The second time they heard the name, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai reacted almost instantly, so they turned their heads at the same time and hurriedly shouted to Xie Run beside them: "Put out the fire!"
Originally, before encountering the sneak attack, Xie Run was running towards the fire. Unexpectedly, he was interrupted by Tian Wude. After dealing with Tian Wude, he was a little frightened, so when he returned to the main hall, I didn't think of that thing again for a while.
At this moment, after being reminded by Sun and Huang, Xie Runcai suddenly realized - in fact, the crisis has not been resolved, and the trouble caused by "Lei Buji" in front of him is even more dangerous than that of Tian Wu.
It was too late, but it was faster than that, but Xie Run took a quick step and ran towards the fire again, as if he was preparing to crush the fire with his feet.
However, when he stepped on it for the first time, something strange happened.
His feet didn't feel hot at all, but instead felt cold, ice-cold...
A biting chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head, making his whole body tremble.
He regained consciousness and took a closer look, and found that he was no longer in the main hall of Lanruo Temple, but standing on the shore of the island in the middle of the lake.
The foot he stepped out stepped into the cold river water.
The wind blew, and the sky above his head was gloomy.
The rain is still falling.
He looked to his side and saw the wreckage of the small boat he had been on, as well as...seven corpses.
The corpses were lying on a rock not far from the wreckage. Xie Run took two steps closer to take a look, and quickly identified each person based on their clothing.
Out of caution, he checked the conditions of these seven people: the boatman's death seemed to have been drowned, the traveler who never revealed his real name was separated from his head, and the doctor Tian Wu had his heart broken and died. The scholar Kong Hengji was strangled to death by a rope, while Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai and Lei Buji were left with only a piece of fresh human skin wrapped in white bones, and all the flesh, blood, internal organs and liquids on their bodies disappeared.
After reading this, Xie Run's mind began to be confused again, with many doubts and a trace of fear occupying his mind.
His reason told him that these were all hallucinations, but there was another voice in his head that seemed to say: "This place is haunted. In fact, those people were already dead when they came ashore, and you will soon be like them."
Xie Run... hesitated, hesitated out of fear, and stopped moving forward.
Normally, he would have firmly denied these ghosts and chaos, and even if it was self-deception, he would have given himself a "reasonable" explanation.
Then, out of chivalry, he would return to Lanruo Temple without hesitation to save the few remaining people.
But today, the things he experienced seemed to have subverted his cognition... which made him unable to convince himself anymore.
In this era where everyone believes in ghosts and gods, Xie Run is not exempt from secularism and has a sense of awe. This mentality, in the current situation, has become the source of fear.
Snapped--
After a moment, Xie Run suddenly took action and slapped himself hard.
Not for anything else, just because he felt ashamed of himself like this.
"Damn it, what do men have to fear about life and death? Even if there are evil spirits in this world, there is nothing to be afraid of. At worst, we will fight to the death with them! If we retreat out of fear and live in an ignoble way, wouldn't we be insulting the hero of my life, Xie Run? ?”
Xie Run yelled these words there fiercely. Not to mention, using this method of talking to himself and slapping himself to strengthen his courage was quite effective...
He mustered up the courage at that time and headed in the direction of Lanruo Temple again.
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Let’s split the story into two parts. Let’s go back in time a little and talk about what happened to a few other people.
Just now, at the moment when Xie Run went to put out the fire, from the perspective of Sun Huang and the scholar Kong Hengji, Xie Runke did not "disappear", and there was no sign of "teleportation".
In their eyes, after Xie Run stepped on it, his whole body was suddenly set on fire like an alcohol cotton ball.
Immediately afterwards, "Xie Run" who was like a "man on fire" screamed and ran out of the palace door, as if he wanted to run outside and use the rain to extinguish the fire.
Unexpectedly... as soon as he ran out, he was "broken" as soon as he was hit by the rain. He was so broken that even his human form no longer existed and turned into a pile of fly ash residue.
"Hehehe..." After a breath, the fake Lei Buji smiled sinisterly and said, "Don't be afraid, you won't be like him, the 'master' has other plans for you."
