Infinite Ebullience
Chapter 609 - 13: Tianzhu Temple

Chapter 609: Chapter 13: Tianzhu Temple

This was a faded golden talisman. Tang Zheng reached out to grab it, only to see that it was marked with some ancient stylized characters that emitted a sense of simple yet profound antiquity.

With the death of the bone spirit, all the skeleton soldiers turned into ash, blown away by the night wind, leaving behind only two bronze seeds, perfectly split among them.

Seeing the situation under control, others came running out of the inn.

"What’s written on it?" Pang Meiqin picked up the golden seed that the Bone Spirit had burst out and handed it to Tang Zheng.

"You did well this time, keep it up." Tang Zheng did not take it, he didn’t care about that seed. "You can have it."

"Damn, Fanfan didn’t even get a chance to make a move. Was that monster the Bone Spirit? It can even transform into us." Lu Fan ran out in a hurry and threw himself into Tang Zheng’s arms, acting coquettishly in complaint, "I want to subdue demons too."

"Next time." Tang Zheng glanced at the newbies who had come out, frowning, "Two people are missing!"

The newbies blanched, Li Zhixin trembled and raised his hand, "Ren Yi went to the toilet, he couldn’t be so unlucky, could he?"

"And Mo Cong." The prisoner with the eye injury heaved a sigh of relief, if he had accompanied him, he would have undoubtedly died at the hands of Bone Spirit too.

"No need to guess, the two skeletons in the lobby are them. Humph, they must have been entranced by a demon disguised as a beauty and dried into human husks." Pang Meiqin smirked smugly, "I’ve told you several times to be more cautious, you’ve learned your lesson now, haven’t you?"

The newbies turned pale in the face of this reality. Even those who had held out hope began to face the reality of the game squarely. Of course, they were more intrigued by the girl clad in a nurse’s outfit as this seemed like a superpower.

"Brother, this syringe is filled with poisonous mist, you know, Daylily has an offensive capability now, hehe!" Daylily ran up to them with a syringe, waving it proudly in front of Tang Zheng.

"Good." Tang Zheng took back Daylily and looked at the curious newcomers. "If you behave well, listen carefully, I can give you superpowers, which will greatly increase your chances of survival."

The newbies immediately got excited, their faces filled with disbelief. Especially the felons, with this thing, who would still fear the police!

"Really?" A high school student was even more frantic, his eyes fixed intently on Tang Zheng, "Tell us, what do we need to do?"

"Don’t rush, behave well." Tang Zheng knew that the secret couldn’t be kept, so he might as well use it as a reward.

"What’s written on the note?" Qin Yan was indifferent to all this, she had grown accustomed to the death of a few new players.

"I can’t read it." Tang Zheng handed over the talisman, "Does anyone understand ancient characters?"

The survivors shake their heads, it was rather obscure knowledge.

"Why not burn it and see? That’s how they do it on TV shows." Chu Baichuan started to act foolish again and was pinched by Ai Yixin.

"We can’t take risks, what if we need this prop later?" Dantai took it, flipped it over a few times, but couldn’t make any sense of it.

"I agree with burning it. If it’s gone, we’ll just go hunt another monster BOSS. Otherwise, it’s a waste of time just sitting around." Lu Fan, still a child, didn’t want to stay in this eerie little town.

Probably in an attempt to demonstrate their worth, the newbies began to debate heatedly. At the same time, they used this conversation to dispel their fears.

"Give it to Baichuan to burn, use his ability to burn." After Tang Zheng spoke, there was dead silence on the long street. Dantai quickly handed the talisman to Chu Baichuan.

Li Yulong and the captain of the armed police force narrowed their eyes, casting a glance at Tang Zheng. As expected of the group leader, once a decision was made, none of the core group members had any objections. They obviously trusted him implicitly.

"Be careful!" Tang Zheng gave it a thought, then pulled out a DV and photographed the seal characters on it.

"Watch closely." Chu Baichuan held the talisman, a spark-like explosion occurred. The intense flames burned it immediately, not giving everyone a chance to react, turning the talisman into ash.

"Hiss, that’s hot." Chu Baichuan was a bit slow to retract his hand, but his eyes were fixed on the remaining ashes in the air.

There was no change. Just as everyone was about to be disappointed, a reverberant chant rang out on the stone slab street of the small town.

"The Tang Monk and his disciples are in Tianzhu Temple, hurry to kill them and retrieve the True Scriptures."

As the chanting ceased, a gold thread appeared on Long Street, which then opened like a door to both sides.

A large amount of golden light poured out, you could even see the clouds tumbling.

"What’s this? A teleportation gate?" Chu Baichuan couldn’t resist reaching out to touch it but was stopped by Ai Yixin.

"Let’s go, it shouldn’t be a trap." Lu Fan’s eyes rolled around and landed on the newbies, pondering whether to use some brute force to force them to submit.

The newbies hesitated, looking at each other, silent. It was their fear and worry about the unknown.

