Chapter 383 Darkness Itself
It was a plain-colored palace lantern.

The palace lantern has a traditional and simple shape, with a lacquered wooden frame, a white lampshade, and four tassels hanging underneath. The light of the candle shines through the yellow cloth, and the warm light illuminates a large area of ​​the space.

The person holding the palace lantern is a statue.

The statue has a slender body and a human-like head, but its ears are oddly large. Its body is bent and it holds the pole of the palace lantern in one hand, raising it to a height of more than three meters.

Behind the statue is a temple.

This temple is made of red bricks and green tiles, has no name, and does not occupy a large area. The worn and greasy door curtains cover most of the view inside, and all that can be seen is a solemn statue sitting inside.

Under the light.

Wu Xian gradually relaxed.

The experience he just had in the darkness made the hair on his body stand on end. Even a man like him felt terrified. The fear of darkness that goes deep into the bone can only be understood by those who have experienced it personally.

Then Wu Xian began to look around.

This is a spacious big-bellied cave. Except for the direction of the temple, other places are relatively primitive.

There are stalactites above and stalagmites below. The ground is slightly bumpy, but generally it is flat. There is a pond opposite the temple. It seems that in this blessed land, at least there is no need to worry about drinking water.

Looking up, down, left and right, there are holes everywhere. Each hole is pitch black. No one knows where they lead to, and no one knows what will come out of the hole.

Besides Wu Xian, there are other people here.

One was a skinny woman with disheveled hair. The woman was curled up in a corner. There was some hay and a small pile of firewood on the ground. Her eyes were bloodshot and she kept staring at Wu Xian, saying something.

There was also a young couple, dressed like mountaineers, but their backpacks were lost. They supported each other and there was blood on their bodies.

Wu Xian looked up and saw a dark hole above.

It seems that the sound that saved Wu Xian's life just now was made by these two people when they fell from above. They are really lucky to be safe after falling from such a high place.

Wu Xian thought for a moment.

He walked towards the woman huddled in the corner.

Although there was light, Wu Xian was not sure whether it was safe now. He needed to understand the current environment as quickly as possible. The man and woman had obviously just fallen down and might not know as much as Wu Xian did.

Therefore, this skinny woman is the best source of information.

Wu Xian stroked his curly hair, trying to look as handsome as possible: "Sister, do you know what's going on here?"

"Great, great!"

The woman ignored Wu Xian and instead covered her arm and talked to herself neurotically.

"The one who wants to die has come. Another person can die. I have food again. I can live a few more days..."

Wu Xian pushed the woman twice, but she still didn't respond. She just kept repeating some meaningless words. It seemed that there was no way to get any information from her for the time being.

Then Wu Xian turned and looked at the couple.

The man gave Wu Xian a nasty look: "Don't look at me, I still want to ask you something."

After some communication.

Wu Xian learned that the two were newlyweds, the man was named Huang Debiao and the woman was named Xia Caoqing.

The couple was on their honeymoon and wanted to leave some special memories, so they went backpacking into the mountains. As a result, they slipped and fell into a hole covered by weeds. They didn't know how long they fell before they finally fell here.

Huang Debiao looks like a man with a very bad temper. Being in such a situation, he can hardly think. His face is as black as coal, and it is very difficult to communicate with him. He often gets angry for no reason.

Xia Caoqing was a person of good temper. She patted Huang Debiao's arm and consoled him: "We are traveling in Zhongzhi Mountain. This place should be underground. If we don't go back for a long time, there will definitely be a search and rescue team to save us. We don't need to worry too much." "We can't go back!" The crazy woman suddenly screamed, "No one can go back!"

The scream scared Xia Caoqing so much that his face turned pale. Huang Debiao stood up and wanted to hit someone, but it was his wife who stopped him so no violence occurred.

There was no mood for discussion among the three of them anymore.

Wu Xian stepped aside.

Judging from Xia Caoqing's words, this world is the healthiest and most blessed place he has ever experienced.

Although strange events have already happened, the outside world is still operating normally. Only if the world is safe enough will the newlyweds be brave enough to travel into the mountains.

But just because the world is safe doesn't mean we are safe here.

It was too dark when I first entered the blessed land and I couldn’t see clearly the contents on the certificate. Now that there is light, I can take a look at what message the certificate has left for me.

'Deep darkness kills people, strange words make ghosts appear.'

'It's hard to get through the day with dim lights, but the evil spirit refuses to let out light.'

'Survive in this blessed land for seven days and you can leave.'

Wu Xian's eyelids twitched. Putting aside the content of the crappy poem, the requirements for this blessed land were too simple. It was just to survive for seven days.

But the simpler the request, the more it proves the danger of this blessed land.

Because this only shows that in this blessed land, even just surviving is a difficult thing, unlike other blessed lands where there is still some room for decay.

"Deep darkness kills people. It means that in a dark environment, there are dangers lurking that are enough to kill people. I have just experienced this."

"Strange words stir up ghosts... What does this mean? Tell me to keep my mouth shut?"

"The lights are dim and the days are hard to pass. This should mean that the key to survival in this blessed land is light..."

"The fierce god..."

Wu Xian felt a little annoyed. This evil spirit couldn't be a demon at the level of a demon. Could it be that in this blessed land, he would have to face a demon at the level of an evil spirit?

Even with the Yama Card in hand, Wu Xian still felt somewhat unsafe, because the Yama Card could not guarantee a single-strike kill against even the most evil spirits, let alone the higher-level evil spirits.

This seemingly ordinary world has been targeted by a vicious god, and the crisis hidden within it is even more terrifying than those worlds that have been destroyed.

Wu Xian continued to flip through the certificate of ordination, and as he was flipping through it, his eyes went dark again.

"No, I haven't done anything yet, why am I cursed?"

Curse: Fear of the Dark

When the cursed person stays in the darkness, the negative state of "darkness fear" will gradually accumulate on him, and the darker the environment, the faster the accumulation speed.

The deeper the state, the more unstable the cursed person's emotions will be, and all kinds of abilities will be weakened proportionally.

This state weakens over time when in a bright environment.

Wu Xian put down his certificate of ordination.

Take a deep breath.

This curse should apply to everyone indiscriminately, so even if one has abilities like night vision, one cannot easily get through the blessed land, because in this blessed land, the most terrifying thing is not the things in the darkness, but the darkness itself.

(End of this chapter)