Chapter 51: The Secret of Linhu Village 22

Looking at Xu Xinghe's determined eyes, Su Qingyun knew that the side hall was booked at ten o'clock tonight.

It's not that she doesn't have courage, but she is really afraid.

Su Qingyun drank a cup of hot tea to calm herself down, then returned to her room and closed her eyes to rest.

At nine fifty, as soon as the last bell rang, Xu Xinghe came and knocked on the door.

"Su Qingyun."

Su Qingyun stood up and opened the door. Outside, Xu Xinghe had changed his clothes again, wearing a set of sportswear with a strong sense of design, a pair of light running shoes on his feet, and a rare cross-body bag on his side.

This corporate executive's cleanliness is really jaw-dropping. He changes three sets of clothes a day.

The spare items he placed in the space must all be clothes!

Su Qingyun zipped up her jacket over her face again, then carried her bag and black cane and walked out the door.

On a mid-March night, the wind was cool and there was no other sound except the occasional call of turtledoves.

Su Qingyun followed behind Xu Xinghe, and in the dim light coming from the temple, she began to study Xu Xinghe's walking posture.

He seemed to be limping a little, which was not the case before. Did he sprain his ankle when going down the secret passage?

Su Qingyun was still a little worried because the only person with special abilities was injured.

She stared at his feet until her nose bumped into his back.

"arrive."

"oh."

The halls enshrining Buddha statues were not closed, probably to allow the Buddha to better save all living beings. The lights in the halls were still on, but not as bright as before.

Xu Xinghe entered the Sanqing Master Hall, and Su Qingyun observed that he took a step with his right foot.

Su Qingyun also stepped in.

Seeing a statue of a deity at night, no matter how benevolent, always gives people a sense of terror, and the Three Pure Ones are no exception.

The three bearded saints did not have three heads and six arms, nor did they have copper eyes and sharp teeth, but they were still very creepy in the dim light.

Su Qingyun moved closer to Xu Xinghe.

Her fingers also tugged at the corner of his tracksuit.

"What are we going to do?" she asked him.

"Do you still remember the rules?" Xu Xinghe asked her.

"certainly."

"Recite it."

Su Qingyun, "..." She didn't understand but respected it. She recited it carefully, word for word.

After reciting it, she suddenly understood what Xu Xinghe wanted to do.

Rule 4 of the Chuiling Temple: There is a small door behind the statue in the side hall, which is usually kept closed. If you find the door open, do not approach. Drink a bowl of tea provided in the dining hall and wait for five minutes before proceeding.

She walked behind the statue and actually saw a small door.

"If you find the door open, don't get close, but the rules don't say we can't open it." Su Qingyun tilted her head and looked at Xu Xinghe, "You're finding a bug."

"This is not a bug, this is the rule." Xu Xinghe turned the bolt of the small door.

As soon as the door opened, a strong cold wind blew in, carrying with it a damp and fishy smell.

Xu Xinghe walked out and Su Qingyun hurriedly followed.

It was a wood, a damp, dark wood.

Xu Xinghe turned on the flashlight and handed a thermos cup to Su Qingyun.

"What's this?"

"The temple keeper brought us tea. We opened the door and according to the rules, we have to drink a bowl of tea provided by the dining hall."

So rigorous.

Su Qingyun took it and felt it. The tea was still hot, but she didn't drink it. She drank the tea she brought with her.

According to the rules, they have to stand there for five minutes.

Su Qingyun looked at the time. It was exactly ten o'clock.

It's time to get some fresh air.

She silently approached Xu Xinghe and closed her eyes.

Sure enough, a shrill cry came from the fishy wind, but it was not a woman's voice but a man's.

In the weird world, there are generally three types of people who come out to scare people: women, children and the elderly.

Men, it seems rare.

Su Qingyun secretly opened her eyes and looked towards the voice.

But he found that the temple priest was hung on a big tree and was struggling desperately. The shouting came from him.

What's going on?

Su Qingyun looked at Xu Xinghe.

Xu Xinghe held the flashlight and looked at it calmly, with no expression on his face.

Su Qingyun took a deep breath and imitated Xu Xinghe's expression, watching calmly.

Before the five minutes were up, she could only watch.

A few seconds passed and the temple keeper saw them. He waved his hands on the tree and called out to Su Qingyun and Xu Xinghe.

"My two benefactors, it's great that you're here. There's a monster here. Please put me down and I'll take you to catch it."

Catch monsters?

Su Qingyun and Xu Xinghe looked at each other, but neither of them moved.

The temple keeper yelled, "It's the lake monster!"

This time it was Xu Xinghe who glanced at Su Qingyun. Perhaps he was afraid that Su Qingyun would get excited and move around, so he stopped her with his arm.

Su Qingyun's heart was as calm as still water.

"A trap." She whispered to Xu Xinghe, "I asked the temple keeper before, and he said he didn't know what the lake monster was. This temple keeper is weird."

Su Qingyun also reminded Xu Xinghe, "In the strange world, all kinds of monsters will come out after 10 o'clock at night. Don't trust anyone."

"Including me?"

Su Qingyun looked at him sideways.

Xu Xinghe smiled slightly.

Su Qingyun quietly moved half a step away. Yes, Xu Xinghe should not be trusted too much.

After five minutes, Xu Xinghe walked under the big tree and untied the rope that tied up the temple priest. He asked him about the monster.

The temple keeper said nothing, but just kept saying thank you, then walked towards the small door. After a while, his figure disappeared into the small door. He closed the door and bolted it.

Su Qingyun was not surprised by this. The strangeness of this timing was that their purpose was to induce players to break the rules. Apart from that, they would not have any other emotions.

"Coo, coo", the sound of a bird singing came from the woods, followed by the sound of water.

"Huahua, huahua", it sounds like something is walking in the water.

Su Qingyun ran towards the sound holding the black stick.

After walking less than ten meters, she saw a body of water, which glowed with a faint blue light in the dark night.

Su Qingyun did not have a map of Linhu Village, and she could not explain from a geographical point of view why there was a body of water next to Chuiling Temple.

But, it is reasonable to appear.

Su Qingyun had an intuition that she was about to see the monster in the middle of the lake.

"Coo, coo," the bird's call continued, very low, like the whisper of someone in the night, or the snoring of a sleeper.

The sound of rushing water continued, and it felt like something was walking in the water.

Xu Xinghe walked to Su Qingyun's side, raised his flashlight and shone it into the water. Finally, they could see clearly.

A water bird, like a duck, with high legs and a crest of feathers, which Su Qingyun had never seen before.

But Xu Xinghe said its name.

"Croquet."

"Croquet?" Su Qingyun had never heard of this bird's name.

Xu Xinghe explained, "Ancient books record that this water bird likes to come out at night to feed, and it makes a cooing sound when it feeds. However, these are only records in ancient books. No one has ever seen this bird in real life."

Su Qingyun carefully observed the bird. It looked like a duck, but had a crest and extremely long and slender legs, comparable to those of a red-crowned crane.

It is not swimming upstream, but standing on the water surface. Visually, it seems that the water is only shallow, but there is a sound of flowing water with every step, which is very strange.

When Su Qingyun walked closer to see more clearly, a small boat suddenly floated on the water, and a man in a white robe was sitting on it.

Although the night was dark, Su Qingyun could see his face clearly.

He is... the handsome man that Su Qingyun saw by the pond!