As the distance gets closer, the buildings hidden in the white mist become clearer.
When he was about fifty meters away, Gu Yuan could already see the appearance of the building clearly.
It looked like a not too big yard. The red walls had been eroded by the years, and the color no longer looked bright. It had faded in many places, and large pieces of the wall had fallen off.
Half of the steps in front of the door have been damaged, exposing the gray bricks. Half of the door to the opposite door has fallen to the ground, and the other half is leaning against the door frame. There are pieces of black tiles that have naturally fallen off around it. Traces of time.
Gu Yuan raised his head. The sign hanging on the door was shaky and half of it was damaged. Two words could be vaguely seen.
"Temple?" Captain Liu raised his head and read out.
"There should be another word in front of this temple." Kong Baihe said.
"Mountain Temple? Water Temple? Fire Temple?" The girl put her fingers lightly on her chin, looking up at the cobwebs in the corner and making irresponsible guesses.
"Then there are too many possibilities." Kong Baihe interrupted the girl's speculation and said, "What is surprising is why a temple appeared here."
"I have long said that this is not Leizi Mountain. There is no temple on Leizi Mountain." Captain Liu sighed.
Kong Baihe joked: "I always feel like I'm going to start a temple escape in the next second."
Gu Yuan took the lead and walked into the courtyard. After passing the first door, he could see the main hall inside.
On the left side of the yard, there was a dying tree. It looked like it was about to lose its vitality, but there were still two or three green buds. And under the tree, there was a well. Gu Yuan took a closer look and saw that the well was very deep. , has long since dried up.
Gu Yuan's face showed a bit of vigilance.
Suddenly discovering a temple in such a place is full of weirdness.
Captain Liu and others also took every step carefully.
There is a statue of a god enshrined in the main hall, sitting on the altar, wearing a Taoist robe, holding a fly whisk in his hand, and beads hanging around his neck. However, this statue has been destroyed, and his head is unknown.
Except for the head, everything else is intact. There are two statues over one meter high on both sides of the statue. They are a bunch of boys and girls wearing bellybands. The boys have a tuft of hair in front of their foreheads, and the girl dolls. Wearing a soaring hairdo.
In front of the statue, there is an altar, which is empty. The strange thing is that there is dilapidation everywhere, but there is not a speck of dust on the altar.
Looking at the statue, Kong Baihe clicked his tongue in wonder.
"This statue is strange. It is clearly wearing a Taoist robe, but it also has Buddhist beads hanging on it... Is this a dual cultivation of Buddhism and Taoism?"
After wandering around the hall, Kong Baihe and others also studied the statue carefully, but they were still unable to determine the identity of the statue or what kind of temple this was.
"Ever since we crossed the suspension bridge, we haven't seen any monsters, especially those monsters. They don't even dare to go up the suspension bridge." Captain Liu said, "Is there a possibility that this statue is suppressing this place? Monsters, although the idols have been destroyed now, there is still a certain deterrent effect on those monsters?"
Captain Liu's statement still makes some sense.
If this is the case, it can indeed explain why those monsters dare not come over.
"If that's the case... then this place is very safe!" Kong Baihe said with a smile, "That's good, we can take this opportunity to have a good rest."
After saying that, he found a place to sit down and swallowed two more pills, hoping to speed up the recovery of Qi in his body.
Captain Liu looked at them and stood up immediately.
"You guys have a good rest first. I'm sitting at the door. If there is any movement, I will notify you immediately."
He could also see that Gu Yuan and Kong Baihe's faces were full of exhaustion, and they still needed to relax and take a good rest.
Gu Yuan also found a place to sit down, took a sip of water, and glanced at the strong man.
Looking at the statue.
"Brother Nie, what's wrong?"
The sword cultivator named Nie Cong looked at Gu Yuan, smiled and said, "It's nothing, it's just this statue..."
"Huh?" Gu Yuan asked, "Is there anything wrong with the statue?"
"I can't tell, I just feel uncomfortable." Nie Cong shook his head, "You don't have to worry about me, I'll just take a look."
After hearing what Nie Cong said, Gu Yuan didn't ask any more questions. He closed his eyes and took this opportunity to take a good rest.
After about ten minutes, Gu Yuan opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of thick air.
But Nie Cong still maintained his previous state, still staring at the statue.
Gu Yuan laughed, stood up and walked over, maintaining the same posture as Nie Cong.
"Brother Nie, you've been watching for a long time and haven't found anything yet?"
Nie Cong suddenly came to his senses. He stood up and walked quickly towards the statue.
This sudden movement startled Gu Yuan. He looked at the other party in confusion. At this moment, Nie Cong had already bypassed the altar in front of him and walked under the statue. He stretched out his hand to touch the altar under the statue.
"I see……"
Gu Yuan also stood up and walked over.
Kong Baihe and others quickly came over.
They saw Nie Cong reaching out and wiping the fat table carefully, revealing the texture inside, and murmuring to himself: "Yes... this is it, I have seen it..."
"What is this?" Gu Yuan asked doubtfully.
Gu Yuan and others had previously focused their attention on the damaged statue and had not noticed the inconspicuous altar at all, but now they noticed that the altar not only had special lines, but also some characters. , which is somewhat similar to the text on the back of the stone tablet I saw before.
"I can't understand these characters, but I've seen this pattern before. It seems to be called the Five Animal Patterns."
"Five animal patterns? What a strange name..." the girl muttered softly.
"Brother Nie, where have you seen these five animal patterns before?" Gu Yuan asked immediately.
"In my sect." Nie Cong said solemnly.
He is a sword cultivator, similar to Taoist Master Qingchen. He was also a disciple of a sect at first, but later, something happened to that sect, and then he joined the Demon Suppression Division and became a member of the Demon Suppression Division.
His words surprised Kong Baihe.
"Is this statue related to your sect?"
Nie Cong immediately shook his head. He had already sorted out his words. He turned to Gu Yuan and said, "My sect is called Demon Slayer Sect. Does the name sound a little strange? About five hundred years ago, an A-level swordsman Xiu went to Northern Xinjiang and killed a spirit demon. After he came back, he established a sect, which is the founder of our demon-slaying sect.
Killing a spirit demon is an incredible achievement no matter what time it is, let alone an A-level sword cultivator. Therefore, after our ancestor killed the spirit demon, he brought back a fragment as a The evidence of killing the spirit demon, the five animal patterns I just mentioned, can be seen on that fragment! "
