"This is a more appropriate approach." Xun nodded and said, "As for me, I really can't disregard other people's lives just to get something."
Moonlight nodded slightly, "We originally thought that the Sky Secret Talisman was ownerless, so we wanted to explore it. If this item is related to the safety of this floating island, and it is left by the Sky God to her followers and believers, then we took it without asking, which is unjust. What is the difference between this and stealing?"
Qianhong opened her mouth but didn't say anything in the end.
Tian Yang glanced at them and said, "I think so too. So if I can find the 'Sky Secret Talisman', I will try to communicate with them in the form of a deal to see if they are willing to accept it."
"Since you all have no objection, let's do it. I'll go to the temple after 'dark'."
Moonlight and the others nodded in agreement.
... ...
In the living room on the first floor, Yang Kun kept walking back and forth in the hall, seemingly having trouble making a decision.
After turning around several times, the old man gritted his teeth, as if he had made up his mind, and walked quickly back to his bedroom.
After he locked the door, he took out a small tin bottle from his pocket and put it on the table. The old man pulled out a box from under the bed. The box had not been used for a long time and was covered with a thick layer of dust. The old man blew on it, cleaned it up, and then opened the box.
There were various utensils in it. He took out several of the items, picked up the tin bottle, and put them on the table.
Yang Kun pulled out the stopper of the tin bottle, poured the gel inside into a container, and then performed a series of tests.
He heated the gel in the vessel, and after a while, the gel gradually changed from transparent to colored, and finally, it melted and turned into a scarlet liquid.
“This…” The old man looked at the liquid in the vessel in disbelief.
At this moment, there was a heavy knock on the door outside the living room, which scared Yang Kun and made his hands tremble, so that the container filled with liquid fell down and shattered, letting the brightly colored liquid inside flow out and spread on the ground like blood.
The old man wanted to clean up, but at this time there was another knock on the door, so he had to walk out of the bedroom, pass the living room, and open the door.
Standing outside the door were the bearded Panda and several hunting team members, one of whom was the man who had been guarding the boats at the temple dock.
"Why does it take so long?" Panda showed his white teeth, smiled and spoke in the local language.
Yang Kun smiled and replied, "I'm just preparing dinner. Look, it's getting dark."
"Really? Then it seems we have arrived at the right time." The bearded man took a few steps forward.
Yang Kun had no choice but to step back and make way for the road, and several hunting teams walked in.
Panda looked around, especially at the kitchen. He took a special look and said, "You haven't started cooking yet. That's great. To celebrate the results of this exploration, we have prepared a sumptuous dinner. Come on, Lao Yang, celebrate with us."
"This... this is not good. I haven't made any contribution. How can I accept this?" Yang Kun declined tactfully.
Panda laughed and patted the old man on the shoulder: "You're welcome. You can do your best to translate for our guests. Let's go. The food will get cold soon."
Yang Kun raised his head and looked towards the second floor, and was about to walk towards the stairs: "Then I'll go call the guests up, they should want to join us."
"No!"
Panda grabbed the old man's wrist and said with a smile:
Those guests are not used to our food, and it will be dark soon. You can stay at my place for the night, but you know that I don’t have many rooms for those guests.”
The old man glanced at Panda's hand, then smiled and said, "Then I'll go up and say hello to them."
"No need, Ashu will tell them." The bearded man looked at the team member who had been looking after the crew at the temple dock.
"Well, okay then." Yang Kun nodded.
"Let's go, it's getting dark." Panda enthusiastically pulled the old man out of the house and hurried away with several other hunting team members.
The team member named Ashu did not go upstairs to explain the situation to Tianyang and the others, but went into each room one by one, looking like he was looking for something. When he came to the old man's bedroom and saw the objects on the table and the gradually solidifying glue on the ground, Ashu's face changed slightly, then he snorted and turned away.
... ...
In the room on the second floor, Tianyang stood at the window and watched the old man, the bearded man and other hunting team members leave. After a while, Qianhong returned to the room, glanced at everyone and said, "They checked the old man's room. There are some things in the room. You can go and take a look."
Tianyang nodded slightly, and soon, several people came to Yang Kun's room.
Tianyang saw the pool of gel on the ground at a glance and couldn't help but exchange glances with Yueguang and the others.
Moonlight squatted down beside the pile of things and asked, "What is this?"
"It looks like the 'soothing agent' they used in the swamp before." Tianyang then explained the effect of this thing.
Qian Hong shook her head and said, "Since Elder Yang knows what it is, why do we need to test it?"
From the tools and broken utensils on the table, it is not difficult to see that Yang Kun was testing the gels before.
Xun glanced at Tianyang: "Unless, these are not 'soothing drugs'."