"Oh?" Sun Yixie heard the key word and immediately raised his eyebrows and said, "Humph... So you are just an errand boy. So tell me, who is your master? Where did you do Buji? "
"Hahahaha..." The fake Lei Buji laughed again, "Why should I say that?" At this point, he suddenly turned his head 180 degrees, which is also an action that is impossible for humans to complete. "Do you really think that your grappling skills can cause any harm to me?"
"Oh~尻!" Sun Yixie looked at the other person, exclaimed, and then said, "Damn it... you're a monster, right?" As he spoke, he immediately winked at Huang Donglai.
Without verbal communication, Brother Huang understood his brother's intention.
The next second, the two people suddenly stood up and changed their positions. One person grabbed the left and right shoulders of the fake Lei Buji on one side, and dragged him to the fire.
"You...what are you going to do?" The fake Lei Buji panicked when he saw that he was also going to be roasted on the fire.
"Haha! Are you scared?" Sun Yixie saw that the other party was panicking, and immediately became excited, "Then answer my question quickly, otherwise..."
But the fake Lei Buji still refused to let go: "I...I can't say it. If I say it...master, he won't let me go..."
"Ah? I can't tell that you are quite tough-mouthed." Huang Donglai said again at this time, "Are you forcing us to torture you? I'm telling you, if I want to torture you, I don't have to throw you directly into the fire, you know. No? Just rub you on the edge of the flame...right, you can't light it, but it can make it difficult for you..."
He didn't finish his sentence.
Because when he said the three words "can't hit", that fake Lei Buji... just hit.
This thing is really weird. Sun and Huang held his position, which was indeed very close to the fire, but they did not let his body touch the flames. Who would have thought that this guy could also hit him even with a little distance? stand up.
Moreover, this fake Lei Buji, like the "Xie Run" who was burned to ashes just now, also burst into flames in an instant, as if his entire body was flammable, which frightened Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai and gave up quickly.
However, when the flames touched Sun and Huang's bodies, they seemed normal and there was no instantaneous explosion. On the contrary, because their clothes were still a little wet, they could not even burn. Take two shots and the Mars will be gone.
Just when they were wondering, the fake Lei Buji also staggered and screamed and ran into the rain. After running a few steps, he also shattered into ashes.
Seeing this, Sun and Huang looked at each other, and after observing for a few seconds, they walked out of the temple door side by side, and went to check the two pairs of remnants cautiously. As a result, when they took a closer look, they discovered that there was something wrong with the ashes—— This wasn't the kind of ashes a "body burning" would leave behind, but something else.
"Paper man?" The two said these two words in unison.
At this moment, at the other end of the courtyard, outside the open temple gate, a strong man rushed in.
That was none other than Xie Run.
The three of them met each other in the rain and were stunned for a moment.
Then Xie Run spoke first: "Are you... still alive?"
This question has revealed a lot of information.
So Sun Yixie directly replied: "Ha... I don't know what Brother Xie saw just now, but in the situation we saw here, Brother Xie, you were burned to ashes just now."
"Oh?" Xie Run heard this, thought about it, and understood, "Are you okay then?"
"It's okay." Huang Donglai replied, pointing to the two piles of ashes on the ground, "As for those two piles on the ground, one is fake and the other is 'you'..." He paused at this point. After a pause, "Besides... to be honest, I'm not sure you are the real Brother Xie now."
"Understood." Xie Run nodded, "I'm not sure whether you two are real or hallucinations." At this point, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, where is the scholar?"
"Isn't he just there..." Sun Yixie turned around and was about to say "inside", but found that at a glance, there was no one in the hall behind him.
when--
when--
when--
At this moment, the strange bell sounded again.
The three of them were in a trance, and the scenery in front of them changed again.
But this time, their positions have not changed. The three of them are still standing in the front yard between the temple gate and the main hall.
What has changed is the things around them...
At this time, when they looked at Lanruo Temple again, they saw that the courtyard was dilapidated, overgrown with weeds, the walls were mottled, and spider webs were everywhere... It was very different from the brand-new appearance they saw when they first arrived.
On the ground, Tian Wude's body was still there, and the two piles of debris were still the same. However, when they looked into the main hall, they discovered that the body of the foot trader... was no longer a "corpse".
