At this moment, six matured demon infants appeared within the mourning hall.
The demon infants were all dark purple and their faces were covered in demonic markings, appearing extremely eerie in the night.
One of the demon infants scanned the mourning hall, its body gradually becoming invisible, and dashed straight towards the place where the infant spirits were enshrined, intending to snatch the five demon infant sculptures within.
Just as the demon infant was about to reach the room enshrining the infant spirits.
It suddenly triggered the talisman formation pre-arranged by Shi Jian, and the demon infant was directly blown away by the Zi Xiao Divine Lightning Talisman and the Demon Extermination Lightning Talisman.
"Master, what was that sound just now?"
"Not good, an evil spirit has triggered the talisman formation I laid in the room enshrining the infant spirits."
At this time, hearing the commotion, Shi Jian hurriedly got out of bed and rushed to the room enshrining the infant spirits to check the situation.
By the time the master and his two disciples exited the room, the demon infant's figure had long since vanished.
Only a black silhouette imprint was left on the ground.
"Master, the owner of this imprint looks like a child?"
"Could this demon also be a little ghost?"
Mao Xiaofang and Awei pondered, looking at the black imprint on the ground.
Shi Jian, standing nearby, immediately recognized the owner of the shadow as a demon infant.
He then walked to the room enshrining the infant spirits and saw the Zi Xiao Divine Lightning Talisman and the Demon Extermination Lightning Talisman flickering at the window.
"It came for the demon infant sculptures, it must be a matured demon infant."
Shi Jian opened the door to the room enshrining the infant spirits and found that the five demon infant sculptures had not been taken by the matured demon infant.
"The past events in this village are not simple, to be able to breed a matured demon infant."
Suddenly, the figure of the little zombie appeared in the room, gesturing towards the five evil infants with its hands, as if something had happened.
"I know, I know, you stay here and watch the infant spirits, don't let anyone steal the show."
After placing a basket of tomatoes and eggs in the room enshrining the infant spirits, Shi Jian turned around and locked the door tightly.
To prevent another midnight attack by the demon infants, he drew a Demon Extermination Lightning Talisman on the door with the Tai Qing whisk.
"Master, the village was fine in the morning."
"As soon as night falls, it becomes gloomy, like a mass grave, no wonder no one is willing to open a mourning hall here."
Mao Xiaofang sensed the heavy gloom in Chen Family Town and felt uneasy.
The heavier the gloom, the more people died, and it was easier to attract evil spirits.
If a mourning hall were to be opened in such a place, the gloom of the mourning hall would be irresistible, and it would most likely cause corpse mutation.
Moreover, people who stayed in such places all the time would have their inner vital fires become unusually weak, making them susceptible to possession by evil spirits and various illnesses.
Fortunately, Shi Jian had cultivated lightning techniques and the Shang Qing Great Cave True Scripture, so his inner yang energy was abundant, capable of suppressing the gloom of Chen Family Town.
"The people in the village are concealing something, and I fear there will be a bloodbath soon."
"So, many people died in the village before."
"No, to be precise, it wasn't people, but unborn infants."
Shi Jian walked into the house and lay down on the bed to rest.
He planned to wait until the next morning to inquire with the village chief of Chen Family Town.
To find the hiding place of the demon infants, one would need to wait until daytime when the yang energy was most abundant.
This way, the demon infants would have no chance to escape.
Another important reason was that Shi Jian was afraid of being ambushed.
He didn't know how many demon infants there were, nor their strength, and whether the little zombie could defeat the demon infants.
Therefore, he stayed at the mourning hall and did not pursue, fearing it was a ruse to lure the tiger away from its den.
The master and his two disciples woke up to the incessant noise from the village.
"Master, what's happening outside."
"What else could be happening? Evil spirits came last night, so someone must have died."
Shi Jian casually put on a piece of clothing and then led Mao Xiaofang and Awei out of the mourning hall.
Demon infants were low-level evil spirits, not as strong as ghost commanders.
Mao Xiaofang's current strength was enough to deal with them.
A single lightning technique could disorient the demon infants.
"So soon there's trouble."
Mao Xiaofang and Awei followed closely. The master and his two disciples arrived outside the mourning hall and ran towards the source of the sound.
"Village chief, there are more deaths in the village. If this continues, the entire Chen Family Town will be in chaos."
"Didn't a Taoist priest open a mourning hall yesterday? We should ask the Taoist priest to come."
Some elders of the village, looking at the six female corpses and six male corpses on the ground, seemed to recall something, but they did not reveal it publicly.
Instead, they stopped a few strong young men from searching for Shi Jian and his party.
"No, we have our own ways to handle this matter."
"Uncle Xingqin, it's this time already, and you are still lying."
"If you could handle it, would this situation have occurred today?"
The young men retorted against the old men of Chen Family Town and prepared to invite Shi Jian to slay demons.
"Taoist priests, you've arrived!"
Upon seeing the arrival of Shi Jian and his two disciples, the surrounding villagers parted a path for them.
This matter concerned the safety of everyone in Chen Family Town, and no one dared to cause trouble at this critical juncture.
Moreover, in the entire Chen Family Town area, only Shi Jian and his two disciples were Taoist priests.
"Taoist priest, please take a look and see if Chen Family Town has provoked any evil spirits."
The young men pulled back the white cloths covering the corpses, revealing the faces of the twelve deceased before their deaths.
The eyes of all twelve were bloodshot, as if they had seen something horrifying before dying.
"Chen Family Town indeed has evil spirits. Everyone should not go out at night to avoid harm."
Seeing the twelve corpses on the ground, Shi Jian uttered a few words and prepared to set off to find the demon infants.
Judging by the death toll last night, the number of demon infants was definitely more than one.
"Taoist priest, do you have any talismans? We are willing to pay a high price to buy them."
Hearing that there were evil spirits, the surrounding villagers of Chen Family Town rushed to ask Shi Jian to buy talismans for warding off evil and protecting the house.
"Yes, Xiaofang, take out some talismans."
Mao Xiaofang took out a stack of Lightning God Talismans from his bag and handed them to the villagers.
Only the dozens of elders in the village remained unmoved. They exchanged glances with each other and hurriedly left the scene.
However, seeing their slow pace, Shi Jian quickly caught up with them.
"Sirs, don't you need talismans?"
"We are all half-dead already, we don't need them, we don't need them."
"I have something to ask, have there been many abortions in the village before?"
"Taoist priest, you jest. Our village has nothing of the sort."
After speaking, the dozens of elders hurried towards the residence of the village chief of Chen Family Town, their backs drenched in sweat.
Shi Jian watched the elders leave, and he had roughly guessed some things.
It could be basically confirmed that Chen Family Town had a history of frequent abortions.
This led to the resentment of the demon infants who were unable to reincarnate, causing a series of events.
Over time, the evil infants matured, becoming extremely ferocious, and turning into demon infants who killed without blinking.