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"The temple was full of monks, but the dead were women. These women were not the original inhabitants of the temple; they were just pilgrims who came and went."

Chang Xi thought for a moment, "There are too many pilgrims coming and going, but only those who stay overnight will give others an opportunity. Pilgrims who leave during the day will not have a chance to make a move."

Lu Wenli understood. "I know. The temple will definitely keep a record of all the pilgrims who stay there, because they need to prepare an extra room and food for one more person at night."

"Hmm, you're not completely brainy," Chang Xi asked him. "Why are you coming with me?"

"I think you're better than Chen Changqing," Lu Wenli said frankly. "Besides, staying there will only make you more and more scared. You might as well come out and think of a way. Even if you die, you'll know the truth."

"You're braver than I thought," Changxi continued, "your birth chart is a great tonic for ghosts and monsters."

Therefore, he had to stay by Chang Xi's side; for his own life, he had to find a powerful patron.

Lu Wenli asked, "Where should we look?"

"This temple has only been abandoned for ten years, it should have computers," Chang Xi calculated with his fingers, "go southwest."

The door was locked.

"What are you doing?" A monk walked over; he looked like a monkey with a pointed face.

The two turned around.

Chang Xi spoke first with a smile, "Excuse me, we're lost. We've gotten this far. Could you tell us how to get out?"

The monk said, "This is our restricted area. Outsiders are not allowed to enter. Please turn back."

"Excuse me," Chang Xi said, pushing Lu Wenli out.

The two walked away.

Lu Wenli asked, puzzled, "There must be something wrong with that room. Why don't you go in?"

"What do you think is wrong with that monk?"

"Wrong? Nothing's right," Lu Wenli cursed, "He looks like a villain."

"That's not what we're talking about. Cibei Temple has been abandoned for ten years. The monks here left long ago. How did that person know that it was an important part of Cibei Temple?"

Lu Wenli met Chang Xi's gaze, and a sense of unease flashed through his mind. "Right, aren't all the people in the temple NPCs brought in by the production team?"

Why do you know so much about temples? There's something wrong with these NPCs.

"Alright," Chang Xi said, taking a step forward. "Let's walk around the temple first, see how big it is, and familiarize ourselves with the terrain."

"Okay," Lu Wenli said.

There was a locked door in the backyard of the temple.

"Keep an eye on it," Changxi instructed.

Lu Wenli helped her keep watch.

Chang Xi took off the hair clip from her head and quickly unlocked the lock.

But what she saw inside made her feel a little strange.

"What's wrong?" Lu Wenli peeked in. "Chicken, duck, or fish?"

Chang Xi went in, picked up a chicken, and pried open its beak. There was no tongue; no wonder it didn't make a sound.

Lu Wenli was shocked. "What are these monks doing? Aren't they supposed to abstain from meat? Why are they secretly raising these?"

"I'm afraid there's more than that," Chang Xi said as he walked further in. At the end of the filthy poultry pen, there was only a cowshed.

There were no cows inside, only a pile of straw.

"There's nothing there," Lu Wenli said, stepping on a protrusion and looking down warily. "Below."

The two men parted the straw to reveal the iron plate underneath.

Chang Xi skillfully unlocked the lock.

"Wow, what did you do before?" Lu Wenli exclaimed in surprise. "You can open any lock?"

"I forgot."

Lu Wenli assumed she was just making excuses for him.

The two of them worked together to open the iron gate.

Below were pairs of eyes, eyes filled with terror and despair.

There are women here, lots of women.

"Help me!"

"Help me!"

Lu Wenli reached out, trying to pull them out.

Chang Xi slapped him on the back of the head.

"What are you doing?!" Lu Wenli rubbed his throbbing head.

"We've been pulled into the illusion," Changxi said, looking at the empty doorway, where there was nothing left.

"Holy crap," Lu Wenli looked around, "We're back at the door again? Are these female ghosts that powerful?"

