infinite danger

After the episode of "Raising High", no one questioned the abilities of the old man and the little boy.

After counting the food and tools, a group of people left the village and headed towards the Wishing Temple under the expectant gaze of the villagers.

The old man and the little boy didn't talk much, but he took care of them a lot. The little boy had a strong shooting ability and repelled many beasts along the way.

"There seem to be more snakes around here." The old man's squinted eyes slightly opened a gap, and he inspected the overgrown forest, his voice became serious: "Everyone, take out the snake repellent bag and hang it on your body."

"It's not like, it's really a lot more."

Ah Ming hung up the snake-repelling bag and pointed to the lush grass beside it, where several colorful snakes swam past.

Before the words were finished, several snakes with the thickness of adult arms poked their heads out from the branches without a sound, and stared coldly at the intruder with their orange vertical pupils.

"Hiss... have we entered a snake's den?"

Li Yin took a deep breath and subconsciously lowered his voice.

"It should be almost at the destination. The patriarch said that what is enshrined in the Wishing Temple is an evil god with a snake head and a human body." Ji Siwei said in a low voice: "They don't seem to have any intention of attacking. Let's keep a low profile and move lightly, and leave as soon as possible. "

After holding my breath and passing through the jungle, the light became brighter, and the front suddenly became clear.

"Look! What is that!"

The little boy exclaimed.

Everyone stopped and looked forward.

"There is a huge one in the water..." Li Yin's voice tightened: "A huge snake!"

In front of you is a wide lake, the lake water is as green as an emerald, and there is an island in the middle of the lake, on which stands a wooden temple with double eaves.

A huge silver snake surrounded the entire island in the middle of the lake, its scales were covered with colorful rays of light, its flat and sharp head was facing them, it opened its huge scarlet mouth, and its long letter stretched all the way to the wooden bridge.

The wooden bridge winds forward and is the only channel connecting the land and the temple.

"Calm down." Ji Siwei looked at the snake calmly, and his voice was flat without fluctuation: "Look carefully, the snake is just a sculpture."

If you take a closer look, you will find that when the lake made waves, the snake did not move, and there was no trace of life on its body.

It is only because of the caster's superb craftsmanship and the ambiguous light at dusk that this sculpture is so fake that it is real.

"Really, how did such a large water sculpture be completed?" Li Yin stared wide-eyed for a while, and his heart finally fell down. He patted Ji Siwei's wheelchair, amazed: "Huya, you This vision is good, at a glance..."

"Don't take it lightly." Ji Siwei waved his hand and interrupted Li Yin's words: "The atmosphere here is very strange, and it is definitely not as easy to break through as the gate of hell."

If the patriarch's words are to be believed, the one enshrined in the temple was the one who had fought with the eight-tailed cat back then. It might be a little difficult to get out of it unscathed by taking something under its nose.

Speaking of it, the patriarch has always been talking about the Nine-Tails Temple, but when he mentioned the owner of the temple, he was talking about the Eight-Tails Cat.

Does the cat have eight tails or nine tails?

This question can only be answered by seeing the cat in person.

Thinking of this, Ji Siwei's expression became indifferent and unpredictable.

"Go in now?"

Ah Ming asked.

"Let's go."

Without hesitation, Ji Siwei steered the wheelchair onto the bridge first.

Being in it, Ji Siwei knew how wide the lake was. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, who would have thought that there was such a miraculous place hidden in the forest.

The closer to the island in the center of the lake, the clearer the sculpture of the giant snake is. The snake's eyes are made of unknown materials. Reflecting the dark green lake water, there are layers of strange light, cold and weird.

When I looked closely, not only did I not find any flaws, but I felt that it was more lively. Passing by under the gaze of such a pair of vertical pupils, there was a feeling of being on my back.

The island in the middle of the lake has a large area, and there are many tall white oleanders, which are full of flowers and trees.

Walking to the front of the temple, before they could knock on the door, the door creaked and opened slowly.

The cold air poured out, making people shiver involuntarily.

"Fuck me..."

When Li Yin raised his eyes, he was so frightened that he cursed.

A "god statue" more than four meters high stands in the center of the temple. Its lower body is no different from ordinary statues, but its upper body has countless arms.

On the collar, there are nine long snake heads, looking at nine different directions.

There was no threshold at the gate. As soon as everyone stepped into the temple, the door behind them closed automatically again, and the oil lamps held by the lamp slaves spontaneously ignited without fire.

It seems that there is an invisible hand manipulating all this.

The temple has a large space, with a floor height of about five meters, and there are intricate reliefs engraved on the surrounding walls. Ji Siwei glanced at it and found that it narrated the story of this statue protecting a party.

There are two futons and a small square table in front of the statue, but nothing else.

"I've never seen such a shabby-looking statue." Ah Ming frowned, "Is this a god or a monster?"

Li Yin came over slowly, pinched the base of his nose, and asked in a suspicious tone: "Then what... the clue said 'walk three times before the gate of hell, and make a wish in the wishing temple', so we still have to make a wish to it now." Is this a wish? This is called the wish-fulfilling temple, can a wish here really come true?"

"You can't make a wish!" The taciturn old man with squinted eyes suddenly said in a deep voice: "I am still young, and the elders in the clan once told me that you must never make a wish in the wish-fulfilling temple, otherwise very terrible things will happen!"

