A temple appeared out of nowhere overnight, and the townspeople, covered in wounds, knelt before the temple. The eerie golden light emanating from the temple did not make people feel holy and solemn, but instead illuminated the countless blood on the ground.
Tang Ning couldn't accept this scene at night. He subconsciously took a step back and heard a whimpering sound behind him.
Tang Ning was shocked. He suspected that he was wrong, but he turned to look at Lin Yun and Chang Hanliang beside him. Their faces, illuminated by the golden light, were filled with the same fear.
"Help me!" A desolate voice came faintly from behind, followed by the crying of a child.
This slight movement seemed to alarm a townsman who was kneeling at the outermost edge. He turned his head stiffly, revealing a pale face. There were scratches from his neck to his chest, and his bones were exposed from the wounds. His Adam's apple was dug out. He should not survive with this kind of injury, but his body was controlled by a strange force.
It was the immortal wish that the old man made!
Tang Ning covered his mouth, afraid of accidentally making a noise. The townsman tilted his ear and seemed to be constantly listening.
"Help, help, me" the old voice behind him sounded again.
The second kneeling townsman quickly got up, his eyeballs had been torn out, and he had a strange smile on his face. He seemed to be excited by the sound, and his only remaining eye kept moving.
"Help!" Now the townspeople didn't need to get up from the ground to look for the source of the sound. Tang Ning and the others turned around and looked behind them in anger, fear and anxiety!
In the darkness, they vaguely saw the outline of a human figure, as if someone was lying flat in the darkness. With the faint moonlight, Tang Ning finally managed to see what was calling out -
Taoist Master Zhu was lying on the coffin lid, opening his mouth and weakly calling for help!
When Tang Ning arrived at Chang Hanliang, he cursed "Fuck" in a very light tone.
In fact, Tang Ning also wanted to curse, because at this time, three townspeople had already attracted their attention. They even stood up excitedly. As they suddenly stood up, the other townspeople who were kneeling devoutly on the ground also raised their heads.
Tang Ning held his breath and dared not move. Taoist Zhu, who had been calling for help, also stopped. However, the whimpering sound from the coffin did not stop.
Tang Ning saw that the coffin that Taoist Master Zhu was holding was shaking continuously. The sounds of crying, knocking inside the coffin, and vibrations from the ground under the coffin continued.
The townspeople who were kneeling in the moonlight smiled and said, "Who else hasn't kneeled in worship of the river god?"
The crying of the child in the coffin also turned into giggles, as if the crying child in the corner finally got someone's attention.
Chang Hanliang pointed to where Taoist Master Zhu was and looked at Tang Ning to ask if she wanted to go over there.
Tang Ning quickly looked at Lin Yun, asking with her eyes whether Lin Yun wanted to go over.
Suddenly, Lin Yun, who had endured too much, gritted his teeth and nodded at Tang Ning.
Go over there!
Although it is possible that Taoist Master Zhu is a ghost who is trying to trick them into going there to die, but if Taoist Master Zhu is true, if they don't go over, all the little ghosts in the coffin will run out!
Once the little ghost breaks free, he will definitely attack Tang Ning first!
Chang Hanliang and the other players didn't know and thought that Tang Ning was capable of fighting against the pair of imps again. However, Lin Yun knew very well that if Tang Ning encountered them again, she would have no choice but to make a wish to the river god, which was undoubtedly a temporary solution.
What's more important is that there are three of them now, and one of Lin Yun's cards is the most suitable card for him that he bought with all his points -
Back off player card!
Back off Player Card Setting 1: You are very good at backing off when there is an audience.
Quiet Drum Player Card Setting 2: Quiet Drum Player is not good at sports performance
This card can significantly increase his running speed when he has teammates. The side effect is that he will not be good at sports such as swimming and equestrianism.
Now they are three.
This means that as long as he runs away with Tang Ning on his back, Chang Hanliang will be the one to take the blame. When being chased by monsters, if you run faster than your teammates, you will have more chances of surviving!
Lin Yun, who had thought of a way to escape in a flash, looked deeply at Chang Hanliang, then pulled Tang Ning and walked quickly towards Taoist Zhu.
The group of monsters are already looking for people everywhere, and they don't have much time left.
Tang Ning was pulled by Lin Yun towards Taoist Master Zhu. After seeing Taoist Master Zhu's condition, Tang Ning almost stopped breathing.
He saw four blue-white small hands break through the coffin, one grabbed Taoist Zhu's hands, and the other grabbed Taoist Zhu's feet.
Taoist Master Zhu was firmly fixed on the coffin lid, with only his head able to move. Upon seeing Tangning and the others approaching, Taoist Master Zhu said with a weak breath, "You are finally here. Quickly take out a hundred dollars from my pocket."
Tangning: “?”
None of the players took any action, and everyone looked at Taoist Zhu warily.
