Samsara Paradise: Shadow King

Chapter 21 Offering incense and worshiping Buddha

"You said, we won't run into that guy playing with shadows again, right?"

The man nudged the person next to him with his elbow and asked uneasily.

"How can it be so unlucky? Maybe it's just a few warriors with bad minds. Captain Heiya and the others have already dealt with it? Don't think too much!"

His companion glared at him. If what he said with his crow mouth was right, there would be no place to cry. There are two or three big cats and kittens among them. Who is that person's opponent?

After the two of them stopped talking, the entire forest seemed even quieter. Only the sound of burning torches was carried in the wind, and the firelight and shadows competed for position on people's tense faces, which was indescribably weird.

"I knew I would have borrowed Daxiong's flashlight! The light from the torch makes my eyes hurt!"

"Yes!"

He opened his mouth, wanting his companion to say a few more words to at least make the atmosphere in the team less lifeless, but he didn't know how to pick up the topic, so he gave up in frustration.

A gust of wind blew in the mountain forest, and the leaves above the head swayed in the wind. The teeth and claws in the darkness were like the background of a horror story. The firelight was also swaying in the wind. The people in the team slowed down, fearing that they would not be able to see in this kind of way. When I was clear, I tripped over something and fell down.

"A temple?"

Someone in the team exclaimed. He felt strange, because most of the bandits' voices were very rough and wild, and the timbre was easy to distinguish, but that voice gave him the same feeling as an old man who was seriously ill and lying in bed waiting to die.

That's not the voice of a companion either! He regretted a little. If he had known that the group leader had given him the task, he would have made excuses not to come.

The dilapidated temple made people feel frightened. A little firelight lit up inside and shone through the gap in the door. There were still monks inside this dilapidated temple that could collapse at any time? !

There was the sound of people getting dressed inside the temple. It seemed that after hearing the noise, the monk lit a candle and got up to come out to check.

"Cough cough!"

He couldn't help but compare the coughing sound inside with the previous sound. Could it be a psychological effect? He felt as if there was no difference between the two.

"Come in and bow to Lord Buddha!"

He heard the strongest one among their contractors speak in a low voice, bluntly saying something was wrong here, without responding to the monk inside, and ordered the team to bypass the temple and move on.

On the way around the temple, he had to pass by the side of the temple. When he walked through the holes in the wall that were leaking air, he felt a cold eye looking at him. He quickened his pace and walked over, and the feeling quickly disappeared. .

The team continued to move forward, and after about ten minutes, he couldn't help but muttered, "We haven't arrived yet?"

Obviously the distance between the strongholds is not that far!

As they walked, they saw a temple again in front of them. It was also dilapidated and weather-beaten. Even the candlelight they saw in the crack of the door was exactly the same!

Are they coming back again? !

"Come in and bow to Lord Buddha!"

The voice sounded again, and he shuddered and shrank back.

"Master, we have to go on our way, so don't bother us!"

This time they chose to answer the voice, hoping that the obviously weird existence inside would not continue to pester them.

Ten minutes later, they stood in front of the temple for the third time. At the suggestion of a bandit, they left some money and food they were carrying.

The fourth time, they returned along the way they came and came back here again

The fifth and sixth times, they opened paths in other directions and returned here again.

The seventh time, they dispersed and reunited one after another at the entrance of the temple about ten minutes later.

The eighth time, someone tentatively attacked the temple. It clearly looked like a building that would fall down when pushed. The attack was just like hitting a copper wall, and there was no reaction at all.

"Let's go in!"

He couldn't stand it anymore. Maybe they could only leave if they faced that existence head-on.

"Come in and bow to Lord Buddha!"

This sentence has been repeated nine times! He took a deep breath and expressed his thoughts to everyone. Their only choice now was to enter the temple!

The door opened with a slight push. The monk holding a candle behind the door disappeared. It was dark inside and it was impossible to see. He threw the torch in his hand, which only illuminated a small area.

"Enter the temple! We have no other option, right?"

The team walked in and disappeared into the darkness. The two door panels hanging on the door frame closed on their own without anyone pushing them.

Everything in the woods returned to silence until after a while, Zhao Zijin and the shadow soldiers also walked to the door of the temple, and they were preparing to go to the second stronghold.

"Why is there a temple here?"Hongfeng was surprised.

"There is a temple in a barren mountain. No matter how you think about it, there is something wrong with this temple!"

Yan Yan couldn't help but complain.

"Come in and bow to Lord Buddha!"

"I'm sorry! I believe in the Feitian Pasta God Cult!"

Zhao Zijin said something nonsense towards the door, then pointed at the intricate footprints around the temple and said:

"Look at these footprints!"

Some of these footprints are leaving in various directions, and some are coming after identifying the location of the temple. Some are very clear and orderly, and you can see the steady pace of the person walking at that time. Some are very messy, and you can feel the other person's movements at this time. Panic.

"Did the people from the opposite camp just pass us by?"

Yan Ying carefully observed the leaving footprints and said uncertainly.

"It's unlikely! The number of people in their team is not small. Unless the entire team is composed of ninjas, they won't be able to find it! Moreover, these footprints are very new, and they were basically all made within the same time period. According to a rough calculation, the number of owners of these footprints may exceed several hundred people, which means that there was a large-scale gathering here not long ago."

"but!"

Changing the subject, Zhao Zijin continued:

"These footprints have a lot of repetitive traces, as if they were stepping back and forth in circles. Although I don't know why they did this, there are several possibilities."

"First, they are being chased by a powerful being. This being should be a creature with zero or very low intelligence attributes. You can refer to the lion ape in the game. The method of defeating this creature is hidden in this temple. So they went around in circles and repeatedly entered the temple to explore when the creature caught up."

"Second, the space near here has become independent, forming a cycle. No matter which direction you move, you will eventually return to the center point, which is this temple. It may be with the help of illusion, or it may be other means to force this place. People from all over the world enter the temple."

"The third possibility is actually based on the expanded thinking of the first possibility. It is still assumed that a very valuable item is kept inside the temple, a treasure that can be sold for a sky-high price in the paradise or a powerful weapon. Weaponry.

No matter what it is, it should have inconspicuous properties. People in the ['Bandits'] camp learned about this item, broke into the temple to rob it, and the monks fled in all directions. People in the ['Bandits'] camp did not It was determined that the item was left in the temple or was taken by the monk, causing a chaotic situation. "

"These three are the three most likely scenarios I can think of. Of course, they are just guesses. Before I get more information, I can't piece together an exact truth. I will bring half of them later. The men enter the temple, and you two are waiting outside."

"Boss, please be more careful!" Hongfeng and Yanqing nodded, watching Zhao Zijin open the temple door and walk in.

[Tip: You have entered a special area, a temple where no one is worshiping. 】

[Hidden mission: Offering incense and worshiping Buddha has been triggered! 】

Hidden task: offering incense and worshiping Buddha.

Difficulty level: Lv.6.

Mission introduction: In a temple that was abandoned because no one paid homage or gave alms, the abbot died with resentment and turned into a demon wandering around.

Mission information: Pass the test of Yeserabo.

Task duration: 2 hours.

Mission reward: 1 attribute point, soul crystal (small) x 3.

Mission penalty: -5 for all attributes.

Another hidden mission?

Zhao Zijin allowed his eyes to adapt to the darkness inside the temple while observing the surroundings.

Suddenly, not far ahead, a blue candle lit up!

(End of this chapter)