Chapter 681
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Chapter 681: Joining the Fun?
Fang Yu’s eyes flashed with red light, and white runes appeared in his pupils, slowly rotating.
In his field of vision, the Sand God Temple ahead had been broken down into countless forces of law.
But at this moment, Fang Yu didn’t care about the various laws existing around the Sand God Temple.
His only goal was to find Ling’er.
Starting from the first floor.
Fang Yu pulled his vision closer, directly penetrating the thick walls, exploring every corner.
The first floor was a traditional hall, where many statues and murals could be seen.
In addition, there were over a hundred people standing in rows in the hall, wearing emerald green robes, similar to the guards seen at the main gate.
They stood motionless, expressionless.
Just as Fang Yu had thought earlier, although these people were alive, they had lost their autonomy and were being controlled, essentially puppets.
But despite the many anomalies, Fang Yu didn’t study them carefully.
Without seeing Ling’er, he directly shifted his vision to the second floor.
On the second floor, he saw no people, but similarly many statues and murals.
The third floor, the fourth floor, the fifth floor…
Through five consecutive floors, Fang Yu saw many strange things, but found no trace of Ling’er.
The sixth floor was much smaller in area compared to the floors below, appearing to be a private room.
Still no sign of Ling’er.
However, Fang Yu did see the Qinyao Goddess whom he had just met.
The Qinyao Goddess stood before a statue.
This statue, from its appearance, was also in human form.
But its head was covered with a black cloth.
“Even the face of the statue needs to be covered? Is such mystery necessary?” Fang Yu frowned slightly, pulling his vision closer again, directly penetrating that layer of black cloth.
Then, he was stunned.
The head of this statue… had nothing.
It seemed to be a half-finished product, with only the shape of the head sculpted, while its face had not yet been carved.
Perhaps this was the reason it was covered with black cloth.
Fang Yu pulled his vision back and saw again the figure of the Qinyao Goddess standing before the sculpture.
At this moment, the Qinyao Goddess had her head lowered, her body completely still.
This static state looked extremely strange.
Just like those puppet-like guards on the first floor…
Puppet!?
Fang Yu was startled, and his expression slightly changed.
Could this Qinyao Goddess also be a controlled puppet!?
But when talking with her earlier, he hadn’t felt that way!
With Fang Yu’s perceptive abilities, if the Qinyao Goddess had shown even the slightest abnormality, it couldn’t have escaped his eyes.
“Switching between autonomous consciousness and controlled consciousness? Or…” Fang Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, the white runes in his pupils rapidly rotating.
Soon, in his vision, he had analyzed the entire body of the Qinyao Goddess.
“No abnormalities in the body… she is indeed a living person.” Fang Yu rubbed his chin, thinking, “But her soul has disappeared… or rather, contracted. This should be due to the technique she practices.”
Fang Yu looked up again at the statue in front of the Qinyao Goddess.
Inside the head of this statue, there was a fist-sized bright spot emitting light.
“What is this thing?”
Fang Yu stared at this light spot, studying it for a while, but without results.
So, he shifted his gaze, reduced his vision, and once again scanned the entire Sand God Temple.
Still no sign of Ling’er.
“Where could she be hidden?” Fang Yu frowned deeply, closing his Eye of Insight.
According to the surveillance footage, it was almost certain that Ling’er had been taken by people from the Sand God Temple.
But she wasn’t inside the Sand God Temple.
Could it be… that Ling’er had already been harmed?
But this possibility was slim.
If the people of the Sand God Temple wanted Ling’er’s life, they wouldn’t have needed the old man to bring her to West City; they could have killed her directly when they first saw her on the street.
Since they brought Ling’er to West City and conducted a covert handover… then Ling’er must be of use to them.
From this perspective, Ling’er’s personal safety shouldn’t be at risk for now.
But this was just thinking positively.
Regardless, with Ling’er in their hands, anything could happen.
“Sacrificial ceremony…”
At this moment, Fang Yu recalled what the Qinyao Goddess had mentioned.
Tomorrow morning at ten, the Sand God Temple would hold a sacrificial ceremony.
According to her, this should be a very important event, with many people attending.
Combining this with Ling’er’s sudden disappearance… could there be a connection?
Fang Yu’s intuition told him that between these two events, there was likely a connection.
Ling’er… might appear at tomorrow’s sacrificial ceremony.
“Mr. Fang, what do we do now?” Bai Ran asked.
Fang Yu pondered for a moment, then said, “Let’s leave it at that, go back first, and come tomorrow to see this so-called sacrificial ceremony.”
He decided that if he still didn’t see Ling’er at tomorrow’s sacrificial ceremony, he would take the most direct approach and tear down the Sand God Temple.
Although this posed an extreme risk to Ling’er, whose situation remained unclear, there was no other option.
…
Fang Yu and Bai Ran sat directly at the foot of the small hill, meditating to pass the time.
The moonlight was hazy, then became bright… and later, the moon disappeared, and the sun rose.
The morning sunlight fell on the ground, and Fang Yu and Bai Ran also emerged from their meditative state, standing up.
It was now nine in the morning.
Walking to the top of the slope, they could see a large crowd gathered in front of the gates of the Sand God Temple.
The sacrificial ceremony wouldn’t officially begin for another hour, but these people looked excited.
“Let’s go and join the crowd,” Fang Yu said.
Soon, Fang Yu and Bai Ran arrived at the back of the crowd.
Several guards blocked the stairs, obviously not allowing anyone to go up early.
“In less than an hour, we’ll be able to enter!”
“Yes! I’m so excited I’m trembling a bit.”
“Who isn’t? It’s the triennial sacrificial ceremony! Soon we’ll be able to see the will of the deity… anyone would be excited!”
In front of Fang Yu, several people were talking in low voices.
After thinking for a moment, Fang Yu reached out and tapped the shoulder of the middle-aged man in front of him, asking, “Brother, I have a question I’d like to ask.”
“What is it?!”
The middle-aged man turned around impatiently, but as soon as he saw Fang Yu’s face, his expression immediately changed.
At this moment, Fang Yu still had the appearance of Xie Tianhe.
“Boss Xie!” The middle-aged man’s face instantly turned pale, seeming extremely fearful.
Fang Yu immediately realized that the middle-aged man in front of him knew Xie Tianhe.
“Boss Xie…” Many people around who saw Xie Tianhe changed their expressions and greeted him.
It seemed that Xie Tianhe was quite well-known in West City.
“Isn’t everyone here?” Fang Yu raised an eyebrow and asked.
“Boss Xie… we don’t have tokens… but you do!” A bald man standing nearby said, “With your status, Boss Xie, how could you stand here waiting with ordinary people like us? Go in quickly!”
“Oh? So having a token allows early entry?”
Fang Yu was surprised, then nodded and walked forward with Bai Ran.
After showing the blood jade figurine to the guards, they indeed let them pass.
So, Fang Yu and Bai Ran once again climbed the stairs.
After climbing the stairs, following the path, and passing through several thresholds, they arrived at the hall on the first floor of the Sand God Temple.
This place, Fang Yu had scanned with his Eye of Insight yesterday.
And now, many people were sitting on chairs on both sides of the hall.
