Chapter 186

In just about three months, he had successfully infiltrated the temple!

Cheng Hui couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he had to let things take their course.

It took him only about three months to successfully sneak into the temple. Even if something unexpected happened, it would be impossible for it to get past him, one of the high priests.

The picked fruits were put into a bag. Priest Chen gestured to Cheng Hui to carry the bag, and the two left this strange place.

Before leaving, Cheng Hui inexplicably felt a pair of eyes falling on him. He turned around suddenly, but only saw the stems of the fruits that had been picked clean.

At this time, new buds have begun to emerge again at the top of these stems, and in the blink of an eye, brightly colored flowers have bloomed on the branches.

Cheng Hui pursed his lips and looked at the beautiful flowers, but he couldn't help but think of the boy who had just been eaten.

Those beautiful petals seem to be flowing with the color of blood...

He turned his head and stopped looking. Everything that happened here was a fait accompli, and he didn't have the ability to change history.

As Priest Chen left the sixth room, the three high priests outside the door were still waiting there obediently.

Cheng Hui was a little puzzled. Were the three high priests not curious about what they were going to do? Or perhaps... they had already been there?

Priest Zhou still had that dull, dazed look on his face, and looked very different from the puppets in charge of the harvest.

Cheng Hui glanced at the other two high priests and found that they both looked as if they were used to it.

Recalling the gossip he had overheard from the residents while floating in the sky, he suddenly remembered that one of the residents had said that at a certain time period, a certain high priest would ascend to heaven one after another.

Now it seems that he didn't ascend continuously, but was "eaten" by the ancestor of the Zhou family?

Cheng Hui doesn't dare to say that all soul magic is harmful, but he can say that anything that feeds on the souls of living people is definitely not a good thing.

Is the ancestor of the Zhou family still a human being?

Cheng Hui had a question mark in his mind.

Compared to this, what was the state of the Liu family ancestor who had just protected him?

Are those puppets responsible for picking fruits the former high priests?

There are many things that cannot be thought about too much. Cheng Hui temporarily restrained his thoughts and followed Priest Chen out of the underground temple.

After returning to the temple, Priest Chen called the ordinary priests and asked Cheng Hui to hand the bag to them, who would be responsible for peeling and distributing the shells.

Only then did Cheng Hui realize that the so-called meat was actually the fruit of a plant, but the origin of this fruit was a little hard to accept.

He looked at the ordinary priests who knew nothing and silently shut his mouth.

Okay, this is good too. At least it will reduce the psychological pressure on ordinary priests.

Just like this, another month passed. During this month, the trusted Priest Zhou came to power. It was said that he was a good seedling discovered by the original Priest Zhou from the common people and was slowly cultivated. However, Cheng Hui looked at the face that was somewhat similar to Priest Zhou and sighed in his heart.

This must be another illegitimate child, but I don't know whether it is a blessing or a curse for him to take this position...

This 'lucky goose' was most likely unlucky, because Priest Zhou left rather suddenly and did not explain some necessary matters to him. Although the other high priests made him understand some things through hints, it was still different in the end.

This resulted in the new Zhou priest letting out an extremely terrifying scream as soon as he entered the room when they went to get the meat the next month.

"Oh no! This idiot, I've already warned him, why did he still make such a big noise!" Priest Chen's face changed the moment he heard the scream.

Cheng Hui was confused. This time, Ancestor Liu still did not respond, which meant that he did not need to face the ancestor who knew what he was for the time being.

But was Cheng Hui also learning for the first time that one shouldn't make too much noise when meeting these ancestors? Or perhaps... was it only this Zhou family ancestor who was afraid of excitement?

Sure enough, just after Priest Chen's face changed, they heard a loud bang coming from the room, as if something had hit the door hard.

Cheng Hui and others were shocked, and even Priest Chen's expression changed again and again, as if he didn't expect such a thing to happen.

Before Priest Chen could say anything, the door suddenly opened and a pile of rotten meat was thrown out.

The door slammed shut again. Priest Chen looked at the closed door, then at the new Priest Zhou, who was already incomplete. He said with a grim expression, "The new Priest Zhou hasn't left any descendants yet. The next Priest Zhou can only be chosen from within the Zhou family."

The other two priests nodded, obviously agreeing with Priest Chen's proposal.

Cheng Hui could only follow the crowd and nod his head. The main reason was that he didn't know what the priest Liu he possessed knew. If he asked some inappropriate questions, it would be difficult to deal with.

The process of extracting the meat this time was the same as last time. After Priest Chen woke up the flower bud, a boy emerged from the ground. He was about fifteen or sixteen years old and had a handsome face. However, when Cheng Hui looked at the boy, a hint of doubt flashed through his mind.

Was it an illusion? Why did he feel that this boy looked a bit like the boy from last time?

Could they be brothers? Could it be that the priests in the temple were specifically targeting one family?