"Is there a time limit?" Tang Zheng frowned, judging from the origin of the talisman, it should not be dangerous. The trouble might be the potential for encountering monsters. Therefore, his gaze swept over the three old men, then fell on Li Yulong.

"I will go!" Mei Jueye, a high school student, was very excited and curious. His eyes sparkled as he headed towards the main entrance. He had been scared by the skeleton soldiers at first, but now he felt sure that he could calm down and deal with them.

"No." Tang Zheng placed a restraining hand on his shoulder, he put a lot of force into it. Mei was too impulsive to function as scout.

"Why?" The high school student looked annoyed, trying to shrug off Tang Zheng’s hand, but to no avail.

"You do as the captain says, why waste words?" Pang Meiqin did not like such craziness, and spoke sternly.

"Li Yulong, you choose someone to go scout ahead." Tang Zheng offloaded the task onto Li Yulong. Worried that he might be too stupid, Tang Zheng shot a glance at the old men.

Li Yulong was taken aback but quickly caught on to Tang Zheng’s intentions. The captain did not want to appear like the bad guy, and was allowing him to make the decision.

"Old man, you go." Li Yulong instantly ordered an old man with white hair. If he disobeyed Tang Zheng, he would face the consequences in the future. With the temptation of a chance for survival, the prisoners would no doubt side with Tang Zheng.

The old man who was called out was dumbfounded. He pointed to himself, then looked at Tang Zheng, "Why me?"

The other two old men, obviously friends of the one who was selected, remained quiet and lowered their heads, not wanting to draw any attention to themselves.

"Stop talking nonsense, we’re running out of time." Liu Hong, the man with the scarred face, perfectly fit the profile of a minion. Taking several steps forward, he grabbed the old man by the collar and pushed him toward the teleportation gate.

"Take a quick look at what’s on the other side, then hurry back." Li Yulong too wasn’t stupid, he asked the question that Tang Zheng had wanted to but couldn’t ask.

The old man sighed and stepped into the teleportation gate with resignation.

The atmosphere was tense as everyone awaited the outcome. It didn’t take long though. Three seconds later, the old man reappeared, dancing with joy.

"We can go back, it’s our world."

The newbies were overjoyed at the news. Du Ziyu and Gu er, like migratory fish, darted through the teleportation gate. The prisoners’ faces were uncertain; returning to reality meant a greater chance of being captured.

"Don’t worry, it’s impossible to return." Tang Zheng reassured Li Yulong. He waited for Qin Yan and others to enter the teleportation gate before leaving himself.

Indeed, they saw a somewhat underdeveloped modern city. Skyscrapers stood tall, cars and motorcycles moved chaotically. The sight of a KFC sign hanging on the street made a female university student burst into tears. She instinctively wanted to distance herself from the group, the convicted felons were too scary. The three Italian stallions too had the same idea. However, just a few steps out, they stopped abruptly, staring at the people on the street in disbelief.

"Damn, where are we?" Chu Baichuan cursed.

"India, the country of the three brothers. You can tell by the skin tone and the appearance." Xu Biyun chewed gum, calm as ever.

"So can we see the Ganges river now? I’ve never been there before." Lu Fan was excited. But, she soon noticed a problem, those pedestrians didn’t see them at all, they were treated like air.

"Can’t be..." Lin Weiguo also noticed this anomaly. Dantai was more direct; reaching out to grab a pedestrian, but his arm went right through the person’s body.

"Damn, we can’t communicate, how to find the Tianzhu temple?" Chen Hong wanted to show her presence, but no one paid her any attention.

The melodious sound of a bell provided the perfect solution to this problem.

"Move!" Tang Zheng summoned the velociraptors and lent them to Ai Yixin.

The group ran wildly through the streets. Within a minute, the three old men began to lag behind. Seeing that the others had no intention of stopping, they gritted their teeth and endured. Two of the convicts who were managing quite comfortably curiously looked at the pedestrians who were ignoring them, they waved their hands in front of a vendor’s eyes, undressed, and urinated on the vendor’s face.

"Hahaha, this is fun!" The two convicts were having a great time. Seeing the three old men catching up, they finally chased after the rest.

The bells continued to ring, indicating the direction for the Trojan Squad. Five minutes later, they stopped outside a temple. Upon seeing the peeled paint on the Phoebe zhennan plaques, they sighed with relief.

"Is this Tianzhu temple?" There were three seal characters on the plaque, but unfortunately, nobody recognized them.

The steps of the temple were not high, only about ten steps. But the painted temple gate was huge, like a splash of monster suppression blood. Dark red and glaring to the extreme.

On both sides of the gate stood two Buddha statues about seven meters high, carved entirely from granite. Every eyebrow, even every muscle appeared lifelike. One holding a mountain suppression stick, the other a massive warhammer, quietly standing outside.

"Who will knock on the door?" Tang Zheng noticed that there were no pedestrians on the street outside the temple. The bell sound had also stopped, it was eerily quiet. In addition to the two fierce stone Buddha statues, a repressive and suffocating atmosphere began to spread.

The newbies did not respond and avoided Tang Zheng’s gaze, fearing they would be chosen.

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