Tian Yang recalled Yang Kun's reaction in the swamp, and said in a deep voice: "Old Yang was also confused at that time, why did the giant phagocytizer still attack us after using the 'soothing agent'."
"No, to be exact, they attacked the ship that Mr. Yang and I were on."
"Now Mr. Yang is checking these gels again. It seems that he suspects that these things are not 'soothing agents'. He suspects that Panda and his men have tampered with our ship?"
Moonlight stood up and folded his arms over his chest. "If the natives wanted to attack us, why did they only mark your ship?"
Qian Hong suddenly said, "When they set out, they hoped that women could stay in the town."
Xun was horrified and asked, "They want to use the giant devourer to kill Tianyang and keep us in the town?"
Moonlight looked toward the window and said, "This town is indeed strange. Didn't Tianyang ask Old Yang before why there is no woman in this town?"
"Could it be that there are no women left in this town? They are going to be extinct, so they need women?"
Hearing this, Xun's face turned pale.
Tian Yang snorted coldly: "I hope it is not what we think, otherwise, I will not let this floating island continue to exist."
He snapped his fingers, and the air around him suddenly twisted. A silver light quickly appeared, and the 'Gap Door' quickly emerged and shakily opened the door.
"Originally I wanted to explore the temple alone, but in this case, let's go together to avoid any accidents."
"Besides, it's getting dark soon. I don't think they will do that at this time.
We are here to test you, so there is no need for us to take risks."
Moonlight smiled and said, "You don't think those guys can threaten us, do you?"
"Even if they have a legacy from God..."
"But it's nice to be taken care of sometimes."
After saying that, she was the first to walk into the 'Gate of Slit'.
Xun covered her mouth and chuckled, "Ms. Moonlight always says one thing and means another."
Several people walked into the door one after another, and Tianyang was the last one to enter. When the "Gap Door" disappeared into the old man's bedroom, a bell rang on the street outside. Soon, darkness engulfed the house without any lighting.
In the collection room sandwiched between the two, Xun said with some concern: "Those natives took Mr. Yang away and checked his bedroom. I'm afraid they have discovered Mr. Yang's suspicions. I'm worried that they will harm Mr. Yang."
Tian Yang shook his head and said, "Before I die, when they are not completely sure that they can keep you, they will not harm Elder Yang. Otherwise, they will be exposed immediately."
"So for the time being, we don't have to worry about Elder Yang. After daybreak, they should send the people back, but they will definitely warn or threaten Elder Yang."
"When the time comes, we will first find out what they did to Elder Yang. If it is really as I guessed, then we can send Elder Yang away first, and then end the history of this floating island."
Moonlight nodded happily: "I agree."
Qian Hong also said: "Let's do it this way."
After deciding this, Tianyang snapped his fingers again, and this time the 'Gate of Slit' opened, revealing the square of the Swamp Temple outside the door.
After the door opened, Chiying, holding a golden sword, walked out first and stood guard outside the door, followed by Tianyang and Yueguang and others.
Outside the 'Gate of the Crack', the temple square was pitch black. In the darkness, one could vaguely hear the sound of water coming from the swamp in the distance, as well as some vague, meaningless roars.
Tianyang and his companions took out their glow sticks, and when they slightly bent them, a cool light came on. This light, which was not bright, was enough for them to see their surroundings clearly.
At the same time, Tianyang summoned black fog to surround himself and his companions, then he tightened the Blood Drinking Saber in his hand, and led by Chiying, the team moved towards the main hall.
Although they had already heard Tianyang's description, when they entered the main hall and lit the brazier, Yueguang and the others still sighed as they looked at the magnificent mural.
Especially for someone like Moonlight who has traveled to many places and explored many inverse worlds, he knows better how valuable a well-preserved huge mural is.
As for Tianyang, his attention was now more focused on the statue behind the altar. That thing could actually accept sacrifices and secrete a suspicious liquid that made Panda and others ecstatic.
If there is a 'Sky Talisman' in the temple, it must be stored in the statue.
Tian Yang didn't intend to knock open the statue to see what was going on. After all, he had a simpler method. Tian Yang quickly established a connection with the black fog, and then extended his perception to penetrate the statue...
After a moment, the black fog began to construct a model and began to depict the interior space of the statue. This allowed Tianyang to quickly "see" that the interior of the statue was hollow, but the space was occupied by some kind of tree.
The bark of this tree is hard and scaly. Due to the limited space, the branches cannot grow freely. They fill the space inside the statue and form a specific shape, which looks like a tree sculpture.
Just as Tianyang was observing the black mist model, suddenly, the tree trunk cracked and a vertical eye emerged!