With a creak, the wooden door slowly opened a crack, and Li Huowang looked out warily through the crack.
The soft sunshine in the afternoon passes through the swaying leaves, casting shadows on the ground.
It was very quiet outside at this time, and there was nothing unusual except for the sweeping monk sweeping the floor with a broom in the distance.
However, such a peaceful scene looked like a completely different scene to Li Huowang, who had completely understood it.
"Huh! It's all just pretending. They can't fool me! They did this just to stabilize me and to get me to voluntarily participate in what they called the Purdue Fast!"
Just as he said this, a thought flashed through Li Huowang's mind.
"Wait, why are they doing this? I'm an ordinary person, and they are so strong. Why don't you just come to me and force them to do whatever you want?"
This question is destined to have no answer now, but Li Huowang doesn't need this answer now. He just wants to get out of this ghost place as much as possible.
Just when Li Huowang was still guessing whether the sweeping monk in the distance was coming to spy on him, he saw that there were no fallen leaves on the ground, picked up the broom and turned around to leave.
"The monks at Zhengde Temple didn't notice anything unusual about me. This is the only advantage I can take advantage of now." Li Huowang secretly estimated in his heart.
There was no one outside, but Li Huowang did not leave, but waited quietly for something.
Time passed little by little, and Li Huowang's palms gradually began to sweat.
"Dang~dang~dang~" The dull bells resounded throughout Zhengde Temple instantly, and Li Huowang was shocked all over.
After staying here for so long, Li Huowang already knew that the sound of the bell represented the arrival of the Youshi hour, which was also the forecast for the meal for the entire Zhengde Temple monks.
With a "crunch", Li Huowang, with a calm expression, walked out of his residence and followed the monks he met on the road towards the dining room where he was eating.
It is completely reasonable for him to appear here now. In the past few days, he would go to eat like today.
Compared with the place where I live, the dining hall is obviously closer to the main hall where pilgrims gather. Since the other party is using blindness, they definitely don'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 all pretending.
"They and Xinhui are all in the same group. There is no good person in Zhengde Temple. They all want to harm me!!" Li Huowang confirmed categorically.
After leaving half a stick of incense, Li Huowang saw the dining room full of bald heads. He did not run away directly, but followed the flow of people and walked in.
After serving the rice in a wooden bowl, Li Huowang sat calmly on the stool and ate the vegetarian food in front of him.
Today’s dishes are taro soup, stir-fried tofu with konjac, baby greens in oil, and stewed melon with potatoes.
Although it doesn't have any meat, it tastes pretty good.
But after what happened, 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.
"Pa" A hand slapped on his shoulder, causing Li Huowang's body to tremble violently. "Little Taoist priest, are you there too? Hey! Why were you running in a panic before?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Li Huowang, who had a bulging mouth, turned his head and saw, as expected, the smiling face with a missing front tooth.
That was the old monk I met on the road. If he hadn't forced me to see some stone statues today, I wouldn't be in this situation now.
The old monk forced his way to Li Huowang's side with his own bowl of rice and sat down. "Let's eat together."
Li Huowang glanced at the monks around him who had no abnormality with his peripheral vision. After chewing the food in his mouth, he continued to eat. "It's up to you."
"Taoist priest, where are the other people before you? Tell them not to stay at the inn and come over to eat together. Let me tell you, eating here is free!" The ignorant old monk still has that carefree character.<
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But this time, Li Huowang, who was eager to escape, didn't bother to talk to him.
After finishing dinner at the same speed as usual, Li Huowang burped and walked out of the dining room.
When we came to the stone brick road outside again, the old monk followed us again. "Don't leave, let's chat for a while. The monk here is bored to death."
Licking the food residue on his gums with his tongue, Li Huowang looked at him with a trace of impatience on his face. "Stop following me, go back to sleep."
"Why are you sleeping? What time of day is it? Let me tell you something-"
As soon as the old monk finished speaking, he saw that the face of the little Taoist priest who was fine just now turned very ugly.
Then Li Huowang said to the old monk in a very low voice: "Go quickly! The faster the better! This temple is very dangerous!"
The next second, Li Huowang kicked 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 surrounding monks immediately looked over, but he ignored him and started running wildly.
Li Huowang's heartbeat was beating fast, and his spirit was highly tense. He was always looking around at places where the old man Xinhui might appear.
Ten feet! Five feet! One foot!!
When Li Huowang rushed out from the side door, there were loud explosions all around, the sound of footsteps, voices, and the sound of knocking wooden fish suddenly rushed into his ears.
At this moment, he had returned to the main hall where incense was flourishing, and the common people who came to worship him kept shaking him.
Standing in the center of the bustling crowd, Li Huowang was stunned for a moment. The faces with natural expressions around him seemed to be telling him something silently.
Li Huowang, who was out of breath, suddenly thought of something and turned to look at the previous side door.
There was nothing there, no pursuers.
In the distance, neither the welcoming monk who received the guests nor the interpreting monk who was responsible for interpreting the signatures looked this way.
In Li Huowang's view, everything is so normal, normal... is a little abnormal.
"Could it be...? Those are really my hallucinations? Those disgusting things are all my imagination?"
But Li Huowang soon gave up this ridiculous idea, shook his head vigorously, raised his feet and rushed towards the outside of the temple.
You can't gamble on this kind of thing, even if there is even a slight chance.
The process of leaving the temple was very easy, and it was just as easy as the time when I came in.
Li Huowang arrived as quickly as possible. Arriving at the inn.
Seeing Li Huowang, whom they had not seen for a while, these Yaoyin people were particularly close to each other and they all came up to him.
"Brother, why are you back? Have you finished the temple affairs?"
"There's no time to reminisce about old times. Hurry up and pack your bags and leave! Let's get out of this place quickly!"
"Okay, then I'll inform Captain Lu."
"Don't wait for them! Let's leave now! Quick, quick, quick!!"
"Brother, where are we going?" Bai Lingmiao asked with confusion on his face.
"Exit!"
This chapter has been completed!