After going through the illusion.
Turning into a pile of bones and then running into a demon ape—none of that even counted as trouble for Wang Xian anymore.
He had no idea how long he had been walking. Just as he was looking for somewhere to rest, he glanced up and saw a small temple standing beyond a grove of trees.
He swept the area with his spiritual sense. There was no one inside.
Spiderwebs covered the beams. He wondered how this place could possibly be a temple.
What he hadn't expected was that there was actually a great Buddha inside. The gold leaf covering it had simply gathered a layer of dust.
Clearly, this was an abandoned place.
He stepped into the temple and called out, "I'm telling you, Senior Sister, don't pretend to be this Buddha statue and scare me. I was scared half to death just now."
After rambling on for a while, he was about to call for Master to come take a look, but then remembered that he was inside the Kunlun Mirror.
If Master could intervene, Wang Xian wouldn't have needed to come in himself.
There was nothing for it. He sat on the stone steps outside the temple, took another bite of his flatbread, and had a sip of water.
After one night, he was already famished.
"Where did you come from, young master?"
Suddenly, a young girl's voice rang out from inside the temple. "You're blocking the way. No one else dares come in."
"Whoosh!" A girl darted out of the temple and leaped into a tree outside.
She looked about twelve, with her hair done up in little buns like ram's horns.
Two bells dangled from her hands. Swinging her feet, she watched him with a giggle.
Her little hands moved,