With a creak, the wooden door slowly opened a crack, and Li Huowang looked out vigilantly through the crack.
The soft afternoon sunlight passed through the swaying leaves, casting shadows on the ground.
It was very quiet outside at this time. Except for the monk sweeping the floor with a broom in the distance, there was nothing unusual.
However, such a peaceful scene was completely different in the eyes of Li Huowang, who had completely understood it.
"Hmph! They are all pretending, they can't fool me! They do this to stabilize me, just to make me voluntarily participate in what they call the Pudu Dazhai!"
As soon as he said this, a thought flashed through Li Huowang's mind.
"Wait, why do they do this? I am an ordinary person, and they are so strong. If they want to do something, they can just force me to do it?"
This question is destined to have no answer now, but Li Huowang doesn't need this answer now. He just wants to leave this ghost place as much as possible.
Just when Li Huowang was still wondering whether the monk sweeping the floor in the distance was coming to monitor him, the other party saw that there were no fallen leaves on the ground, picked up the broom and turned away.
"The monks of Zhengde Temple did not notice my abnormality. This is the only advantage I can use now." Li Huowang secretly estimated in his heart.
There was no one outside, but Li Huowang did not leave, but quietly waited for something.
Time passed little by little, and Li Huowang's palms began to sweat gradually.
"Ding~Ding~Ding~" The dull bell sounded throughout the Zhengde Temple in an instant, and Li Huowang was shocked.
After staying for so long, Li Huowang already knew that this bell sound represented the arrival of the hour of the rooster, which was also a forecast for the monks in the entire Zhengde Temple to start eating.
With a "creak", Li Huowang, with a calm expression, left his residence and followed the monks he met on the road to the dining room for eating.
It was completely reasonable for him to appear here now. In the past few days, he would go to eat like today.
Compared to where he lived, the dining hall was obviously closer to the main hall where pilgrims gathered. Since the other party used a sleight of hand, they definitely didn't want ordinary people to see their terrifying and dark side.
Along the way, Li Huowang noticed that many monks were secretly watching him and whispering something, as if they were still discussing what happened in the afternoon.
There was teasing, hostility, and curiosity in their eyes.
But Li Huowang understood that these were all fake, and these monks were just pretending.
"They are in the same group with Xinhui. There is no good person in the whole Zhengde Temple. They all want to harm me!!" Li Huowang confirmed it firmly.
After walking for half an incense stick, Li Huowang saw the dining room where bald heads surged. He did not run away directly, but followed the crowd and walked in.
After holding a wooden bowl to fill the rice, Li Huowang sat calmly on the stool and ate the vegetarian dishes in front of him.
Today's dishes are taro soup, fried konjac with tofu, fried green vegetables, and stewed potatoes with squid.
Although there is no meat, the taste is pretty good.
However, after that incident, Li Huowang no longer has any appetite
In order to deceive them, Li Huowang did not dare to do anything unusual at this time and continued to eat with big mouthfuls.
"Pa" A hand slapped on the shoulder, causing Li Huowang's body to tremble violently. "Little Taoist priest, you are here too? Hey! Why did you run so hurriedly before?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Li Huowang, with a bulging mouth, turned his head and saw the smiling face with a missing front tooth as expected.
That was the old monk he met on the road. If he hadn't forced himself to see some stone statue today, he wouldn't be in this situation now.
The old monk took his bowl of rice and forced himself to the side of Li Huowang and sat down. "Let's eat together."
Li Huowang glanced at the monks around him who looked normal, chewed his food, and continued to eat. "Whatever you want."
"Taoist, where are the others before you? Tell them not to stay in the inn, come and eat together, I tell you, eating here is free!" The ignorant old monk was still that carefree.
But this time, Li Huowang, who was eager to get away, didn't bother to pay attention to him.
After finishing dinner at the same speed as usual, Li Huowang burped and walked out of the kitchen.
When they came to the stone brick road outside again, the old monk followed them again. "Don't leave, let's chat for a while, the monks here are so bored."
Li Huowang licked the food residue on his gums with his tongue, and looked at him with a hint of impatience on his face. "Don't follow me, go back to sleep."
"Why are you sleeping? It's only a little while now. I have something to tell you--"
The old monk had just finished speaking when he saw that the young Taoist priest, who was fine just now, had a very ugly face.
Then Li Huowang said to the old monk in a very low voice: "Hurry up! The faster the better! This temple is very dangerous!"
The next second, Li Huowang pushed his feet hard on the ground and ran towards the main hall with all his strength.
His running immediately attracted the attention of other monks. The monks around him looked over immediately, but he ignored them and started running wildly.
Li Huowang's heart was beating fast, and his spirit was highly tense. He kept an eye on the places where the old man Xinhui might appear.
Ten feet! Five feet! One foot! !
When Li Huowang rushed out of the side door, there was a loud explosion all around, and the sound of footsteps, talking, and knocking wooden fish instantly squeezed into his ears.
At this moment, he had returned to the main hall where incense was burning. The common people who came to worship him kept shaking him.
Standing in the center of the noisy crowd, Li Huowang was stunned for a moment. The natural faces around him seemed to be silently telling him something.
Li Huowang, who was a little out of breath, suddenly thought of something and turned his head to look at the side door.
There was no one there, no pursuers.
In the distance, neither the monk who was receiving guests nor the monk who was responsible for interpreting the fortune-telling looked over here.
In Li Huowang's opinion, everything was so normal, normal... a little abnormal.
"Could it be...? Those were really my hallucinations? Those disgusting things were all imagined by me?"
But Li Huowang soon dispelled this absurd idea, shook his head vigorously, and strode out of the temple.
You can't bet on this kind of thing, even if there is a slight possibility.
The process of leaving the temple was very easy, just as easy as when you came in.
Li Huowang arrived at the fastest speed. Arrived at the inn.
Seeing Li Huowang, whom they hadn't seen for a few days, these medicine guides were particularly close and rushed up.
"Brother, why are you back? Have you finished the temple business?"
"No time to reminisce, pack up and go! Let's leave this place quickly!"
"Okay, then I'll go inform Class Master Lu."
"Don't wait for them! Let's go now! Quick, quick!!"
"Brother, where are we going?" Bai Lingmiao asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Out of retreat!"