Hearing these words, everyone nodded and agreed.

"But where is Lanruo Temple? I haven't seen any shadow after walking for such a long time..." The scholar surnamed Chen next to him lifted the book basket on his body, feeling sore waist and numb legs. He really wanted to have a good rest early, and it would be even better if he could have water to take a shower.

"This is also..." The scholar surnamed Lu frowned slightly and turned to look into the distance. However, the fog is getting thicker and the night is dark, so I can't see too far.

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

But as he was talking, he could suddenly see a few red lights faintly appearing in the distance, as if the candlelight was flashing. It should be a place where people live!

"Look! It seems that there is someone over there!" The scholar surnamed Lu pointed to that place, a little happy.

When everyone heard the sound, they saw the candlelight and immediately calmed down, saying, "It is unlikely that there are people living in this wilderness. I think it is Lanruo Temple. We will go and stay overnight. It should be feasible."

Since we already have a goal, we will naturally be more motivated to walk like this. Everyone did not delay any longer, and quickly walked towards the misty place of candlelight, for fear that they would not be able to enter the temple if they were too late.

After walking for a while, the location of the candlelight was finally near.

It was just a bit surprising that the Lanruo Temple in front of me was not as dilapidated as Xu Zhiyan said before, but it seemed unexpectedly... gorgeous.

I saw a temple with a rich in incense rising from the ground, both the tiles and the walls were brand new, as if they were just finished not long ago, almost spotless, without any damage or collapse. In front of the courtyard, there was a huge tree standing tall, with lush branches and leaves covering half of the temple, which was quite magnificent.

Under the tree, there was a platform dedicated to incense by pilgrims. It was filled with incense and candles that were leaping with candles. The faint smoke rising from it filled the air with a light but quite moving fragrance. It made people feel calm when they smelled it from afar, and they felt as if they were exhausted. It was quite strange.

"This place... there should be many pilgrims." The scholar surnamed Lu sighed, "It is so remote that there are so many people coming here. I think it is extraordinary."

But what made him a little strange was that there was no sign of a person in the temple now, and even the old woman in Shiyan's mouth disappeared.

After walking around, the entire temple was empty and even the voices were heard. It was strange that each Buddha statue was lit with incense and candles, illuminating the entire temple with a fiery red and warmth, faintly dispelling the chill of the summer night.

"What a weird thing." The thinnest young man surnamed Zhang looked around before, and always felt something was wrong in his heart. "Even if the old man was not here, there was no one left behind? Are you not afraid that someone would come in and steal things?"

"Who dares to be arrogant in front of the Buddha?" The scholar surnamed Lu made a statement. He raised his head and looked at the golden-body and smiling Buddha statue in the middle of the Buddhist hall. After thinking about it, he still knelt down and bowed three times, put his hands together and closed his eyes and said, "The Buddha is here. We are here, and we are here to go to Nishan Academy to study. Unfortunately, it is getting late. I want to stay overnight in the temple and leave tomorrow morning. Please do not blame me!"

After saying that, he opened his eyes and looked at the people beside him: "You might as well come and worship, not ask for ghosts and gods, but ask for peace of mind."

"No, no," the scholar shook his head and refused. He looked at the Buddha statue, and seemed to have a flash of greed in his eyes. Then he withdrew his eyes, "It's not too early. I just saw a well in the yard. I went to take a shower and then read a while before going to bed. Who of you wants to be together?"

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

The scholar surnamed Lu looked up at the backs of the people leaving, then turned to the companion staring at the Buddha statue, and was a little confused: "Brother Zangshan, aren't you going with them?"

"I'll wait for a moment." The scholar named Yan, Yan Zangshan, shook his head slowly, but did not kneel down to worship Buddha. He just closed his eyes slightly with some emotion. After a long time, he opened his eyes a little confused. His eyes looked at the smiling Buddha in front of him, and his eyes were even deeper.

“It doesn’t seem to be an ordinary temple.”

"Indeed." The scholar surnamed Lu looked at him in surprise, then nodded, thinking, "This statue of the Buddha of Ezu should have disappeared a hundred years ago. The most well-known one now is the Buddha of Azu. Why is there still this statue left here, and there are so many incense offerings..."

As someone who is also inferior to Xu Zhiyan's mouth, he can naturally see these details, but he did not see any flaws.

Moreover, he believed that Xu Zhiyan would not lie to him, nor did he need to lie to him. But now this temple is indeed completely opposite to what the other party said at that time, with strangeness everywhere that makes people disturbing.

"But we were just passing by for a short stay, so there was no need to pursue so much." He was puzzled but had no intention of exploring it. The most urgent thing was to rush to get along tomorrow to rest for a night.

The scholar surnamed Lu waved goodbye and chose a room to live in with a book basket on his back. Although the temple is not big, there are still many rooms left. Several people can sleep one by one, so there are no need to worry about crowding.

Only Yanzangshan was left in the Buddhist temple full of candlelight.

He turned around and looked at the dark corner where the candlelight could not shine. There were vaguely several low and rough Buddha statues with a very ferocious face. The eyes drawn by black ink seemed to be peeping at the people worshiping Buddhas like spirits. The slightly opened mouth seemed to be ridiculous, which really made people feel uncomfortable

The wind was cooler in the summer night, and the prayer flags inlaid with copper pieces made a crisp collision sound as they swayed, as if they were dark and hoarse, lingering on the beams and woods.

He frowned slightly. Yan Zangshan still didn't stay for a long time. After walking into the room, he did not go to bed immediately. Instead, he lit a candle and carefully placed his bookcase on the table, and groped for a while to take out a slender sword box from it.

Strangely, although the sword box is dark red and mute, it invisibly exudes a sharp aura, which makes ordinary people dare not even look directly at it. Even when Yan Zangshan held the sword box, his temperament changed from the original elegant scholar to a sharp swordsman!
Chapter completed!