"This money is a good thing. The money I carry is stained with the spirit of the people, which can resist their attacks for a while." Taoist Master Zhu said weakly: "Hurry up."
Lin Yun frowned and asked, "Master Zhu, what's going on now?"
Taoist Priest Zhu sighed, "I think the river god is not satisfied with the speed of temple construction and wants to build the temple sooner."
Lin Yun was not satisfied with this answer.
At present, all Lin Yun knew was that the river god would change the dead into another form, and there was no river god that would directly kill the living. What he wanted to ask was why those townspeople would scratch him to death, but it was too late.
The sound of rustling footsteps came towards them, along with the childish laughter of a child and the old voice of Taoist Master Zhu:
"Twenty people in total have turned into those things. Please send someone out to lead ten away. Those who need to run faster can try throwing money when they are about to catch up. Another person can accompany me to deliver the corpse. Send that person to the temple and everything will be fine."
Taoist Priest Zhu told them about the plan. Chang Hanliang looked at Tangning, who then looked at Lin Yun. Lin Yun lowered his voice and said quickly, "The three of us can be responsible for leading these things. Taoist Priest, just hold on for a while. We will bring helpers over when the time comes."
"It's too late." Taoist Priest Zhu spat out a mouthful of blood.
As Taoist Master Zhu said this, the shrill laughter of the children became louder and louder, and in the end it even rose in pitch and turned into screams!
Taoist Zhu glared, and blood flowed from the corner of his lips again. The sticky blood wet his white beard, "Hurry, there is no time."
There was indeed no time left. Judging from the quick and slow footsteps, the townspeople were about to find them!
And looking at Taoist Zhu, the breath of spitting blood and the way he spoke were more like those of a living person, it didn't seem like a ghost lying to people. Lin Yun made up his mind and reached out to touch Taoist Zhu's chest.
Just when Lin Yun was about to touch the clothes, the little hand holding Taoist Zhu's shoulder rushed towards Lin Yun like lightning. Lin Yun had no time to withdraw his hand. At this moment, a hand holding a coral jade reached out tremblingly -
Tangning had been watching from the sidelines! This time, he gave away the coral jade at the perfect time.
After the coral jade appeared, the green little hand paused for a moment, and Lin Yun took out something from Taoist Zhu's clothes during this precious time.
A red envelope!
The red envelope was exactly the same style as the one Luo Chuxue had discovered!
All the players opened their eyes, and Lin Yun was so frightened that he almost threw the red envelope away. He looked at Taoist Zhu angrily, "What do you mean?" His voice became uncontrollably louder.
Chang Hanliang rolled up his sleeves, ready to fight at any time.
Taoist Priest Zhu closed his eyes as he was dying. "I didn't lie to you. The foreign girl was holding ghost money, which would attract ghosts and bring disaster. This is filled with money, which can ward off evil and eliminate disasters."
The bulging envelope was opened, and inside was indeed a stack of money, in varying amounts, the smallest being only a dime, the largest being no more than five yuan, all of which had a very old texture, as if they had been touched by countless people's hands.
"Since it can ward off evil spirits, why not use it on the things in the coffin?" Chang Hanliang asked. He seemed to be full of distrust towards Taoist Zhu.
Taoist Master Zhu rolled his eyes and said, "That guy is too fierce."
"Ho ho" a strange sound came from behind, Tang Ning turned around in horror and saw a townsman with a broken throat standing behind them!
Tang Ning and his friends were lucky because they found that the townspeople couldn't make much noise and thus didn't alarm the other ghosts.
Now that he had touched the red envelope, Lin Yun decided to go all out. He took out four or five bills and threw them at the townsman, who backed away as if he had seen fire.
Very useful!
"Sadoola," said Taoist Master Zhu, who looked like he was about to die at any moment, with concern.
Lin Yun quickly took out the money and divided it into three parts according to the feel of the money. He gave one to Tangning and one to Chang Hanliang, and kept one for himself. "Chang Hanliang, you and I will go and distract those things."
It is difficult for one person to lure out all the twenty townspeople who have turned into ghosts at the same time. After all, there are four people in total. If one person runs away, he may be far less attractive to the ghosts than the other three living people.
The safest way is to run away to lure away the ghosts and leave Taoist Zhu to escort the corpse into the temple together, and the person left behind can only be Tang Ning.
Because Lin Yun's card allowed him to run faster than his teammates, if he and Tang Ning ran together, Tang Ning would become the teammate he would overtake.
If Tang Ning and Chang Hanliang were to lure the ghosts away, Tang Ning would still not be able to outrun Chang Hanliang and would definitely be left behind.
Chang Hanliang and Tang Ning had no objection to Lin Yun's decision. Tang Ning tightly grasped the money in his hand and watched Lin Yun and Chang Hanliang rush out. They ran very fast and made a loud noise, "We are here!"
