When they heard the name for the second time, Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai reacted almost instantly, so they turned their heads at the same time and hurriedly shouted at Xie Run beside them: "Put out the fire!"
Originally , before encountering the sneak attack, Xie Run was running towards the fire. He never expected to be interrupted by Tian Wude. After finishing Tian Wude, he was a little shocked, so when he returned to the main hall, he I didn't think of that again.
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 the "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 lunge 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 did not feel hot at all, but instead felt cold, icy cold...
The biting chill ran from the soles of his feet all the way to the top of his head, making his whole body feel numb. Everyone was shocked.
He came to his senses again 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 by, and the hazy sky was above his head.
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 and took a look, and quickly identified each person based on their clothes.
Out of caution, he checked the situation of these seven people again: the boatman's death seemed to be drowned, the traveler who never reported his real name was separated from his head, and the doctor Tian Wu was dead. His heart was broken and he died. The scholar Kong Hengji was strangled to death by a rope. But 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 thinking.
His reason told him that these were all hallucinations, but there was another voice in his mind that seemed to say: "This place is haunted. In fact, those people were already dead when they came ashore, and you will soon die." It will be the same as 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 some ghosts and gods, Xie Run is not immune to vulgarity.Shao Shao had a sense of awe, and this mentality, in the current situation, became the source of fear.
Pa—
After a moment, Xie Run suddenly took action and slapped himself hard.
Not for anything else, just because he feels that he is shameful like this.
"Fuck, what do real 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 you retreat out of fear and live in an ignoble way, wouldn't it be humiliating? I am Xie Run, the hero of this life?” Effective...
He mustered up the courage at that time and headed in the direction of Lanruo Temple again.
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Let’s go back in time and talk about the experiences of several other people.
The moment Xie Run went to put out the fire just now, 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 lit 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 put out the fire with the help of rain.
Unexpectedly... As soon as he ran out, he was "broken" by the rainwater, and 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 said with a sinister smile, "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 Buji go?"
"Hahahaha..." The fake Lei Buji laughed again, "Why should I say that?" At this point, he suddenly turned his head. One hundred and eighty degrees is also the kind of movement 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 party, 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 grasped 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?" Seeing that the other party was panicking, Sun Yixie 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 you have a tough mouth. "Huang Donglai said again at this time, "This is forcing us to carry out punishment, right? I'm telling you, if I want to mess with you, I don't have to throw you directly into the fire, okay? Just rubbing you on the edge of the flame...right, it can't light you, but it can make it difficult for you..."
He didn't finish his sentence.
Because when he said the three words "can't hit", the fake Lei Buji... was caught.
This is really a monster. Sun and Huang held his position. It was indeed very close to the fire, but his body was not touched by the flames. Who would have thought that this guy could catch fire even with a little distance?
And this fake Lei Buji was the same as just now. Like "Xie Run" who was burned to ashes, his whole body burst into flames instantly, as if his entire body was flammable. Sun Yixie and Huang Donglai were so frightened that they quickly let go.
However, When the flames touched Sun and Huang's bodies, they seemed normal. There was no instantaneous explosion. On the contrary, because their clothes were still a little wet, they couldn't even burn. They patted them lightly. The sparks will be gone.
Just when they were wondering, the fake Lei Buji staggered and screamed and ran into the rain. After running a few steps, he also shattered into ashes. < /p>
Seeing this, Sun and Huang looked at each other. 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 looked closer, they discovered There's something wrong with the ash - it's not the kind of ash a "burning human body" would leave behind, but something else.
"Paper figures? "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 no one else, it was Xie Run.
The three of them looked at 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: “Huh... I don’t know what you saw just now, Brother Xie, but in In the situation we see 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 answered while pointing to the two piles of ashes on the ground, "As for the two piles on the ground, one is fake and the other is 'you'..." He paused at this point, " 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." Speaking of which, 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 the word “inside”, but found that at a glance, behind himThere was no one in the hall anymore.
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 and pillars were mottled, and spider webs were everywhere... …It’s very different from the new look 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 there. "Corpse".
What was lying on the box was a headless, life-sized paper man; no wonder 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 turned green at this moment...
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At the same time, in the upper reaches of the Shan River, a On top of Ye Guzhou.
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 hands, 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: it has a copper tongue or metal pill inside, and it can ring by shaking it. It is a bell. ; It is a bell that is hollow and must be struck with a bell hammer.
Of course, the division was not so strict later. 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, "If it's Senior Nephew Bai's, then I can’t tell my senior brother about the shortcomings of these saviors..." He took a long breath and said nervously, "I hope I can 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 world they traveled to" "The universe" means, "...In addition to internal power, there are also monsters?"
"It's hard to say..." Huang Donglai also added, "No.If you have to prepare for the worst in everything... it's better to treat it as if it's happening and be more stable. "
"Well... wouldn't it be more dangerous than not to avoid it? "Sun Yixie said again.
"Yes, we have to find a way to find him quickly. "Huang Donglai said.
"By the way, we have to look for that scholar. Xie Run also said, "In addition, since the body of the traveling merchant 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 'master' here will not attack him." ”
“The ‘master’ here? "Xie Run heard something he didn't know and wanted to ask questions.
So, Sun and Huang told Xie Run what they had just experienced, and Xie Run also briefly shared what he had seen.
The three of them stood in the rain and discussed it again, and decided to put out the "demon fire" first, because at present, it seems that the trigger of the hallucination must be related to the fire. Directly related.
They were smarter this time. They did not enter the main hall door at all, and did not consider using the "extinguishing" method. Instead, they found an old water tank in the front yard. He picked it up and poured the full tank of rainwater directly from the entrance of the temple.
Xie Run was the one who was good at this job. He has profound skills and is as strong as an ox. Carrying a tank full of water is a trivial matter. If you want to compare it, the feeling he feels when carrying the tank of water is like ordinary people lifting a cardboard box filled with cotton, which is about one cubic meter. Almost.
Pour a full tank of water into it, and the fire will be extinguished.
If the fire is not extinguished, 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 saw this scene and blurted out.
"Oh, we were going in anyway. "Sun Yixie continued.
"Well..." Xie Run groaned and said, "I have no choice but to go look for the boatman later..." As he said that, he put down He took the water vat in his hand and took the lead into the main hall, "Let Xie come and meet the 'master' here and see what kind of monster he is! ”