Blood-red words continued to appear on the Buddha's face: "She is in the dilapidated temple at the foot of the mountain. Go and find her."
In an instant, the dark clouds slowly dispersed, and the gale subsided. Little White quickly jumped onto Li Zhiyi's shoulder, and Li Zhiyi jumped directly from the face of the Buddha down to the ground.
When the three people below regained their senses, they saw that the eerie black sky had returned to daytime, and the wind had stopped. They hurriedly looked up at the face of the Buddha to look for Li Zhiyi, but unfortunately, they did not see him.
"Si Ye, where is Miss Li? Where did she go?" Fu Yanche asked in surprise.
Gu Siye was also puzzled. She had clearly been on the face of the Buddha just now, so how could she suddenly disappear? Could she have encountered danger?
Just as they were pondering what to do, Miss Li appeared behind them: "Let's go."
The group turned around abruptly, completely incredulous at when she had come down from the Buddha's face. "Miss Li, how did you get down?" Chen Zhihe couldn't help but ask, his curiosity piqued.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask." Gu Siye's words were cold and devoid of any emotion.
Chen Zhihe realized that his curiosity had gotten a little too strong, and said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm sorry, Miss Li, I didn't mean anything by it. I'm just curious, where are we going now?"
"Go find Nianzhi." After saying that, Li Zhizhi turned and left.
As soon as the group left, a sudden gust of wind arose, sweeping across the entire wilderness and stirring up layers of sand and dust, plunging the world into chaos, as if it were the prelude to the end of the world.
Fu Yanche cursed, "This damn weather! It suddenly turned from day to night, and now the wind has picked up again."
"Yes, this place is really eerie."
Li Zhi quickened his pace. Although the person behind the giant Buddha indicated that Gu Nianzhi was not in danger, there was more than one evil thing in the mountains. There were many strange and monstrous things, and who knew what kind of bad things might be involved.
The group followed Li Zhiyi, panting. Li Zhiyi stood in front of the dilapidated temple and then went inside. There were two Buddha statues inside, but their entire bodies were black, so it was obvious that they were not genuine Buddhas.
"Nianzhi, Nianzhi, where are you?"
Xiao Bai darted out of Li Zhiyi's arms and jumped directly onto the Buddha's face. It scratched the Buddha's eyes, and blood-red liquid flowed from the Buddha's eyes, though it was unclear whether it was blood or something else.
This bizarre scene made Chen Zhihe gasp.
"Miss Li, what is this?" Fu Yanche couldn't help but ask.
Li Zhiyi did not answer him. He drew a Bagua mirror in the air with his bare hand, and with a touch of his finger, the golden light of the Bagua mirror shone into the dilapidated temple, instantly turning the originally dark temple into a bright one.
Xiao Bai was still sniffing around for Gu Nianzhi's scent. Soon, Xiao Bai called out to one of the large Buddha statues. Li Zhiyi walked to the Buddha's side, closed his eyes, and used his mind to sense the Buddha. He eventually discovered that there was a secret passage inside the Buddha statue.
He opened his eyes and pushed the Buddha statue hard, causing it to creak and groan, revealing a hidden passage.
The group of grown men were stunned. They never imagined that there would be hidden mechanisms inside this dilapidated temple. They probably wouldn't have been able to find them by themselves.
The passage was pitch black. Li Zhi lit a talisman to illuminate the way ahead. Only then did everyone see that there were many unknown bones in the passage and strange patterns drawn on the walls. Chen Zhihe felt dizzy and nauseous after just one look.
Li Zhiyi said, "Don't look around, just look ahead."
It's a place where the sun never shines, it's damp and cold, and the smell of blood is mixed with a nauseating musty smell. The combination of these smells gives you a headache.
Following the light from the talisman, the group walked forward and saw a woman squatting on the ground, seemingly doing something. At a glance, Gu Siye recognized her as his sister and anxiously called out, "Nianzhi, Nianzhi, what are you doing?"
"Miss Li, what's wrong with Miss Gu?"
"Don't speak."
Li Zhi walked directly to Gu Nianzhi's side and patted her on the shoulder, placing a sobering talisman on it. Gu Nianzhi slowly turned her head.
His eyes were just vacant, like those of a fool or someone who hadn't woken up yet, staring at people with a dazed look, his eyeballs not moving at all.
Everyone sensed that Miss Gu was acting very strangely. Li Zhiyi knew that Gu Nianzhi had been so frightened that she had lost a part of her soul, which was why she had this expression.
If her soul isn't recovered in time, she'll be stuck with being an idiot forever.
At this moment, Li Zhi's aura became even more fierce, and Fu Yanche and Chen Zhihe inexplicably shivered!
"Is my sister alright?" Gu Siyue wanted to go forward and help his sister up, but his sister seemed to be very afraid of him and kept avoiding him, which made Gu Siyue feel very uncomfortable.
"It's alright, Little White, you can go." Little White meowed and disappeared from the spot, its speed far beyond what a cat could do.
However, having witnessed so many strange things today, they didn't find it odd; they were just worried about Gu Nianzhi's condition, which looked very bad.
Li Zhi saw that the walls were filled with vengeful spirits beckoning to her, and they seemed to want to devour the spirits alive. However, she ignored them. The evil Buddha had no intention of attacking her yet, otherwise the vengeful spirits in the walls would have come out long ago.
However, the person behind the evil Buddha was clearly testing his own strength; otherwise, Gu Nianzhi wouldn't have been imprisoned in this secret passage. Ha.
Following Gu Nianzhi's scent, Xiaobai found an old locust tree. Gu Nianzhi's soul was trapped inside the old locust tree and couldn't get out. Moreover, her soul was so frightened that she didn't recognize anyone!
Several people had hanged themselves on the old locust tree, and the vengeful spirits there were preventing Xiaobai from getting close. Xiaobai opened its mouth and swallowed several of the vengeful spirits directly into its stomach.
Xiao Bai used his magic to uproot the old locust tree. The tree crashed to the ground with a loud bang, and Gu Nianzhi's lost soul had nowhere to escape. Xiao Bai caught it and carried it on his back.
The group waited quietly for a while, and then Xiaobai returned. However, Xiaobai's steps seemed heavy. This was because Xiaobai was carrying Gu Nianzhi's soul back on his back, and Gu Nianzhi's soul was very resistant to Xiaobai. Xiaobai was afraid of harming Gu Nianzhi's soul, so he carried it with his own body.
Xiao Bai didn't dare use any magic. The reason her soul left her body was because she had been stimulated or frightened in some way! She couldn't be stimulated again.
Li Zhi grabbed Xiao Bai with his bare hands, then pressed a point on Gu Nianzhi's temple.
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