Inside the door, the red-clad female ghost they had encountered on the first day was standing there watching them.

"Run?" Lu Wenli asked in a trembling voice.

Before Chang Xi could speak, the female ghost vanished.

"She's gone?" Lu Wenli was dumbfounded. This female ghost didn't kill them?

"They've all left," Changxi said, hanging the lock back up. "Let's go back too."

"So we're not going to that room?"

"Let's go tonight. It's not easy to get in during the day because they have guards," Chang Xi said, rubbing his stomach. "I'm hungry. Let's go eat."

"You still have the appetite to eat?"

Lu Wenli watched her rummage through the kitchen. "We're all going to die soon. It'll be dark soon, and then they'll be out and about."

"Man is made of iron and food is made of steel. Ghosts don't need to eat, but people do," Chang Xi said, munching on a steamed bun with some vegetables. "You can choose not to eat, but when they come to your door, you won't even have the strength to run away."

That would save you so much trouble; you could just invite them to eat with you.

"Then I'll eat some too," Lu Wenli said, not wanting to die, he picked up a steamed bun and started to eat it, almost choking to death.

The steamed bun made his throat hurt, so Lu Wenli quickly drank some soup.

Should we bring them some food?

"Why should I bring them?" Chang Xi retorted. "My pay doesn't include running errands for them."

Lu Wenli had no choice but to take a few steamed buns and follow.

The room was completely silent.

This is so boring, and it's so awkward here.

I wonder how Chang Xi and the others are doing? Have they encountered the female ghost?

[No, what I want to ask is, did Chen Changqing and the others really just wait in the room for the female ghost to come to them? Didn't they make any preparations at all?]

[It would be better to go out with Chang Xi and the others; at least we could learn something.]

"We're back," Lu Wenli said as he walked in.

Chang Xi leaned against the door and let out a burp; the steamed bun was too dry.

"Why did you take so long?" Hao Ren asked.

"We've been busy for a long time, so we went to eat when we were hungry," Lu Wenli explained, placing the steamed buns he was holding on the table. "These are steamed buns I brought for you, share them."

A dozen or so people shared seven or eight steamed buns.

Xu Shenglong was unhappy. "You all went to the kitchen to eat, but you only brought us steamed buns."

Lu Wenli's eyes widened.

Chang Xi laughed out loud.

[What are you laughing at? Did Brother Xu say something wrong? We're all together. They're full but don't even think about those who haven't eaten. That's so selfish.]

[Exactly, I never expected Lu Wenli to be this kind of person. What's so great about steamed buns?]

Are you alright? Chang Xi and Lu Wenli went out by themselves; that was so dangerous! It's already kind of you to bring them food, and you're still being picky!

[As expected, a small favor is appreciated, but a large one breeds resentment. This is the first time I've ever seen someone so shameless.]

[If Xu Shenglong and his friends are so capable, why don't they go out and find food themselves? Whose fault is it that they're cowardly?]

[Chang Xi actually has sycophants now? Have they forgotten how awful she was before?]

I do what I want, it's none of your business!

Hao Ren glanced at the comments and stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "The steamed buns are good too, they're quite nice."

Xu Man shared a steamed bun with Tian Yu. "Thank you."

"You're welcome."

"Fine, I'll just make do with it," Xu Shenglong said, trying to save face.

Lu Wenli snatched the steamed bun back and distributed it to the others, saying, "You don't need to be picky. The steamed bun isn't tasty at all. You'd better figure something out yourself."

[Beautiful. I thought Lu Wenli was a naive and innocent girl, but she actually has a temper.]

"That's right, our little deer is quite the feisty one."

Poor Xu Ge, if I were here, I definitely wouldn't let him go hungry.

【Then go ahead, nobody's stopping you. Are you scared?】

Hao Ren had almost finished eating.

Chang Xi finally spoke, "Director, who found the NPCs in the temple?"