Ling Xiao was helped up by Xie Yuhua. He moved his body a bit and felt no pain except for some soreness from the fever.

However, due to the fever and loss of sensation, the whole person felt lightheaded, and the feeling of panic was amplified. They could only rely on sight and hearing to make judgments.

"Get on, I'll carry you." Xie Yuhua carried Ling Xiao on her back. The child had lost weight, so carrying him didn't require much effort.

Wu Xie walked around the Buddha statue several times with a flashlight. The Buddha statue was carved from stone and painted with colored paint. Over the years, most of the paint has peeled off, but because there is no sunlight, the colors of the paint are still bright.

The Buddha wore a dark green robe underneath, over which draped a wide-sleeved, bluish-gray kasaya. The kasaya was adorned with scattered flower petal patterns, resembling the red spider lily. Its chest was bare, its skin a ruddy color, and it sat cross-legged. As for its face… its face…

However, it can be roughly determined that the construction techniques and degree of corrosion of this Buddha statue are likely products of the Song Dynasty.

"Brother Lingxiao! Brother Lingxiao! This is so cute!" Zhuangzhuang was climbing around on the wall, which was really a bit strange.

Wu Xie turned to look when he heard this.

"Don't climb on the wall, you'll scare people," Ling Xiao scolded Zhuangzhuang, then glanced in Wu Xie's direction.

Sure enough, there was some fear in Wu Xie's eyes; she'll probably need to see a psychologist again because of this when she gets out...

Jieyuhua carried Lingxiao toward where Zhuangzhuang was. With a clue, the others also went there. Fatty held up a flashlight and read out the words on it: "Southwest bows fifteen times, southeast bows five times, nine prostrations and three kowtows, may Buddha have boundless blessings."

"What does this mean? Are we supposed to worship Buddha? Southwest?" Wu Xie used his body to locate the southwest direction.

"Isn't this the Buddha statue?" After turning around, they found that the Buddha statue was located in the southwest.

What about the southeast? Wu Xie turned and headed in the opposite direction, the southeast facing the entrance he had come from.

"What do you mean by making us worship this? Lingzi, have you worshipped this before?" Wuxie turned his gaze to Lingxiao. Lingzi had been here once before, so perhaps he would know.

Ling Xiao shook his head and said, "I've never come down here, but if I had to choose between praying to Buddha or kowtowing, I think it would be better to burn this place down."

"Young Master and Blind Man have the same idea. Which do you think we should start burning?" Black Bear lit the tinderbox, eager to try it out.

The fat man rushed forward, blew out the tinder in the man's hand, and cursed, "Hey you, don't you think funerals are too big for you? You always go wherever there's excitement!"

"Fatty, I don't like hearing what you're saying. Everyone's in the grave, who's going to watch the funeral?" Black Bear pretended not to understand Fatty's words.

"Brother..." Wu Xie wanted to ask if the brother had been here before.

"I don't remember." The young man knew what he wanted to ask, but he really didn't remember. He had very little impression of this tomb. However, even if he didn't remember, he wouldn't do what was described on the wall. It wasn't hard to guess that this wasn't a trap, but some kind of sacrificial ceremony that was being held back then.

“Lingzi, you are the only one who has seen the true appearance of this Buddha statue. Perhaps you can describe it and I can draw it. Maybe we can even identify which Buddha statue it is. This will be of great help to us when we get out.” Wu Xie took out his notebook and persuaded Ling Xiao to describe the appearance of the Buddha statue.

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