Proud Goddess Falls in Love with Me
Chapter 1315 - 1315 1274 Elixir Master

1315: Chapter 1274: Elixir Master 1315: Chapter 1274: Elixir Master “I remember when we arrived that night, it wasn’t as creepy as it is now.

It’s still broad daylight, yet it feels a lot more terrifying than the night.

And it seems like there’s fog rolling in from afar.

We’re not going to get lost in this forest, are we?” Zheng Siqi clung to Liu Yue’s arm, somewhat frightened.

“Don’t be scared, with cousin here, he will keep us safe!” Tang Yurou said, and took the opportunity to cling onto Lu Chuan’s arm as well.

“I agree with that,” Gao Qiang chimed in, then walked to the other side of Lu Chuan and also took his arm.

Lu Chuan couldn’t help but turn his head and give Gao Qiang a look.

It’s one thing for Yurou, a girl, to be scared and cling to me, but what’s the deal with you also clinging onto me?

Without a trace of embarrassment, Gao Qiang met Lu Chuan’s gaze.

“Cousin, I’m scared too.

Even though I know you might mind, I think it’s better if I hold onto you.”

Well, at least you’re self-aware…

Lu Chuan looked helpless, “If anything does happen, I’ll protect you all at the first notice.

But you holding onto me like this will actually hinder my performance.”

Upon hearing this, Gao Qiang immediately let go of Lu Chuan’s arm, “You’re right, Cousin.

You’re our lifeline right now.

None of us here should get in your way.

Yurou, although I know you want to take advantage of the situation and get close to Cousin, for all of our safety, you should let him go.”

Her face reddening, Tang Yurou glared at Gao Qiang, feeling embarrassed, “I had no intention of taking advantage of Cousin!”

Reluctant as she was, she still let go of Lu Chuan’s arm.

Lu Chuan gave Gao Qiang an approving look.

Even though you’re pretty blunt with your words, sometimes, you do help people become more aware of themselves.

Zhang Lei watched everyone with a look of disdain, “What’s there to be scared of?

This atmosphere is a piece of cake for me.

Even if it were scarier, I could handle it.”

Turning to look at him, Gao Qiang said indifferently, “Even though we’re scared, we wouldn’t wet our pants.”

Zhang Lei’s expression froze, and a flush of humiliation crossed his face.

Clenching his fists and gritting his teeth, he said, “That was just a bodily reflex.

If you bring it up again, we can no longer be friends!”

Gao Qiang nodded, “Alright, since you don’t like hearing it, I won’t talk about it.

But I must say, I checked last night and peeing your pants from fear is a reflex, but it only happens to the faint-hearted.

This goes to show your supposed bravery is probably just for show…”

Zhang Lei’s molars were nearly grinding to dust, silently vowing never to speak to that idiot Gao Qiang again in his life.

Watching the two of them, Lu Chuan couldn’t help but feel amused and then said, “Alright, stop the bickering.

Let’s head in the direction of the ruined temple quickly.”

He had just released his Divine Sense to observe the surroundings and noticed that the whole forest was shrouded in Yin Qi.

It seemed that since Tang Yurou and the others had taken something from the temple, it broke the temple’s balance, causing the accumulated Yin Qi to start expanding outward.

This was what made the forest feel so terrifying and eerie during the daylight.

If it continued as such, the forest would likely become a dangerous place teeming with demonic monsters and ghosts.

Therefore, Lu Chuan needed to reach the ruined temple as fast as possible, to find the source object releasing the Yin Qi and figure out how to take it away.

That way, he could prevent some people from encountering terrible occurrences after entering the forest.

The group advanced, and along the way, they even encountered a few ghosts that could appear during the day.

Seeing the living, these ghosts immediately thought of absorbing their vital essence and charged over without a second thought.

However, these ghosts were all minor figures.

Practically all of them dissipated instantly with a glance from Lu Chuan’s Indestructible Golden Eye Pupil.

Tang Yurou and the others didn’t even realize that these ghosts were after their lives.

All of them just had a feeling of shivers down their spine, which then disappeared in an instant, so they thought it was just their own illusion.

After a long time, an ancient building appeared in everyone’s sight, which was the dilapidated temple.

The temple was not large, surrounded by weeds, and its walls were covered with moss, making it impossible to tell from which era it was built.

Lu Chuan immediately released his Divine Sense to probe the temple, but he was shocked to find that the temple actually blocked his investigation; his Divine Sense could not penetrate it at all.

This made Lu Chuan realize that the things inside the temple were definitely not simple, and might even be more formidable than he had anticipated.

The group arrived in front of the temple’s entrance.

Lu Chuan looked up at the plaque directly above the temple door.

The plaque was eroded by time and decayed; the inscription on it was so blurred that it was naturally impossible to know the name of the temple.

However, judging from the architectural style of the temple, this should be a temple that is dedicated to a divine spirit worshipped by the local people, not a common Buddhist temple.

In some places, people would build temples and offer patronage to those who have performed meritorious deeds and great kindness in the local area.

If there was a Cultivator buried inside the temple, it was very likely that this person had done some good deeds in the local area during that era, gaining the reverence and affection of the locals, thus leading to the establishment of this temple.

However, with the passage of time, the local area had become desolate and uninhabited.

If Tang Yurou and the others hadn’t come here for an adventure, this temple might not have been discovered for decades more.

Without any hesitation, Lu Chuan went straight to the temple door, pushed it open, and walked in.

Tang Yurou, Gao Qiang, and the others quickly followed suit, fearing being left behind and alone at such a time.

Inside the temple, there was a shrine with a stone statue enshrined on it, which had already shattered due to the long passage of time, and the face couldn’t be pieced together anymore.

Beside it, there was a stone stele that recorded the origin of the temple.

Although the content was incomplete, Lu Chuan roughly inferred the basic details from the legible inscriptions.

The temple was dedicated to a so-called Elixir Master who was an Immortal.

In the past, when an epidemic broke out in the area, causing many deaths, it was the Elixir Master who appeared, eliminated the epidemic, and saved countless lives, which led to the temple being built for him.

Besides curing diseases, the Elixir Master also possessed many miraculous abilities like catching demonic monsters, praying for rain, fortune-telling, and so on.

From these abilities of the Elixir Master, Lu Chuan deduced that this person was indeed a Cultivator, and judging by the looks of it, also a Cultivator in the Nascent Soul Realm.

All this information was still quite normal, but the stone stele also recorded a particular quirk of the Elixir Master.

That was, whenever people came to him for help, he always liked to play the game of tossing a copper coin with them.

If the Copper Coin landed heads up, he would help the person unconditionally, asking for nothing in return.

But if the Copper Coin landed tails up, then the person seeking help had to answer a question from the Elixir Master or act according to the Elixir Master’s request and do something.

If the answer was a lie, or if the person did not fulfill the task requested by the Elixir Master, then not only would the Elixir Master refuse to help, but he would also punish that person.

Upon reading this, Lu Chuan’s expression turned weird.

What the Elixir Master fancied, wasn’t it just Truth or Dare?