Chapter 415: Chapter 234: Rescuing Sly Ghost, Escaping from Dharma Temple_1
The three options before him were to leave, sneak in, or bribe.
If he wanted to enter the Dharma Temple, sneaking in was not an option.
The Dharma Temple was protected by the ’Guardian of the Ten Directions’ Absolute Realm’. According to the previously collected game data, only high-ranking ninjas could master the technique of breaking this realm.
Even for the top ’Guardian of the Ten Directions’ Absolute Realm’, it would require a much higher ranking ninja to stand a chance at breaking it.
Lin Xun chose the third option, ’Bribe’.
[You take out 5,000 points of spirit and surreptitiously hand them to the warrior guarding the temple, quietly asking if he might be willing to make an exception for you?]
[The warrior measures the spirit, his expression softens a bit, and hesitates before stating, the Dharma Temple is only open to visitors during the day, and not after sunset.]
[If you want to visit, you can come tomorrow morning, and he will save a good position for you.]
[At his words, you feel somewhat disappointed and are about to leave when the warrior winks at you and extends one hand subtly.]
[Caught off guard, you suddenly understand and once again take out 5,000 points of spirit, slipping them into the warrior’s hand.]
[He gives a satisfied smile and tells you that, considering that you work as a ninja who is active at night, it makes sense that you would not have time to visit the Dharma Temple during the day.]
[Considering that everyone should have the chance to abandon the ’devils’ remnants’, he would make an exception and allow you to enter at night...]
[Saying so, he takes out a small token from his pocket and gives it to you, whispering that this is the Token of Extremity to enter the realm. You must return it when you leave.]
[This must remain between you and him and should not be spread any further...]
[You have obtained the ’Token of Extremity’ (key).]
[The warrior glances around and, when he is sure no one is looking, gives you a shove into the realm, waving you to quickly enter the temple to avoid being noticed by others.]
[You stride forward, push open the heavy temple doors, and enter...]
[As you pass through the doors, you find yourself in a large corridor that surrounds a grand main hall, and from behind the hall, the tip of a spire can be seen.]
[You step into the corridor, and a prominent signboard stands beside you. You go forward to look carefully at it.]
[The signboard consists of warning language and a map of the temple.]
[Among the warnings, visitors are cautioned to maintain a distance from the ’devils’ remnants’ and not to cross the fence near the cages, or else they shall bear the consequences of any mishap.]
[There are also prohibitions against poisoning or privately inflicting violence upon the ’devils’ remnants’.]
Lin Xun wore an expression as if he was studying the sign like an old man reading a smartphone.
So this is like entering a zoo?
[Below the warning on the signboard is a map outlining the routes within the temple...]
[The layout of the temple doesn’t consist of the usual ’tower in front, hall at the back’ but is instead ’hall in front, tower at the back’.]
[The hall is the main hall of the temple called the Gold Hall, and the tower is a five-storied pagoda, both surrounded by corridors.]
[After visiting these two structures, behind the Gold Hall and the high tower, there are lecture halls and meditation rooms...]
[After you memorize the layout of the map, you cross through the corridor and arrive in front of the ’grand’ Gold Hall...]
[Once a bustle of burning incense, the Gold Hall is now run-down. The sanctuary, which used to house the statue of the ’Demon God’, now holds a large number of ’devil’s remnants’, demons used for people to vent their anger upon.]
[You stride forward and slowly push open the doors of the Gold Hall...]
[The wooden doors creak open, a ray of moonlight shines into the Gold Hall through the crack. From the darkness, eerie green eyes light up.]
[Suppressing roars, heavy with anger, echo from the beast’s throats, yet they dare not roar loudly.]
[You push open the doors wider, letting the cold moonlight illuminate the things inside...]
[Rows of iron cages stand on both sides of the Gold Hall, stretching all the way to the back.]
[These cages vary in size, with barriers before them. Beside the barriers hang blood-stained whips.]
[In the moonlight, you see various demons being held in these cages. Though they differ in form, they all share common traits - skeletal and covered in wounds.]
[Your arrival wakes the sleeping demons who look at you with a mixture of anger, hatred, fear, and apprehension...]
[You have found the ’Root-seeking Mountain Child’...]
[You have found the ’Root-seeking Heike Crab’...]
[You have found the ’Root-seeking Cotton Yao’...]
[You have found the ’Root-seeking Five Virtues Cat’...]
[You have found...]
[Ignoring the suppressed roars from the cages, you walk towards the barrier...]
[Several blood-stained whips hang on the barrier with a warning sign beside them: After paying your fee, use the whip under supervision, do not use it on your own!]
[Just as you are staring at the whip and the warning sign, a young girl’s voice comes from the cage in front of you...]
[Human! Get out! It’s night time, not your time to torture!]
[You look into the cage, and inside, there is a ’little girl’ in ragged clothes.]
[The skin exposed outside her robes is covered in whip marks. Some wounds look fresh, while others are festering and pus-ridden...]
[You have found the ’Root-seeking Zashiki-warashi’!]
[The Zashiki-Warashi glares back, her eyes filled with anger. However, you quickly notice the concealed fear in her eyes.]
[Do you want to kill the demon before you?]
[You ignore the ’Zashiki-warashi’ and keep walking deeper into the Gold Hall...]
