"How did you climb up to such a height?" Wu Xie asked, a question that seemed to pierce the soul.

That Buddha statue was really too tall. They were only standing at the neck and shoulders of the statue. If they fell, they would definitely die. Moreover, where did Ling Xiao get the materials to make a mask for the Buddha statue?

Upon closer inspection, the so-called mask was just dried mud with a pitted and uneven surface, and the so-called fangs were just the bones of some creature's corpse.

It can be described as extremely rudimentary and ugly, and quite disrespectful.

“Oh, this thing! There’s a mechanism here, a stone staircase that leads to the Buddha’s head. This Buddha statue has a mouth, and if a person crawls in, they can go straight into its belly and can’t get out,” Ling Xiao said.

"Didn't you come out?" Wu Xie asked in confusion. Since he knew where it led, Ling Xiao must have crawled out through the exit, so how could he say that he couldn't come out?

"I won't try it myself." Ling Xiao pried a pebble off the wall and threw it into the Buddha's mouth.

The stone made a rumbling sound as it rolled down from above and disappeared into the Buddha's belly, stopping halfway down.

"I caught a mouse and put it inside, but it couldn't get out. It circled the Buddha statue, but it was completely enclosed with no exit. I even threw a tinderbox inside, but there wasn't a single wisp of smoke," Ling Xiao explained.

"We can't just stay here forever, can we? Lingzi, where's the mechanism you mentioned? Should we go around it?" Wu Xie was a little scared. He wasn't sure if there would be any problems at this height, and there were no safety measures. What if one of them lost their footing and fell?

"Get down," the young man ordered.

"Go down? How... how do we go down? Even if there are grappling hooks, we might not be able to reach this distance. It's too dangerous." Wu Xie roughly estimated the length and the places around him that he could grab onto, but found that there were none, except for that big Buddha statue, whose teeth could be used as a handhold.

"Ling Xiao!" Xie Yuhua's voice interrupted Wu Xie's thoughts. When he looked over, Ling Xiao had already 'fallen' off the platform.

Fortunately, Ling Xiao reacted quickly. With only one Emei dagger remaining, firmly embedded in the wall, Ling Xiao secured the grappling hook's rope to the ring on the Emei dagger, then used the dagger to swing the grappling hook up.

The young man then grabbed the grappling hook, handed it to the fat man, and said, "Danger."

This is a dangerous jump from above to below. Not only does the fat man have to hold on tightly to the grappling hook, but if the Emei Thorn cannot support the fat man's weight, he will fall down with Ling Xiao.

They had to be quick. Ling Xiao was relying solely on his arm strength to catch the weight. If they weren't fast enough, Ling Xiao might not be able to hold on at any moment.

The fat man clearly understood this as well. He wanted to wrap the grappling hook around his stomach, but Xie Yuhua stopped him. It was too high. If he wrapped it too tightly, the fat man might be cut in half at the waist.

The fat man gripped the rope tightly and jumped down. A warm sensation came from his lower abdomen. It would be a lie to say he wasn't scared. He never imagined that one day he would be bungee jumping like this. He finally landed about a meter above the ground, still swaying back and forth.

Those above could only vaguely see a few details. Once the fat man recovered and let go, Ling Xiao would take back the rope and continue to throw it upwards. This back-and-forth process transported everyone down.

When it came to Wu Xie, Xiao Ge and Xie Yu Hua put on several layers of protection for him until they were sure that even if Wu Xie let go after jumping, there would be no danger to his life before they allowed him to go down.

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