Chapter 48: Escape
With a creak, the wooden door slowly opened a crack, and Li Huo-wang looked out through it warily.
The soft afternoon sunlight passed through the swaying leaves of the trees, casting shadows on the ground.
At this time, the outside is very quiet, except for the distant sweeping monk with a broom sweeping the ground, there is no abnormality.
However, such a peaceful scene in the eyes of Li Huo Wang, who had already thoroughly comprehended it, was a completely different scene.
"Hmph! It's all pretend, they can't fool me! They're just doing this to stabilize me, they're just trying to get me to voluntarily participate in whatever Pudu Lent they're talking about!"
Just as he said this, a thought flashed through Li Huowang's mind.
"Wait, why are they doing this? I'm such an ordinary person, they're so strong, wouldn't it be better to just come with me directly and tough me out if they want to do something?"
This question was now destined to have no answer, but Li Huo Wang didn't need this answer yet, he now only wanted to leave this hellish place as far as possible.
In Li Huo Wang is still guessing, that the distant sweeping monk is not over to monitor their own time, the other side to see no leaves on the ground to pick up the broom turned to leave.
"The monk from Zhengde Temple did not notice my abnormality. This is the only advantage I can utilize now." Li Huo Wang secretly estimated in his heart.
There was no longer anyone outside, but Li Huo Wang did not leave, but quietly waited for something.
Little by little, time passed and Li Huo Wang's palms began to gradually sweat.
"Clang~clang~clang~" The dull sound of the bell instantly resounded throughout the Zhengde Temple, also causing Li Huowang to be shaken.
Stayed for so long Li Huo wang already know, this bell on behalf of the time to arrive, this is also the entire Zhengde Temple monks dinner forecast.
"With a creak, Li Huowang with a calm expression walked out of his place and followed the monks he met on the way towards the dining room where the meal was served.
It made perfect sense for him to be here now, as he had been going to the same place as today for the past few days.
Compared to where he lived, the dining hall was obviously closer to the main hall where the incense gathered, and since the other party used the blindfold method, they must not want ordinary people to see those horrible dark sides of theirs.
Along the way, Li HuoWang noticed a number of monks secretly gazing at him and whispering something, seemingly still discussing what happened in the afternoon.
There was teasing, hostility, and curiosity in their eyes.
But Li Huowang understood that all of this was fake, and that these monks were putting on a show.
"They are all in league with Xin Hui, there is not a single good person in the entire Zheng De Temple, they all want to harm me!!!" Li HuoWang confirmed categorically.
After not walking fast or slow for half an incense stick's worth of effort, Li HuoWang saw the dining room where the bald heads were swarming. He did not run away directly, but also followed the flow of people and walked in.
Taking a wooden bowl and serving the rice, Li Huowang calmly sat on a stool and ate the fasting food in front of him.
Today's dishes were taro soup, fried oiled tofu with konjac, small bok choy in oil, and stewed wok melon with potatoes.
Although there wasn't any meat, the flavors tasted pretty good.
However, after experiencing that incident, right now Li Huowang did not have any appetite anymore
In order to fool them, Li Huowang didn't dare to make any unusual moves at this time, and continued to eat with a big mouthful.
"Pah" a hand that snapped on his shoulder caused Li Huo Wang's body to tremble violently. "Little Taoist, you're here too? Oi! What were you running around in a panic for before?"
Hearing this familiar voice, Li Huowang, who had a bulging mouth, turned his head to look and unsurprisingly saw the smiling face that was missing an incisor.
That is the old monk met on the road, today if he did not insist on pulling himself to see what stone statues, now will not be the current situation.
The old monk carried his own bowl of rice and forcefully squeezed his way to Li Huowang's side and sat down. "Let's eat together."
Li Huowang glanced at the surrounding monks who were not abnormal with his afterglow, and continued to eat with his head buried in his mouth after chewing on the food. "Suit yourself."
"Daoist, where are the others before you? Tell them to stop staying at the inn and come over to eat together ah, I can tell you that eating here doesn't cost anything hey!" The old monk who knew nothing still had that big grin.
But this time, Li Huowang, who was eager to get away, didn't bother with him.
After finishing his dinner at the same speed as usual, Li Huo Wang burped and walked towards the outside of the dining room.
When he came back to the stone brick road outside, the old monk followed him again. "Don't go, let's chat for a while, the monks here are bored to death."
Licking the food residue on his gums with his tongue, Li Huowang brought a trace of impatience on his face as he looked at him. "Don't follow, go back to sleep."
"Sleep what, what hour is this, let me tell you something ah--"
The old monk's words had just reached the halfway point when he saw the face of the young Daoist who had just been fine become very ugly.
Immediately after that, Li Huowang said to the old monk in a very low voice: "Quickly go! The faster the better! This temple is dangerous!"
In the next second, Li Huowang stomped his feet on the ground and ran towards the main hall with all his strength.
This run of his immediately caught the attention of the other monks, and the surrounding monks immediately looked over, but he ignored it and started running wildly.
Li Huowang's heart was beating fast, and his spirit was also highly tense, always watching the surrounding places where that old thing Xinhui might appear.
Ten feet! Five zhang! One zhang!
When Li Huowang violently rushed out from that side door, the surroundings exploded, the sound of footsteps, the sound of talking, knocking wooden fish sound instantly crowded into his ears.
At this moment, he had returned to the main hall where the incense had dengsheng, and the commoners who had come to pay their respects had knocked him around and shook him constantly.
Standing in the center of the crowd, Li Huowang froze for a moment, and the natural-looking faces around him seemed to be telling him something silently.
Somewhat out of breath, Li HuoWang suddenly thought of something and twisted his head toward the previous side door.
It was empty of any pursuers.
In the distance, neither the welcoming monk who received the guests, nor the sign-explaining monk who was in charge of the sign-explaining, also did not look halfway over to this side.
In Li Huo Wang s view, everything is so normal, normal ...... is a little abnormal.
"Could ...... it be? Those are really my hallucinations? Those disgusting things are my fantasy?"
But soon Li Huowang dispelled this ridiculous idea, shook his head vigorously, lifted his feet and rushed toward the outside of the temple in big strides.
This kind of thing could not be gambled on, not even if there was even the slightest possibility.
The process of exiting the temple was easy, just as easy as when he came in.
Li Huowang came as fast as he could. Came to the inn.
Seeing Li Huowang, who hadn't been seen for some days, these pill guides were extraordinarily close and flocked up.
"Senior brother, why are you back, have you finished with the temple?"
"There's no time to catch up, hurry up and pack your bags, let's go! Let's hurry up and leave this place!"
"Good, then I'll go inform Class Master Lu."
"Don't wait for them! Let's leave right now! Hurry up!!!"
"Senior brother, where are we going?" Bai Lingmiao asked with a face full of doubt.
"Out!"
