Mortal Bones

But when Xu Taiping wanted to take a closer look, the arm was gone again.

"You saw that, right?"

Fairy Lingyue smiled and looked at Xu Taiping aside.

She didn't seem to be curious about that thing at all.

"Sister Lingyue, the thing you are talking about refers to the one hanging from the sky..."

"Shh!..."

Before Xu Taiping could finish his words, Fairy Lingyue made a silent gesture to signal him to stop talking.

"The visions in the wild world can be seen and heard but cannot be said. Once you tell the vision you see, this thing will miss you and will come to take you away at night."

Fairy Lingyue said to Xu Taiping with a serious face.

"What exactly is this thing?"

Hearing this, Xu Taiping became more and more curious.

"It's getting dark, let's talk as we walk."

Fairy Lingyue pointed to a dilapidated temple in front of her.

Xu Taiping nodded, and immediately faced the wind and snow, trudging towards the temple in the center of the snowfield.

"According to legend, in ancient times there were three thousand gods in the world, each of whom controlled a kind of power of heaven and earth. However, with the advent of a catastrophe that no one knew about, all three thousand gods fell."

"And the place where they finally fell was this barbaric world."

"But gods are gods after all. Even if they fall, their divinity still leaves an imprint on this fallen land, and it will appear from time to time."

Fairy Lingyue explained to Xu Taiping in the gourd.

"What I just saw was the imprint of a certain god in ancient times on this world?"

This was the first time Xu Taiping had heard of this statement.

"After all, it's just a legend. No one knows whether these things are really the imprint of the gods on this world, so we generally call them Yin gods."

"But these things do have unexplainable powers, especially at night, especially after you describe what they look like."

Fairy Lingyue replied.

"Why?"

"The night in the wild world is when the energy of chaos is the strongest. At this time, the monk's spells may fail, and the movement of the true energy will slow down, and they can only rely on the power of the physical body."

"On the contrary, what may be just a shadow during the day becomes many times more powerful at night."

"But most of the time, they will not enter the temples and houses that originally existed in this world, even if these houses and temples are so dilapidated that only the foundations are left."

"So, this is why anyone who enters the wilderness to experience must find a place to stay before dark."

Fairy Lingyue explained in great detail.

Xu Taiping just nodded when he heard this.

He had to digest it carefully. After all, what Sister Lingyue said was very different from what he read in the book.

For example, in the classics of Jiufu, the part about warnings about entering the wilderness for experience also mentions that you are not allowed to go out at night, but their explanation is that there are many wild beasts at night.

"Sister Lingyue, you just didn't let me tell you the specific appearance of that thing. Is this also related to this?"

Xu Taiping asked next.

"That's right, those whose specific appearances are described will become extremely powerful and can freely enter and exit temples and houses."

Fairy Lingyue nodded.

Upon hearing this, Xu Taiping couldn't help but feel scared.

If it hadn't been for Sister Lingyue's reminder just now, that giant hand hanging down from the sky would really come to him at night.

"What a big temple."

While talking, Xu Taiping had already arrived at the ruins of the temple.

The temple has two floors, and the east side has completely collapsed.

But despite this, the part of the temple that did not collapse was enough for hundreds of people to live in.

Not to mention Xu Taiping alone.

"Brother Wu, let's go to the temple in front of us to rest tonight. It will be dark soon and the wild beasts will come out again."

"Okay, I won't go searching today."

Just as Xu Taiping was thinking about whether to rest in the attic of the temple ruins or in the main hall downstairs, the voices of two men suddenly reached Xu Taiping's ears along the biting cold wind.

"It should be a monk who also came to the wilderness to experience."

While Xu Taiping was thinking this, he flashed and quickly went up to the attic of the temple ruins.

Maybe these two are not evil people.

But for safety reasons, he decided to hide first.

Not long after Xu Taiping went up to the attic to take a breath and sit down, two tall men walked into the ruined temple one after another.

Unlike Xu Taiping, they entered the spacious hall below without any thought.

So Xu Taiping meditated and adjusted his breathing while paying attention to the movements of the two of them.

Not long after, he heard the crackling sounds of burning wood suddenly coming from the hall downstairs.

Those two people were probably making a fire.

After lighting the fire.

The two people downstairs began to brag about their experiences during this period.

One person said how many treasures he had picked up along the way, and the other bragged about how many dangerous situations he had escaped from, and even bragged about how many female monks had thrown themselves into his arms.

Just when Xu Taiping felt a little bored listening.

I heard one of them suddenly say in a mysterious tone:

"Brother Liu, I was outside just now and I didn't dare to say anything."

"say what?"

"During the tea break when we were separated in the snowstorm, I suddenly saw an eyeball appear in the sky. Let me tell you, it was really big, ten times bigger than this temple."

"Is it an illusion? Why didn't I see such a big thing?"

"Brother Liu, I really didn't lie to you. I could see clearly. Those eyes had no pupils, only white eyes, and they were covered with bloodshot eyes. It was extremely scary."

Hearing this, Xu Taiping felt a chill in his heart and thought to himself:

"Did this person also see that thing?"

Just when he was thinking about whether to go down and remind these two people, Brother Liu suddenly laughed and said:

"You must have been distracted by your search for Dugu Qingxiao these past two days."

When he heard that these two people were looking for his second senior brother, Xu Taiping's face suddenly turned cold, and at the same time he secretly said in his heart: "Forget it, you should just fend for yourself."

And the conversation between the two people continued——

"Brother Liu, why don't you believe me? I can see clearly. In addition to the lack of pupils in those big eyes, there are also circles of strange golden runes engraved on the whites of the eyes, which is particularly weird."

"Okay, okay, okay, I believe it, I believe it. Are you okay? Come on, come on, have a drink, and have a good rest tonight. We will set off early tomorrow morning to continue looking for Dugu Qingxiao."

"Drink, drink."

The two of them continued to brag about everything while drinking.

In a blink of an eye, it was dark.