Hearing this, several people nodded in agreement.

"But where is the Lanruo Temple? I walked for such a long way and didn't see a shadow...... "The scholar surnamed Chen next to him lifted the book basket on his body, feeling that his back was sore and his legs were numb, he really wanted to take a good rest as soon as possible, and it would be better if he could take a bath with water."

"This is also ......" The scholar surnamed Lu frowned slightly, and turned to look into the distance, but now that the fog is getting thicker and the night is dark, he really can't see too far away.

I could only see the leaves on both sides swaying under the cold night wind, as if countless pairs of black pressed palms were slowly waving, and I couldn't wait to welcome their arrival.

But as he was talking, he suddenly could faintly see a few red lights looming in the distance, like the flickering of candle flames, it should be a place where people live!

"Look! There seems to be someone over there! The scholar surnamed Lu pointed to that place, a little pleased.

When everyone heard the reputation, they saw the few candles, and suddenly their hearts were a little settled, and they said: "This wilderness is unlikely to be inhabited, I think it is Nalanruo Temple, so we will go to ask for a night, it should be feasible." ”

Now that I have a goal, I am naturally more motivated to do so. Everyone did not delay any longer, and hurriedly hurried towards the place where the candles were lit, for fear that they would not be able to enter the temple if it was too late.

After walking for a while, the location of the candlelight was finally close in front of me.

It's just a little surprising that the Lanruo Temple in front of him is not as dilapidated as Xu Zhiyan said before, but it looks unexpected...... Gorgeous.

I saw a temple full of incense rising from the open space, both the tiles and the walls were brand new, as if they had just been completed, almost spotless, without any damage or collapse. In front of the court, a huge tree stands tall, and its branches and foliage cover half of the temple, which is quite magnificent.

Under the tree, there is a platform where pilgrims put incense and offer incense, only to see that it has been filled with incense candles that are dancing with candles, and the faint smoke rising from it fills the air to bring a shallow but quite moving aroma, which makes people feel calm when they smell it from afar, and the fatigue seems to be swept away, which is quite strange.

"Here...... There must be a lot of pilgrims on a regular basis. The scholar surnamed Lu sighed, "There are so many people who come here in such a remote area, and it is also extraordinary." ”

It's just that what makes him a little strange is that there is no one in this temple now, and even the old woman in the mouth of Na Zhiyan is nowhere to be seen.

After walking around, the whole temple was empty, and even the voices of people were not heard, but it was strange that each Buddha statue was lit with incense and candles, which illuminated the entire temple with a fiery red warmth, faintly dispelling the slight chill of the summer night.

"Weird." The thinnest young man surnamed Zhang looked around, and he always felt that something was not quite right, "Even if the old man is not there, why is there no one left behind?" Not afraid that someone will come in and steal something? ”

"In front of the Buddha, who dares to be presumptuous?" The scholar surnamed Lu was full of words, he raised his head and looked at the golden-bodied smiling Buddha statue in the middle of the Buddha hall, thought about it, or knelt down and bowed three times, closed his palms and closed his eyes and said, "The Buddha is above, I and a few others will go to Nishan Academy to study, unfortunately it is late, I want to borrow your temple to stay for one night, and I will leave tomorrow morning, don't blame!" ”

After that, he opened his eyes and looked at a few people on the side: "You might as well come and worship, don't ask ghosts and gods not to disturb, but ask for peace of mind." ”

"No, no, no." The scholar shook his head and refused, glanced at the Buddha statue, his eyes seemed to flash a little greed, and then he retracted his gaze, "It's not early, I just saw a well in the yard, I'll go get some water to take a shower and then read a book for a while and go to sleep, do any of you want to be together?" ”

In the end, except for the scholar surnamed Yan, the other people went to take a shower together.

The scholar surnamed Lu glanced up at the backs of the departing people, and then turned to look at the companion who was staring at the Buddha statue, and was a little puzzled: "Brother Zangshan, don't you go with them?" ”

"I'll wait a minute." This scholar surnamed Yan, that is, Yan Zangshan, shook his head slowly, but he didn't kneel down to worship the Buddha, but he just closed his eyes slightly as if he had a feeling, but he opened his eyes for a long time and was a little confused, and his eyes were even deeper when he looked at the smiling Buddha in front of him.

"This doesn't seem to be an ordinary temple."

"Indeed." The scholar surnamed Lu glanced at him in some surprise, then nodded, thoughtfully, "This statue of the Ancestral Buddha should have been extinct a hundred years ago, and now the most widely known is the Azu Buddha." Why is there still this Buddha statue left here, and there are so many incense offerings......"

As a person who is also inferior to himself in Xu Zhiyan's mouth, he can naturally see these details, but he doesn't see any flaws.

And he believes that Xu Zhiyan will not lie to him, and there is no need to lie to him. But now this temple is indeed diametrically opposed to what the other party said at the time, and it is strange and disturbing everywhere.

"But we're just passing by for a night, so we don't have to pursue it so much." He was puzzled but had no intention of delving, and the top priority was to recharge his batteries for tomorrow's journey and have a good night's rest.

The scholar surnamed Lu waved goodbye and chose a guest room with the book basket on his back to live in. Although this temple is not big, there are still several rooms left, and just a few people can sleep one by one, so you don't have to worry about crowding.

In the Buddhist hall full of candles, only Yan Zangshan was left at the moment.

He turned to look at the dark corner where the candle flame could not shine around, where several low and rough Buddha statues could be faintly seen, and their faces were particularly hideous, and a pair of eyes painted in black ink seemed to be like a spirit peeping at the people worshipping the Buddha, and their slightly open mouths seemed to be mocking, which was really unpleasant

The summer night breeze was cool and cool, and the prayer flags inlaid with copper sheets shook with a crisp collision sound, like a dark hoarseness, and swirled around the beams.

Frowning slightly, Yan Zangshan didn't stay long after all, and walked into the room, but he didn't fall asleep immediately, but after lighting the candle, he carefully put his book basket on the table, and took out a slender sword box from it after a while.

The strange thing is that although this sword box is dark red and hoarse, it invisibly exudes a sharp aura, so that ordinary people don't even dare to look at it directly. Even when Yan Zangshan held the sword box, the temperament of the whole person changed from the original elegant scholar to a sharp swordsman!

"If there really are any demons and monsters...... a cold glint flashed between his eyes, "Then I can't say that my generation will use this sword box handed down by my grandfather to slay demons!" ”