Cihang Jingzhai looked no different from before. As Fan Qinghui strolled through it, she could even hear chanting and the ringing of bells in the distance, which put her at ease.
"Has anything happened within the sect recently?"
Fan Qinghui looked at the two junior sisters beside her, and they smiled as they shook their heads.
"No, Senior Sister."
"More importantly, Senior Sister, how are things outside? You must have already spread the Buddhist teachings among the common people, right?"
"Ah... yes..."
Faced with her two junior sisters' questions, Fan Qinghui looked somewhat embarrassed. In truth, she had not completed her mission at all; not only that, it had practically ended in utter failure.
Naturally, Fan Qinghui had no need to tell her junior sisters about something like that.
"I have something to report to Master. Can you take me to see her?"
"Of course, Senior Sister!"
Looking at the two junior sisters before her, Fan Qinghui sighed in relief and glanced around.
Everything was as usual.
That was right.
Everything was as usual...
"Dong!!"
At that moment, a bell suddenly rang. It had originally been an utterly ordinary chime, yet the instant she heard it, Fan Qinghui felt the scene before her gradually begin to blur. Not only that, the solid ground beneath her feet began to soften, and even the tranquil temple before her seemed to transform into something else.
A strange, foul stench assaulted her nose, and the buildings before her seemed to take on some bizarre form in that instant.
"Dong—!"
The bell rang again, but this time, countless screams, wails, and piercing noises abruptly surged forth with it, flooding Fan Qinghui's mind. At that moment, she even felt as if those sounds had turned into twisted worms that burrowed swiftly into her ears. They writhed