Autumn nights always come earlier than summer. As the sun sets, the brightness under the sky has dropped a lot.

Xia Hou carried his sword on his back and groped his way through the woods, waiting for the robbers who might jump out at any time.

However, after wandering around for a long time from the moment he came in, Xiahou didn't even see a single figure. The forest was a bit strangely quiet. In this environment, even the occasional chirping of insects sounded very lonely.

Looking up at the sky, Xiahou scratched his hair. It was already getting late.

'Where is this Lanruo Temple? Why can't I find it?'

After taking a few steps forward again, Xiahou stepped out. The road under his feet suddenly changed from a dirt road to a gravel road, and his field of vision became wider, with all the trees disappearing.

Looking up along the gravel road, at the end of the road is a solemn Buddhist temple, with a pagoda standing next to the temple.

Xia Hou trembled all over, the tip of his nose moved in the air, and turned around to leave.

Do you really think he is stupid?!

How could there be a intact temple in a place like this where no one comes, and there is no dirt at all on the gravel road. It had rained some time ago, so how could it be so clean?

When he turned around, Xiahou discovered another problem. The trees on the roadside were arranged very neatly, giving the impression that they had been reorganized and clearly separated, like a formation.

Zheng!

Pulling out the sword, Xiahou stepped back into the woods very carefully.

A gust of wind blew by, making the leaves rustle.

Darkness fell quickly. Not long after Xiahou entered the forest, it became completely dark.

Without the sun as a road sign, Xiahou was completely lost. The light from the burning fire stick in his hand could not illuminate a radius of several meters.

Whoosh~ A black shadow ran through the forest.

Xiahou turned around suddenly, but found nothing. His heart sank. He knew that he might not be able to walk out safely this time.

After walking a few steps in a random direction, Xiahou found himself back on the gravel road and a little closer to the temple.

The temple was brightly lit at night. Through the lights, Xiahou saw several figures flashing past the window.

After thinking about it for a long time, it was really difficult to choose between a dense forest with no direction at all and a temple that was 100% problematic in front of me.

From this point of view, the only way to survive is to put it to death!

Xiahou raised the energy in his body and walked towards the temple.

Reaching out to push open the door, Xiahou directly looked into the eyes of the Jin Yiwei inside, and both of them froze there.

'That gang of hawks and dogs chasing the prisoners?! Why are they here!'

Xiahou maintained a defensive posture and walked into the temple.

The leader of the Jinyiwei stared at Xiahou and did not attack directly. He knew Xiahou, a famous swordsman, and Jinyiwei once recruited this person.

Candles were burning on the candlesticks, and Xiahou and the team of Jin Yiwei faced each other in the hall with the middle as the dividing line.

After a while, a royal guard came out of the room next to him and whispered into the leader's ear.

"Sir, I have looked at all the rooms. There is no one there, but the rooms are all clean. There is something wrong with this place!"

The leader glanced at his men speechlessly. If there is a problem here, why should he talk about it? Even a fool can see it.

Herod's voice of reining in his horse rang out outside the temple.

"Sir, there is no way!" Jin Yiwei entered from the gate and reported while half-kneeling.

He rode a fast horse and ran along the gravel road for a full hour. His field of vision was filled with trees and nothing else.

Moreover, after running for an hour, the return trip only took five minutes.

The leader suddenly stood up at this time and walked towards Xiahou.

Xia Hou held the hilt of the sword. Internal friction was meaningless at this time, but he also had to guard against the other party's irrationality.

"Brother, we are all trapped in this place, and we hope to communicate with each other and find a way to get out of here." When the leader spoke, his attitude was quite good.

"That's right, but I don't know much. I only know that this is the northern suburb of Guobei County. According to people in the county, this should be the territory of a group of bandits, but now it seems..." Xia Hou

He shook his head, not knowing how to describe it.

Zila, the door suddenly opened, and everyone's eyes turned to that side.

There were five people standing at the door, one man and four women, all wearing luxurious clothes.

"Brothers from the martial arts world, we are going to Guobei County to visit relatives. It is getting late and we would like to take a rest here. Please forgive me for any offence."

