Mysterious Resurrection: Starting with Controlling Sadako

Chapter 269 The Conflicting Statue

The temple's main gate was tightly closed. It was a wooden door, old and mottled, perhaps blackened and damp due to dampness or supernatural influences, but it was not rotten.

At the bottom of the wooden door, there is a long, narrow opening, through which one can see the temple inside by bending over.

Judging from the shape and position of this empty space, it is a threshold.

Wang Liang immediately thought of a supernatural item he had obtained from the exorcism society before: the threshold of the ghost temple, which was still lying in ghost blood and could be retrieved at any time.

According to the exorcism society, the purpose of a ghost threshold is to be placed at the entrance of a house to prevent evil spirits from entering or leaving.

Wang Liang was unsure what impact removing it from the Ghost Temple would have on the temple.

Based on the description alone, it's clear that placing the threshold at the haunted temple is the best way to prevent it from being haunted.

But this thing originally belonged to the Ghost Temple, so maybe if it's placed here, it won't have an isolation effect, but rather some kind of buff effect, making the Ghost Temple even more dangerous.

It's possible that the dismemberment and incompleteness of the object created the barrier effect; otherwise, why would exorcists dismantle it?

Wang Liang did not bring out the Ghost Threshold for verification, which may be one of the reasons why the S-level paranormal event of the Ghost Temple has not completely deteriorated so far.

If he were to take it out now, it might trigger a supernatural sensation, forcibly repositioning the threshold and instantly shattering the balance of the ghost temple incident, causing it to erupt immediately.

There's no need to do anything unnecessary before finding the source of the ghost. Wang Liang shifted his gaze and looked up.

In addition to the missing threshold at the bottom, there is also a forearm-length crack in the upper left of the black wooden door.

The damp wood chips that had fallen from the crack were on the ground, but they no longer possessed any supernatural properties.

A faint white mist constantly seeps out from the opening in the black wooden door, drifting hazily outwards and mingling with the thick fog on the surrounding area. This seems to be the source of the white mist that shrouds the mountain peaks.

Wang Liang reached out and placed his hand on the seemingly flimsy wooden door. He could feel the coldness emanating from the door, which even seemed to subtly corrode his palm after he placed his hand on it, but the slit-mouthed woman's supernatural power resisted it.

He pushed slightly, but couldn't move it.

His push was imbued with supernatural power, but the dark wooden door also harbored a supernatural presence, causing them to interfere with each other and preventing the seemingly easy-to-open door from being pushed open directly.

Wang Liang was able to forcefully push open the wooden door, but he lowered his hand instead, lest a thick fog rush into his face as soon as he opened the door.

If there was no other way to go, he certainly wouldn't just stand there idly; he would forcefully push them aside and enter the ghost temple.

But just as the ghost realm was encroaching, Wang Liang noticed that although the ghost realm was blocked by the courtyard wall, the wooden door was different.

The slit-mouthed woman's demonic domain was controlled by Wang Liang, which then eroded the empty threshold below the wooden door, and then she entered the temple smoothly.

Wang Liang's figure disappeared beneath the wooden door and reappeared behind it, successfully entering the Ghost Temple.

But after he came in, he found that when he tried to release the ghost domain outward through the gap in the threshold below, it was blocked by the gap, and the spirit could not get out, but the crack in the wooden door above allowed it to.

The threshold is not wide enough to allow entry but not exit, while the crack in the wooden door allows exit but not entry.

Wang Liang seemed to be deep in thought. The threshold was intentionally created by the exorcism group, but the crack on the wooden door was most likely an accident.

The appearance of the crack is very likely the real reason why the white mist spread and enveloped the entire mountain a month ago, as Mishima said, and the supernatural power of the sealed-off Ghost Temple leaked out through the crack.

As for how the crack appeared, it must be due to his influence, because Sadako came into this world a month ago, which is also the purpose of his trip.

Upon entering the Ghost Temple, Wang Liang bypassed a blue stone wall, turned a corner, and walked into the plaza inside the temple.

