Chapter 138 The Only Chance of Survival

It is currently a period of martial law, during which such feudal superstitions are not allowed, so most temples have been destroyed.

Although the temple in front of us looks dilapidated, it actually has everything it should have. It's just that the buildings are old and broken, like a temple that was originally bright and shiny has just been given a new set of old clothes. But it still has clothes.

In most temples, passing through the main gate leads to the Hall of Heavenly Kings. The main hall typically enshrines Maitreya Buddha and Weituo Bodhisattva, with the Four Heavenly Kings flanking them.

Although the Buddha statues have all been moved, over the years, they must have left some marks. So there should have originally been at least six Buddha statues with their marks here, but now there is only one.

Moreover, the walls on both sides of the main hall are covered with various brightly colored murals, some of which are already mottled, but after the weathering of time, these colors have not faded.

"Ayan, something's not right here," Qin Suisui whispered.

Pei Jiuyan nodded, looking towards the direction of the main hall behind them, his hand gripping the dagger tightly: "You must stay close to me in a moment. If we encounter any danger, run away first, understand?"

"Hahahaha... Escape? You've come all this way, and you still want to escape?" A sharp voice suddenly rang out, the sound of fingernails scratching on a blackboard, making people feel particularly uncomfortable.

The next second, behind the Hall of Heavenly Kings, a dozen people wearing brightly colored ghost masks suddenly appeared and rushed towards them.

At the same time, flames suddenly shot up from the main hall behind it.

"Go to the Mahavira Hall at the back to rescue them!"

Pei Jiuyan forcefully swung his hand, and Qin Suisui broke through the encirclement using the force of his movement. Almost simultaneously, Pei Jiuyan was already fighting the group of masked men with a dagger in hand.

Qin Suisui grew up in a peaceful environment and had never seen such a scene before. These ugly ghost masks, combined with this eerie temple, made her feel uneasy.

But Pei Jiuyan asked him to rescue people, and he would definitely not let himself go on a risk alone unless it was absolutely necessary, so the situation in the Great Buddha Hall must be very critical!

With him holding the line and helping her hold off those people, Qin Suisui didn't dare to falter. She grabbed her slingshot and ran towards the main hall.

The flames that suddenly shot up just now came from the entrance of the main hall.

When Qin Suisui rushed over, she found that the firelight was right at the entrance, blocking her way. Inside the empty hall, there was a huge circular wooden plate with symbols in the middle that Qin Suisui couldn't understand. The outer edge of the wooden plate was divided into eight equal-sized squares, and a girl was kneeling on each of them.

Moreover, each girl had a short wooden stick about the length of a forearm behind her, with one end already burning. Soon, the stick would burn the girls!

The strangest thing is that although these girls are kneeling and sitting upright, they are actually all unconscious. How can they keep an unconscious person in such a proper kneeling position? And what era is this? How can she see stories from storybooks in real life?

Qin Suisui didn't have time to think too much, because among those eight girls, she spotted Su Yunyi with her sharp eyes!

The firelight at the door blocked her way inside, so Qin Suisui could only shout inside, "Sister Yunyi, Sister Yunyi! Wake up, wake up!"

Unfortunately, the distance was too far, and the crackling fire at the gate blocked out her voice.

Qin Suisui looked around anxiously, then quickly raised her slingshot and fired it at the Bodhi tree next to the main hall. Soon, the bullet pierced one of the branches, and with a muffled "thud," the branch snapped off.

Qin Suisui ran over, dragged the whole branch over, and swept it wildly at the raging flames.

The fire had just started and wasn't very big yet. Moreover, the Bodhi tree had lush foliage, so it quickly extinguished the flames.

Qin Suisui dropped the branch and rushed towards the disc, but before she could get close, dozens or even hundreds of black snakes suddenly hissed and crawled out from under the disc, heading towards Qin Suisui.

Even after traversing the wild forest and spending two days in the Snake Witch Tribe, Qin Suisui still felt a chill run down her spine when she suddenly saw such a swarm of snakes emerge.

Her body instinctively took a few steps back, and when she looked up again, the piece of wood behind Su Yunyi was about to burn out, and the fire was about to spread to her.