"Come and chase me!" This was said by Chang Hanliang.
The ghosts wandering around Tang Ning were attracted by this man, and almost most of them followed him and ran away. However, the ghost with a broken throat who first discovered Tang Ning did not leave. It stood meters away from Tang Ning and gave him a weird smile.
Tang Ning also wanted to face life with a smile, but as he looked at the ghost staggering towards him, Tang Ning couldn't smile at all.
This thing is called a road, but its speed is as fast as a race! The wounds on its body are shocking, and sticky blood is dripping from it, and blood is splattered when it moves!
Tang Ning quickly pulled out a few bills and threw them out. His aim was not good and only one bill hit the thing's hand. The other three all missed. This made the ghost pause for a moment, and then it rushed up again with its teeth bared. Tang Ning was sweating profusely. He took out four more bills and threw them at the ghost. This time the ghost also dodged, and still only one bill hit the other party.
A long sigh came from Master Zhu behind him, "They are all gone, why are you still pretending?"
Who? Who is still pretending?!
Tang Ning quickly looked around and met Taoist Zhu's eyes, which were staring straight at him.
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment. He felt for some reason that Master Zhu's words were directed at him.
Taoist Master Zhu showed an expression of seeing through everything, and said calmly: "You have a positive divine scale on your body. Use the divine scale to touch it, and it will be driven by you."
Divine scales
Does this refer to the scales on his waist
At this moment, the ghost that the townspeople transformed into suddenly sped up and rushed towards Tang Ning! It was so fast that it rushed to Tang Ning in the blink of an eye. The strong smell of blood hit Tang Ning's face. Tang Ning almost couldn't breathe. In a hurry, he grabbed a handful of money and threw it at the ghost.
At such a close distance, the monster couldn't dodge, and the money seemed to burn the monster like flames.
"Now!" Master Zhu shouted.
Tangning somehow understood what Taoist Zhu meant, but he was still unsure. To be on the safe side, he quickly asked, "System! Is this what I think it means?"
Yes.
The scales were located at the waist. In order to make contact with this part of the ghost, Tang Ning had to bend down and stick out his waist. He didn't want to face the front of this thing with his back.
While the ghost stopped and roared after being touched by the money, Tangning circled around and ran behind it. Perhaps he had used up all his courage, and he quickly rushed up to it.
Ghosts back to back!
The moment he got closer, Tang Ning felt a chill on his back. He felt a sticky touch, which was the cold blood flowing from the monster's body.
Fear and disgust filled Tang Ning's heart at the same time. He wished that this thing would disappear forever.
When Tang Ning had this thought, the ghost that was originally standing suddenly lost all its strength, fell straight down, and hit the ground.
It turned into a positive corpse.
Tang Ning stared at all this in a daze, his heart beating rapidly, and each beat seemed to be about to jump out of his chest.
How could this happen
He thought the scale was the price he had to pay, but why did it look like a powerful good thing now
Taoist Master Zhu looked at Tang Ning with envy before saying, "Come on, let's go into the temple."
Tang Ning was stunned for a moment. He turned around a little slowly and looked at Taoist Zhu who was still shackled to the coffin. The part of Taoist Zhu that was grabbed by the ghost's claws was oozing blood, and it seemed that he would be unable to move for a while.
"How can I help you get down?" Tang Ning asked.
"No need to get down." Taoist Master Zhu was lying on the coffin with great peace and tranquility: "I am here on purpose. Only when I press them down, they can't turn over for the time being."
The coffin was crying, again and again, so sadly that Tang Ning felt upset. He pushed the coffin forward with great effort. The coffin was so heavy that it shook when it hit the rocks on the road. Taoist Zhu was lying on it and was constantly tossed around. Even though he was vomiting blood, his expression was still that of a sage.
"Master Zhu, what are these divine scales you just mentioned?" Tang Ning asked breathlessly.
"you do not know?"
Tangning was a little tired, so he stopped to rest for a while, "I don't know."
"The divine scales are what grow on your body." Taoist Master Zhu urged, "Don't be lazy, I could die at any moment."
Tangning had no choice but to continue pushing the coffin, "Can you give me a detailed introduction of Shenlin? I want to know more."
"You don't know what's growing on your body, so how can I know?" Taoist Master Zhu performed Tai Chi. "Hey, young man, don't be lazy. When I was your age, I was as strong as a bull."
Tang Ning knew that he would not get anything out of the question, so he did not continue asking. It was not that Tang Ning did not want to get to the bottom of the matter, but the coffin was simply too heavy.
It took Tang Ning almost half his life to walk just a few steps before he finally managed to push the coffin and Taoist Zhu to the front of the temple, gasping for breath.
