Ancient Mountain Mystery (I)

Chapter 4: Visiting the Temple

Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming continued to walk slowly up the mountain, one step deep and one step shallow. Every time they walked a short distance, the temperature dropped sharply, as if they were riding a crazy roller coaster. The coldness was enough to freeze the bones. The surrounding leaves were also becoming more and more withered and yellow, as if they had been drained of their life juice. When the wind blew, they fell down.

After walking for a long time, Xiao Ming suddenly stopped as if he had been cast a spell. Xu Ruian was full of doubts and looked at him with a puzzled face. There were question marks on his head one after another. He didn't understand why this kid suddenly stopped there like a wooden stake. Xiao Ming opened and closed his mouth and said, "Hey, there is a temple on the mountain. I thought we could go there to rest, catch our breath, and relax." Xu Ruian listened and nodded vigorously without saying anything, which meant: OK, I'll listen to you, let's do it.

So, Xiao Ming, like a guide, led them towards the mysterious temple in front. Along the way, the road under their feet became more and more difficult to walk, with weeds and Rolling Stones. As they walked, suddenly, as if they had seen a ghost, Xiao Ming's eyes suddenly widened like copper bells, and his eyeballs almost fell out.

He suddenly froze there, motionless, as if someone had pressed acupuncture points. When Xu Ruian saw this, his heart skipped a beat. He hurriedly followed him and asked anxiously, "Hey, brother, what's going on, Xiao Ming? Don't scare me!"

Xiao Ming stretched out a finger and trembled as he pointed at a tattered sign next to him and said, "Take a look at this." The two walked to the sign with heavy steps, and saw that it was written in a few blood-red words that looked like fresh blood: "Youling Temple".

The two looked at each other, their eyes were full of surprise and fear, and their hearts were instantly agitated like drums, boom, boom, boom, their heartbeats could be heard clearly in this quiet forest.

This temple was so lonely in the middle of a hill, surrounded by dense forests that covered the sky. The forest was so dense that not even a few rays of sunlight could penetrate. Once you step into it, it is very easy to get lost and lose your way.

"What is the situation with this temple?" Xu Ruian frowned so hard that he could kill a fly, his eyes were full of confusion and vigilance, and his voice was trembling as he asked Xiao Ming.

Xiao Ming was still calm at that time. He glanced to the side and noticed a pair of goggles lying on the ground next to him. He said, "Look at the goggles. Isn't it weird and creepy?"

Xu Ruian looked in the direction of Xiao Ming's finger, looked at the goggles, and said, "Yes, it is really weird. Why is this thing here?"

Xiao Ming squatted down, picked up the goggles carefully, and handed them to Xu Ruian as if he was holding a treasure. Xu Ruian took the goggles, turned them over and over, and looked at them carefully. His seriousness was as if he was studying some rare treasure. "Maybe these goggles can reveal some useful information to us." Xu Ruian said as he cast the spirit-chasing spell on the goggles. A vivid image of a climber immediately appeared in his mind.

The man was wearing a gray, tattered shirt, wearing black sunglasses, carrying a bulging package with unknown contents on his back, wearing a pair of hiking shoes that didn't look like they fit him well, and dragging a long stick behind him. He was walking towards the top of the mountain, one foot deep and one foot shallow.

When climbers climb mountains, they are so careful that they quickly put on their goggles to prevent their vision from being blocked by branches, leaves, or flying insects. He finally walked to the temple gate, and suddenly, it started snowing without any warning. The snowflakes were like goose feathers, floating down in large flakes. He looked up and found a dark, shadowy shadow in the middle of the clouds in the sky, and he couldn't really see what it was.

The climber blinked and looked for a while, but he was scared and couldn't figure out what was going on. Then he walked forward again.

After walking for a while, a bright light suddenly flashed, which was so bright that it made people unable to open their eyes. The climber shivered with fear and quickly hid behind a big rock.

Two women suddenly appeared in the sky. They were wearing white gauze hats and their faces were painted with white foundation like flour, so their true faces could not be seen clearly. In their hands, they each held a dagger that was shining coldly and extremely sharp. Under the reflection of the snow, the dagger flashed a frightening light. They floated in the air like ghosts. After flying for a while, they saw the climber hiding behind the rock. Their faces changed immediately, and they rushed towards the climber at an accelerated speed.

The two women were like two fierce eagles, and they came to the climber in an instant. The climber was so frightened when he saw this that he ran away, his legs like they were equipped with hot wheels. But strangely, his body seemed to be under a spell, and he didn't move very well. He just kept running straight forward. After running for a while, he bumped into something with a bang, and then he fell and rolled down the cliff for a long distance until he hit a big tree and stopped.

The two women flew around the cliff, looked left and right, and then flew into the temple like a gust of wind.

After chasing the spirits, Xu Ruian shook his head violently and returned to reality. He looked up and saw that it was snowing heavily again, which was exactly the same as the scene he saw in the climber's memory.