Lying on the box was a headless, life-sized paper man. It was no wonder that the "blood" flowing out of its neck not only did not spray, but also flowed so slowly, because it was not blood at all. , but the paste used by paper makers. As for the head that fell to the ground, it was naturally just a paper ball.
In addition, the red flame on the firewood pile has now turned green...
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At the same time, there was a lone boat on the upper reaches of the Shan River.
A young man wearing a silver Taoist robe, holding a whisk, a single sword on his back, and a big gourd on his waist, was standing on the bow of the boat with a solemn expression.
In his hand, he held a "small clock" that was only the size of a teacup and a "bell hammer" that was slightly larger than an ear scoop. He had just struck three times.
Why is it called a "small bell" instead of a "bell"? There is actually a slight difference between these two things: the one with a copper tongue or metal pill inside, which can ring by shaking it, is a bell; the one that is hollow must be used It is the bell that the hammer strikes.
Of course, the division became less strict later on, and the bells used in many places, including foreign churches, were also equipped with copper tongues.
But what the Taoist priest is holding now is a "bell", not a bell.
"Alas... I missed one day's journey and arrived too late." The Taoist Priest looked to be in his early twenties, but his tone of voice was very mature. "What if there is something wrong with the saviors of Master Nephew Bai?" , I can’t explain it to my senior brother..." He took a long breath and said nervously, "I hope I can still catch up..."
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On the other side, the three people in the temple didn't know that the reinforcements were approaching.
They were still stunned in the rain when they saw the drastic changes around them.
"No way? Could it be that here..." The "here" Sun Yixie said at this moment did not refer to "here", but to "this world" or "this universe they traveled to", " ...In addition to internal power, there are also monsters?”
"It's hard to say..." Huang Donglai also added, "But if you prepare for the worst in everything... it's better to treat it as if it is, it will be safer."
"Well... wouldn't it be more dangerous if you don't avoid it?" Sun Yixie said again.
"Yeah, we have to find a way to find him quickly." Huang Donglai said.
"By the way, we have to look for the scholar." Xie Run also said, "Also, since the body of the traveler is also made of paper, maybe he is still alive?"
I have to say that Xie Run is really a chivalrous person. Regardless of whether they have a good or bad attitude towards him, as long as they are innocent people, he will try his best to save them.
"Yes, there is also the boatman." Huang Donglai said, "Although he has not entered Lanruo Temple, there is no guarantee that the 'owner' here will not attack him."
"The 'owner' here?" Xie Run heard something he didn't know and wanted to ask.
So, Sun and Huang told Xie Run what they had just experienced, and Xie Run also briefly shared the hallucination he had seen.
The three of them stood in the rain and discussed again, and decided to put out the "demon fire" first, because at present, it seems that the triggering of hallucinations must be directly related to the fire.
They were smarter this time. They did not enter the main hall at all, nor did they consider using the "extinguishing" method. Instead, they found an old water tank in the front yard, carried it whole, and put out the water that had accumulated in it. The rainwater from the tank pours directly into the temple from the entrance.
Xie Run was the one to do this job.
He has a boy's skill, a golden bell, he has profound skills and is as strong as an ox. Carrying a tank filled with water is a trivial matter. If you want to make an analogy, his feeling of carrying that tank of water is just like us ordinary people lifting a tank of about one cubic meter. It's almost like a cardboard box full of cotton.
A full vat of water was poured into it, and the fire was automatically extinguished.
If this doesn't go out, then something will happen again...
At the same time that the green flame was extinguished, the three of them heard a "pang" sound coming from behind, and the door of Lanruo Temple... was closed.
Immediately afterwards, outside the towering courtyard wall, there were faint sounds of battles between soldiers and horses, mixed with various wails and screams.
"We are not allowed to leave..." Huang Donglai blurted out after seeing this scene.
"Oh, we were going in anyway." Sun Yixie continued.
"Well..." Xie Run groaned and said, "I have no choice but to look for the boatman later..." As he said that, he put down the water tank in his hand and took the lead into the main hall, "Just Let Xie come and meet the 'owner' here and see what kind of monster he is!"