Well... the latter is indeed possible.

The boy was placed in the flower bud again, and the boy woke up and started cursing. From the content of his cursing, Cheng Hui was shocked to find that this person... seemed to be the same person as last time?

He looked at the giant flower bud. So... this flower bud was a transformer? This boy who emerged from the ground was just a container?

So where is the real 'God' hidden?

His gaze unconsciously moved to the bottom of the flower bud... Could it be that God was buried underground?

Through this experience, he suddenly realized that this flower bud and the Piranha Plant were only similar in appearance, but inside... there were some differences. If the intelligence of the Piranha Plant had reached the standard of an adult, then this flower bud was just like a child, and a little naughty.

The flower bud has a very good relationship with Priest Chen. Every time it sees Priest Chen, it behaves very intimately and often wraps Priest Chen with its petals, not wanting him to leave.

But Priest Chen always tried to persuade them gently, but never showed any intention of stopping.

As a bystander, Cheng Hui felt very subtle.

It was as if Huabao regarded Priest Chen as his elder. Although Priest Chen looked gentle, there was always a lingering sense of perfunctoriness in his gentleness.

This time when he went to pick fruits, Cheng Hui saw Priest Zhou. He was mixed in the crowd in a daze, doing repetitive work numbly.

This time, the yield of the land that the Zhou family ancestor was in charge of had dropped again. Compared with the land of the Liu family ancestor next door, there was a world of difference.

The most shocking thing was that a few dried plants suddenly appeared on the edge of the Zhou family ancestor's world, as if he could no longer support so many plants.

The ancestor of the Zhou family was still furious and tried to take Cheng Hui and Priest Chen away, but several ancestors around him took action. Judging from their performance... their attitude towards the ancestor Zhou was a bit subtle.

It is obvious that the two parties should have a cooperative relationship, but when Cheng Hui looked at the performance of those vines, he always felt that... the attitudes shown by the other four ancestors were not very friendly.

And Patriarch Zhou also showed great vigilance, as if he would launch a crazy counterattack at any time.

Before leaving, Cheng Hui seemed to hear a sneer inadvertently. He paused, and then left as if nothing had happened.

The sneer did not come from behind him, but... from Priest Chen!

Cheng Hui felt that there were more mysteries in this world. Priest Chen knew a lot of secret information, and he himself also had many secrets.

The other two priests were more like decorations. They usually acted arrogant and domineering, but in fact, once they faced Priest Chen, they didn't dare to say a word.

Cheng Hui suppressed all the doubts in his heart and hurried to collect information in the temple. In order to collect enough clues, he even went out in the middle of the night to try to enter the underground temple. Unfortunately, the mechanism could only be used by Priest Chen, and he pressed it for a long time but there was no response.

Finally, the last day arrived.

Cheng Hui had clearly calculated that the last three months ended today, which means that if there were any changes, it would most likely happen tonight.

It should have been an ordinary day, but Cheng Hui spent it cautiously and did not make any discoveries from morning to night.

At night, he quietly left the room, came to the temple hall, and hid in the shadow of the corner.

Not long after, a figure suddenly appeared in the center of the auditorium.

Cheng Hui suddenly opened his eyes wide and stared at the figure.

The figure slowly walked to the front of the statue, looked up for a while, and suddenly sneered. Then he turned on the switch behind the statue, and the entrance to the underground temple suddenly opened.

Cheng Hui watched Priest Chen disappear at the entrance and was about to follow him in, but before he left, he saw a figure suddenly appear in the auditorium.

Cheng Hui: !!! Damn! I’m so scared!

He slammed on the brakes and stopped his movements. In the dim light, he realized that the person standing there was actually an ordinary priest.

He remembered that he had seen him several times in the temple, but he had never paid much attention to him. Now it seemed that this person's purpose was not simple.

He recalled that he seemed to have heard someone call him Priest Sun.

Priest Sun moved quickly and flashed into the entrance opened by Priest Chen. After he went in, Cheng Hui quickly followed suit.

As soon as he entered, the entrance closed. If he wanted to leave, he had to wait for Priest Chen to open it again from the inside.

Cheng Hui deliberately waited at the entrance for a while before slowly walking down. It was very quiet in the silent darkness.

The priest Sun in front seemed to be very proficient in the skills of infiltration. The sound of his steps was very light, and Cheng Hui had to listen very carefully to distinguish his footsteps.

The stairs going downstairs were not too long, and Priest Sun soon walked into the corridor. He was curious about the doors on both sides of the corridor, but he did not act rashly. After carefully distinguishing them, he pushed open the sixth door.

Cheng Hui followed closely behind. The five doors in front were occupied by the Wuwei Patriarch. Since he was not sure of the other party's condition, he did not go in and seek death.

To be honest, he was also afraid of seeing something strange after entering. For the sake of his own mental health, he decided to get straight to the point and enter the sixth door!

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