The strange sound of wooden fish came from outside the door again.
Listen carefully, the source of the sound should be some distance away from the temple.
However, just the sound coming in was enough to make Jiang Hao feel terrified.
Because of his previous experience, he knew very well that the sound of the wooden fish was a signal, a signal for the messenger to return.
However, the messenger was alone when he left, but he was no longer alone when he came back.
The four envoys who left the temple dispersed the evil spirits wandering outside the door, and then returned to the temple one after another over the next four days.
At that time, the scattered ghosts will also follow and participate in the Dharma assembly in batches.
This is Li Leping's speculation.
"What's going on? Are there still rituals that need to be completed today?"
Jiang Hao's expression changed and he immediately thought of this possibility.
Maybe they were negligent and didn't complete all the rituals that needed to be done today?
But as soon as this idea came to his mind, he immediately rejected it: "But the current situation is obviously that the second envoy has returned. According to the original conjecture, the second envoy will not return to the temple until the fifth day.
Because what needs to be held that day is the exit ceremony."
"No matter how you explain it, the abdication ceremony should be held on the fifth day. It is impossible to jump to the process of the fifth day immediately after finishing the abdication ceremony on the fourth day."
The more he thought about it, the more confused he became and he could only look at Li Leping, wanting to know what Li Leping thought about this.
at the same time.
The sound of wooden fish outside the door gradually became clearer.
Although darkness enveloped the world outside the door, and nothing could be seen clearly in the pitch-black world, the clarity of the sound was enough to confirm the speed of the messenger's return.
The speed is very fast. At this speed, the messenger will return to the temple in one minute at most.
At that time, the things following the messenger will also pour into the temple as before.
"Crunch."
Suddenly.
The ghost masters who had previously passed through the bamboo to the bamboo forest pushed open the closed back door and walked in.
The depression and death during this period have made their faces numb, especially after burying so many "own people" today, they no longer know what to say at this moment.
After seeing too many dead people, especially after seeing many scenes of people being killed by ghosts, those who have survived to this day have become numb, their mentality is a little hazy, and their whole people look weak, and they don't know what they can do.
Can't survive the next few days.
But this numbness was quickly washed away by panic.
As soon as they entered the temple, they didn't even have any time to rest. The sudden sound suddenly caused their expressions to change drastically and their eyes to open wide instantly.
"Jiliguala."
Speaking the languages of various Southeast Asian countries, they hurried to Li Leping's side, with anxious expressions on their faces and panic in every movement.
As for the language they spoke, although Li Leping could not fully understand it, he could understand the few sentences they repeated at this moment.
Because he has heard these words many times.
It probably means "what's wrong", "what happened"?
Li Leping did not respond to this question.
Because he also wants to know the answer.
At this moment, he could only feel that things were obviously out of control and something was wrong.
When he heard the noise, the thoughts that came to his mind were actually similar to Jiang Hao's.
Could it be that there was something missing in today's process, or that there are other rituals that need to be completed today?
However, the movement of the wooden fish coming from outside the door really didn't seem like a ritual that needed to be completed today.
Because according to previous experiences and the intelligence analysis of the Water and Land Dharma Assembly, the four envoys should represent the four-day process. In other words, starting from the fourth day, each returning envoy represents the official start of the day's ceremony.
But now, the second messenger came back at this time.
Li Leping looked at the time without saying a word.
It wasn't even twelve o'clock in the evening.
This means that on today, the day when only the talismans and flags were supposed to be handed out, they not only completed the day's talisman-hanging flag ceremony, but also completed the invitation ceremony that was supposed to start only on the fourth day, and received
It is very likely that we will have to find a way to survive the fifth day of the abdication ceremony.
"Why is this happening?" Li Leping couldn't help but wonder.
This link is undoubtedly too compact, and it is not a level of difficulty compared with the process of the first three days.
It's like letting you slip on the water for a while in the first three days, and then when the time reaches the junction of the third and fourth days, the whole place is like a wreck, and you can't wait to finish everything immediately.
.
It's a lot like not doing any homework during the summer vacation, and then facing a mountain of homework on the last day.
Li Leping always felt that things seemed to be developing out of control.
And the most important thing is, even if they bite the bullet and complete the ceremony on the fifth day, what happens next?
Will the ceremony of the sixth day follow immediately?
Then there are the ceremonies on the seventh and eighth days.
In the remaining four days of the process, maybe there will be a swarm of people in the next time. Not only will this not give people any time to breathe, but more importantly, what should I do with the mission of the ghost photo studio?
"The task of the ghost photo studio is to let me stay in this place for eight days, but it is only the third day now, and the problems caused by this place have already forced me to complete the fourth day's task ahead of schedule today."
"And now another messenger has returned. According to this progress, let alone whether it can survive. If the progress is accelerated, I am afraid that the original eight days will be completed by tomorrow at the latest.
The puja that can only be completed is over."
"This obviously does not meet the mission requirements of the ghost photo studio."
Suddenly.
"Wait...unless..."
Li Leping's eyes moved, as if he suddenly realized something.
"What's wrong, Captain Li? Have you come to any conclusion?"
Jiang Hao on the side noticed Li Leping's slightly moving expression.
"I may have misjudged something, or we have all been misled by our notions of being human."
Li Leping glanced at him, and after a moment of silence, he made an astonishing guess.
"The idea of being human?"
The moment Jiang Hao heard this word, he couldn't help but be stunned.
Why did the topic suddenly become so advanced, even a bit philosophical?
"Let me ask you, how many hours are there in a day?"
Li Leping suddenly asked Jiang Hao a very strange question.
"Twenty-four hours, what happened?"
Jiang Hao frowned. After thinking about it, there seemed to be only one answer.
"Twenty-four hours in a day is our concept of time, but do you think this ghost place will comply with humans' concept of time?"
Li Leping raised his foot and stepped on the stone tile floor under his feet, while looking around at everyone present.