While Zhao Yongkun, Chief Liu, and the others were preparing to open the Fire God Temple again, I sat by the stream and held the jade bracelet around my neck. I was thinking about the time when I was in danger yesterday, when the jade bracelet had appeared.
Last night, I had called Tong Tong out to ask her. She said that she had also felt the danger, but she couldn't help me at all.
According to what Tong Tong had said, besides her, there were only ghosts in the jade bracelet.
Could it be that the ghosts had saved me at the critical moment?
It was almost impossible. I could feel the danger that I had faced yesterday. That kind of danger wasn't something that the ghosts could resist. Although their numbers were huge, they were just like how they were afraid of Tong Tong. There were some things that were on the level of life.
They definitely weren't the ones that had helped me yesterday.
After thinking about it, I couldn't figure it out. However, I felt a sense of security in my heart.
The power in the jade bracelet seemed to be able to restrict the power of the Fire God Temple. If I were to meet with any danger, maybe the jade bracelet could be my support.
I didn't think for long as the fatty and Zhao Yongkun were ready. As the fatty divined the secrets of heaven, he drew out the mysterious light butterfly. The shadow of the Fire God Temple appeared in our vision again.
Yesterday, when I was standing on the circular stone platform, I was focused on guiding the energy to my body, so I didn't see the full appearance of the shadow. Now that I was sitting in front of it, I could finally see it clearly.
However, as soon as the phantom appeared, I abruptly stood up.
It reminded me of the huge underground palace under the Red Shadow's tomb, where I had seen countless palaces and pavilions.
Even though there was no stone door or two huge beast statues here, the pavilion that was outlined by the phantom looked very similar to the building behind the stone door!
I lifted my head to look at the fatty. He had also seen the building in the underground palace. However, after he had divined the secrets of heaven, he just closed his eyes. He seemed very weak, and I couldn't see his thoughts from his expression.
I temporarily suppressed the suspicion in my heart. At this moment, the Fire God Temple's image had already appeared. Zhao Yongkun had already started to guide the Qi to his body.
Unlike yesterday, Zhao Yongkun might have been very impatient. When the fatty was divining the mysteries of heaven, he had already guided the Qi of Dao into the longsword in his hand. After the illusion of the Fire God Temple appeared, he hurriedly chanted a mysterious incantation. The longsword in his hand pointed forward, and a glowing white light that was visible to the naked eye directly shot towards the illusion of the Fire God Temple.
This lustrous white light was as thick as a stone pillar. It was the realm that a geomancy master could only reach after undergoing the Dragon Vein Baptism, the realm of 'guiding Qi into a pillar'.
Following the projection of this white light, the shadow of the Fire God Temple instantly became more solid.
At the same time, a bright red dot of light attached itself to the white light and flew out. Almost in an instant, it reached the longsword in Zhao Yongkun's hand.
Then, as if a fire had been lit on the longsword, it suddenly burst into flames.
Zhao Yongkun's expression was clearly astonished, but before he could react, the flames had already spread along his wrist to his body.
At this moment, the fanaticism in Zhao Yongkun's eyes finally disappeared and was replaced by panic.
However, this kind of panic could only stay in his eyes. The longsword in his hand was still pointing at the illusion of the Fire God Temple. At the tip of the longsword, the white light that was as thick as a stone pillar had also not disappeared.
In the eyes of others, perhaps Zhao Yongkun was enduring the raging flames on his body and was trying his best to guide the Qi of Dao towards the illusion of the Fire God Temple. However, only I knew that he was being guided by a copious amount of power and was unable to control his own body.
The small wisp of flame that had spread to his body seemed to have turned into a raging fire the moment it came into contact with Zhao Yongkun, completely enveloping him. However, this flame was very strange. After burning for a long time, the surface of Zhao Yongkun's body was still very normal. Even the clothes on his body were not burned.
It seemed that this flame only had the appearance of the flame, but did not have the temperature of the flame.
However, the expression on Zhao Yongkun's face gradually froze. His face was filled with shock, regret, and fear.
Although he was still standing there with the longsword in his hand still raised, I knew that Zhao Yongkun was already dead.
