"Right, Second Master, isn't the blood of a person with a bloodline able to drive away poisonous insects, snakes, and ants? Why didn't you release some blood just now?”
Because Xiang Qian saw in the system that some bloodlines could drive away poisonous insects, snakes, and ants, Xiang Qian curiously asked Hong Er Yue why they didn't release some blood to drive away the Soul-Devouring Bees.
"Lord Xiang, not all bloodlines can drive away poisonous insects, snakes, ants, ghosts, and evil spirits. In our Nine Gates, no one's bloodline can do this. Most of our bloodlines are effective against ghosts, monsters, and zombies. Therefore, we are not afraid of ghosts, monsters, and zombies, but we are afraid of these poisonous insects, snakes, and ants.”
Er Yuehong explained the situation of the Nine Gates Bloodline to Xiang Qian. He also reminded Xiang Qian not to rely on his bloodline for everything. Bloodline was not omnipotent.
Xiang Qian didn't think so when he heard Er Yuehong's words. Instead, he belittled the bloodline of the Nine Gates people in his heart.
"Tsk, what kind of lousy bloodline is that? It's not even as powerful as the Qilin bloodline of the Zhang family. When my bloodline grows, it will definitely be stronger than yours!”
"What should we do now? How are we going to get there? The day was about to break, and the bell and drum might disappear again.”
Xiang Qian asked another question.
" We can only roughly remember the direction of the sound of the bell and drum," Qi Tiezui suggested." Then, we'll take a detour. Let's hope that there aren't these life-threatening creatures in other places!"”
Xiang Qian and the others did not have any good ideas at the moment, so they could only listen to Qi Tiezui's suggestion.
Just as everyone was about to rest on the shore, a young lady from the Huo family called out.
"Look, why are there so many animal bones here?”
Xiang Qian and the others got up and ran over to take a look. There was really a large area of white animal bones by the side of the pool.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
Suddenly, a large splash appeared in the middle of the pool. Then, a crocodile head the size of a jeep emerged from the splash.
"Run, everyone, leave the pool!”
Someone shouted, and everyone hurriedly ran away from the pool.
"Damn, this crocodile's head is too big. How big of a crocodile can grow such a big head?!”
"This can't be called a crocodile anymore. It has to be called an earth dragon.”
"Alright! Let's stop discussing and quickly pack our equipment. Let's hurry up and set off. We can't stay here for long!”
Half-Li stopped the discussion and came to Qi Tiezui's side.
"Eighth Brother, which direction should we go around the Soul Devouring Bees 'territory?”
"This way." Qi Tiezui pointed in a direction, lit a torch, and walked forward.
After walking for a few more hours, the sun was already high up in the sky. The group arrived at the top of a small mountain without any danger.
"Shall we rest here for a day?" Old Dog Wu suggested. Now that the drumming has disappeared, we don't know where to go anymore.”
"En, alright. You guys go around and see if there's any danger. The rest of you take turns to rest. We'll wait for the bell and drum to appear again at night before setting off.”
Chenpi Four called a few people to check the surroundings while the rest of the people began to eat and sleep in batches.
In the middle of the night, the bell and drum sounded again.
"Wake up, everyone. Pack your things and get ready to leave. The bell and drum are ringing again!”
Xie Yuchen, who was on night duty, woke up everyone who was sleeping.
"Yeah, from the sound, it shouldn't be far from us. It seems to be coming from the top of the mountain in front.”
Xiang Qian listened carefully and said to the people from the Nine Gates.
Everyone packed their things, lit their torches, and began to advance toward the mountain in front of them.
Everyone was careful along the way. Finally, after three hours, they reached the top of the mountain and looked down from the top.
On the other side of the mountain, halfway up the mountain, in the dense forest, there was a gloomy ancient temple standing in the forest. The sound of the bell and drum came from this ancient temple.
"Midnight Western Mountain Bell Drum should be referring to this ancient temple. Let's go down.”
Old Dog Wu said as he led the way down from the top of the mountain. Everyone followed closely behind.
When they arrived at the ancient temple, Xiang Qian and the others walked into the ancient temple. They saw that in the middle of the ancient temple, there were two stone pillars buried in the ground. There was a huge bronze bell hanging from them. Under the stone pillars, there was also a large animal skin drum made with some unknown technique. Ding! Thump! Ding! Dong!" The sound of bells and drums.
Strangely, there was no wind in this ancient temple, but the bell and drum made a sound.
Suddenly, Xiang Qian and the others felt a cold wind blow behind them, and goosebumps rose all over their bodies.
"Be careful, there's something dirty in this ancient temple! Follow me closely later."
Er Yuehong pulled Xiang Qian over and whispered to him.
Xiang Qian nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.
Everyone tightened their clothes and carefully walked around the stone pillar and drum hanging the bronze bell to the entrance of the hall where the Buddha statue was placed.
However, everyone saw that the Buddha statue in the hall was not a Buddha statue in a normal temple. Instead, it was about seven to eight meters tall. It had a ferocious face and a huge bloody mouth. Its two round eyes stared at the person who walked into the hall as if they were emitting a fierce light.
The Buddha statue had four arms, and each of them held a different weapon. One of them was stepping on a stone statue of a Yaksha.
"What kind of Buddha statue is this? Never seen it before? Eighth Brother, you read a lot of books. Do you know him?”Old Dog Wu turned around and asked Qi Tiezui.
"Never seen it before. This should be a Buddha statue worshipped by the ancient Miao people, right? In ancient times, this generation was the residence of the Miao people. Who knew what strange gods they believed in?”
Qi Tiezui expressed that he did not know either.
"Forget it. Let's find a place related to the second line of the poem, the winding path leading to seclusion.”Chenpi A'Si said impatiently.
Everyone walked into the hall and spread out to carefully search for the place related to the second line of the poem.
"Hehehe…"
A woman's laughter suddenly came from outside the main hall. Xiang Qian and the others turned around abruptly, but they did not find anyone at the door.
Eryue Hong walked forward and activated his bloodline power. Then, he took out a knife with his left hand and cut his right middle finger. He rushed towards the entrance of the hall and pointed at the air with his right middle finger. The laughter of the woman at the entrance disappeared.
"Alright, it's fine. Everyone, continue searching.”
February Hong walked back and continued to look for the mechanism. Xiang Qian walked to February Hong's side and asked.
"There was a female ghost just now? Can you see it just by activating your bloodline?”
"That's right. Some people with bloodlines have the Yin Yang Eye to begin with, while others need to activate the power of the bloodline to see. The bloodlines of the Nine Gates and the other families belong to the latter.”
After hearing Hong Er Yue's explanation, Xiang Qian expressed his understanding and turned around to continue searching for the mechanism.
"I found it. The bottom of this incense table is empty.”
A worker from the Chen family shouted.
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