We continued forward.
I kept thinking about Wang Chan's statue.
Why had he set up a statue there?
North Valley had also been Guiguzi's handiwork. There had to be some special significance to him placing his own statue there. He was not someone who did useless things.
Ying Gou asked me, "Still thinking about that statue?"
I gave a bitter smile. "How could I not? That guy always had a purpose behind everything he did. Since he put the statue there, there had to be a reason. Otherwise, why leave it there? To receive offerings? Does this damned place look like somewhere people would make offerings?"
Ying Gou nodded slightly. "True. But what was his purpose?"
After thinking it over, I turned and ran back toward the statue.
Ying Gou and Jiang Xiaohui followed me. The mechanical beasts and Xu Qiuyan looked utterly confused, but they turned back as well.
Xu Qiuyan asked, "Why are we running back again?"
Jiang Xiaohui looked at the statue. "What's so interesting about this thing?"
As he spoke, he reached out to touch it.
I wanted to stop him, but his hand was too fast.
The moment his hand touched the statue, it moved. It slapped Jiang Xiaohui's hand away, then lifted him straight up.
"What the hell? What's going on?" I could not make sense of it.
Jiang Xiaohui struggled with all his strength, trying to kick the statue, but he could not reach it at all.
"Boss Ying Gou, save me!" Jiang Xiaohui shouted.
Ying Gou did not move. He merely watched quietly. The monkey asked me, "Mr. Jiang, should we step in?"
I shook my head. Xu Qiuyan said, "Jiang Xiaobai, hurry up and help him."
I raised a hand to stop her. "Let's watch first. Xiaohui, stop struggling."
Hearing me,