As soon as he turned the corner, Wang Liang suddenly stopped in his tracks, even subconsciously lowering his head to look away, but then immediately raising it again, frowning as he scrutinized the man.

The square was covered in pebbles, but not all of them were; there were more than a dozen complete stone statues scattered in pairs throughout the square.

This was the first time he had ever seen complete stone statues, but he hadn't been attacked by the supernatural phenomenon of being petrified. Wang Liang frowned, then stepped forward and came to the nearest pair of stone statues.

Both of these are stone statues resembling monks, with their hands clasped together and their faces filled with compassion.

Standing face to face, their petrified eyes locked in a strange balance, neither of the two eerie stone statues moved or attacked Wang Liang.

As Wang Liang approached, he could feel the chilling aura emanating from the two monk statues. Tiny pieces of lime kept falling off the statues, piling up on the ground and covering the statues' feet.

"I see."

Seeing this scene alone, Wang Liang already understood what the team of ghost tamers who came to imprison the Ghost Temple had done.

Even if a stone statue formed by an ordinary person can be petrified, it can still be destroyed.

What cannot be destroyed is probably the stone statue formed from a real vengeful ghost.

Since vengeful spirits cannot be killed or destroyed, the exorcists devised a way to move the two stone statues so that they faced each other, causing a supernatural conflict between the two vengeful spirit statues and rendering them harmless.

Even though the island nation is a small country with few top-tier ghost tamers, those who can reach the top echelon of a country still have merit; at the very least, they are not lacking in intelligence.

Yamazaki doesn't count. Yamazaki was one of the top demon tamers in the island nation who were all lost in supernatural events, so it was his turn to be at the top, even though he didn't even have a demon realm. He was neither strong nor smart enough.

The complete stone statues on this side of the square are all facing each other in pairs. It can be said that the island nation's demon tamers have managed to deal with them. There is no threat, which is a good thing. At least they don't have to put in any effort.

Wang Liang did not touch the stone statues. He safely bypassed the statues in the square and walked deeper into the area.

But as he walked to the end of the square, he discovered that there were complete stone statues there, not just those in the shape of monks.

At that moment, there was a pair of stone statues kneeling on the ground in front of him, a man and a woman, their foreheads touching. They were not dressed as monks, and their petrified faces were covered with stone tears, but the corners of their mouths were curled into smiles.

They laughed at each other before they died, knowing that the petrification process was unstoppable. They chose this posture before they died, and then fell into conflict after death.

Wang Liang understood immediately. Based on the information provided by Mishima, he recognized that these were two of the elite ghost-taming members from the Exorcism Society.

Shaking his head, Wang Liang went around to the side alley, where he saw several more conflicting stone statues.

Two petrified men dressed in modern clothes, one standing and the other lying down, each holding a stone monk in their hands, their petrified eyes meeting the stone monks' gazes, forcibly drawn into conflict.

Wang Liang remained expressionless, walked past them, exited the alley, and arrived in front of a temple hall.

There are also several pairs of stone statues in this area of ​​the main hall. One of them is a petrified, short-haired, capable woman who is forcibly embroiled in a conflict with a stone monk.

Having come this far, he has now met five elite exorcists from the exorcism society.

That elite squad consisted of seven people, including the Jade-level Ghost Tamer from the island nation. Two remain, but they are presumably dead.

Upon arriving here, Wang Liang looked up and frowned at the main hall, where faint chanting could be heard, making him uneasy.

Wang Liang hesitated whether to go in and take a look. He had come for the source of the suspected Sadako puzzle, and there was no way he could run away.

Ghost Temple, also known as Ghost Well.

Is it possible that there is a stone well in the center of this obviously strange hall, which is the real source?

Although it is unusual to have a well in the main hall, it is a supernatural event and there is indeed a possibility of it.

With that thought in mind, Wang Liang no longer hesitated, bypassed the stone statues that were staring at each other, and came to the front of the main hall.

(End of this chapter)