Qin Suisui gritted her teeth, took out a packet of snake repellent powder given to her by her master from her spatial storage, and then took out the slingshot given to her by Paman. She used the snake repellent powder as bullets and shot it at one of the black snakes.

The slingshot was incredibly powerful; the moment the powder was launched, the outer packaging cracked open, and the grayish-brown powder scattered all over the ground.

Snakes have an extremely keen sense of smell; almost the instant they detected the powder, the swarm of snakes in front of her scattered like water. But on the other side of the disc, snakes continued to crawl out and burrow into the girls.

Qin Suisui couldn't care less about anything else, because the fire behind Su Yunyi had already spread to her clothes, and even her braid hanging down her head was on fire. Several snakes were also crawling towards her from the opposite side.

Qin Suisui rushed over and sprinkled snake repellent powder around Su Yunyi, also sprinkling some on the people next to her. With her other hand, she kept patting the fire that had sprung up on Su Yunyi's back, shouting loudly, "Sister Yunyi, Sister Yunyi, wake up!"

Su Yunyi was drugged, but the effect was mild. After all that commotion, she woke up quickly.

The moment she opened her eyes and saw Qin Suisui's face, she hadn't even realized what had happened. But the next second, she saw the swarm of snakes around the disc and the rising flames.

"Aaaaaah, Sui Sui, there's a snake! Run! Sui Sui, watch out!"

She hurriedly stood up and pulled Qin Suisui into her arms, murmuring, "Suisui, don't be afraid!"

To be honest, it would be a lie to say that Qin Suisui wasn't moved at that moment.

Su Yunyi had just woken up and hadn't figured out what had happened, but the first thing she did upon sensing danger was to shield her behind her and comfort her, telling her not to be afraid, even though she herself was terrified.

Ever since the day they arrived at Qiongtan Island, on that ship, and I called her "sister," she seemed to have been silently taking care of me.

Qin Suisui took her hand and stuffed a packet of snake medicine into it, trying to describe the situation in a calm and concise voice: "Sister Yunyi, don't be afraid, I have snake medicine. We need to wake up these women quickly. The fire in the main hall has already started, and we need to escape as soon as possible."

She was right. Just as she crossed the flames and snakes to reach Su Yunyi's side, the entire hall was already ablaze. At this moment, the entire hall was almost surrounded by raging flames. If they didn't escape, they would all perish in the fire.

Su Yunyi looked around and, combining her thoughts with Qin Suisui's words, quickly realized what was happening. Together with Qin Suisui, they sprinkled snake medicine on the disc and the girls while patting their shoulders, trying to wake them up.

The girls woke up one after another, and when they saw what was happening in front of them, they all screamed in panic and lost their composure.

The flames were already rising, and the main door of the hall was blocked by the collapsed beams. Fortunately, when Qin Suisui went over to drag the Bodhi tree branches, she found that there was a side door nearby.

She was just about to point out the location of the side door to Su Yunyi so that she could lead the girls out first.

Suddenly, a charred beam fell from the top of the main hall, heading straight for the girl next to Su Yunyi.

Su Yunyi saw it too. She pushed the girl away, but while running away, her left hind leg was hit and her pants were burned.

Qin Suisui rushed over and quickly extinguished the fire on her leg: "Sister Yunyi, are you alright?"

Su Yunyi shook her head, looking at the towering flames: "Sui Sui, you need to get out quickly, or you won't be able to get out."

Qin Suisui squatted down: "Come on, I'll carry you! Let's go out together! I know there's a side door over there!"

Su Yunyi glanced at the girls who were running around in panic throughout the hall: "What about them?"

Qin Suisui frowned, then gathered her strength in her dantian and roared, "Stop yelling! If you want to live, come with me! Come help us! We'll be safe once we escape!"

Her shout seemed to be the backbone of the panicked girls. They knew that this woman had saved them, and they immediately came to their senses and rushed over to help.

Two girls were still unconscious. A group of people hurriedly went up to lift them up. The girl who had been rescued by Su Yunyi earlier also quickly came up to help Qin Suisui support Su Yunyi.

The girls, who were originally intended as sacrifices, now followed behind Qin Suisui and the others, rushing past the raging fire in the main hall and the constantly falling burning beams towards the side door, which was their only chance of survival.