Chapter 1991: Chapter 1988: Divine Statue
Listening to the beautiful Heavenly Master speak, Lin Tian also furrowed his brow, not because he noticed anything, but because Zhang Lingyu is a Demon Exorcist, highly knowledgeable about temples and statues. If she finds something strange, then it must be abnormal.
"What’s wrong?" Xiao Manxuan boldly stepped forward to inspect but found nothing unusual, thinking the statues looked the same as any other temple.
In fact, not only her, even Lin Tian felt the statues all looked nearly identical.
Zhang Lingyu circled around, although the Skull Temple wasn’t big, and parts had collapsed, she just paced around the statue and the original incense burner location.
"Huaxia’s temples have a certain order and standards for worshipping statues, which are all named and have backgrounds, very systematic. There’s no reasoning for worshipping nameless statues."
"If mortal tributes incense to nameless statues, what would it count as? This is very irregular. Normally in temples like this, the worshipped deities are either Mountain Gods or Earth Gods, but clearly, the statue’s design is neither Mountain God nor Earth God." Zhang Lingyu frowned, unable to understand.
"The Skull Temple idolizes the God of Killing." Yao Xiaoting suddenly said.
"God of Killing? Is there a God of Killing in the Huaxia mythological system?" Xiao Manxuan was very puzzled.
Lin Tian furrowed his brow and spoke faintly, "Bai Qi."
Yao Xiaoting nodded vigorously, confirming Lin Tian’s hypothesis, "Exactly, it’s Bai Qi. The original words from the Demon Exorcism Master went something like this: Throughout his life, Bai Qi killed countless people, carried immense killing aura, and after dying, was canonized by the folk as the God of Killing. This place was also where he battled, and only the God of Killing Bai Qi can suppress the grievances here."
Zhang Lingyu’s eyes lit up, then she searched among the weeds around and finally found a flat stone, nodding in realization.
"So that’s it, a warrior canonized as a deity, like Guan Wusheng, human canonization, Guan Shengwu Emperor, renowned alongside Wensheng. No wonder I found the statue peculiar; its sword was broken. However, worshipping Bai Qi is rare." Zhang Lingyu finally understood.
"Sister Yu, you know so much, you seem even more impressive than that Demon Exorcism Master." Yao Xiaoke looked at her with curious and admiring eyes.
Of course, she’s more impressive than that Demon Exorcist; she’s a genuine Heavenly Master’s Successor. Lin Tian found it amusing.
"Why did that Demon Exorcism Master build Skull Temple here? Does he know something? Did he come here for the Jade Pendant?" Xiao Manxuan spoke spontaneously, but her words startled Zhang Lingyu.
The beautiful Heavenly Master furrowed her brows, then shook her head, "Seems I’ve underestimated that Demon Exorcist. He must know some feng shui techniques and qi observation methods, understanding that this place has the strongest Yin Sha. But he probably didn’t come for the Jade Pendant, otherwise, he wouldn’t have alerted so many villagers."
"Where should we start?" Xiao Manxuan looked around, unsure where to begin the search, especially since the compass keeps spinning and can’t point correctly.
"The water pool." Zhang Lingyu and Lin Tian almost spoke in unison, pointing to the same direction, the water pool.
The group turned away from Skull Temple to the water pool’s edge. Since the entry was shallow and the water flowed in and out slowly, there was almost no sound, with no birds resting around.
This situation was abnormal, generally, where there’s a water source, there would be animals, but here there were none, not even fish in the water.
Without hesitation, Lin Tian started undressing, causing the ladies to exclaim, calling him a rogue, turning away or covering their eyes, while Yao Xiaoke mischievously peeked through her fingers at Lin Tian.
"What are you doing?" Zhang Lingyu was very annoyed.
"Obviously going underwater." Lin Tian said casually, then swiftly removed his shirt and shoes, leaving on some pants out of respect for the ladies.
Before the women could react, Lin Tian leapt into the water pool, diving swiftly, disappearing, leaving the pool tranquil again.
Yao Xiaoke and her sister exchanged glances as time passed with no sign of Lin Tian surfacing for air, and began feeling anxious.
However, they were surprised to find Xiao Manxuan and the others weren’t worried at all, prompting Yao Xiaoting to express her concern, "Lin... Lin Tian won’t have any issues, right? It’s been three minutes now."
"No worries, Lin Tian learned diving by the sea; this pool can’t challenge him." Zhang Lingyu kindly lied, knowing full well along with Xu Feibai that Lin Tian doesn’t need to breathe underwater.
Xiao Manxuan wasn’t worried because she believed in Lin Tian, knowing his capabilities.
Though the beautiful Heavenly Master reassured them, the sisters were still anxious. As their hearts grew increasingly tense, with a splash, the water burst open; Lin Tian emerged from the depths and landed steadily, like a Jiao Long emerging.
Lin Tian shook vigorously, scattering water droplets, some landing on the women’s faces, leaving them helpless.
Yet seeing Lin Tian’s perfect physique glistening in the sun with water beads, their faces blushed; Yao Xiaoting even dared not look directly, fearing her heart would race.
"What was beneath the water?" Zhang Lingyu glared at him, but had to seriously inquire.
"Underwater is a cave, once inside there’s a passage with air, although diving for about a minute is needed." Lin Tian said truthfully.
Zhang Lingyu’s face brightened, "Lin Tian, I’ll go in with you."
"I’m going too." Xiao Manxuan volunteered, and as for Xu Feibai, it was clear he wouldn’t stay behind from his expression.
As expected, Lin Tian looked at Yao Xiaoke sisters, "You can return first or wait, the choice is yours."
"If you trust us sisters, leave your phones, wallets, and clothes by the shore for us to keep." Yao Xiaoke teased.
Of course, Lin Tian had no objection, Xiao Manxuan and Zhang Lingyu left their phones and wallets; however, taking off clothes wasn’t happening, Xu Feibai didn’t leave anything behind.
"Xuanxuan, I’ll take you." Lin Tian reached for Xiao Manxuan, preparing to bring her underwater, as the little girl, being an ordinary person, couldn’t dive for a minute.
Yet Zhang Lingyu pulled the little girl over first; the two beauties quickly jumped into the pool, and as they entered the water, Lin Tian saw a ring of light appear, obscuring Zhang Lingyu and Xiao Manxuan.
However, it flashed and vanished; the two women submerged in the water, Lin Tian and Xu Feibai exchanged glances and jumped in as well. Their diving speed was fast, quickly catching up with the beauties.
Lin Tian finally understood what the earlier flash was about: at this moment, the two women were surrounded by a barrier, with water repelled away,
Their clothes remained dry, breathing was normal like on the shore, Xiao Manxuan inside the barrier smiled at Lin Tian proudly. Lin Tian and Xu Feibai could only envy them; diving to this extent was uniquely achieved.
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