Chapter 394: Light the Palace Lantern Again
What happened next.

Huang Debiao can't remember it clearly.

He only remembered that he was frightened to the point of insanity and fled from home in a panic, just like a stray dog ​​that was frightened by the sound of firecrackers on New Year's Eve and could only huddle in a damp corner, shivering.

Huang Debiao had a hard time after that. No matter where he lived, he could hear the strange sound of marbles and would receive a house transaction contract at midnight.

I don’t know how long this kind of day lasted.

Gradually, the contracts no longer appeared, the sound of marbles disappeared, Huang Debiao got rid of the haze, and met an artistic girl who attracted him. The two fell in love and eventually got together.

The reason why Huang Debiao agreed to go traveling with Xia Caoqing right after his marriage was because he was afraid of the contract, so he wanted to take this opportunity to escape from the city for a while.

Xia Caoqing listened to the whole story.

She didn't act surprised, she just held Huang Debiao's hand and spoke gently.

“If we can survive in this dark cave, we can find a way to take the house back when we return.”

Wu Xian rolled his eyes.

Just take it for granted, don’t do that, this is not allowed, this is a standard flag!
Others also had different reactions to this story.

The crazy woman listened very carefully, frowning from time to time, as if she was trying to analyze information from the story. This behavior made Wu Xian very concerned.

Gong Xiujuan was so frightened that she was trembling.

Xiong Gang scratched his ears with his thick fingers, his eyes a little confused. He didn't understand what was so scary about this story at all.

After a short while.

The palace lantern held by the big-eared statue lit up, and the warm yellow light once again illuminated the entire cave.

The sudden change in light seemed to bring everyone from night to day in an instant, and a sense of security instantly arose in their hearts. The negative emotions that had accumulated due to the darkness were also slightly relieved.

Blah, blah, blah...

Everyone could hear the dense footsteps. There were countless things in the darkness that were evacuating from the cave. It seemed that their previous movements had attracted many things in the cave.

That big spider is just an outpost.

If we hadn't been able to deal with the spider, more would have probably attacked.

"Please increase the brightness of the fire tomorrow, otherwise it will be too dangerous."

Speaking of fire.

The moment the palace lantern lit up, the crazy woman began to put out the fire. The lamp was already on, and it would be a waste of resources to continue burning.

Wu Xian used the light from the palace lanterns to look around and found three obvious differences between the cave and the last time the lights were on.

One is a temple.

The door curtain in front of the temple was slightly open. Without getting close, one could vaguely see that the statue inside was black and wore a crown on its head.

The second place is a corner of the cave.

There was an additional wood sculpture there, which looked somewhat similar to the 'Southern Three Qi Fire Star God' that Wu Xiangang had worshipped before, except that the sculpture looked like it was only half-carved.

A hint of surprise flashed in Wu Xian's eyes.

"It seems that the production of statues in this blessed land is indeed related to burning. As long as enough wood is burned, statues will appear. When burning buildings outside, the statues will be produced directly at high speed. When lighting a bonfire in a cave, the progress bar of the statues will slowly accumulate."

"It seems that there should be no shortage of idols here, so we should hunt more monsters and get more incense."

The third difference is the traces on the ground.

In order to divide the two bodies, a lot of blood was left on the ground, some green and some red, as well as some filth from the stomach sacs and grease that was accidentally spilled when boiling oil.

Normally, these stains should be very difficult to remove.

Before, the light from the bonfire was dim and difficult to observe, but now that the palace lanterns were lit, Wu Xian discovered that there were very few bloodstains on the ground, as if they had been swallowed up in just a few hours.

Wu Xian suddenly felt cold all over.

"This dark cave is alive!" If this cave is alive, then perhaps many traces have been swallowed up. Wu Xian has no way of judging how many people died in this cave before the crazy woman.

Think about it for a moment.

Wu Xian stopped to think.

Thinking is important, but now is a rare period of relative safety and he must seize the time to rest.

After hesitating for two seconds, Wu Xian came to Fat Tiger, curled up next to Fat Tiger's belly, rested his head on Fat Tiger's knees and closed his eyes.

When sleeping in a blessed land, there should be someone to keep watch at night. The other five people didn't understand, and Wu Xian didn't understand either.

but.

Firstly, everyone is very tired now and no one wants to miss the precious rest time.

Secondly, Wu Xian doesn’t trust anyone in the team now.

Yes.

He doesn't trust anyone!
After entering this blessed land, there are many mysteries. Wu Xian already has several guesses in his mind, and he needs to test them bit by bit in the future.

As for now.

Let’s rely on Fat Tiger.

In such circumstances, wild animals are much more reliable than humans.

……

After Wu Xian closed his eyes.

In just a few minutes, it fell into a deep sleep. Whenever Fat Tiger felt any movement, he would open his eyes and look around. He seemed very lazy, but in fact he always maintained the vigilance unique to wild beasts.

A few hours later.

Wow!
Huang Debiao sat up and stared at the temple blankly with a complicated expression, a little confused and a little surprised.

It was not until Xia Caoqing pulled him that he shivered a bit, then he lay down and hugged Xia Caoqing and fell asleep.

For a moment, the only sound in the entire cave was snoring.

In the darkness of a cave near the cave, a wrinkled old man's hand slowly stretched out and reached out to grab everyone, but when it was exposed to the light, it was as if it was burned, and it slowly withdrew its fingers.

Eight hours passed in a flash.

Wu Xian opened his eyes.

I found that the palace lanterns had begun to turn yellow.

Sleeping in a tiger's arms is very comfortable and warm. The parts close to the tiger skin are even a little hot, and it also makes you feel very safe.

The only drawback is that the tiger's hair is a bit hard and has a slightly smelly smell, unlike a kitten's soft and sweet hair.

"Come to think of it, Heigu has always wanted to have a cat."

"These days, pets want to have pets."

Wu Xian yawned and climbed up from Fat Tiger. He walked to Huang Debiao first, looked at the time, then woke everyone up according to the time and re-lit the fire.

The fire was lit for only a few minutes.

Snapped!
The palace lanterns went out.

Only the flickering fire remained in the cave again, but this time it was much brighter than before. Increasing the light would not only make it safer, but would also increase the speed at which the statue would appear.

After getting up, everyone urinated or boiled water, trying to make themselves alert.

Wu Xian noticed that, except for himself, everyone's mental state was much better than a few hours ago, and their mental stress was relieved by light and sleep.

Everyone is ready to go and pack up their equipment.

Long before going to sleep, everyone made plans to start exploring once the palace lights went out!
(End of this chapter)