Ji Siwei was startled when he heard the words, looked sideways at the other people standing beside him, and said softly: "Everyone, the next death condition has appeared."

As a key NPC, the old man stated the next death condition - not being able to make a wish in the Wishing Temple.

"Can't make a wish?" Li Yin's heart sank: "If you don't make a wish, you won't be able to find the map, and if you make a wish, it may trigger danger. Isn't it a dead end?"

Everyone was attracted by Ji Siwei's words, but no one noticed that the little mute's face was getting paler and paler.

"What are you afraid of?"

The little boy suddenly put the bow and arrow back into the quiver and strode towards the futon.

Li Yin grabbed the little boy's arm and asked sharply, "What are you doing?"

The little boy shook off Li Yin's hand, met his questioning gaze, and said coldly: "Since this wish must be made, but you all dare not, let me do it."

"You're still quite young." Li Yin frowned and wanted to grab the boy's shoulder again: "Wait for me..."

"He's right, there's no need to stop it." Ah Ming pressed Li Yin's restless hand: "It's better to let the NPC make a wish than to do it ourselves."

The little boy knelt down on the futon with a "plop", clasped his hands together, and slowly closed his eyes.

Then, he kowtowed three times firmly to the statue.

The temple is empty, and the reverberation of kowtow lingers for a long time.

Ji Siwei looked thoughtfully at the floor tiles in front of the futon, and said to Li Yin, "Brother Li, the sound of his kowtow is a bit strange, and it feels hollow under the floor tiles, may I ask you to take a look at that tile."

"no problem."

Li Yin responded, strode forward, tapped the floor tile with his fingers, then raised his chin at the little boy: "Kid, get out of the way."

The little boy didn't refute him, but backed away obediently.

Li Yin picked up the candlestick on the small square table and hit the floor tiles with all his might.

The floor tiles shattered with a bang, Li Yin cleaned up the debris, took a candlestick and shone into the gap, and said loudly: "It's really hollow, there's something inside!"

Li Yin reached in, and when he stretched out again, there was a wooden box in his hand.

Putting down the candlestick casually, Li Yin took the wooden box and walked towards Ji Siwei: "Huya, take it."

Ji Siwei took the wooden box, not only did not relax, but became more serious.

Things were going too well, and he felt uneasy.

The wooden box in his hand was simple and simple, very similar to the one he got at the gate of ghosts. When he opened the lid of the wooden box, there was indeed a fragment of a map inside.

"What's going on." The little boy leaned forward to take a look, and said in confusion: "I clearly made a wish, there shouldn't be only one map!"

Suddenly a few gusts of dark wind blew in the temple, all the candles danced violently, and the shadows of the trees outside the window swayed wildly.

At the same time, a strange sound came from outside the house.

The sound seemed to come out of the ground, the sound of the wind mixed with the cries of thousands of people, from far to near, it made people's scalps go numb.

"Oops." Ah Ming grabbed the little boy's back collar, his face darkened: "Little devil, what wish did you just make?"

"I hope to get the remaining map fragments." The little boy broke free from Ah Ming's shackles, with a bit of pride on his face: "I'm thinking about you, isn't this a ready-made shortcut?"

"Little bastard." Li Yin grabbed the little boy's ear, "Your mother never taught you that there are no shortcuts in life!"

"Don't waste your energy entangled with him, he is just an NPC serving the direction of the plot."

Ji Siwei's voice was cold, and his mood didn't seem to be affected.

"I always feel that Huya's calmness doesn't look like an ordinary boy, and his face doesn't look very realistic." Li Yin moved to Ah Ming's side in small steps, and said mysteriously in a low voice: "You said... he Is it not human at all?"

Ah Ming glanced at Li Yin expressionlessly: "What have you been thinking about all day, you big-headed melon seed?"

Li Yin rubbed his brain in embarrassment: "That's all I feel."

Ji Siwei steered the wheelchair to the window, opened a gap to look out.

After a while, he turned his head to greet others: "Come and see."

Everyone heard the words and stood behind him one after another.

The sunset glow faded, and the night came quietly. I saw a gloomy light on the originally calm lake, floating densely with ghosts, their hair disheveled, and their faces could not be seen clearly.

Countless pairs of pale hands were pulling on the pier, slowly climbing up.

The little mute turned pale and kept backing away.

Li Yin felt that he was pinned in place by the yin energy blowing towards his face, unable to move his whole body.

After a while, he found his voice: "This is... what's going on?"

"They're coming."

Ji Siwei closed the window and moved the wheelchair to the door.

"What do you mean they are here... why are they here... are you dancing in the square?"

Li Yin's thoughts were messed up by the sudden appearance of ghosts.

"Hush..." Ji Siwei raised his index finger: "Be quiet, I'll find out in a while."

Li Yin covered his mouth and didn't make a sound.

No one noticed that the nine snake heads of the huge statue behind them all turned in their direction, uttering snake letters faintly, and the nine pairs of green vertical pupils showed cold smiles, and were watching them with interest.

"Boom thump... thump..."

There was a knock on the door.

A tall, twisted shadow was clearly imprinted on the latticed door.