I have a Taoist temple that connects me to other worlds

"Hello, my savior. My name is Xuan Baiyin, but you can also call me Yin Yin." The girl, wearing pajamas, spoke to Jiang Wen with an apologetic expression. Her face was filled with gratitude as she bowed deeply to him.

"It's nothing, let's sit down and talk. There are some things I want to ask you."

"Okay." Xuan Baiyin obediently sat down.

After waking up and being lectured by her best friend, Shen Yueshu, Xuan Baiyin finally understood what had happened. While her best friend was cutting her hard, long nails and shaving off the black, long hair extensions, she couldn't believe that she had almost turned into a zombie like those often seen in movies.

After cleaning her body, Xuan Baiyin hurriedly thanked Jiang Wen. If it weren't for this 'expert' her best friend spoke of, she would have been finished in this life.

Thinking about these things happening, what a terrifying story it would be.

"Luckily, the heavens are watching over me," Xuan Baiyin thought to herself.

"Let me tell you, you must tell the Taoist priest everything he asks, without hiding anything. Even details like playing cards," Shen Yueshu said, sitting next to Jiang Wen and looking at her with a serious expression. It was clear that this girl was still very angry, and the feeling of surviving a disaster lingered in her heart, unable to dissipate for a long time.

"I know, Yueyue, what nonsense are you talking about?" Xuan Baiyin's face flushed, and she glared at her playfully. Then she looked at Jiang Wen and said softly, "Feel free to ask me anything, and I will tell you everything I know. Don't listen to Yueyue's nonsense, this girl has no shame."

"..." Jiang Wen chose to remain silent. After organizing his thoughts, he began to ask about Xuan Baiyin's experiences in the past few days.

"There is indeed a problem." Jiang Wen nodded. Before he could speak, Shen Yueshu had already taken down the group photo and handed it to him.

Xuan Baiyin looked up at the group photo, pondered for a moment, and carefully replied, "That should be in a village in the Southern Territory. At that time, we watched the local people's earth burial ceremony, and then took this photo. Is there a problem with it?"

"This formation requires harsh conditions and needs to be set up in an extremely Yin place. There are not many extremely Yin places in this world now, even cemeteries can be considered Yang places. But this place is different. This cliff is the place where the local people practice earth burial. Generations of deceased are buried here, artificially forming an extremely Yin place. And you happen to be seven people, targeted by a villain with ulterior motives, who set up this formation to lure you in."

"Yinyin, have you been out to play in the past few months?" Shen Yueshu asked.

"Have you been to any strange places these days? Or have you come into contact with anything strange?"

"Taoist priest, have you found anything?" Shen Yueshu curiously leaned her little head over, trying to find some clues in the photo. But she looked at it for a long time and couldn't see anything.

"I don't remember doing any of these things in the video myself, and I don't even know what I saw."

As Xuan Baiyin spoke, she felt a chill all over her body. Watching the video was like watching another version of herself performing, with clumsy movements and exaggerated expressions. It wasn't her usual self, it was completely another person! Someone she had never seen before! It was as if she was being manipulated to make movements that were completely inconsistent with her personality.

"I see that you have been infected with corpse poison. The substitute victim himself should be undergoing zombification. Someone wants to use you to replace the zombification and exchange your lives. It hasn't even been half a month, and you should be the first sacrifice to be infected with corpse poison. I think you must have brought back some local specialty."

"Is that so?" Jiang Wen nodded, not asking for more details. He looked around the room, trying to find some traces.

"Half a month ago, I did go to the southernmost part of the country with a few friends. We visited scenic villages and saw many intangible cultural heritages. We also experienced the local customs and folklore, and then we came back," Xuan Baiyin recalled what she had done, explaining everything in detail. She even clearly stated which day she went to which place, not daring to hold back anything.

Jiang Wen couldn't help but smile, glancing at the enthusiastic girl. He examined the photo, and the confusion in his heart gradually dissipated.

Shen Yueshu, who was sitting beside him, was also frightened. She clung tightly to Jiang Wen, not daring to move away. This matter was too strange, and just listening to it made her scalp tingle.

"I see," Jiang Wen said with a nod of understanding.

In the expectant gazes of the two girls, Jiang Wen connected the wooden stakes and caves on the stone wall.

"Why did you open this photo at that time, and what did you mean by 'Did you see it?' that you kept saying?"

"Please find me a pen," he said to Shen Yueshu.

"Okay," she readily agreed, then trotted into the room and handed the pen to Jiang Wen.

Xuan Baiyin looked at the video, a bewildered expression on her face. Watching the strange version of herself in the video, she couldn't help but shiver. She swallowed hard, her voice trembling as she said, "I, I don't remember doing any of these things. All I can remember is that I was live-streaming at the time, and then I felt a headache, and I just passed out."

"Where did you take this?" Jiang Wen asked, pointing to the group photo.

Listening to her words, Jiang Wen's gaze fell on the photo hanging in the room.

It was a group photo, with seven beautiful girls striking various poses happily. However, Jiang Wen was not looking at the girls, but at the steep mountain wall behind them. In the opening of the mountain wall, a human face could vaguely be seen.

"Really nothing, I swear," Xuan Baiyin said earnestly.

"This is the Substitute Life Formation, also known as Stealing the Sky and Swapping the Sun," Jiang Wen said slowly. "You should have heard the story of Zhuge Liang using the Seven Star Lamp to extend his life. This Substitute Life Formation is also like the Seven Star Lamp, an evil technique to extend someone's life."

"I've been live-streaming at home this week and haven't gone out," Xuan Baiyin shook her head. "I haven't come into contact with anything strange either."

After Jiang Wen finished speaking, Xuan Baiyin's face turned pale. As if she had thought of something, she quickly ran into the room.

"Okay," Jiang Wen nodded, indicating that he understood. Then he took out his phone and played a live-streaming video of Xuan Baiyin, which was a video of her just before the corpse poison broke out.

"Someone gave us this bellyband at the time. We thought it was finely crafted and a free souvenir, so we accepted it."

Jiang Wen took the bellyband and examined it carefully, a smile appearing on his face.

"Sure enough, this is where the corpse poison is attached."