Only the expression on a dead person's face would be so real.
I heard suppressed cheers. I turned around and saw that Tang Mingyang, Fan Zhichao, and the others had already started to cheer loudly. It had been a tough journey. At this moment, no matter what goal everyone had in their hearts, they couldn't help but feel like the clouds had parted to see the moon.
Even I let out an inexplicable sigh.
I turned around and glanced at Director Liu. His face was still filled with excitement, but I couldn't see much happiness. Instead, his expression made me feel even more gloomy.
The huge building that stretched for hundreds of meters was like a mirage that completely solidified in front of us. The cheering crowd didn't have the time to care about Zhao Yongkun's current appearance. Only I turned around to take a look.
Zhao Yongkun's arm that had been raised high finally fell down at this moment. The flames surrounding his body had strangely disappeared in an instant.
On the surface, other than his blank expression, he didn't seem to be injured at all.
However, right after that, a cool breeze blew past. Zhao Yongkun's body suddenly cracked and turned into ashes. With the wind, he completely disappeared from my sight …
My heart jumped. I couldn't believe what I had just seen with my own eyes.
What kind of flames had wrapped around his body earlier?
On the surface, he looked unharmed, but in reality, he could burn a person like he was a piece of paper. In the end, only ashes were left!
Somehow, I felt that it didn't look like burning, but more like a juicer. After squeezing out all the energy from Zhao Yongkun's body, there was only some residue left …
When someone finally turned around to look for Zhao Yongkun, they realized that he was gone. Then, they immediately went to report to Director Liu.
Director Liu didn't turn around and said that Zhao Yongkun had entered Fire God Temple in advance.
Everyone didn't understand, but no one asked. They were so excited that they wanted to follow him in. However, Director Liu stopped Tang Mingyang and the others and told them to pack their luggage and prepare their equipment. Everyone carried a huge bag. Only then did they enter the fully armed Fire God Temple.
When we were far away, we could already feel the pressure from the huge building. When we walked in front of it, the huge building was even more shocking.
The outermost part of the Fire God Temple didn't have the huge stone door that I had seen in the underground palace. Instead, there was a row of buildings that looked like a wall. It was dark red in color and in the middle, there was a similar dark red wooden door. On the door hung a large signboard with the words "Fire God Temple" written in seal script.
Director Liu brought everyone and walked at the very front.
When they arrived below the huge signboard, Director Liu only lifted his head to take a glance. Then, he didn't stop and directly walked up to push the wooden door.
The huge wooden door didn't move at all. However, as he pushed the door open, there was a clear sound of a bell from behind the wall.
This place was called Fire God Temple. The sound of the bell really sounded like the bell from inside a temple. It wasn't noisy at all. Instead, it made people feel a sense of tranquility from the bottom of their hearts.
The bell rang a total of nine times before it stopped with a lingering sound.
At the same time, the wooden door that Director Liu couldn't move no matter how hard he pushed suddenly started to move.
"Creak … Creak …"
The wooden door looked tall and new, but it made an extremely old sound. After an unknown amount of time, the two wooden doors finally opened completely, revealing a huge doorway.
There was no one behind the door, but there was a bronze stone tablet. On it, there were also eight big words written in seal script.
"East Jun Si Ming, Ying Huo Shou Xin."
As the door opened completely, there was a faint ancient and mysterious chanting sound coming from inside the door …
"The sun is about to rise from the east. Illuminate the mulberry tree on my threshold;
Soothe the horse in peace. The night is bright and clear;
Ride the dragon and ride the thunder. Carry the cloud flag and bow to the snake;
Long Tai Xing is about to ascend. Heart is low and hesitant.
Qiang's voice and beauty entertain people. Spectators forget to return.
Fluttering drums, Xiao Zhong Yao Yao;
Chirping and blowing the flute, Si Ling Bao is virtuous;
Fluttering in the air, Jade once was, Poetry and Dance are displayed;
Responding to the law, Spirit is coming in the sun;
Blue clouds are dressed in white, Raising a long arrow to shoot the Heavenly Wolf;
Controlling the arc of the sun, Supporting the Big Dipper, Drinking osmanthus;