As Jing Minghe and the others arrived at the entrance described by Yumi, they saw Ke Wuwen and Tong Zheng approaching from within.
"Idol!" Ke Wuwen spotted Jing Minghe and rushed towards him with open arms, exclaiming, "It's great that you're okay, idol! Huh?"
Chi Hao blocked Ke Wuwen's embrace with one arm.
Ke Wuwen was about to voice his displeasure but seeing it was Chi Hao, he immediately shut his mouth and stepped back slightly.
Though he dared not speak aloud, he couldn't help but complain inwardly.
What was this guy's problem? Why did he always stop me from getting close to my idol? And he's so scary, *sob sob*.
Tong Zheng also breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing Jing Minghe and Chi Hao unharmed. However, Yumi and Lin Ling surprised him. He stepped forward and asked, "Doctor Yumi? What are you all doing here too?"
Yumi explained, "After Xiao Qian, Lin Ling, and I entered the village, it was so strange that we didn't dare to speak to the villagers. We could only look for Guan Wei and the others who arrived earlier. We ended up finding this Dragon King Temple. During our search, we discovered this entrance and came in. Later, we were entangled by the plants on the wall. Fortunately, Minghe and Mr. Chi rescued us."
"So that's how it was."
Tong Zheng looked at Jing Minghe and Chi Hao, then at Yumi and the others, and sighed, "I don't know if you were lucky or unlucky. Chen Mu and I looked at the mural behind the statue for a while, and nothing happened. The moment Minghe stepped forward, he triggered a mechanism. Wuwen and I spent a long time finding this entrance, and you were already out from inside."
Just as Tong Zheng finished sighing, he suddenly heard a wolf's howl, which startled him. He looked closely and saw a wolf emerge from behind Jing Minghe, a giant wolf as tall as half a person.
"Oh my god! A wolf! Run!"
Tong Zheng yelled, scaring Ke Wuwen into running with him. They ran halfway before realizing Jing Minghe and the others were still standing in place.
Tong Zheng braked sharply, but Ke Wuwen couldn't stop and crashed into Tong Zheng, both of them falling together. It was then that they heard Jing Minghe say, "No need to be afraid, this wolf won't hurt anyone."
Tong Zheng and Ke Wuwen helped each other up and looked back. The wolf indeed hadn't moved, lying obediently at Jing Minghe's feet like an extremely docile puppy.
A series of question marks popped into their minds simultaneously.
Tong Zheng walked back, asking Jing Minghe, "This is a real wolf, right? What's going on? Did you tame it?"
"Yes," Jing Minghe raised an eyebrow smugly, "Not bad, huh?"
Tong Zheng thought it was quite good and admired Jing Minghe, but his questions weren't over. "How did you tame it in such a short time?"
"Well," Jing Minghe looked up at the painting on the entrance wall and casually explained, "Perhaps it saw me as handsome, extraordinary, and was captivated by my beauty."
Tong Zheng: "..." Is that really how it is? Who would believe that?
Not daring to seek confirmation from Chi Hao, Tong Zheng turned to Yumi and the others, only to see Yumi, Lin Ling, and Yan Xiaoqian shaking their heads, indicating they didn't know either. After all, when Jing Minghe rescued them, the wolf had already been tamed by him.
Ke Wuwen, overhearing Jing Minghe's explanation, didn't care if it was true or not and started showering him with praise. "Wow, idol, you're amazing! You can tame such a big wolf, it's simply miraculous."
Jing Minghe smiled slightly and continued to look at the mural on the wall. This mural was similar yet different from the one behind the statue in the Star Lord Hall.
Behind the statue in the Star Lord Hall, the girl placed a dying person on the bodies of animals. However, in this mural, the girl placed a dying person on a pile of children's corpses.
The outcome of the ritual was the same, ending in failure, and the person they wanted to save turned to dust.
The subsequent content depicted the cycle of day and night, people turning into ghosts, and ghosts turning into people. The girl couldn't distinguish between human and ghost, only engaging in continuous slaughter.
Yumi and the others had already seen the mural and now stood aside. Ke Wuwen and Tong Zheng joined Jing Minghe to look.
After viewing the mural, Tong Zheng murmured to himself, "This is exactly the same as the mural behind the statue in the Star Lord Hall."
"Huh?" Ke Wuwen hadn't had time to see the mural in the Star Lord Hall. He stood on tiptoe, trying to see more clearly, and asked Tong Zheng, "Brother Tong, are you sure it's exactly the same as the mural behind the statue in the Star Lord Hall? If it's the same, why draw it in two different places?"
Tong Zheng replied with great certainty, "It is indeed exactly the same. It's just this much; I couldn't possibly be mistaken."
Just this much?
Jing Minghe turned and leaned closer to Chi Hao, whispering, "Hao Ge, what does it say up here?"
When Ke Wuwen heard Jing Minghe ask Chi Hao and saw that Chi Hao was slow to answer his idol, he eagerly offered to explain. "Idol, let me tell you. It depicts a girl trying to save a dying person by using many animal corpses, placing the person on the animal carcasses. After chanting the spell, the resurrection failed, and both the dying person and the animal carcasses beneath him turned to ashes. Then, the girl, overcome with grief, committed suicide."
"Is that so?" Jing Minghe swept his gaze over everyone's faces. No one added to or questioned Ke Wuwen's description, indicating they saw the same content as he did.
"Yes, idol," Ke Wuwen moved closer to Jing Minghe, ignoring Chi Hao's cold gaze, and asked curiously, "Idol, why did you ask what was drawn here? Can't you see the drawing?"
Jing Minghe slapped his forehead with a sigh, "I can see it, it's just that..."
"It's different from what we see," Chi Hao finished Jing Minghe's sentence.
Jing Minghe nudged Chi Hao with his shoulder and laughed, "Hao Ge, you guessed it too accurately. Our chemistry is improving again, isn't it?"
"Different?"
Except for Chi Hao, everyone else wore expressions of shock and confusion.
Ke Wuwen, speaking for everyone, asked, "Idol, is what you see really different from what we see? What do you see?"
Jing Minghe didn't answer immediately, but instead asked, "If I say it's different, will you believe me?"
"Believe, believe, believe!" Ke Wuwen nodded his head vigorously like a pecking chick and even raised his hand to promise, "Idol, I absolutely believe you, one hundred percent. I'll believe whatever you say."
Yumi quickly chimed in, "Minghe, we believe you too."
After Yumi spoke, Lin Ling and Yan Xiaoqian nodded in agreement.
Tong Zheng immediately followed, "Minghe, I already stated it near the thatched cottage. I absolutely believe you." Su Dan Novel Network
Whether it was sincere or feigned, since everyone expressed their belief in him, Jing Minghe was not one to be pretentious.