple does not receive any guests."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang tested: "What if we insist on entering?"

"Amitabha!"

With the old monk's Buddhist chant.

The small door on the other side of the mountain gate also opened, and three or four dozen monks surged out, each enveloped in Spiritual Energy, looking very powerful.

"Although monks are not worldly contenders, we are not to be bullied. Benefactors, please leave, sorry but our temple does not receive guests."

After saying that.

The monks slowly retreated inside, then the two side doors shut with a bang.

Seeing this scene, Qian Shanxue frowned and said: "To prove that the evil cultivator is in Doushi Temple is evidently not an easy task. Although we know that starting with Doushi Temple might be the quickest way to find that evil cultivator, we indeed have no way to prove it right now, so this path is blocked."

Hearing this, Shen Qiang smiled: "Not necessarily, there is no door in this world that can't be opened, only people who can't find a way."

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