Looking at the statue's silver pupils, my head buzzed, and I was dumbfounded.
Because I felt the aura of a true dragon's vein!
It was the aura of a true dragon's vein that had disappeared in Fire God Temple. It had actually appeared on the statue!
This feeling was as though the statue's body was a true dragon's vein. It was unbelievable.
What was even more unbelievable was what he had said to me. I'm here?
Why did he ask me that?
Did he recognize me and was waiting for me here?
Before I could react, the statue suddenly stood up from the huge scarlet chair. He shook his head and said, "But you came too early. You weren't prepared, and I wasn't prepared either."
With that, the stone statue turned around and directly left the depths of the passageway.
I didn't understand the meaning of his words at all. The statue disappeared once again. At the same time, the entire Fire God Temple became illusory again.
I was shocked. When I ran out from the door, Director Liu, the fatty and the others were still in the tunnel.
If Fire God Temple disappeared, what would they do?
Just as I was getting anxious, a figure suddenly appeared from the back of the huge vermilion chair in the deep tunnel of the Fire God Temple.
I focused and saw that it was Bai Ling!
I was happy to see her. Since she was fine, it meant that the explosion didn't cause much damage. The fatty should be fine too.
I quickly waved at her and shouted that Fire God Temple was about to disappear. I asked her to inform the others to come out.
I called Bai Ling for a long time, but she didn't answer me. Her behavior was strange. After she got out from the back of the chair, she directly jumped onto the scarlet chair. She bent her waist and looked for something on the back of the chair.
Looking at her, she seemed to be very familiar with the huge chair.
Seeing that Fire God Temple was becoming more and more illusory, I couldn't care about Bai Ling's weird actions at such a crucial moment. I just shouted at her again and again.
However, Bai Ling didn't move and the others were nowhere to be seen.
In the end, when Fire God Temple was only left with a trace of light, Bai Ling finally stood up from the huge chair. She was holding something circular in her hand.
Due to the distance, I couldn't see clearly what it was, but I vaguely felt that it was similar to the jade bracelet on my neck!
Ghost gave me a mysterious smile. Then, he raised his hand and threw the thing in his hand at me.
However, just as that thing flew into the air, the shadow of the Fire God Temple completely disappeared before my eyes.
I quickly ran over. After searching for a long time, I couldn't find Director Liu, the fatty, and the others. I couldn't find Bai Ling either. They seemed to have disappeared along with the Fire God Temple.
I remembered the jade ring-shaped object Bai Ling had thrown at me. I searched the area within a radius of several kilometers. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything similar.
When the Fire God Temple disappeared, that thing probably didn't have time to be thrown out.
Previously, when we entered the Fire God Temple, we left some of the supplies we brought outside. At this moment, these things are still here.
I gathered some food and set up a tent. I stayed here for another day, but the Fire God Temple didn't appear again.
On the way back, I thought about the operation.
Although on the surface, it looked like Director Liu had organized this operation and everyone was arranged by him, in reality, it seemed that everyone had their own goal.
Zhao Yongkun wanted the Blazing Stone, while Director Liu's real goal was to destroy the Fire God Temple. What I couldn't understand the most was Bai Ling. All along, I had thought that she was just Director Liu's secretary. However, the last scene before the Fire God Temple disappeared made me realize that she wasn't as simple as she looked.
Why did she know that there was something on the back of the chair?
Was that thing a jade bracelet?
Why did she throw me what she found?
Everyone seemed to have hidden thoughts. What about the fatty?
I shook my head. At this moment, I was completely confused. I felt that everyone knew something about the Fire God Temple, but I was completely in the dark.
As Tang Mingyang, Fan Zhichao, and the others had brought along a large amount of high explosive gunpowder, they were running out of supplies. It was not enough for everyone to return. From this, it could be seen that Chairman Liu had no intention of returning at all.
However, I was the only one left. These supplies were more than enough for me to return.
I thought about going back to find the fatty, but the Fire God Temple had disappeared. Even if it hadn't disappeared, I wouldn't be able to enter.
In the end, I sat by the river for three days, but there were still no clues.
Helplessly, I decided to give up.
Firstly, if I continued to wait, I wouldn't have enough supplies. Secondly, judging from the fatty's divination skills, he was much stronger than me. Moreover, he knew more about the Fire God Temple than me. If he couldn't save himself, there was no point for me to stay here.