The two women reappeared in the air like ghosts, still holding the gleaming daggers tightly in their hands, with ferocious faces, and rushed towards Xu Ruian with great momentum.

This time, their goal was clear, that is, they were determined to kill Xu Ruian, and they would not stop until they killed him.

They were as fast as lightning, and they were by Xu Ruian's side in the blink of an eye. When Xu Ruian saw this, his heart tightened, and he hurriedly raised his sword to resist. The two women didn't care about this, and waved the daggers without hesitation and chopped them down fiercely.

Xu Ruian was not careful and was stabbed in the left shoulder.

Blood gushed out like a spring, and instantly dyed his clothes red. The scene was heartbreaking.

"Ruian!" Xiao Ming yelled at the top of his lungs, his eyes red, and he rushed towards Xu Ruian desperately.

The two women looked at Xu Ruian, and a hint of murderous intent flashed in their eyes. Without saying a word, they attacked Xu Ruian again at the same time.

With a "whoosh", the two women disappeared in an instant, as if they had evaporated from the face of the earth. When they reappeared, they were already beside Xiao Ming.

One of them raised a dagger without saying a word and wanted to stab it into Xiao Ming's chest.

Xu Ruian's face turned pale as paper in an instant, bloodless, and he seemed to have lost his soul. He yelled at the top of his lungs: "Xiao Ming!"

But Xiao Ming was not panicked at all, and he was quite calm at the critical moment. He slowly opened the protective shield and immediately protected himself tightly inside.

The attacks of the two women all fell on Xiao Ming's protective shield, making crackling sounds. Xiao Ming's defense is really super strong. The attacks of the two women were like tickling, and did not cause much damage to Xiao Ming.

"Take advantage of it now!" Xiao Ming shouted at Xu Ruian, and then he waved his hands and used the wind blade.

The wind blade was like an invisible sword, whizzing towards the woman holding the dagger. The woman reacted quickly and dodged to the side. But the wind blade still rubbed her leg.

"Snap!" The woman's leg was broken like a broken branch, and blood flowed out. The scene was painful to watch.

The woman screamed, and the sound echoed in the valley, making people shudder. She collapsed to the ground, her face pale.

Xu Ruian saw this scene, his face was ashen, and he gnashed his teeth in anger. With his right hand extended, a blazing fireball quickly condensed in his palm, and then, he fiercely smashed it towards the injured woman.

With a "boom!", a huge flame shot up into the sky, like a fire dragon, baring its fangs and claws.

The woman's body was instantly burned to charcoal, and she died without even a sound.

Xu Ruian gritted his teeth and threw the fireball in his hand towards the last woman.

Seeing this, the woman quickly raised the dagger in her hand to block the fierce fireball.

With a "bang", the fireball exploded, and the fire illuminated the entire sky, just like a big firework.

The woman quickly jumped up, covering her injured arm, gasping for breath, staring at Xu Ruian in horror, her eyes full of fear. Xu Ruian seized the opportunity, took out a piece of paper of talisman, and threw it towards her.

The talisman flew in front of the woman and exploded instantly. Green rays of light emanated from the talisman paper, quickly enveloping the woman.

"Ah~~~" The woman screamed heartbreakingly, her body burned, and the flames burned more and more vigorously. Before long, her body completely burned, turned into ashes, and drifted away in the wind.

Xiao Ming put away the protective shield, patted the dust off his body, and stood up.

"How is it?" Xu Ruian asked, panting.

"No problem." Xiao Ming replied, and then said: "But I think it's better for us to find a way out as soon as possible. If we stay in this ghost place for a long time, we don't know what will happen."

"Yeah. I think so too." Xu Ruian nodded and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"By the way, how is your shoulder?" Xiao Ming asked with concern.

"Much better." Xu Ruian forced a smile and said, "It's okay, this little injury is nothing."

"Well, your wound may need to be sutured, otherwise it will be troublesome if it gets infected." Xiao Ming said.

"I see." Xu Ruian nodded, and the two turned to look at the temple door, and found that it had been closed at some point. They walked to the temple door, raised their feet and kicked hard, but the temple door was as strong as cast iron and could not be kicked open at all.

"This temple door is made of special materials, and ordinary attacks are useless against it." Xiao Ming frowned and explained.

"In this case, we can only destroy it." A glimmer of determination flashed in Xu Ruian's eyes.

"I have a way." Xiao Ming said, "Let's use the fire element together to melt it."

"Okay, let's start." Xu Ruian nodded, and then he and Xiao Ming looked at each other, and both stretched out their hands at the same time.

Xu Ruian and Xiao Ming held hands tightly together, and gave each other an encouraging look.

"Boom!" There was a loud noise, deafening.

The temple door was finally broken by the two people working together.

But what the two men didn't expect was that there was a person standing in the middle of the temple, and this person was the person they had been looking for with great difficulty - Ying'er.