Perhaps it was because of excessive physical exhaustion and extreme mental fatigue from the shocks. Even though I knew I was in danger, I still slept very soundly and was unaware of what was happening outside. I guess it had something to do with Qingyi being next to me.
He was there, so I couldn't die without knowing it.
I slept for about six or seven hours. Finally, I was awakened by the harsh sound of the stone door being opened. When I opened my eyes in a daze, it was already very late. I didn't know where the old madman and Qingyi found some rags as fuel, and finally they actually started a fire in the temple.
By the light of the fire, I saw that the stone door of the temple was being opened little by little, and the rusty slide made a harsh sound of "squeaking, squeaking". A stream of cold wind blew into the gap, blowing the bonfire flames in the temple "whoosh" and deviated in direction.
Qingyi and the old madman had been alarmed long ago, and were hiding on both sides of the stone gate, one on the left and one on the right, obviously preparing for an ambush.
I couldn't sleep when I saw something was wrong. I touched the Baipi Knife beside me, and then tiptoed to the door, and finally stuck behind Qingyi. The old madman and Qingyi looked at me and made a gesture to keep quiet. I nodded, and then the three of us focused on the entrance of the temple.
Squeak...
Squeak...
The thing outside was still pulling the door, and in a blink of an eye, the stone door had been opened by a gap of more than ten centimeters!
"There is light inside!"
At this time, a male voice suddenly sounded outside the door, which sounded a little sharp: "Let's go in and take a look?"
This voice was familiar, and my eyes lit up when I heard it - this voice was Wang Mazi's, wasn't it?
When the ghost residents were making a fuss, Wang Mazi and Manniu were the first to leave, but they were just a few steps behind Fatty and the others. I remember that when I last saw them in the nobles' settlement, they were moving together with Fatty and the others!
Now that Wang Mazi is outside, doesn't that mean Fatty is also outside?
I was delighted and hurriedly prepared to go over to help open the door, but Qingyi was faster. He went up and grabbed the door from the inside and was about to pull it open. Obviously, he also heard that the person outside was Wang Mazi.
With the force from inside and outside, the stone door was soon opened. The people standing outside were one tall and one short. Aren't they Wang Mazi and Manniu? However, with the light from the bonfire in the temple, they were covered with a layer of shadow in my sight, which looked more or less gloomy. Moreover, their clothes were a little tattered and faintly stained with blood. It looked like they had just experienced an extremely difficult bloody battle.
Seeing them like this, my heart suddenly "snapped" and I quickly looked past them to the outside. Under the soft light of the energy shield supported by the Heart of Atlantis, it was still bright outside, but where were the figures of Fatty and the others?
Wang Mazi and Manniu were also obviously stunned when they saw us, and seemed quite surprised. Obviously, they didn't expect to see us here.
"Where is Fatty?"
Qingyi stood at the door and asked in a deep voice: "Aren't you with Fatty and the others?"
When talking about this, Wang Mazi and Manniu obviously trembled, and hurriedly looked back as if waking up from a dream, and then squeezed into the temple. Without saying a word, they pulled up the door, and said to us while pulling Wang Mazi: "This matter is a long story, close the door first!"
Sure enough, something happened!
I had a bad feeling in my heart, but looking at Wang Mazi and the others, it seemed like something was chasing them from behind. I also knew that now was not the time to talk, so I could only go over and help them close the door.
Wang Mazi and Manniu breathed a sigh of relief, walked to the bonfire without saying a word and sat down, warming their hands on the leaping flames. I don't know why, when the firelight shone on their faces, I always felt that their faces seemed to be covered with a layer of shadow, which looked a little strange!
"What happened?"
Qing Yi asked in a deep voice: "Where are the others?"
Wang Mazi didn't say anything. He trembled and took out a cigarette from his jacket pocket, then lit it over the fire. He took several puffs and sighed deeply. He only said three words: "Something happened."
I saw that he didn't say anything, but was just anxious, so I couldn't help but say: "Tell me what happened!"
Wang Mazi sighed again, and then told us the cause of the matter.
When those ghost residents started making trouble, the two of them did run with the fat man. Later, when they met us in the noble district, we were behind and they were in front. As a result, the ghost residents following behind them turned around and attacked us. Suddenly, the three of us became the layer of meat sandwiched in the hamburger, which made the three of us very embarrassed. When Fatty and Lin Qing saw this situation, they said that running like this would not work. They kept attracting ghost residents in front, and we would only be more and more stressed if we followed behind. So, Fatty and the others gritted their teeth and made a decision - run in another way!
Lin Qing, Rosa and Zhou Jing all had no objection to this decision. After everyone discussed it, they simply turned around and ran into the alley when they passed a small alley, and attracted a large number of ghost residents, which greatly reduced the pressure on the three of us who followed behind. Otherwise, if we continued to run like that, Qingyi, the old madman and I would really be in danger. It was unknown whether we could get out!
After running in different lanes, Fatty and the others actually experienced a thrilling struggle, and finally entered this temple area and was barely safe. From the time point of view, they should have entered much earlier than the three of us!
It's just that because they changed their route, the place where they came in was different from the three of us. The place where they came in was not far from the Orion Temple! !
They were not stupid. They knew that the place where the ghost residents dared not chase must be a more dangerous place. They did not dare to wait there foolishly. After a brief discussion, they decided to explore whether the surroundings were safe first, and then wait for us.
This decision was not wrong, but the bad thing was that they had bad luck and went directly into the Orion Temple! !
Without the old madman, a wise and experienced heavenly master, how could they see the depth of the Orion Temple with their eyesight? In fact, apart from the heavy yin energy there, which was a bit scary, I didn't see the specific doorway. It's just that the old madman was so afraid, I believe there must be something extraordinary inside!
"Oh, it's really worrying!"
After listening to it, the old madman said: "When I was promoted to the Great Heavenly Master, I opened my heavenly eyes and ears, and I could hear and see all the things and sounds between yin and yang. When I was standing outside the temple, I heard the chanting and roaring inside. It was obvious that a terrible big guy was imprisoned inside, so I hurriedly retreated. I didn't expect that you guys would run into a place where I, an old man, dare not trespass without authorization!"
So that's it!
After listening to it, I suddenly understood that people from the Taoist sect can understand the mysteries with the addition of Taoism, such as opening the heavenly eyes, opening the yin and yang eyes, opening the heavenly ears, etc. I didn't expect that this old madman actually opened his heavenly eyes and heavenly ears at the same time, and could hear sounds that we can't hear. This is how he determined the depth of the Orion Temple!
However, I was not in the mood to study these things at this time. I was concerned about the safety of Zhou Jing, Fatty, Lin Qing and others, so I grabbed Wang Mazi and asked him: "What happened after you went in?"
"We saw a lot of ghosts after we went in, many, many..."
Wang Mazi's face turned pale, and a trace of fear emerged on his face. He curled up in front of the bonfire and began to tremble. Then he said to us tremblingly: "There are all ghosts transformed from clergy. They are very powerful and have very deep Taoism. Three thousand clergy transformed ghosts were chanting scriptures to a statue. When we went in, they... attacked us!"