Rather than sitting here and waiting aimlessly, I might as well go back to inform the fatty's sect. With their power, it would definitely be more useful than me.
After a long journey, I finally left the primitive forest and returned to the canyon that I had come from.
Since it had only been a few days, I didn't look for the little white snake. I prepared to pass through the canyon and leave. However, when I passed through the canyon, I unexpectedly found a small group of ghosts.
This discovery startled me. There was no one around here, and Tong Tong had collected all the souls he had seen in the ravine. Why were there so many souls in this area?
It didn't make sense at all.
Since there weren't many ghosts this time, they didn't see me. I didn't ask Tong to come out and deal with them. I quietly followed the group of ghosts and wanted to know why they were wandering around the canyon.
Unfortunately, after studying them for the whole afternoon, the ghosts just wandered back and forth in the canyon. They seemed to be wandering aimlessly. I didn't get any results.
After leaving the canyon, I suddenly had an idea. According to the rumors, the place where the Gehenna received souls would have a large number of wandering ghosts. They would try to be taken to the Nether World to enter the cycle of reincarnation.
Could it be that this canyon was the entrance where the Gehenna received souls?
The Nether World was an extremely mysterious place. Even Feng Shui masters didn't know much about the Nether World.
According to the rumors, the Gehenna that could enter the world of the living had unfathomable power. It wasn't something that I could estimate at this moment.
After leaving the canyon, I returned to the place where we had crossed the 'Yellow Spring River.'
The river was still as deep as before, but the water level had dropped a lot, and the river had become very narrow. Even the uppermost part of the river, where the floating corpse bridge had appeared that day, was almost dry, and one could even see the caves flowing out from the bottom of the mountain.
Back then, the Yellow Spring River was forty to fifty meters wide. According to Fan Zhichao and the others, the depth of the river was over a hundred meters. However, who would have thought that the source of the river was actually this small cave in the mountain wall?
I was worried that it wouldn't be easy to cross the river on the way back. It would take me until the first day of the next month, when the floating corpse bridge would appear again. Moreover, I could even encounter more dangers at that time.
However, it seemed I didn't need to wait anymore. After the water level dropped, the cliff at the source of the river wasn't as straight as it had been before. It looked like an ordinary mountain ridge with a slight slope.
Although the slope was steep, as long as I was careful, I could still climb over it.
I threw away all my luggage and climbed along the mountain wall until I reached the other side of the river.
After crossing the river, I was only half a day away from Shennongjia's scenic area.
Half a day later, I returned to the scenic area. However, I didn't go to the hotel I had stayed in that day. Instead, I booked a ticket and left.
More than ten people had gone on this trip, but I was the only one who had returned. Many people had gone missing, including Chief Liu. I didn't know if it would bring me trouble. I had to be careful.
I returned home and rested for a few days. I didn't hear any news about Chief Liu and the others. I felt a little relieved.
During this time, I searched everywhere for Zhan Shidao's contact information. Eventually, I found a landline number. I dialed it, and an old man with a hoarse voice picked up the call.
I considered my options and told him about the Fire God Temple. Of course, I didn't mention the obsidian and the other strange things.
After listening to me, the old man kept silent for a while. Then, he answered me in a calm voice, "I know. Zhan Shidao will deal with the fatty."
Then, he hung up the phone.
I didn't know what effect this call would bring, but it was the best I could do. I just hoped that Zhan Shidao could find him.
At this time, I was still in the fourth year of internship. After staying at home for a few days, I received a notice from the school. They told me to get my graduation certificate and go through the graduation procedures.
After returning to the school and getting my graduation certificate, the students in the dormitory started to talk about employment.
During the few years of university, I was busy with Feng Shui. Although I didn't delay my studies, I was still unable to find a job. Since I was going to graduate soon, I was a little lost when it came to finding a job.
Just as I got my graduation certificate and was about to leave the school, I unexpectedly met Dai Nanzhou.
Although we had a good relationship in the past few years, he was a senior who was one year older than me. He had graduated for a year, and we didn't have much contact during this time. It was strange that he suddenly came back to find me.
After asking him, I found out that he was working in a relative's company in the south. This time, he came back because something happened in his relative's company, so he came to find me for help.