The shadow in the Taoist priest's pupils appeared again.
"How big is it?" The Taoist priest raised his eyebrows and asked, "Can you describe it in detail?"
"The damage caused by soul-returning seeds to the body is comprehensive," Li Muyuan said, "but usually, it will cause a final result, that is, premature aging."
The Taoist Master suddenly took a deep breath.
Luo Jiutian took a breath of air, "What does premature aging mean...will it shorten your lifespan?"
"It can be understood this way," Li Muyuan said, "Of course, this statement is not strict, because it cannot be ruled out that some people have very long lifespans. In this case, even if they suffer from premature aging, they are not considered short-lived..."
They understood what Li Muyuan meant.
If they use the soul-returning seeds, they will have a chance to enter the mirror and save Xia Hua and Zhou Ye, but at the same time, their own bodies will also be affected.
It's really hard to choose.
Luo Jiutian lowered his eyebrows and rolled his pupils several times. He raised his head and was about to say something when he was interrupted by Lao Luo's words.
"Don't act recklessly," Lao Luo said. "You can't act recklessly just because you are a god. Even if you are a god, you are subject to the rules of life, old age, illness and death. You are not just representing yourself, don't be impulsive."
Luo Jiutian swallowed his words alive, bit his lips, and held it in until his eyes almost turned red.
"Otherwise..." the Taoist Master suddenly spoke, his voice light and airy, "Let me eat these soul-returning seeds."
***
In the darkness, there was a rustling sound.
Xiaolan clenched her fists, and Yi Yao's muscles tightened. The two of them gritted their teeth and stared together.
Waiting.
rustle……
rustle……
In the darkness ahead, a touch of white flowers gradually appeared.
Two humanoid silhouettes slowly approached.
two?
Xiaolan and Yi Yao quickly exchanged glances.
Are there two corpses in this room?
When the full view of those two things came within the faint light of the mobile phone screen, both of them were shocked.
Those two things are not corpses.
Those are two paper figures.
The snow-white paper man wears paper clothes, with dirty red flags floating on his body, and his black and white almond-shaped eyes have no luster. In the dim light, he looks weird and terrifying.
"What?" Yi Yao took half a step back.
"It's a paper man," Xiao Lan stretched her neck, trying to see clearly what was behind the paper man, "but... it's a paper man that can move."
"This is indeed the trap of that person just now," Yi Yao no longer used the term "Xia Hua" to refer to the fake Xia Hua just now, "Xiao Lan, get behind me."
"Ah? Why should I come behind you?"
Yi Yao almost rolled her eyes, "Of course I'm hiding, this paper man must be very dangerous."
"But you..." Xiaolan hesitated, "Wait a minute, let me express myself carefully..."
"Wording?"
"But you are very weak, Uncle Yi," Xiaolan said, "You are not strong enough for me to fight."
"...Is this the result you specifically expressed?"
"So you should stand behind me," Xiao Lan decisively stopped in front of Yi Yao, raised his hand and threw a solid rock thunder, "Steady Rock Thunder!"
The lightning struck the paper figures hard, and the flammable paper instantly ignited black and red flames when struck by lightning. Not long after, the two paper figures turned into fly ash in the lingering dust and smoke.
There was lightning flashing on the ground. Through the lightning, Xiaolan and Yi Yao could roughly see what was nearby.
This place looks a bit like a Buddhist hall. Next to the two of them is an empty cement floor. Where the paper figures disappeared, there is a wooden table that looks like an incense stand. There are several small sculptures that cannot be seen clearly on the incense stand.
, there are several strange-shaped candles on both sides of the incense stand.
"There are candles there," Xiaolan said, "Come on, let's go over and light the candles, and there will be light."
Xiaolan grabbed a candle and raised it in front of her to look at it. The surface of the candle shone with a strange oily light, and there seemed to be some special words engraved on the cylindrical outer wall.
"There are some electric lights on the ground, maybe they can be used to start a fire," Yi Yao reached out and took the candle, "Xiaolan, be careful, I'll do it."
Xiaolan did not hurt Yi Yao's positive heart this time, and obediently handed the candle over, "It should be okay."
Finally, the last disappearing electric light ignited the wick of the candle, and the candle gave off a faint yellow-green light. Yi Yao lit the other candles one after another, and then put the candle in his hand back on the incense stand.
"The color of this candle is so strange," Yi Yao sniffed, "and it doesn't smell like an ordinary candle when it is lit."
Xiaolan looked at the surrounding furnishings. She tiptoed carefully around to the other side of the incense stand and looked at the ashes on the ground.
"It seems like there really isn't anything controlling them from behind," Xiaolan used her shoe to pull up the ashes left after the paper figures were burned, "It's so strange..."
"Xiaolan, look," Yi Yao raised her hand and pointed to the back of the incense platform, "there are many... coffins there."
Behind the incense stand, there is a shabby red tent. Through the gaps in the tent, many coffin-like things can be vaguely seen.
"What kind of place is this?" Xiaolan returned to the incense stand. The statues on the incense stand caught her attention, "Uncle Yi, what are these?"
According to common sense, whether it is for sacrifice or worship, the statues of gods and Buddhas should be placed on the incense table, but these statues look neither like gods nor Buddhas, but like some variations of animals.
"This... looks like a bear," Yi Yao pointed at one of the statues and said, "That... looks like a snake."
"Is it animal worship?" Xiaolan said a word that she didn't quite understand, "Or... some evil heretic?"
Yi Yao raised her head and recalled, "There are some religions that worship animals, but there are more than one animals worshiped like this. I seem to have only heard of one..."
Xiaolan's eyes widened and she was ready to listen patiently, but Yi Yao seemed to have changed her mind and changed the topic directly.
"Should we go see the coffin over there?"
"Coffin...ah?" Xiaolan shrank her neck, "Uncle Yi, what is that religion you have heard of?"
"Let's talk about it later," Yi Yao said vaguely, "It probably has nothing to do with that religion... Come on, let's go over and have a look."
"Uncle Yi..."
Yi Yao had already opened the curtain and walked towards the coffin at the back. Xiao Lan thought for a while, raised her hand and picked up a candle, and followed her.
"It is indeed a coffin," Yi Yao said, "strange...so strange..."
These coffins are all empty coffins without lids. The coffins are empty, not even the things used to bury the dead.
But these coffins are so old, they are obviously not new...