The creaking sound of the old wooden door drew everyone's attention, and the only wooden house opened its door very slowly.
The pitch-black interior gradually revealed its true nature as the outside light shone through.
It was a black stone statue with a human head and a snake's body. The flat chest indicated that it was a man.
The angle of the carving is very strange. The eyes of the stone statue are long and narrow, but the corners of the eyes are very sharp, giving it a feeling of an evil god.
Kongsang observed the stone statue and saw a snake's tail along the way, wondering what it was.
Then, the tip of its tail twitched...
No, how can a stone statue move?
I blinked and looked again, but the tail was still the same. Was it just an illusion?
The fragrance intensified, and everyone stared at Wang Xia and Zhou Gu, who were standing at the front, trying to figure out what this so-called Snake Temptation was.
The two people knelt down just like them when the door opened, and there was no movement at that moment.
After a while, Zhou Gu said, "Everyone, come forward and offer incense, one stick per person. If the incense does not go out, you have overcome the snake's temptation."
"Before offering incense, I'll say it again: if you are not a believer, please step back, lest you be devoured by ten thousand snakes and your body be left without a trace. We do not wish to commit any acts of killing."
As soon as he finished speaking, one of Nie Jingxing's men stood up, took the pure black incense stick, lit it as usual, and tried to put it into the incense burner in the wooden house.
Strangely, the man kept his hand in the incense-sticking gesture, his expression blank.
Wang Xia sneered, "Those who bring trouble upon themselves will not live."
Pairs of small red dots appeared on the man's body; these were marks from the snake's fangs gnawing at him. He must have been in great pain, but he didn't make a sound and died silently.
The incense stick in his hand burned extremely quickly, and the last spark ignited the man's corpse.
Unlike ordinary flames, almost instantly everything turned to ashes after being engulfed by the flames, leaving no trace of the remains.
No wonder missing persons can't be found; if this is the case for everyone, it would be a miracle if they were ever found.
The atmosphere became noticeably heavy as someone died silently.
Xu Lin swallowed hard and grabbed Bai Luo's arm. Did he really have to go through the snake temptation?
Bai Luo rolled her eyes at him, thinking, "What a wimp."
Perhaps because Zhou Gu's Yang Sect had brought a large number of people, Zhou Gu continued, "Next."
Nie Jingxing waved his hand, and his men got up and withdrew two-thirds of their way.
Zhou Jin, with a scar on his brow bone, stepped forward, took the incense stick, lit it, and froze as he placed it in the incense burner, but there was a faint flash of electricity in Zhou Jin's hand.
The frozen hand fell abruptly and was plunged into the incense burner.
Zhou Guwang's eyes flickered slightly, but no one said anything, letting Zhou Jin return to his seat.
Zhou Gu clapped his hands and said, "Not bad, you've passed the first one, it's your Yin Cult's turn."
Bai Luo was about to get up when she heard this, but Lin Changli beat her to it.
He lit incense, inserted incense sticks, and moved without pausing at all. His movements were fluid and graceful. When he returned to Sangsang's side, he even raised an eyebrow and gave her a "Isn't that handsome?" look.
Kong Sang rolled her eyes, offered no comment, and continued to wait for Nie Jingxing to get past the opponent.
Excluding Zhou Jin, who had already passed the test, there were still 6 of Snake Bewitch's men left behind. One died and another passed.
When they arrived at Kongsang, Bai Luo wanted to go, but Xu Lin forcibly pulled her back and floated forward himself. Lin Changli couldn't bear to watch and said, "Hurry up, you're a believer, what are you afraid of?"
Xu Lin suddenly understood something, and lit the incense stick as quickly as possible and inserted it. The whole time, it felt like a dog was chasing him, and he was even faster than Lin Changli.
Soon Bai Luo and the others had all passed through, leaving only Nie Jingxing and Kong Sang.
The man with unfathomable eyes stood up, looked behind him, and said, "Together."
This was definitely not a question, and Kong Sang was already used to Nie Jingxing's way of speaking, so she didn't refuse.
Lin Changli's persuasion had no effect on her, so she wasn't really a believer. She was a little unsure of herself, but being with Nie Jingxing meant that if something happened, someone would share the burden.
He stood up and followed, while behind him, Lin Changli's face was dark with anger, annoyed that he hadn't expected to be able to be together.
The wooden house began to shake even before the two incense sticks were lit and inserted into the incense burner.
Kong Sang was speechless. What the hell? His premonition was right. Something always happened to her.
Wang Xiazhou was also startled. This was a situation that had never occurred before. Did it pass or not?
Seemingly sensing the hesitation between the two, Nie Jingxing stepped forward and pressed down on the incense burner with his bare hand: "Insert it."
Kong Sang jogged over and inserted the incense sticks into the burner. Nie Jingxing followed suit before releasing the burner.
Then he looked at the two of them, his meaning clear: we've passed.
Wang Xiazhou's face was ashen, clearly feeling that Nie Jingxing had offended their respected snake spirit. But the rules were the rules, and they really had no choice but to swallow their pride and accept it.
Just as he was about to announce that everyone had passed through the Snake Temptation, a snake tail as thick as an adult's arm emerged from behind Nie Jingxing. Judging by the force of the blow, it was likely to cause internal bleeding...
However, Nie Jingxing didn't even turn his head before the snake's tail behind him was frozen in mid-air and broken into pieces.
Wang Xia roared angrily, "You dare to injure a snake in Xiping, you..."
His body was suspended in mid-air, preventing him from speaking any further.
Nie Jingxing said calmly, "You'd better keep quiet while I'm following your rules."
"Handsome," Bai Luo exclaimed.
Three unfriendly glances were cast my way from our side...
Bai Luo immediately covered her mouth, indicating that she would not talk nonsense anymore. Xu Lin thought about his behavior, and then looked at Nie Jingxing. He was completely dejected. It seemed that Bai Luo liked him like this...
Seeing this, Zhou Gu's eyes showed fear, and he quickly stepped forward to act as an elder, saying, "Since the snake spirit didn't get angry, it means it acknowledges that you have overcome the snake's temptation. We are all on the same side, so there's no need to be confrontational."
Nie Jingxing put down the suffocating Wang Xia, thus putting the matter behind him.
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