I turned my head and saw a very hidden indentation on the stone door!
I carefully felt the indentation. I seemed to have seen an object that could fill the groove somewhere before.
A flash of inspiration struck my mind. I abruptly turned and stared at Zhuo Ya's face with burning eyes, my voice becoming a little hoarse.
"Zhuo Ya, can the tortoise shell you used for divination before open this stone door?"
Zhuo Ya was stunned by my question.
She took out the tortoise shell from her chest, held it tightly in her hand, and said nervously, "It can... it can, but Brother Xiao Ye, do we really have to go in? This is forbidden territory!"
I didn't answer Zhuo Ya immediately, but looked around.
More and more Sea God attendants, like Tyrants from Resident Evil, were all hideous, staring at us with greedy eyes.
As soon as we stepped out of the temple, they would swarm us and tear me to shreds.
On one side was a desperate situation with no escape, and on the other was a dead end from which no one had ever returned. We had to choose one to fight for a way out!
I looked at Zhuo Ya's uneasy expression, gritted my teeth, and said fiercely, "If we don't go in now, we die. If we go in, there's a chance to survive! Even if I die in here, I'll set this damn Qi Ya ablaze!"
Zhuo Ya was dazed for a moment, then her eyes gradually firmed up, and she nodded heavily at me.
"Brother Xiao Ye, okay! If I open this door, we'll die together!"
As Zhuo Ya spoke, she took the tortoise shell from around her neck and found the indentation, pressing the shell in snugly.
As the tortoise shell was embedded, with a rumbling sound, the heavy stone door slowly opened.
Seeing the stone door open, the Sea God attendants became restless. As if unwilling to see us enter the temple, they began to rush towards the stone door at full speed!
This is bad. What is in this temple?
To stop us from entering, the Sea God attendants were willing to disobey the High Priest's orders!
Seeing the situation turn for the worse, I didn't have time to see what was inside the stone door. I grabbed Zhuo Ya's hand and squeezed through the opening.
With a loud bang.
The stone door closed completely after we entered.
Zhuo Ya and I leaned against the stone door and slowly sat down, while from the other side came violent pounding.
Listening to the unwilling roars of the Sea God attendants outside the door, I felt relieved for a moment, but then my heart sank again.
Perhaps it was fate's arrangement that Zhuo Ya, the current Saintess, finally stepped into the temple.
I don't know what awaits us ahead, but since it has come to this, we can only take it one step at a time and find another exit in this temple.
Zhuo Ya and I recovered for a while, regaining some strength, and looked around at the environment.
From the outside, we could already feel the magnificent scale of the temple, but upon entering, I was even more awestruck.
We saw four passages in front of us, leading to unknown places. The walls on both sides of the passages were carved with many ambiguous murals, seemingly telling some story.
However, due to the long passage of time, the murals were now blurred. I regretfully removed my hand from the wall.
"Zhuo Ya, when you were still in the tribe, did the High Priest ever tell you about things inside the temple?"
Zhuo Ya recalled for a moment and shook her head, saying somewhat sadly, "I happened to overhear the High Priest and the chief discussing the temple, but they only said a couple of sentences and then stopped."
I felt a little disappointed in my heart, it seemed I couldn't count on Zhuo Ya.
I scanned the four passages in front of me, feeling a little puzzled.
Temples like this are places to worship gods, so why would four passages be built for no reason? Where do these four passages lead?
"Brother Xiao Ye, which way do we go now?" Zhuo Ya asked.
Now that we were surrounded by Sea God attendants outside, there was no turning back.
Since we have come this far, even if it is a dragon's pool and a tiger's den ahead, we have no choice but to press on.
Gritting my teeth, I led Zhuo Ya down the rightmost passage cautiously.
The passage was not narrow, and the walls on both sides were covered with murals.
The ceiling of the temple was made of glazed tiles, and the sunlight refracted through them, making it very bright. However, in such an environment, I always felt a little uncomfortable.
It seemed that some hidden danger was lurking in the dark, peeping at us.
Fortunately, our journey was relatively smooth, and we did not encounter any hidden traps.
But then again, would a place of worship for the Kasa tribe have traps?
Zhuo Ya and I walked down the passage for a short while and arrived at a palace.
I looked up... Wow, good heavens!
It truly deserves to be a place where gods reside!
In the grand hall before me, twelve towering pillars stretched straight up, as if supporting the sky. The surrounding walls were painted with various vivid images.
There were monsters with seven legs and nine heads, and gods holding spears. There was no trace of savages, as if the painter was praising an epic of a god fighting monsters.
The hall was decorated with bell-shaped flowers on all sides. The calyxes were white, emitting a translucent luster like bone china, and the tips of the petals were of varying shades of light purple, as if dyed or naturally formed.
The flowers had been worshipped for so long that they were still fresh, as if they had been picked and placed there only yesterday.
Zhuo Ya and I were both shocked, and suddenly, there was a sound from the depths of the palace!
Like... the sound of animals walking!?