Looking at the temple from a closer distance, Tang Ning could see various exquisite designs carved on the pillars, with the main colors being gold, silver, and vermilion, so red that it looked like blood seeping from the pillars.
He raised his head and saw the three characters "River God Temple" written in iron pen and silver hook appeared in the night fog. Tang Ning did not dare to look closely. He pushed the coffin into the temple with difficulty. The little ghost who had been crying all the way became so quiet the moment he entered the temple that he did not make any sound. Not only did he stop crying, but even his four little hands retracted in unison, as if he was afraid of disturbing the existence in the temple.
Tang Ning also held his breath as he looked at the interior of this strange temple. The interior of this river temple was even more magnificent. A gorgeous statue was enshrined in the hall. The statue was painted in overly bright colors, with pale skin, dark eyebrows and eyes, and a circle of red paint in the center of its thin lips.
The exaggerated color blurred the face of the sculpture, and for a moment Tangning thought of a strange paper man. Then he thought that the sculpture vaguely resembled a person.
It seems a bit like Shao Mingxuan’s facial features
This thought was diluted a lot after seeing the lower half of the sculpture.
He sits quietly on the shrine, and his jet-black fish tail is so huge that it reminds people of dangerous things like giant pythons. The slender fish tail is carved with special precision, and every scale is clearly visible, presenting an artistic sense of combination of strength and beauty, and it seems that it will move at any time.
The missing hands of the wishing well were also replaced. The hands were covered with scales, and the sharp nails flashed coldly, as if ten torture instruments were put on the hands.
"Just push the coffin under the altar." Taoist Zhu climbed down from the coffin weakly. There were bloody handprints on his wrists and blood marks on his feet that penetrated his socks. Taoist Zhu looked so miserable that it seemed as if the tendons in his hands and feet had been cut. It was difficult for him to walk, so Tang Ning could only try his best to push the coffin forward.
There was a faint tremor coming from inside the coffin, as if the ghost inside was trembling constantly.
It was not known whether the vibration of the coffin was transmitted to Tang Ning or what, but Tang Ning's body also began to tremble slightly.
He subconsciously raised his head and met the eyes of the statue. The statue was clearly carved with eyes lowered to overlook all living things, but because it was covered with too much ink, it looked like a bottomless pool and had lost its compassion.
The moment the statue "looked" at him, Tang Ning's scalp went numb. He didn't dare to look at it anymore, and lowered his head and pushed the coffin.
The heavy coffin whimpered, and Tang Ning's heart also trembled and made a weak sound. He didn't know where his fear came from. Perhaps it was because the statue was too solemn and majestic, which easily brought a sense of panic to people.
After finally pushing the coffin to the bottom of the altar, Tang Ning was so tired that he felt exhausted. He couldn't help but close his eyes and stand to rest for a few seconds. The temperature in the temple was very low, and standing there seemed to be a chill in the air.
There was a sound of footsteps behind me.
"Tang Ning! What's wrong with you?" Lin Yun rushed to the temple gate with an anxious look on his face. He looked up and shouted at Tang Ning.
This time it came quite quickly.
Tang Ning wanted to nod, but suddenly found that he could not move. His whole body from head to toe seemed to be fixed by something. Not only could he not nod, he couldn't even move his fingertips or blink his eyes.
What's the matter
Then Tangning heard a very moving sound. How should he describe this sound? The legendary sirens that used their singing to seduce sailors and dig out their hearts should have made this kind of sound.
"It's solved." The breathtakingly beautiful voice responded slowly.
Tang Ning's mind went blank.
He thought the sound was very similar to the sound he made after using the Little Mermaid card.
But he clearly didn't speak now.
Then, Tang Ning saw a strange yet familiar figure appear in his field of vision. The figure was tall and thin, with good manners, and was walking neither hurried nor slow. When he was about to leave the temple, the owner of the figure suddenly raised his head and looked at Tang Ning with a smile.
Many times, if you suddenly see your own back, you will feel strange for a moment.
But when the figure behind you suddenly stops, turns around, and shows you the face that you see in the mirror every day, you will understand the source of this familiar feeling.
Tangning looked at "him" in shock. "He" was also looking at Tangning, with that incredibly beautiful face, and an expression completely different from Tangning's own.
The corners of his lips were stretched, his eyes were deep, and there was a meaningful and elusive smile in the corners of his eyes and eyebrows.
Tangning seemed to have seen this expression before. Where had he seen it before? His mind was completely frozen by fear. For a moment, he could not think of anything. He watched as "he" turned around gracefully.
No!
Don't!!!
Don't leave me here!!!
No one could understand the cry from the bottom of his heart. Everyone was looking at "him", asking "him" about his well-being. "He" replaced Tang Ning and walked to the center of Lin Yun and the others, then was surrounded by everyone and left.
And Tang Ning suddenly found himself sitting on the shrine, turning into the cold statue!