The origin of Lanruo Temple is unknown. Qin Bai has been visiting Guobei County. Most of the old people here don't know when the temple was built, and they just keep warning future generations not to set foot there.
A few days ago, he took advantage of the daylight and went to the wasteland in the mountains. He found no trace of the temple. Instead, there were mass graves, filled with graves and bones that had been eaten by wild beasts.
As Qin Bai gradually approached the ghost temple, the path in the mountain changed from mud to steps paved with blue bricks. The sound of insects also became faint, and only a little phosphorus fire floated in the air.
By the time he could see the temple in the distance, the surrounding mountains and forests had become completely silent, with only the strange sounds brought by the mountain wind.
Lanruo Temple occupies a large area, but it has long been dilapidated. There are spider webs everywhere, and most of the wood has rotted. An unpleasant musty smell poured into his nose, and he couldn't help but sneeze a few times.
The moment Qin Bai stepped in front of the temple, the system's prompt sounded.
"The sign-in begins. The sign-in location is Lanruo Temple. The sign-in task is: fishing."
Even though he was mentally prepared, he still couldn't help but want to curse. Why did the system put A Chinese Ghost Story and fishing together? The styles of these two things were completely different.
Qin Bai carefully checked the sign-in task. It lasted for one year, but because of the reward unlocked by the achievement, there were only ten months left.
"The first step of the mission: get the fishing rod."
In order to officially start signing in, certain conditions must be met. He knew that he could not delay and tried to complete it in a short time.
Secondly, there were no requirements. In this way, even if Ning Caichen went down the mountain, it would have no impact on him, which made Qin Bai secretly relieved.
He was not in a hurry to enter Lanruo Temple. He took advantage of the fact that the black color was not too strong yet, so he could prepare first.
Qin Bai poured some cold water on Ning Caichen's face and woke him up.
Ning Caichen seemed a little confused as soon as he opened his eyes, but the surrounding environment was too desolate, so he asked immediately.
"Brother Qin, where is this place? Why did you knock me out before?"
Qin Bai took out a few blood-stained wolf tails: "There were wolves in the mountains that were targeting us before, and I knocked you unconscious as a last resort to prevent you from being too panicked and affecting my output."
This reason was too far-fetched, and Ning Caichen couldn't help but want to ask again, but seeing the big hammer in the other person's hand, he wisely closed his mouth.
"Hurry down the mountain. You only need to walk along the mountain road for an hour to see the official road."
Ning Caichen put his bag on his back and turned around to leave, but seeing Qin Bai motionless, he couldn't help but ask: "Brother Qin, why don't you leave? What can you do here?"
Qin Bai looked in the direction of Lanruo Temple, holding a dagger in his hand, and replied in a faint tone: "I am Qin Bai, and I will show you how to survive in some of the harshest places in the world.
I have a year of challenges ahead of me. Without proper survival skills in these places, you won't survive more than a day.
This time, I came to Lanruo Temple and used fishing skills to complete the survival challenge. "
"Uh..." Ning Caichen had never seen Mr. Bei Survive, so he naturally didn't know why, but seeing that the other party was not in a good mood, he didn't dare to ask questions.
He stood up and took a look outside. It was too dark and there was no light on the road. It was too dangerous to go down the mountain from this point.
"I'd better stay here for one night. It's just a deserted temple, with only a few mosquitoes at most."
"as long as you are happy."
Qin Bai nodded slightly. According to the details in the movie, the Xiahou swordsman was killed by the female ghost even though he did not approach the temple and was just cleaning his wounds by the river. This also shows that at night, the area is no longer safe.
Thinking about it carefully, even if Ning Caichen goes down the mountain, something unexpected may happen. It would be more reliable to stay up the mountain as in the original plot.
The two of them said this and headed towards the temple. Before entering, Qin Bai picked up a few pieces of wood. Next, he needed a fishing rod to sign in for fishing, so he had to make it himself.
Because the current world is not a pure movie version of A Chinese Ghost Story, but mixed with some settings from the original work, then there are probably more than a few female ghosts in Lanruo Temple. I'm afraid it's not that simple.
Qin Bai knew something about this, mainly because Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio was a familiar novel, and many of the stories had been adapted dozens of times.
The outermost building of Lanruo Temple is relatively safe. There are only some corpses of people who were killed by demons. Because their souls could not escape, they were trapped in the temple and turned into zombies. They instinctively wanted to absorb the essence of intruders.
In the depths of the temple, even Qin Bai felt afraid. There were a large number of demons controlled by the tree demon grandma. Nie Xiaoqian was just the most ordinary female ghost, and could not be considered to have deep cultivation.
The two of them planned to choose a guest room in a relatively remote side hall.
What's a bit strange is that although it is said to be a temple, I didn't see any Buddha statues along the way, but I could occasionally see white bones.
You can also hear crawling sounds coming from inside the building, which must be zombies coming to life after smelling human flesh.
"There are so many rats in this place, and they are so noisy, I'm afraid each one weighs several kilograms."
Ning Caichen was extremely arrogant, and even Qin Bai found this environment a bit creepy, but he talked enthusiastically about his experience when his father took him to eat field mouse meat when he was a child.
Qin Bai was speechless, but the fear in his heart was diluted a lot, and his steps became more steady.
Even if he is a demon, his hammer is not a vegetarian.
"Just this one."
Qin Bai stopped. The walkways outside this room extend in all directions, and the windows face the east. As soon as the sun rises, sunlight will shine in.
After Ning Caichen entered the room, he immediately cleaned it briefly and lit candles to disperse part of the darkness in the room.
After he finished his work, he turned to look at Qin Bai, only to see that he was cutting a branch with a dagger, his expression extremely focused.
"Brother Qin, what are you doing?"
"Make fishing rods and prepare for night fishing when I have nothing to do."
After Qin Bai finished working on the fishing rod, he pulled a cotton thread from his body and tied it to the fishing rod.
"But we have enough dry food with us, so why bother?"
“For fishermen, the worse the environment, the more they have to go fishing.”
Ning Caichen's mouth twitched and he couldn't help but complain: "What if you can't catch anything? Fishing in the cold wind in the middle of the night is a very human thing."
"A fisherman will never fly. If there are no fish, he will steal vegetables. If there is no vegetables, he will drink water. If there is no water, he will take a handful of soil."