The man in the coat clasped his fists and said.

The royal guards in the room all put their hands on the hilts of their knives. Does the mastermind behind this place treat them as fools?

Ordinary people would be bold to see so many guards in uniform and run away without turning around. What's more, no family visiting team would be composed of one man and four women. Moreover, the bags these people carry are not very full. It feels like there are not even a few.

None of the clothes seemed to be stuffed.

Bang, a piece of gold fell out from the package of the latecomer.

The man's expression changed, and he quickly picked up the gold. With a sly smile on his face, he led the woman into a room.

The leader of the Jin Yiwei turned to look at Xia Hou, "Are you excited?"

Xia Hou moved back, "Do you think I'm a fool?"

The leader smiled slightly and said, "Let's test it out together?"

"No, now I just want to wait for daytime to come and then leave this place." Xiahou shook his head and said.

After receiving the reply, the leader didn't say much and just returned to his team.

No one in the entire hall was asleep, they all had their eyes open, quietly waiting for the sun to rise.

After a while, a thunderous snoring sound came from the next room.

Hulu~hoo~lu~

Listening to the voice in his ears, Xiahou's eyelids began to twitch, and he looked like he was about to fall asleep in a blink of an eye.

"Everyone get up!"

A loud roar sounded in the hall.

Xia Hou had a clever idea and jumped up nervously. He almost fell asleep?!

With a flick of his eyes, Xiahou discovered the problem. There was a missing person on Jinyiwei's side! And there was more than one!

There are only eight left in the team of twelve!

Bang, bang, bang, bang! Suddenly strong winds started blowing, and the doors of all the rooms opened and closed. Between the opening and closing, the figures of people kept flickering.

"Liu Ye! What are you doing!" the leader shouted loudly.

Xia Hou rolled his eyes, and in a room, a man "grew" from the chest of a topless woman, and it seemed that it was Liu Ye.

"Sir... come in and play together..." Liu Ye raised his head, his face looked like he had aged fifty years.

"Namo Amitabha..." The voice of the sutra rang out, the candles that were constantly shaking by the strong wind stabilized, and all the doors were closed.

Xia Hou subconsciously slashed away with his sword. When the sword blade was about to fall on the wall, he pulled hard and stopped.

There is an old monk on the wall, with his hands clasped together, his face expressionless, and his lips parted, as if chanting sutras.

Several other people also looked around the hall, and they discovered that there were various monks carved on the walls of the hall!

Dots of Buddha's light seeped out from the wall, gathered at the door, and opened a door with Buddha's light shining on it.

Bang! All the doors to the rooms next to the hall opened.

Twisted, evil, disgusting monsters came out of the door bit by bit.

Forced by danger, everyone subconsciously ran towards the door where the Buddha's light shone.

Just when they were about to leave the gate, Xiahou and the leader of the Jinyiwei suddenly braked.

After stopping, he turned around tacitly.

The eagle strikes the sky! The leaf-destroying sword!

Sword energy and sharp claws flashed in the hall.

The next second, Xiahou opened his eyes and immediately rolled forward, several thin branches and vines being torn off.

After standing up, a terrifying scene came into view.

All the Jin Yiwei had several branches stuck on their bodies, and the essence, blood, and internal energy were sucked out of their bodies little by little along the branches.

Xia Hou touched his back with his backhand and found several branches that were constantly wriggling. He held them hard and pulled them out hard. The broken branches burst out with blood!

Tear, tear off the clothes on the body, and tie them hard at the wound.

"Help me! I can't break free!" The leader of the Jin Yiwei shouted from the side, and he was trying his best to break free from the branches on his body.

Xia Hou swung his sword and cut off the branches.

The leader rolled on the ground a few times, stood up weakly, gritted his teeth and like Xia Hou, pulled out the branches and vines from his body and dealt with them briefly.

"Killing can only be done with a nod! Why are you torturing us!" The leader gritted his teeth. The other Jin Yiwei didn't make any move to struggle. It looked like they were hopeless.
To be continued...