Chapter 735 I thought at first
At first the adults thought that the children had caught a cold from playing too much, but as this happened again and again, an atmosphere of panic began to spread in the village.
Then, the night was no longer peaceful. In the middle of the night, the wolfhounds in the village would suddenly bark wildly, their barking filled with fear and anxiety, as if they were disturbed by something terrible. The villagers were awakened by the barking of the dogs and looked out the windows, only to see nothing but darkness. However, the gloomy feeling was always there, sending chills down their spines.
After hearing these things, Qi Tongwei was also full of doubts, but he knew that as the leader of the village, he could not sit idly by. So he decided to investigate alone.
Late one night, Qi Tongwei walked towards the old forest with a flashlight in hand. The moonlight shone on the ground, reflecting his lonely and determined figure. The forest was terribly quiet, with only the rustling sound of his footsteps on the fallen leaves. Suddenly, a cold wind blew, the branches rustled, and Qi Tongwei's heartbeat suddenly accelerated. He swallowed his saliva and pretended to be calm and continued to move forward.
When he went deeper into the woods, he heard a strange sound, like someone humming, or the roar of a wild animal. He stopped and shone the flashlight around, but found nothing. At this moment, he felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind. He turned his head suddenly, but saw only darkness.
Qi Tongwei's forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he began to doubt whether his decision was correct. But thinking of the children in the village and the villagers who were shrouded in fear, he gritted his teeth and continued to move forward.
As he walked, he came to a long-abandoned City God Temple. The City God Temple looked particularly eerie in the moonlight, and the mottled marks on the walls seemed like ghost faces left by the years. Qi Tongwei took a deep breath and pushed open the shaky door. The door hinge made a harsh creaking sound, echoing in the silent night.
The temple was filled with an old atmosphere, and dust was flying in the beam of the flashlight. Qi Tongwei looked around carefully, and saw a dilapidated statue of the City God standing in the center, staring blankly ahead. He slowly approached and suddenly found some strange symbols under the feet of the City God, like some kind of ancient spell.
Just as he squatted down to take a closer look, a gust of cold wind blew, and the candles in the City God Temple suddenly ignited by themselves. The flames flickered, casting strange shadows. Qi Tongwei stood up in horror and looked around, only to find that a figure in a white robe had appeared in the temple. The figure had its back to him and was motionless.
Qi Tongwei asked in a trembling voice, "Who are you? Why are you making trouble in the village?" The figure did not answer, but turned around slowly. When Qi Tongwei saw the figure's face clearly, he stepped back in fear. It was a face as pale as paper, with no trace of life in the eyes, but a strange smile hung at the corner of the mouth.
"Leave here, or you will all be punished..." The figure made a hollow voice, as if it came from hell. Qi Tongwei calmed down and said with courage: "No matter what you are, I will not let you hurt the people in the village."
The white figure suddenly pounced on him, and Qi Tongwei subconsciously closed his eyes. However, when he opened his eyes again, the figure disappeared, leaving him alone in the City God Temple, and the atmosphere around him became even more gloomy and terrifying.
Qi Tongwei decided to go back to the village first and make a long-term plan. He knew that there must be some secret behind this supernatural incident, and he had to solve this secret as soon as possible to restore the peace of the village...
After returning to the village, Qi Tongwei began to ask around about the legend of the City God Temple. He searched for the elderly in the village and finally got some clues from an elder who was over 70 years old. It turned out that many years ago, there was a plague in the village and many people died. In order to pray for peace, the villagers at that time held a grand sacrificial ceremony in the City God Temple. But during the ceremony, an accident happened. A wizard suddenly died while casting a spell. It is said that he cursed the village to suffer a disaster before he died.
Qi Tongwei realized that this supernatural event might be related to the curse of that year, so he decided to go to the City God Temple again to find a way to break the curse.
This time, he brought some young men from the village and prepared some items to ward off evil spirits. When they came to the City God Temple again, they found that the atmosphere in the temple was even more eerie than last time. There seemed to be some faint bloodstains on the wall, and the ground became wet, as if something had just passed through here.
Qi Tongwei and the others carefully searched the temple and finally found an entrance to a basement in the back hall of the City God Temple. The entrance was blocked by a large stone with strange symbols engraved on it. Qi Tongwei tried to decipher these symbols with the knowledge of spells he had seen in the temple before. After some effort, the stone slowly moved, revealing a passage leading to the basement.
Holding torches, the crowd slowly walked into the basement. The basement was filled with a foul smell that made people sick. There were some strange paintings hanging on the walls, and the faces of the people in the paintings were distorted, as if they were in great pain.
At the end of the basement, they found a coffin.
The coffin was engraved with strange and complex patterns, which looked like the veins of time, or like the seal of some mysterious power, faintly emitting a cold luster. Qi Tongwei took a step forward and reached out to touch the coffin. It was so cold that he couldn't help but shiver.
When they pushed open the coffin lid, a black smoke instantly poured out of the coffin and filled the entire basement. In the smoke, there were faint roars, as if something angry was awakened. When the smoke dissipated a little, everyone saw that the person lying in the coffin was a skeleton dressed in ancient clothes. The skeleton held a jade pendant in its hand. The pattern carved on the jade pendant looked like a dragon but not a dragon, and a phoenix but not a phoenix, revealing an indescribable weirdness.
Qi Tongwei carefully picked up the jade pendant, and at this moment, an illusory figure slowly emerged in front of them. The figure was wearing a gorgeous robe, a tall crown on his head, a stern face, and his eyes revealed endless sorrow and anger.
"You ants, how dare you disturb my sleep!" The figure let out an angry roar, and the sound echoed in the basement, making everyone's ears buzz.
Qi Tongwei suppressed his fear, stepped forward and said, "Who are you? Why are you here? We have no intention of offending you. We just want to solve the mystery of the supernatural in the village and give the villagers peace."