Su Tong held Xuanyuan Hao's hand and stood at the door of the ancient temple, chanting the words "Qingchen Hall" on it, her eyebrows furrowed slightly, and she couldn't help but feel that this ancient temple, in addition to being refined, also had an unspeakable mystery.
Ancient things always contain too much mystery.
Su Tong lifted up her skirt, raised her feet forward, bent her green-white fingers and tapped lightly on the temple door: "Is there anyone there?"
"There shouldn't be anything here..."
There was a "squeak", and before Xuanyuan Hao finished speaking, the temple door was opened, and a monk with fine features stood in front of the two of them, looking at the visitor doubtfully.
Xuanyuan Hao immediately silenced in embarrassment, stood aside and shut up knowingly.
He is not familiar with this place and is really not suitable to be a "tour guide".
"Hello, Master!" Su Tong clasped her hands together. When she saw the monk, she immediately greeted the monk with a smile, and then pointed inside, "Can I visit this place? Master, do you live here?"
"The donor misunderstood, the poor monk is just here to clean." As the monk spoke, he walked out across the steps, also performed a simple Buddhist salute to Su Tong, and then pointed in the direction of the Guanyin Temple, "Two
The donor came to seek help from Master Guanyin after his wedding, right? They were all in that place, not here. You two went to the wrong place."
"We know!" Su Tong nodded, "We just want to come over and have a look here. Master, can you let us in?"
"This..." The monk hesitated for a moment in embarrassment, then raised his lips and smiled, "The donor is serious, this is not a private place owned by a poor monk, so there is no reason to stop you two? It's just this ancient temple..."
Xuanyuan Hao's face darkened slightly. From the monk's expression, he guessed the reason for his hesitation - that ancient temple has its legends and quirks, and ordinary people would avoid it! It is really not suitable."
Places to visit…
But, who calls this object Su Tong!
Born to be an adventurous person!
"You mean you can come in at will?" Su Tong interrupted with excitement before the monk finished speaking. She pulled Xuanyuan Hao and rushed inside. She turned around and waved to the monk, "Thank you.
This design made Su Tong feel incredible: from the outside, it was just a small temple, but after entering, the space felt particularly large! Why is this? Is there a magnifying glass installed?
When we first entered, there were two small vegetable gardens with some vegetables grown in them, which were probably what the monks ate on weekdays.
Walk a little further inside, climb the stone steps, and approach the temple. You can see various talisman papers posted on the walls inside.
"Why are these things posted here?" Su Tong pulled Xuanyuan Hao's finger and asked him casually.
"I don't know." Xuanyuan Hao shook his head, frowned, and began to feel a little strange - things like talisman paper should be relatively common among Taoists, right? But this is an ancient temple, not a Taoist temple!
strangeness!
"It's so strange..." Su Tong also muttered this word, and her little hand broke free from Xuanyuan Hao's big palm. She walked forward step by step and looked around - she always felt that the layout here was strange! But she couldn't explain it.
What's so strange about it...
Xuanyuan Hao's eyes moved elsewhere, looking at the increasingly gloomy sky outside. He wanted to pray that Su Tong would lose interest quickly and follow him home quickly.
"Ah!" While he was thinking about this, Su Tong behind him suddenly shouted, which scared Xuanyuan Hao. He quickly turned around and ran over, just in time to bump into Su Tong's excited face.
"I thought about it, I thought about it!" Su Tong grabbed Xuanyuan Hao's arm and shook it vigorously, and said as if to take credit, "I thought of something strange here! Look, there is not even a god in this temple.
Offering!"
In a normal temple, there will be a statue of a god placed in the center for believers to worship! But this is different. There are only layers of walls here, a labyrinth-like building. The biggest highlight is the words carved on the walls.
A pattern that Su Tong couldn’t understand at all——
It's said to be like a picture, but it's abstract, and no actual images can be seen; it's said to be like text, but it's even more distorted than oracle bone inscriptions. It's definitely not a text that someone at her level can understand!
"I guess, the person who developed this ancient temple and lived here a thousand years ago might be an artist." Su Tong joked, took a few steps forward, and wanted to say something more, but suddenly felt something in his mind.
A stream of electricity flowed through her, causing her whole body to tremble and she stood frozen on the spot.
What kind of feeling is this, Su Tong can't explain...
"I can't see any art." Xuanyuan Hao shook his head, pursed his lips and remained silent for a while, then said rudely, "The only feeling is chaos."
"Chaos?" Su Tong, who was not far away, was startled. As she murmured the word, she felt dizzy, which made her reflexively hold on to the wall next to her...
The moment her palm touched the wall, Su Tong couldn't help but froze: It's late spring now, and the weather hasn't completely turned hot yet. This wall should be cold! How come it is warm when it touches it...
?
At the same time, an image flashed through her mind quickly, like a picture, fleeting!
This reminded Su Tong of the scene she saw in the Imperial Mausoleum, where she had seen a future of war and chaos! It's just that this place is different from the Imperial Mausoleum. Here, she seems to be able to see a more distant future...
The warm touch made Su Tong's heart feel cold little by little, and even a thin layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
Her head was getting dizzy, her legs were weakening, and she felt like she would fall down in the next second. For a moment, she was so scared, indescribably scared...
"Su Tong? Su Tong!" She heard Xuanyuan Hao calling her, his voice seemed to be coming from a very far away place, each voice more urgent than the last.
She raised her eyes with difficulty, just in time to see him shaking her shoulders nervously.
"Xuanyuan Hao..." Su Tong murmured softly, her little hands wrapped around his neck involuntarily, "I'm so cold..."
Then his feet softened and he fell into the endless darkness...