Chen Jing and the others returned to the hall where the angels had previously been.
In the hall, besides the door you came through, there are six symmetrical doors on the left and right sides, which are blocked by white silk threads, so only a part of them can be seen.
In the hall, the angel's blood had long since dried, leaving the floor a white expanse.
Four will-o'-the-wisps surrounded Li Sifei, illuminating the way. Before she could issue any orders, Li Aidan, who had just woken up and whose injuries and strength had recovered, immediately ran to the first door on the left and listened to the sounds inside.
Before anyone else could speak, Li Ai spoke first: "There are sounds coming from inside, like people eating noodles, slurping." She even made a gesture to demonstrate.
He Lili hesitated and said, "Personally, I feel that what we're eating isn't noodles."
"Could it be pig intestines?" Zhang Taoying muttered under her breath, "With just a slurp, all that essence will be sucked in through the pipes."
"I didn't expect you to have this hobby," He Lili said, slightly surprised.
Don't turn this into a roast session... You guys have such a good attitude... Chen Jing then thought of the thin white tubes connecting the angels to those maggots. Under the gaze of the "Assassin's Eye," those thin white tubes were clearly "weak points."
He didn't speak, deciding to keep a low profile and avoid attracting attention based on past experience and previous conclusions.
“The way of learning witchcraft inevitably involves eating raw meat and drinking blood.” Zhang Taoying licked her lips, no longer appearing as weak and fragile as before.
Li Ai turned her gaze to the maggots and nodded thoughtfully: "Eating that means sucking it out."
Dao Nan drew his weapon and said, "Alright, let's assume there's another 'angel' eating noodles inside. Let's prepare for battle before opening the door."
“Our ancestors all did this, so why not try again?” Zhang Taoying was still discussing blood sausage, but she herself stood in a more back position, ready to cast a spell at any time.
"Let's divine the risks of opening the door," Li Si said to He Lili, then looked at Li Aidan: "Go listen to the situation in the other rooms."
Li Ai nodded and carefully walked over, while He Lili closed her eyes for a moment and said, "I didn't sense any malice."
“There’s no sound.” Li Ai retreated from the second door on the left. “Start with the first one on the left, go in one by one and check. If there’s anything, just fight it.”
It seems this is the only way. No one objected. Li Ai walked alone to the first door on the left, with Dao Nan by her side, ready to provide support at any time. Chen Jing drew his straight sword, Lonely City, He Lili gripped her pistol, and Zhang Taoying nervously placed her hand on her blindfold.
Li Ai single-handedly broke open the door with tremendous force, and Chen Jing's gaze followed her shoulder, revealing a horrifying scene:
Among the stacked "cicada pupae," there was a large cicada pupae with only a slit in its eye and white feathers filled with oil on its back, which was sucking a pale red liquid from a thin tube.
The thin white tube extends deep into the underground pile of maggot-infested corpses.
What, what is this thing?! Chen Jing almost took out the palm lightning that Dao Nan had given him and blasted it.
He Lili's voice rang out from the side: "It seems like they didn't sense any malice, but..."
"Looks like it's not pig intestines, it's an upgraded version of human intestines," Zhang Taoying whispered at the back.
For a moment, Chen Jing and the others did not dare to make any moves, because He Lili did not feel any hostility, and Li Si did not speak.
Finally, as if sensing Chen Jing and the others, the cicada suddenly spoke, uttering the voice of an old man, hoarse and carrying a strange sense of irritation:
"Good, good, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that anyone would come here."
The old man in the cicada pupa opened slightly, white threads still clinging to his sides: "I want to become an angel, I want to gain freedom. If you kill the competitors in the other rooms, I will reward you..."
“Competitors?” Chen Jing pondered the word.
"You mean there are other people like you in other rooms?" Li Si asked.
“Yes, that’s right, but they’re all despicable people!” said the old man with the cicada pupa. “They fawn over those people in order to become angels!”
"Then how can you prove that you aren't?" Li Si continued to ask.
“Me? Of course not. I am the abbot of Meijing Taoist Temple. Heaven is watching, and I would not lie,” said the old man with the chrysanthemum cocoon.
The abbot of Meijing Taoist Temple… Chen Jing immediately thought of the diary he had seen before, which mentioned that the abbot of Meijing Taoist Temple had come here.
"You should know me, I am Mei Moke."
As he spoke, it seemed he felt that such a name was enough to convince Chen Jing and the others.
Chen Jing looked at He Lili and then at Li Si, and realized that they, like him, didn't recognize this person at all.
After a moment of silence, He Lili broke the silence, saying:
"You believe in God, but you've also joined this artificial angel church? While ordinary people may believe in many gods, believers in God don't."
The old man, Mei Moke, said, "No, you're wrong. It's not an angel, but a dragon, a dragon-man!"
"Shouldn't dragon people have horns and scales?" Dao Nan asked. "To be honest, they don't look like it."
"...Feathered Dragon?" He Lili asked tentatively.
"What is a Feathered Dragon?" Li Ai asked.
“Feathered dragons are a type of dragon. They are dragons that live in the sky and forests. They are now extinct. Sea dragons are covered in scales, while feathered dragons are covered in feathers.” He Lili said, “In the Celestial Empire… no, in the sects that believe in the heavens, many also believe in feathered dragons, and believe that the heavens are formed from the holy souls of the dead feathered dragons.”
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